Lynn M. Stephens, Commission Coordinator, First 5 Riverside, Approved by the Commission on December 12, 2018
Agenda Item G Action Item 18-31 Attachment
Digitally signed by Lynn M. Stephens, Commission Coordinator, First 5 Riverside, Approved by the Commission on December 12, 2018 Date: 2018.12.14 11:09:56 -08'00'
To the Board of Commissioners First 5 Riverside County Children and Families Commission Riverside, California We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities and the general fund of the First 5 Riverside County Children and Families Commission (Commission), a component unit of the County of Riverside, California, for the year ended June 30, 2018. Professional standards require that we provide you with information about our responsibilities under generally accepted auditing standards and Government Auditing Standards, as well as certain information related to the planned scope and timing of our audit. We have communicated such information in our letter to you dated June 1, 2018. Professional standards also require that we communicate to you the following information related to our audit. Significant Audit Matters Qualitative Aspects of Accounting Practices Management is responsible for the selection and use of appropriate accounting policies. The significant accounting policies used by the Commission are described in Note 1 to the financial statements. No new accounting policies were adopted and the application of existing policies was not changed during 2018. We noted no transactions entered into by the Commission during the year for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or consensus. All significant transactions have been recognized in the financial statements in the proper period. Accounting estimates are an integral part of the financial statements prepared by management and are based on management’s knowledge and experience about past and current events and assumptions about future events. Certain accounting estimates are particularly sensitive because of their significance to the financial statements and because of the possibility that future events affecting them may differ significantly from those expected. The most sensitive estimates affecting the Commission’s financial statements were management’s estimates of:
Fair value of investments is based on information provided by the County Treasurer, Amounts related to the net pension liability, related deferred inflows of resources and deferred outflows of resources, pension expense, and disclosures, are based on actuarial valuations and a proportionate share of the collective net pension liability of the County of Riverside’s miscellaneous agent employer plan.
We evaluated the key factors and assumptions used to develop the above estimates in determining that they were reasonable in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole. Certain financial statement disclosures are particularly sensitive because of their significance to financial statement users. The most sensitive disclosure affecting the financial statements was: The disclosure of the Commission’s defined benefit pension plan, net pension liability and related deferred inflows of resources and deferred outflows of resources in Note 12 to the financial statements. The valuation of the net pension liability and related deferred outflows (inflows) of resources are sensitive to the underlying actuarial assumptions used including, but not limited to, the investment rate of return and discount rate, and the Commission’s proportionate share of the Plan’s collective net pension liability. As disclosed in Note 12, a 1% increase or decrease in the discount rate has a significant effect on the Commission’s net pension liability. The financial statement disclosures are neutral, consistent, and clear. 1