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PROPOSAL PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA VALUE-ADDED SERVICES BEYOND THE AUDIT Our goal is to be your first call when you experience organizational challenges. We believe this can occur only when a relationship is developed and nurtured through strong communication and a thorough understanding of your mission, programs, and operations. We are unwavering in our commitment to our clients and make it our mission to ask the right questions, listen actively, understand your expectations, and deliver results. You can expect a partnership with professionals who value trust, integrity, and relationships. Fxtensive Governmental Auditing and Consulting Experience With over 50 years of experience serving the government community, we have a great appreciation for the unique issues and complexities that you face. We currently work with over 150 governmental entities, including cities, charter schools, school districts, colleges and universities, and other governmental entities, providing a wide array of services including accounting, auditing, and consulting services. We are dedicated to keeping informed of significant developments in the government community and the impact of those developments on our clients. We accomplish this through formal training, including annual seminars, workshops and professional sponsored classes on governmental accounting, auditing, and reporting requirements. We are a member of the Governmental Audit Quality Center of the American. Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The Center maintains standards for quality control in governmental audits for CPA firms nationwide. In addition, many employees of our firm are members and have participated as instructors and speakers at seminars. These presentations have included GASB implementations, auditing standards updates, levy process and related accounting, property taxes and general fund budget, budget issues related to the state budget deficit, accounting and finance policies and procedures and fraud. Peer Review Our firm is a member of the Private Companies Section of the AICPA Division for CPA Firms. This Division was founded in 1977 by the AICPA to promote CPA excellence and to provide a voluntary, objective means of monitoring adherence to professional standards. Each member firm is required to periodically subject its audit and accounting practice to a comprehensive quality review by specially trained outside CPAs. Our last such review wasjust performed recently, and we received a clean report on our practices and methods. A copy of our last peer review report is included in the Additional Information. Assistance with Certificate of Achievement Our firm is very familiar with the requirements necessary to obtain the Certificate of Achievement. We currently assist several of our clients with preparation of their comprehensive annual financial report to meet the criteria for GFOA's Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. We assisted several of these clients with their initial application, and all were successful on their initial and ali subsequent submissions. 8 1 PAGE BERGANKDV, LTD. I BERGANKDV.COM DO MORE.