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CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
Single Audit Reports
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Independent Auditors’ Report on Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards 1-2
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards 3-4
Notes to Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards 5-7
Independent Auditors’ Report on Compliance for Each Major Program and on Internal
Control over Compliance Required by the Uniform Guidance 8-9
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs 10-11
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
The Honorable Elizabeth B. Tisdahl, Mayor and
Members of the City Council
Evanston, Illinois
Report on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
We have audited the accompanying Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (Schedule) of
the City of Evanston, Illinois (City), for the year ended December 31, 2015 and the related notes
to the Schedule.
Management’s Responsibility for the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the Schedule in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the
design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair
presentation of the Schedule that is free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Schedule based on our audit. We conducted our
audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America;
the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued
by the Comptroller General of the United States; and the audit requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code
of Federal Regulation Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Those standards and the Uniform
Guidance require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the Schedule is free of material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and
disclosures in the Schedule. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including
the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the Schedule, whether due to fraud or error.
In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s
preparation and fair presentation of the Schedule in order to design audit procedures that are
appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion of the
effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit
also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
presentation of the Schedule.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
for our audit opinion.
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Opinion
In our opinion, the Schedule referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the respective
expenditures of federal awards of the City for the year ended December 31, 2015 in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
In accordance with Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulation Part 200, Uniform Administrative
Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance),
we have also issued a report dated September 21, 2016, on our consideration of the City’s
compliance for each major program and on internal control over compliance required by the
Uniform Guidance. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal
control over compliance and the results of that testing based on the requirements of the Uniform
Guidance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with the Uniform
Guidance and should be read in conjunction with this report.
Chicago, Illinois
September 21, 2016
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
Federal
CFDA Identifying Award Passed-Through Federal
Number Number Date to Subrecipients Expenditures
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Passed through the Illinois State Board of Education
Child and Adult Care Food Program 10.558 ISBE 13-4225-00 - 05061510P00 October 16, 2015 - 32,137$
Passed through the Illinois State Board of Education
Summer Food Service Program for Children 10.559 ISBE 13-4225-00 - 05061510P00 August 28, 2015 - 127,275
Passed through the State of Illinois Department of Public Health
Summer Food Inspection Program 10.559 55200814C November 19, 2014 - 700
Total Department of Agriculture 160,112
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants
Entitlement year 37 14.218 B12MC-170012 April 19, 2012 - 4,115
Entitlement year 39 14.218 B13MC-170012 July 17, 2013 - 40,936
Entitlement year 40 14.218 B14MC-170012 June 18, 2014 119,959 216,102
Entitlement year 41 14.218 B15MC-170012 June 15, 2015 170,000 1,187,289
Total Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants *1,448,442
Emergency Solutions Grant Program 14.231 E13-MC-170012/E14-MC-170012 July 17, 2013 4,669 13,352
Emergency Solutions Grant Program 14.231 E15-MC-170012/E14-MC-170012 June 18, 2014 95,269 105,435
Emergency Solutions Grant Program 14.231 E15-MC-170012/E16-MC-170012 June 14, 2016 38,179 35,579
Total Emergency Solutions Grant Program 154,366
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M11-MC-170218 August 3, 2011 - 153,153
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M12-MC-170218 April 19, 2012 198,771 86,825
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M13-MC-170218 July 17, 2013 39,350 128,883
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M14-MC-170218 June 18, 2014 - 92,403
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M15-MC-170218 June 15, 2015 11,410 38,535
Total Home Investment Partnerships Program 499,799
ARRA - Neighborhood Stabilization Program *14.256 S10-MC-170012 January 14, 2010 - 130,126
Total Department of Housing and Urban Development 2,232,733
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Passed through City of Chicago Department of Police
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 16.738 29695 August 22, 2013 - 6,624
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 16.738 2015-DJ-BX-0223 September 1, 2015 - 13,892
Total Edwards Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 20,516
Justice Assistance Grant Youth Engagement Temp Jobs for Skills 16.738 JAG093014 September 2, 2015 - 86,063
Passed through Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Crime Victim Assistance 16.575 213045 September 1, 2014 - 22,203
Crime Victim Assistance 16.575 214045 September 1, 2015 - 18,503
Total Crime Assistance 40,706
2013 Bulletproof Vest Partnership Program 16.607 N/A September 11, 2013 - 5,013
Total Department of Justice 152,298
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Passed through Illinois Department of Transportation
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 D-91-410-10 December 8, 2010 - 102,328
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 D-91-467-12 April 25, 2014 - 16,395
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 C-91-467-12 October 7, 2015 - 91,807
