.~uulV~lo~~~ <br />GROVE, MUELLER & SWANK, P.C. <br />CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS AND CONSULTANTS <br />INDEPENDENT A UDITOR'S REPORT <br />Governing Board <br />Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission <br />225 Fifth Street <br />Springfield, Oregon 97477 <br />We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management <br />Commission (a component unit of the City of Springfield, Oregon) as of and for the years ended June 30, 2005 <br />and 2004, which collectively comprise the Commission's basic financial statements as listed. in the table of <br />contents. These financial statements. are the responsibility of the Commission's management. Our <br />responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. <br />We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of <br />America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about <br />j ; whether the basic financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a <br />test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the basic financial statements. An audit also <br />- includes .assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as <br />'. evaluating the overall basic financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable <br />._. <br />basis for our opinion. <br />In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial <br />position of the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission as of June 30, 2005 and 2004 and the <br />changes in financial position and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting <br />principles generally accepted in the United States of America. <br />The accompanying management's discussion and analysis is not a required part of the basic financial <br />statements, but are supplementary information required by accounting principles generally accepted in the <br />United States of America. We have applied certain limited procedures that consisted principally of inquiries <br />of management regarding the methods of measurement and presentation of the supplementary information. <br />However, we did not audit the information and express no opinion on it. <br />i__ Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a <br />i whole. The other supplementary information in the table of contents is presented for purposes of additional <br />analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements of the Metropolitan Wastewater <br />,_ 3 <br />i- www.gmscpa.com <br />` " Mailing Address • P.O. Box 2122 • Salem, Oregon 97308-2122 <br />_ Salem • 475 Cottage Street NE, Suite 200 • Salem, Oregon 97301-3814 • (503) 581-7788 • FAX (503) 581-0152 <br />Albany • P.O. Box 663 • 519 S. Lyon Street • Albany, Oregon 97321-0570 • (541) 967-2315 • FAX (541) 926-5926 <br />MEMBERS OF THE McGLADREY NETWORK • WORLDWIDE SERVICES THROUGH RSM INTERNATIONAL <br />