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City of Elk River <br />March 15, 2001 <br />Page Seven <br />Special Revenue Funds <br />Special revenue funds are used to account for revenues derived from specific taxes or other earmarked revenue sources. <br />They are usually required by statute or local ordinance to finance particular functions or activities of government. All have <br />positive fund balances and many serve as permanent reserves for a broad group of City needs. <br />The various special revenue funds are described on the divider page in that section of the report. A recap of the individual <br />funds with year end fund balances are as follows: <br />Fund <br />Library Maintenance <br />Ice Arena <br />Senior Citizen Special Account <br />Park Dedication <br />Landfill <br />Landfill Construction Debris <br />Revolving Loan <br />DTED Grant/Loan <br />Development Fund <br />Capital Outlay Reserve <br />Emergency/Insurance Reserve <br />Government Buildings Reserve <br />Street Improvement <br />Drug Forfeiture Reserve <br />Severance Pay Reserve <br />NSP/RDF Reserve <br />Economic Development Authority <br />Total <br />Debt Service Funds <br />Fund <br />Balance <br />Increase <br />2000 <br />1999 <br />(Decrease) <br />$ 247,373 <br />$ 171,920 <br />$ 75,453 <br />11,745 <br />12,208 <br />(463 ) <br />746,916 <br />679,410 <br />67,506 <br />1,260,894 <br />956,252 <br />304,642 <br />345,914 <br />203,928 <br />141,986 <br />449,095 <br />369,628 <br />79,467 <br />80,454 <br />43,811 <br />36,643 <br />750,042 <br />699,043 <br />50,999 <br />360,381 <br />312,903 <br />47,478 <br />542,174 <br />502,753 <br />39,421 <br />1,787,178 <br />1,130,454 <br />656,724 <br />1,059,378 <br />782,372 <br />277,006 <br />35,451 <br />46,662 <br />(11,211) <br />165,089 <br />154,983 <br />10,106 <br />401,245 <br />208,378 <br />192,867 <br />123,639 157,492 (33,853) <br />8,366.968 $ 6.432,197 1.934,771 <br />Debt service funds are used to account for the payment of principal and interest on bonds and loans. Governmental <br />accounting does not report the outstanding debt as a liability of the fund except for debt paid from enterprise funds. The <br />following is a summary of the assets accumulated in each debt service fund and the related long-term debt at year end. <br />Debt Service Fund <br />Orono Dam Safety Loan <br />1989 Fire Equipment Bond <br />Government Building Bonds <br />Improvement Bonds <br />Equipment Certificates <br />Tax Increment Financing Bonds <br />PIR Bonds <br />1994 Storm Sewer Bonds <br />Ice Arena Bonds <br />Total <br />Cash and <br />Total <br />Long-term <br />Investments <br />Assets <br />Debt <br />$ 25,583 <br />$ 29,042 <br />$ 47,087 <br />109,998 <br />115,124 <br />65,000 <br />613,207 <br />616,321 <br />2,295,000 <br />4,468,726 <br />11,963,072 <br />12,900,000 <br />210,760 <br />221,746 <br />547,450 <br />200,413 <br />202,071 <br />1,636,500 <br />223,623 <br />225,473 <br />740,000 <br />18,213 <br />24,909 <br />760,000 <br />1,805,000 <br />$13,397,758 20.796.037 <br />The Tax Increment Bonds will be financed through tax increments collected in future years. The Equipment Certificates are <br />to be financed through future tax levies. Other bonds outstanding will be financed through special assessments or a <br />combination of assessments, taxes and charges for services. <br />