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- The Firm for the past five years has provided professional audit services to the City of Sunny Isles Beach. We do not consider these services to affect our independence with the City. There have been no other professional relationships with the City in the past five years.The Firm, during the period of agreement with the City, shall provide written notice of any professional relationships entered into during the period that might constitute a conflict of interest. 3. LICENSE TO PRACTICE IN FLORIDA Marcum LLP, of which MarcumRachlin is a division, is a licensed certified public accounting firm. The Firm is a member of the AICPA and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA). All professional staff, upon successful completion of the CPA exam, become members of both organizations. All assigned key professional staff members are licensed to practice in accordance with Florida regulations. The Firm is registered annually with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations - Board of Accountancy. 4. FIRM QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE MarcumRachlin, the Florida division of Marcum LLP, has offices in Fort. Laudedale, Miami, West Palm Beach and Orlando with 30 partners and a professional staff of more than 200, including support staff. -~ MarcumRachlin Total Governmental _Staff_ Partners 30 4 Senior Managers 14 1 Managers 12 3 Supervisors 11 3 Seniors 21 11 Staff Accountants 50 22 Operations 67 2 LlT~16 -~ The audit partner, Susan L. Friend will be assisted by another partner, Michael D. Futterman, a manager, - / ... - ~ -~ senior and two staff accountants from the Firm's Fort Lauderdale and Miami offices who will be assigned to this engagement on a full-time basis. We do not anticipate any personnel being assigned to this engagement on a part-time basis. As an industry leader with a major concentration in the public sector, the Firm has provided professional services to governmental entities for more than 40 years. The Firm has an extensive audit practice in the governmental arena performing audits of approximately 40 cities, towns, villages, and special districts, most of which require Federal and State Single Audits. This focus allows us to provide the highest level of professional service to our governmental clients. The Firm's staff has extensive experience in preparing governmental financial statements and assisting clients with implementation of new GASB Standards. As discussed in detail in Section 1, General Requirements, our spectrum of services include; Assurance Services, Advisory Services, Tax & Business Services and Information System Capabilities. The Firm participates in an external quality review program requiring an on-site independent examination of our Accounting and Auditing practice. The Firm has consistently received an unqualified opinion on the quality of the Firm's audit practice. This is the highest level of achievement and recognition in the peer review program. The latest peer review reports for Marcum & Kliegman LLP (now Marcum LLP), and Rachlin LLP (now MarcumRachlin, a division of Marcum LLP) are included in Appendix B. The Firm's governmental engagements were included in its latest review. There are no pending actions as a result of any federal or state desk reviews or field reviews to the Firm's audits or its auditors of governmental entities during the past three (3) years. There has been no disciplinary action taken nor pending against the Firm or any of the professional staff during the past three (3) years with the State Board of Accountancy or the Auditor General. MARCUM MarcumRachlin R A C H L I N Proposal for Professional Audit Services ACCOUNTANTS.6. ADVISORS A Division of Marcum LLP Page - 3