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CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA 
 
 
SINGLE AUDIT ACT REPORT 
 
 
FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021

CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA 
 
 
Table of Contents 
 
 
 
 
PAGE 
 
 
Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance  
  and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed 
  in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards .................................................................... 1 
 
Report on Compliance for Each Major Program and on Internal Control 
 Over Compliance Required by the Uniform Guidance ................................................................... 3 
 
Schedule of Findings and Questioned costs: 
 
Summary of Auditors’ Results ............................................................................................ 5 
 
Financial Statement Findings .............................................................................................. 6 
 
Federal Award Findings and Questioned Costs .................................................................. 6 
 
 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards ................................................................................. 7 
 
Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards.............................................................. 8

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Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control Over  
Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters 
Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed 
in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards 
 
 
The Honorable Mayor and 
City Council 
El Mirage, Arizona 
 
 
We have audited, in accordance with the auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of 
America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards issued 
by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of the governmental activities, the 
business-type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of City of El Mirage, 
Arizona, as of and for the year ended June 30, 2021, and the related notes to the financial statements, which 
collectively comprise the City of El Mirage, Arizona’s basic financial statements and have issued our report 
thereon dated October 14, 2021. 
 
Internal Control over Financial Reporting 
 
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we considered the City of El Mirage, 
Arizona’s internal control over financial reporting (internal control) as a basis for designing audit procedures 
that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial 
statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the City of El Mirage, 
Arizona’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of City of El 
Mirage, Arizona’s internal control. 
 
A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management 
or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct 
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in 
internal control such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial 
statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a 
deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less severe than a material weakness, 
yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance. 
 
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph of this 
section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses 
or significant deficiencies and therefore, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies may exist that were 
not identified. Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control 
that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been 
identified. 
 




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Compliance and Other Matters 
 
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the City of El Mirage, Arizona’s financial statements 
are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, 
regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and material 
effect on the financial statements. However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was 
not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests 
disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government 
Auditing Standards. 
 
Purpose of this Report 
 
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and compliance and 
the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control or 
on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing 
Standards in considering the entity’s internal control and compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not 
suitable for any other purpose. 
 
 
 
HintonBurdick, PLLC 
Gilbert, Arizona 
October 14, 2021 
 
 
 




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Independent Auditors’ Report on Compliance for  
Each Major Program and on Internal Control Over 
Compliance Required by the Uniform Guidance 
 
 
Honorable Mayor & City Council 
City of El Mirage 
El Mirage, Arizona 
 
 
Report on Compliance for Each Major Program 
We have audited the City of El Mirage, Arizona’s (the City) compliance with the types of compliance 
requirements described in the OMB Compliance Supplement that could have direct and material effect on each 
of the City of El Mirage, Arizona’s major federal programs for the year ended June 30, 2021. The City’s 
major federal programs are identified in the summary of auditor’s results section of the accompanying 
schedule of findings and questioned costs. 
Management’s Responsibility 
Management is responsible for compliance with federal statutes, regulations, and the terms and conditions of 
its federal awards applicable to its federal programs. 
Auditor’s Responsibility 
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on compliance for each of the City’s major federal programs based 
on our audit of the types of compliance requirements referred to above. We conducted our audit of 
compliance in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America; the 
standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the 
Comptroller General of the United States; and the audit requirements of Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal 
Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for 
Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance). Those standards and the Uniform Guidance require that we plan and 
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether noncompliance with the types of compliance 
requirements referred to above that could have a direct and material effect on a major federal program 
occurred. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence about the City’s compliance with those 
requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. 
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion on compliance for each major federal 
program. However, our audit does not provide a legal determination of the City of El Mirage, Arizona’s 
compliance. 
Opinion on Each Major Federal Program 
In our opinion, the City complied, in all material respects, with the types of compliance requirements referred 
to above that could have a direct and material effect on each of its major federal programs for the fiscal year 
ended June 30, 2021. 
 
Report on Internal Control Over Compliance 
Management of the City is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over 
compliance with the types of compliance requirements referred to above. In planning and performing our 
audit of compliance, we considered the City’s internal control over compliance with the types of requirements 
that could have a direct and material effect on each major federal program to determine the auditing 
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the purpose of expressing an opinion on compliance 




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for each major federal program and to test and report on internal control over compliance in accordance with 
the Uniform Guidance, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of internal 
control over compliance. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the City’s internal 
control over compliance. 
A deficiency in internal control over compliance exists when the design or operation of a control over 
compliance does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned 
functions, to prevent, or detect and correct, noncompliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal 
program on a timely basis. A material weakness in internal control over compliance is a deficiency, or 
combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance, such that there is a reasonable possibility 
that material noncompliance with a type of compliance requirement of a federal program will not be 
prevented, or detected and corrected, on a timely basis. A significant deficiency in internal control over 
compliance is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over compliance with a type 
of compliance requirement of a federal program that is less severe than a material weakness in internal control 
over compliance, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with governance. 
Our consideration of internal control over compliance was for the limited purpose described in the first 
paragraph of this section and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control over compliance 
that might be material weaknesses or significant deficiencies. We did not identify any deficiencies in internal 
control over compliance that we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist 
that have not been identified. 
Report on Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Required by the Uniform Guidance 
We have audited the financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each 
major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of El Mirage, Arizona, as of and for the 
year ended June 30, 2021, and have issued our report thereon dated October 14, 2021, which contained an 
unmodified opinion on those financial statements. Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming 
opinions on the financial statements as a whole. The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal 
awards is presented for the purposes of additional analysis as required by Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal 
Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements 
for Federal Awards, and is not a required part of the financial statements. Such information is the 
responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and 
other records used to prepare the financial statements. The information has been subjected to the auditing 
procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and certain additional procedures, including 
comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to 
prepare the financial statements or to the financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in 
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the 
schedule of expenditures of federal awards is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial 
statements as a whole. 
The purpose of this report on internal control over compliance is solely to describe the scope of our testing of 
internal control over compliance and the results of that testing based on the requirements of the Uniform 
Guidance. Accordingly, this report is not suitable for any other purpose. 
 
