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DETAILED PROPOSAL 2. Independence. We are independent of the City of Sunny Isles Beach and its component unit as defined by the U.S. Accounting Office's Government Auditing Standards, Keefe, McCullough & Co., LLP has had no previous professional relationships involving the City of Sunny Isles Beach, Florida for the past five years. We agree to give the City of Sunny isles Beach written notice of any professional relationships entered into during the period of this agreement that might constitute a conflict of interest. 3. License to Practice in Florida. Keefe, McCullough & Co., LLP, is properly licensed in the State of Florida by the Department of Professional Regulation. Our license number is AD 0010282. Further, all members of the firm that are designated as Certified Public Accountants are properly licensed in the State of Florida. 4. Firm Qualifications and Experience. Our office consists of ten partners, approximately fifty (50) professional accounting staff members and administrative support personnel. Our governmental audit staff consists of thirty-five professionals. The work for this engagement will be performed from our office located at 6550 North Federal Highway, Suite 41 0, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33308. The number and level of full-time and part-time staff to be assigned to the engagements would be discussed and approved by client finance personnel. We have listed additional information regarding a proposed staffing plan in Section III. Our practice includes audit engagements, management advisory services, tax planning and tax return preparation, and consulting services. We believe our growth can be attributed to our ability to give each client, regardless of size, personalized and timely service of the highest quality. Keefe, McCullough & Co., LLP, is a local firm. Our firm participates in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Peer Review Program and we have received unmodified opinions on all of our previous peer reviews. We have provided the most recent quality control review documentation for your reference in Section IV. This quality control review included a specific review of the City of Dania Beach audit workpapers, financial statements and reports. Because our firm performs a substantial number of "Yellow Book" type engagements, we routinely receive desk reviews from various State of Florida departments (DCF, FDOT or DOEA). We have had no field reviews during the last three years, and we are not aware of any disciplinary action ever taken or now pending against our firm or any of our professional accounting staff. 5. Partner, Supervisory and Staff Qualifications and Experience. Our proposed audit team is comprised of the following principal supervisory and management staff: William G. Benson, C.P.A. Cynthia L. Calvert, C.P.A. Engagement Partner Second Review Partner A profile of each audit team member is included in Section III, which lists specific governmental experience, qualifications and continuing professional education. Due to our firm's concentration of governmental and not-for-profit clients, we sponsor continuing professional education courses annually regarding a variety of governmental subjects, including Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements. One eight-hour governmental seminar is offered to our governmental clients. I n addition, our entire professional governmental accounting staff takes over forty (40) hours of "governmental qualified" continuing education courses every year. We have substantial experience in the areas of internal control and compliance auditing in accordance with "Government Auditing Standards" ('The Yellow Book"), Federal Single Audits in accordance with OMB Circular A-133 "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," the Florida Single Audit Act, and the Rules of the Auditor General of the State of Florida. Due to the concentration of this type of work in our practice, we provide each of our Governmental and non-profit accounting staff members with at least eighty hours of continuing professional education every two years. In addition, the firm belongs to the AICPA FICPA A1CPA Governmental Audit Quality Center, the Government Finance Officers Association and the Broward County League of Cities.