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consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. Given these limitations, during our audit, we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been identified. 134 Compliance and Other Matters As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida's financial statements are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards. Purpose of this Report The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the entity’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose. Fort Walton Beach, Florida March 2, 2016 135  INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON COMPLIANCE FOR EACH MAJOR STATE PROJECT AND ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER COMPLIANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 10.550, RULES OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Members City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida Report on Compliance for Each Major State Project We have audited City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida's compliance with the types of compliance requirements described in the Florida Department of Financial Services' State Projects Compliance Supplement that could have a direct and material effect on each of City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida's major state projects for the year ended September 30, 2015. City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida's major state projects 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 state projects. Auditors’ Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on compliance for each of City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida’s major state projects 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 Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Auditor General. Those standards and Chapter 10.550 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 state project occurred. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida’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 state project. However, our audit does not provide a legal determination of City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida's compliance. Opinion on Each Major State Project In our opinion, City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 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 state projects for the year ended September 30, 2015. 136 Report on Internal Control Over Compliance Management of City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida 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 City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida’s internal control over compliance with the types of requirements that could have a direct and material effect on each major state project to determine the auditing procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing an opinion on compliance for each major state project and to test and report on internal control over compliance in accordance with Chapter 10.550, 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 City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida’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 state project 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 state project 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 state project 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 Chapter 10.550. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other purpose. Fort Walton Beach, Florida March 2, 2016 137  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND QUESTIONED COSTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 I. SUMMARY OF AUDITORS' RESULTS Financial Statements Type of auditors' report issued: Unmodified Internal control over financial reporting: • Material weakness(es) identified? Yes X No None • Significant deficiency(ies) identified? Yes X Reported Noncompliance material to financial statements noted? Yes X No State Financial Assistance Internal control over major programs: • Material weakness(es) identified? Yes X No None • Significant deficiency(ies) identified? Yes X Reported Type of auditors' report issued on compliance for major programs: Unmodified • Any audit findings disclosed that are required to be reported in accordance with Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Auditor General? Yes X No Identification of major programs: CSFA Number Name of State Project 37.077 Water Treatment Facility Construction 40.038 Division of Community Development Dollar threshold used to distinguish between type A and type B programs: $ 211,162 II. FINANCIAL STATEMENT FINDINGS The results of our audits of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida did not disclose any findings required to be reported under Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Auditor General. 138  INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS’ REPORT ON AN EXAMINATION OF COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 10.550, RULES OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Members City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida We have examined the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida’s (the City) compliance with the following requirements for the year ended September 30, 2015: 1) Florida Statute 218.415 in regards to the investments. 2) Florida Statute 288.8018 in regards to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill receipts and expenditures. Management is responsible for the City’s compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the City’s compliance based on our examination. Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and, accordingly, included 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 examination provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the City’s compliance with specified requirements. In our opinion, the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida complied, in all material respects, with the aforementioned requirements for the year ended September 30, 2015. Fort Walton Beach, Florida March 2, 2016 139  MANAGEMENT LETTER To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Members City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the financial statements of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida (the City), as of and for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2015, and have issued our report thereon dated March 2, 2016. Auditors’ Responsibility We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and Chapter 10,550, Rules of the Florida Auditor General. Other Reports and Schedule We have issued our Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial