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Administrative Report <br />Page 2 <br />June 19, 2019 <br />2018 County of Essex Consolidated Financial Report <br />Report on the Trust Fund Statement of Financial Position and Statement of <br />Continuity. <br />The 2018 audit was conducted by KPMG. The auditor's opinion is attached to <br />the Consolidated Financial Report. <br />Audit Opinion <br />KPMG has expressed a clean (unqualified) audit opinion following its <br />examination of the accounts of the Corporation. <br />An unqualified audit opinion is an auditor's judgment that the Corporation's <br />results of operations for the year ended December 31, 2018, and its financial <br />position as at December 31, 2018 are fairly and appropriately represented <br />in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in the <br />Consolidated Financial Report. <br />KPMG report to County Council: 2018 Financial Statements <br />Professional standards require KPMG to communicate to County Council, as <br />the Corporation's governance body, on financial controls and accounting <br />policies, such as: unusual transactions, illegal and fraudulent activities, audit <br />discrepancies, Auditor's independence, etc. Attached as Appendix A is <br />KPMG's correspondence to Council. Provided below is a summary of KPMG's <br />findings: <br />No significant unusual transactions identified <br />No change in the application of accounting policies identified <br />No exceptions in testing on significant estimates <br />No illegal acts or possibly illegal acts identified <br />No fraud or suspected fraud involving administration or employees <br />having significant roles in internal control <br />No audit differences identified <br />• Confirmation of KPMG's independence <br />