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MINNESOTA LEGAL COMPLIANCE REPORT
To the Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota
We have audited the financial statements of the City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, as of and
for the year ended December 31, 2013 and have issued our report thereon dated March 31,
2014.
We have audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States
of America, and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing
Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States the financial statements of
City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota as of and for the year ended December 31, 2013, and the
related notes to the financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated March 31,
2014.
TheMinnesota Legal Compliance Audit Guide for Political Subdivisions, promulgated by the
State Auditor pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 6.65, contains seven categories of compliance to be
tested: contracting and bidding, deposits and investments, conflicts of interest, public
indebtedness, claims and disbursements, miscellaneous provisions, and tax increment
financing. Our audit considered all of the listed categories.
In connection with our audit, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that City
of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota failed to comply with the provisions of the Minnesota Legal
Compliance Audit Guide for Political Subdivisions.However, our audit was not directed
primarily toward obtaining knowledge of such noncompliance. Accordingly, had we
performed additional procedures, other matters may have come to our attention regarding the
City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s noncompliance with the above referenced provisions.
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of compliance and the
results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on compliance. Accordingly, this
communication is not suitable for any other purpose.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL
REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT
OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS
To the Honorable Mayor, Members of
the City Council and Management
City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota
We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government
Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial
statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major fund, and the
aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota as of and for
the year ended December 31, 2013, and the related notes to the financial statements, which
collectively comprise the City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s basic financial statements,
and have issued our report thereon dated March 31, 2014.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the City of
Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to
determine the 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 City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s internal control.
Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City of Oak Park
Heights, Minnesota’s internal control.
Adeficiency 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 reasonable
possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be
prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. We consider the deficiency described
in the accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs to be a material weakness,
finding 2013-1.
Asignificant 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.
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Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters
Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in
Accordance with Government Auditing Standards
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Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the City of Oak Park Heights,
Minnesota’s financial statements are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its
compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grant agreements,
noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the determination of
financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those
provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an
opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that
are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
City of Oak Park Heights’ Response to Finding
TheCity of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s response to the finding identified in our audit is
described in the accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs. The City of Oak
Park Heights, Minnesota’s response was not subject to the auditing procedures applied in the
audit of the financial statements and, accordingly, we express no opinion on it.
Purpose of This Report
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and
compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of
the City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an
integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in
considering the City of Oak Park Heights, Minnesota’s internal control and compliance.
Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.
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March 31, 2014
CITY OF OAK PARK HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND RESPONSES
For The Year Ended December 31, 2013
2013-1 Prior Period Adjustment
Criteria: A City’s internal controls should allow management or employees, in
the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis.
Condition: During 2013, the City detected misstatements to charges for service
revenues that resulted in a prior period adjustment, as described in Note 17 to the
financial statements.
Cause: The City was not charging two major developers a servicing fee for conduit
debt that the developers had in the City’s name as per their agreement. The City was
also not charging these developers their portion of expenditures relating to EMS-911
service calls in a timely manner.
Effect: Previously reported charges for service revenue in the General Fund was
understated by $81,525. The City has invoiced the developers who were under
charged.
Recommendation: We recommend the City continue to review its procedures, verify
charges are correct for similar services, and strengthen internal controls to prevent a
reocurrence.
Management’s Response
Corrective Action Plan (CAP): Ensure that services that are available to be charged
are calculated and charged on a timely manner.
Explanation of agreement or disagreement: Management agrees with the finding.
Official responsible for ensuring CAP: Betty Caruso
Planned completion date for CAP:
Informed and Billed – Loan servicing fee 07/2013
Informed and Billed – EMS charges 01/2014
Plan to monitor completion for CAP: Review of developers agreements for special
charges will be made with management.