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KPMG LLP ~ PO Box 4150 Honolulu, HI 96812-4150 ~ Apri127, 2007 ~ To the Members of the County Council of Hawaii County of Hawaii ~ Hilo, Hawaii: We have completed our audit of the basic financial statements of the County of Hawaii, State of Hawaii ~ (the County), as of and for the year ended June 30, 2006. We have also audited the County's compliance with requirements applicable to its major federal financial assistance progams. We submit herein our reports on compliance and on internal control over financial reporting and over federal awards, a schedule ~ of expenditures of federal awards, and a schedule of findings and questioned costs. The audit objectives and scope of the audit were as follows: r AUDIT OBJECTIVES 1. To provide opinions on the fair presentation of the County's basic financial statements and the ~I, schedule of expenditures of federal awards as of and for the year ended June 30, 2006 in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 2. To consider the County's internal control over financial reporting in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinions on the basic financial statements. 3. To perform tests of the County's compliance with laws, regulations, contracts, and gant r ageements that could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial ~ statement amounts. 4. To consider the County's internal control over compliance with requirements that could have a direct and material effect on a major federal program in order to determine our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on compliance and to test and report on ~ internal control over compliance. 5. To provide an opinion on the County's compliance with applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grants that could have a direct and material effect on each major progam. ~ 6. To report on the status of prior year findings and questioned costs. +r i KPMG LLP, a U.S. limited LabiLty partne~sbip, is the U.S. mambet tlrm of KPM6 IntemaUOnal, a Swlss cooperative.