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City of Little Canada, Minnesota <br />Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, <br />Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances of <br />Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities <br />Governmental Funds <br />For the Year Ended December 31, 2024 <br />Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of activities are different because <br />Net Changes in Fund Balances - Total Governmental Funds (1,114,556)$ <br />Capital outlays are reported in governmental funds as expenditures. However, in the statement of <br />activities, the cost of those assets is allocated over the estimated useful lives as depreciation expense. <br />Depreciation (2,076,219) <br />Capital outlay 6,283,370 <br />Internal service funds are used by management to charge the costs of certain activities to individual <br />funds. The net revenue of internal service funds are reported with governmental activities. <br />Consolidation of internal service fund activities with governmental activities 10,735 <br />Certain revenues are recognized as soon as they are earned. Under the modified accrual <br />basis of accounting certain revenues cannot be recognized until they are available <br />to liquidate liabilities of the current period. <br />Property taxes 7,092 <br />Special assessments (175,721) <br />The issuance of long-term debt provides current financial resources to governmental funds, while <br />the repayment of principal of long-term debt consumes the current financial resources of governmental <br />funds. Neither transaction, however, has any effect on net position. Also, governmental funds report <br />the effect of premiums, discounts and similar items when debt is first issued, <br />whereas these amounts are delayed and amortized in the statement of activities. <br />Amortization of bond premium 3,448 <br />Principal repayments 312,505 <br />Lease sale receipt (64,621) <br />Long-term pension activity is not reported in governmental funds. <br />Pension expense (163,579) <br />Pension revenue from state contributions 22,030 <br />Interest on long-term debt in the statement of activities differs from the amount reported in the <br />governmental funds because interest is recognized as an expenditures in the funds when it is due, <br />and this requires the use of current financial resources. In the statement of activities, however, <br />interest expense is recognized as the interest accrues, regardless of when it is due.2,850 <br />Some expenses reported in the statement of activities do not require the use of current financial <br />resources and, therefore, are not reported as expenditures in governmental funds. <br />Compensated absences (1,966) <br />Change in Net Position - Governmental Activities 3,045,368$ <br />The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of this statement. <br />54