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CliftonLarsonAllen LLP CLAconnect.com INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON MINNESOTA LEGAL COMPLIANCE Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Orono Orono, Minnesota We have audited, in accordance with 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 which collectively comprise the basic financial statements of City of Orono (the City), as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015, and have issued our report thereon dated June 21, 2016. The Minnesota Legal Compliance Audit Guide for Political Subdivisions, promulgated by the State Auditor pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 6.65, contains seven categories of compliance to be tested: contracting and bidding, deposits and investments, conflicts of interest, public indebtedness, claims and disbursements, miscellaneous provisions, and tax increment financing. Our study included all of the listed categories. In connection with our audit, nothing came to our attention that caused us to believe that the City failed to comply with the provisions of the Minnesota Legal Compliance Audit Guide for Political Subdivisions, except as described in the Schedule of Findings and Recommendations as item 2015-001. However, our audit was not directed primarily toward obtaining knowledge of such noncompliance. Accordingly, had we performed additional procedures, other matters may have come to our attention regarding the City’s noncompliance with the above-referenced provisions, insofar as they relate to accounting matters. The City’s response to the finding identified in our audit is described in the accompanying schedule of findings and responses. The City’s response was not subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and, accordingly, we express no opinion on it. The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose. CliftonLarsonAllen LLP Minneapolis, Minnesota June 21, 2016