23-3560 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2022

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City of Casselberry City Manager 95 Triplet Lake Drive, Casselberry, Florida 32707 - Telephone (407) 262-7700, Ext. 1130 Fax (407) 262-7653 • Email jnewlon@casselberry.org March 14, 2023 The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission City of Casselberry 95 Triplet Lake Drive Casselberry, FL 32707 Dear Mayor Henson and Commissioners: Florida Statutes require that all general-purpose local governments publish a complete set of financial statements presented in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and audited in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards by a firm of licensed certified public accountants. Pursuant to that requirement, we hereby submit the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the City of Casselberry, Florida and its Community Redevelopment Agency (a blended component unit) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022. This report consists of management's representations concerning the finances of the City of Casselberry. Consequently, management assumes full responsibility for the completeness and reliability of all the information presented in this report. To provide a reasonable basis for making these representations, management of the City of Casselberry has established a comprehensive internal control framework that is designed both to protect the government's assets from loss, theft, or misuse and to compile sufficient, reliable information for the preparation of the City of Casselberry's financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Because the cost of internal controls should not outweigh their benefits, the City of Casselberry's framework of internal controls has been designed to provide reasonable rather than absolute assurance that the financial statements will be free from material misstatement. As management, we assert that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, this financial report is complete and reliable in all material respects. The City of Casselberry's financial statements have been audited by MSL, P.A., a firm of licensed and certified public accountants. The goal of the independent audit was to provide reasonable assurance that the financial statements of the City of Casselberry for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, are free of material misstatement. The independent audit involved examination of evidence, on a test basis, supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements; assessment of the accounting principles used, and significant estimates made by management; and an evaluation of the overall financial statement presentation. Based upon the audit, the independent auditor concluded that a reasonable basis existed to render an unmodified opinion that the City of Casselberry's financial statements for the fiscal year ended September 30, iv