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 C-91-398-08 May 21, 2013 - 13,572
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 TE-00D1(914)July 15, 2015 - 61,129
Total Highway Planning and Construction 285,231
Passed through Illinois Department of Transportation
State and Community Highway Safety 20.600 OP-15-0075 October 1, 2014 - 21,616
Total Department of Transportation 306,847
Federal Grantor/Pass-Through Grantor/
Program Title
* Denotes a major program
See Accompanying Notes to Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
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CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
Federal
CFDA Identifying Award Passed-Through Federal
Number Number Date to Subrecipients Expenditures
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Passed through the Illinois Department of Public Health
Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grant 66.472 55380217C Oct. 28, 2015 - 8,000
Passed through Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 66.468 L17-5240 October 20, 2014 - 176,828
Total Department of Environmental Protection Agency 184,828
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Passed through Suburban Area Agency on Aging
Special Programs for the Aging Title III, Part B
Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers 93.044 B119 October 14, 2014 - 33,757
Special Programs for the Aging Title III Part C Nutrition Services 93.045 B119 August 5, 2014 - 46,974
Affordable Care Act State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
and Aging and Disability Resource Center (ARDC) Option Counseling for
Financial Medicare-Medicaid individual in States with Approved
Alignment Models 93.626 LCL6MFP-LTCOP May 22, 2015 - 3,206
Passed through the Illinois of Department of Public Health
Public Health Emergency Preparedness 93.074 57180027C (C)October 20, 2014/(D)
October 6, 2015 - 61,029
Public Health Emergency Preparedness 93.074 67180103D
(C)November 14,
2014/(D)October 20,
2015 - 41,287
Total Public Health Emergency Preparedness 102,316
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Investigation
and Technical Assistance 93.283 55380237C June 15, 2015 - 10,000
Total Department of Health and Human Services 196,253
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Passed through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Emergency Management Performance Grants 97.042 413 EMAEVANS June 7, 2015 - 29,335
Total Department of Homeland Security 29,335
NEW THIS YEARNATIONAL ENDOWNMENT OF THE ARTS
Promotion of the Arts 45.024 FY15-2313 May 15, 2015 - 15,231
Total National Endowment of the Arts 15,231
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Historic Preservation Fund Grant 15.904 CL-2014-0232 August 14, 2014 - 37,240
Total Department of the Interior National Park Services 37,240
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Total Expenditures of Federal Awards 3,314,877$
Federal Grantor/Pass-Through Grantor/
Program Title
* Denotes a major program
See Accompanying Notes to Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
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CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
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NOTE 1 – REPORTING ENTITY
This report on Federal Awards includes the federal awards of the City of Evanston, Illinois. The
reporting entity for the city is based upon criteria established by the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board (GASB).
The City of Evanston is the primary government according to GASB criteria. On April 30, 2014, the
Township was discontinued and dissolved following March 18, 2014 general election vote taken by
the registered voters of the Evanston Township. Pursuant to 60 ILCS 1/27-15 and 1/27-20, effective
12:00 a.m. May 1, 2014, the City of Evanston assumed all rights, powers, assets, property,
obligations and duties of the Evanston Township, including the responsibilities of providing the
services that were previously provided by the Township. Beginning May 1, 2014, the functions of
the Township are reported along with the City.
NOTE 2 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The accounting records for some grant programs are maintained on the modified accrual basis of
accounting. Under the modified accrual basis, revenues are recorded when susceptible to accrual,
i.e., both measurable and available. Available means collectible within the current period or soon
enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. Expenditures are recorded when
the liability is incurred. The accounting records for other grant programs are maintained on the
accrual basis, i.e., when the revenue has been earned and the liability is incurred.
The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of OMB Uniform
Guidance. The City of Evanston has not elected to use the 10% de minimis indirect cost rate.
NOTE 3 – SUBRECIPIENTS
Of the federal expenditures presented in the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, the City of
Evanston provided federal awards to subrecipients as follows:
Program Title
Federal
CFDA
Number
Amount
Provided to
Subrecipients
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement
Grants 14.218 $289,959
Emergency Solutions Grant Program 14.231 $138,117
HOME Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 $249,531
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
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NOTE 4 – PROGRAM INCOME
The City of Evanston received the following program income amounts for the year ended December
31, 2015. The balances of receipts are from letter of credit drawdowns for the program. The program
expenditures for the year include expenditures of this program income.
Program Title
Federal
CFDA
Number
Amount
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement
Grants
14.218 $198,671
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 $33,633
ARRA- Neighborhood Stabilization Program 14.256 $135,461
NOTE 5– NOTES RECEIVABLE OUTSTANDING
The City of Evanston has several notes receivable outstanding as at December 31, 2015. These loans
are for various uses. The Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants Loan funds a
number of programs to make decent housing available and affordable to low- and moderate-income
families, and to help low- and moderate-income residents maintain their property. The Home
Investment Partnerships Program Loan provides loans to housing developers to acquire, rehab or
construct housing for low and moderate income households.
Program Title
Federal
CFDA
Number
Amount
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement
Grants
14.218 $2,003,242
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 $4,678,445
The notes receivable balances are not subject to continuing OMB Uniform Guidance compliance
requirements.
