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JEFFREY R. SMITH, CPA, CGFO, CGMA Clerk of Circuit Court & Comptroller 1801 27th Street Vero Beach, FL 32960 Telephone: (772) 226-1945 March 8, 2017 To the Citizens of Indian River County: The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of Indian River County, Florida for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, is respectfully submitted. State law requires that every general-purpose government publish a complete set of audited financial statements within nine months of the close of each fiscal year. This report was prepared by the Finance Department under the supervision of the Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller. Responsibility for both the accuracy of the presented data and the completeness and fairness of the presentation, including all disclosures, rests with the Finance Department and is contingent upon the internal control established for this purpose. The County has established a comprehensive internal control framework designed to ensure that the assets of the County are protected from loss, theft or misuse and to certify that the financial records and data used for preparing the financial statements are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) as applicable to governmental entities. The internal control system is designed to provide reasonable, rather than absolute, assurance that these objectives are met. The idea of reasonable assurance recognizes two aspects: 1) the cost of internal control should not exceed the anticipated benefits; and 2) the valuation of the costs and benefits require estimates and judgment by management. All internal control evaluations take place within this framework. We believe the County's internal controls adequately safeguard its assets and provide reasonable assurance of properly recorded financial transactions. Section 218.39, Florida Statutes, requires an annual audit of local governments. The unmodified opinion. of the auditors (Rehmann Robson LLC, Certified Public Accountants) on the County's financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2016 has been included in this report. The independent auditors' report is located at the front of the financial section of this report. The audit was also designed to meet the requirements of Government Auditing Standards, the Florida Single Audit Act, the Federal Single Audit Act of 1984, the Federal Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 and Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Readers of this report are encouraged to read Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), which provides basic financial information about the County and an overview of the County's activities. The MD&A immediately follows the independent auditors' report.