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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SINGLE AUDIT REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
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Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control Over
Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters
Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in
Accordance with Government Auditing Standards.................................................... 1 – 2
Independent Auditors’ Report on Compliance for Each
Major Federal Program and Report on Internal
Control Over Compliance in Accordance with
Uniform Guidance ..................................................................................................... 3 – 5
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards ............................................................... 6
Notes to Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards ................................................ 7
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs ................................................................. 8
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REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING AND ON
COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS
The Honorable Mayor
and City Council of
City of Friendswood, Texas
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 governmental
activities, the business-type activities, the discretely presented component units, each major fund, and
the aggregate remaining fund information of City of Friendswood, Texas as of and for the year ended
September 30, 2017, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise City
of Friendswood, Texas’s basic financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated March 26,
2018. Our report includes a reference to other auditors who audited the financial statements of West
Ranch Management District, as described in our report on City of Friendswood, Texas’s financial
statements. The financial statements of West Ranch Management District were not audited in
accordance with Government Auditing Standards.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered City of
Friendswood, Texas’s internal control over financial reporting (internal control) to determine the audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the
financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of City of
Friendswood, Texas’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness
of City of Friendswood, Texas’s internal control.
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A deficiency in internal control exists 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 pos sibility that a material
misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a
timely basis. A significant deficiency is 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 over financial reporting was for the limited purpose
described in the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in
internal control over financial reporting that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies.
Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control over
financial reporting 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 assurance about whether City of Friendswood, Texas’s financial
statements are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain
provisions 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 tests disclosed 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 the
entity’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in
accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the entity’s internal control and
compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.
Waco, Texas
March 26, 2018
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR
FEDERAL PROGRAM AND REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER
COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNIFORM GUIDANCE
To the Honorable Mayor
and City Council of
City of Friendswood, Texas
Report on Compliance for Each Major Federal Program
We have audited the City of Friendswood’s (the “City”) compliance with the types of
compliance requirements described in the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Compliance
Supplement that could have a direct and material effect on each of the City’s major federal programs for
the year ended September 30, 2017. The City’s major federal programs are identified in the summary of
auditors’ results section of the accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs.
Management’s Responsibility
Management is responsible for compliance with the requirements of laws, regulations, contracts
and grants applicable to its federal programs.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on compliance for each of the City’s major federal
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; and the audit requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code
of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and
Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Those standards and the Uniform
Guidance require 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 program occurred. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,
evidence about the City’s compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as
we considered necessary in the circumstances.
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We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion on compliance for each
major federal program. However, our audit does not provide a legal determination of the City’s
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 September 30, 2017.
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 compliance, we considered the City’s internal control over compliance with the
types of requirements that could have a direct and material effect on each major federal program 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 Uniform Guidance, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on
the effectiveness of internal control over compliance. Accordingly we do not express an opinion on the
effectiveness of the City’s internal control over compliance.
A deficiency in internal control over compliance exists when the design or operation of 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 weakness in 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 compliance is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in
internal control over compliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program that is less
server than a material weakness in internal control over compliance, yet important enough to merit
attention by those charges with governance.
Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purpose described in
the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control
over compliance that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. We did not identify any
deficiencies in internal control over compliance that we consider to be material weaknesses. However,
material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.
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Report on Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type
activities, discretely presented component units, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund
information of the City as of and for the year ended September 30, 2017, and the related notes to the
financial statements, which collectively comprise the City’s basic financial statements. We issued our
report thereon dated March 26, 2018, which contained unmodified opinions on those financial
statements. Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on those financial statements.
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that
collectively comprise the basic financial statements. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of
federal awards is presented for purposes of additional analysis as required by Uniform Guidance, and is
not a required part of the basic 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 basic 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 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is fairly stated in all material respects in
relation to the basic financial statements as a whole.
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 Uniform Guidance. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other purpose.
Waco, Texas
March 26, 2018
Federal Grantor/Federal Pass-Through
Pass-Through Grantor/CFDA Grantor's Federal Pass-Through
Program Title Number Number Expenditures Expenditures
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Office of Community Planning and Development
Passed through the Texas Department of Rural Affairs:
Community Development Block Grant/State's Program 14.228 DRS010048 26,143$ -$
Total U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Office of Community Planning and Development 26,143 -
U.S. Department of Justice
Passed through the Office of the Governor:
Crime Victim Assistance Program 16.575 2017-VA-GX-0009 48,578 -
Direct Programs:
Bullet Proof Vest Partnership Program 16.607 None 4,003 -
Total U.S. Department of Justice 52,581 -
U.S. General Services Administration
Passed through the Texas Facilities Commission
Donation of Federal Surplus Personal Property 39.003 40960 63,153 -
Total U.S. General Services Administration 63,153 -
U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services
Passed through the Texas State Library and Archive Commission
Libraries and Literacy Grant 45.310 481-17024 2,777 -
Total U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services 2,777 -
Executive Office of the President
Direct Program:
High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program 95.001 G17HN0018A 2,965 -
Total Executive Office of the President 2,965 -
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Passed through Texas Department of Public Safety
FEMA Disaster Recovery - Hurricane Harvey 97.036 DR-4269 1,183,534 -
Emergency Management Performance Grant 97.042 17TX-EMPG0338 35,132 -
Homeland Security-Ballistic Shields 97.067 EMW-2016-SS-00056 5,064 -
Total U.S. Department of Homeland Security 1,223,730 -
Total Federal Expenditures 1,371,349$ -$
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES
OF FEDERAL AWARDS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
Basis of Accounting
The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards is presented using the modified accrual basis of
accounting. The modified accrual basis of a ccounting is described in Note I of the basic financial
statements. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 2
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost
Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Therefore, some of the
amounts presented in this schedule may differ from amounts presented in, or used in the preparation of,
the financial statements.
Basis of Presentation
The Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards presents the activity of all applicable federal awards
programs of the City. The City’s reporting entity is defined in Note I of the basic financial statements.
Federal awards received directly from federal agencies, as well as awards passed through other
government agencies, are included on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.
Indirect Costs
The City has elected not to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed in the Uniform
Guidance.
Summary of Auditors' Results
Financial Statements:
Type of auditors' report issued:Unmodified
Internal control over financial reporting:
Material weakness(es) identified that are not
considered to be material weaknesses?No
Significant deficiencies identified that are not
considered to be material weaknesses?None reported
Noncompliance material to the financial statements
noted?No
Federal Awards:
Internal control over major programs:
Material weakness(es) identified?No
Significant deficiency(ies) identified that are not
considered to be material weaknesses?None reported
Type of auditors' report issued on compliance with
major programs.Unmodified
Any audit findings disclosed that are required to be
reported in accordance with 2 CFR 200.516 (a) of
Uniform Guidance?No
Identification of major programs:
Name of federal program CFDA Number
FEMA Disaster Recovery - Hurricane Harvey 97.036
Dollar threshold used to distinguish between type A and
type B programs $750,000
Auditee qualified as low risk auditee?No
Financial Statement Findings
None
Federal Award Findings
None
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2017
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