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April 26, 1999 <br /> Orange County,North Carolina <br /> Page 6 <br /> reference to Deloitte&Touche LLP, in such document before the document is printed and <br /> distributed. The inclusion or incorporation by reference of our report in any such document <br /> would constitute the reissuance of our report and any request by the County to reissue our <br /> report or to consent to its inclusion or incorporation by reference in an offering or other <br /> document will be considered based on the facts and circumstances existing at the time of such <br /> request. The estimated fees outlined herein do not include any services that would need to be <br /> performed in connection with any such request to make use of our report, or reference to <br /> Deloitte&Touche LLP; fees for such services(and their scope)would be subject to our mutual <br /> agreement at such time and would be described in a separate engagement letter. <br /> Other Communications Arising From the Audit <br /> In connection with the planning and the performance of our audit, generally accepted auditing <br /> standards and Government Auditing Standards require that we ensure that certain matters are <br /> communicated to management and members of the Board. We will report directly to the <br /> members of the Board any fraud of which we become aware that involves senior management, <br /> and any fraud (whether caused by senior management or other employees)of which we <br /> become aware that causes a material misstatement of the general purpose financial statements. <br /> We will report to senior management any fraud perpetrated by lower level employees of which <br /> we become aware that does not cause a material misstatement of the general purpose financial <br /> statements; however,we will not report such matters directly to the Board, unless otherwise <br /> directed by the Board. <br /> We will inform the appropriate level of management of the County and ensure that the Board <br /> is adequately informed with respect to illegal acts that have been detected or have otherwise <br /> come to our attention in the course of our audit, unless the illegal act is clearly <br /> inconsequential. <br /> If, after determining that the Board has been adequately informed of an illegal act that has <br /> been detected or which has otherwise come to our attention in the course of our audit,we <br /> conclude that(1)the illegal act has a material effect on the general purpose financial <br /> statements; (2) senior management has not taken, and the Board has not caused senior <br /> management to take,timely and appropriate remedial actions with respect to the illegal act; <br /> and(3)the failure to take appropriate remedial actions is likely to result in a departure from <br /> the standard auditors' report or warrant our resignation from the audit engagement,we will <br /> directly report our conclusions to the Board and take such actions as are required by state or <br /> federal law to report such matters to funding agencies and appropriate legal authorities. <br />