2003 S Finance - Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P Audit Contract for the June 30, 2003 Fiscal Year

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As required by the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996, OMB Circular A-133, and the State Single Audit Implementation Act, our audit will include tests of transactions related to major federal and State award programs for compliance with applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of contracts and grant agreements. Because an audit is designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute assurance and because we will not perform a detailed examination of all transactions, there is a risk that material errors, fraud, other illegal acts, or noncompliance may exist and not be detected by us. In addition, an audit is not designed to detect immaterial errors, fraud, or other illegal acts or illegal acts that do not have a direct effect on the basic financial statements or to maj or programs. It should be recognized that our audit generally provides no assurance that illegal acts will be detected, and only reasonable assurance that illegal acts having a direct and material effect on the determination of fmancial statement amounts will be detected. However, we will inform you with respect to material errors and fraud, or illegal acts that come to our attention during the course of our audit. We will include such matters in the reports as required for a Single Audit. If, for any reason, we are unable to complete the audit, or are unable to form. or have not formed an opinion on the basic financial statements, we may decline to express an opinion or decline to issue a report as a result of the engagement. RESPONSIBILITIES AS TO INTERNAL CONTROLS As a part of our audit, we will consider the County's internal control structure, as required by auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America, Government Auditing Standards, the provisions of OMB Circular A-133, and the State Single Audit Implementation Act, sufficient to plan the audit and to determine the nature, timing, and extent of auditing procedures necessary for expressing our opinion concerning the basic financial statements. You recognize that the basic financial statements and the establishment and maintenance of an effective internal control over financial reporting are the responsibility of management. You also recognize that management is responsible for identifying and ensuring that the entity complies with the laws and regulations applicable to its activities. Appropriate supervisory review procedures are necessary to provide reasonable assurance that adopted policies and prescribed procedures are adhered to and to identify errors and fraud or illegal acts. An audit is not designed to provide assurance on internal control. As part of our consideration of the County's internal control structure; however, we will inform you of matters that come to our attention that represent significant deficiencies in the design or operation of the internal control structure, if any, as required by OMB Circular A-133 and the State Single Audit Implementation Act. As required by OMB Circular A-133 and the State Single Audit Implementation Act, we will perform tests of controls to evaluate the effectiveness of the design and operation of controls that we consider relevant to preventing or detecting material noncompliance with compliance requirements, applicable to each major federal and State award program. However, our tests will be less in scope than would be necessary to render an opinion on those controls and, accordingly, no opinion will be expressed in our report on internal control issued pursuant to OMB Circular A-133 and the State Single Audit Implementation Act. We are prepared at your request to perform a more in-depth assessment of the County's intemal control structure, and report our findings and recommendations, or to conduct an examination engagement on the effectiveness of your internal control structure. We would be pleased to discuss fees for these services, which depend on their scope. RESPONSIBILITIES AS TO COMPLIANCE Our audit will be conducted in accordance with the standards referred to in the section Summary of Services. As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the basic financial statements are free of material misstatement, we will perform tests of the County's. compliance with applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of contracts and agreements, including grant agreements.