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Because the focus of governmental funds is narrower than that of the government-wide financial statements, it is useful to compare the information presented for governmental funds with similar information presented for governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. By doing so, readers may better understand the long-term impact of the City’s near-term financing decisions. Both the governmental fund balance sheet and the governmental fund statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balance provide a reconciliation to facilitate this comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities. The City of St. Anthony, Minnesota maintains 21 individual governmental funds. Information is presented separately in the governmental fund balance sheet and in the governmental fund statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balance for the General, Street Improvement Debt Service, HRA TIF Debt Service, HRA TIF Improvements and Street Improvement Projects, all of which are considered to be major funds. Data from the other 16 governmental funds are combined into a single, aggregated presentation. Individual fund data for each of these non-major governmental funds is provided in the form of combining and sub- combining statements and schedules elsewhere in this report. The City of St. Anthony, Minnesota adopts an annual appropriated budget for its General Fund. A budgetary comparison statement has been provided for the General Fund to demonstrate compliance with this budget. The basic governmental fund financial statements can be found on Statements 3 through 5 of this report. Proprietary funds. The City of St. Anthony, Minnesota maintains two different types of proprietary funds. Enterprise funds are used to report the same functions presented as business- type activities in the government-wide financial statements. The City of St. Anthony, Minnesota uses enterprise funds to account for its water and sewer and municipal liquor operations. Internal service funds are an accounting device used to accumulate and allocate costs internally among the City of St. Anthony, Minnesota’s various functions. The City of St. Anthony, Minnesota uses an internal service fund to account for its compensated absences and pension benefits. Because these services predominantly benefit governmental rather than business-type functions, they have been included within governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. Proprietary funds provide the same type of information as the government-wide financial statements, only in more detail. The proprietary fund financial statements provide separate information for the water and sewer and municipal liquor operations, which are considered to be major funds of the City of St. Anthony, Minnesota. The basic proprietary fund financial statements can be found on Statements 6 through 8 of this report. Notes to the financial statements. The notes provide additional information that is essential to a full understanding of the data provided in the government-wide and fund financial statements. The notes to the financial statements can be found following Statement 9 of this report. 17