NOTE 6– LOANS PAYABLE OUTSTANDING
The City of Evanston has the following loans payable outstanding as of December 31, 2015. These
loans are from The Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving
Funds. Projects funded were the sewer lining at Emerson and Davis streets, rehab of large diameter
sewers and rehab of the Cleveland street sewer.
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
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NOTE 6– LOANS PAYABLE OUTSTANDING - Continued
Program Title
Federal
CFDA
Number
Amount
Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State
Revolving Funds 66.468 $408,677
Capitalization Grants for Clean Water State
Revolving Funds 66.458 $979,886
The loan payable balances are not subject to continuing OMB Uniform Guidance compliance
requirements.
NOTE 7 – NONCASH ASSISTANCE
Of the federal expenditures presented in the schedule of expenditures of federal awards, the City of
Evanston did not receive any noncash assistance during the year ended December 31, 2015.
NOTE 8 – FEDERAL INSURANCE
The City of Evanston had no federal insurance for the year ended December 31, 2015.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR
PROGRAM AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE
REQUIRED BY THE UNIFORM GUIDANCE
The Honorable Elizabeth B. Tisdahl, Mayor and
Members of the City Council
Evanston, Illinois
Report on Compliance for Each Major Federal Program
We have audited the City of Evanston, Illinois (City) compliance with the types of compliance
requirements described in the OMB Compliance Supplement that could have a direct and material
effect on the City’s major federal programs for the year ended December 31, 2015. The City’s
major federal programs are identified in the summary of auditors’ results section of the
accompanying schedule of findings and questioned costs.
Management’s Responsibility
Management is responsible for compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and
conditions of its federal awards applicable to its federal programs.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on compliance for the City’s major federal programs
based on our audit of the types of compliance requirements referred to above. We conducted our
audit of compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States
of America; the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing
Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States; and the audit requirements of
Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulation Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles,
and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Those standards and the Uniform
Guidance require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
noncompliance with the types of compliance requirements referred to above that could have a
direct and material effect on a major federal program occurred. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence about the City’s compliance with those requirements and performing such
other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion on compliance for each major
federal program. However, our audit does not provide a legal determination of the City’s
compliance.
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Opinion on Each Major Federal Program
In our opinion, the City complied, in all material respects, with the types of compliance
requirements referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on each of its major
federal programs for the year ended December 31, 2015.
Report on Internal Control over Compliance
Management of the City is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control
over compliance with the types of compliance requirements referred to above. In planning and
performing our audit of compliance, we considered the City’s internal control over compliance
with the types of requirements that could have a direct and material effect on each major federal
program to determine the auditing procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the
purpose of expressing an opinion on compliance for each major federal program and to test and
report on internal control over compliance in accordance with the Uniform Guidance, but not for
the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of internal control over compliance.
Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal control over
compliance.
A deficiency in internal control over compliance exists when the design or operation of a control
over compliance does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing
their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, noncompliance with a type of
compliance requirement of a federal program on a timely basis. A material weakness in internal
control over compliance is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over
compliance, such that there is a reasonable possibility that material noncompliance with a type of
compliance requirement of a federal program will not be prevented, or detected and corrected, on
a timely basis. A significant deficiency in internal control over compliance is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance with a type of compliance
requirement of a federal program that is less severe than a material weakness in internal control
over compliance, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance.
Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purpose described in the
first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control
over compliance that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. We did not identify
any deficiencies in internal control over compliance that we consider to be material weaknesses.
However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified.
The purpose of this report on internal control over compliance is solely to describe the scope of
our testing of internal control over compliance and the results of that testing based on the
requirements of the Uniform Guidance. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other
purpose.
Chicago, Illinois
September 21, 2016
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
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SECTION I – SUMMARY OF AUDITORS’ RESULTS
Financial Statements
1) Type of report the auditor issued on whether the financial
statements audited were prepared in accordance with GAAP:
Unmodified
2) Internal control over financial reporting:
Material weakness(es) identified? X Yes No
Significant deficiency(ies) identified? Yes X None reported
3) Noncompliance material to financial statements noted? X Yes No
Federal Awards
1) Internal control over major federal programs:
Material weakness(es) identified? Yes X No
Significant deficiency(ies) identified? Yes X None reported
2) Type of auditors’ report issued on compliance for major
federal programs: Unmodified
3) Any audit findings disclosed that are required to be
reported in accordance with 2 CFR 200.516(a)? Yes X No
Identification of major programs:
CFDA
Number
Name of Federal Program or Cluster
14.218 Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants
14.256 ARRA- Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Dollar threshold used to distinguish between type A and type B Programs: $750,000
Auditee qualified as low risk auditee? Yes X No
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
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SECTION II – FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS
See findings 2015-001 to 2015-006 in the separate report titled “Independent Auditor’s Report
on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an
Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards”.
SECTION III – FEDERAL AWARDS FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
No matters were reported.
SECTION IV – PRIOR YEAR FEDERAL AWARD FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED
COSTS
None.