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CITY OF ELK RIVER NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016 NOTE 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) C. Government-Wide Financial Statements (Continued) As a general rule, the effect of interfund activity has been eliminated from the government-wide financial statements. However, charges between the City's enterprise funds and other functions are not eliminated, as that would distort the direct costs and program revenues reported in those functions. The City applies restricted resources first when an expense is incurred for which both restricted and unrestricted resources are available. Depreciation expense can be specifically identified by function (see Note 5). Interest on long-term debt is considered an indirect expense and is reported separately on the statement of activities. D. Fund Financial Statement Presentation The fund financial statements provide information about the City's funds, including fiduciary funds and blended component units. Separate statements for each fund category — governmental, proprietary, and fiduciary — are presented. The emphasis of fund financial statements is on major governmental and enterprise funds, each displayed in a separate column. All remaining governmental and enterprise funds are aggregated and reported as nonmajor funds. Major individual governmental and enterprise funds are reported as separate columns in the fund financial statements. The government reports the following major governmental funds: The General fund is the City's primary operating fund. It accounts for all financial resources of the general government, except those required to be accounted for in another fund. The YMCA Bonds debt service fund is used to account for the accumulation of resources and payment of principal and interest on bonds used to finance the construction of a recreation facility which is leased to the YMCA. The Pavement Management fund is used to account for franchise taxes collected to fund expenditures for the ongoing maintenance and repair of the City streets. The government reports the following major enterprise funds: The Municipal Liquor fund accounts for the operations of the City's off-sale liquor stores. The Sewer fund accounts for the activities of the sanitary sewer treatment system. The Garbage fund accounts for the activities of the garbage and recycling collection programs. The Storm Water fund accounts for the activities of the storm water collection system. The Electric fund accounts for the activities of the electric distribution system. The Water fund accounts for the activities of the water distribution system. Additionally, the government reports the following fund types: The Developer Escrow agency fund is used to account for resources received from developers for the payment of expenses incurred by the City for private development projects. The FSA Plans agency fund is used to account for resources received from employees for the City's self-administered medical and dependent care FSA plans. (39)