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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Page
CITY OFFICIALS
I. INTRODUCTORY SECTION
Table of Contents i
Letter of Transmittal
City Manager and Finance Director iv
GFOA Certificate of Achievement x
Organizational Chart xi
II. FINANCIAL SECTION
Independent Auditors’ Report 1
A. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 4
B. BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Government-Wide Financial Statements
Statement of Net Position 15
Statement of Activities 16
Fund Financial Statements
Governmental Funds
Balance Sheet 17
Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet to the Statement of Net Position 18
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance 19
Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balance to the Statement of Activities 20
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance –
Budget and Actual – General Fund 21
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance –
Budget and Actual – Community Redevelopment Agency 22
Proprietary Funds
Statement of Net Position 23
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position 25
Statement of Cash Flows 26
Fiduciary Funds
Statement of Fiduciary Net Position 28
Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position 29
Notes to the Financial Statements 30
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Page Schedule
II. FINANCIAL SECTION (CONTINUED)
C. REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
Pension and OPEB Schedules
Schedules of Changes in Net Pension Liability
and Related Ratios 83
Schedule of Changes in Net OPEB Liability and
Related Ratios 86
Schedule of Pension Contributions 87
Schedule of Investment Returns 88
Notes to the Schedule of Pension Contributions –
General Employees’ Retirement Fund 89
Notes to the Schedule of Pension Contributions –
Police Officers’ Retirement Fund 91
Notes to the Schedule of Pension Contributions –
Firefighters’ Retirement Fund 93
D. COMBINING AND INDIVIDUAL FUND STATEMENTS
AND SCHEDULES
Non-Major Governmental Funds
Combining Balance Sheet 95
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balance 96
Schedules of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund
Balance – Budget and Actual
Law Enforcement Trust Special Revenue Fund 97
Law Enforcement Trust Training Special Revenue Fund 98
Florida Building Code Special Revenue Fund 99
Community Development Block Grant Special Revenue
Fund 100
Beal Memorial Cemetery Perpetual Care Special Revenue
Fund 101
Debt Service Fund 102
III. STATISTICAL SECTION (UNAUDITED)
Net Position by Component 103 1
Changes in Net Position 104 2
Fund Balances – Governmental Funds 106 3
Changes in Fund Balances – Governmental Funds 107 4
Revenues and Other Sources 108 5
Assessed Value of Taxable Property 109 6
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Page Schedule
III. STATISTICAL SECTION (UNAUDITED)
Property Tax Rates Per $1,000 of Taxable Value – All Direct and
Overlapping Governments 110 7
Principal Taxpayers 111 8
Property Tax Levies and Collections 112 9
Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type 113 10
Ratio of Net General Bonded Debt Outstanding 114 11
Pledged Revenue Coverage – Schedule of Revenue Bond
Coverage 115 12
Direct and Overlapping Governmental Activities Debt – General
Obligations 116 13
Major Employers 117 14
Miscellaneous Demographical Statistics 118 15
Full-Time Equivalent Employees by Function/Program 119 16
Permits, Licenses and Recreation Facilities 120 17
Elections - Okaloosa County Voter Registration 121 18
Special Assessment Billings and Collections 122 19
Major Revenue Sources 123 20
Water and Wastewater Service Rates 124 21
Sanitation and Recycling Service Rates 125 22
Operating Indicators by Function/Program 126 23
Capital Asset Statistics by Function/Program 127 24
Insurance Coverage 128 25
IV. COMPLIANCE SECTION
Schedule of Receipts and Expenditures of Funds Related to the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 131
Independent Auditors’ Report on the Schedule of Receipts and
Expenditures of Funds Related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill 132
Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control over Financial
Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an
Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with
Government Auditing Standards 133
Schedule of Findings and Responses 135
Independent Accountants’ Report on an Examination of
Compliance Requirements in Accordance with Chapter 10.550,
Rules of the Auditor General 141
Management Letter 142
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City of Fort Walton Beach
“The Treasure of the Emerald Coast”
107 Miracle Strip Parkway SW * Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
(850) 833-9504 * Fax (850) 833-9640
www.fwb.org
April 22, 2020
Honorable Mayor, City Council Members,
and Citizens of the City of Fort Walton Beach
City of Fort Walton Beach
107 Miracle Strip Parkway SW
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2019, is hereby submitted herewith pursuant to Chapter 218.39(1)(d) of the Florida
Statutes requiring each local government entity to complete an audit report within nine months after the end
of the fiscal year.
This report consists of management’s representations concerning the finances of the City of Fort Walton
Beach, Florida. Consequently, management assumes full responsibility for the completeness and reliability
of all the information presented in this report. To provide a reasonable basis for making these
representations, management of the City of Fort Walton Beach has established a comprehensive internal
control framework that is designed both to protect the government’s assets from loss, theft, or misuse and
to compile sufficient reliable information for the preparation of the City’s financial statements in conformance
with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles). Because the cost of internal controls should not
outweigh their benefits, the City’s comprehensive framework of internal controls has been designed to
provide reasonable, rather than absolute, assurance that the financial statements will be free from material
misstatement. As management, we assert that, to the best of our knowledge and belief, this financial report
is complete and reliable in all material respects.
The financial statements of the City of Fort Walton Beach have been audited by Warren Averett, LLC, a
firm of licensed certified public accountants. The goal of the independent audit was to provide reasonable
assurance that the financial statements of the City for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, are free
of material misstatement. The independent audit involved examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting
the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements; assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management; and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
The independent auditor concluded, based upon the audit, that there was a reasonable basis for rendering
an unmodified opinion that the City of Fort Walton Beach’s financial statements for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2019, are fairly presented in conformity with GAAP. The independent auditor’s report is
presented in Section II - Financial Section as the first component of this section of the report.
Generally accepted accounting principles require that management provide a narrative introduction,
overview, and analysis to accompany the basic financial statements in the form of Management’s
Discussion and Analysis (MD&A). This letter of transmittal is designed to complement MD&A and should
be read in conjunction with it. The City of Fort Walton Beach’s MD&A can be found immediately following
the report of the independent auditor.
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GOVERNMENT PROFILE
DATE OF INCORPORATION: June 16, 1941
FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Council & Manager PAVED STREETS: 93.12 miles
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: 7.60 square miles SIDEWALKS: 63.67 miles
TAXABLE ASSESSED VALUE: $1,449,583,519 WATER & SEWER LINES: 282.82 miles
CITY MILLAGE RATE: 5.6395 STORM DRAIN: 43.18 miles
POPULATION: 20,940 (April 1, 2019 Est) POLICE STATIONS: 1 FIRE STATIONS: 2
EMPLOYEES: 356 positions, 310.52 FTE’s LIBRARIES: 1 MUSEUMS: 4
SWORN POLICE OFFICERS: 50 18-HOLE GOLF COURSES: 2
FIREFIGHTING PERSONNEL: 44 ACRES OF PARKS: 206
The City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida prides itself on being a small, family-oriented seaside community
boasting a downtown area that was home to a significant prehistoric Native American community on the
Gulf Coast of Northwest Florida. Situated at the junction of two major highways - US 98 (Miracle Strip
Parkway) and SR 85 (Eglin Parkway) - Fort Walton Beach enjoys the benefits of its crossroads location
along the coastal portion of the Northwest Florida regional transportation network. The City offers a full-
service government providing police and fire protection; cultural and recreational activities including parks,
a library, a museum, and two championship golf courses; planning and zoning; public works such as street,
sidewalk, right-of-way, and cemetery maintenance; utility services including water, sewer, and stormwater;
and garbage and recycling collection to a coastal community of 20,940 full-time residents.
The City has an exciting and romantic history. As early as 600 B.C., Indian tribes were
attracted to Fort Walton Beach from the Mississippi and Tennessee River Valleys and
the Southeast Georgia coast. The beginning for the City occurred following the War
Between the States when Alabama war veteran John Brooks selected a site of 111
acres where he built a three-room cabin in 1867. Other settlers soon followed. By 1884,
the population of the area required establishment of a small schoolhouse. In 1902, the
first hotel, Brooks House, was built along the sound and shortly thereafter the first post
office was built in 1906. The Montgomery, Alabama, Maxwell Field military base
First Schoolhouse
developed an airfield in Fort Walton in 1933 on 137 acres of land and used it as a
bombing and gunnery range. The most significant factor in the City's growth was the creation and later
expansion, of that airfield, which is now Eglin Air Force Base (the largest military installation in the world)
in 1937, the year the City Charter was adopted. Originally chartered as a municipality under the laws of the
State of Florida, actual formation of the City was in 1941 when the Florida Legislature officially named it the
Town of Fort Walton. In 1953, the Florida Legislature granted the City a new charter at which time the name
was changed to Fort Walton Beach. The name Walton originates from Colonel George Walton, who was
Secretary of the East-West Florida Territory in 1822-26 and son of George Walton, signer of the Declaration
of Independence and Governor of Georgia.
The presence of the military base provided the key economic stimulus for the City's early growth,
supplemented by the attractiveness of the location. The City enjoyed a substantial population and economic
boom from the 1950's through the end of the 1970's. Subsequently, things started to slow down. The
military base became less important to the City's economy than the growing tourism industry. In the late
1960’s and early 1970’s Fort Walton Beach began to experience a decline in economic prosperity, some of
which can be attributed to the utility and transportation infrastructure getting older and commercial and
residential structures becoming deteriorated. New development began to take place in the surrounding
communities. The City, having nearly run out of developable land, started to focus attention on finding ways
to induce private enterprise investment in the City and thus capturing a greater share of the local and
regional market.
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The City’s premier gathering place along the Santa Rosa Sound has been the Landing Park since its
purchase in 1986. Building upon that with the complete reconstruction of Brooks Street, including the
Brooks Bridge Park in 2013, the City’s downtown waterfront was opened up to an extent never before
realized and spurred economic growth downtown. Outside of downtown, the City completed construction
of a new recreational complex in 2015 and a new field office Complex in 2019, which has added to the
attraction of the City.
Downtown Redevelopment: Brooks Bridge Park
Recreation Complex – opened Summer 2015
The financial reporting entity (the government) includes all the funds and account groups of the City of Fort
Walton Beach, Florida, as well as component units. Component units are legally separate entities for which
the primary government is financially accountable. Accordingly, the Fort Walton Beach Community
Redevelopment Agency is reported as a blended component unit of the City of Fort Walton Beach.
The budget process begins in January with the Finance Director and Budget & Grants Analyst developing
five-year financial forecasts for the General and Enterprise Funds, including best, likely, and worst-case
scenarios. Revenue assumptions are developed using financial forecasting software to analyze historical
trends and account for any anticipated major economic or legislative changes. Revenue projections are
continually updated until the budget is adopted to ensure the amounts are based on the most current
information available. Expenditure assumptions are similarly developed in the forecast model considering
relevant benchmark indices such as the municipal cost index, consumer price index, and producer price
index. New programs and projects are also included to determine the
future impact of current financial decisions.
FISCAL FINANCIAL
In March, the City Council, acting as the Legislative Body of the City YEAR FORECAST
BEGINS Oct DEVELOPED
holds at least one Strategic Planning Session. The goals set during 1 Jan
this meeting are used by staff to formulate the budget policy items
BUDGET
that are presented to City Council in June and then utilized to prepare BUDGET
MEETING
ADOPTION
the Budget. A Budget Policy Meeting is held with City Council in June Sep Jun
to determine Council’s priorities and position issues specific to
development of the operational and capital budgets for the upcoming PUBLIC
DEPARTMENT
BUDGET
fiscal year. City Council’s decisions provide the framework under WORKSHOPS
BUDGET
MEETINGS
May/Jun
Aug
which the budget is prepared to meet City Council’s programmatic COMMITTEE
REVIEW Jun/Jul
objectives within available fiscal resources projected in the five-year
forecasts. The meeting is open to the public and the public is
encouraged to attend and participate.
Department Directors are responsible for identifying their staffing needs, operational funding needs within
budget development parameters, five-year capital requests, as well as corresponding revenue sources to
fund their needs. In addition, they must conduct a comprehensive review of departmental goals, objectives,
and metrics.
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The City Charter charges the City Manager with the duty of presenting a balanced budget to City Council.
In order to accomplish this goal, a Budget Committee is formed comprised of the City Manager, Finance
Director, and Budget & Grants Analyst. The Committee conducts comprehensive meetings with Department
Directors to review their budget requests and a collaborative effort is undertaken to achieve City Council
and department goals within fiscal constraints. The Budget Committee enlists assistance for areas of
specialized interests, such as the Information Technology Manager for computer issues and the Human
Resources Director for employee benefits, personnel and risk management issues. Department goals,
objectives, and metrics are also evaluated during budget development to determine the effectiveness of
program activities and appropriate funding levels. After the departmental meetings, the Budget Committee
finalizes the proposed budget given revenue projections, economic conditions, funding requirements, and
City Council program priorities and issues previously identified in the budget process. Once a balanced
budget is achieved, it is presented to City Council for consideration.
The City Council is required by Florida Statutes and the City Charter to hold public hearings on the proposed
budget and adopt a final budget no later than September 30th, the close of the City’s fiscal year. The
appropriated budget is prepared by fund, department (e.g. financial services), and division (e.g.
purchasing). Department Directors may request transfers of appropriations within a department and
between divisions to transfer appropriations between line items, not to increase the total budget or to
transfer resources between funds. Transfers of appropriations between funds require the approval of the
City Council. The budget may be amended at any time by Resolution of City Council. Budget-to-actual
comparisons are provided in the report for each individual governmental fund for which an appropriated
annual budget has been adopted. For the General Fund and the Community Redevelopment Agency Fund,
this comparison is presented on pages 21 & 22 as part of the basic financial statements for the
governmental funds. For governmental funds with appropriated annual budgets, other than those previously
mentioned, this comparison is presented in the combining and individual fund statements and schedules,
Section D of this report, which starts on page 95.
FACTORS AFFECTING FINANCIAL CONDITION
The information presented in the financial statements is best understood when it is considered from the
broader perspective of the specific environment within which the City of Fort Walton Beach operates.
Local Economy
The FY 2019-20 budget of $47,231,660 is $5.5 million, or 13.23%, more than the adopted FY 2018-19
budget. Ad Valorem revenues will remain consistent with the prior year, as the City Council has set the
millage rate at the roll-back rate, which is the rate that would generate the same amount of property tax
revenue as the prior year. Assessed values are anticipated to increase 3.21% in the General Fund and
22.88% in the CRA Fund. The budget is predicated on reducing the millage rate to 5.6395 mills.
Eglin Air Force Base is the world’s largest Department of Defense installation, spanning 724 square miles.
Defense contractor companies are established throughout the Northwest Florida region. It is estimated that
local military bases currently represent a $6.0 billion annual economic impact on the area, with
approximately 70% of the local economy supported by the military.
Being located on the Gulf of Mexico in Northwest Florida, tourism is a large part of the regional economy.
Regional accolades continue to enhance the area’s image, promote visibility, and generate additional
tourism and sales tax dollars. Local tourism has benefited from the national shift to vacation sites accessible
by driving instead of flying. The Fort Walton Beach-Destin area is a popular drive destination in Florida,
according to a survey of auto visitors by Visit Florida.
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Long-Term Financial Planning
The City undertakes several processes to assist in future planning, such as:
A five-year CIP (Capital Improvement Program) Plan is developed and approved by City Council
each year during the annual budget process.
Five-year replacement plans for capital equipment, including vehicles, machinery, and computer
hardware and software, are also developed and approved by management each year during the
annual budget process
Annual Strategic Plan, which focuses on a one to three-year time period.
Relevant Financial Policies
The City has several financial policies that are utilized during daily operations, as well as during the budget
and financial planning processes. The City utilizes fund balance reserves only for one-time non-recurring
expenditures. In addition, the City maintains its fund balance level in the General Fund at 30% of fund
expenditures – this policy helps to ensure that the City has sufficient funding in place for emergency and
disaster relief.
Major Initiatives
These financial policies, as well as other indicators, were taken into account when adopting the City’s
budget for FY 2019-20. The City’s budget for FY 2019-20 totals $47.2 million, which is $5.5 million, or
13.23%, more when compared to the FY 2018-19 approved budget. The FY 2019-20 budget allocates
$26.7 million to the General Fund, $16.6 million to the Enterprise funds, and $3.9 million to other funds.
For the FY 2019-20 budget, the ad valorem rate was decreased to 5.6395 mills. Both water and sewer rates
and the stormwater fee remained the same as in FY 2018-19. A new five-year utility rate study will be
completed in FY 2019-20 to begin implementation in FY 2020-21. The new utility rate study will include
recommendations on rate structures for water and sewer, stormwater and solid waste. In October 2019,
the City Council adopted a resolution to establish a fire assessment fee and rates effective in FY 2020. The
City expects to generate revenues of approximately $1,200,000 from the fire assessment. No other
significant changes to the City’s various rates and fees are included in the FY 2019-20 budget.
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Awards
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded a
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Fort Walton Beach for its
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018. This was the
sixteenth consecutive year that the City received this prestigious award. In order to be awarded a Certificate
of Achievement, the City must publish an easily readable and efficiently organized Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report, satisfying both GAAP and applicable legal requirements. A Certificate of Achievement is
valid for a period of one year only. We believe our current report continues to meet the Certificate of
Achievement Program requirements and we are submitting it to the GFOA to determine its eligibility for
another certificate.
In addition, the government also received the GFOA’s Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its
annual budget dated October 1, 2019. This was the twenty-fourth consecutive year that the City received
this prestigious award. In order to qualify for the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award, the City’s budget
document was judged proficient in several categories, including as a policy document, a financial plan, an
operations guide, and a communications device.
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Acknowledgments
The preparation of this report would not have been possible without the efficient and dedicated services of
the entire staff of the Finance Department. We would like to express our appreciation to all members of the
Department who assisted and contributed to the preparation of this report.
We would also like to thank the Mayor and City Council for their unfailing support for maintaining the highest
standards of professionalism in the management of the City of Fort Walton Beach’s finances and for their
attention in conducting the financial operations of the City in a responsible and progressive manner.
Appreciation is also expressed to the accounting firm of Warren Averett, LLC for their continued assistance
and professionalism.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael D. Beedie, PE
City Manager
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-
type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Fort
Walton Beach, Florida (the City), as of and for the year ended September 30, 2019, and the related
notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the City's basic financial statements, as
listed in the table of contents.
Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this
includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation
and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to
fraud or error.
Auditors’ Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We
conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States
of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing
Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements
are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or
error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s
preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that
are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also
includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of
significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation
of the financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
for our audit opinions.
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Opinions
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
respective financial position of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major
fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, as of
September 30, 2019, and the respective changes in financial position, and, where applicable, cash
flows thereof, and the respective budgetary comparison for the General Fund and Community
Redevelopment Agency (Special Revenue Fund) for the year then ended in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that management's
discussion and analysis and the schedules related to the pension and OPEB liabilities, contributions,
and investment returns, as listed in the table of contents, be presented to supplement the basic
financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is
required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who considers it to be an essential part
of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in an appropriate operational,
economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited procedures to the required
supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods of preparing the
information and comparing the information for consistency with management’s responses to our
inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the
basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information
because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or
provide any assurance.
Other Information
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that
collectively comprise the City's basic financial statements. The introductory section, combining and
individual non-major fund financial statements and schedules, and statistical section, as listed in the
table of contents, are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the
basic financial statements.
The combining and individual non-major fund financial statements and schedules are the
responsibility of management and were derived from and relate directly to the underlying accounting
and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements. Such information has been
subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain
additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying
accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial
statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards
generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the combining and individual non-
major fund financial statements and schedules are fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to
the basic financial statements as a whole.
The introductory and statistical sections have not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied
in the audit of the basic financial statements and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or provide
any assurance on them.
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Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated April 22,
2020, on our consideration of the City’s internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its
compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other
matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over
financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on
internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit
performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the City’s internal
control over financial reporting and compliance.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
April 22, 2020
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
As management of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida (the City), we offer readers of the City’s
financial statements this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the City for
the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. We encourage readers to consider the information
presented here in conjunction with additional information that we have furnished in our letter of
transmittal, which can be found on pages iv - ix of this report.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The assets and deferred outflows of the City exceeded its liabilities and deferred inflows by
$59.9 million (total net position). Of this amount, $13.6 million represents unrestricted net
position that is available to meet the City’s ongoing obligations to citizens and creditors.
The government’s net position increased by $4.2 million during the fiscal year. Governmental
activities experienced an increase that was primarily related to the new discretionary sales tax
revenues that were authorized by a taxpayer referendum in November 2018. Business
activities increased net position mainly attributable to increases in user charges and
investment-related income.
As of the close of the fiscal year, the City’s governmental funds have combined ending fund
balances of $23.9 million, an increase of $7.5 million from the prior year. This increase is
attributable to unexpended resources from the issuance of long-term debt. Approximately
70.1% of this amount, or $16.7 million, is available for spending at the discretion of City
Council.
As of September 30, 2019, committed, assigned, and unassigned fund balance of the General
Fund totaled $13.7 million, or 47.8% of the total General Fund expenditures.
The City’s total debt increased by $10.7 million, or 33.7%, during the fiscal year. This increase
is attributable to issuing capital improvement revenue bonds to fund the construction of the
new field office complex that was completed in fiscal year 2020.
OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
This discussion and analysis intends to serve as an introduction to the City’s basic financial
statements, which are comprised of three components: 1) government-wide financial statements,
2) fund financial statements, and 3) notes to the financial statements. This report also contains
other supplementary information in addition to the basic financial statements themselves.
The focus of financial statements prepared in accordance with the Governmental Accounting
Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 34 is on both the City as a whole (government-wide) and
on major individual funds. Both perspectives (government-wide and major funds) allow the user
to address relevant questions, broaden a basis for comparison (year-to-year or government-to-
government), and enhance the City’s accountability.
Government-Wide Financial Statements
Designed to be corporate-like, the government-wide financial statements consolidate
governmental and business-type activities into two columns, which sum to a total for Primary
Government. This provides readers with a broad overview of the City’s finances in a manner
similar to a private-sector business. Two statements, the statement of net position and the
statement of activities, are utilized to provide information on a government-wide basis.
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The statement of net position presents information on all of the City’s assets and liabilities, with
the difference between the two reported as net position. This statement combines and
consolidates the governmental funds’ current financial resources (short-term available resources)
with capital assets and long-term obligations. Over time, increases or decreases in net position
may serve as a useful indicator of the financial position of the City.
The statement of activities presents information showing how the government’s net position
changed during the most recent fiscal year. All changes in net position are reported as soon as
the underlying event giving rise to the change occurs, regardless of the timing of related cash
flows. Thus, revenues and expenses are reported in this statement for some items that will only
result in cash flow in future fiscal periods.
