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• • _ • City of , 1 • Sunny isOes Beach / • • • LOCAL OFFICES The Firm participates in an external quality review The Southeastern Division of Marcum has offices in program requiring an on-site independent examination • Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Orlando of our Accounting and Auditing practice. The Firm has • with 17 partners and a staff of 180, including support staff. consistently received a "clean" opinion on the quality O The size of our local governmental staff is as follows: of the Firm's audit practice. This is the highest level of achievement and recognition in the peer review program. • Government The latest peer review report for Marcum is included • Staff in Appendix A. The Firm's governmental engagements Partners 2 were included in its latest review. • Directors 2 The following page illustrates our system of quality • Managers 5 control and its importance to us as a firm. Even though the PCAOB inspection, which is much more stringent • Supervisors 7 than a peer review, applies to public companies, it • Seniors 8 demonstrates Marcum's efforts for quality and effective • Staff 10 audits. Please note Marcum's 0%deficiency rate. -TOTAL a} . • . DISCIPLINARY ACTION • There are no actions as a result of any federal or • The audit partner, Michael D. Futterman, the audit state desk reviews or field reviews to the Firm's audits senior manager, Enrique Llerena, the audit senior Branden or its auditors of governmental entities during the past O Lopez and one (1) staff auditors from the Florida offices three (3) years. • will be assigned to this engagement on a full-time basis. There has been no disciplinary action taken nor a The IT specialist and audit senior manager, Jose L.Antigua pending against the Firm or any of the professional staff 41 will be assigned to this engagement on a part-time during the past three (3) years with the State Board of • basis to address IT considerations and evaluations. Accountancy or the Auditor General or any other • The engagement team is composed of individuals from regulatory bodies. • our Miami office, however, the resources of all of our There has not been any litigation in excess of offices will be available to us. 5500,000 filed against Marcum in the State of Florida • over the last three years. There have been no • QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM terminations, suspension, censures, reprimands, The quality of the Firm's professional practice is probations or similar actions against Marcum or any • of utmost importance to the Firm, to clients and to the of Marcum's members by the Florida State Board of • users of our reports. We provide services that conform Accountancy in the past three years • to professional standards and consider the integrity of individuals in determining our professional relationships. ADDITIONAL SERVICES • Marcum posses the ability and experience to • provide additional services which may be requested • by the City. In the past, we have been engaged by various governmental organizations, some being our • audit clients, to provide services that range from Internal • Control Assessments and Operations Reviews to Forensic Audits, IT Audits, Performance Audits, and • Compliance Audits. • • • • n Q D j n Proposal for Professional Auditing Services ACCOUNTANTS • ADVISORS www.marcumllp.com a Page 11 0 1215079F 0