TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Tracy Schulze - Auditor-Controller Auditor - Controller
REPORT BY: Georgina Panganiban - Financial Reporting Manager
SUBJECT: Annual Comprehensive Financial Report and Single Audit Report for Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2021
RECOMMENDATION
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Auditor-Controller to present and request acceptance of the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and the Single Audit Report - Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards, for fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Auditor-Controller will provide a brief summary of the County's Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) and the Single Audit Report - Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021. The reports are on file with the Clerk of the Board.
FISCAL & STRATEGIC PLAN IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
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County Strategic Plan pillar addressed: |
Effective and Open Government |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
California Government Code Section 25250 addresses the requirements of the County to have an examination of the financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) presented to you today includes an unmodified (clean) opinion from the County's external auditors Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation.
The ACFR has five components as follows: (1) the Introductory Section, including the Transmittal Letter signed by Auditor-Controller, Tracy Schulze, and County Executive Officer, Minh Tran, (2) the Financial Section, including the Audit Opinion and Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), (3) the required Basic Financial Statements Section and note disclosures, (4) the Supplementary Information Section on non-major funds, enterprise funds and internal service funds, and (5) the Statistical Section. The ACFR is an excellent resource for County financial and statistical information. On December 30, 2021, the Auditor-Controller submitted the County's ACFR to the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) to participate in the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence In Financial Reporting Program. Each ACFR submitted to GFOA for consideration is reviewed and rated on various criteria within 17 different areas of the report. The County has received the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting in each of the past sixteen years. Due to the size of the report, the ACFR will be made available to the public through the County's website.
California Government Code Section 12410.5 and Federal Code of Regulations 2 CFR 200.512 address the requirement of the County to prepare and file a Single Audit Report - Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) with the State Controller and Federal Audit Clearinghouse. The Single Audit is required for
any governmental or non-profit entity that spends $750,000 of Federal funding in a single fiscal year, and comprises of additional testing and procedures to review the compliance and accurate reporting of each expenditure. During the year, the County had expenditures of approximately $49.3 million in Federal cash awards (including pass-throughs to sub-recipients), continued tracking $9.8 million in Federal loan awards, and distributed $1.06 million in noncash assistance (nutrition assistance vouchers), for a total of approximately $60.2 million in Federal funding. The audit report before you today has an unmodified (clean) opinion from the County's external auditors Brown Armstrong Accountancy Corporation.
The Single Audit Report has been prepared based on Federal guidelines and must be completed and accepted by the Board of Supervisors no later than March 31, 2022. This report will also be made available to the public through the County's website.