Both of the government-wide financial statements distinguish functions of the City that are
principally supported by taxes and intergovernmental revenues (governmental activities) from
other functions that are intended to recover all or a significant portion of their costs through user
fees and charges (business-type activities). The governmental activities of the City include
general government (city clerk, city council, city manager, human resources, finance, purchasing,
fleet maintenance, service maintenance, and non-departmental expenses), public safety (police,
fire, building, and code enforcement services), physical environment (cemetery), transportation
(engineering, streets, public works, and right-of-way), economic development (Community
Development Block Grant Program, and community redevelopment agency), culture and
recreation (parks, golf, library, and museum), and debt service interest. The business-type
activities of the City include utilities (water, sewer, and storm water), and sanitation.
The government-wide financial statements include not only the City itself (known as the primary
government), but a component unit, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), which is a
legally separate entity for which the City is financially accountable. The CRA is considered a
blended component unit of the City and is presented as a special revenue fund as part of the
primary government. The government-wide financial statements are found on pages 15-16 of this
report.
Fund Financial Statements
A fund is a grouping of related accounts used to maintain control over resources that have been
segregated for specific activities or objectives. The City, like other state and local governments,
uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related legal
requirements. All of the funds of the City can be divided into three categories: governmental funds,
proprietary funds, and fiduciary funds.
FUNDS
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 are reported using
an accounting method called modified accrual accounting, the focus of which is 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 financial requirements. The basic governmental fund financial
statements are on pages 17-20 of this report.
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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 of 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 balance provide a reconciliation to
facilitate this comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities.
The City maintains eight individual governmental funds (General Fund, Community
Redevelopment Agency Fund, Florida Building Code Fund, Law Enforcement Trust Fund, Law
Enforcement Training Fund, Debt Service Fund, Community Development Block Grant Fund, and
Beal Memorial Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund). Information is presented separately in the
governmental fund balance sheet and in the governmental fund statement of revenues,
expenditures, and changes in fund balance for the General Fund and the Community
Redevelopment Agency Fund. Data from the other six governmental funds are combined into a
single, aggregated presentation. Individual fund data for each of these non-major governmental
funds is provided in the form of combining statements elsewhere in this report. The Community
Redevelopment Agency Fund is considered a major fund for reporting purposes.
The City of Fort Walton Beach adopts an annual appropriated budget for its General Fund, as
well as each of the other governmental funds. A budgetary comparison statement is provided for
the General Fund and the CRA Fund on pages 21-22 of this report.
Proprietary Funds
All proprietary funds of the City are maintained as enterprise funds. Enterprise funds are used to
report the same functions presented as business-type activities in the statement of net position
and the statement of activities. The City uses enterprise funds to account for its utilities operations
(water operations and distribution, sewer collections and treatment, and stormwater
management), and sanitation operations (garbage).
Proprietary funds provide the same type of information as the government-wide financial
statements, only in more detail. The proprietary fund financial statements provide separate
information on utilities operations, sanitation operations, and stormwater operations, all of which
are presented as major funds of the City. The basic proprietary fund financial statements are
found on pages 23-27 of this report.
Fiduciary Funds
Fiduciary funds are used to account for resources held for the benefit of parties outside the
government. The City’s fiduciary funds include the Pension Trust Funds (general employees,
police officers, and firefighters). Fiduciary funds are not reflected in the government-wide financial
statements because the resources of those funds are not available to support the City’s own
programs. The accounting used for fiduciary funds is much like that used for proprietary funds.
The basic fiduciary fund financial statements are found on pages 28-29 of this report.
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The notes to the financial statements provide additional information that is essential to the full
understanding of the data provided in the government-wide and fund financial statements. The
notes to the financial statements begin on page 30 of this report.
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OTHER INFORMATION
In addition to the basic financial statements and accompanying notes, this report also presents
certain required supplementary information concerning the City’s progress in funding its obligation
to provide pension and other post-employment benefits (OPEB) to its employees. The required
supplementary information is found on pages 83-94 of this report.
The combining statements referred to earlier in connection with non-major governmental
immediately follow the required supplementary information on pension and OPEB plans and can
be found beginning on page 95 of this report.
GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
As noted earlier, net position may serve over time as a useful indicator of a government’s financial
position. Assets and deferred outflows of resources of the City exceeded its liabilities and deferred
inflows of resources by $59.9 million, as reported in Table 1. The City’s net position increased by
$4.2 million for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019. Both governmental and business
activities experienced increases.
By far, the largest portion of the City’s assets, $42.0 million or 70.0%, reflects its investment in
capital assets (e.g. land, infrastructure, buildings, machinery, and equipment) less any related
debt still outstanding that was used to acquire those assets. The City uses these capital assets
to provide services to citizens; consequently, these assets are not available for future spending.
Although the City reports the investment in its capital assets net of related debt, it should be noted
that the resources needed to repay this debt must be provided from other sources, since capital
assets themselves cannot be used to liquidate these liabilities. An additional portion of the City’s
net position of $4.4 million, or 7.3%, represents resources that are subject to external restrictions
on how they may be used. The remaining balance of $13.6 million is unrestricted and may be
used to meet the government’s ongoing obligations to citizens and creditors.
Table 1
Statement of Net Position
As of September 30
(In Thousands of Dollars)
Governmental Business-Type Activities Total
Activities
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Current & Other $27,496 $18,802 $17,843 $16,064 $45,339 $34,866
Capital Assets 47,406 39,911 33,752 35,023 81,158 74,934
Total Assets 74,902 58,713 51,595 51,087 126,497 109,800
Deferred Outflow of Resources 6,161 7,844 775 1,219 6,936 9,063
Long‐Term Liabilities
Outstanding 41,784 33,134 21,076 23,178 62,860 56,312
Other Liabilities 4,097 2,283 2,127 1,990 6,224 4,273
Total Liabilities 45,881 35,417 23,203 25,168 69,084 60,585
Deferred Inflow of Resources 3,544 2,085 866 459 4,410 2,544
Net Position
Net Investment in Capital Assets 28,280 29,375 13,678 13,830 41,958 43,205
Restricted 3,736 2,348 612 597 4,348 2,945
Unrestricted (378) (2,668) 14,011 12,252 13,633 9,584
Total Net Position $31,638 $29,055 $28,301 $26,679 $59,939 $55,734
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Reported in Table 2 are the key elements of the increase in net position for the current year.
Table 2
Statement of Activities
Governmental Activities Business-Type Activities Total Activities
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Revenues
Program Revenue:
Charges for Services $4,012,335 $3,679,746 $16,288,803 $15,487,820 $20,301,138 $19,167,566
Operating Grants & Contributions 765,032 706,094 - - 765,032 706,094
Capital Grants & Contributions 37,406 1,487,587 93,282 151,049 130,688 1,638,636
General Revenue:
Property Taxes 6,416,668 6,041,303 - - 6,416,668 6,041,303
Other Taxes 8,380,199 7,123,327 - - 8,380,199 7,123,327
Tax Increments for Redevelopment 1,893,803 1,811,121 - - 1,893,803 1,811,121
Other Revenue 4,488,623 3,497,935 776,094 40,221 5,264,717 3,538,156
Total Revenues 25,994,066 24,347,113 17,158,179 15,679,090 43,152,245 40,026,203
Expenses
Primary Government
General Government 3,559,619 3,799,439 - - 3,559,619 3,799,439
Public Safety 11,159,777 11,420,904 - - 11,159,777 11,420,904
Physical Environment 519,126 505,458 - - 519,126 505,458
Transportation 1,406,227 1,401,819 - - 1,406,227 1,401,819
Economic Environment 1,412,332 1,174,794 - - 1,412,332 1,174,794
Culture & Recreation 5,781,339 5,538,881 - - 5,781,339 5,538,881
Debt Service Interest 664,131 291,590 - - 664,131 291,590
Business‐Type Expenses
Utilities - - 9,961,949 9,810,437 9,961,949 9,810,437
Sanitation - - 3,720,984 3,774,624 3,720,984 3,774,624
Other - - 762,181 727,282 762,181 727,282
Total Expenses 24,502,551 24,132,885 14,445,114 14,312,343 38,947,665 38,445,228
Increase/(Decrease) in Net Position 1,491,515 214,228 2,713,065 1,366,747 4,204,580 1,580,975
before Transfers
Transfers 1,091,579 847,373 (1,091,579) (847,373) - -
Increase/(Decrease) in Net Position 2,583,094 1,061,601 1,621,486 519,374 4,204,580 1,580,975
Net Position – Beginning 29,055,249 27,993,648 26,679,073 26,159,699 54,734,322 54,153,347
Net Position – Ending $31,638,343 $29,055,249 $28,300,559 $26,679,073 $59,938,902 $55,734,322
Current Year Impacts – Governmental Activities
Governmental activities increased the City’s net position by $2.6 million for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2019. Key elements of this change are as follows:
Total revenues increased by $1.6 million, which is primarily attributable to the City’s share
of the local option discretionary sales taxes that were adopted by taxpayer referendum in
November 2018.
Culture and recreation expenses increased by $242,458 due to an increase in payroll and
related employee benefits, while debt service interest expense increased by $372,541 as
a result of making the first interest payment on the Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds,
Series 2018, which were issued to finance construction of the new field office complex.
Overall, expenses for governmental activities increased by $369,666, or 1.5%, while
related revenue increased $1.6 million, or 6.8%.
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Chart 1
Expense and Revenue ‐ Governmental Activities
(In millions)
Debt Service Interest
Culture and Recreation
Economic Environment
Transportation
Physical Environment
Public Safety
General Government
0 2,000,000 4,000,000 6,000,000 8,000,000 10,000,000 12,000,000
Revenues Expenses
Chart 2
Municipal Revenue Revenues by Source ‐ Governmental Activities Franchise Fees ,
Sharing , $1,034,884 $2,084,717
Other Revenue ,
Tax Increments for
$1,369,022
Redevelopment ,
$1,893,803
Charges for Services ,
$4,012,335
Other Taxes ,
$4,045,085 Operating Grants &
Contributions ,
$765,032
Sales Tax , $4,335,114 Property Taxes ,
Capital Grants &
$6,416,668
Contributions ,
Franchise Fees Other Revenue $37,406
Charges for Services Operating Grants & Contributions
Capital Grants & Contributions Property Taxes
Sales Tax Other Taxes
Tax Increments for Redevelopment Municipal Revenue Sharing
Current Year Impacts – Business-Type Activities
Business-type activities increased the City’s net position by $1,621,486 for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2019. Key elements of this change are as follows:
Charges for services resulted in additional revenues of $800,983, or a 5.1% increase from the
prior year due to an increase in rates charged to users for utility services.
Miscellaneous income increased by $735,873 from the prior year. This was primarily
attributable to improved performance of the City’s pooled investments during fiscal year 2019.
Overall, expenses for the business-type activities of the City increased by $132,771, or 0.9%,
primarily due to increases in salaries and related employee benefits.
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Chart 3
Expenses and Program Revenue ‐ Business‐Type Activities
(In millions)
$12,000,000
$10,000,000
$8,000,000
$6,000,000
$4,000,000
$2,000,000
$‐
Utilities Sanitation Stormwater
Expenses Revenues
Chart 4
Revenues by Source ‐ Business Type Activities
Capital Grants, Miscellaneous
$93,282 Income, $776,094
Charges for Services,
$16,288,803
Charges for Services Capital Grants Miscellaneous Income
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CITY’S FUNDS
As noted earlier, the City uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with
finance-related legal requirements.
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Governmental Funds
The focus of the City’s governmental funds is to provide information on near-term inflows,
outflows, and balances of available resources. Such information is useful in assessing the City’s
financing requirements. In particular, unrestricted fund balance may serve as a useful measure
of a government’s net resources available for spending at the end of the fiscal year.
As of September 30, 2019, the City’s governmental funds have combined ending fund balances
of $23.9 million, an increase of $7.5 million from the prior year. Approximately 70.1% of this
amount, or $16.7 million, is available for spending at the discretion of City Council. The remainder
of fund balance is nonspendable or restricted. Details of the fund balance classifications can be
found on page 17 of this report, as well as in Note 19.
The General Fund is the chief operating fund of the City. At the end of this fiscal year, committed,
assigned, and unassigned fund balance of the General Fund was $13.7 million, while total fund
balance reached $18.4 million. As a measure of the General Fund’s liquidity, it may be useful to
compare both committed, assigned, and unassigned fund balance and total fund balance to total
expenditures. This amount represents 47.8% of the total General Fund expenditures, while total
fund balance represents 64.5% of that same amount.
During the 2019 fiscal year, the fund balance of the City’s General Fund increased by $7.2 million.
This increase is attributable to unexpended resources from the issuance of long-term debt related
to the field office complex construction, which was completed in December 2019.
The CRA Fund’s fund balance decreased by $121,069. This decrease is primarily attributable to
completing the Carson Streetscape Project and Gulfview Hotel renovations in fiscal year 2019.
Proprietary Funds
The City’s proprietary funds provide the same type of information found in the government-wide
financial statements, but in more detail.
Unrestricted net position of the proprietary funds totaled $14.0 million at September 30, 2019, of
which the Utilities Fund amounted to $10.4 million, the Sanitation Fund totaled $2.2 million, and
the Stormwater Utility Fund was $1.4 million. The factors concerning the finances of these four
funds have already been addressed in the discussion of the City’s business-type activities.
Fiduciary Funds
The General Employees’ Retirement Fund’s net position as a percentage of the total pension
liability, an indicator of the sustainability of the Plan, was 95.1%, an increase of 6.4% over the
prior year. Employees contribute 5% of pay to the Plan and the City contributed $1.8 million, which
was a decrease of $255,271 when compared to the previous fiscal year.
The Police Officers’ Retirement Fund’s net position as a percentage of the total pension liability
was 82.1%, an increase of 4.5% over the previous fiscal year. Employees contribute 5% of pay
to the Plan and the City contributed $732,187, a decrease of $98,426 when compared to the
previous fiscal year.
The Firefighters’ Pension Trust Fund’s net position as a percentage of the total pension liability
was 65.0%, which was an increase of 0.5% over the previous fiscal year. Employees contribute
8.0% of pay to the Plan and the City contributed $1.0 million, a decrease of $73,186 when
compared to the previous fiscal year.
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Additional information on the pension plans can be found on pages 52-66 of this report.
The General Employees’ Retirement Fund was closed to new entrants in January 2010, and all
new hires are required to participate in a defined contribution plan, which is administered by the
International City Managers Association Retirement Corporation. Additional information on the
defined contribution plan can be found on page 67 of this report.
GENERAL FUND BUDGETARY HIGHLIGHTS
A statement showing the original budget, the final budget, the actual results and the variance from
the final budget to the actual results is included for the General Fund on page 21 of the financial
statements. The difference between the original budget and the final budget for expenditures was
approximately $11.8 million. Significant information related to this difference is summarized as
follows:
The City increased appropriations for capital outlay by $11.9 million in the final budget for
construction of the field office complex.
Actual results, when compared to the final budget, show a variance of $5.3 million for
expenditures. This variance is primarily due to amending the budget for expenditures planned,
but not yet completed.
CAPITAL ASSET AND DEBT ADMINISTRATION
Capital Assets
The City’s investment in capital assets for its governmental and business-type activities, as of
September 30, 2019, was $42.0 million (net of accumulated depreciation and related debt). This
represents a net decrease of $1.2 million, or 2.9%. Highlights are summarized as follows:
Capital assets outdated, unserviceable, and no longer used are systematically disposed
of on an annual basis.
The City continued construction of the consolidated field office complex that was not
completed until fiscal year 2020. Capital outlay expenditures incurred for the project during
fiscal year 2019 totaled $8.5 million.
The City placed into service its Gulfview Hotel renovations and the Carson Streetscape
improvements.
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Table 3 below highlights the overall changes in this category.
Table 3
Total Capital Assets
Net of Accumulated Depreciation
Governmental Activities Business‐Type Activities Total Activities
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Land $10,910,210 $11,148,479 $709,678 $709,678 $11,619,888 $11,858,157
Buildings 13,674,040 13,751,043 90,721 98,651 13,764,761 13,849,694
Improvements other than Buildings 6,837,867 6,653,717 29,440,410 30,817,177 36,278,277 37,470,894
Infrastructure 3,202,512 3,311,635 - - 3,202,512 3,311,635
Machinery & Equipment 3,428,487 3,912,577 3,360,685 3,257,852 6,789,172 7,170,429
Equipment under Capital Lease 39,591 53,146 - - 39,591 53,146
Easements - - 39,742 39,742 39,742 39,742
Construction in Progress 9,313,649 1,080,970 111,042 99,772 9,424,691 1,180,742
$47,406,356 $39,911,567 $33,752,278 $35,022,872 $81,158,634 $74,934,439
Additional information on the capital assets of the City can be found in Note 6 of this report on
pages 48-50.
Long-Term Debt
As shown in the following table, as of September 30, 2019, the City had total outstanding long-
term debt of $42.4 million. All of the City’s debt represents notes and bonds secured solely by
specified revenue sources (i.e. revenue notes) and capital leases. The City has no general
obligation or special assessment debt. The State of Florida does not place a legal limit of debt on
municipalities. For general obligation debts greater than one year, the City is required to conduct
a voter referendum.
Table 4
Outstanding Debt
Governmental Assets Business‐Type Activities Total Activities
2019 2018 2019 2018 2019 2018
Revenue Notes & Bonds $22,246,372 $10,389,217 $7,537,000 $7,968,000 $29,783,372 $18,357,217
State Revolving Fund - - 12,614,297 13,308,089 12,614,297 13,308,089
Capital Leases 6,681 42,217 - - 6,681 42,217
$22,253,053 $10,431,434 $20,151,297 $21,276,089 $42,404,350 $31,707,523
Additional information on the City of Fort Walton Beach’s long-term debt can be found in Notes
14-16 of this report on pages 73-78.
ECONOMIC FACTORS AND NEXT YEAR’S BUDGET AND RATES
Economic indicators and factors that are useful for evaluating the framework within which the City
operates are discussed below.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is 1.3% higher than a year ago for the Southern Region.
This indicator is a widely used gauge of inflation and translates into a higher cost of
providing services to residents.
The Municipal Cost Index is 0.6% higher than a year ago. This index is prepared by
American City & County to show the effects of inflation on the cost of providing municipal
services.
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The local unemployment rate was 2.4%, which represents an approximate 0.1% increase
from September 2018. The State of Florida’s unemployment rate was 3.0%, which
represents an approximate 0.1% decrease from September 2018. The unemployment rate
will impact the City’s fee and usage-based revenues, and shared portions of the State of
Florida’s usage-based taxes.
The published state revenue sharing distribution estimate is up by 3.1% over the prior
year, the half-cent sales tax distribution estimate is up by 7.8% over the prior year, and
the communication services tax distribution estimate is down by 8.0% compared to the
prior year.
The military has a significant presence in our community with Eglin Air Force Base,
Hurlburt Field, and Duke Field. Combined, these three installations employ over 72,000
military and civilian personnel. The military and defense-related industries have a $22
billion annual impact on Northwest Florida’s economy, according to the Florida Defense
Industry Economic Impact Analysis.
These financial policies, as well as other indicators, were taken into account when adopting the
City’s budget for fiscal year 2020. The City’s budget for fiscal year 2020 totals $47.2 million, which
is $5.5 million higher than the fiscal year 2019 approved budget. The 2020 budget allocates $26.7
million, a 20.3% increase as compared to the fiscal year 2019 budget, to the General Fund, $16.6
million to the enterprise funds, and $3.9 million to other funds.
For the fiscal year 2020 budget, the ad valorem rate was lowered to 5.6395 mills. In October
2019, the City Council adopted a resolution to adopt a fire assessment fee and rates effective in
FY2020. The City expects to generate revenues of approximately $1,200,000 from the
assessment. No other significant changes to the City’s various rate and fees are included in the
fiscal year 2020 budget.
Personnel expenses account for approximately 49.1% of the City’s budget. The City’s fiscal year
2020 budget remains relatively stable in this category, at 310.5 full time equivalent (FTE’s)
positions, an increase of only 9.4 FTE’s over the prior year.
REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
This financial report is designed to provide citizens, taxpayers, customers, and creditors with a
general overview of the City of Fort Walton Beach’s finances and to demonstrate the City’s
accountability for the money it receives. Questions concerning any of the information provided in
this report, or requests for additional information, should be addressed to the City Manager, 107
Miracle Strip Parkway S.W., City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 32548. This document and other
financial information are available on the City’s website at www.fwb.org. Inquiries may also be
sent via email to the Finance Department at finance@fwb.org.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Primary Government
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 7,144,614 $ 4,758,185 $ 11,902,799
Investments 15,979,190 10,984,285 26,963,475
Receivables, net 491,321 873,736 1,365,057
Internal balances (262,368) 262,368 -
Due from other governments 144,228 44,560 188,788
Inventory, at cost 269,837 20,393 290,230
Prepaid assets - 4,534 4,534
Restricted assets
Cash and cash equivalents 3,148,195 889,694 4,037,889
Other assets
Other receivables, net 580,370 4,445 584,815
Capital assets
Non-depreciable/amortizable 20,223,859 860,462 21,084,321
Depreciable/amortizable, net 27,182,497 32,891,816 60,074,313
TOTAL ASSETS 74,901,743 51,594,478 126,496,221
DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES 6,160,913 775,247 6,936,160
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable 2,189,671 422,505 2,612,176
Accrued liabilities 450,433 178,595 629,028
Due to other governments 3,178 9,384 12,562
Unearned revenues 25,449 41,487 66,936
Payable from restricted assets
Accrued interest 182,127 - 182,127
Customer deposits - 277,902 277,902
Non-current liabilities
Due within one year
Compensated absences 168,518 46,026 214,544
Leases payable 6,681 - 6,681
Revenue bonds and notes payable 1,070,885 444,000 1,514,885
State revolving loans payable - 707,038 707,038
Due in more than one year
Compensated absences 522,508 138,078 660,586
Revenue bonds and notes payable 21,175,487 7,093,000 28,268,487
State revolving loans payable - 11,907,259 11,907,259
Other post-employment benefits 4,384,930 1,175,546 5,560,476
Net pension liability 15,700,685 762,199 16,462,884
TOTAL LIABILITIES 45,880,552 23,203,019 69,083,571
DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES 3,543,761 866,147 4,409,908
NET POSITION
Net investment in capital assets 28,280,342 13,678,160 41,958,502
Restricted
Debt service - 157,228 157,228
System improvements - 454,564 454,564
Improvement districts 1,691,456 - 1,691,456
Public safety 673,892 - 673,892
Other purposes 1,370,446 - 1,370,446
Unrestricted (deficit) (377,793) 14,010,607 13,632,814
TOTAL NET POSITION $ 31,638,343 $ 28,300,559 $ 59,938,902
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Net (Expense) Revenue and Changes in Net Position
Program Revenues Primary Government
Charges for Operating Grants Capital Grants and Governmental Business-Type
Function/program activities Expenses Services and Contributions Contributions Activities Activities Total
Governmental activities
General government $ 3,559,619 $ 508,494 $ 1,135 $ - $ (3,049,990) $ - $ (3,049,990)
Public safety 11,159,777 643,944 473,092 3,777 (10,038,964) - (10,038,964)
Physical environment 519,126 414,695 - - (104,431) - (104,431)
Transportation 1,406,227 252,418 - - (1,153,809) - (1,153,809)
Economic environment 1,412,332 21,300 170,313 33,629 (1,187,090) - (1,187,090)
Culture and recreation 5,781,339 2,171,484 120,492 - (3,489,363) - (3,489,363)
Debt service interest 664,131 - - - (664,131) - (664,131)
Total governmental
activities 24,502,551 4,012,335 765,032 37,406 (19,687,778) - (19,687,778)
Business-type activities
Utilities 9,961,949 11,390,289 - 88,802 - 1,517,142 1,517,142
Sanitation 3,720,984 3,871,204 - - - 150,220 150,220
Stormwater 762,181 1,027,310 - 4,480 - 269,609 269,609
Total business-type
activities 14,445,114 16,288,803 - 93,282 - 1,936,971 1,936,971
Total primary government $ 38,947,665 $ 20,301,138 $ 765,032 $ 130,688 $ (19,687,778) $ 1,936,971 $ (17,750,807)
General revenues
Taxes
Property taxes 6,416,668 - 6,416,668
Sales taxes 4,335,114 - 4,335,114
Utility service taxes 4,045,085 - 4,045,085
Tax increments for redevelopment districts 1,893,803 - 1,893,803
Franchise fees 2,084,717 - 2,084,717
Intergovernmental, unrestricted 1,034,884 - 1,034,884
Gain on sale of assets 66,523 44,914 111,437
Miscellaneous 77,264 17,671 94,935
Investment earnings 1,225,235 713,509 1,938,744
Transfers 1,091,579 (1,091,579) -
Total general revenues and transfers 22,270,872 (315,485) 21,955,387
CHANGE IN NET POSITION 2,583,094 1,621,486 4,204,580
NET POSITION AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 29,055,249 26,679,073 55,734,322
NET POSITION AT END OF YEAR $ 31,638,343 $ 28,300,559 $ 59,938,902
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Community Other Total
Redevelopment Governmental Governmental
General Agency Funds Funds
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 6,192,328 $ 202,740 $ 749,546 $ 7,144,614
Investments 11,476,076 1,431,368 3,071,746 15,979,190
Receivables 786,484 285,207 - 1,071,691
Due from other funds 71,919 - - 71,919
Due from other governments 6,268 97,995 39,965 144,228
Inventory, at cost 269,837 - - 269,837
Restricted assets
Cash and cash equivalents 3,127,039 - 21,156 3,148,195
TOTAL ASSETS $ 21,929,951 $ 2,017,310 $ 3,882,413 $ 27,829,674
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ 2,141,292 $ 30,736 $ 17,643 $ 2,189,671
Accrued liabilities 410,043 10,698 29,692 450,433
Due to other funds - - 71,919 71,919
Due to other governments 3,178 - - 3,178
Advance from other funds 262,368 - - 262,368
Unearned revenue 25,449 - - 25,449
Total liabilities 2,842,330 41,434 119,254 3,003,018
DEFERRED INFLOW OF RESOURCES
Unavailable revenue 668,032 284,420 - 952,452
FUND BALANCE
Nonspendable 269,837 - - 269,837
Restricted 4,497,485 1,691,456 673,892 6,862,833
Committed 8,019,062 - 3,120,593 11,139,655
Assigned 2,341,510 - - 2,341,510
Unassigned 3,291,695 - (31,326) 3,260,369
Total fund balance 18,419,589 1,691,456 3,763,159 23,874,204
TOTAL LIABILITIES, DEFERRED
INFLOW OF RESOURCES, AND
FUND BALANCE $ 21,929,951 $ 2,017,310 $ 3,882,413 $ 27,829,674
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
RECONCILIATION OF THE BALANCE SHEET TO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Fund balance, total governmental funds (page 17) $ 23,874,204
Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of net
position are different because:
Capital assets used in governmental activities are not financial
resources and therefore are not reported in the funds.
Governmental non-depreciable/amortizable assets 20,223,859
Governmental depreciable/amortizable assets 72,237,641
Less accumulated depreciation/amortization (45,055,144)
47,406,356
Unavailable revenues in governmental funds is susceptible to full
accrual on the entity-wide statements.
Special assessments 319,207
Receivable related to sale of capital asset 633,245
952,452
Deferred inflows of resources and deferred outflows of
resources are not available/receivable or due/payable,
respectively, in the current period and therefore are not
reported in the governmental funds.
Deferred outflows of resources related to pension plans 5,553,121
Deferred outflows of resources related to OPEB plan 607,792
Deferred inflows of resources related to pension plans (2,906,858)
Deferred inflows of resources related to OPEB plan (636,903)
2,617,152
Long-term liabilities are not due and payable in the current period
and therefore are not reported in the governmental funds.
Notes payable (22,246,372)
Accrued interest (182,127)
Capital leases (6,681)
Compensated absences (691,026)
Other post-employment benefits (4,384,930)
Net pension liability (15,700,685)
(43,211,821)
Net position of governmental activities (page 15) $ 31,638,343
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Community Other Total
Redevelopment Governmental Governmental
General Agency Funds Funds
REVENUES
Taxes $ 11,961,569 $ 1,139,801 $ - $ 13,101,370
Permits and fees 2,114,019 23,864 521,317 2,659,200
Intergovernmental 4,586,960 787,631 141,633 5,516,224
Charges for services 2,868,887 - - 2,868,887
Fines 84,181 - 10,397 94,578
Miscellaneous 1,470,751 156,241 143,333 1,770,325
Total revenues 23,086,367 2,107,537 816,680 26,010,584
EXPENDITURES
Current
General governmental services 3,377,241 - - 3,377,241
Public safety 9,838,964 - 318,781 10,157,745
Physical environment 424,278 - 15,168 439,446
Transportation 824,349 - - 824,349
Economic environment - 1,143,721 138,342 1,282,063
Culture and recreation 4,685,690 - - 4,685,690
Capital outlay 9,385,760 1,084,885 27,383 10,498,028
Debt service
Principal - - 698,381 698,381
Interest 6,236 - 540,929 547,165
Total expenditures 28,542,518 2,228,606 1,738,984 32,510,108
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES
OVER (UNDER) EXPENDITURES (5,456,151) (121,069) (922,304) (6,499,524)
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
Sale of general capital assets 350,000 - - 350,000
Long-term debt issuance proceeds 12,520,000 - - 12,520,000
Transfers in 1,091,579 - 1,262,327 2,353,906
Transfers out (1,262,327) - - (1,262,327)
Total other financing sources (uses) 12,699,252 - 1,262,327 13,961,579
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE 7,243,101 (121,069) 340,023 7,462,055
FUND BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF
YEAR 11,176,488 1,812,525 3,423,136 16,412,149
FUND BALANCE AT END OF YEAR $ 18,419,589 $ 1,691,456 $ 3,763,159 $ 23,874,204
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
RECONCILIATION OF THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN
FUND BALANCE TO THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Net change in fund balance – governmental funds (page 19) $ 7,462,055
Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of activities are different
because:
Governmental funds do not report capital assets on the balance sheet; however,
they are reported in the government-wide financial statements. Governmental funds
report capital outlays as expenditures; however, in the statement of activities, the
cost of those assets is depreciated/amortized over the estimated useful lives of the
assets.
Expenditures for capital assets 10,498,028
Less current year depreciation/amortization (2,719,762)
7,778,266
Governmental funds do not report capital assets on the balance sheet; however,
they are reported in the government-wide financial statements. Accordingly,
proceeds received for disposals of capital assets are shown as income in the
governmental financial statements and a gain or loss is reported in the statement of
activities. In addition, capital asset reassignments are reported as transfers on the
statement of activities.
Disposals of capital assets (683,826)
Accumulated depreciation/amortization – disposals 437,143
Transfers and adjustments of capital assets (125,809)
Accumulated depreciation/amortization – transfers and adjustments 89,015
(283,477)
Special assessment revenue in the governmental funds is recognized when due;
however, the revenue was recognized in the statement of activities when it was
earned (when levied).
Payments received from special assessments (31,912)
Special assessment for interest and penalties 924
Payments received on receivable related to the sale of capital assets (52,053)
(83,041)
The issuance of long-term debt provides current financial resources to governmental
funds, while the repayment of the principal of long-term debt consumes the current
financial resources of governmental funds. Neither transaction, however, has any
effect on net position. Also, governmental funds report the effect of issuance costs,
premiums, discounts and similar items when debt is first issued, whereas these
amounts are deferred and amortized in the statement of activities. In addition, long-
term debt reassignments are reported as transfers on the statement of activities.
Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt (12,520,000)
Debt principal and capital lease payments 698,381
Change in accrued interest on long-term debt (116,966)
(11,938,585)
Some expenses reported in the statement of activities do not require the use of
current financial resources and therefore are not reported as expenditures in
governmental funds:
Change in net pension liability and related deferred inflows and deferred
outflows of resources (290,250)
Change in other post-employment benefits liability and related deferred inflows
and deferred outflows of resources (32,412)
Change in long-term compensated absences (29,462)
(352,124)
Change in net position of governmental activities (page 16) $ 2,583,094
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
GENERAL FUND
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE –
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget -
Budgeted Amounts Positive
Original Final Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Taxes $ 12,160,547 $ 12,160,547 $ 11,961,569 $ (198,978)
Permits and fees 2,359,975 2,359,975 2,114,019 (245,956)
Intergovernmental 3,171,713 3,177,221 4,586,960 1,409,739
Charges for services 2,629,474 2,647,658 2,868,887 221,229
Fines 95,961 95,961 84,181 (11,780)
Miscellaneous 613,560 666,251 1,470,751 804,500
Total revenues 21,031,230 21,107,613 23,086,367 1,978,754
EXPENDITURES
Current
General governmental services 3,924,786 3,869,792 3,377,241 492,551
Public safety 10,517,536 10,425,278 9,838,964 586,314
Physical environment 384,117 384,117 424,278 (40,161)
Transportation 975,009 974,709 824,349 150,360
Culture and recreation 4,989,808 5,006,195 4,685,690 320,505
Capital outlay 1,338,505 13,275,546 9,385,760 3,889,786
Debt service - - 6,236 (6,236)
Total expenditures 22,129,761 33,935,637 28,542,518 5,393,119
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES
OVER (UNDER) EXPENDITURES (1,098,531) (12,828,024) (5,456,151) 7,371,873
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
Sale of general capital assets - 17,549 350,000 332,451
Long-term debt issuance proceeds - 12,520,000 12,520,000 -
Transfers in 847,373 847,373 1,091,579 244,206
Transfers out (1,081,509) (1,081,509) (1,262,327) (180,818)
Total other financing sources (uses) (234,136) 12,303,413 12,699,252 395,839
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE (1,332,667) (524,611) 7,243,101 7,767,712
FUND BALANCE AT BEGINNING OF
YEAR 1,332,667 524,611 11,176,488 10,651,877
FUND BALANCE AT END OF YEAR $ - $ - $ 18,419,589 $ 18,419,589
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE –
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget -
Budgeted Amounts Positive
Original Final Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Taxes $ 1,139,801 $ 1,139,801 $ 1,139,801 $ -
Permits and fees - - 23,864 23,864
Intergovernmental 720,907 754,536 787,631 33,095
Miscellaneous 32,457 44,007 156,241 112,234
Total revenues 1,893,165 1,938,344 2,107,537 169,193
EXPENDITURES
Current
Economic environment 1,893,165 1,940,264 1,143,721 796,543
Capital outlay 1,473,270 1,473,270 1,084,885 388,385
Total expenditures 3,366,435 3,413,534 2,228,606 1,184,928
CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE (1,473,270) (1,475,190) (121,069) 1,354,121
FUND BALANCE AT
BEGINNING OF YEAR 1,473,270 1,475,190 1,812,525 337,335
FUND BALANCE AT
END OF YEAR $ - $ - $ 1,691,456 $ 1,691,456
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Sanitation Stormwater
Utilities Fund Fund Fund Total
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,158,289 $ 514,087 $ 1,085,809 $ 4,758,185
Restricted assets – cash and
cash equivalents 888,814 880 - 889,694
Investments 8,356,097 2,147,737 480,451 10,984,285
Receivables, net 628,955 188,878 55,903 873,736
Advance to other funds - 50,416 - 50,416
Due from other governments - - 44,560 44,560
Inventory – at cost 20,393 - - 20,393
Prepaid assets - - 4,534 4,534
Total current assets 13,052,548 2,901,998 1,671,257 17,625,803
Other assets
Advance to other funds - 211,952 - 211,952
Other receivables, net 4,445 - - 4,445
Total other assets 4,445 211,952 - 216,397
Capital assets, net
Non-depreciable/amortizable 801,242 - 59,220 860,462
Depreciable/amortization, net 28,816,079 1,016,048 3,059,689 32,891,816
Total capital assets 29,617,321 1,016,048 3,118,909 33,752,278
Total non-current assets 29,621,766 1,228,000 3,118,909 33,968,675
TOTAL ASSETS 42,674,314 4,129,998 4,790,166 51,594,478
DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF
RESOURCES 518,830 200,258 56,159 775,247
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION – CONTINUED
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Sanitation Stormwater
Utilities Fund Fund Fund Total
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $ 281,289 $ 139,268 $ 1,948 $ 422,505
Accrued liabilities
Compensated absences 27,575 14,214 4,237 46,026
Wages 52,403 28,218 7,405 88,026
Interest 86,627 - - 86,627
Other 2,039 1,609 294 3,942
Due to other governments - 9,384 - 9,384
Revenue note payable 444,000 - - 444,000
State revolving loan payable 707,038 - - 707,038
Payable from restricted assets
Customer deposits 277,022 880 - 277,902
Unearned revenue 41,487 - - 41,487
Total current liabilities 1,919,480 193,573 13,884 2,126,937
Non-current liabilities
Accrued liabilities
Compensated absences 82,724 42,643 12,711 138,078
Revenue note payable 7,093,000 - - 7,093,000
State revolving loan payable 11,907,259 - - 11,907,259
Other post-employment benefits 609,617 406,012 159,917 1,175,546
Net pension liability 508,715 205,082 48,402 762,199
Total non-current liabilities 20,201,315 653,737 221,030 21,076,082
TOTAL LIABILITIES 22,120,795 847,310 234,914 23,203,019
DEFERRED INFLOWS OF
RESOURCES 552,656 246,071 67,420 866,147
NET POSITION
Net investment in capital assets 9,543,203 1,016,048 3,118,909 13,678,160
Restricted
Debt service 157,228 - - 157,228
System improvements 454,564 - - 454,564
Unrestricted 10,364,698 2,220,827 1,425,082 14,010,607
TOTAL NET POSITION $ 20,519,693 $ 3,236,875 $ 4,543,991 $ 28,300,559
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES, AND CHANGES IN NET POSITION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Sanitation Stormwater
Utilities Fund Fund Fund Total
OPERATING REVENUES
Charges for services $ 11,370,718 $ 3,871,204 $ 1,027,310 $ 16,269,232
OPERATING EXPENSES
Personal services 2,094,523 1,157,409 277,074 3,529,006
Operating 5,501,453 2,284,905 305,867 8,092,225
Depreciation/amortization expense 1,880,770 278,670 179,240 2,338,680
Total operating expenses 9,476,746 3,720,984 762,181 13,959,911
OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) 1,893,972 150,220 265,129 2,309,321
NON-OPERATING REVENUES (EXPENSES)
Rental income 19,571 - - 19,571
Interest expense (479,092) - - (479,092)
Amortization (5,613) - - (5,613)
Gain (loss) on sale of capital assets 39,269 5,645 - 44,914
Gain (loss) on investments 285,322 71,055 15,790 372,167
Interest 246,766 64,367 30,209 341,342
Grants in aid (498) - - (498)
Miscellaneous 14,680 2,987 4 17,671
Total non-operating revenues (expenses) 120,405 144,054 46,003 310,462
INCOME BEFORE CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND TRANSFERS 2,014,377 294,274 311,132 2,619,783
CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND
TRANSFERS
Capital contributions 36,794 - 4,480 41,274
Impact fees 52,008 - - 52,008
Transfers out (815,586) (173,840) (102,153) (1,091,579)
Total capital contributions and
transfers (726,784) (173,840) (97,673) (998,297)
CHANGE IN NET POSITION 1,287,593 120,434 213,459 1,621,486
NET POSITION AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 19,232,100 3,116,441 4,330,532 26,679,073
NET POSITION AT END OF YEAR $ 20,519,693 $ 3,236,875 $ 4,543,991 $ 28,300,559
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Sanitation Stormwater
Utilities Fund Fund Fund Total
CASH FLOWS FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Receipts from customers and users $ 11,460,356 $ 3,882,030 $ 1,022,960 $ 16,365,346
Payments to suppliers (5,437,861) (2,255,926) (307,320) (8,001,107)
Payments to employees (2,160,611) (1,175,928) (279,194) (3,615,733)
Miscellaneous income 34,251 2,987 4 37,242
Net cash provided by operating activities 3,896,135 453,163 436,450 4,785,748
CASH FLOWS FROM NON-CAPITAL
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Change in intergovernmental balances - 1,469 - 1,469
Advance to other funds - 49,427 - 49,427
Grants and aids (498) - - (498)
Transfers out (815,586) (173,840) (102,153) (1,091,579)
Net cash used in non-capital
financing activities (816,084) (122,944) (102,153) (1,041,181)
CASH FLOWS FROM CAPITAL AND
RELATED FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Impact fees and capital received 52,008 - - 52,008
Acquisitions of capital assets (851,085) (140,225) (66,953) (1,058,263)
Proceeds from disposal of capital assets 39,385 32,500 - 71,885
Proceeds from capital grants and
contributions - - 4,480 4,480
Principal paid on revenue note (431,000) - - (431,000)
Principal paid on state revolving loan (693,792) - - (693,792)
Interest paid on loans and notes payable (482,238) - - (482,238)
Net cash used in capital and related
financing activities (2,366,722) (107,725) (62,473) (2,536,920)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES
Purchase of investments (5,736,044) (1,422,187) (488,338) (7,646,569)
Proceeds from sales and maturities of
investments 7,154,528 1,514,269 1,081,993 9,750,790
Investment income, net 532,088 135,422 45,999 713,509
Net cash provided by capital and related
financing activities 1,950,572 227,504 639,654 2,817,730
NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS 2,663,901 449,998 911,478 4,025,377
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT
BEGINNING OF YEAR 1,383,202 64,969 174,331 1,622,502
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT
END OF YEAR $ 4,047,103 $ 514,967 $ 1,085,809 $ 5,647,879
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS - CONTINUED
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Sanitation Stormwater
Utilities Fund Fund Fund Total
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT
END OF YEAR CONSIST OF
Current assets $ 3,158,289 $ 514,087 $ 1,085,809 $ 4,758,185
Restricted assets 888,814 880 - 889,694
Total cash and cash equivalents $ 4,047,103 $ 514,967 $ 1,085,809 $ 5,647,879
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING
INCOME TO NET CASH PROVIDED BY
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Operating income $ 1,893,972 $ 150,220 $ 265,129 $ 2,309,321
Adjustments to reconcile operating
income to net cash provided
by operating activities:
Depreciation 1,880,770 278,670 179,240 2,338,680
Miscellaneous revenue 34,251 2,987 4 37,242
Decrease (increase) in assets:
Accounts receivable 80,154 18,221 130 98,505
Due from other governments - - (4,480) (4,480)
Inventory 106 - - 106
Decrease in deferred outflows
of resources 298,150 114,734 24,964 437,848
Increase (decrease) in liabilities:
Accounts payable 65,259 30,112 (1,216) 94,155
Compensated absences payable (463) 3,403 2,008 4,948
Wages 9,186 6,918 2,072 18,176
Other liabilities (1,773) (1,133) (237) (3,143)
Customer deposits (4,966) (7,395) - (12,361)
Other post-employment benefits (6,640) (4,422) (1,745) (12,807)
Unearned revenue 14,450 - - 14,450
Net pension liability (628,780) (253,486) (59,825) (942,091)
Increase in deferred inflows
of resources 262,459 114,334 30,406 407,199
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 3,896,135 $ 453,163 $ 436,450 $ 4,785,748
SCHEDULE OF NONCASH INVESTING
AND FINANCING ACTIVITES
Capital grants receivable $ - $ - $ 44,560 $ 44,560
Contributions of assets from other funds $ 36,794 $ - $ - $ 36,794
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF
NONCASH TRANSACTIONS
Amortization of bond discount $ 5,613 $ - $ - $ 5,613
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
FIDUCIARY FUNDS
STATEMENT OF FIDUCIARY NET POSITION
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Employee
Retirement
Funds
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,099,871
Investments, at fair value
U.S. Government and Agency obligations 6,698,839
Corporate obligations 9,856,904
Corporate equity 13,076,815
Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds 46,991,993
Commingled real estate investment funds 9,437,936
Total investments 86,062,487
TOTAL ASSETS 88,162,358
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable 134,541
NET POSITION RESTRICTED FOR PENSIONS $ 88,027,817
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
FIDUCIARY FUNDS
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FIDUCIARY NET POSITION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Employee
Retirement
Funds
ADDITIONS
Contributions
Employer $ 3,500,401
Plan members 452,364
State of Florida 441,542
Total contributions 4,394,307
Investment income (loss) 3,793,013
Less investment expense (249,746)
Net investment income (loss) 3,543,267
Miscellaneous revenue 17,474
TOTAL ADDITIONS 7,955,048
DEDUCTIONS
Benefits and refunds paid
Retirement payments 6,123,730
Disability payments 199,246
Refunds 96,917
Total benefits and refunds paid 6,419,893
Administrative expenses
Legal 35,616
Contractual services 172,212
Other 74,047
Total administrative expenses 281,875
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS 6,701,768
CHANGE IN FIDUCIARY NET POSITION 1,253,280
NET POSITION RESTRICTED FOR PENSIONS
Beginning of year 86,774,537
End of year $ 88,027,817
See notes to the financial statements.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY
Description of the City
The City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, (the City) was originally chartered as a municipality under
laws of the State of Florida Special Act of the Florida Legislature in 1937. The City Manager – Council
form of government was established in 1953. As authorized by its charter, the City provides the
following services: public safety (police, fire, and inspection), highways and streets, water and sewer,
sanitation, stormwater, culture and recreation, public improvements, planning and zoning, and
general administrative services.
The financial statements of the City have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP), as applicable to governmental units
and the Uniform Accounting System mandated by Chapter 218.33, Florida Statutes. The
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is the standard–setting body for governmental
accounting and financial reporting.
The following is a summary of the more significant accounting policies of the City:
The Reporting Entity
A seven member City Council and a Mayor govern the City, each elected at-large for four-year terms.
The Council has no powers other than those expressly vested in it by State Statute and the City
Charter, and their governmental powers cannot be delegated.
