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Financial Statements and Federal Single Audit
Report
City of Port Townsend
Jefferson County
For theperiod January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
Published July 24, 2017
Report No. 1019516
Office of the Washington State Auditor
Pat McCarthy
July 24, 2017
Mayor and City Council
City of Port Townsend
Port Townsend, Washington
Report onFinancial Statements and Federal Single Audit
compliance with federal laws and regulations.
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Pat McCarthy
State Auditor
Olympia, WA
Insurance Building, P.O. Box 40021 Olympia, Washington 98504-0021 (360) 902-0370Pat.McCarthy@sao.wa.gov
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Schedule Of Findings And Questioned Costs.................................................................................4
Compliance And Other Matters Based On An Audit Of Financial Statements Performed In
Accordance With Government Auditing Standards.......................................................................6
And Report
On Internal Control Over Compliance In Accordance With The Uniform Guidance....................9
Financial Statements..............................................................12
Financial Section...........................................................................................................................16
About The StateA.................................................................................................
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SCHEDULE OF FINDINGSAND QUESTIONED COSTS
City of Port Townsend
Jefferson County
January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
SECTION I
The results of our audit of the City of Port Townsend are summarized below in accordance with
Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations(CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements,
Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards(Uniform Guidance).
Financial Statements
We issued an unmodifiedopinion on the fair presentation of the financial statements in
accordance with its regulatory basis of accounting. Separately, we issued an adverse opinion on
the fair presentation of all funds with regard to accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America (GAAP) because the financial statements are prepared using a basis of
accounting other than GAAP.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting:
Significant Deficiencies: We reported no deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reportingthat we consider to be significant deficiencies.
Material Weaknesses:We identified no deficiencies that weconsider to be material
weaknesses.
We noted no instances of noncompliance that were material to the financial statements of the
City.
Federal Awards
Internal Control over Major Programs:
Significant Deficiencies:We reported no deficiencies in the design or operation of
internal control over major federal programs that we consider to be significant
deficiencies.
Material Weaknesses:We identified no deficiencies that we consider to be material
weaknesses.
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major federal program.
We reported no findings that are required to be disclosed in accordance with 2 CFR 200.516(a).
Identification of Major Federal Programs:
The following program was selected as a major program in our audit of compliance in
accordance with the Uniform Guidance.
CFDA No.Program or Cluster Title
66.468Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds
The dollar threshold used to distinguish between Type A and Type B programs, as prescribed by
the Uniform Guidance, was $750,000.
The City did not qualify as a low-risk auditee under the Uniform Guidance.
SECTION II FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS
None reported.
SECTION III FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED
COSTS
None reported.
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S REPORT ON INTERNALCONTROL
OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND
OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS PERFORMEDIN ACCORDANCE WITH
GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS
City of Port Townsend
Jefferson County
January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
Mayor and City Council
City of Port Townsend
Port Townsend, Washington
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 the
City of Port Townsend, Jefferson County,Washington, as of and for the year ended December
31, 2016, and the re
financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated July 17, 2017.
accordance with its regulatory basis of accounting. We issued an adverse opinion on the fair
presentation with regard to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America (GAAP) because the financial statements are prepared by the Cityusing accounting
Budgeting, Accounting
and Reporting System(BARS) manual described in Note 1, which is a basis of accounting other
than GAAP. The effects on the financial statements of the variances between the basis of
accounting described in Note 1 and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America, although not reasonably determinable, are presumed to be material.
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine the audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose ofexpressing our opinion on the financial
internal control.
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Adeficiency in internal controlexists 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 City's financial statements will not be prevented,
or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiencyis 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.
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph
of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be
material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit we did
not identify any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses.
However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.
COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS
As part of obtaining reasonable
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 testsdisclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are
required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
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
s an integral part of an audit performed
in accordance with Government Auditing Standards
compliance. Accordingly, this communication is notsuitable for any other purpose. However,
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this report is a matter of public record and its distribution is not limited. It also serves to
disseminate information to the public as a reporting tool to help citizens assess government
operations.
Pat McCarthy
State Auditor
Olympia, WA
July 17, 2017
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INDEPENDENT COMPLIANCE FOR
EACH MAJOR FEDERAL PROGRAM ANDREPORTON
INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE
City of Port Townsend
Jefferson County
January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
Mayor and City Council
City of Port Townsend
Port Townsend, Washington
REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR FEDERAL
PROGRAM
We have auditedthe compliance of theCity of Port Townsend,JeffersonCounty, Washington,
with the types of compliance requirements described in the U.S. Officeof Management and
Budget (OMB)Compliance Supplementthat could have a direct and material effect on each of
theCity
federal programs are identified in the accompanyingSchedule of Findings and Questioned Costs.
Management is responsible for compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and
conditions of its federal awardsapplicable to its federal programs.
Responsibility
programs based on our audit of the types of compliance requirements referred to above. We
conducted our audit of compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in
the United States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits contained in
Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; andthe
audit requirements ofTitle 2 U.S.Code of Federal RegulationsPart 200, Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards(Uniform
Guidance).Those standards and the Uniform Guidancerequire that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether noncompliance with the types of compliance
requirements referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on a major federal
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compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion on compliance for each
major federal program. Our audit doe
compliance.
