An auditing firm to perform annual fiscal audits of ARPD beginning with FY 24/25. The selected firm, in addition to conducting the annual fiscal audit and the State Controllers Report may be asked to provide other professional consulting assistance. ARPD's primary goal in having an audit performed is to provide the Board, public, and our constituents with a financial statement that gives complete, accurate and understandable information about the organization's fiscal condition. The auditor shall provide ARPD both a draft detailed audit plan and a list of any additional schedules or confirmations to be prepared by the finance staff. ARPD will provide comments to the auditor within two weeks, and a final detailed audit plan will be submitted one week later. The detailed audit plan shall include completion of a single comprehensive financial report, as well as component units and management comments. Auditor will be required to make a formal presentation of audit report to the ARPD Board of Directors at a regularly scheduled meeting. The final report and seven (7) bound copies, plus an electronic version of the comprehensive ARPD financial report and component unit reports should be delivered to the General Manager.
