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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2012 41 Note 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) I. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT REVENUE RECOGNITION (CONTINUED) Once a special assessment roll is adopted, the amount a ttributed to each parcel is a lien upon that property until full payment is made or the amount is determined to be excessive by the City Council or court action. If special assessments are allowed to go delinquent, the property is subject to tax forfeit sale and the first proceeds of that sale (after costs, penalties and expenses of sale) are remitted to the City in payment of delinquent special assessments. Genera lly, the City will collect the full amount of its special assessments not adjusted by City Council or court action. Pursuant to State Statutes, a property shall be subject to a tax forfeit sale after three years unless it is homesteaded, agricultural or seasonal recreational land in which event the property is subject to such sale after five years. J. INVENTORIES AND PREPAIDS The original cost of materials and supplies has been recorded as expenditures/expenses at the time of purchase in both the Governmental and Proprietary Funds. These funds do not maintain material amounts of materials and supplies. Certain payments to vendors reflect costs applicable to future accounting periods and are reported as prepaid items under the purchases method in both government-wide and fund financial statements. K. INTERFUND RECEIVABLES/PAYABLES During the course of operations, numerous transacti ons occur between individual funds for goods provided or services rendered. The year-end balances are classified as interf und receivables and payables on the governmental fund balance sheets. The non-current portion of interfund loans are reported as “advances to/from other funds.” Advances between funds ar e offset by a nonspendabl e fund balance account in applicable governmental funds to indicate they are not available for appropriation and are not expendable from available financial resources. L. CAPITAL ASSETS Capital assets, which include property, plant, equipmen t, and infrastructure assets (e.g. roads, sidewalks, street lights, and similar items) are reported in th e applicable governmental or business-type activities columns in the government-wide fina ncial statements. Capital assets exceeding the City’s capitalization threshold of $2,500 are recorded at historical cost or es timated historical cost if purchased or constructed. The cost of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value of the asset or materially extend asset lives are not capitalized. Major outlays for capital assets and impr ovements are capitalized as projects are constructed. All existing City infrastructure has b een capitalized regardless of date placed in service. Depreciation on exhaustible assets is recorded as an allocated expense in the Statement of Activities with accumulated depreciation reflected in the Statement of Net position. Capital assets are depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. Since surplus assets are sold for an immaterial amount when declared as no longer needed for City purposes, no salvage value is taken into consideration for depreciation purposes. Useful lives vary from 3 to 30 years for Buildings, Office Furniture and Equipment, Vehicles, Machine Shop and Equipment and Other assets, and 25 to 50 years for Infrastructure. Capital assets not being depreciated in clude land and construction in progress.