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00 n -�144 TO : -213 �21� <br />PROFESSIONAL AUDITING SERVICES AGREEMENT <br />This Agreement is effective this the 3rd day of September, 2013, between the City of San <br />Marcos, Texas ( "City "), 630 East Hopkins, San Marcos, Texas 78666 and Alonzo, Bacarisse, <br />Irvine & Palmer, P.C. (the "Auditor "), 4801 Northwest Loop 410, Suite 725, San Antonio, Texas <br />76710 for the provision of professional audit services beginning with fiscal year ending <br />September 30, 2013 (the "Services "). <br />The City and the Auditor agree as follows: <br />ARTICLE 1 <br />STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE <br />1.0.1 The Auditor is responsible for the performance of an independent annual audit of all City <br />funds. The Auditor will perform all audit examinations in accordance with generally accepted <br />auditing standards promulgated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants <br />( "AICPA ") , Government Auditing Standards Board ( "GASB "), the provisions of the federal <br />Single Audit Act of 1996 (as amended), the U.S. Office of Management and Budget ( "OMB ") <br />Circular A -133, Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non - Profit Organizations, the State of <br />Texas Single Audit Circular in accordance with Uniform Grants Management Standards of the <br />State of Texas, the standards set forth in the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) <br />Government Accounting, Auditing and Financial Reporting for the GFOA's Certificate of <br />Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, and the State of Texas Public Investment <br />Fund Act. <br />1.0.2 The Auditor's Basic Services consist of the services described in Sections 2.0.1 through <br />2.0.20. <br />1.0.3 The performance of all services by the Auditor in connection with this Agreement will be <br />by persons appropriately registered and licensed to practice under State, local and Federal laws. <br />In performing all services under this Agreement, the Auditor will use that degree of care and <br />skill normally exercised by certified public accountants that possess special expertise in the types <br />of services included in this Agreement. The Auditor certifies that it is a firm of certified public <br />accountants who have no financial interest, direct or indirect, in the City or any personal or <br />financial relationship with City Council or any employee or officer of the City. Furthermore, the <br />Auditor certifies that it is independent of the City as defined by the AICPA Generally Accepted <br />Auditing Standards, and Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of <br />the United States. <br />1.0.4 The Auditor will not subcontract any work under this Agreement without prior written <br />approval from the City. The Auditor will specify any work or services subcontracted under this <br />Agreement by separate written Agreements and those Agreements will be subject to each <br />provision of this Agreement. <br />Aareemew 2013 <br />