Opinion on Each Major Federal Program
In our opinion, the City complied, in all material respects, with the types of compliance
requirements referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on each of its major
federal programs for the year ended December 31, 2016.
REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE
Management of the City is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control
over compliance with the types of compliance requirements referred to above. In planning and
performing our audit of complia
with the types of requirements that could have a direct and material effect on each major federal
program in order to determine the auditing procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on compliance for each major federal program and to
test and report on internal control over compliance in accordance with the Uniform Guidance,
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectivenessof internal control over
compliance. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City's
internal control over compliance.
Adeficiency in internal control over complianceexists when the design or operation of a control
over compliance does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing
their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, noncompliance with a type of
compliance requirement of a federal program on a timely basis. A material weaknessin internal
control over compliance is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over
compliance, such that there is a reasonable possibility that material noncompliance with a type of
compliance requirement of a federal program will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on
a timely basis. A significant deficiency in internal control over complianceis a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance with a type of compliance
requirement ofa federal program that is less severe than a material weakness in internal control
over compliance, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.
Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purposedescribed in
the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal
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control that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. We did not identify any
deficiencies in internal control over compliancethat we consider to be material weaknesses.
However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.
Purpose of this Report
The purpose of this report on internal control over compliance is solely to describe the scope of
our testing of internal control over compliance and the results of that testing based on the
requirements of the Uniform Guidance. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other
purpose. However, this report is a matter of public record and its distribution is not limited. It
also serves to disseminate information to the public as a reporting tool to help citizens assess
government operations.
Pat McCarthy
State Auditor
Olympia, WA
July 17, 2017
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S REPORT ON
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
City of Port Townsend
Jefferson County
January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
Mayor and City Council
City of Port Townsend
Port Townsend, Washington
REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the City of Port Townsend,Jefferson
County, Washington, for the year ended December 31, 2016, and the related notes to the
financial statements, which collectively comprise the Cityas listed on
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Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements
in accordance with the financial reporting provisions of Washington State statutes and the
Budgeting, Accounting and Reporting System(BARS) manual prescribed by the State Auditor
described in Note1. This includes determining thatthe basis of accounting is acceptable for the
presentation of the financial statements in the circumstances. Management is also responsible
for the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation
and fair presentation of financial statements that are free frommaterial misstatement, whether
due to fraud or error.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We
conducted our audit inaccordance 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. Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and
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judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial
statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor
considers internal control relevant to the City
statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not
for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City
Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit alsoincludes evaluating the appropriateness
of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a
basis for our auditopinions.
Unmodified Opinion on Regulatory Basis of Accounting (BARS Manual)
As described in Note 1, the City of Port Townsendhas prepared these financial statements to
meet the financial reporting requirements of Washington State statutes using accounting
practices prescribed by the Budgeting, Accounting and Reporting System(BARS)
manual. Those accounting practices differ fromaccounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America(GAAP). The differences in these accounting practices are also
described in Note 1.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position and results of operations of the City of Port Townsend, for the year ended
December 31, 2016, on the basis of accounting described in Note 1.
Basis for Adverse Opinion on U.S. GAAP
Auditing standards issued by the AmericanInstitute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
require auditors to formally acknowledge when governments do not prepare their financial
statements, intended for general use, in accordance with GAAP. The effects on the financial
statements of the variances between GAAP and the accounting practices the City used, as
described in Note 1, although not reasonably determinable, are presumed to be material. As a
result, we are required to issue an adverse opinion on whether the financial statements are
presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP.
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Adverse Opinion on U.S. GAAP
The financial statements referred to above were not intended to, and in our opinion they do not,
present fairly, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America, the financial position of the City of Port Townsend, as of December 31, 2016, or the
changes in financial position or cash flows for the year then ended, due to the significance of the
matter discussed in thea
Other Matters
Supplementary and Other Information
Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinionon the financial statements taken
as a whole. The accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is presented for
purposes of additional analysis as required by Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations(CFR)
Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for
Federal Awards(Uniform Guidance).The accompanying Schedule of Liabilitiesis also
presented for purposes of additional analysis,as required by the prescribed BARS manual.
These schedules are not a required part of the financial statements. Such information is the
responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying
accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements. The information has been
subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and certain
additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the
underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements or to the
financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the information is
fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
OTHER REPORTING REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT AUDITING
STANDARDS
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards,we have also issued our report dated
July
our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grant
agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing
of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not
to provide an opinion on internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report
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isan integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standardsin
over financial reporting and compliance.
Pat McCarthy
State Auditor
Olympia, WA
July 17, 2017
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FINANCIAL SECTION
City of Port Townsend
Jefferson County
January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Fund Resources and Uses Arising from Cash Transactions 2016
Fiduciary Fund Resources and Uses Arising from Cash Transactions 2016
Notes to Financial Statements 2016
SUPPLEMENTARY AND OTHER INFORMATION
Schedule of Liabilities 2016
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards 2016
Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards 2016
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.
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