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Moody's Ratings U.S. Public Finance <br />Appendix <br />Exhibit 7 <br />Key Indicators Glossary <br />Definition Typical Source* <br />Economy <br />Resident income ratio Median Household Income (MHI) for the city or county, adjusted for <br />Regional Price Parity (RPP), as a % of the US MHI <br />MHI: US Census Bureau - American <br />Community Survey 5-Year Estimates <br />RPP: US Bureau of Economic Analysis <br />Full value Estimated market value of taxable property in the city or county State repositories; audited financial <br />statements; continuing disclosures <br />Population Population of the city or county US Census Bureau - American Community <br />Survey 5-Year Estimates <br />Full value per capita Full value / population <br />Economic growth metric Five year CAGR of real GDP for Metropolitan Statistical Area or <br />county minus the five-year CAGR of real GDP for the US <br />Real GDP: US Bureau of Economic Analysis <br />Financial performance <br />Revenue Sum of revenue from total governmental funds, operating and non- <br />operating revenue from total business-type activities, and non- <br />operating revenue from internal services funds, excluding transfers <br />and one-time revenue, e.g., bond proceeds or capital contributions <br />Audited financial statements <br />Available fund balance Sum of all fund balances that are classified as unassigned, assigned or <br />committed in the total governmental funds, plus unrestricted current <br />assets minus current liabilities from the city's or county's business- <br />type activities and internal services funds <br />Audited financial statements <br />Net unrestricted cash Sum of unrestricted cash in governmental activities, business type <br />activities and internal services fund, net of short-term debt <br />Audited financial statements <br />Available fund balance ratio Available fund balance (including net current assets from business- <br />type activities and internal services funds) / Revenue <br />Liquidity ratio Net unrestricted cash / Revenue <br />Leverage <br />Debt Outstanding long-term bonds and all other forms of long-term debt <br />across the governmental and business-type activities, including debt <br />of another entity for which it has provided a guarantee disclosed in <br />its financial statements <br />Audited financial statements; official <br />statements <br />Adjusted net pension liabilities (ANPL)Total primary government's pension liabilities adjusted by Moody's to <br />standardize the discount rate used to compute the present value of <br />accrued benefits <br />Audited financial statements; Moody’s <br />Ratings <br />Adjusted net OPEB liabilities (ANOL)Total primary government's net other post-employment benefit <br />(OPEB) liabilities adjusted by Moody's to standardize the discount <br />rate used to compute the present value of accrued benefits <br />Audited financial statements; Moody’s <br />Ratings <br />Other long-term liabilities (OLTL)Miscellaneous long-term liabilities reported under the governmental <br />and business-type activities entries <br />Audited financial statements <br />Long-term liabilities ratio Debt + ANPL + ANOL + OLTL / Revenue <br />Fixed costs <br />Implied debt service Annual cost to amortize city or county's long-term debt over 20 <br />years with level payments <br />Audited financial statements; official <br />statements; Moody’s Ratings <br />Pension tread water contribution Pension contribution necessary to prevent reported unfunded <br />pension liabilities from growing, year over year, in nominal dollars, if <br />all actuarial assumptions are met <br />Audited financial statements; Moody’s <br />Ratings <br />OPEB contribution City or county's actual contribution in a given period Audited financial statements <br />Implied cost of OLTL Annual cost to amortize city or county's other long-term liabilities <br />over 20 years with level payments <br />Audited financial statements; Moody’s <br />Ratings <br />Fixed-costs ratio Implied debt service + Pension tread water + OPEB contributions + <br />Implied cost of OLTL / Revenue <br />*Note: If typical data source is not available then alternative sources or proxy data may be considered. For more detailed definitions of the metrics listed above please refer to the US Cities <br />and Counties Methodology . <br />Source: Moody's Ratings <br />6 2 July 2025 City of Lake Elmo, MN: Update to credit analysis