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Administrative Report <br />Page 2 <br />July 20, 2016 <br />2015 County of Essex Consolidated Financial Report <br />The Essex County Civic and Education Centre is not consolidated. The <br />County's contribution to the operations of the Civic Centre, and its share of <br />the Centre's surplus is reported in the Consolidated Financial Report. <br />The Sun Parlor Home Residents' Trust Fund is not consolidated. The <br />operations of the Fund are reported separately in the Consolidated Financial <br />Report on the Trust Fund Statement of Financial Position and Statement of <br />Continuity. <br />The 2015 audit was conducted by KPMG. The auditors' opinion is attached to <br />the Consolidated Financial Report. <br />Audit Opinion <br />KPMG has expressed a clean audit opinion following its examination of the <br />accounts of the Corporation. <br />This condition reflects the auditors' opinion that the results of operations for <br />the year ended December 31, 2015, and its financial position as at <br />December 31, 2015 are presented fairly in the Consolidated Financial <br />Report. <br />KPMG report to County Council: 2015 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 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 />