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Emphasis of Matter As discussed in Note 1 B, the financial statements present only the Electric and Water enterprise funds and do not purport to, and do not present fairly the financial position of the City as of December 31, 2018, the changes in its financial position, its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our opinion is not modified with respect to this matter. Other Matters Required Supplementary Information Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the Management's Discussion and Analysis Page 15 and the Schedule of Employer's Share of the Net Pension Liability, the Schedule of Employer's Contributions and the Schedule of Changes in the Employer's OPEB Liability and Related Ratios starting on page 50 be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the financial statements, is required by the Government Accounting Standards Board,who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the financial statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context.We have applied certain limited procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with management's responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the basic financial statements.We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance. Other Information Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively comprise the Utilities'financial statements as a whole. The introductory section and supplemental information listed in the table of contents are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the financial statements of the Utilities. The supplemental information, except for the portion marked "unaudited"on which we express no opinion, has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole. The introductory section and the supplemental information marked"unaudited" have not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on them. ivivitto I Lif ABDO, EICK& MEYERS, LLP Minneapolis, Minnesota April 2, 2019 People +Process. Going. 13evnnt l uhr. 13 NutilbensT 100