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CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2013 Note 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) O. FUND EQUITY (CONTINUED) The fund equity balances in the proprietary funds have been classified into two broad categories: • Net position — net investment in capital assets • Unrestricted net position Net position represents the differences between assets and liabilities in the government -wide financial statements. Net position — net investment in capital assets consists of capital assets, net of accumulated depreciation, reduced by the ouststanding balance of any long-term debt used to build or acquire capital assets. Net position is reported as restricted in government -wide financial statements when there are limitations on their use thorugh external restrictions imposed by creditors, grantors, or laws or regulations of other governments. P. INTERFUND TRANSACTIONS Interfund services provided and used 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 or expenses in the fund that is reimbursed. All other interfund transactions are reported as transfers. All Interfund transactions are eliminated except for activity between governmental activities and business - type activities for presentation in the entity -wide statements of Net position and statements of activities. Note 2 DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS Components of Cash and Investments Cash and investments at year-end consists of the following: Deposits Investments Cash on Hand Total Cash and investments are presented in the financial statements as follows: Cash and Investments - Statement of Net Position Permanent restricted Cash and Investments - Statement of Net Position Cash and Investments - Statement of Net Position - Fiduciary Funds Total A. DEPOSITS $ 3,252,636 31,643,322 820 $ 34,896,778 $ 34,105,825 121,475 669,478 $ 34,896,778 The City maintains a cash and investment pool that is available for use by all funds. Each fund type's portion of this pool is displayed on the statement of net position and the balance sheet as "Cash and Investments." In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, the City maintains deposits at financial institutions which are authorized by the City Council. CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2013 Note 2 DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) A. DEPOSITS (CONTINUED) Custodial Credit Risk — Custodial credit risk for deposits is the risk that in the event of a bank failure, the City's deposits may not be returned to it. The City does not have a specific deposit policy for custodial credit risk but rather follows Minnesota Statutes for deposits. Minnesota Statutes require that all 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 corporate surety bonds. Authorized collateral include: U.S. government treasury bills, notes, or bonds; issues of a U.S. government agency; general obligations of a state or local government rated "A" or better; revenue obligations of a state or local government rated "AA" or better; irrevocable standby letter of credit issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank; and time deposits insured by a federal agency. Minnesota Statutes require securities pledged as collateral be held in safekeeping in a restricted account at the Federal Reserve Bank or at an account at a trust department of a commercial bank or other financial institution not owned or controlled by the depository. The City's deposits in banks at December 31, 2013 were entirely covered by federal depository insurance or by surety bonds and collateral in accordance with Minnesota Statutes. B. INVESTMENTS The City may also invest idle funds as authorized by Minnesota Statutes as follows: • Direct obligations or obligations guaranteed by the United States or its agencies • Shares of investment companies registered under the Federal Investment Company Act of 1940 and received the highest credit rating, is rated in one of the two highest rating categories by a statistical rating agency, and all of the investments have a final maturity of thirteen months or less • General obligations rated "A" or better; revenue obligations rated "AA" or better • General obligations of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency rated "A" or better • Banker's acceptances of United States banks eligible for purchase by the Federal Reserve System • Commercial paper issued by United States banks corporations or their Canadian subsidiaries, of highest quality category by a least two nationally recognized rating agencies, and maturing in 270 days or less • Guaranteed investment contracts guaranteed by United States commercial banks or domestic branches of foreign banks or United States insurance companies if similar debt obligations of the issuer or the collateral pledged by the issuer is in the top two rating categories • Repurchase or reverse purchase agreements and securities lending agreements financial institutions qualified as a "depository" by the government entity, with banks that are members of the Federal Reserve System with capitalization exceeding $10,000,000, a primary reporting dealer in U.S. government securities to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or certain Minnesota securities broker-dealers • Any security which is an obligation of a school district with an original maturity not exceeding 13 months and (i) rated in the highest category by a national bond rating service or (ii) enrolled in the credit enhancement program pursuant to section 126C.55. Investments Held with Broker — Interest Rate Risk Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in interest rates will adversely affect the fair value of an investment. Generally, the longer the maturity of an investment, the greater the sensitivity of its fair value to changes in market interest rates. The City's policy to minimize interest rate risk includes investing primarily in short-term securities and structuring the investment portfolio so that securities mature to meet cash requirements for ongoing operations. Information about the sensitivity of the fair values of the City's investments to market interest rate risk fluctuations is provided by the following table that shows the distribution of the City's investments by maturity: