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CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
Single Audit Reports
For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
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 5-6
Independent Auditors’ Report on Compliance for Each Major Program and on Internal
Control over Compliance Required by OMB Circular A-133 7-8
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs 9-10
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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, 2014 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 U.S. Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) Circular A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments and Non-Profit Organizations.
Those standards and OMB Circular A-133 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, 2014 in accordance
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Report on Other Legal and Regulatory Requirements
In accordance with the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133
Compliance Supplement, we have also issued a report dated September 16, 2015, on our
consideration of the City’s compliance for each major program and on internal control over
compliance required by OMB Circular A-133. 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 OMB Circular A-133. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in
accordance with U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133 Compliance
Supplement and should be read in conjunction with this report.
Chicago, Illinois
September 16, 2015
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
Federal
CFDA Identifying Federal
Number Number Expenditures
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Passed through the Illinois State Board of Education
Child and Adult Care Food Program 10.558 ISBE 13-4225-00 - 05016510P00 30,645$
Passed through the Illinois State Board of Education
Summer Food Service Program for Children 10.559 ISBE 13-4225-00 - 05016510P00 99,516
Passed through the State of Illinois Department of Public Health
Summer Food Inspection Program 10.559 45280148B 500
Total Department of Agriculture 130,661
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants
Entitlement year 37 14.218 B11MC-170012 6,118
Entitlement year 38 14.218 B12MC-170012 5,300
Entitlement year 39 14.218 B13MC-170012 183,869
Entitlement year 40 14.218 B14MC-170012 1,419,111
Total Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants *1,614,398
Emergency Solutions Grant Program 14.231 E13-MC-170012/E14-MC-170012 169,959
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M09-MC-170218 33,555
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M10-MC-170218 421,410
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M11-MC-170218 298,404
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M12-MC-170218 55,474
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M13-MC-170218 130,638
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 M14-MC-170218 20,538
Total Home Investment Partnerships Program 960,019
ARRA - Neighborhood Stabilization Program *14.256 S10-MC-170012 1,148,502
Total Department of Housing and Urban Development 3,892,878
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Passed through Cook County Department Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant 16.738 Public Law 109-162 30,471
Passed through Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Crime Victim Assistance 16.575 213045 & 214045 44,406
Total Department of Justice 74,877
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 D-91-410-10 8,970
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 D-91-398-08 155,239
Highway Planning and Construction 20.205 D-91-467-12 54,199
Total Highway Planning and Construction 218,408
Passed through Illinois Department of Transportation
State and Community Highway Safety 20.600 OP-14-004 31,058
Total Department of Transportation 249,466
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, 2014
Federal
CFDA Identifying Federal
Number Number Expenditures
Federal Grantor/Pass-Through Grantor/
Program Title
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Passed through the Illinois Department of Public Health
Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grant 66.472 45380191B 7,994
Passed through Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds *66.468 L17-4430 243,699
Capitalization Grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds *66.458 L17-4775 1,099,646
Total Department of Environmental Protection Agency 1,351,339
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Passed through Suburban Area Agency on Aging
Special Programs for the Aging Title III, Part B
93.044 B119 35,958
Special Programs for the Aging Title III, Part C Nutrition Services 93.045 B119 46,993
Affordable Care Act State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) and Aging
93.626 B119 2,625
Passed through the Illinois Department of Public Health
Public Health Emergency Preparedness 93.069 47180027B/ 57180027C 59,249
Public Health Emergency Preparedness 93.069 47180103B/ 57180103C 43,073
Total Public Health Emergency Preparedness 102,322
Center for Disease Control and Prevention Investigation and Technical Assistance 93.283 45380121B 10,000
Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant to the States 93.994 SFY14#33480115A 7,655
Total Department of Health and Human Services 205,553
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Passed through the Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Emergency Management Performance Grants 97.042 413 EMAEVANS 1,928
Total Department of Homeland Security 1,928
Total Expenditures of Federal Awards 5,906,702$
and Disability Resource Center (ARDC) Option Counseling for Medicare-Medicaid
Individual in States with Approved Financial Alignment Models
Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers
* 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, 2014
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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 Circular
A-133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-profit Organizations.
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 $251,584
Emergency Solutions Grant Program 14.231 $159,322
HOME Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 $215,815
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
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NOTE 4 – PROGRAM INCOME
The City of Evanston received the following program income amounts for the year ended December
31, 2014. 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 $58,572
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 $27,384
ARRA- Neighborhood Stabilization Program 14.256 $1,148,272
NOTE 5– LOANS RECEIVABLE OUTSTANDING
The City of Evanston had the following loan receivable balances outstanding at December 31, 2014:
Program Title
Federal
CFDA
Number
Amount
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement
Grants
14.218 $2,307,999
Home Investment Partnerships Program 14.239 $4,530,261
NOTE 6 – 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, 2014.
NOTE 7 – FEDERAL INSURANCE
The City of Evanston had no federal insurance for the year ended December 31, 2014.
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR
PROGRAM AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE
REQUIRED BY OMB CIRCULAR A-133
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 Circular A-133 Compliance Supplement that could have a
direct and material effect on the City’s major federal programs for the year ended December 31,
2014. 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 the requirements of laws, regulations, contracts,
and grants 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 OMB Circular A-133,
Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations. Those standards and OMB
Circular A-133 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.
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, 2014.
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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 OMB Circular A-133, 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 OMB Circular A-133. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other
purpose.
Chicago, Illinois
September 16, 2015
CITY OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS
For the Year Ended December 31, 2014
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SECTION I – SUMMARY OF AUDITORS’ RESULTS
Financial Statements
1) Type of auditors’ report issued: Unmodified
2) Internal control over financial reporting:
Material weakness(es) identified? X Yes No
Significant deficiency(ies) identified? X Yes None reported
3) Noncompliance material to financial statements noted? Yes X No
Federal Awards
1) Internal control over major programs:
Material weakness(es) identified? Yes X No
Significant deficiency(s) identified? Yes X None reported
2) Type of auditors’ report issued on compliance for major
programs: Unmodified
3) Any audit findings disclosed that are required to be
reported in accordance with section 510(a) of Circular A-133? 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
66.458 Capitalization Grants for Clean Water State Revolving Funds
66.468 Capitalization Grants for Drinking Water State Revolving Funds
Dollar threshold used to distinguish between type A and type B Programs: $300,000
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, 2014
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SECTION II – FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS
See findings 2014-1, 2014-2, and 2014-3 in the separate Independent Auditors’ report titled
“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.