Annual Financial Report 12/31/1994

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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 1994 P . INTERFUND TRANSACTIONS Quasi - external transactions are accounted for as revenues, expenditures or expenses. Transactions that constitute reimbursements to a fund for expenditures/expenses initially made from it that are properly applicable to another fund, are recorded as expenditures/expenses in the reimbursing fund and as reductions of expenditures /expenses in the fund that is reimbursed. All other interfund transactions, except quasi - external transactions and reimbursements, are reported as transfers. Nonrecurring or nonroutine permanent transfers of equity are reported as residual equity transfers. All other interfund transfers are reported as operating transfers. Q. MEMORANDUM ONLY - TOTAL COLUMNS Total columns on the General Purpose Financial Statements are captioned "Memorandum Only" to indicate that they are presented only to facilitate financial analysis. Data in these columns do not present financial position, results of operations or changes in cash flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. Neither are such data comparable to a consolidation. Interfund eliminations have not been made in the aggregation of this data. Note 2 DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS DEPOSITS In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, the City maintains deposits at those depository banks authorized by the City Council, all of which are members of the Federal Reserve System. Minnesota Statutes require that all City deposits be protected by insurance, surety bond, or collateral. The market value of collateral pledged must equal 110% of the deposits not covered by insurance or bonds (140% in the case of mortgage notes pledged). Authorized collateral includes the legal investments described below, as well as certain first mortgage notes, and certain other state or local government obligations. Minnesota Statutes require that securities pledged as collateral be held in safekeeping by the City Treasurer or in a fmancial institution other than that furnishing the collateral. At year -end, the carrying amount of the City's deposits was $519,874 and the bank balance was $760,159. The entire bank balance was covered by Federal depository insurance or by collateral held by the City's agent in the City's name. INVESTMENTS Minnesota Statutes authorize the City to invest in the following: a) Direct obligations or obligations guaranteed by the United States or its agencies, its instrumentalities, or organizations created by an act of congress, excluding mortgage - backed securities defined as high risk. b) Shares of investment companies registered under the Federal Investment Company Act of 1940 and whose only investments are in securities described in (a) above, general obligation tax- exempt securities, or repurchase or reverse repurchase agreements. c) General obligations of the State of Minnesota or any of its municipalities. d) Bankers acceptance of United States banks eligible for purchase by the Federal Reserve System. 26