HomeMy WebLinkAboutFin Annual Audit of Federal Grant Expenditures____________________________________________________________________________________
FOR CITY CLERK ONLY
Council Meeting: March 20, 2023
Disposition: Accepted report
Agenda Item No: 4.e
Meeting Date: March 20, 2023
SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT
Department: Finance
Prepared by: Shawn Plate,
Principal Accountant
City Manager Approval: ______________
TOPIC: ANNUAL AUDIT OF FEDERAL GRANT EXPENDITURES
SUBJECT: SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
RECOMMENDATION:
Accept report.
BACKGROUND:
Federal regulations mandate that any local agency receiving or expending $750,000 or more in
combined federal grant funds in a fiscal year, either directly or indirectly, is subject to a separate audit
on those programs. This threshold was reached in fiscal year 2021-2022 and, therefore, a separate
(Single Audit) report was required. The firm Maze and Associates Accountancy Corporation, who also
performed the City’s financial audit, conducted the Single Audit for fiscal year 2021-2022.
ANALYSIS:
The City incurred a total of $19,143,307 in federal expenditures during fiscal year 2021-2022 that fell
under the parameters of the audit. The auditor identified one major program to be audited, Coronavirus
State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. These funds met program requirements for use as revenue
loss incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and were considered fully expended in the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2022.
As required under the Single Audit Act, a number of separate reports are contained within this
document. Most of these reports comment on either compliance with Federal assistance regulations or
recommendations regarding the City’s accounting practices. The auditor issued the reports with an
unmodified opinion and one reported deficiency in internal control listed on the Schedule of Significant
Deficiencies included as part of the Memorandum on Internal Control issued November 21, 2022, which
also contains the City’s response to such matters.
The noted deficiency was regarding the posting of inaccurate building permit fees on the Master Fee
Schedule on the City website. This issue was remedied with the approved update of the Master Fee
Schedule on December 19, 2022.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact resulting from the acceptance of this report.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept Report.
ATTACHMENT:
1. Single Audit Report for the Year Ended June 30, 2022
CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
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CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT
For The Year Ended June 30, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs .............................................................................. 1
Section I – Summary of Auditor’s Results ......................................................................... 1
Section II – Financial Statement Findings .......................................................................... 2
Section III – Federal Award Findings and Questioned Costs ............................................. 2
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards ............................................................................ 3
Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards ....................................................... 5
Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial
Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards ................. 7
Independent Auditor's Report on Compliance for Each Major Program and on
Internal Control Over Compliance; and Report on the Schedule of Expenditures
of Federal Awards Required by the Uniform Guidance ................................................ 9
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CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
For The Year Ended June 30, 2022
SECTION I – SUMMARY OF AUDITOR’S RESULTS
SECTION I—SUMMARY OF AUDITOR’S RESULTS
Financial Statements
Type of report the auditor issued on whether the financial
statements audited were prepared in accordance with GAAP Unmodified
Internal control over financial reporting:
•Material weakness(es) identified?Yes X No
•Significant deficiency(ies) identified?X Yes
None
Reported
Noncompliance material to financial statements noted? Yes X No
Federal Awards
Internal control over major federal programs:
•Material weakness(es) identified?Yes X No
•Significant deficiency(ies) identified?Yes X
None
Reported
Type of auditor’s report issued on compliance for major
federal programs: Unmodified
Any audit findings disclosed that are required to be reported
in accordance with 2 CFR 200.516(a)? Yes X No
Identification of major program(s):
Assistance
Listing
Number(s) Name of Federal Program or Cluster
21.027 COVID-19 - Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds
Dollar threshold used to distinguish between type A and type B programs:$750,000
Auditee qualified as low-risk auditee? Yes X No
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SECTION II – FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS
SECTION II – FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS
Our audit disclosed a significant deficiency, but no material weaknesses or instances of noncompliance material
to the basic financial statements. We have also issued a separate Memorandum on Internal Control dated
November 21, 2022 which is an integral part of our audits and should be read in conjunction with this report.
SECTION III – FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
SECTION III – FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
Our audit did not disclose any findings or questioned costs required to be reported in accordance with Uniform
Guidance.
