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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: February 18, 2020 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:20-041 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.B. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Jeff Kay <br />City Manager <br />BY:James O'Leary <br />Finance Department <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Liz Warmerdam <br />Interim Finance Director <br />TITLE:Staff Report for a City of San Leandro City Council Resolution Approving <br />Amendment No. 1 to the Consultant Services Agreement between the City of <br />San Leandro and Maze & Associates for Audit Services for the Year Ending <br />June 30, 2020 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute amendment No. 1 <br />to the Consultant Services Agreement between the City of San Leandro and Maze & Associates <br />for audit services for the year ending June 30, 2020. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City originally entered into an agreement with Maze following a request for proposal process. <br />The resulting agreement covered three years with two single-year options. Two subsequent <br />agreements extended Maze’s auditing services through June 30, 2019. <br />Maze has been utilized not only for its extensive auditing and consulting experience with <br />municipalities and other non-profits, but also their broad private sector experience. The firm has <br />both municipal and private sector experience insuring it is current with municipal best practices <br />and the latest Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Pronouncements. <br />Analysis <br />The annual independent audit is to be submitted to the City Council in accordance with Section <br />555 of the City Charter. GASB recommends the financial reports be completed in the <br />Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) format. The CAFR and related financial <br />statements fully disclose the financial conditions of the City and of the other reporting units. <br />Maze provided the following services to the City over a number of years: <br />·Audit of the basic financial statements, preparation of memorandum on internal control <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/12/2020 <br />15