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Clifton U ~ursonAUUen August 2, 2017 Heather Butkowski, Lauderdale City Administrator City of Lauderdale l891Walnut Street Lauderdale, MN 55113 RE: Request for Proposals (RFP) for Professional Auditing Services Clifto LaraonAllenLLP 220 South 6th Stree Suite 300 Minneapolis, MN 55402 Main Phone: 812-37 45001 Fax: 612-37 48 o CLAconnect.com Dear Ms. Butkowski: Thank you for allowing us to propose our services to you. OUtonLarsonAJ|en LLP (CLA) gladly welcomes the opportunity to share our approach to helping City of Lauderdale meet its need for professional services. The enclosed proposal responds to your request for audit services forthree fiscal years, beginning December 32,2Ol7. We are confident that our extensive experience serving similar governmental entities, bolstered by our client - oriented philosophy and depth of resources, will make CLA a top qualified candidate to fulfill the scope of your engagement. The following differentiators are offered for the City of Lauderdale's consideration: • Specialized Government Insight cind Resources.As the one of the nation's leading professional services firms, and one of the largest firms who specialize in the public sector, CLA has the experience and resources to assist the City of Lauderdale with their audit needs. In addition to your experienced local of Lauderdale have access to one ofthe country's the City will |argest and most knowledgeable pools of public sector resources � Strong Methodology and Responsive Timeline. In forming our overall audit approach, we have carefully reviewed the RFP and other information made available and considered our past experience performing similar work for other municipalities. In addition to the 300 local governments we serve in Minnesota, nationally, we serve more than 2,100 governmental organizations. Our staff understands yourcomplexities not just acompliance fromstandpo\nt"but also from an operational point of view. We have developed a work plan that takes )nto consideration your unique needs as a governmental entity in Minnesota. The work plan also minimizes the disruption of your staff and operations, and provides a blueprint for timely delivery of your required reports � Communication and Proactive Leadership. The City of Lauderdale will benefit from a high level of hands- onsen/\cefromourteam'sseniorprofess\ona|s.VVecanprovidethis|eve\ofsen/\cebecause,un|\keother national firms, our principal -to -staff ratio is similar to smaller firms — allowing our senior level professionals to be involved and immediately available throughout the entire engagement process. Our approach helps members of the engagement team will stay abreast of key issues at the City of Lauderdale, and take an active role in addressing them. � National Firm with Loco/ Touch. CLA is the Nation's 9th largest professional services firm, however, we pride ourself on our local office and '1small town" feel. What does this mean to you? This means you will be served by local professionals that speda|\ze in state and lgovernmental auditing, but have the backing and resources of a large national firm. A member of Nexia International ii