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CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022
Federal
Assistance Pass-Through
Federal Grantor/Listing Identifying Federal
Pass-Through Grantor/Program or Cluster Title Number Number Expenditures
Department of Housing and Urban Development Program
Direct Program
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants 14.218 $43,423
Passed Through from County of Marin, California
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants
Childcare 14.218 40CDBG22CD4527 21,941
Total Department of Housing and Urban Development 65,364
Department of Transportation
Highway Planning and Construction (Federal-Aid Highway Program)
Passed Through from California Department of Transportation
Southern Heights Bridge Replacement 20.205 BRLO-5043(038)1,416,666
Francisco Blvd. East Sidewalk Improvements 20.205 ATPL-5043(042)1,433,450
Third Street Safety Improvement Study 20.205 HSIPL-5043(043)66,553
Program Subtotal 2,916,669
State and Community Highway Safety
Passed Through from California Office of Traffic Safety
Selective Traffic Enforcement Program FY2021 20.600 PT21141 32,089
Selective Traffic Enforcement Program FY2022 20.600 PT22127 24,872
Program Subtotal 56,961
Total Department of Transportation 2,973,630
Department of the Treasury Direct Program
COVID-19 - Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 21.027 16,088,886
Department of Homeland Security Passed Through From
The City and County of San Francisco, California
Homeland Security Grant Program
Bay Area Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI)97.067 075-95017 15,427
Total Expenditures of Federal Awards $19,143,307
See Accompanying Notes to Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
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CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For The Year Ended June 30, 2022
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE
NOTE 1 – REPORTING ENTITY
The Schedule of Expenditure of Federal Awards (the Schedule) includes expenditures of federal awards for the
City of San Rafael, California, and its component units as disclosed in the notes to the Basic Financial
Statements, except for federal awards of the San Rafael Sanitation District (District). Federal awards
expended by the District, if any, are excluded from the Schedule and are subject to a separate Single Audit.
NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of accounting refers to when revenues and expenditures or expenses are recognized in the accounts and
reported in the financial statements, regardless of the measurement focus applied. The governmental fund
financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement focus and the modified
accrual basis of accounting. The proprietary and fiduciary fund financial statements are reported using the
economic resources measurement focus and the accrual basis of accounting. Expenditures of Federal Awards
reported on the Schedule are recognized when incurred.
NOTE 3 – INDIRECT COST ELECTION
The City has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN
AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS
To the Honorable Members of the City Council
City of San Rafael, California
We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued
by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of the governmental activities, the
business-type activities, the discretely presented component unit, each major fund, and the aggregate
remaining fund information of the City of San Rafael (City), California, as of and for the year ended June 30,
2022, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the City’s basic financial
statements, and have issued our report thereon dated November 21, 2022. Our report included an emphasis of
a matter paragraph disclosing the implementation of new accounting principles.
Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the City’s internal control
over financial reporting (internal control) as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements, but not for the purpose
of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express
an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control.
A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management
or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct,
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in
internal control, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the City’s financial
statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness,
yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this
section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses
or significant deficiencies and therefore, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies may exist that were
not identified. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control
that we consider to be material weaknesses. We identified certain deficiencies in internal control that we
consider to be significant deficiencies as listed on the Schedule of Significant Deficiencies included as part of
our separately issued Memorandum on Internal Control dated November 21, 2022. which is an integral part of
our audit and should be read in conjunction with this report.
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Report on Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the City’s financial statements are free from material
misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and
grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the financial
statements. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our
audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of
noncompliance that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
We have also issued a separate Memorandum on Internal Control dated November 21, 2022, which is an
integral part of our audit and should be read in conjunction with this report.
City’s Response to Findings
Government Auditing Standards require the auditor to perform limited procedures on the City’s response to
the findings identified in our audit and described in our separately issued Memorandum on Internal Control
dated November 21, 2022, which is an integral part of our audit and should be read in conjunction with this
report. The City’s response was not subjected to the other auditing procedures applied in the audit of the
financial statements and, accordingly, we express no opinion on the response.
Purpose of this Report
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and
the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control or
on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing
Standards in considering the City’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not
suitable for any other purpose.
Pleasant Hill, California
November 21, 2022
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT
ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR PROGRAM
AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE;
AND REPORT ON THE SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF
FEDERAL AWARDS REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE
To the Honorable Members of the City Council
City of San Rafael, California
Report on Compliance for Each Major Federal Program
Opinion on Each Major Federal Program
We have audited the City of San Rafael’s (City) compliance with the types of compliance requirements
identified as subject to audit in the OMB Compliance Supplement that could have a direct and material effect
on each of the City’s major federal programs for the year ended June 30, 2022. The City’s major federal
programs are identified in the summary of auditor’s results section of the accompanying Schedule of Findings
and Questioned Costs.