As required by U.S. GAAP, these financial statements present the City of Fort Walton Beach (the
primary government) and its blended component unit. In evaluating the City as a reporting entity,
management has considered all potential component units for which the City may or may not be
financially accountable and, as such, be included within the City's financial statements. Management
utilized criteria set forth in GASB Statement No. 61 for determining financial accountability of potential
component units in evaluating all potential component units. In accordance with GASB Statement No.
61, the City (primary government) is financially accountable if it appoints a voting majority of the
potential component unit's governing board and 1) it is able to impose its will on the organization or
2) there is a potential for the organization to provide specific financial benefit to or impose specific
financial burden on the City. In addition, component units can be other organizations for which the
nature and significance of their relationship with the primary government are such that exclusion
would cause the reporting entity's financial statements to be misleading or incomplete.
As of September 30, 2019, the City had one component unit, as defined by GASB No. 61, which has
been presented in the financial statements of the primary government using the blended presentation
method, and is presented as a governmental fund type with a fiscal year end of September 30. The
Fort Walton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (the Agency) was formed to prepare a
community redevelopment plan for a designated geographic area within the City of Fort Walton
Beach, Florida. All of the City's council members serve as board members of the Agency. The
Agency's governing body is the same as the governing body of the City. The Agency functions as a
department of the City. City management have operational and fiscal responsibility for the Agency’s
activities.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
The Reporting Entity – Continued
The Fort Walton Beach Housing Authority (the Authority) is considered a related organization to the
City rather than a component unit. The City Council appoints the board members of the Authority.
However, the Authority's board operates independently of the City Council and does not create a
financial burden or benefit to the City.
Government-Wide and Fund Financial Statements
The basic financial statements include both government-wide (based on the City as a whole) and
fund financial statements. The government-wide financial statements (i.e., the statement of net
position and the statement of activities) report information on all of the non-fiduciary activities of the
primary government and its component unit. For the most part, the effects of interfund activity has
been removed from these statements. Governmental activities, which normally are supported by
taxes and intergovernmental revenues, are reported separately from business-type activities, which
rely, to a significant extent, on fees and charges for support.
The statement of activities demonstrates the degree to which the direct expenses of a given function
or segment is offset by program revenues. Direct expenses are those that are clearly identifiable with
a specific function or segment. Program revenues include 1) charges to customers or applicants who
purchase, use, or directly benefit from goods, services, or privileges provided by a given function or
segment and 2) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operational or capital
requirements of a particular function or segment. Taxes and other items not properly included among
program revenues are reported instead as general revenues.
Separate fund financial statements are provided for the governmental and proprietary funds. Major
individual governmental funds and major enterprise funds are reported as separate columns in the
fund financial statements. Separate fund financial statements for the fiduciary funds are disclosed
within Note 8 of these financial statements.
Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting
The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement
focus and the accrual basis of accounting, as are the proprietary fund and fiduciary fund financial
statements. Revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a liability is
incurred, regardless of the timing of related cash flows. Pension plans recognize revenue when
contributions are due as there is a statutory requirement to make the contribution. Property taxes are
recorded as revenues in the year for which they are levied. Grants and similar items are recognized
as revenue as soon as all eligibility requirements imposed by the provider have been met.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting – Continued
Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources
measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon
as they are both measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are
collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period.
For this purpose, the City considers revenues to be available if they are collected within six months
of the end of the current fiscal period, except for property taxes, for which the period is 60 days.
Expenditures generally are recorded when a liability is incurred, as under accrual accounting.
However, debt service expenditures, as well as expenditures related to compensated absences and
claims and judgments, are recorded only when payment is due.
Franchise fees, licenses, and interest associated with the current fiscal period are all considered to
be susceptible to accrual and so have been recognized as revenues of the current fiscal period. Only
the portion of special assessments and other receivables within the current fiscal period are
considered to be susceptible to accrual as revenue of the current period. Sales taxes, gasoline taxes,
and other intergovernmental revenues collected and held by the state at year-end on behalf of the
City, are also recognized as revenue. All other revenue items are considered to be measurable and
available only when cash is received by the government.
The Okaloosa County Tax Collector bills and collects property taxes for the City in accordance with
the laws of the State of Florida. Property taxes attach as an enforceable lien on property as of the
date of assessment and remain in effect until discharge by payment. Taxes are payable when levied
(on November 1, or as soon thereafter as the assessment roll becomes available to the Tax
Collector).
The following is the current property tax calendar:
Lien Date January 1, 2019
Levy Date November 1, 2019
Due Date November 1, 2019
Delinquent Date April 1, 2020
Discounts of 1% for each month taxes are paid prior to March 2020 are granted.
Revenue recognition criteria for property taxes under GASB requires that property taxes expected to
be collected within 60 days of the current period be accrued. No accrual has been made for 2019 ad
valorem taxes because property taxes are not legally due until subsequent to the end of the fiscal
year. Current year taxes, which are uncollected as of the end of the fiscal year, are generally
immaterial in amount and highly susceptible to uncollectibility and, therefore, are not recorded as a
receivable on the balance sheet date.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Basis of Presentation
The financial transactions of the City are recorded in individual funds. Each fund is a separate
accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts recording cash and other financial resources,
together with all related liabilities and residual equities or balances, and changes therein, which are
segregated for the purpose of carrying on specific activities or attaining certain objectives in
accordance with special regulations, restrictions or limitations. As a general rule, the effect of interfund
activity has been eliminated from the government-wide financial statements. Exceptions to this
general rule are other charges between the government's utility function and various other functions
of the government. Elimination of these charges would distort the direct costs and program revenues
reported for the various functions concerned.
Amounts reported as program revenues include 1) charges to customers or applicants for goods,
services, or privileges provided, 2) operating grants and contributions, and 3) capital grants and
contributions, including special assessments. Internally dedicated resources are reported as general
revenues rather than as program revenues. Likewise, general revenues include all taxes. Any portion
of franchise fees that is not based on gross receipts are reported as a charge for service in the function
or activity that generates the fee. During fiscal year 2019, franchise fees were all based on gross
receipts and thus recorded as general revenues.
Proprietary funds distinguish operating revenues and expenses from non-operating items. Operating
revenues and expenses generally result from providing services and producing and delivering goods
in connection with a proprietary fund's principal ongoing operations. The principal operating revenues
of the City's enterprise funds are charges to customers for sales and services. The City considers all
impact fee revenue as capital contributions for the water and sewer system; therefore, no amount
from the impact fees are included in operating revenue. Operating expenses for enterprise funds
include the cost of sales and service, administrative expenses, and depreciation on capital assets.
All revenues and expenses not meeting this definition are reported as non-operating revenues and
expenses.
The following three broad classifications are used to categorize the fund types used by the City:
Governmental
Governmental funds focus on the determination of financial position and changes in financial position
(sources, uses, and balances of financial resources) and not net income. The City has the following
major governmental funds:
General Fund – This is the City's primary operating fund and is used to account for all financial
resources except those required to be accounted for in another fund.
Community Redevelopment Agency Fund – The Community Redevelopment Agency Fund is the
operating fund of the Fort Walton Beach Community Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency"). It is
used to account for the activities of the Agency. Revenue sources for this fund include tax increment
financing proceeds from ad valorem taxes as well as investment income.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Basis of Presentation – Continued
Proprietary
Proprietary funds focus on the determination of net income, changes in net position, financial position,
and cash flows. All of the City's proprietary funds are enterprise funds, as fees are charged to external
users for services. The following is a description of the major proprietary funds of the City:
Utilities Fund – Used to account for the operations of the City, which provides distribution of potable
water, sales and service and sanitary wastewater collection, treatment and disposal.
Sanitation Fund – Accounts for the operation of the City that provides for solid waste collection and
disposal.
Stormwater Fund – Used to account for the revenues and expenses associated with operating the
City’s stormwater utility system.
Fiduciary
Fiduciary funds are used to account for the assets held on behalf of outside parties, including other
governments, or on behalf of other funds within the City. The City has the following type of fiduciary
fund:
Pension Trust Funds – Used to report the resources that are required to be held in trust for the
members and beneficiaries of the three defined benefit pension plans administered by the City:
General Employees' Retirement Fund, Police Officers' Retirement Fund, and Firefighters' Retirement
Fund.
Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources, and Net Position or Fund Balance
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The City defines cash and cash equivalents as cash held at a depository and cash on hand for
operating purposes and those investments which are short term and highly liquid. Generally, those
investments have maturities of three (3) months or less from the date of acquisition. The City
maintains an equity in pooled cash fund. The City’s cash deposits are held by banks that qualify as
public depositories under the Florida Security for Public Deposits Act as required by Chapter 280,
Florida Statutes. The City’s cash deposits are fully insured by the Public Deposits Trust Fund.
Investments
Investments for the City are reported at fair value (generally based on quoted market prices).
Investments are pooled together for investment purposes while each individual funds and/or accounts
are maintained on a daily transaction basis. Investment earnings are distributed in accordance with
the participating funds’ relative equity. Allowable investments, with the appropriate minimum rating
requirements, can consist of certificates of deposit, local government surplus trust fund,
intergovernmental investment pool, SEC registered money market funds, United States government
securities, repurchase agreements, banker’s acceptances, commercial paper, United States
government agencies, federal instruments, securitized issues, corporate notes and state or local
government taxable or tax-exempt debt.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources, and Net Position or Fund Balance
– Continued
Investments
In addition, the Beal Memorial Cemetery Perpetual Care special revenue fund and the pension trust
funds maintain separate investment accounts that are governed by separate investment policies. The
Beal Memorial Cemetery investment policy allows for investments in domestic equities, international
equities, real estate investment trusts, inflation hedges, fixed income securities, and cash equivalents
within allowable ranges, ratings, and consideration of target asset allocations by asset class. The
pension trust funds’ investment policies allow for investments in domestic and international equities,
fixed income securities, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, commingled funds, money market
funds, and value add real estate within allowable ranges, ratings, and considerations of target asset
allocations by range; however allowable asset classes, targets, ranges, and benchmarks vary by
each individual policy. These investments are also reported at fair value.
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 nonspendable
fund balance account in applicable governmental funds to indicate that they are not available for
appropriation and are not expendable and 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 uncollectible accounts. 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 the 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.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources, and Net Position or Fund Balance
– Continued
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.
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 $ 1,000
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 their acquisition value on 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.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources, and Net Position or Fund Balance
– Continued
Capital Assets – Continued
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
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 7 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 7 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 type 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.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources, and Net Position or Fund Balance
– Continued
Long-Term Obligations – Continued
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.
Net Other Postemployment Benefits (OPEB) Liability
For the purposes of measuring the net OPEB Liability, deferred outflows of resources and deferred
inflows of resources related to OPEB, and OPEB expense, information about the fiduciary net position
of the Fort Walton Beach's Retiree Health Care Plan and additions to/deductions from the plan's
fiduciary net position have been determined on the same basis as they are reported by the plan. For
this purpose, the plan recognizes benefit payments when due and payable in accordance with the
benefit terms. See Note 11 for additional information about the City’s other postemployment benefit
plan.
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. Typically, pension liabilities in the governmental fund types
have been liquidated by the fund that incurred the expenditures for pensionable wages.
GASB Statement No. 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, 2017
Measurement Date (MD) September 30, 2018
Measurement Period (MP) October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources, and Net Position or Fund Balance
– Continued
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 Statement No. 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 includes items that are not
expected to be converted to cash, for example: inventories, deposits, prepaid items, and advances
from other funds.
Restricted – Includes amounts that can be spent only for the specific purposes stipulated by external
resource providers, constitutionally or through enabling legislation. Restrictions may effectively be
changed or lifted only with the consent of resource providers.
Committed – Includes fund balance amounts that can be used only for the specific purposes that are
internally imposed by the formal action (an Ordinance) of the government’s highest level of decision-
making authority, the City Council. Commitments may be changed or lifted only by the City taking the
same formal action (an Ordinance) that imposed the constraint initially. Contractual obligations are
included to the extent that existing resources in the fund have been specifically committed for use in
satisfying those contractual obligations.
Assigned – Includes spendable fund balance amounts that are intended to be used for specific
purposes that are neither considered restricted or committed. Intent is expressed by (a) the City
Council or (b) a body (for example: a budget or finance committee) or official to which the City Council
has delegated the authority to assign amounts to be used for specific purposes. This indicates that
resources in these funds are, at a minimum, intended to be used for the purposes of that fund. The
City Council has delegated authority to the City Manager and Finance Director in accordance with
the City's fund balance policy.
Unassigned – Includes residual positive fund balance within the General Fund which has not been
classified within the other aforementioned categories. Unassigned fund balance may also include
negative balances for any governmental fund if expenditures exceed amounts restricted, committed,
or assigned for those specific purposes.
These classifications reflect not only the nature of funds, but also provide clarity to the level of
restriction placed upon fund balance. Fund balance can have different levels of restraint, such as
external versus internal compliance requirements. Unassigned fund balance is a residual
classification within the General Fund. The General Fund should be the only fund that reports a
positive unassigned balance. In all other funds, unassigned is limited to negative residual fund
balance. The City's formal fund balance policy establishes a targeted minimum reserve balance in
the General Fund for committed fund balance equal to 30% of annual budgeted expenditures, which
constitutes the City’s minimum fund balance policy.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY –
CONTINUED
Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources, and Net Position or Fund Balance
– Continued
Classification of Fund Balance – Continued
In circumstances when an expenditure is made for a purpose for which amounts are available in
multiple fund balance classifications, fund balance is generally depleted in the order of restricted,
committed, assigned, and unassigned.
Net Position
When both restricted and unrestricted resources are available for use, it is the government's policy to
use restricted resources first and then unrestricted resources, as they are needed.
Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts
of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual
results could differ from those estimates.
Subsequent Events
The City has evaluated events and transactions that occurred between September 30, 2019, and
April 22, 2020, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued, for possible
recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.
2. STEWARDSHIP, COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Budgets
Budgets are adopted on a basis consistent with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Annual appropriated budgets are adopted by resolution for all governmental and proprietary funds.
However, budgets for proprietary funds are not legally required to be reported on and are not included
in these financial statements. All appropriations lapse at fiscal year-end except for appropriations
related to multi-year capital projects.
Budgetary data reflected in the financial statements are established by the following procedures:
Prior to September 1 of each year, proposed budgets are received by the City Council from the City
Manager. These proposed expenditures, along with all estimated receipts, taxes to be levied, and
balances expected to be brought forward are considered by the City Council. The City Council
requires such changes as deemed necessary, sets proposed mileages, and establishes dates for
tentative and final public budget hearings as prescribed by Florida Statutes.
Proposed budgets are advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. Public hearings
are conducted for the purposes of receiving input, responding to complaints, and providing reasons
and explanations for intended actions to all citizens participating.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
2. STEWARDSHIP, COMPLIANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY – CONTINUED
Budgets – Continued
Prior to October 1, the budget for all governmental and proprietary funds of the City is legally enacted
through passage of a resolution. Budget amendments are periodically passed via resolutions
throughout the fiscal year. Budgeted beginning fund balance in the accompanying financial
statements reflects planned utilization of prior years' unassigned fund balance to the level required to
accomplish current year objectives.
The level of budgetary control (that is the level at which expenditures cannot legally exceed
appropriations) has been established at the fund level. The City Manager and Finance Director are
authorized to transfer budgeted amounts within departments of a fund and between departments of
a fund; however, any revisions that alter the total expenditures of any fund must be approved by the
City Council.
Budget amounts reflected in the financial statements are originally adopted amounts as amended by
action of the City Council by revision of fund totals. All amendments to originally adopted amounts
were made in a legally permissible manner.
Encumbrances
Encumbrances represent commitments related to unperformed contracts for goods or services.
Encumbrance accounting is a form of budgetary control to ensure that appropriations are not
exceeded. Encumbrances outstanding at year-end are reported as assignments of fund balance in
the governmental fund types.
3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS
The City maintains a cash and investment management pool in which each fund (with the exception
of the Community Development Block Grant Special Revenue Fund and the pension trust funds)
participates on a dollar equivalent and daily transaction basis. The City's cash and investment
management pool includes pooled cash maintained in interest-bearing demand deposit accounts,
and pooled investments managed by a financial institution. Interest income (which includes
unrealized gains and losses) is distributed monthly based on the average balances.
Deposits
Custodial Credit Risk – It is the City's policy to maintain its deposits only with "Qualified Public
Depositories" as defined in Chapter 280, Florida Statutes. The provisions of this statute allow qualified
public depositories to participate in a multiple financial institution collateral pool to ensure the security
for public deposits. All qualified public depositories must place with (or in the name of) the Chief
Financial Officer of the State of Florida, collateral in the amount of the average daily balance of public
deposits multiplied by the average monthly balance of public deposits or 125 percent of the average
daily balance of public deposits greater than capital. In the event of default by a qualified public
depository, excess losses over insurance and collateral will be recovered through assessments to all
qualified public depositories of the same type as the depository in default. Under this method, all City
deposits, including certificates of deposit, are considered fully insured.
As of September 30, 2019, the value of the City's deposits was $15,794,206, all of which was held
by qualified public depositories or permitted investments under Florida Statutes.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS – CONTINUED
Investments
As of September 30, 2019, the City's investments consist of the pooled investments held by each
fund to maximize earnings on surplus cash, those held in the various pension trust funds and the Beal
Memorial Cemetery Perpetual Care special revenue fund. The types of investments, which can be
made by the City, are restricted by state statutes, retirement fund plan documents, and other
contractual agreements. A description of the requirements and the types of investments allowed can
be found in Note 1.
As of September 30, 2019, the City held the following investments and related maturities:
INVESTMENT MATURITIES (YEARS)
Fair Value <1 1-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 >30
Investments subject
to interest rate risk:
Corporate debt $ 21,862,638 $ 915,190 $ 20,740,482 $ 206,966 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Municipal debt 703,246 300,000 403,246 - - - - - -
U.S. Treasury 13,603,559 - 10,001,733 219,672 692,381 - - 2,689,773 -
U.S. Government
Agencies 3,524,965 59,726 3,465,239 - - - - - -
U.S. Government
Agency Pools 699,422 - - 81,236 138,499 479,687 - - -
40,393,830 $ 1,274,916 $ 34,610,700 $ 507,874 $ 830,880 $ 479,687 $ - $ 2,689,773 $ -
Investments not
subject to interest rate
risk:
Money market funds 16,499
Common stock 13,076,815
Mutual and exchange-
traded funds 50,054,234
Real estate
investment funds 9,437,936
External investment
pools 46,648
Total $ 113,025,962
Interest Rate Risk – The City's investment policy encourages matching investment maturities with
known cash needs and anticipated cash flow requirements in order to manage interest rate risk.
Investments of current operating funds shall have maturities of no longer than 24 months. Investments
of bond reserves, construction funds, and other non-operating funds shall have a term appropriate to
the need for funds and in accordance with debt covenants, but in no event shall the investment
duration of these funds exceed five years. The investment policies for the pension trust funds do not
specifically address interest rate risk.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS – CONTINUED
Investments – Continued
Credit Rate Risk – State law limits investments of surplus public funds to those investments described
on the previous page. The table below outlines the authorized investments of the pension trust funds.
General Police
Employees' Officers' Firefighters'
Retirement Retirement Retirement
Investment Type Fund Fund Fund
Minimum rating of Limited to obligations Minimum rating of
Money Market or short-term
A1 by S&P or backed by full faith & A1 by S&P or
investment fund (STIF) options
P1 by Moody's credit of US government P1 by Moody's
Minimum rating in one Minimum rating of Minimum rating in one of
Fixed-income securities of the four highest "investment grade" or the four highest
classifications by a higher by a major rating classifications by a major
1
major rating service service rating service
(1) No more than 5% of the total portfolio may be invested in securities that fall below
these rating guidelines.
All pension trust funds were in compliance with respective investment policies regarding credit rate
risk as of September 30, 2019.
The Moody's rating ranges of the different investment classes held by each respective plan at
September 30, 2019, are as follows:
General Pension Police Pension
Plan Plan Fire Pension Plan
Corporate debt Aa1-A3 Aa1-A3 Aa1-Baa1
U.S. Treasury Aaa Aaa Aaa
U.S. government agencies Aaa Aaa Aaa
U.S. government pools N/A N/A N/A
The Beal Memorial Cemetery investment policy does not limit investments to those with specific credit
ratings for domestic or international equities. The overall rating of fixed income investments shall be
at least investment grade based on the rating of two of the three Nationally Recognized Statistical
Rating Organizations (NRSRO).
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3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS – CONTINUED
Investments – Continued
Concentration of Credit Risk – The City limits the amount that may be invested in any one issuer
based on the type of investment. Investments issued by or explicitly guaranteed by the U.S.
Government and investments in mutual funds, external investment pools, and other pooled
investments are exempt from concentration of credit risk disclosures.
The General Employees’ Retirement Fund and the Firefighters’ Retirement Fund investment policies
limit investment concentration as follows:
Equities – No more than 5% of the Plan’s assets, at the time of purchase, shall be invested in
the common stock, capital stock, or convertible stock of any one issuing company, nor shall
the aggregate investment in any one issuing company exceed 5% of the outstanding capital
stock of the company.
Fixed Income – The value of bonds issued by any single corporation shall not exceed 10% of
the Plan’s total market value.
Other Limitations – Investments in corporate common stock and convertible bonds shall not
exceed 75% of the Plan’s assets at market value, and foreign securities shall not exceed 25%
of the Plan’s market value.
The Police Officers’ Retirement Fund investment policy limits investment concentration as follows:
Equities – No more than 5% of the Plan’s assets, at the time of purchase, shall be invested in
the common stock, capital stock, or convertible stock of any one issuing company, nor shall
the aggregate investment in any one issuing company exceed 5% of the outstanding capital
stock of the company.
Fixed Income – The value of bonds issued by any single corporation shall not exceed 3% of
the Plan’s total market value.
Other Limitations – Investments in corporate common stock and convertible bonds shall not
exceed 70% of the Plan’s assets at market value, and foreign securities shall not exceed 25%
of the Plan’s market value.
All pension trust fund plans were in compliance with respective investment policies regarding
concentration of credit risk as of September 30, 2019.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS – CONTINUED
Investments – Continued
Concentration of Credit Risk – Continued
The Beal Memorial Cemetery investment policy limits investment concentrations as follows:
Domestic Equities – No more than 5% of the total equity portfolio valued at market may be
invested in the equity of any one corporation; ownership of the shares of one company shall
not exceed 2% of those outstanding and not more than 25% of equity valued at market may
be held in any one sector.
International Equities – No more than 5% of the total equity portfolio valued at market may be
invested in the common equity of any one corporation; ownership of the shares of one
company shall not exceed 2% of those outstanding and not more than 25% of equity valued
at market may be held in any one sector.
Fixed Income Investments – Securities of any one issuer shall not exceed 5% of a total bond
portfolio at time of purchase.
Investments in Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value (NAV) per Share
The fair values of investments in real estate funds held by the pension trust funds are based on the
investments’ NAV per share, as provided by the investee.
