Annual Financial Report 12/31/1992

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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 1992 Page 2 of 19 The following types of funds and account groups are employed by the City: GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS General Fund - to account for all fmancial resources except those required to be accounted for in another fund. Special Revenue Funds - to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources that are legally restricted to expenditures for specified purposes. Debt Service Funds - to account for the accumulation of resources for, and the payment of, general long -term debt principal, interest, and related costs. Capital Project Funds - to account for financial resources to be used for the acquisition or construction of major facilities other than those financed by Proprietary Funds. PROPRIETARY FUNDS Enterprise Funds - to account for operations: (a) that are financed and operated in a manner similar to private business enterprises - where the intent of the governing body is that the costs (expenses, including depreciation) of providing goods or services to the general public on a continuing basis be fmanced or recovered primarily through user charges; or, (b) where the governing body has decided that periodic determination of revenues earned, expenses incurred, and/or net income is appropriate for capital maintenance, public policy, management control, accountability, or other purposes. FIDUCIARY FUNDS Trust and Agency Funds - to account for assets held by a governmental unit in a trustee capacity or as an agent for individuals, private organizations, other governmental units, and/or other funds. These include (a) expendable trust funds, (b) nonexpendable trust funds, (c) pension trust funds, and (d) agency funds. ACCOUNT GROUPS The governmental fund types are designed to account for the financial flow of a particular fund; therefore, they generally include only current assets and current liabilities on their balance sheets. The City maintains two account groups to account for noncurrent assets and long- term liabilities as follows: General Fixed Assets - The City maintains a separate account group which contains the fixed assets used in the governmental fund type operations. They are assets of the City as a whole and not of individual funds. General Long -Term Debt - This account group contains the long -term obligations of the City including general obligation bonds, certificates of indebtedness, contracts payable and compensated absences payable. These long -term liabilities are expected to be financed by the govemmental funds. C . BASIS OF ACCOUNTING The accounting and reporting treatment applied to a fund is determined by its measurement focus. All governmental funds are accounted for on a current financial resources measurement focus. This means that only current assets and current liabilities are generally included on their balance sheets. Governmental fund operating statements present increases (revenues and other financing sources) and decreases (expenditures and other financing uses) in net current assets.