STATE OF MINNESOTA Office of the State Auditor Julie Blaha State Auditor CARLTON COUNTY CARLTON, MINNESOTA YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018 Description of the Office of the State Auditor The mission of the Office of the State Auditor is to oversee local government finances for Minnesota taxpayers by helping to ensure financial integrity and accountability in local governmental financial activities. Through financial, compliance, and special audits, the State Auditor oversees and ensures that local government funds are used for the purposes intended by law and that local governments hold themselves to the highest standards of financial accountability. The State Auditor performs approximately 100 financial and compliance audits per year and has oversight responsibilities for over 3,300 local units of government throughout the state. The office currently maintains five divisions: Audit Practice – conducts financial and legal compliance audits of local governments; Government Information – collects and analyzes financial information for cities, towns, counties, and special districts; Legal/Special Investigations – provides legal analysis and counsel to the Office and responds to outside inquiries about Minnesota local government law; as well as investigates allegations of misfeasance, malfeasance, and nonfeasance in local government; Pension – monitors investment, financial, and actuarial reporting for approximately 600 public pension funds; and Tax Increment Financing – promotes compliance and accountability in local governments’ use of tax increment financing through financial and compliance audits. The State Auditor serves on the State Executive Council, State Board of Investment, Land Exchange Board, Public Employees Retirement Association Board, Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, and the Rural Finance Authority Board. Office of the State Auditor 525 Park Street, Suite 500 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55103 (651) 296-2551 [email protected] www.auditor.state.mn.us This document can be made available in alternative formats upon request. Call 651-296-2551 [voice] or 1-800-627-3529 [relay service] for assistance; or visit the Office of the State Auditor’s web site: www.auditor.state.mn.us. CARLTON COUNTY CARLTON, MINNESOTA Year Ended December 31, 2018 Audit Practice Division Office of the State Auditor State of Minnesota This page was left blank intentionally. CARLTON COUNTY CARLTON, MINNESOTA TABLE OF CONTENTS Exhibit Page Introductory Section Organization 1 Financial Section Independent Auditor’s Report 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis 5 Basic Financial Statements Government-Wide Financial Statements Statement of Net Position 1 11 Statement of Activities 2 12 Fund Financial Statements Governmental Funds Balance Sheet 3 13 Reconciliation of Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to the Government-Wide Statement of Net Position—Governmental Activities 4 17 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance 5 18 Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance of Governmental Funds to the Government-Wide Statement of Activities—Governmental Activities 6 20 Fiduciary Funds Statement of Fiduciary Net Position 7 21 Notes to the Financial Statements 22 Required Supplementary Information Budgetary Comparison Schedules General Fund A-1 67 Special Revenue Funds Road and Bridge Fund A-2 70 Human Services Fund A-3 71 Forfeited Tax Fund A-4 72 PERA General Employees Retirement Plan Schedule of Proportionate Share of Net Pension Liability A-5 73 Schedule of Contributions A-6 74 PERA Public Employees Police and Fire Plan Schedule of Proportionate Share of Net Pension Liability A-7 75 Schedule of Contributions A-8 76 CARLTON COUNTY CARLTON, MINNESOTA TABLE OF CONTENTS Exhibit Page Financial Section Required Supplementary Information (Continued) PERA Public Employees Local Government Correctional Services Retirement Plan Schedule of Proportionate Share of Net Pension Liability A-9 77 Schedule of Contributions A-10 78 Notes to the Required Supplementary Information 79 Other Information Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Debt Service Fund B-1 85 Fiduciary Funds Combining Statement of Changes in Assets and Liabilities – All Agency Funds C-1 86 Other Schedule Schedule of Intergovernmental Revenue D-1 90 Management and Compliance Section 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 92 Report on Compliance for Each Major Federal Program and Report on Internal Control Over Compliance 95 Report on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards in Accordance with the Uniform Guidance 98 Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs 100 Corrective Action Plan 114 Summary Schedule of Prior Audit Findings 120 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards D-2 125 Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards 128 ,QWURGXFWRU\6HFWLRQ This page was left blank intentionally. CARLTON COUNTY CARLTON, MINNESOTA ORGANIZATION AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2018 Term Expires Elected Commissioners Board Member Dick Brenner District 1 January 2021 Board Member Marv Bodie District 2 January 2019 Board Member Thomas Proulx District 3 January 2021 Board Chair Susan Zmyslony District 4 January 2019 Board Member Gary Peterson District 5 January 2021 Attorney Thomas H. Pertler January 2019 Auditor/Treasurer Paul Gassert January 2019 Sheriff Kelly Lake January 2019 Appointed Assessor Kyle Holmes January 2021 Recorder Kristine Basilici January 2019 Registrar of Titles Kristine Basilici January 2019 Highway Engineer JinYeene Neumann May 2022 Veterans Service Officer Duane Brownie January 2021 Surveyor William Hayden December 2018 County Coordinator Dennis Genereau Indefinite Page 1 This page was left blank intentionally. )LQDQFLDO6HFWLRQ This page was left blank intentionally. STATE OF MINNESOTA OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR SUITE 500 (651) 296-2551 (Voice) 525 PARK STREET (651) 296-4755 (Fax) JULIE BLAHA SAINT PAUL, MN 55103-2139 [email protected] (E-mail) STATE AUDITOR 1-800-627-3529 (Relay Service) INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT Board of County Commissioners Carlton County Carlton, Minnesota Report on the Financial Statements We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of Carlton County, Minnesota, as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the County’s basic financial statements, as listed in the table of contents. Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. Auditor’s Responsibility Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit 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. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the County’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of Page 2 An Equal Opportunity Employer expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the County’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions. Basis for Adverse Opinion on Governmental Activities As discussed in Note 1.D.4. to the financial statements, Carlton County has not reported capital assets, including infrastructure assets, in the governmental activities and, accordingly, has not reported depreciation expense on those assets and has not eliminated the related capital expenditures. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that capital assets, including infrastructure assets, be capitalized and depreciated, which would increase the assets, net position, and change expenses of the governmental activities. The amount by which this departure affects the assets, net position, and expenses of the governmental activities is not reasonably determinable. Also, as discussed in Note 1.D.9. to the financial statements, Carlton