File #: 22-155    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 2/3/2022 In control: Auditor-Controller
On agenda: 3/1/2022 Final action: 3/1/2022
Title: Amended Engagement Letter with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Regarding the Provision of External Audit Services for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. 2020 Humboldt County Engagement Letter - Revised 1.24.22, 3. Supplemental Budget, 4. Letter for Clifton Larsen Allen - 030120220001.pdf
To: Board of Supervisors

From: Auditor-Controller

Agenda Section: Departmental

SUBJECT:
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Amended Engagement Letter with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Regarding the Provision of External Audit Services for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Accept a presentation from the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller's Office regarding the performance of transaction and year-end reconciliations for fiscal year 2019-2020;
2. Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute the attached engagement letter with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP regarding the provision of external audit services for fiscal year 2019-2020;
3. Authorize the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller, or a designee thereof, to execute any and all additional engagement letters, professional services agreements and other documents directly related to the provision of external audit services for fiscal year 2019-2020, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office;
4. Adopt the attached supplemental budget for FY 2021-22 in the amount of $12,000 (4/5 vote required); and
5. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one (1) original executed copy of the attached engagement letter with CliftonLarsonAllen LLP to the Humboldt County Auditor-Controller's Office for further processing.

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund

DISCUSSION:
Each year, the County of Humboldt contracts with a certified public accounting firm to conduct an audit of the County of Humboldt's finances and to prepare the associated financial statements, reports and schedules required by federal agencies and the single audit. CliftonLarsonAllen LLP ("CLA") performed an audit of the County of Humboldt's finances for fiscal year 2018-2019 and has performed significant work related to the audit for fiscal year 2019-2020. Completion of the fiscal year 2019-2020 audit was delayed due to several factors including, but not limited ...

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