Unfunded Redemption Redemption
Fair Value Commitments Frequency Notice Period
Real Estate Funds $ 9,437,936 None Quarterly 0 - 90 days
The real estate funds consist of two open-ended commingled funds that invest in office, industrial,
retail, and multi-family real estate assets throughout the United States. Although the funds are private
investments, they can be redeemed on a quarterly basis, subject to available liquidity.
4. FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS
The City measures and records its investments using fair value measurements guidelines established
by generally accepted accounting principles. These guidelines recognize a three-tiered fair value
hierarchy, as follow:
Level 1 – Quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets in active markets that a government
can access at the measurement date.
Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for an
asset, either directly or indirectly.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for an asset.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
4. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS – CONTINUED
The following table presents the investments carried at fair value on September 30, 2019:
Fair Value Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Money market funds $ 16,499 $ - $ 16,499 $ -
Debt securities
U.S. Treasury bonds 13,603,559 13,603,559 - -
U.S. Government Agency obligations 3,524,965 - 3,524,965 -
U.S. Government Agency collateralized mortgage
obligations (CMO's) 699,422 - 699,422 -
Corporate bonds 21,862,638 - 21,862,638 -
Municipal bonds 703,246 - 703,246 -
Total debt securities 40,393,830 13,603,559 26,790,271 -
Equity securities
Domestic common stock 12,250,718 12,250,718 - -
Foreign common stock 826,097 826,097 - -
Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds 50,054,234 - 50,054,234 -
Total equity securities 63,131,049 13,076,815 50,054,234 -
* External investment pools 46,648 - - -
* Commingled real estate investment funds 9,437,936 - - -
Total investments measured at fair value $ 113,025,962 $ 26,680,374 $ 76,861,004 $ -
* In accordance with GASB 72, certain investments that were measured at NAV per share (or its equivalent) have not been
classified in the fair value hierarchy.
Money market funds, debt securities, and equity securities classified in Level 2 are determined by
broker quotes that utilize matrix pricing models and other observable market inputs.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
5. RECEIVABLES
Receivables at September 30, 2019, were as follows:
Governmental Activities Business-Type Activities
Community
Redevelopment
General Fund Utilities Sanitation Stormwater Total
Taxes $ 19,387 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 19,387
Accounts 99,065 787 667,171 196,827 59,139 1,022,989
Less allowance for
doubtful accounts - - (39,678) (7,949) (3,236) (50,863)
Assessments 34,787 284,420 1,462 - - 320,669
Other 633,245 - 4,445 - - 637,690
Total receivables, net $ 786,484 $ 285,207 $ 633,400 $ 188,878 $ 55,903 $ 1,949,872
During fiscal year 2015, the City sold a building for $462,000 and will receive $442,000 of the
proceeds over twelve years ($2,917 monthly payments started November 2014). This note receivable
bears interest at 5% per year and includes a balloon payment of $232,362 due to the City in October
2026. The balance of this note receivable is $370,245 as of September 30, 2019.
During fiscal year 2014, the City sold a recreational center for $425,000 and will receive the proceeds
over twelve years ($3,000 monthly principal only payments started October 2015). The City has
calculated imputed interest on the receivable, but it has not been recorded as the imputed amount
was deemed to be immaterial to the financial statements. The balance of this note receivable is
$263,000 as of September 30, 2019.
Due from Other Governments
The City's receivables from other governments for governmental activities as of September 30, 2019,
are $144,228. Due from other governments in the governmental activities consists primarily of federal
proceeds related to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants and U.S.
Department of Justice grants.
The City's receivables from other governments for business-type activities as of September 30, 2019,
are $44,560 which consists of state proceeds related to stormwater system improvement grants.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
6. CHANGES IN CAPITAL ASSETS
Capital asset activity for the year ended September 30, 2019, was as follows:
Beginning Adjustments/ Ending
Balance Increases Decreases Transfers Balance
Governmental activities
Capital assets not being depreciated/amortized
Land $ 11,148,479 $ - $ (238,269) $ - $ 10,910,210
Construction in progress 1,080,970 8,509,254 - (276,575) 9,313,649
Total capital assets not
being depreciated/amortized 12,229,449 8,509,254 (238,269) (276,575) 20,223,859
Capital assets being depreciated/amortized
Buildings 25,376,412 522,593 - 81,042 25,980,047
Improvements other than buildings 18,819,972 733,149 - 146,033 19,699,154
Infrastructure 13,156,072 182,865 - - 13,338,937
Software 521,876 - - - 521,876
Machinery and equipment 12,539,346 550,167 (445,557) (76,309) 12,567,647
Equipment under capital lease 129,980 - - - 129,980
Total capital assets
being depreciated/amortized 70,543,658 1,988,774 (445,557) 150,766 72,237,641
Less accumulated depreciation/amortization
Buildings (11,625,369) (711,996) - 31,358 (12,306,007)
Improvements other than buildings (12,166,255) (695,032) - - (12,861,287)
Infrastructure (9,844,437) (291,988) - - (10,136,425)
Software (560,253) (9,790) - - (570,043)
Machinery and equipment (8,588,392) (997,401) 437,143 57,657 (9,090,993)
Equipment under capital lease (76,834) (13,555) - - (90,389)
Total accumulated
depreciation/amortization (42,861,540) (2,719,762) 437,143 89,015 (45,055,144)
Total capital assets
being depreciated/amortized, net 27,682,118 (730,988) (8,414) 239,781 27,182,497
Governmental activities, net $ 39,911,567 $ 7,778,266 $ (246,683) $ (36,794) $ 47,406,356
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
6. CHANGES IN CAPITAL ASSETS – CONTINUED
Beginning Adjustments/ Ending
Balance Increases Decreases Transfers Balance
Business-type activities
Capital assets not being depreciated/amortized
Land $ 709,678 $ - $ - $ - $ 709,678
Construction in progress 99,772 11,270 - - 111,042
Easements 39,742 - - - 39,742
Total capital assets not
being depreciated/amortized 849,192 11,270 - - 860,462
Capital assets being depreciated/amortized
Buildings 411,900 - - - 411,900
Improvements other than buildings 49,513,999 212,442 - 49,500 49,775,941
Software 111,215 - - - 111,215
Machinery and equipment 10,551,955 834,551 (456,568) 76,309 11,006,247
Total capital assets
being depreciated/amortized 60,589,069 1,046,993 (456,568) 125,809 61,305,303
Less accumulated depreciation/amortization
Buildings (313,249) (7,930) - (321,179)
Improvements other than buildings (18,696,822) (1,607,351) - (31,358) (20,335,531)
Software (111,215) - - - (111,215)
Machinery and equipment (7,294,103) (723,399) 429,597 (57,657) (7,645,562)
Total accumulated
depreciation/amortization (26,415,389) (2,338,680) 429,597 (89,015) (28,413,487)
Total capital assets
being depreciated/amortized, net 34,173,680 (1,291,687) (26,971) 36,794 32,891,816
Business-type activities, net $ 35,022,872 $(1,280,417) $ (26,971) $ 36,794 $ 33,752,278
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
6. CHANGES IN CAPITAL ASSETS – CONTINUED
Amortization of equipment under capital lease is included with depreciation expense in the financial
statements. Depreciation and amortization expense was charged to functions/programs of the
primary government as follows:
Governmental activities
General government $ 137,738
Public safety 762,028
Physical environment 67,925
Transportation 578,245
Economic environment 128,577
Culture and recreation 1,045,249
Total depreciation/amortization expense – governmental activities $ 2,719,762
Business-type activities
Utilities fund $ 1,880,770
Sanitation fund 278,670
Stormwater fund 179,240
Total depreciation/amortization expense – business-type activities $ 2,338,680
Construction Commitments
During fiscal year 2019, the City began constructing a new consolidated facility complex. The total
project was approved at $13.4 million and the issuance of a revenue note to finance the project was
completed in December 2018. At September 30, 2019, the remaining project costs are approximately
$4.1 million. The project is expected to be completed in December 2019.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
7. DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES
As of September 30, 2019, the City had various components of deferred outflows of resources and
deferred inflows of resources as follows:
Governmental activities:
Community
General Redevelopment Governmental
Fund Fund Activities
Deferred outflows
City pension contributions made subsequent to the
measurement date $ - $ - $ 3,406,813
Net difference between projected and actual earnings on
pension plan investments - - 89,551
Differences between expected and actual experience on
pension plan actuarial assumptions - - 514,838
Changes in assumptions related to pension plan - - 1,541,919
City OPEB contributions made subsequent to the
measurement date 190,926
Changes in assumptions related to OPEB plan - - 416,866
Total deferred outflows $ - $ - $ 6,160,913
Deferred inflows
Differences between expected and actual experience on
pension plan actuarial assumptions $ - $ - $ 1,159,688
Net difference between projected and actual earnings on
pension plan investments - - 1,558,398
Changes in assumptions related to pension plan - - 188,772
Differences between expected and actual experience on
OPEB plan actuarial assumptions - - 334,530
Changes in assumptions related to OPEB plan 302,373
Unavailable revenue – special assessments 34,787 284,420 -
Unavailable revenue – long-term receivable from sale of buildings 633,245 - -
Total deferred inflows $ 668,032 $ 284,420 $ 3,543,761
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
7. DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES AND DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES –
CONTINUED
Business-type activities:
Utilities Sanitation Stormwater Business-Type
Fund Fund Fund Activities
Deferred outflows
City pension contributions made
subsequent to the measurement date $ 357,162 $ 143,986 $ 33,982 $ 535,130
Deferred loss on refunding 77,179 - - 77,179
City OPEB contributions made
subsequent to the measurement date 26,535 17,674 6,973 51,182
Changes in assumptions related to OPEB plan 57,954 38,598 15,204 111,756
Total deferred outflows $ 518,830 $ 200,258 $ 56,159 $ 775,247
Deferred inflows
Net difference between projected and actual
earnings on pension plan investments $ 437,032 $ 176,185 $ 41,581 $ 654,798
Differences between expected and actual
experience on pension plan actuarial
assumptions 27,106 10,928 2,579 40,613
Changes in assumptions related to OPEB plan 42,024 27,991 11,043 81,058
Differences between expected and actual
experience on OPEB plan actuarial
assumptions 46,494 30,967 12,217 89,678
Total deferred inflows $ 552,656 $ 246,071 $ 67,420 $ 866,147
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS
The City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida sponsors three single–employer defined benefit pension plans:
the General Employees' Retirement Fund (GERF), the Police Officers' Retirement Fund (PORF) and
the Firefighters' Retirement Fund (FRF). These plans provide benefits for all qualifying employees of
the City. The financial activity of each plan is reported as a Pension Trust Fund in the City of Fort
Walton Beach, Florida's internal combined financial statements and can be found under subheading
“Fund Financial Statements” of this note. There is no separate report available for the individual
pension plans.
Plan Description – General Employees’ Retirement Fund (GERF)
Plan Administration
The authority and responsibility for the establishment, amendment and administration of this Plan is
vested in the City Council, and the Members thereof shall be designated as trustees of the fund. The
trustees are authorized to adopt reasonable rules and regulations for the administration of the fund
created by this Plan.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Plan Description – General Employees’ Retirement Fund (GERF) – Continued
Plan Administration – Continued
The Plan is a single-employer defined benefit pension plan administered by the City’s Finance
Director. The Finance Director shall administer this Plan for the trustees and participants, subject at
all times to the limitations and conditions specified in or imposed by provisions of this Plan and the
rules and regulations adopted by the City Council. The trustees and the plan administrator shall serve
without additional compensation beyond that already provided by the City for their respective duties.
Plan membership consists of all full-time City employees including the City Manager, Finance
Director, and the Chief of Police, if they elect to participate, but not including City Council Members,
police officers other than the Chief of Police, and firefighters. Effective January 1, 2010, the plan is
closed to new entrants.
Plan Membership as of October 1, 2017:
Inactive Plan Members or Beneficiaries Current Receiving Benefits 162
Inactive Plan Members Entitled to But Not Yet Receiving Benefits 42
Active Plan Members 75
279
Benefits Provided
The plan provides retirement, termination, disability and death benefits. A member may retire at age
52 with 10 years of credited service (early retirement) or at age 62 and 10 years of credited service
(normal retirement). Benefits become 100% vested upon completion of 10 years of credited service.
For the City Manager, Finance Director, or Department Heads, including the Chief of Police, the
Member becomes vested at 20% per year, except that credited service other than that as a Charter
Officer or Department Head will accrue at a rate of 10% per year. Retirement benefits are a
percentage (2.75% or 2.50%) of final average earnings times the years of credited service with
maximum of 75% or 100% of current compensation depending on vested status at April 5, 1999.
Benefits are reduced by 3% for each year by which the early retirement date precedes the age of 62.
Varied benefits exist for service and non-service connected disabilities as well as death in the line of
duty or other pre-retirement death. In accordance with the annual increase in CPI-U as measured in
December, all retirees are entitled to an adjustment payable each April 1, subject to a minimum of
0% and a maximum of 3%. The adjustment does not apply to members who retire following a vested
terminated status or disability retirees.
Funding Policy and Contributions
Contributions to the Plan are established based on an actuarially determined rate recommended by
an independent actuary. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the participants’ contribution rate
was 5.0%. The City is required to contribute the difference between the actuarially determined rate
and the contribution rate of the participants. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the City was
required to contribute 53.4% of payroll.
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Net Pension Liability – GERF
The measurement date is September 30, 2018. The measurement period for the pension expense
was October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. The reporting period is October 1, 2018 through
September 30, 2019. The city’s net pension liability was measured as of September 30, 2018. The
total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined as of that date.
Actuarial Assumptions
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of October 1, 2017 updated to
September 30, 2018 using the following actuarial assumptions:
Inflation 3.00%
Salary Increases 3.50% - 6.50%
Discount Rate 7.90%
Investment Rate of Return 7.90%
Mortality rates for healthy lives were obtained from the RP-2000 Fully Generational with Scale BB
mortality table, with collar and annuitant adjustments as follows:
Males – 50% Annuitant White Collar, 50% Annuitant Blue Collar.
Females – 100% Annuitant White Collar.
Mortality rates for disable lives were obtained from the RP-2000 mortality table without projection,
with the following adjustments:
Males – 100% Disabled Male with four year setback
Females – 100% Disabled Female with two year set forward.
The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a building-
block method in which best-estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns,
net of pension plan investment expenses and inflation) are developed for each major asset class.
These ranges are combined to produce the long-term expected rate of return by weighting the
expected future real rates of return by the target asset allocation percentage and by adding expected
inflation. For 2018, the inflation rate assumption of the investment advisor was 3.0%.
Best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class included in the pension
plan's target asset allocation as of September 30, 2018 are summarized in the following table:
Long Term Expected
Asset Class Target Allocation Real Rate of Return
Domestic Equity 55.00% 7.50%
International Equity 10.00% 8.50%
Broad Market Fixed Income 25.00% 2.50%
Real Estate 10.00% 3.50%
Total 100.00%
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Net Pension Liability – GERF – Continued
Discount Rate
The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was 7.90%. The projection of cash flows
used to determine the discount rate assumed that plan member contributions will be made at the
current contribution rate and that Sponsor contributions will be made at rates equal to the difference
between actuarially determined contribution rates and the member rate. Based on those
assumptions, the pension plan's fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make all
projected future benefit payments of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate
of return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to
determine the total pension liability.
Change in Net Pension Liability – GERF
Increase (Decrease)
Total Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Pension
Liability Net Position Liability (Asset)
(a) (b) (a) – (b)
Balances at September 30, 2018
(Valuation Date of 10/01/2017) $ 49,580,471 $ 44,001,782 $ 5,578,689
Changes:
Service cost 446,214 - 446,214
Interest 3,827,379 - 3,827,379
Differences between expected and
actual experience (265,877) - (265,877)
Contributions – employer - 2,006,925 (2,006,925)
Contributions – employee - 158,138 (158,138)
Net investment income - 4,975,937 (4,975,937)
Benefit payments, including refunds
of employee contributions (3,157,696) (3,157,696) -
Administrative expenses - (49,518) 49,518
Net changes 850,020 3,933,786 (3,083,766)
Balances at September 30, 2019
(Measurement Date of 9/30/2018) $ 50,430,491 $ 47,935,568 $ 2,494,923
Sensitivity of the Net Pension Liability to changes in the Discount Rate:
Current Discount
1% Decrease Rate 1% Increase
6.90% 7.90% 8.90%
Sponsor's net pension liability (asset) $ 7,964,056 $ 2,494,923 $ (2,119,461)
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Change in Net Pension Liability – GERF – Continued
Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Position
Detailed information about the pension Plan's fiduciary net position is available in a separately issued
Plan financial report. A separate audited financial report of the Plan is not available.
Pension Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources
Related to Pensions – GERF
For the year ended September 30, 2019, the City recognized pension expense of $1,679,623. On
September 30, 2019, the City reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources related to pensions from the following sources:
Deferred Deferred
Outflows of Inflows of
Resources Resources
City contributions subsequent to measurement date $ 1,751,654 $ -
Net difference between projected and actual earnings on
pension plan investments - 2,143,363
Differences between expected and actual experience - 132,939
Total $ 1,751,654 $ 2,276,302
Deferred outflows of resources related to pensions of $1,751,654 resulting from the City’s
contributions subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the net
pension liability for the year ending September 30, 2020. Other amounts reported as deferred
outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to pensions will be recognized in
pension expense as follows:
Year ended September 30:
2020 $ (408,714)
2021 (887,588)
2022 (671,808)
2023 (308,192)
$ (2,276,302)
Plan Description – Police Officers’ Retirement Fund (PORF)
Plan Administration
The Police Officers’ Retirement Board of Trustees (Police Board) is designated as the plan
administrator. The Police Board shall consist of five Trustees, two of whom, unless otherwise
prohibited by law, shall be legal residents of the City, who shall be appointed by the City Council, and
two of whom shall be Members of the System, who shall be elected by a majority of the Police Officers
who are Members of the System. The fifth Trustee shall be chosen by a majority of the previous four
Trustees as provided for herein, and such person's name shall be submitted to the City Council who
shall, as a ministerial duty, appoint such person to the Police Board as its fifth Trustee.
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8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Plan Description – PORF – Continued
Each person employed by the City’s police department as a full-time police officer becomes a member
of the Plan as a condition of his employment. All police officers are therefore eligible for plan benefits
as provided for in the plan document and by applicable law.
Plan Membership as of October 1, 2017:
Inactive Plan Members or Beneficiaries Currently Receiving Benefits 47
Inactive Plan Members Entitled to But Not Yet Receiving Benefits 16
Active Plan Members 43
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Benefits Provided
The plan provides retirement, termination, disability and death benefits. A member may retire at age
50 with 10 years of credited service or completion of 25 years of credited service (early retirement)
or at age 55 or the completion of 30 years of credited service (normal retirement). Members hired
between ages 45 and 50 must work 10 years. Benefits become 100% vested upon completion of 10
years of credited service. The plan provides retirement benefits in the amount of 2.75% of average
final compensation times credited service. Benefits are reduced 6% for each year prior to the age of
55. Varied benefits exist for disability and pre-retirement death. Each April 1 the benefit paid to service
retires is adjusted in accordance with the CPI increase during the previous year not to exceed 3%.
Contributions
Contributions to the Plan are established based on an actuarially determined rate recommended by
an independent actuary. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the participants’ contribution rate
was 5.0% of payroll until a 75% maximum accrual is attained and then 0.5% thereafter. The State of
Florida is required to contribute 8.0% of payroll and the City is required to contribute the difference
between the actuarially determined rate and the contribution rate of the participants and the State of
Florida. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the City was required to contribute 29.0% of payroll.
Net Pension Liability – PORF
The measurement date is September 30, 2018. The measurement period for the pension expense
was October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. The reporting period is October 1, 2018 through
September 30, 2019. The city’s net pension liability was measured as of September 30, 2018. The
total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined as of that date.
Actuarial Assumptions
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of October 1, 2017 updated to
September 30, 2018 using the following actuarial assumptions:
Inflation 2.50%
Salary increases Service based
Discount rate 7.60%
Investment rate of return 7.60%
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8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Net Pension Liability – PORF – Continued
Actuarial Assumptions – Continued
Mortality rates for healthy lives were obtained from the RP-2000 Fully Generational with Scale BB
mortality table, with collar and annuitant adjustments as follows:
Males – 10% Annuitant White Collar, 90% Annuitant Blue Collar.
Females – 100% Annuitant White Collar.
Mortality rates for disable lives were obtained from the RP-2000 mortality table without projection,
with the following adjustments:
Males – 60% Disabled Male with four year setback, 40% Annuitant White Collar with no setback.
Females – 60% Disabled Female set forward two years, 40% Annuitant White Collar with no setback.
The other significant actuarial assumptions used in the October 1, 2017 valuation were based on the
results of an actuarial experience study dated June 4, 2018. The long-term expected rate of return
on pension plan investments was determined using a building-block method in which best-estimate
ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns, net of pension plan investment
expenses and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to
produce the long-term expected rate of return by weighting the expected future real rates of return by
the target asset allocation percentage and by adding expected inflation. For 2018, the inflation rate
assumption of the investment advisor was 2.50%.
Best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class included in the Pension
Plan's target asset allocation as of September 30, 2018 are summarized in the following table:
Long Term Expected
Asset Class Target Allocation Real Rate of Return
Domestic equity 45.00% 7.50%
International equity 15.00% 8.50%
Broad market fixed income 40.00% 2.50%
Total 100.00%
Discount Rate
The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was 7.60%. The projection of cash flows
used to determine the discount rate assumed that plan member contributions will be made at the
current contribution rate and that sponsor contributions will be made at rates equal to the difference
between actuarially determined contribution rates and the member rate. Based on those
assumptions, the pension plan's fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make all
projected future benefit payments of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate
of return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to
determine the total pension liability.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Changes in Net Pension Liability – PORF
Increase (Decrease)
Total Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Pension
Liability Net Position Liability (Asset)
(a) (b) (a) – (b)
Balances at September 30, 2018
(Valuation Date of 10/01/2017) $ 27,002,003 $ 20,960,073 $ 6,041,930
Changes:
Service cost 395,440 - 395,440
Interest 2,112,261 - 2,112,261
Contributions – employer - 830,613 (830,613)
Contributions – state - 202,468 (202,468)
Contributions – employee - 112,112 (112,112)
Change in excess state contributions 20,893 - 20,893
Net investment income - 1,609,609 (1,609,609)
Differences between expected and
actual experience (833,418) - (833,418)
Changes of assumptions (251,695) (251,695)
Benefit payments, including
refunds of employee contributions (1,764,575) (1,764,575) -
Administrative expenses - (54,400) 54,400
Net changes (321,094) 935,827 (1,256,921)
Balances at September 30, 2019
(Measurement Date of 9/30/2018) $ 26,680,909 $ 21,895,900 $ 4,785,009
Sensitivity of the Net Pension Liability to changes in the Discount Rate:
Current Discount
1% Decrease Rate 1% Increase
6.60% 7.60% 8.60%
Sponsor's net pension liability $ 7,850,968 $ 4,785,009 $ 2,230,508
Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Position
Detailed information about the pension Plan's fiduciary net position is available in a separately issued
Plan financial report. A separate audited financial report of the Plan is not available.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Pension Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources
Related to Pensions – PORF
For the year ended September 30, 2019, the City recognized pension expense of $828,428. On
September 30, 2019, the City reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources related to pensions from the following sources:
Deferred Deferred
Outflows of Inflows of
Resources Resources
City and State contributions subsequent to
measurement date $ 953,828 $ -
Net difference between projected and actual earnings
on pension plan investments 89,551 -
Changes of assumptions 408,281 188,772
Differences between Expected and Actual experience - 902,876
Total $ 1,451,660 $ 1,091,648
Deferred outflows of resources related to pensions of $953,828 resulting from the City’s and State’s
contributions subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the net
pension liability in the year ending September 30, 2020. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows
of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to pensions will be recognized in pension
expense as follows:
Year ended September 30:
2020 $ 244,235
2021 (486,376)
2022 (359,724)
2023 8,049
$ (593,816)
Plan Description – Firefighters’ Retirement Fund (FRF)
Plan Administration
The Plan is administered by the Firefighters’ Retirement Board of Trustees (Fire Board) comprised
of:
a. Two members of the fund elected by a majority of the membership,
b. Two City residents appointed by the City Council,
c. Fifth member elected by other four and appointed by City Council as a ministerial duty.
