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3 1 P a g e- AUDITING SERVICES- REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL <br />M. Working Paper Retention and Access to Working Papers <br />Working papers are to be retained for a period of five years and are to be made available (upon <br />reasonable notice) to City staff as well as any third parties authorized by the City. <br />N. Subcontracting <br />Should any firm submitting a proposal consider subcontracting portions of the engagement, that <br />fact must be clearly indentified in the proposal along with the name of the proposed subcontractor. <br />Following the award of the audit contract, no additional subcontracting will be allowed without the <br />express prior written consent by the City Executive Director of Finance and Management Services. <br />II. DESCRIPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT <br />The City of Santa Ana is a Charter City in the State of California located in northern Orange County. The City's <br />offices are located at 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California, 92701. The City was incorporated in 1886, and <br />operates under a Council- Manager form of government. The City's estimated population is 325,228. The City is <br />bordered by Garden Grove, Tustin, Orange, Costa Mesa, Fountain Valley, and Westminster. <br />Santa Ana operates as a "full service city ", primarily utilizing contracts with other governmental entities, private firms <br />and individuals to provide the supplemental municipal services to the community. City services include police, <br />water, sewer, road maintenance, recreation, library, planning and building, and engineering services. It is <br />anticipated the fire services will be exported out to Orange County Fire Authority in fiscal year 2013. <br />The City's principal revenue sources are sales & uses tax (17.1 %), property taxes (13 %), property tax in -lieu VLF <br />(12 %, and utility users tax (12 %). The City employs 1,510 full -time equivalent staff. <br />A. <br />Background Financial Information <br />The following summarizes key budgetary information from the adopted fiscal year 2012 budget: <br />General Fund: <br />Revenues <br />Expenditures: <br />General Administration <br />Police Department <br />Fire Protection Services <br />Planning and Building <br />Public Works <br />Recreation <br />Transfer Out <br />Total General Fund Expenditures <br />B. Fund Structure <br />25,055,490 <br />104, 594, 640 <br />48,153,140 <br />8,323,215 <br />4,674,000 <br />16,412,720 <br />2,800,000 <br />The City currently utilizes the following funds and account groups: <br />1. General fund for the general operations of the City. <br />$ 210,013,205 <br />$ 210,013,205 <br />