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CITY OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA <br />NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br />DECEMBER 31, 2015 <br />Note 9: CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING STANDARDS <br />During 2015, the City implemented several new accounting pronouncements issued by the Governmental Accounting <br />Standards Board (GASB), including Statement No. 68, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Pensions - an Amendment of <br />GASB Statement No. 27 and Statement No. 71, Pension Transition for Contributions Made Subsequent to the Measurement <br />Date - an Amendment of GASB Statement No. 68, for the year ended December 31, 2015. These standards required a <br />retroactive implementation which resulted in the restatement of beginning balances in the December 31, 2014 financial <br />statements. Changes related to these standards are reflected in the financial statements and schedules and related disclosures <br />are included in Note 4 and 6. <br />As a result of the restatement of beginning balances, the following schedule reconciles the previously reported <br />December 31, 2014 balances to the December 31, 2015 financial statements: <br />PRIMARY GOVERNMENT <br />Governmental activities <br />Business -type activities <br />Business -type activities <br />Liquor Store <br />Garbage <br />Sewer <br />Water <br />Electric <br />Total business -type activities <br />DISCRETE COMPONENT UNIT <br />Housing and Redevelopment Authority <br />December 31, 2015 <br />Net Position <br />January 1, 2015 Net Position <br />as Previously Prior Period January 1, 2015 <br />Reported Restatement (1) as Restated <br />$ 114,016,893 $ (7,372,731) $ 106,644,162 <br />$ 88,601,863 $ (3,533,826) $ 85,068,037 <br />$ 5,246,383 <br />$ (479,103) <br />$ 4,767,280 <br />613,708 <br />(15,543) <br />598,165 <br />26,686,183 <br />(338,024) <br />26,348,159 <br />23,086,536 <br />(269,711) <br />22,816,825 <br />32,969,053 <br />(2,431,445) <br />30,537,608 <br />$ 88,601,863 $ (3,533,826) $ 85,068,037 <br />$ 2,207,499 $ (35,900) $ 2,171,599 <br />(1) To record beginning net pension liability, deferred inflows of resources and deferred outflow of resources at <br />December 31, 2014. <br />-87- <br />