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PROPOSAL PREPARED ESPECIALLY FOR CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA TRANSMITTAL LETTER Lori Ziemer, Finance Director City of Elk River 13065 Orono Parkway Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Dear Ms. Ziemer, On behalf of BerganKDV, I am pleased to submit this proposal for audit services for the City of Elk River, Minnesota. We appreciate the opportunity to bid these services and your consideration of our firm. The attached proposal addresses the information you requested, including the unique qualifications of BerganKDV, the depth and breadth of the services we will provide your City, and our commitment to providing the highest -quality work through a process that is both efficient and effective. Our services would include, but not be limited to, the following for years ending December 31, 2021 through 2025. 1. Performing an audit of the City in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, Government Auditing Standards, and other federal, state, and local requirements, as applicable. 2. Providing an opinion on the City's basic financial statements and an "in -relation to" report on the supporting schedules. 3. Providing an opinion on the City's schedule of federal expenditures "in -relation to" the basic financial statements. 4. Reviewing the City's financial statements and related note disclosures, supplemental schedules and Comprehensive Annual Financial Report information. 5. Reviewing, documenting, and providing recommendations on improving the City's internal control and financial operations. 6. Providing verbal and written guidance on new and ongoing Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statements. 7. Meeting with City finance personnel and administration to review the financial statements and a draft of our letter of recommendations for improving the internal control and financial operations of the City. 8. Presenting the financial statements and communications letter to the City Council. 9. Providing bound copies of the report to the City for the Office of the State Auditor, including a searchable pdf of the report, and the communications letter. 10. Being available during the year to provide a wide range of consulting services and answer your questions as they arise. Our Government Market team is located throughout BerganKDV offices. These individuals work only on our governmental entity clients. We have outlined your upper management team in the "Qualifications" section. In addition to these individuals, we will utilize associate level individuals. Some of our team members will be on -site to perform portions of your audit. We will use a mix of on -site and remote auditing. As further discussed in the Audit Approach section, we utilize Suralink, a workflow management software that improves efficiency by streamlining our audit request process. 2 1 PAGE BERGANKDV, LTD. I BERGANKDV.COM I DO MORE