Fort Walton Beach — Comprehensive Financial Report September 30, 2015 — reading text

Retirement Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in value added real estate and Firefighters' Retirement Pension Trust Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets at cost in real estate. The Beal Memorial Cemetery Special Revenue Fund may invest in domestic equities, international equities, real estate investment trusts, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities ("TIPS"), fixed income investments and Rule 2(a)-7 like cash equivalents. Bond Sinking Fund Investments are limited by bond ordinances to investments in direct obligations of the United States government or other marketable securities eligible as security of trust funds under regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The maturity date on Sinking Fund Investments is limited by the individual bond ordinances to correspond to the related debt service payments. 36  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF CITY – CONTINUED Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Inflows/Outflows of Resources, and Net Position or Equity – Continued Receivables and Payables Interfund transactions are reflected as loans, services provided, reimbursements, or transfers. Loans between funds outstanding at the end of the fiscal year are referred to as either "due to other funds" or "due from other funds" (i.e., the current portion of interfund loans) or "advances" (i.e., the non-current portion of interfund loans). Any residual balances outstanding between governmental activities and business-type activities are reported in the government-wide financial statements as "internal balances." Advances between funds, as reported in the fund financial statements, are offset by a fund balance nonspendable account in applicable governmental funds to indicate that they are not available for appropriation and are not expendable available financial resources. Services provided, deemed to be at market, or near market rates, are treated as revenues and expenditures/expenses. Reimbursements occur when one fund incurs a cost, charges the appropriate benefiting fund, and reduces its related cost as a reimbursement. All other interfund transactions are treated as transfers. Transfers between governmental or proprietary funds are netted as part of the reconciliation to the government-wide columnar presentation. All proprietary fund receivables are shown net of an allowance for uncollectibles. The allowance is computed by considering 100% of receivables in excess of 90 days, past trends on collections of accounts, and current year account write–offs. Inventory Inventory is valued at cost (first-in, first-out). The consumption method is used to account for inventory. Under the consumption method, inventory items are recorded as expenditures during the period inventory is used. The General Fund inventory balance is considered nonspendable in the fund financial statements to indicate that it is not available for appropriation. Restricted Assets Certain resources in the following funds are restricted for specific purposes: in the Debt Service Fund for the repayment of Capital Improvement Note, Series 2011, customer utility deposits, impact fees and debt repayments received are restricted in the Utilities Fund and Sanitation Fund. 37  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF CITY – CONTINUED Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Inflows/Outflows of Resources, and Net Position or Equity – Continued Capital Assets Capital assets, which include property, plant, equipment, and infrastructure assets (roads, bridges, curbs and sidewalks, drainage systems, lighting systems and similar items), are reported in the applicable governmental or business-type activities columns in the government–wide financial statements. Capital assets are defined by the City as assets with an initial cost more than the following: Land All Buildings and improvements $ 10,000 Infrastructure $ 10,000 Improvements – other $ 10,000 Equipment, vehicles, computers $ 1000 Library books All In the case of the initial capitalization of general infrastructure assets (i.e. those reported by governmental activities) the government chose to include all such items regardless of their acquisition date or amount. The government was able to estimate the historical cost for the initial reporting of these assets through various allowable estimating techniques. As the government constructs or acquires additional capital assets each period, including infrastructure assets, they are capitalized and reported at historical cost. The reported value excludes normal maintenance and repairs which are essentially amounts spent in relation to capital assets that do not increase the capacity or efficiency of the item or extend its useful life beyond the original estimate. Donated capital assets are recorded at estimated fair market value at the date of donation. Major outlays for capital assets and improvements are capitalized in proprietary funds as projects are constructed. The amount of interest to be capitalized is calculated by offsetting interest expense incurred from the date of the borrowing until the completion of the project with interest earned on the invested proceeds over the same period. Property, plant, and equipment of the primary government are depreciated using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives: Assets Years Buildings 20-50 Years Improvements other than buildings 7-40 Years System infrastructure 20-40 Years Machinery and equipment 3-10 Years 38  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF CITY – CONTINUED Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Inflows/Outflows of Resources, and Net Position or Equity – Continued Deferred Inflows/Outflows of Resources In addition to assets, the statement of financial position will report a separate section for deferred outflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred outflows of resources, represents a consumption of net position that applies to a future period(s) and so will not be recognized as an outflow of resources (expense/expenditure) until then. See Note 6 for additional information on the City’s deferred outflows of resources. In addition to liabilities, the statement of financial position will report a separate section for deferred inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred inflows of resources, represents an acquisition of fund balance that applies to a future period(s) and so will not be recognized as an inflow of resources (revenue) until that time. See Note 6 for additional information on the City’s deferred inflows of resources. Compensated Absences It is the City's policy to permit employees to accumulate earned but unused vacation and sick leave based on the length of service to the City. All vacation leave is accrued when incurred in the government-wide and proprietary fund financial statements. Sick leave is accrued in the government-wide and proprietary fund financial statements based on a ratio of the sum of sick leave paid over the last several years to the total balance of sick leave at the end of each fiscal year. A liability for the amounts of vacation and sick leave is reported in the governmental fund financial statements only if they have matured, for example, as a result of employee resignations and retirements. Compensated absences of the governmental activities are primarily paid from the General Fund. Long-Term Obligations In the government-wide financial statements and proprietary fund types in the fund financial statements, long-term debt and other long-term obligations are reported as liabilities in the applicable governmental activities, business-type activities, or proprietary fund type statement of net position. Bond premiums and discounts are deferred and amortized over the life of the bonds using the effective and straight-line interest methods. Bond issuance costs are expensed as they are incurred. Bonds payable are reported net of the applicable bond premium or discount. In the fund financial statements, governmental fund types recognize bond premiums and discounts, as well as issuance costs, during the current period. The face amount of debt issued is reported as other financing sources. Issuance costs, whether or not withheld from the actual debt proceeds received, are reported as debt service expenditures. 39  CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF CITY – CONTINUED Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Inflows/Outflows of Resources, and Net Position or Equity – Continued Net Pension Liability For purposes of measuring the net pension liability, deferred outflows and inflows of resources related to pensions, and pension expense, information about the fiduciary net position of each plan, and additions to/deductions from the fiduciary net position of each plan have been determined on the same basis as they are reported by the Plans. For this purpose, benefit payments (including refunds of employee contributions, if any) are recognized when currently due and payable in accordance with the benefit terms. Investments are reported at fair value. Administrative costs are financed from each respective fund’s investment earnings. GASB 68 requires that the reported results must pertain to liability and asset information within certain defined timeframes. For this report, the following timeframes are used. Valuation Date (VD) October 1, 2013 Measurement Date (MD) September 30, 2014 Measurement Period (MP) October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014 Classification of Fund Balance GASB Statement No. 54, Fund Balance Reporting and Governmental Fund Type Definitions, establishes fund balance classifications that comprise a hierarchy based primarily on the extent to which a government is bound to observe constraints imposed upon the use of the resources reported in governmental funds. Fund balance classifications, under GASB 54, are comprised of the following: Nonspendable – includes amounts that are (a) not in spendable form, or (b) legally or contractually required to be maintained intact. The "not in spendable form" criterion