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Report Summary


Financial Audit

Metropolitan Mosquito Control District

For the Year Ended December 31, 2001


Key Audit Conclusions:

  • The financial statements of the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (District) for the year ended December 31, 2001, were fairly presented, in all material respects, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
  • We did not identify any instances of noncompliance with legal provisions that could have significantly affected the District's financial statements.
Background:

The District was created under the authority of Minn. Stat. Sections 473.701 to 473.716 to control mosquitoes and black gnats and to monitor Lyme ticks in the metropolitan area. The District is governed by the Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission. The Commission is comprised of representatives from the following counties: Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. The District's executive director is Joseph Sanzone. The District received approximately $9.1 million in tax revenue and spent approximately $7.5 million on control activities in the year 2001.

This audit report contains the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District's financial statements and our related Independent Auditor's Report and Report on Compliance and Internal Control over Financial Reporting.

Office of the Legislative Auditor, Room 140, 658 Cedar St., St. Paul, MN 55155 : legislative.auditor@state.mn.us or 651‑296‑4708