Management Report and Recommendations 12/31/1989

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City of Lino Lakes, Minnesota Management Report, Page 43 AGENCY FUNDS, At December 31, 1989, the City had three Agency Funds as follows: • Contractor's Deposits • Investment Fund • Deferred Compensation An Agency Fund is designed to account for transactions for other individuals, private organizations and/or other funds. The Contractor's Deposits Fund is used to account for "pass through" types of expenditures relating to prospective developers. The City pays certain legal, engineering and planning amounts to assure compliance with various City ordinances relating to pertinent applications. The City receives deposits and/or bills the various developers for costs incurred. We recommend that the City continue to maintain detailed records of amounts due from developers and assure that adequate deposits are received prior to incurring expenses on a developer's behalf (see later comments). The Investment Fund is designed to pool all available cash balances of the City to maximize the investment efficiency of the City. Interest is allocated to funds annually based on the average cash balance of the participating funds. The Deferred Compensation Fund was established in 1987 in response to the issuance of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 2. GASB Statement No. 2 requires deferred compensation plans adopted under the provisions of Internal Revenue Code Section 457 to be included in the City's annual financial report.