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LONGwO ~IONSCHAMBERS
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DecEMBER zo, 19z3
Present. Mayor Paul L
Deputy Mayor R argent
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Miller
r Annemarie V
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sera Ld inerD. zamb ity clerk
Absent: Rrchard s. Taylor, Jr., Acting City Attorney
1. Mayor Lovestrand called a work session to order at 6.00 P.M.
2. INTERVIEW AUDITING FIRMS.
Vid Holland and M ley gave a fief presentation of
the iDra qualifications experience, uch b had significant
experience i obtain ingot of icates o ompliance, mall
and responsive Eirm, had beoad experience of auditing governmental
nits and significant i Volvement in the nGFOA s Certificate of
Achievement for Excellence.
Mr. Holland and eill ey esponded to questions, from the
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dedicate two of theirns raft to perform the City~s audit,to e being
ither M Holland o eill ey. aid t e four C
their staff. fission thanked the firmerof Hol la d sand
Reilley for attenai nq,mm
Kurt Seland and Mr. Paul Chatham, and briefly explained their
nty, Highlands C unty nole C my 5 00l B ard. Kuhn
and his associates responded to questions of the Commrssi uch
procedure required order to apply for of icate o£
Achievement. The C anked P(r. Kuhn and me-tubers of his
staff for their participation th
. Lykkebak said he w sole practitioner and would, therefore,
be doing the bulk of the work. then r roduced M nthony
staff a untant, who won ldebe i volved i sApha ses
engagement, n ing that he w ing r sultsrof his CPA
Lykkebak then b ief ly r wedlhis personal background
expert ence~ n ing governmentalrwork which rncluded Orlando
ick C unty, NC. Mr. Lykkebak said he believed
hercou ldsnegotiate a price substantially lower due to the srze o£
Lykkebak responded to questions from the C aid
although he has not done any governmental work or rthe pa st Stwo
years, he w s familiar with t ing S
Replied that the of the year nm metal on ldrtbe ork ing d
ongwood's audit, sehis slow time of thewyear and would have
ample t ity's audit. The Commrssion thanked
Mr. Lykkebak forvattendinge C
Elaon M iiy L ary, c Audit M Hager
Mr. Mcoirmit gave to br of overvrew of the firm's qualifications an
noting firms rat Florida by the Orlando Business
nal~ firm has been audited e ery three years - three years peer
and r ved a unqualified opinion a ery t -last year's
eview being done on the City of Longwood'svauditime
lefly explained Ms. L aiy's qualifications and experienceca she
has performed Longwoode's audit for three years. Saitl Longwood
received it's first unqualified opinion while under their firm.
Mr. McDirmit responded to questions from the C aid three
of their firm w e directly involved with sthe na dit~ Xelly
Leabryrbei ng the audit manager. Explained that they had applied for
tificate of Achievement for Longwood after completion of the
dit and w not s ssful, but felt c ent it would be
achieved n teyear a they would submit thenfinf oimation in the
format a requested, i budget comparisons to the lowest level of
rel s by line i The Cemmrssion thanked Mr. McOrrmrt and
Me tLeary for attending.
J. Meeting adj onrned at 6.59 PM.
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ciey Clerk