Professional Auditing Services

The City of St. Helena, California is located in the center of the world-famous wine growing Napa Valley, 65 miles north of San Francisco. The area was settled in 1834 as part of General Vallejo’s land grant. The City of St. Helena was incorporated as a City on March 24, 1876, and reincorporated on May 14, 1889.The City, from its inception, has served as a rural agricultural center and over the years, has experienced growth and development of the wine industry. The City receives many visitors due to the wine industry and the area’s scenic qualities and history. The City’s goal is to maintain a small-town atmosphere and to provide high quality services to its residents.The official population of the City of St. Helena as of 2021 is 6,070 (CA Department of Finance). St. Helena is a full-service city employing 93.7 full-time equivalent employees and encompasses an area of four-square miles. The City’s FY 2024-25 General Fund Budget is approximately $22 million.The City’s financial statements are prepared in compliance with GASB and in conformance with requirements of the GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting. The City uses Springbrook financial software for general ledger, cash receipts, accounts receivable, utility billing, accounts payable, payroll, purchasing, project management, and budgeting.GENERAL INFORMATIONOBJECTIVEThe City of St. Helena is seeking a qualified firm(s) of certified public accountants (hereinafter referred to as “the Firm”) for a three (3) year contract to prepare and audit financial statements for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, 2026, and 2027. An option to extend the contract for fiscal years ending June 30, 2028, and 2039 may be exercised by the City through a written amendment.The Firm will be asked to prepare the City’s Report of Financial Transactions for the State Controller’s Office and the Annual Streets Report, prepare and audit the City’s financial statements, and complete a Single Audit Report if expenditure criteria are met.The audits are to be performed in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, the standards set forth for financial and compliance audits in the U.S. General Accounting Office’s (GAO) Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities, and Functions, the provisions of the Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended in 1996, U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-133, Audits of State and Local Governments and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Pronouncements.Please view the RFP document for full scope.The City is only accepting proposals electronically via email to For security reasons, you must enable JavaScript to view this E-mail address..