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April 7, 2022 Management and Public UtilitiesCommission Elk River Municipal Utilities Elk River, Minnesota We have audited the financial statements of the Elk River Municipal Utilities(the Utilities)of the City of Elk River, Minnesota, (the City)as of and for yearended December 31, 2021.Professional standards require that we provide you with information about our responsibilities under generally accepted auditing standards as well as certain information related to the planned scope and timing of our audit. We have communicated such information in our letter dated December 8, 2021. Professional standards require that we provide you with the following information related to our audit. Significant Audit Findings In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the Utilities internal control over financial reporting (internal control) as a basis for designingthe 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 Utilities internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Utilities 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 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. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified. Compliance As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grants, 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. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under statutes set forth by the State of Minnesota. 2 62