Each person employed by the City’s fire department as a full-time firefighter becomes a member of
the plan as a condition of this employment. All firefighters are therefore eligible for plan benefits as
provided for in the plan document and by applicable law.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Plan Description – FRF – Continued
Plan Membership as of October 1, 2017:
Inactive Plan Members or Beneficiaries Currently Receiving Benefits 26
Inactive Plan Members Entitled to But Not Yet Receiving Benefits 4
Active Plan Members 36
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Benefits Provided
The plan provides retirement, disability and death benefits. A member may retire at age 45 with 10
years of credited service (early retirement) or at age 55 and 10 years of credited service or 25 years
of credited service regardless of age (normal retirement). Benefits become 100% vested upon
completion of 10 years of credit service. The plan provides a retirement benefit which is 3.25% of
average final compensation times credited service with maximum of 100% of current compensation.
Benefits are reduced 0.25% for each month prior to the normal retirement date. Varied benefits exist
for disability and pre-retirement death. Benefits for service retirees are adjusted for a 3% cost of living
increase on the January 1 following the later of age 58 or the date of retirement.
Contributions
Contributions to the Plan are established based on an actuarially determined rate recommended by
an independent actuary. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the participants’ contribution rate
was 8.0% of payroll. The State of Florida is required to contribute 9.1% of payroll and the City is
required to contribute the difference between the actuarially determined rate and the contribution rate
of the participants and the State of Florida. For the year ended September 30, 2019, the City was
required to contribute 38.6% of payroll.
Net Pension Liability – FRF
The measurement date is September 30, 2018. The measurement period for the pension expense
was October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. The reporting period is October 1, 2018 through
September 30, 2019. The city’s Net Pension Liability was measured as of September 30, 2018. The
Total Pension Liability used to calculate the Net Pension Liability was determined as of that date.
Actuarial Assumptions
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of October 1, 2017 updated to
September 30, 2018 using the following actuarial assumptions:
Inflation 2.50%
Salary increases Service based
Discount rate 7.60%
Investment rate of return 7.60%
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8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Net Pension Liability – FRF – Continued
Actuarial Assumptions – Continued
Mortality rates for healthy lives were obtained from the RP-2000 Fully Generational with Scale BB
mortality table, with collar and annuitant adjustments as follows:
Males (Inactive) – 10% Annuitant White Collar, 90% Annuitant Blue Collar.
Females (Inactive) – 100% Annuitant White Collar.
Males (Active) – 10% Combined Healthy White Collar, 90% Combined Healthy Blue Collar.
Females (Active) – 100% Combined Healthy White Collar.
Mortality rates for disable lives were obtained from the RP-2000 mortality table without projection,
with the following adjustments:
Males – 60% Disabled Male with four year set back, 40% Annuitant White Collar with no setback.
Females – 60% Disabled Female set forward two years, 40% Annuitant White Collar with no setback.
The most recent actuarial experience study used to review the other significant assumptions was
dated June 2, 2017.
The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a building-
block method in which best-estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns,
net of pension plan investment expenses and inflation) are developed for each major asset class.
These ranges are combined to produce the long-term expected rate of return by weighting the
expected future real rates of return by the target asset allocation percentage and by adding expected
inflation. For 2018, the inflation rate assumption of the investment advisor was 2.50%.
Best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class included in the Pension
Plan's target asset allocation as of September 30, 2018 are summarized in the following table:
Long Term Expected
Asset Class Target Allocation Real Rate of Return
Domestic equity 50.00% 7.50%
International equity 15.00% 8.50%
Broad market fixed income 20.00% 2.50%
Global fixed income 5.00% 3.50%
Real estate 10.00% 4.50%
Total 100.00%
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Net Pension Liability – FRF – Continued
Discount Rate
The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was 7.60%. The projection of cash flows
used to determine the discount rate assumed that plan member contributions will be made at the
current contribution rate and that sponsor contributions will be made at rates equal to the difference
between actuarially determined contribution rates and the member rate. Based on those
assumptions, the pension plan's fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make all
projected future benefit payments of current plan members. Therefore, the long-term expected rate
of return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to
determine the total pension liability.
Changes in Net Pension Liability – FRF
Increase (Decrease)
Total Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Pension
Liability Net Position Liability (Asset)
(a) (b) (a) – (b)
Balances at September 30, 2018
(Valuation Date of 10/01/2017) $ 24,087,817 $ 15,532,148 $ 8,555,669
Changes:
Service cost 477,930 - 477,930
Interest 1,864,720 - 1,864,720
Contributions – employer - 1,089,746 (1,089,746)
Contributions – state - 195,017 (195,017)
Contributions – employee - 182,127 (182,127)
Net investment income - 1,430,717 (1,430,717)
Changes of assumptions 601,424 - 601,424
Differences between expected and
actual experience 513,043 - 513,043
Benefit payments, including
refunds of employee contributions (1,318,156) (1,318,156) -
Administrative expenses - (67,773) 67,773
Net changes 2,138,961 1,511,678 627,283
Balances at September 30, 2019
(Measurement Date of 9/30/2018) $ 26,226,778 $ 17,043,826 $ 9,182,952
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Changes in Net Pension Liability – FRF – Continued
Sensitivity of the Net Pension Liability to changes in the Discount Rate:
Current Discount
1% Decrease Rate 1% Increase
6.60% 7.60% 8.60%
Sponsor's net pension liability $ 12,589,370 $ 9,182,952 $ 6,389,276
Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Position
Detailed information about the pension Plan's fiduciary net position is available in a separately issued
Plan financial report. A separate audited financial report of the Plan is not available.
Pension Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources
Related to Pensions – FRF
For the year ended September 30, 2019, the City recognized a pension expense of $1,605,602. On
September 30, 2019, the City reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources related to pensions from the following sources:
Deferred Deferred
Outflows of Inflows of
Resources Resources
City and State contributions subsequent to
measurement date $ 1,236,461 $ -
Net difference between projected and actual earnings
on pension plan investments - 69,833
Changes of assumptions 1,133,638 -
Differences between expected and actual experience 514,838 164,486
Total $ 2,884,937 $ 234,319
Deferred outflows of resources related to pensions of $1,236,461 resulting from the City’s and State’s
contributions subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the net
pension liability in the year ending September 30, 2020. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows
of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to pensions will be recognized in pension
expense as follows:
Year ended September 30:
2020 $ 632,506
2021 462,596
2022 139,371
2023 179,684
$ 1,414,157
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Fund Financial Statements
The following are the financial statements for the individual pension trust funds (GERF, PORF and
FRF) for the year ended September 30, 2019:
COMBINING STATEMENT OF PLAN NET POSITION
Employee Retirement Funds
Total
General Police Employee
Employees' Officers' Firefighters' Retirement
Retirement Retirement Retirement Funds
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,080,545 $ 645,868 $ 373,458 $ 2,099,871
Investments, at market
U.S. Government and Agency
obligations 3,177,337 2,214,309 1,307,193 6,698,839
Corporate obligations 4,788,254 3,019,986 2,048,664 9,856,904
Corporate equity 13,076,815 - - 13,076,815
Mutual and exchange-traded funds 20,806,038 14,141,743 12,044,212 46,991,993
Commingled real estate
investment funds 5,506,298 2,139,283 1,792,355 9,437,936
Total investments, at market 47,354,742 21,515,321 17,192,424 86,062,487
TOTAL ASSETS 48,435,287 22,161,189 17,565,882 88,162,358
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable 50,588 60,385 23,568 134,541
NET POSITION RESTRICTED FOR
PENSIONS $ 48,384,699 $ 22,100,804 $ 17,542,314 $ 88,027,817
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
8. DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS – CONTINUED
Fund Financial Statements – Continued
COMBINING STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN PLAN NET POSITION
Employee Retirement Funds
Total
General Police Employee
Employees' Officers' Firefighters' Retirement
Retirement Retirement Retirement Funds
ADDITIONS
Contributions
Employer $ 1,751,654 $ 732,187 $ 1,016,560 $ 3,500,401
Plan members 150,018 113,192 189,154 452,364
State of Florida - 221,641 219,901 441,542
Total contributions 1,901,672 1,067,020 1,425,615 4,394,307
Investment income (loss) 2,009,736 1,151,228 632,049 3,793,013
Less investment expense (171,301) (36,560) (41,885) (249,746)
Net investment income (loss) 1,838,435 1,114,668 590,164 3,543,267
Miscellaneous revenue 11,034 1,264 5,176 17,474
TOTAL ADDITIONS 3,751,141 2,182,952 2,020,955 7,955,048
DEDUCTIONS
Benefits and refunds paid
Retirement payments 3,126,018 1,663,464 1,334,248 6,123,730
Disability payments 35,794 157,558 5,894 199,246
Other - 30,052 66,865 96,917
Total benefits and refunds paid 3,161,812 1,851,074 1,407,007 6,419,893
Administrative expenses
Legal 5,257 14,153 16,206 35,616
Contractual 47,875 61,582 62,755 172,212
Other 32,234 19,641 22,172 74,047
Total administrative expenses 85,366 95,376 101,133 281,875
TOTAL DEDUCTIONS 3,247,178 1,946,450 1,508,140 6,701,768
INCREASE IN PLAN NET POSITION 503,963 236,502 512,815 1,253,280
NET POSITION RESTRICED
FOR PENSIONS
Beginning of year 47,880,736 21,864,302 17,029,499 86,774,537
End of year $ 48,384,699 $ 22,100,804 $ 17,542,314 $ 88,027,817
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9. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION PLAN
City of Fort Walton Beach Defined Contribution Plan
In December 2009, City Council closed the General Employees’ Defined Benefit Plan. All general,
full-time employees hired on or after January 1, 2010, are members of the Defined Contribution
Retirement Plan (Plan). The Plan is a money purchase defined contribution retirement plan
administered by ICMA Retirement Corporation, with the City serving as trustee. All funds are held in
the ICMA Retirement Corporation Governmental Money Purchase Plan & Trust in the name of each
participant. The City finance director serves as the coordinator for the Plan. The Plan requires a 5%
payroll contribution by the employee with a 5% employer (City) match. Employees can increase their
contribution; however, only an additional 2 ½% is eligible for City match. Members of the General
Employees’ Defined Benefit Pension Plan, who were not fully or partially vested at the time the Plan
was opened, were permitted to transfer their contributions to the Plan as a one-time, irrevocable
election. The Plan participants individually select and make changes in funding options, which are
made available by the independent plan administrator. Since participants select the investment fund
or funds in which their deferred compensation accounts are invested, the city has no liability for
investment losses.
The authority for establishing and amending the Plan’s provisions lies with the City Council. The City
Council also has the authority for amending contribution requirements. Contributions made to the
Plan by the employees and by the City were $217,725 and $217,725, respectively, for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2019. The City’s contributions vest 20% each year beginning after one year of
employment. Participants are fully vested after 5 years of service.
10. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
The City offers employees a deferred compensation plan created in accordance with Internal
Revenue Code Section 457 (Plan). The Plan is a tax-deferred supplemental retirement program that
allows City employees to contribute a portion of their salary, before federal income taxes, to a
retirement account. The assets are held in trust for the employees’ benefit. The Plan participants
individually select and make changes in funding options, which are made available by the
independent plan administrator. Since participants select the investment fund or funds in which their
deferred compensation accounts are invested, the City has no liability for investment losses. The
City’s fiduciary responsibility is to administer the Plan properly and to assure the investment
alternatives made available are reasonable.
Assets of the Plan have a fair value of $2,374,550 at September 30, 2019. Contributions made by
Plan members during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, were $45,638.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
11. OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (OPEB)
Plan Description
The Fort Walton Beach’s Retiree Health Care Plan (the Plan) is a single-employer defined benefit
postemployment health care plan that covers eligible retired employees of the City. The Plan, which
is administered by the City, allows employees who retire and meet retirement eligibility requirements
under one of the City’s retirement plans to continue medical, dental, and life insurance coverage as
a participant in the City’s plan.
Plan Membership as of September 30, 2018:
Inactive Plan Members or Beneficiaries Current Receiving Benefits 136
Inactive Plan Members Entitled to But Not Yet Receiving Benefits -
Active Plan Members 248
384
Benefits Provided
The benefits provided are the same as those provided for active employees. Spouses and
dependents of eligible retirees are also eligible for medical coverage. All employees of the City are
eligible to receive postemployment health care benefits.
Contributions
Retirees participating in the group insurance plans offered by the City are required to contribute 100%
of the active premiums. In future years, contributions are assumed to increase at the same rate as
premiums.
Total OPEB Liability
The City’s total OPEB liability was measured as of September 30, 2018. The total OPEB liability was
determined by an actuarial valuation. The measurement period for OPEB expense was October 1,
2017 to September 30, 2018. The reporting period is October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019.
Actuarial Assumptions
The total OPEB liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of September 30, 2018 using the
following actuarial assumptions:
Inflation 2.50%
Salary Increases Service based
Discount Rate 4.18%
Initial Trend Rate 8.00%
Ultimate Trend Rate 4.00%
Years to Ultimate 56
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
11. OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (OPEB) – CONTINUED
Total OPEB Liability – Continued
For general employees, mortality rates were based on the RP-2000 mortality tables. For female lives,
100% of the white-collar table was used. For male lives, a 50% white collar table, 50% blue collar
table blend was used. All tables include fully generational adjustments for mortality improvements
using improvement scale BB. For disabled lives, mortality rates were based on the RP-2000 sex-
distinct disabled mortality tables with female lives set forward two years, male lives set back four
years. Disabled mortality has not been adjusted for mortality improvements.
For police and fire employees, mortality rates were also based on various RP-2000 mortality tables.
For female lives, 100% of the white-collar table was used. For male lives, a 10% white collar table,
90% blue collar table blend was used. All tables include fully generational adjustments for mortality
improvements using improvement scale BB. For disabled female lives, a blend of 60% of the RP-
2000 disabled female mortality table set forward two years and 40% of the white-collar table with no
setback was used. For disabled male lives, a blend of 60% of the RP-2000 disabled male mortality
table set back four year and 40% of the white-collar table with no setback was used. Disabled mortality
has not been adjusted for mortality improvements.
Discount Rate
Given the City’s decision not to fund the program, all future benefit payments were discounted using
a high-quality municipal bond rate of 4.18%. The high-quality municipal bond rate was based on the
week closest but not later than the measurement date of the Bond Buyer 20-Bond Index as published
by the Federal Reserve. The 20-Bond Index consists of 20 general obligation bonds that mature in
20 years. The average rating of the 20 bonds is roughly equivalent to Moody's “Aa2” rating and S&P's
“AA” rating.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
11. OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (OPEB) – CONTINUED
Change in Total OPEB Liability
Increase (Decrease)
Total OPEB Plan Fiduciary Total OPEB
Liability Net Position Liability
(a) (b) (a) – (b)
Balances at September 30, 2018 $ 5,621,056 $ - $ 5,621,056
Changes for the year:
Service cost 91,714 - 91,714
Interest 205,213 - 205,213
Differences between expected and
actual experience (494,909) - (494,909)
Changes of assumptions 288,811 - 288,811
Contributions – employer - 154,409 (154,409)
Benefit payments (151,409) (151,409) -
Administrative expense - (3,000) 3,000
Net changes (60,580) - (60,580)
Reporting period ending
September 30, 2019 $ 5,560,476 $ - $ 5,560,476
Sensitivity of the Total OPEB Liability to Changes in the Discount Rate:
Current
1% Decrease Discount Rate 1% Increase
3.18% 4.18% 5.18%
Total OPEB liability $ 6,442,631 $ 5,560,476 $ 4,854,687
Sensitivity of the Total OPEB Liability to Changes in the Healthcare Trend Rates:
Healthcare Cost
1% Decrease Trend Rates 1% Increase
3.00%-7.00% 4.00%-8.00% 5.00%-9.00%
Total OPEB liability $ 4,937,112 $ 5,560,476 $ 6,338,625
OPEB Plan Fiduciary Net Position
The plan is unfunded, so the OPEB plan’s fiduciary net position is $0.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
11. OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (OPEB) – CONTINUED
OPEB Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources
Related to OPEB
For the year ended September 30, 2019, the City recognized OPEB expense of $283,209. On
September 30, 2019, the City reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of
resources related to OPEB from the following sources:
Deferred Deferred
Outflows of Inflows of
Resources Resources
Differences between Expected and Actual experience $ - $ 424,208
Changes of assumptions 528,622 383,431
Employer contributions subsequent to the
measurement date 242,108 -
Total $ 770,730 $ 807,639
Deferred outflows of resources related to pensions of $242,108 resulting from the City’s contributions
subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the OPEB liability in the
year ending September 30, 2020. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows of resources and
deferred inflows of resources related to OPEB will be recognized in OPEB expense as follows:
Year ended September 30:
2020 $ (16,718)
2021 (16,716)
2022 (157,253)
2023 (29,442)
2024 (29,442)
Thereafter (29,446)
$ (279,017)
12. RISK MANAGEMENT
The City is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts; theft of, damage to, and destruction of
assets; errors and omissions; injuries to employees; employee medical benefits and natural disasters.
The City purchases insurance through commercial carriers. Insurance coverage for workers’
compensation, liability, casualty, inland marine, flood, police accidental death, public officials’ bonds,
fiduciary and fuel tanks were purchased from several commercial carriers during the year ended
September 30, 2019. There has been no significant reduction in insurance coverage from the prior
year. Commercial insurance coverage has been sufficient to cover all claims made in the prior three
fiscal years.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
13. OPERATING LEASES
Lessor
The City receives rental income from leasing various parcels of land and buildings under cancelable
operating agreements. The lease periods vary from one to forty years. Income for the year ended
September 30, 2019, was $329,580 in the General Fund, $21,300 in the CRA Fund, and $19,571 in
the Utilities Fund.
Future minimum lease payments are as follows:
Governmental Business-Type
Year Ending September 30 Activities Activities
2020 $ 351,285 $ 20,158
2021 348,357 20,750
2022 323,862 20,373
2023 278,785 22,014
Total minimum lease payments $ 1,302,289 $ 83,295
Lessee
The City leases golf carts in the General Fund through an operating lease with Yamaha. The original
lease term began August 2016 and expires on July 31, 2020. Under the lease, monthly payments are
$6,474 plus property tax paid by the lessor. Rent expense for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2019 was $83,064.
Future minimum lease payments are as follows:
Governmental
Year Ending September 30 Activities
2020 $ 64,740
Total minimum lease payments $ 64,740
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13. OPERATING LEASES – CONTINUED
Lessee – Continued
The City leases golf course and parks grounds maintenance equipment and utility carts in the General
Fund through operating leases with DLL Finance. The grounds maintenance equipment lease is a
five-year lease which began January 1, 2016 and expires December 31, 2020. The utility cart lease
is a four-year lease which began September 1, 2016 and terminates August 31, 2020. Monthly lease
payments for the grounds equipment and utility carts are $2,105 plus property taxes paid by the
lessor. Lease expense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019 was $31,346.
Future minimum lease payments are as follows:
Governmental
Year Ending September 30 Activities
2020 $ 24,421
2021 3,808
Total minimum lease payments $ 28,229
14. CAPITAL LEASES
The City has entered into a lease agreement for financing the acquisition of fitness equipment for its
recreation complex. The lease agreement qualifies as a capital lease for accounting purposes as a
result of the transfer of title or bargain purchase option and therefore has been recorded at the present
value of the future minimum lease payments as of the inception date in the General Fund.
The assets acquired through capital leases are as follows:
Governmental
Assets Activities
Fitness equipment $ 67,774
Accumulated depreciation (59,867)
Assets acquired by lease, net $ 7,907
The future minimum lease obligations and the net present value of these minimum lease payments
as of September 30, 2019, are as follows:
Governmental
Year Ending September 30 Activities
2020 $ 6,777
Total minimum lease payments 6,777
Less amount representing interest (96)
Present value of minimum lease payments $ 6,681
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15. LONG-TERM DEBT
Changes in Long-Term Debt Liabilities
The following is a summary of changes in long-term debt liabilities of the City for the year ended
September 30, 2019:
Beginning Ending Due Within
Balance Additions Reductions Balance One Year
Governmental activities
Direct placements:
Capital Improvement Revenue Note,
Series 2011 $ 204,330 $ - $ (59,941) $ 144,389 $ 81,721
Capital Improvement Revenue Note,
Series 2013 3,418,021 - (227,408) 3,190,613 233,083
Capital Improvement Revenue Note,
Series 2013A 6,766,866 - (375,496) 6,391,370 385,597
Capital Improvement Revenue Note,
Series 2018 - 12,520,000 - 12,520,000 370,484
Direct borrowings:
Capital lease - phone system 21,490 - (21,490) - -
Capital lease - fitness equipment 20,727 - (14,046) 6,681 6,681
Compensated absences 661,564 761,298 (731,836) 691,026 168,518
Total governmental activities $ 11,092,998 $ 13,281,298 $ (1,430,217) $ 22,944,079 $ 1,246,084
Beginning Ending Due Within
Balance Additions Reductions Balance One Year
Business-type activities
Direct placements:
Utility System Revenue Refunding
Note, Series 2015 $ 7,968,000 $ - $ (431,000) $ 7,537,000 $ 444,000
Direct borrowings:
State Revolving Fund Loan, 2015 13,308,089 - (693,792) 12,614,297 707,038
Compensated absences 179,156 186,757 (181,809) 184,104 46,026
Total business-type activities $ 21,455,245 $ 186,757 $ (1,306,601) $ 20,335,401 $ 1,197,064
For the governmental activities, compensated absences are generally liquidated by the General
Fund.
