Southtowns Record

10/13/26 Board Packet

Government
Village of Gowanda
Board
Village Board
Meeting
Oct 13, 2026
Kind
Agenda packet
Topics
Audits and oversight, Water, sewer and drainage, Public safety, Budget and taxes, Roads and traffic, Zoning and land use, Parks and recreation

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Village of Gowanda
Audit Proposal
For the Year Ended May 31, 2026
Presented by: R.A. Mercer & Co., P.C.

  (2) Description of the  Proposed  Audit Team  Including Experience and Qualifications for
  Municipal Audits

The principal supervisory and management staff who will be assigned to this engagement are
expected to be as follow:

  Partner:  Christopher M. Zera, CPA
  New York certificate number: 094615
  Over twenty years of public accounting experience
  Joseph Strzalka
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  Approximately six years of public accounting experience

All supervisory and management personnel at R.A. Mercer & Co., P.-C. are properly registered and
licensed to practice in New York State.  All such personnel must meet the minimum standards
established for auditors who  audit governmental  entities.  RA. Mercer & Co., PC. performs
numerous audits of municipalities and, therefore, all professional staff receive extensive training
in governmental auditing, including Single Audits subject to the Uniform Guidance, each year.