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CITY OF ELK RIVER MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 Governmental funds. Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same functions reported as governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. However, unlike the government-wide financial statements, governmental fund financial statements focus on near-term inflows and outflows of spendable resources, as well as on balances of spendable resources available at the end of the fiscal year. Such information may be useful in evaluating a government's near-term financing requirements. 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 by the government's near-term financing decisions. Both the governmental fund balance sheet and the governmental fund statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances provide a reconciliation to facilitate this comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities. The City of Elk River maintains three individual major 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 balances for the General, YMCA Bonds, and Pavement Management funds. Data from the other governmental funds are combined into a single, aggregated presentation. Individual fund data for each of these nonmajor funds is provided in the form of combining statements elsewhere in this report. The City of Elk River adopts an annual budget for its General Fund and some special revenue funds. A budgetary comparison statement has been provided for those funds to demonstrate compliance with this budget. • The basic governmental fund financial statements can be found starting on page 23 of this report. Proprietary funds. When the City of Elk River charges customers for the services it provides - whether to outside customers or to other departments of the City - these services are generally reported in proprietary funds. Proprietary funds are reported in the same way that all activities are reported in the statement of net position and the statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position. The enterprise funds are the same as the business-type activities reported in the government-wide statements but provide more detail and additional information, such as cash flows, for proprietary funds. The City of Elk River uses enterprise funds to account for its municipal liquor, garbage, sewer, storm water, water, and electric operations. The basic proprietary fund financial statements can be found starting on page 28 of this report. Fiduciary funds. Fiduciary funds are used to account for resources held for the benefit of parties outside the government. Fiduciary funds are not reflected in the government-wide financial statements because the resources of those funds are not available to support the City of Elk River's own program. The accounting used for fiduciary funds is much like that used for proprietary funds. The basic fiduciary fund financial statements can be found on page 36 of this report. (14)