Description of Long-Term Debt Outstanding
Governmental Activities – Direct Placements
$819,000 City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Note, Series 2011, due
in quarterly installments of $24,449 through April 2016 then $21,156 from June 2016 through April
2021; interest at 2.55%. Available non ad valorem revenues are pledged for payment of the note.
Proceeds used for purchase of a fire truck and golf equipment.
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15. LONG-TERM DEBT – CONTINUED
Description of Long-Term Debt Outstanding – Continued
Governmental Activities – Direct Placements – Continued
$4,470,610 City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Capital Improvement Refunding Revenue Note, Series
2013, 2.30% interest due semiannually and principal due annually ranging from $187,659 to $299,010
through 2031. Available non ad valorem revenues are pledged for payment of the note. Proceeds
used for refunding Series 2001 revenue bonds for construction of certain capital improvements.
$8,500,000 City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Note, Series 2013A,
2.69% interest due semiannually and principal due annually ranging from $326,969 to $464,334
through 2027 with a balloon payment of $3,000,000 due in 2028. Budgeted and appropriated half
cent sales tax is pledged for payment of the note. Proceeds used to finance the construction of the
City's new recreational complex along with the purchase of a bucket truck and a grounds sweeper for
City's municipal golf course.
$12,520,000 City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Capital Improvement Revenue Bond, Series 2018,
bearing interest at 3.83%, due semiannual payment of principal and interest ranging from $11,583 to
$1,019,479 through 2038. Available non ad valorem revenues are pledged for payment of the bond.
Proceeds used to finance the construction of a new field office complex on Hollywood Blvd.
In the event of default (non-payment), the lender may declare all outstanding payments of principal
and interest on the debt to be immediately due and payable for all of the direct placement issuances
discussed above. Furthermore, these direct placement issuances do not contain any subjective
acceleration clauses.
Governmental Activities – Direct Borrowings
$103,784 capital lease payable, 2013, due in monthly installments of $2,088 through August 2019,
collateralized by the City's phone system. This capital lease was repaid in full during fiscal year 2019.
$67,774 capital lease payable, 2015, due in quarterly installments of $3,734 through December 2019,
collateralized by fitness equipment at the City's Recreation Complex. In the event of default (non-
payment), the lender may declare all unpaid principal to be immediately due and payable or
repossess the financed fitness equipment. This lease agreement does not contain any subjective
acceleration clauses.
Business-Type Activities – Direct Placements
$8,794,000 Utility System Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2015, due in annual installments of
$407,000 to $645,000 beginning July 2017 through July 2033, with interest only semi-annual
payments from January 2016 through January 2017; stated interest at 2.92%. Net revenues derived
by the City from the utility operations are pledged for the payment of the note. Proceeds used to
refinance and refund the Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, which was for water system
and wastewater system improvements. In the event of default (non-payment), the lender may declare
all outstanding payments of principal and interest on the debt to be immediately due and payable.
This note does not contain any subjective acceleration clauses.
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15. LONG-TERM DEBT – CONTINUED
Description of Long-Term Debt Outstanding – Continued
Business-Type Activities – Direct Borrowings
$15,637,939 State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Revolving Loan Fund;
semiannual payments of $471,683 including interest at 1.90% beginning August 2015, through
February 2035. Proceeds used for force main replacement, storage tank construction and pump
station upgrades. In the event of default (non-payment), the lender may notify financial market credit
rating agencies, file suit for past due amounts, and accelerate repayment of unpaid principal to as
much as 1.667 times the financing rate. This loan does not contain any subjective acceleration
clauses.
Annual Requirements to Amortize Debt Outstanding
The annual requirements to amortize all debt outstanding except accrued and annual leave and
advances from other funds as of September 30, 2019, are as follows:
Governmental Activities
Capital Lease Revenue Notes and Bonds
Year Ending September 30 Principal Interest Principal Interest
2020 $ 6,681 $ 96 $ 1,070,885 $ 727,733
2021 - - 1,081,711 695,705
2022 - - 1,049,375 664,037
2023 - - 1,084,957 632,205
2024 - - 1,115,885 599,277
2025-2029 - - 8,683,510 2,357,951
2030-2034 - - 4,696,434 1,167,090
2035-2039 - - 3,463,615 314,385
Total $ 6,681 $ 96 $ 22,246,372 $ 7,158,383
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15. LONG-TERM DEBT – CONTINUED
Annual Requirements to Amortize Debt Outstanding – Continued
Business-Type Activities
Revenue Note State Revolving Loan
Year Ending September 30 Principal Interest Principal Interest
2020 $ 444,000 $ 220,080 $ 707,038 $ 236,329
2021 456,000 207,116 720,535 222,832
2022 470,000 193,800 734,290 209,076
2023 484,000 180,076 748,308 195,059
2024 498,000 165,944 762,594 180,773
2025-2029 2,714,000 603,097 4,036,979 679,856
2030-2034 2,471,000 182,996 4,437,307 279,525
2035-2039 - - 467,246 4,439
Total $ 7,537,000 $ 1,753,109 $ 12,614,297 $ 2,007,889
16. COMMENTS REQUIRED BY THE BOND AND ORDINANCES
Capital Improvement Revenue Note, Series 2011
1. The balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance of
the Debt Service Fund are shown in the financial section of the report.
2. The City is required to establish sinking fund amounts sufficient to pay all principal and interest
becoming due on the bonds on the next quarter payment date.
Sinking Fund
Requirement at
Principal/Interest September 30,
Payments Due 2019
Principal due at October 1, 2019 $ 19,233 $ 19,233
Interest due at October 1, 2019 1,924 1,924
1
Total $ 21,157 $ 21,157
(1) Amounts are included in restricted cash amounts on the balance sheet of the Debt Service Fund
The City is not aware of any instances of noncompliance with the bond ordinances.
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16. COMMENTS REQUIRED BY THE BOND AND ORDINANCES – CONTINUED
Capital Improvement Refunding Revenue Note, Series 2013
1. The balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance of
the Debt Service Fund are shown in the financial section of the report.
2. The City is required to establish sinking fund amounts sufficient to pay all principal and interest
becoming due on the notes on the next semiannual payment date. The sinking fund was not
required to be funded at September 30, 2019.
3. The City is not aware of any instances of noncompliance with the debt covenants.
Capital Improvement Revenue Note, Series 2013A
1. The balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance of
the Debt Service Fund are shown in the financial section of the report.
2. The City is required to establish sinking fund amounts sufficient to pay all principal and interest
becoming due on the notes on the next semiannual payment date. The sinking fund was not
required to be funded at September 30, 2019.
3. The City is not aware of any instances of noncompliance with the debt covenants.
Capital Improvement Revenue Note, Series 2018
1. The balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance of
the Debt Service Fund are shown in the financial section of the report.
2. The City is required to establish sinking fund amounts sufficient to pay all principal and interest
becoming due on the notes on the next semiannual payment date. The sinking fund was not
required to be funded at September 30, 2019.
3. The City is not aware of any instances of noncompliance with the debt covenants.
Utility System Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2015
1. The statement of net position and statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net
position of the Utility Fund are shown in the financial section of the report.
2. Net revenues pledged consist of gross revenues less costs of operation and maintenance.
The net revenues pledged in fiscal year 2019 were approximately $3,774,742.
3. The debt issued refunded Series 2005 bond used for system improvements.
4. The term of the pledge commitment ends in January 2033.
5. The pledged revenues needed to meet the rate covenants in fiscal year 2019 were $830,100.
The covenant is based upon 125% of the annual debt service requirement.
6. The pledged revenues exceeded the debt service requirements by $3,110,662 in fiscal year
2019.
The City is not aware of any instances of noncompliance with the debt covenants.
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17. INTERFUND RECEIVABLES, PAYABLES AND TRANSFERS
The composition of interfund balances as of September 30, 2019, is as follows:
Due to/from Other Funds
Receivable Fund Payable Fund Amount
General Community Development Block Grant $ 41,736
General Debt Service $ 30,183
Advance to/from Other Funds
Receivable Fund Payable Fund Amount
Sanitation General $ 262,368
General Fund receivables from the Community Development Block Grant Fund and the Debt Service
Fund are the result of eliminating temporary deficit cash balances.
On September 30, 2014, the City’s Sanitation Fund loaned the General Fund $500,000 to purchase
a Fire Engine. The loan from the Sanitation Fund will be paid back over a 10-year period at an interest
rate of 2.00%.
The balance of the advance as of September 30, 2019 is $262,368.The composition of interfund
transfers for the year ended September 30, 2019, is as follows:
Transfers In
Other
Governmental
Transfers Out General Fund Funds Total
General Fund $ - $ 1,262,327 $ 1,262,327
Utilities Fund 815,586 - 815,586
Sanitation Fund 173,840 - 173,840
Stormwater Fund 102,153 - 102,153
$ 1,091,579 $ 1,262,327 $ 2,353,906
The transfers out of the General Fund are $1,262,327. These transfers consist of a $1,230,257
transfer to the Debt Service Fund (Other Governmental Fund) for principal and interest payments on
debt, and a $32,070 transfer to the Beal Memorial Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund (Other
Governmental Fund) for permanent maintenance.
Transfers in to the General Fund of $1,091,579 consist of franchise fees, compensation for heavy
trucks wear and tear on roadways, and a portion of the debt service for the new field office complex
from the enterprise funds representing their portion of use of the facility.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
18. ENCUMBRANCES
The amount of encumbrances outstanding as of September 30, 2019, were as follows:
Governmental Funds –
General Fund $ 1,076,253
Community Redevelopment Agency Fund 256,110
Other Governmental Funds 42,259
$ 1,374,622
Encumbrances at year end do not constitute expenditures or liabilities; therefore, they are not
reflected in the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances.
19. GOVERNMENTAL FUND BALANCES
At September 30, 2019, the City's governmental fund balances were classified as follows:
Community Other Total
Redevelopment Governmental Governmental
General Fund Agency Funds Funds
Nonspendable
Inventory $ 269,837 $ - $ - $ 269,837
Restricted for
Improvement districts - 1,691,456 - 1,691,456
Library 96,268 - - 96,268
Public safety - - 673,892 673,892
Field office complex 3,127,039 - - 3,127,039
Discretionary sales taxes 1,267,293 - - 1,267,293
Other purposes 6,885 - - 6,885
Total restricted 4,497,485 1,691,456 673,892 6,862,833
Committed
Cemetery maintenance - - 3,120,593 3,120,593
Natural disaster recovery 8,019,062 - - 8,019,062
Total committed 8,019,062 - 3,120,593 11,139,655
Assigned to
Capital projects 1,132,222 - - 1,132,222
Long-term debt 850,000 - - 850,000
Other purposes 359,288 - - 359,288
Total assigned 2,341,510 - - 2,341,510
Unassigned 3,291,695 - (31,326) 3,260,369
$ 18,419,589 $ 1,691,456 $ 3,763,159 $ 23,874,204
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
20. EXPENDITURES IN EXCESS OF BUDGETED APPROPRIATIONS
The following funds had an excess of expenditures over final budgeted appropriations for the year
ending September 30, 2019:
Excess Over
Fund Budget
Community Redevelopment Agency Fund $ 288,342
Debt Service Fund $ 197,569
21. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Grants
Amounts received or receivable from grant agencies are subject to audit and adjustment by grantor
agencies, principally the federal government. Any disallowed claims, including amounts already
collected, may constitute a liability of the applicable funds. The amount, if any, of expenditures which
may be disallowed by the grantor cannot be determined at this time, although the City expects such
amount, if any, to be immaterial.
Wastewater Service Interlocal Agreement with Okaloosa County
On August 11, 2009, the City adopted the Wastewater Service Interlocal Agreement with Okaloosa
County (Agreement). The Agreement outlines a long–term association with Okaloosa County Water
& Sewer for the treatment of the City’s influent wastewater flow at a set percentage of the County’s
base sewer rate plus a locked-in annual rate escalator. The agreement provides other ancillary
benefits to the City such as the provision of “no cost” tertiary treated effluent for use as irrigation water
at the City’s’ 36–hole municipal Golf Club. The Agreement is effective for 30 years and can be
automatically extended for up to two additional terms for a period of ten years for each extension
term.
On a monthly basis, the County will bill the City at a rate equal to $2.77 per each 1,000 gallons of
wastewater flow. Additionally, the City will pay to the County the Sewer Readiness to Serve Fee,
which is equal to $4,893 per month. Each year in March, the rate per thousand and the Readiness to
Serve Fee will increase by 3%. Fees paid for wastewater treatment to Okaloosa County, Florida
during the year ended September 30, 2019, were $2,700,142.
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
21. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES – CONTINUED
Wastewater Service Interlocal Agreement with Okaloosa County – Continued
The minimum commitment by the City under the Agreement is as follows:
Fiscal Year Ending September 30
2020 $ 59,742
2021 61,534
2022 63,380
2023 65,281
2024 67,239
2025 through 2029 367,690
2030 through 2034 426,251
2035 through 2039 494,141
Total $ 1,605,258
22. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Special Assessment – Fire Protection
In October 2019, the City Council adopted a resolution to adopt a fire assessment fee and establish
rates effective in 2020. This form of this fee is a non-ad valorem special assessment. The rates for
the first year will be $80 per residential dwelling unit, $0.07 per square foot for commercial property,
and $0.02 per square foot for industrial property. The City expects to generate revenues of
$1,235,668 in the first year of the assessment. Proceeds will be used to increase the level of fire
protection services and fund improvements to existing facilities.
Alleged Fraud
In February 2020, the City’s Finance Director was arrested and charged with criminal misconduct.
The charges allege that the Finance Director opened a credit card in the City’s name and used the
card for personal use. The card account balance was paid with City funds. The amount of the known
charges in question is approximately $50,000 of which $5,840 was expended during the year ended
September 30, 2019. The investigation is ongoing as of the date of this report.
Health Pandemic (COVID-19)
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel strain of the
coronavirus (COVID-19) a pandemic. The COVID-19 outbreak is disrupting supply chains and
affecting production of services across a range of industries, including but not limited to, tourism and
travel. The extent of the impact of COVID-19 on the City’s operational and financial performance will
depend on certain developments, including the duration and spread of the outbreak, impact on
citizens, employees, vendors, and economical mitigation measures to be taken by federal and state
government, all of which are uncertain and cannot be predicted. At this point, the extent to which
COVID-19 may impact the City’s financial condition or results of operations is uncertain and cannot
be estimated.
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SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN NET PENSION LIABILITY
AND RELATED RATIOS (UNAUDITED)
GENERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT FUND
Reporting Date * 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Total Pension Liability
Service cost $ 446,214 $ 504,055 $ 557,163 $ 569,712 $ 622,382
Interest 3,827,379 3,771,606 3,317,396 3,314,990 3,222,809
Differences between expected and
actual experience (265,877) (404,763) 400,221 (1,074,244) -
1
Changes of assumptions - - 4,485,495 - -
Benefit payments, including
refunds of employee contributions (3,157,696) (3,056,444) (2,858,889) (2,676,038) (2,575,304)
Net change in total pension liability 850,020 814,454 5,901,386 134,420 1,269,887
Total pension liability – beginning 49,580,471 48,766,017 42,864,631 42,730,211 41,460,324
Total pension liability – ending (a) $ 50,430,491 $ 49,580,471 $ 48,766,017 $ 42,864,631 $ 42,730,211
Plan Fiduciary Net Position
Contributions – employer $ 2,006,925 $ 1,254,097 $ 1,280,082 $ 1,355,041 $ 1,296,450
Contributions – member 158,138 171,869 202,268 209,567 212,790
Net investment income 4,975,937 4,967,834 4,031,981 (4,390) 3,228,153
Benefit payments, including
refunds of employee contributions (3,157,696) (3,056,444) (2,858,889) (2,676,038) (2,575,304)
Administrative expenses (49,518) (42,201) (35,704) (39,535) (42,483)
Net change in plan fiduciary net position 3,933,786 3,295,155 2,619,738 (1,155,355) 2,119,606
Plan fiduciary net position – beginning 44,001,782 40,706,627 38,086,889 39,242,244 37,122,638
Plan fiduciary net position – ending (b) $ 47,935,568 $ 44,001,782 $ 40,706,627 $ 38,086,889 $ 39,242,244
Net pension liability – ending (a) – (b) $ 2,494,923 $ 5,578,689 $ 8,059,390 $ 4,777,742 $ 3,487,967
Plan fiduciary net position as a
percentage of the total pension liability 95.05% 88.75% 83.47% 88.85% 91.84%
Covered payroll $ 3,162,762 $ 3,437,375 $ 4,045,350 $ 4,191,304 $ 4,255,801
Net pension liability as a
percentage of covered employee payroll 78.88% 162.30% 199.23% 113.99% 81.96%
Notes:
1 As a result of Chapter 2015-157, Laws of Florida, the assumed rates of mortality were changed to the assumptions
used by the Florida Retirement System for the 2016 measurement date.
* This schedule is intended to show information for ten years. Additional years will be displayed as they become available.
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SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN NET PENSION LIABILITY
AND RELATED RATIOS (UNAUDITED)
POLICE OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT FUND
Reporting Date * 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Total Pension Liability
Service cost $ 395,440 $ 334,061 $ 344,958 $ 336,234 $ 322,118
Interest 2,112,261 2,084,744 1,948,181 1,953,123 1,905,286
Change in excess state money 20,893 8,823 - - -
Differences between expected and
actual experiences (833,418) (343,066) (425,107) (659,966) -
2
Changes of assumptions (251,695) - 1,633,122 - -
Benefit payments, including refunds
of employee contributions (1,764,575) (1,821,727) (1,744,710) (1,655,069) (1,632,053)
Net change in total pension liability (321,094) 262,835 1,756,444 (25,678) 595,351
Total pension liability – beginning 27,002,003 26,739,168 24,982,724 25,008,402 24,413,051
Total pension liability – ending (a) $ 26,680,909 $ 27,002,003 $ 26,739,168 $ 24,982,724 $ 25,008,402
Plan Fiduciary Net Position
1
Contributions – employer $ 830,613 $ 569,215 $ 577,564 $ 628,975 $ 836,053
Contributions – state 202,468 190,399 181,303 175,025 175,703
Contributions – member 112,112 104,557 102,214 101,886 96,591
Net investment income 1,609,609 2,036,244 1,698,093 (538,198) 1,869,244
Benefit payments, including refunds
of employee contributions (1,764,575) (1,821,727) (1,744,710) (1,655,069) (1,632,053)
Administrative expenses (54,400) (39,184) (44,882) (25,084) (38,242)
Net change in plan fiduciary net position 935,827 1,039,504 769,582 (1,312,465) 1,307,296
Plan fiduciary net position – beginning 20,960,073 19,920,569 19,150,987 20,463,452 19,156,156
Plan fiduciary net position – ending (b) $ 21,895,900 $ 20,960,073 $ 19,920,569 $ 19,150,987 $ 20,463,452
Net pension liability – ending (a) – (b) $ 4,785,009 $ 6,041,930 $ 6,818,599 $ 5,831,737 $ 4,544,950
Plan fiduciary net position as a
percentage of the total pension liability 82.07% 77.62% 74.50% 76.66% 81.83%
Covered payroll $ 2,242,245 $ 2,091,146 $ 2,073,208 $ 2,037,716 $ 1,975,478
Net pension liability as a
percentage of covered employee payroll 213.40% 288.93% 328.89% 286.19% 230.07%
Notes:
1 Adjusted for actual contributions made
2 As a result of Chapter 2015-157, Laws of Florida, the assumed rates of mortality were changed to the assumptions
used by the Florida Retirement System for the 2016 measurement date.
For the 2018 measurement date, changes of assumptions were based on an experience study dated June 4, 2018.
This experience study resulted in changes to actuarial assumptions for the investment rate of return, cost-of-living
increases, salary increases, early retirement rates, normal retirement rates, disability rates, and termination rates.
* This schedule is intended to show information for ten years. Additional years will be displayed as they become available.
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN NET PENSION LIABILITY
AND RELATED RATIOS (UNAUDITED)
FIREFIGHTERS’ RETIREMENT FUND
Reporting Date * 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Total Pension Liability
Service cost $ 477,930 $ 494,032 $ 453,506 $ 478,365 $ 414,836 $ 384,107
Interest 1,864,720 1,830,663 1,645,954 1,554,072 1,425,875 1,367,809
Change in excess state money - - - - 89,886
Changes of benefit terms - - - 804,097 - -
Differences between expected
and actual experiences 513,043 (199,349) 261,007 (224,382) - -
Contributions – buy back - 32,155 - 72,413 - -
Changes of assumptions 1 601,424 258,300 1,243,794 - - -
Benefit payments, including refunds
of employee contributions (1,318,156) (1,434,474) (1,237,389) (1,140,432) (1,071,302) (1,042,333)
Net change in total pension liability 2,138,961 981,327 2,366,872 1,544,133 859,295 709,583
Total pension liability – beginning 24,087,817 23,106,490 20,739,618 19,195,485 18,336,190 17,626,607
Total pension liability – ending (a) $ 26,226,778 $ 24,087,817 $ 23,106,490 $ 20,739,618 $ 19,195,485 $ 18,336,190
Plan Fiduciary Net Position
Contributions – employer $ 1,089,746 $ 794,144 $ 744,019 $ 672,369 $ 715,439 $ 703,618
Contributions – state 195,017 204,568 201,904 205,007 214,272 204,226
Contributions – member 182,127 173,480 164,876 150,357 135,622 133,633
Contributions – buy back - 32,155 - 72,413 - -
Net investment income 1,430,717 1,401,324 969,107 15,563 1,201,162 1,099,298
Benefit payments, including refunds
of employee contributions (1,318,156) (1,434,474) (1,237,389) (1,140,432) (1,071,302) (1,042,333)
Administrative expenses (67,773) (28,449) (43,625) (47,088) (34,537) (33,706)
Net change in plan fiduciary net position 1,511,678 1,142,748 798,892 (71,811) 1,160,656 1,064,736
Plan fiduciary net position – beginning 15,532,148 14,389,400 13,590,508 13,662,319 12,501,663 11,436,927
Plan fiduciary net position – ending (b) $ 17,043,826 $ 15,532,148 $ 14,389,400 $ 13,590,508 $ 13,662,319 $ 12,501,663
Net pension liability – ending (a) – (b) $ 9,182,952 $ 8,555,669 $ 8,717,090 $ 7,149,110 $ 5,533,166 $ 5,834,527
Plan fiduciary net position as a
percentage of the total pension
liability 64.99% 64.48% 62.27% 65.53% 71.17% 68.18%
Covered payroll $ 2,276,592 $ 2,168,503 $ 2,060,954 $ 2,072,260 $ 2,054,879 $ 2,054,879
Net pension liability as a percentage of
covered employee payroll 403.36% 394.54% 422.96% 344.99% 269.27% 283.94%
Notes:
1 For the 2018 measurement date, amounts reported as changes of assumptions resulted from lowering the investment
return assumption from 7.80% to 7.60% per year, net of investment related expenses.
