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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY, MINNESOTA NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS December 31, 2008 GOVERNMENT -WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The City recognizes special assessment revenue in the period that the assessment roll was adopted by the City Council. Uncollectible special assessments are not material and have not been reported. GOVERNMENTAL FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Revenue from special assessments is recognized by the City when it becomes measurable and available to finance expenditures of the current fiscal period. In practice, current and delinquent special assessments received by the City are recognized as revenue for the current year. Special assessments that are collected by the County by December 31 (remitted to the City the following January) are also recognized as revenue for the current year. All remaining delinquent, deferred and special deferred assessments receivable in governmental funds are completely offset by deferred revenues. K. INVENTORIES GOVERNMENTALFUNDS The original cost of materials and supplies has been recorded as expenditures at the time of purchase. These funds do not maintain material amounts of inventories. PROPRIETARY FUNDS Inventories of the Proprietary Funds are stated at weighted average cost, which approximates market, using the first -in, first -out (FIFO) method. L. PREPAID ITEMS Certain payments to vendors reflect costs applicable to future accounting periods and are recorded as prepaid items in both govemment-wide and fund financial statements. M. CAPITAL ASSETS Capital assets, which include property, plant, equipment and infrastructure assets (e.g., roads, bridges, sidewalks, and similar items), are reported in the applicable governmental or business -type activities columns in the government -wide financial statements. Capital assets are defined by the government as assets with an initial, individual cost of more than $5,000 (amount not rounded) and an estimated useful life in excess of one year. Such assets are recorded at historical cost or estimated historical cost if purchased or constructed. Donated capital assets are recorded at estimated fair market value at the date of donation. Pursuant to GASB Statement 34, in the case of the initial capitalization of general infrastructure assets (i.e., those reported by governmental activities), the City chose to capitalize retroactively to 1980. These assets are reported at estimated historical cost. The City estimated historical cost for the initial reporting of these assets through analysis of original bonding documents. As the City constructs or acquires additional infrastructure assets each period, they will be capitalized and reported at historical cost. M