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163. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT This Agreement is made this the 2nd day of August ,2005, between the City of San Marcos, Texas ("City"), 630 East Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666 and Pattillo, Brown and Hill, L.L.P. (the "Auditor"), 401 West Highway 6, Waco, Texas 76710 for the provision of professional annual audit services for fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007 (the "Project"). The City and the Auditor agree as follows: ARTICLE 1 STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE 1.1 The performance of all services by the Auditor in connection with this Agreement will be by persons appropriately licensed or registered under State, local and Federal laws. The Auditor certifies that is a firm of certified public accountants who have no personal interest, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the City or any of its officers. The Auditor will prepare an independent annual financial audit of all City accounts. 1.2 No work under this Agreement will be subcontracted by the Auditor without the prior written approval from the City. Any work or services subcontracted under this Agreement will be specified by separate written agreement and will be subject to each provision of this Agreement. 1.3 Any provision in this Agreement pertammg to the City's review, approval and/or acceptance of written materials prepared by the Auditor and/or its subcontractors in connection with this Agreement will not diminish the Auditor's responsibility for the materials. 1.4 The Auditor will perform all of its services in coordination with the City and will advise the City of any data and information it needs to perform its services. The Auditor will meet with City representatives at mutually convenient times to assemble this data and information, and the City may require a review meeting with the Auditor's representatives occasionally to evaluate the working relationship between the City and the Auditor. 1.5 The Auditor will perform all audit examinations in accordance with Generally Accepted Auditing Standards as prescribed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts ("AICP A"), Governmental Accounting Standards Board ("GASB"), the U.S. General Accounting Office ("GAD") standards, OMB Circular A-133, and the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996. The Auditor will review its written audit program with the City, identifying a plan for testing records and procedures using statistical sampling and computer auditing where appropriate, the method for evaluating internal control and the audit procedures to be taken prior to performing detail audit work. 1