In accordance with the requirements of Government Auditing Standards, a copy of our
latest external peer review report of our firm is available upon request for your consid-
eration and files.
Please sign and return a copy of this letter to indicate your acknowledgment of, and
agreement with, the arrangements for our audit of the financial statements compliance
over major federal award programs including our respective responsibilities.
During the course of the engagement, we may communicate with you or your personnel
via fax or e-mail, and you should be aware that communication in those mediums con-
tains a risk of misdirected or intercepted communications.
and that indicates that we have reported on such supplementary information, and (d) to
present the supplementary information with the audited financial statements, or if the
supplementary information will not be presented with the audited financial statements, to
make the audited financial statements readily available to the intended users of the sup-
plementary information no later than the date of issuance by you of the supplementary
information and our report thereon.
reporting, misappropriation of assets, or violations of laws, governmental
regulations, grant agreements, or contractual agreements;
3. For safeguarding assets;
4. For identifying all federal awards expended during the year including those
received prior to December 26, 2014, and those received in accordance with
2CFR200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit
Requirements for Federal Awards generally received after December 26, 2014;
Audit of Major Program Compliance
Audit of the Financial Statements
Supplementary information other than RSI will accompany the City’s basic financial
statements. We will subject the supplementary information to the auditing procedures
applied in our audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures,
including comparing and reconciling the supplementary information to the underlying
accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements or to the financial
statements themselves, and additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards
MELANSONI|e aN
ACCOUNTANTS * AUDITORS
March 8, 2016 102 Perimeter Road
Nashua, NH 03063
(603) 882-1111
melansenheath.com
Mr. John Griffin
Chief Financial Officer Additional Offices:
City of Nashua Andover, MA
229 Main Street Cee
Nashua, NH 03061 Ellsworth, ME
Dear Mr. Griffin:
City of Nashua
Office of the Chief Financial Officer
229 Main Street - Nashua, NH 03060 (603) 589-3171
Fax (603) 589-3233
To: Mayor Jim Donchess
From: John L. Griffin, Chief Financial Officer
Date: March 16, 2016
Subject: Recommendation to Extend Melanson Heath & Company Contract
i) THE CITY OF NASHUA "The Cate City’
Financial Services
Purchasing Department
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March 31, 2016
Memo #16-120
TO: MAYOR DONCHESS
FINANCE COMMITTEE
