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the tinley junction | January 25, 2018 | 3<br />
Tinley Park Village Board of Trustees<br />
Independent audit finds Tinley Park government finances in good shape<br />
Cody Mroczka, Editor<br />
A clean, unmodified opinion<br />
— generally regarded as<br />
the best possible outcome<br />
of an independent financial<br />
audit — was reported to the<br />
Tinley Park Board of Trustees<br />
Committee of the Whole<br />
for the village’s 2017 fiscal<br />
year which ended in April.<br />
Anthony Cervini, CPA,<br />
CFE, and partner at Sikich<br />
LLC, delivered the presentation<br />
on Jan. 16 prior to a<br />
board meeting. Last year,<br />
the board bid out the professional<br />
services contract and<br />
decided to go with a new auditing<br />
firm for 2017.<br />
The opinion issued by Sikich<br />
auditors was described<br />
by Cervini as “the highest<br />
level of assurance we can<br />
Round it up:<br />
A brief recap of Tinley Park Board of<br />
Trustees action and discussion Jan. 16:<br />
• Landcape maintenance service<br />
contracts were awarded to two<br />
companies divided into four<br />
quadrants for plant and flower<br />
bed maintenance as well as lawn<br />
care. Beverly Environmental LLC<br />
was awarded the bid for three<br />
areas at a total cost of $245,673.<br />
Beary Landscape, of Lockport,<br />
was awarded the bid for the fourth<br />
quadrant for a cost of $30,817.<br />
• A five-year contract extension<br />
was agreed to with Fox Valley Fire<br />
provide” in regards to the<br />
presentation of the village’s<br />
finances, policies and procedures,<br />
and internal controls.<br />
Preliminary field work<br />
began in late May and early<br />
June with an examination of<br />
financial agreements, fraud<br />
risk assessment, key transactions<br />
overview, as well as a<br />
walkthrough to test internal<br />
control measures. Sikich issued<br />
a total of eight reports<br />
that included comprehensive<br />
audit report, auditors<br />
communication to management,<br />
a report on the library<br />
district and village pension<br />
funds, and three reports on<br />
each of the Village’s tax increment<br />
financing districts.<br />
The Village also received<br />
a certificte of achievement<br />
for excellent in financial reporting<br />
which is awarded by<br />
the Government Finance Officers<br />
Association.<br />
“This award means that<br />
the Village’s comprehensive<br />
annual financial report<br />
and Safety for fire alarm and radio<br />
monitoring system maintenance.<br />
The contract extension, the third<br />
since 2008, locks in the same<br />
previous pricing structure of $60<br />
per month for approximately 560<br />
alarms. Additionally, a separate<br />
proposal by Fox Valley to develop<br />
a redundant wireless alarm<br />
monitoring program to reduce<br />
the number of alarm signal calls<br />
being received by the Village’s 911<br />
center was approved. The monthly<br />
per alarm service fee of $7.50 is<br />
included in the monthly subscriber<br />
fee of $60. The contract includes a<br />
goes well above and beyond<br />
the minimum reporting requirements<br />
of both Illinois<br />
compound statues as well as<br />
generally accepted accounting<br />
principles,” Cervini said.<br />
“We do commend you for<br />
supporting financial policies<br />
and procedures that allow<br />
for the presentation and<br />
production of that annual<br />
report.”<br />
one-time fee of $12,000 plus $7.50<br />
per alarm per month.<br />
• The Committee of the Whole<br />
plans on recommending a change<br />
to the Village’s Personnel Manual<br />
Section 2.9 which deals with<br />
the employment of relatives.<br />
Village Attorney Patrick Connelly<br />
recommended removing the word<br />
“discourages” and replacing it with<br />
“prohibits” (the hiring or promotion<br />
of any employee that creates a<br />
situation where by an employee<br />
would be supervised by, or under<br />
the immediate supervision of a<br />
relative).<br />
Cervini said the audit report<br />
showed an unrestricted<br />
cash balance of $22.7 million<br />
for its business funds,<br />
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