2004 S Finance - Cherry Bekaert & Holland Audit Contract for the June 30, 2004 Fiscal Year

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Base Charge for Audit $38,500 Base Charge for Financial Statement Preparation $10,000 Base Charge for Compliance Audit $19,000 (includes 8 major programs) Charge Per Single Audit Program for Additional Compliance Testing $2,000 per program Bookkeeping None 10. ABer completing his audit, the Auditor shall submit to the Governing Board a written report of audit. This report shall include, at least, the financial statements of the governmental unit and all of its component units and notes thereto prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, combining and supplementary information requested by the client or required for full disclosure under the law, and the auditor's opinion on the material presented. The Auditor shall furnish the required number of copies of the report of audit to the Governing Board as soon as practical after the close of the accounting period. 11. The Auditor shall file with the Local Government Commission two copies of the report of audit, including one copy of the federal Data Collection Form, if a federal single audit is conducted. Two copies of the report of audit should be submitted if an audit is required to be performed only under the requirements of the State Single Audit Implementation Act or a financial audit is required to be performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards. Otherwise, one copy shall be submitted. Copies of the report shall be filed with the Local Government Commission when (or prior to) submitting the invoice for the services rendered. All copies of the report submitted must be bound. The report of audit, as filed with the Secretary of the Local Government Commission, becomes a matter of public record for inspection and review in the offices of the Secretary by any interested parties. Any subsequent revisions to these reports must be sent to the Secretary of the Local iiovernment Commission. These audited financial statements are used in the preparation of Official Statements for debt offerings, by municipal bond rating services, and to fulfill secondary market disclosure requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. 12. Should circumstances disclosed by the audit call for a more detailed investigation by the Auditor than necessary under ordinary circumstances, the Auditor shall inform the Goveming Board in writing of the need for such additional investigation and the additional compensation required therefore. Upon approval by the Secretary of the Local Government Commission, this agreement may be varied or changed to include the increased time and/or compensation as may be agreed upon by the Goveming Board and the Auditor. 13. If an approved contract needs to be varied or changed for any reason, the change must be reduced to writing, signed by both parties, pre-audited if necessary, and submitted Yo the Secretary of the Local Govemment Commission for approval. No change shall be effective unless anproved by the Secretary of the Local Government Commission, the Governing Board, and the Auditor. 14. Whenever the Auditor uses an engagement letter with the client, Item ] 5 may be completed by referencing the engagement letter and attaching a copy of the engagement letter to the contract to incorporate the engagement letter into the contract. In case of conflict between the terms of the engagement letter and the terms of this contract, the terms of this contract will control. Engagement letter terms are deemed to be void unless the conflicting terms of this contract are specifically deleted in Item 21 of this contract. Engagement letters containing indemnification clauses will not be approved by the Local Government Commission. 15. There are no special provisions except: See attached engagement letter. 16. A separate contract should not be made for each division to be audited or report to be submitted. A separate contract must be executed for each component unit which is a local government and for which a separate audit report is issued. 17. The contract should be executed and submitted in triplicate to the Secretary of the Local Government Commission, 325 North Salisbury Street, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603-1385. l 8. Upon approval, the original contract will be returned to the Governmental Unit, a copy will be forwarded to the Auditor, and a copy retained by the Secretary of the Local Government Commission. The audit should not be started before the contract is anproved. 19. There are no other agreements between the parties hereto and no other agreements relative hereto that shall be enforceable unless entered into in accordance with the procedure set out herein and approved by the Secretary of the Local Government Commission. 20. If this audit engagement is not subject to Govemment Auditing_Standards, then Item 5 shall be fisted as a deleted provision in Item 21. An explanation must be given for deleting this provision. 2l. All of the above paragraphs are understood and shall apply to this agreement, except the following numbered paragraphs shall be deleted: (See Item 14.) None