The City’s basic financial statements include the operations of the San Rafael Sanitation District (District),
which is not included in the Schedule because it is subject to a separate Single Audit. However, the District
did not incur any federal expenditures during the year ended June 30, 2022.
In our opinion, the City complied, in all material respects, with the compliance requirements referred to above
that could have a direct and material effect on each of its major federal programs for the year ended June 30,
2022.
Basis for Opinion on Each Major Federal Program
We conducted our audit of compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America (GAAS); the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing
Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States (Government Auditing Standards); and the
audit requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Our
responsibilities under those standards and the Uniform Guidance are further described in the Auditor’s
Responsibilities for the Audit of Compliance section of our report.
We are required to be independent of the City and to meet our other ethical responsibilities, in accordance
with relevant ethical requirements relating to our audit. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained
is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion on compliance for each major federal program.
Our audit does not provide a legal determination of the City’s compliance with the compliance requirements
referred to above.
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Responsibilities of Management for Compliance
Management is responsible for compliance with requirements referred to above and for the design,
implementation, and maintenance of effective internal control over compliance with the requirements of laws,
statutes, regulations, rules and provisions of contacts or grant agreements applicable to the City’s federal
programs.
Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of Compliance
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether material noncompliance with the compliance
requirements referred to above occurred, whether due to fraud or error, and express an opinion on the City’s
compliance based on our audit. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not absolute
assurance and therefore is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with GAAS, Government
Auditing Standards, and the Uniform Guidance will always detect material noncompliance when it exists. The
risk of not detecting material, noncompliance resulting from fraud is higher than for that resulting from error,
as fraud may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations, or the override of internal
control. Noncompliance with the compliance requirements referred to above is considered material if there is
a substantial likelihood that, individually or in the aggregate, it would influence the judgment made by a
reasonable user of the report on compliance about the City’s compliance with the requirements of each major
federal program as a whole.
In performing an audit in accordance with GAAS, Government Auditing Standards, and the Uniform
Guidance, we:
• Exercise professional judgment and maintain professional skepticism throughout the audit.
• Identify and assess the risks of material noncompliance, whether due to fraud or error, and design and
perform audit procedures responsive to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test
basis, evidence regarding the City’s compliance with the compliance requirements referred to above
and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
• Obtain an understanding of the City’s internal control over compliance relevant to the audit in order
to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances and to test and report on internal
control over compliance in accordance with the Uniform Guidance, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control over compliance.
Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
We are required to communicate with those charged with governance regarding, among other matters, the
planned scope and timing of the audit and any significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in internal
control over compliance that we identified during the audit.
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Report on Internal Control Over Compliance
A deficiency in internal control over compliance exists when the design or operation of a control over
compliance does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned
functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, noncompliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal
program on a timely basis. A material weakness in internal control over compliance is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance, such that there is a reasonable possibility
that material noncompliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program will not be
prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A significant deficiency in internal control over
compliance is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance with a type
of compliance requirement of a federal program that is less severe than a material weakness in internal control
over compliance, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.
Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purpose described in the Auditor's
Responsibilities for the Audit of Compliance section above and was not designed to identify all deficiencies
in internal control over compliance that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal
control over compliance. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in
internal control over compliance that we consider to be material weaknesses, as defined above. However,
material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control over compliance may exist that were not
identified.
Our audit was not designed for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of internal control
over compliance. Accordingly, no such opinion is expressed.
The purpose of this report on internal control over compliance is solely to describe the scope of our testing of
internal control over compliance and the results of that testing based on the requirements of the Uniform
Guidance. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other purpose.
Report on Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Required by the Uniform Guidance
We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, the
discretely presented component unit, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the
City as of and for the year ended June 30, 2022, and the related notes to the financial statements, which
collectively comprise the City’s basic financial statements. We issued our report thereon dated November 21,
2022, which contained an unmodified opinion on those financial statements. Our audit was conducted for the
purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively comprise the basic financial
statements. The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is presented for purposes of
additional analysis as required by the Uniform Guidance and is not a required part of the basic financial
statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly
to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements. The
information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements
and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the
underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial
statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements as a whole.
Pleasant Hill, California
March 3, 2023
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