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L. J <br /> <br />1 <br />C, <br />u <br /> <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />LJ <br /> <br />Financial Analysis of the Government's Funds <br />Governmental Funds. The focus of the City's governmental funds is to provide information on near-term inflows, <br />outflows, and balances of spendable resources. Such information is useful in assessing the City's Financing requirements. <br />In particular, unreserved fund balance may serve as a useful measure of a government's net resources available for <br />spending at the end of the fiscal year. <br />As of the end of the current fiscal year, the City's governmental funds reported combined ending fund balances of <br />$32;834,7] 8. Approximately 56% of this total amount ($18,375,117) constitutes unreserved fund balance, which is <br />available for spending at the City's discretion. The remainder of fund balance ($14,459,601) is reserved to indicate that it is <br />not available for new spending because it has already been committed to provide for 1) debt service ($2,212,639), 2) capita] <br />equipmenUprojects ($9,709,191), 3) landfill mitigation ($1,93>,921), or 4) a variety of other restricted purposes {$601,850). <br />The General fund is the chief operating fund of the City of Elk River. The total fund balance of the Genera] fund increased <br />by $535,6]8 during the current year, Key factors are as follows: <br />• Licenses and permitfees exceeded budget by $117,000 resulting from a large industrial building project started in <br />2007. <br />• Intergovernmental revenues are over budget due to higher than anticipated police aid received from the state. <br />• An increase in refunds and reimbursements for aiding the DNR in the northern Minnesota wildfires and shared <br />building costs amibutable to Elk River Municipal Utilities. <br />• Expenditures were under budget by 5342,830 due to personnel vacancies and sound fiscal control by city <br />departments. <br />• Increased transfers out funded the operations of the ice arena and golf course. <br />The Library fund decreased by $2,627,861, due to the construction of a new library, The Improvement Bonds fiord <br />decreased by $41,959, which is due to a reduction in tax levy needed to pay debt service requirements. The Street <br />Improvements fund increased by $718,782, due primarily to prepaid special assessments and increased interest income. <br />The Improvement Projects fund increased $391,872, due to prepaid special assessments and the payment of state-aid street <br />funds. The YMCA fund increased $5,883,231, due to unspent bond proceeds issued to fund the construction of a recreation <br />facility. <br />Proprietary funds. The City of Ells River's proprietary funds provide the same type of information found in the <br />government-wide statements, but in more detail. <br />Unrestricted net assets in the respective proprietary funds are Municipal Liquor - $3,369,255, Garbage - $253,998, Sewer - <br />S6,906,568, Water - $2,610,533, and Electric - S4,375,821. Alf proprietary funds had increases in net assets. <br />General Fund Budgetary Highlights <br />' Differences between the original budget and the final budget for the General fund amounted to 5124,150. The revenue and <br />expenditure budgets were amended to reflect increased interest income due to market rate conditions and expenditure <br />increases in the public safety category was due to increased activity and demand for services and the purchase of capital <br />equipment. <br />Capital Asset antl Debt Administration <br />Capital Assets. The City of Elk River's investment in capital assets for its governmental and business type activities as of <br />December 31, 2007, amounts to $188,331,156 (net of accumulated depreciation). This investment in capital assets includes <br />land, buildings, improvements, equipment and infrastructure. The total increase in the City of Elk River's invest in capital <br />assets for the current year was 6 percent (a 9 percent increase for governmental activities and a 3 percent increase for <br />' business-type activities). <br />Major capital asset events during the current fiscal year included the following: <br />• $4,58Q448 for the completion of a library and construction on a recreation facility had reached $4,179,788 as of <br />the end of the current fiscal year. <br />• $1,335,392 in park acquisition and park improvements. <br />• Street reconstruction projects in residential developments added $3,730,907 to construction in progress as of [he <br />' end of the current year. <br />• Additions of system improvements for Sewer - $590,720, Water - S 1,077,955 and Electric - $4,280,338. <br />16 <br />