A REPORTTO THEARIZONA LEGISLATUREFinancial Audit DivisionSingle AuditPima CountyYear Ended June 30, 2003Debra K. DavenportAuditor GeneralThe Auditor General is appointed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, a bipartisan committee composed of fivesenators and five representatives. Her mission is to provide independent and impartial information and specificrecommendations to improve the operations of state and local government entities. To this end, she provides financialaudits and accounting services to the State and political subdivisions, investigates possible misuse of public monies, andconducts performance audits of school districts, state agencies, and the programs they administer.Copies of the Auditor General’s reports are free.You may request them by contacting us at:Office of the Auditor General2910 N. 44th Street, Suite 410 • Phoenix, AZ 85018 • (602) 553-0333Additionally, many of our reports can be found in electronic format at:www.auditorgen.state.az.usPima County, Arizona Single Audit Reporting Package Year Ended June 30, 2003 Table of Contents Page Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Issued separately Single Audit Section Report on Compliance and on Internal Control over Financial Reporting Based on an Audit of Basic Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards 1 Report on Compliance with Requirements Applicable to Each Major Program and on Internal Control over ...
Copies of the Auditor General’s reports are free. You may request them by contacting us at: Office of the Auditor General 2910 N. 44th Street, Suite 410 • Phoenix, AZ 85018 • (602) 553-0333 Additionally, many of our reports can be found in electronic format at: www.auditorgen.state.az.us
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STATE OF ARIZONA OFFICE OF THE DEBRA K. DAVENPORT, CPA WILLIAM THOMSON AUDITOR GENERAL AUDITOR GENERAL DEPUTY AUDITOR GENERAL Independent Auditors’ Report on Compliance and on Internal Control over FinancialReportingBasedonanAudBiatsoifc Financial Statements Performed in Accordance w G i o th v ernment Auditing Stand ards MembersoftheArizonaStaetgeisLlature The Board of Supervisors of Pima County, Arizona Wehaveauditedthfeinancialstatementstohfegovernmentalactivities,bus-tiynpesesactivities,aggregate discretely presented component units, each major fund, and aggregate remaining information of Pima County as of and for the year ended June 30, 2003, which collectively compris County’sbasicfinancialstatements,avnedishsauedourreporttheredoatnedDecembe1r, 2003,whichwas modified due to our reliance on the rep o trhtesroafuditorassdescribedth e irn.Weconductedouraudit in accordance with U.S. generally accepted auditing standards and the standards applicable financial audits contained G i o n v ernment Auditing Stan , d a is r s d u s ed by the Comptroller General of the United States. Compliance AspartofobtainingreasonableassuranceaboutwhetherthebCaosiucnfitnya’sncialstatementsarefreeof material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regul contracts, andgrants, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on t determinationf boasicfinancialstatementamouHntos.wever,providinganopiniononcompliancewiththoseprovisionswasnotanobjectiveofourauditand,accordiongnloy,t ewxeprdesssuchanopinion.Theresultsofourteastnsdthereportsoftheotherau d i tsocrlsosednoinstancesofnoncompliancethatare required to be reported u G nd ov er e rnment Auditing Stand . ards Internal Control over Financial Reporting In plani n g and performing our audit, we considered the County’s internal control over financial repo in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressings o nurthoepifniinoa n cial statements and not to provide assurance on icnotnet r nolaloverfinancialreportiOnugr.considerationofinternalcontroloverfinancialreportingwouldnotnecessarilydiscloseinalilntmeartntaelrscontrolthatmightbematerialweaknessAes.materialweaknessisaconditioninwhichthedesiegrnatoironopofoneor more of the internal control components does not reduce to a relatively low level the risk misstatementsinamountsthatwouldbematreeril a tlioi n to thbeasic financial statements being auditedmayoccurandnotbedetecteidnwai t ihmelyperiodbyemployeesinthenormalcourseofperformingtheirassignedfunctioWnse.andthereportsoftheotherauditorsnotednomattersinvolving internalcontroloverfinancialreportinganditsoperationthatweandtheotheridaeurdtitoorbsecons materialweaknesseHso.wever,wenotedothermattersinvolvinginternalcontroloverfinancialreport thatwewillreptoorttheCounty’smanagetmiennaseparateletter. 2 9 1 0 N O R T H 4 4 th S T R E E T • S U I T E 4 1 0 • P H O E N I X , A R I Z O N A 8 5 0 1 8 • ( 6 0 2 ) 5 5 3 - 0 3 3 3 • F A X ( 6 0 2 ) 5 5 3 - 0 0 5 1
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ThisreportisintendedsolelyfortheinformationanduseobfetrhseofmtehmeArizonaStateLegislature,theBoardofSupervisors,federalawardingagencies,a-tnhdropuagshsentitiesandisnotintendedtobeandshouldnotbeusedbyanyoneotthhaenrthesespecifiedpartiHeos.wever,thisreportisamatterofpublicrecord, and its distribution is not limited.
December1,2003
Dennis L. Mattheisen, CPA Financial Audit Director