HintonBurdick, PLLC 
Gilbert, Arizona 
October 14, 2021 




CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA 
 
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs 
For the Year Ended June 30, 2021 
 
 
 
5 
 
 
Section I - Summary of Auditors’ Results 
  
 
Financial Statements 
 
Type of auditor’s report issued: 
Unmodified 
Internal control over financial reporting: 
 
x 
Material weakness (es) identified? 
          yes        X   no 
x 
Significant deficiency (ies) identified that are not 
considered to be material weaknesses? 
          yes        X  none reported 
 
Noncompliance material to financial statements noted? 
          yes        X    no 
 
Federal Awards 
 
Internal Control over major programs: 
 
 
 
 
 
x 
Material weakness (es) identified? 
         yes        X    no 
x 
Significant deficiency (ies) identified that are not 
considered to be material weaknesses? 
         yes        X    none reported 
 
Type of auditor’s report issued on compliance 
    for major programs:  
Unmodified 
 
Any audit findings disclosed that are required to be reported 
    in accordance with 2 CFR 200.516(a)? 
         yes        X     no 
 
Identification of major programs. 
 
CFDA Number(s)                   Name of Federal Program or Cluster 
 
21.019  
Coronavirus Relief Fund  
 
Dollar threshold used to distinguish between type 
      A and type B programs: 
$ 750,000 
 
Auditee qualified as low-risk auditee? 
    X    yes            no

CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA 
 
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs 
For the Year Ended June 30, 2021 
 
 
 
6 
 
 
Section II - Financial Statement Findings 
  
 
Current Year Findings and Recommendations: 
 
Material Weaknesses: 
 
None noted 
 
Significant Deficiencies: 
 
None noted 
  
 
 
Prior Year Findings and Recommendations, Reworded (if necessary) and Reissued: 
 
Material Weaknesses 
 
None noted 
 
Significant Deficiencies: 
 
None noted 
 
 
 
 
 
Section III - Federal Award Findings and Questioned Costs 
  
 
 
No significant matters were noted.

CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA 
 
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards 
For the Year Ended June 30, 2021 
 
 
 
7 
 
 
Grantor Agency
Federal
CFDA
Number
Pass Through 
Grantor's
Number
Expenditures
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development:
(Passed through Maricopa County, Arizona)
Community Development Block Grant
14.218
C-22-19-005-3-00
422,633
$     
Total U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
422,633
       
U.S. Department of Justice:
Corrections Training and Staff Development
16.601
24,948
         
Bulletproof Vest Partnership
16.607
1,541
           
(Passed through Arizona Criminal Justice)
National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP)
16.554
NCP-18-20-010
13,587
         
(Passed through Arizona Department of Public Safety)
Crime Victim Assistance
16.575
2016-VA-GX-0046
103,854
       
Total U.S. Department of Justice
143,930
       
U.S. Department of Transportation:
(Passed through Governor's Office of Highway Safety)
Highway Safety Cluster:
State & Community Highway Safety
20.600
2021 OP-008
4,705
           
State & Community Highway Safety
20.600
2020 OP-007
1,764
           
State & Community Highway Safety
20.600
2021-PTS-019
9,980
           
Total 20.600
16,449
         
National Priority Safety Programs
20.616
2021 405d-012
27,815
         
National Priority Safety Programs
20.616
220-CIOT-008
2,987
           
National Priority Safety Programs
20.616
2020 405d-012
5,963
           
National Priority Safety Programs
20.616
2020-405d-059
94,995
         
Total 20.616
131,760
       
Total Highway Safety Cluster
148,209
       
Total U.S. Department of Transportation
148,209
       
U.S. Department of Treasury:
(Passed through State of Arizona Office of the Governor)
Coronavirus Relief Fund - COVID-19
21.019
ERMT-20-034
1,481,083
    
Total U.S. Department of Treasury
1,481,083
    
US Department of Homeland Security:
  Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
(Passed through Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs)
COVID-19 Disaster Grants - Public Assistance (Presidentially 
Declared Disasters)
97.036
ERMT-EP-20-001
10,253
         
Total U.S. Department of Homeland Security
10,253
         
Total expenditures of federal awards
2,206,108
$

CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA 
 
Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards 
For the Year Ended June 30, 2021 
 
 
 
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Reporting Entity: 
 
The accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards presents the activity or expenditure of all 
federal awards programs of the City of El Mirage, Arizona for the year ended June 30, 2021. The City’s 
reporting entity is defined in Note 1 of the basic financial statements. All expenditure of federal awards 
received directly from federal agencies as well as federal awards passed through other government agencies 
are included in the schedule.  
 
Basis of Accounting: 
 
This accompanying schedule of expenditures of federal awards has been prepared on the modified accrual 
basis of accounting. The information in this schedule is presented in accordance with the requirements of Title 
2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, 
and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards. 
 
Subrecipients: 
 
There are no subrecipients. 
 
Indirect Cost Rate: 
 
The City did not elect to use the 10% de Minimis indirect cost rate for fiscal year 2021. There were no 
indirect cost allocations made to any of the federal grants as listed in the accompanying schedule of 
expenditures of federal awards. 
 
Federal Loans Outstanding: 
 
There are no outstanding balances for federal loan or loan guarantee programs with continuing compliance 
requirements at June 30, 2021.