AUDIT 2011/07/21 Minutes
The City of Lake Forest
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Proceedings of the July 21, 2011 Meeting
5:15 p.m. – City Hall, 220 E Deerpath
City Manager’s Conference Room
I. Call to Order and Roll Call
Chairman Jacobs called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m. Audit Committee Members
present: Chairman Jacobs, Mr. Marwede, Ms. Reich and Ms. Moreno. Absent: Ms. Krebs,
Finance Chairman Pandaleon (ex-officio) and Mayor Cowhey (ex-officio). Quorum
present.
City staff present: Robert Kiely, Jr., City Manager; Kathleen Reinertsen, Finance Director,
Louise Breckan, Assistant Finance Director and Diane Hall, Senior Accountant.
Others present: Linda Abernethy, Partner with McGladrey & Pullen, Josh Peacock, Senior
Manager with McGladrey & Pullen, Susan Tillett, Executive Director of Ragdale
Foundation, Jay Owen, Treasurer of Ragdale Foundation and Dennis O’Brien with
Pasquesi Shepard, audit firm for Ragdale Foundation.
Number present in the audience: none.
II. Consent Agenda
Approval of minutes from Audit Committee held on April 21, 2011
Ms. Reich moved, seconded by Ms. Moreno to approve the minutes from the Audit
Committee meeting held on April 21, 2011. The motion carried unanimously by voice
vote.
III. Ragdale Foundation – Review of Financial Information for the Fiscal Year Ended
December 31, 2010
Ms. Susan Tillett, Executive Director briefed the Committee on the history of Ragdale, the
Ragdale Foundation and how the City became the owner of Ragdale. Currently, the
Ragdale House is undergoing a $3 million renovation project and the Ragdale
Foundation has a loan with the City for $2 million.
Finance Chairman Pandaleon entered the meeting at 5:30 p.m.
Mr. Jay Owen, Treasurer for the Ragdale Foundation stated that when he came on the
board ten years ago there were no endowments. In 2002, the net worth of Ragdale
Foundation was $2.9 million and in 2010, the net worth had grown to $5.614 million. The
Board believes that it will continue to build endowments. He explained that there was a
change in keeping the books ten years ago. A CPA firm was brought in to build a more
sophisticated monthly report. The Ragdale Foundation’s Finance Committee has looked
at departments and prepares a profit and loss analysis of each department. Ragdale
Foundation’s Finance Committee prepares and reviews the annual budget and then
presents to the Ragdale Foundation Board. The Ragdale Foundation’s Building
Committee is monitoring and reviewing the renovation expenses. The Board’s goal is to
be organized and proactive.
Ms. Tillett stated that the renovation of Ragdale House began in April 2011 and is
projected to be completed by summer 2012.
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The Committee thanked Mrs. Tillett, Mr. Owen and Mr. O’Brien for coming to the meeting.
IV. FY2011 Audit
Ms. Linda Abernethy, Partner with McGladrey & Pullen, updated the Committee on the
status by area of the FY2011 Audit. She stated that overall the audit is 50% completed.
The final draft of the audit will be discussed and approved at the October 20, 2011
meeting. Committee members will receive the final draft on October 7.
V. Other Business
Chairman Jacobs stated that McGladrey & Pullen’s current contract for 5 years ended
with the FY2011 audit. He stated that the Audit Committee needs to recommend to the
City Council whether or not to extend the contract one more year due to retirements in
the Finance Department.
Committee members asked Ms. Abernethy if there was a partner rotation policy. Ms.
Abernethy said not at their firm. She will continue to be the partner on the audit.
Committee members requested that staff find out what is the best practice of rotating
audit firms, possible ways to reduce the cost of the audit and ask other communities for
their audit costs.
A motion was made by Ms. Reich to recommend to the City Council to extend the
contract of McGladrey & Pullen for the FY2012 Audit with the cost being the same as the
FY2011 audit. Mr. Marwede seconded the motion. The motion was approved
unanimously by voice vote.
VI. Opportunity for the Public to Address the Audit Committee: none
VII. Adjournment
There being no further business, Ms. Moreno moved, seconded by Mr. Marwede, to
adjourn the meeting. The motion was approved unanimously by voice vote. The meeting
was adjourned at 6:35 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Louise Breckan
Assistant Finance Director