RIVERTON CITY, UTAH
COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 Introductory Section - Transmittal Letter
LETTER
OF
TRANSMITTAL
Trent Staggs, Mayor Sheldon Stewart, Councilmember Troy McDougal, Councilmember Tawnee McCay, Councilmember Tish Buroker, Councilmember Claude Wells, Councilmember December 1, 2021 To the Mayor, City Council, and Residents of Riverton, The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (hereafter using then new acronym “ACFR”) of the City of Riverton for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, is hereby submitted. State law requires that all local governments publish, within 180 days of the close of each fiscal year, a complete set of financial statements presented in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and audited in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) by a firm of licensed certified public accountants. This year’s ACFR has been prepared by the City’s Administrative Services Department. Management assumes full responsibility for the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in this report. To provide a reasonable basis for making these representations, management of the City of Riverton has established a comprehensive internal control framework that is designed both to protect the government’s assets and to compile accurate and reliable information for the preparation of the City’s financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Because the cost of internal control should not exceed anticipated benefits, the objective is to provide reasonable, rather than absolute, assurance that the financial statements are free of any material misstatements. The Administrative Services Department asserts, to the best of its knowledge and belief, this financial report is complete and reliable in all material respects. HBME, LLC, a firm of certified public accountants, has audited Riverton City’s financial statements. The goal of the independent audit was to provide reasonable assurance that the City’s financial statements, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, were free of material misstatement. The independent audit involved examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. The independent auditors concluded, based upon the audit, that there was a reasonable basis for rendering an unmodified opinion that the City’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, were fairly presented in conformity with GAAP. The independent auditor’s report is included as the first component of the financial section of the ACFR. GAAP requires that management provide a narrative introduction, overview, and analysis to accompany the basic financial statements in the form of Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). This letter of transmittal is designed to complement MD&A and should be read in conjunction with it. The City’s MD&A can be found immediately following the independent auditor’s report.
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