ADOPTED - OCTOBER 23, 2001

Agenda Item No. 11

Introduced by the Finance Committee of the:

RESOLUTION APPOINTING OUTSIDE AUDITOR FOR INGHAM COUNTY

RESOLUTION #01-317

WHEREAS, Ingham County's contract for external audit services has expired; and

WHEREAS, an annual audit is mandated by Michigan Act 2 of the Public Acts of 1968 as amended; and

WHEREAS, the County Controller has received five proposals from outside audit firms, and has reviewed their qualifications.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby enters into a contract with Rehmann Robson for audit services for each of the County's fiscal years ending December 31, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005 at a total cost not to exceed $278,000 and not to exceed the following amounts annually:

2002 (2001 report) $53,900

2003 (2002 report) $54,750

2004 (2003 report) $55,600

2005 (2004 report) $56,450

2006 (2005 report) $57,300

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller is authorized to make the necessary adjustments within the 2002 Financial Services Department Budget for the cost of the 2001 audit.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Board Chairperson and the County Clerk to sign said contract after review by the County Attorney.

FINANCE: Yeas: Czarnecki, Hertel, Schafer, Swope, Lynch

Nays: None Absent: Minter, Krause Approved 10/17/01