* This schedule is intended to show information for ten years. Additional years will be displayed as they become available.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN NET OPEB LIABILITY
AND RELATED RATIOS (UNAUDITED)
FORT WALTON BEACH RETIREE HEALTH CARE PLAN
Reporting Date * 2019 2018 2017
Total OPEB Liability
Service cost $ 91,714 $ 105,139 $ 85,100
Interest 205,213 187,954 195,814
Changes of benefit terms - - -
2
Differences between expected and actual experience (494,909) - -
1
Changes of assumptions 288,811 (639,051) 702,672
Benefit payments (151,409) (139,227) (139,227)
Net change in total OPEB liability (60,580) (485,185) 844,359
Total OPEB liability - beginning 5,621,056 6,106,241 5,261,882
Total OPEB liability - ending (a) 5,560,476 5,621,056 6,106,241
Plan Fiduciary Net Position
Contributions - employer 154,409 148,727 141,727
Benefit payments (151,409) (139,227) (139,227)
Administrative expenses (3,000) (9,500) (2,500)
Net change in plan fiduciary net position - - -
Plan fiduciary net position - beginning - - -
Plan fiduciary net position - ending (b) - - -
Sponsor's total OPEB liability - ending (a) - (b) $ 5,560,476 $ 5,621,056 $ 6,106,241
Plan fiduciary net position as a percentage of total OPEB liability 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Covered payroll (projected) $ 10,891,364 $ 7,927,323 $ 7,520,263
City's total OPEB liability as a percentage of covered employee payroll 51.05% 70.91% 81.20%
Notes:
1 As a result of Chapter 2015-157, Laws of Florida, the assumed rates of mortality were changed to the assumptions used
by the Florida Retirement System to match the pension plan assumptions. Changes of assumptions and other inputs
also reflect the changes in the discount rate each period. The following are the discount rates used in each period:
FY 2019: 4.18%
FY 2018: 3.64%
FY 2017: 3.06%
FY 2016: 3.71%
In addition, there were changes to actuarial assumptions for updated health care costs and premiums, health care trend
rates, mortality rates, salary increases, retirement rates, disability rates, and termination rates.
2 Differences between expected and actual experience reflects the impact of changes to the census data from the prior
valuation to the valuation as of 9/30/2018.
* This schedule is intended to show information for ten years. Additional years will be displayed as they become available.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
SCHEDULE OF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS (UNAUDITED)
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
Reporting Date 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
General Employees' Retirement Fund
Actuarially determined contribution $ 1,602,192 $ 1,771,147 $ 1,120,584 $ 1,197,424 $ 1,286,744 $ 1,187,794 $ 1,268,253 $ 1,258,659 $ 1,091,338 $ 1,477,933
Contributions in relation to the
actuarially determined contributions 1,751,654 2,006,925 1,254,097 1,280,082 1,355,041 1,296,450 1,318,790 1,306,268 1,159,438 1,477,777
Contribution deficiency (excess) $ (149,462) $ (235,778) $ (133,513) $ (82,658) $ (68,297) $ (108,656) $ (50,537) $ (47,609) $ (68,100) $ 156
1
Covered payroll $ 3,000,359 $ 3,162,762 $ 3,437,375 $ 4,045,350 $ 4,191,304 $ 4,255,801 $ 4,259,070 $ 4,542,537 $ 5,004,486 $ 5,595,076
Contributions as a percentage
of covered employee payroll 58.38% 63.45% 36.48% 32.33% 32.33% 30.46% 30.96% 28.76% 23.17% 26.41%
Police Officers' Retirement Fund
Actuarially determined contribution $ 837,623 $ 928,289 $ 650,347 $ 709,037 $ 772,294 $ 932,426 $ 881,697 $ 875,055 $ 682,860 $ 665,220
Contributions in relation to the
actuarially determined contributions 953,828 1,033,081 750,791 790,573 772,294 1,011,756 925,589 968,003 682,860 665,220
Contribution deficiency (excess) $ (116,205) $ (104,792) $ (100,444) $ (81,536) $ - $ (79,330) $ (43,892) $ (92,948) $ - $ -
Covered payroll1 $ 2,263,844 $ 2,242,245 $ 2,091,146 $ 2,073,208 $ 2,037,716 $ 1,975,478 $ 2,038,886 $ 2,178,847 $ 2,239,545 $ 2,195,529
Contributions as a percentage
of covered employee payroll 42.13% 46.07% 35.90% 38.13% 37.90% 51.22% 45.40% 44.43% 30.49% 30.30%
Firefighters' Retirement Fund
Actuarially determined contribution $ 1,127,832 $ 1,138,295 $ 899,929 $ 816,138 $ 748,086 $ 824,007 $ 817,997 $ 700,045 $ 675,386 $ 708,063
Contributions in relation to the
actuarially determined contributions 1,236,461 1,284,763 998,712 945,923 877,376 839,825 829,245 784,705 675,386 708,063
Contribution deficiency (excess) $ (108,629) $ (146,468) $ (98,783) $ (129,785) $ (129,290) $ (15,818) $ (11,248) $ (84,660) $ - $ -
1
Covered payroll $ 2,364,429 $ 2,276,592 $ 2,168,503 $ 2,060,954 $ 2,072,260 $ 2,121,613 $ 2,153,568 $ 1,946,811 $ 1,961,080 $ 2,116,516
Contributions as a percentage
of covered employee payroll 52.29% 56.43% 46.06% 45.90% 42.34% 39.58% 38.51% 40.31% 34.44% 33.45%
¹ As of 2014, the Covered payroll numbers shown are in compliance with GASB Statement No. 82.
See notes to the schedule of contributions.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENT RETURNS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Measurement Date 9/30/2018 9/30/2017 9/30/2016 9/30/2015 9/30/2014 9/30/2013
General Employees' Retirement Fund
Annual Money-Weighted Rate of Return Not
Net of Investment Expense 11.43% 12.45% 10.78% -0.01% 8.82% Available
Police Officers' Retirement Fund
Annual Money-Weighted Rate of Return Not
Net of Investment Expense 7.82% 10.52% 9.12% -2.69% 9.96% Available
Firefighters' Retirement Fund
Annual Money-Weighted Rate of Return
Net of Investment Expense 9.24% 9.88% 7.25% 0.12% 9.72% 9.63%
Note: This information is not available for previous years.
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS (UNAUDITED)
GENERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT FUND
Valuation Date: October 1, 2017
Notes: Actuarially determined contribution rates are calculated as of October 1, which is two
years prior to the end of the fiscal year in which contributions are reported.
Methods and Assumptions Used to Determine Contribution Rates:
Funding method: Entry-Age Actuarial Cost Method
Mortality rates:
Healthy lives:
Female: RP2000 Generational, 100% Annuitant White Collar, Scale BB
Male: RP2000 Generational, 50% Annuitant White Collar / 50% Annuitant Blue Collar, Scale
BB
Disabled lives:
Female: 100% RP2000 Disabled Female set forward two years
Male: 100% RP2000 Disabled Male set back four years
Interest rate: 7.90% per year, compounded annually, net of investment related expenses
Inflation: 3.00%
Termination rates: Age-based rates. Sample rates as follows:
Sample Ages Probability
25 7.724%
30 7.397%
35 6.858%
40 6.113%
45 5.163%
50 4.316%
55 4.371%
60 5.631%
Disability rates: Age-based rates. Sample rates as follows:
Sample Ages Probability
20 0.07%
30 0.11%
40 0.19%
50 0.51%
60 1.66%
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
GENERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT FUND
Salary increases: Age-based increase table, as follows:
Age Increase*
Under 25 6.50%
25-34 5.50%
35-44 4.50%
45+ 3.50%
*Increase shown is inclusive of a 3% wage inflationary assumption.
Retirement age: 100% probability of retirement upon attaining age 62 and ten years of service, along
with probabilities of retiring with a subsidized benefit prior to age 62 at the following
rates:
Age Probability
52 4.218%
53 4.249%
54 4.293%
55 4.371%
56 4.500%
57 4.688%
58 4.941%
59 5.258%
60 5.631%
61 6.053%
Payroll growth: None (closed plan) for purposes of amortizing the Unfunded Actuarial Accrued
Liability.
Actuarial asset All assets are valued at market value with an adjustment made to uniformly spread
method: actuarial investment gains and losses (as measured by actual market value
investment return against expected market value investment return) over a five-year
period.
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS (UNAUDITED)
POLICE OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT FUND
Valuation Date: October 1, 2017
Notes: Actuarially determined contribution rates are calculated as of October 1, which is two
years prior to the end of the fiscal year in which contributions are reported.
Methods and Assumptions Used to Determine Contribution Rates:
Funding method: Entry-Age Normal Actuarial Cost Method
Mortality rates:
Healthy lives:
Female: RP2000 Generational, 100% Annuitant White Collar, Scale BB
Male: RP2000 Generational, 10% Annuitant White Collar / 90% Annuitant Blue Collar, Scale
BB
Disabled lives:
Female: 60% RP2000 Disabled Female set forward two years / 40% Annuitant White Collar
with no set back, no projection scale
Male: 60% RP2000 Disabled Male set back four years / 40% Annuitant White Collar with no
set back, no projection scale
Interest rate: 8.00% per year, compounded annually, net of investment related expenses
Retirement age: Member Age Retirement Probability
55 10.0%
56 10.0%
57 25.0%
58 20.0%
59 33.3%
60+ 100.0%
In addition to the above table, 100% retirement is assumed upon completion of 30
years of service.
Early retirement: Earlier of 1) Age 50 and ten years of service, or 2) 25 years of service, regardless of
age, Members are assumed to retire with an immediate subsidized benefit at the rate
of 4% per year.
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
POLICE OFFICERS’ RETIREMENT FUND
Salary increases: Member Age Assumption
30 or less 10.0%
31-35 8.5%
36-40 7.0%
41-45 6.0%
45-50 4.5%
51-55 4.0%
56+ 3.0%
In addition to the above table, projected salary at retirement is increased 20% to
account for non-regular compensation.
Cost-of-living increase: 3.0% per year beginning at retirement
Payroll growth: None
Actuarial asset Each year, the prior Actuarial Value of Assets is brought forward utilizing the historical
method: geometric four-year average market value return. It is possible that over time this
technique will produce an insignificant bias above or below market value.
Termination and
disability rate table: % Becoming
Disabled During the % Terminating
Age Year During the Year
20 0.14% 10.63%
30 0.18% 9.60%
40 0.30% 6.90%
50 1.00% 3.40%
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS (UNAUDITED)
FIREFIGHTERS’ RETIREMENT FUND
Valuation Date: October 1, 2017
Notes: Actuarially determined contribution rates are calculated as of October 1, which is two
years prior to the end of the fiscal year in which contributions are reported.
Methods and Assumptions Used to Determine Contribution Rates:
Actuarial cost method: Entry Age Normal Actuarial Cost Method
Mortality rates:
Healthy lives:
Female: RP2000 Generational, 100% Annuitant White Collar, Scale BB
Male: RP2000 Generational, 10% Annuitant White Collar / 90% Annuitant Blue Collar, Scale
BB
Disabled lives:
Female: 60% RP2000 Disabled Female set forward two years / 40% Annuitant White Collar
with no set back, no projection scale
Male: 60% RP2000 Disabled Male set back four years / 40% Annuitant White Collar with no
set back, no projection scale
Interest rate: 7.80% per year compounded annually, net of investment related expenses
Retirement age: Earlier of Age 55 and ten years of service or 25 years of service, regardless of age.
Also, any Member who has reached Normal Retirement is assumed to continue
employment for one additional year
Early retirement: Commencing with the earliest early retirement age (45), Members are assumed to
retire with an immediate subsidized benefit at the rate of 3.00% per year.
Disability rate: See table below; it is assumed that 75% of disablements and active Member deaths
are service related.
Termination rate: See table below; assumed rates were approved in conjunction with an actuarial
experience study dated June 2017.
Salary increases: See table below; assumed rates were approved in conjunction with an actuarial
experience study dated June 2017.
Cost-of-living increase: 3.00% per year beginning at age 58
Payroll increase: 1.49% per year, in compliance with Part VII of Chapter 112, Florida Statutes
Actuarial asset Each year, the prior Actuarial Value of Assets is brought forward utilizing the historical
method: geometric four-year average market value return. It is possible that over time
this technique will produce an insignificant bias above or below Market Value.
Disability rate: Age Disability Rate
20 0.14%
30 0.18%
40 0.30%
50 1.00%
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE OF PENSION CONTRIBUTIONS (UNAUDITED) – CONTINUED
FIREFIGHTERS’ RETIREMENT FUND
Termination rate: Service Years Termination Rate
0 13.00%
1 12.00%
2 11.00%
3 10.00%
4 9.00%
5 8.00%
6 7.00%
7 6.50%
8 6.00%
9 5.50%
10 5.00%
11 4.50%
12+ 4.00%
Salary increases: Service Years Increase
0 12.0%
1-9 6.0%
10+ 5.0%
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
NON-MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
COMBINING BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Special Revenue Funds
Beal
Law Memorial Total
Law Enforcement Florida Community Cemetery Nonmajor
Enforcement Trust Building Development Perpetual Governmental
Trust Training Code Block Grant Care Debt Service Funds
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 128,901 $ 9,089 $ 559,725 $ - $ 51,831 $ - $ 749,546
Investments - - - - 3,071,746 - 3,071,746
Due from other governments 10,843 - - 29,122 - - 39,965
Cash and cash equivalents - restricted - - - - - 21,156 21,156
TOTAL ASSETS $ 139,744 $ 9,089 $ 559,725 $ 29,122 $ 3,123,577 $ 21,156 $ 3,882,413
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable $ - $ - $ 4,974 $ 9,685 $ 2,984 $ - $ 17,643
Accrued liabilities 23,764 - 5,928 - - - 29,692
Due to other funds - - - 41,736 - 30,183 71,919
Total liabilities 23,764 - 10,902 51,421 2,984 30,183 119,254
FUND BALANCE
Restricted 115,980 9,089 548,823 - - - 673,892
Committed - - - - 3,120,593 - 3,120,593
Unassigned - - - (22,299) - (9,027) (31,326)
Total fund balance 115,980 9,089 548,823 (22,299) 3,120,593 (9,027) 3,763,159
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
FUND BALANCE $ 139,744 $ 9,089 $ 559,725 $ 29,122 $ 3,123,577 $ 21,156 $ 3,882,413
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
NON-MAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Special Revenue Funds
Beal
Law Memorial Total
Law Enforcement Florida Community Cemetery Nonmajor
Enforcement Trust Building Development Perpetual Debt Governmental
Trust Training Code Block Grant Care Service Funds
REVENUES
Permits and fees $ - $ - $ 521,317 $ - $ - $ - $ 521,317
Intergovernmental 6,320 - - 135,313 - - 141,633
Fines 5,469 4,928 - - - - 10,397
Miscellaneous 2,658 130 10,903 - 129,642 - 143,333
Total revenues 14,447 5,058 532,220 135,313 129,642 - 816,680
EXPENDITURES
Current
Public safety 10,784 - 307,997 - - - 318,781
Physical environment - - - - 15,168 - 15,168
Economic environment - - - 138,342 - - 138,342
Capital outlay 3,699 - 23,684 - - - 27,383
Debt service
Principal - - - - - 698,381 698,381
Interest - - - - - 540,929 540,929
Total expenditures 14,483 - 331,681 138,342 15,168 1,239,310 1,738,984
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES
OVER (UNDER) EXPENDITURES (36) 5,058 200,539 (3,029) 114,474 (1,239,310) (922,304)
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
Transfers in - - - - 32,070 1,230,257 1,262,327
Total other financing sources - - - - 32,070 1,230,257 1,262,327
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE (36) 5,058 200,539 (3,029) 146,544 (9,053) 340,023
FUND BALANCE (DEFICIT) AT BEGINNING
OF YEAR 116,016 4,031 348,284 (19,270) 2,974,049 26 3,423,136
FUND BALANCE (DEFICIT) AT END OF YEAR $ 115,980 $ 9,089 $ 548,823 $ (22,299) $ 3,120,593 $ (9,027) $ 3,763,159
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE –
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget -
Budgeted Amounts Positive
Original Final Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Intergovernmental $ - $ 4,368 $ 6,320 $ 1,952
Fines - - 5,469 5,469
Miscellaneous 2,309 2,309 2,658 349
Total revenues 2,309 6,677 14,447 7,770
EXPENDITURES
Current
Public safety 7,309 13,299 10,784 2,515
Capital outlay - 4,368 3,699 669
Total expenditures 7,309 17,667 14,483 3,184
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE (5,000) (10,990) (36) 10,954
FUND BALANCE AT BEGINNING
OF YEAR 5,000 10,990 116,016 105,026
FUND BALANCE AT END OF YEAR $ - $ - $ 115,980 $ 115,980
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
LAW ENFORCEMENT TRUST TRAINING SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE –
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget -
Budgeted Amounts Positive
Original Final Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Fines $ 4,000 $ 4,000 $ 4,928 $ 928
Miscellaneous 97 97 130 33
Total revenues 4,097 4,097 5,058 961
EXPENDITURES
Current
Public safety 4,097 4,097 - 4,097
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE - - 5,058 5,058
FUND BALANCE AT BEGINNING
OF YEAR - - 4,031 4,031
FUND BALANCE AT END OF YEAR $ - $ - $ 9,089 $ 9,089
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
FLORIDA BUILDING CODE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE –
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget -
Budgeted Amounts Positive
Original Final Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Permits and fees $ 387,249 $ 398,539 $ 521,317 $ 122,778
Miscellaneous 4,100 4,100 10,903 6,803
Total revenues 391,349 402,639 532,220 129,581
EXPENDITURES
Current
Public safety 386,427 388,276 307,997 80,279
Capital outlay 22,617 22,617 23,684 (1,067)
Total expenditures 409,044 410,893 331,681 79,212
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE (17,695) (8,254) 200,539 208,793
FUND BALANCE AT BEGINNING
OF YEAR 17,695 8,254 348,284 340,030
FUND BALANCE AT END OF YEAR $ - $ - $ 548,823 $ 548,823
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE –
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget -
Budgeted Amounts Positive
Original Final Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Intergovernmental $ 138,113 $ 144,658 $ 135,313 $ (9,345)
Miscellaneous - - - -
Total revenues 138,113 144,658 135,313 (9,345)
EXPENDITURES
Current
Economic environment 180,633 144,658 138,342 6,316
Capital outlay 5,123 - - -
Total expenditures 185,756 144,658 138,342 6,316
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE (47,643) - (3,029) (3,029)
FUND BALANCE (DEFICIT) AT
BEGINNING OF YEAR 47,643 - (19,270) (19,270)
FUND BALANCE (DEFICIT) AT
END OF YEAR $ - $ - $ (22,299) $ (22,299)
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
BEAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE SPECIAL REVENUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE –
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget -
Budgeted Amounts Positive
Original Final Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Miscellaneous $ 26,500 $ 26,500 $ 129,642 $ 103,142
EXPENDITURES
Current
Physical environment 12,200 12,200 15,168 (2,968)
EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER
EXPENDITURES 14,300 14,300 114,474 100,174
OTHER FINANCING
SOURCES (USES)
Transfers in 38,922 38,922 32,070 (6,852)
Transfers out (53,222) (53,222) - 53,222
Total other financing
sources (uses) (14,300) (14,300) 32,070 46,370
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE - - 146,544 146,544
FUND BALANCE AT BEGINNING
OF YEAR - - 2,974,049 2,974,049
FUND BALANCE AT END OF
YEAR $ - $ - $ 3,120,593 $ 3,120,593
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DEBT SERVICE FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE –
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Variance with
Final Budget -
Budgeted Amounts Positive
Original Final Actual (Negative)
REVENUES
Miscellaneous $ - $ - $ - $ -
Total revenues - - - -
EXPENDITURES
Debt service
Principal 767,536 767,536 698,381 69,155
Interest 274,205 274,205 540,929 (266,724)
Total expenditures 1,041,741 1,041,741 1,239,310 (197,569)
DEFICIENCY OF REVENUES
UNDER EXPENDITURES (1,041,741) (1,041,741) (1,239,310) (197,569)
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES
Transfers in 1,041,741 1,041,741 1,230,257 188,516
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE - - (9,053) (9,053)
FUND BALANCE AT BEGINNING
OF YEAR - - 26 26
FUND BALANCE (DEFICIT) AT
END OF YEAR $ - $ - $ (9,027) $ (9,027)
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III. STATISTICAL SECTION (UNAUDITED)
This section of the City’s comprehensive annual financial report presents detailed
information as a context for understanding what the information in the financial
statements, and note disclosures say about the City’s overall financial Health.
Financial Trends
These schedules contain trend information to help the reader understand how the
City's financial performance and well-being have changed over time.
Revenue Capacity
These schedules contain information to help the reader assess the City's most
significant local revenue source, the property tax.
Debt Capacity
These schedules present information to help the reader assess the affordability of the
City's current levels of outstanding debt and the City's ability to issue additional debt
in the future.
Demographic and Economic Information
These schedules offer demographic and economic indicators to help the reader
understand the environment within which the City's financial activities take place.
Operating Information
These schedules contain service and infrastructure data to help the reader understand
how the information in the City's financial report relates to the services the City
provides and the activities it performs.
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the
comprehensive and annual financial reports for the relevant year.
City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
SCHEDULE 1
NET POSITION BY COMPONENT
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(full accrual basis of accounting)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Governmental Activities
Net investment in capital assets $ 20,605,683 $ 24,756,705 $ 25,379,050 $ 23,531,576 $ 24,866,399 $ 27,443,877 $ 27,791,054 $ 27,347,098 $ 29,375,380 $ 28,280,342
Restricted
Debt service 92,880 113,816 113,507 21,156 25,449 25,449 21,156 21,156 26 -
Improvement Districts - 4,212,984 3,736,100 3,833,430 4,073,364 1,874,265 1,437,363 1,552,484 1,812,525 1,691,456
Public safety 269,600 268,820 262,648 462,375 565,946 507,625 536,448 426,892 468,331 673,892
Perpetual care - expendable 1,898,445 - - - - - - - - -
Other purposes 477,194 234,568 194,193 177,129 172,630 187,575 165,895 93,456 66,707 1,370,446
Unrestricted (deficit) 8,975,046 12,666,165 11,487,979 9,329,608 10,700,661 159,868 2,158,813 (1,447,438) (2,667,720) (377,793)
Total governmental activities net position $ 32,318,848 $ 42,253,058 $ 41,173,477 $ 37,355,274 $ 40,404,449 $ 30,198,659 $ 32,110,729 $ 27,993,648 $ 29,055,249 $ 31,638,343
Business-Type Activities
Net investment in capital assets $ 18,928,438 $ 17,037,456 $ 14,929,648 $ 17,305,881 $ 13,779,184 $ 12,886,793 $ 12,893,855 $ 13,818,340 $ 13,829,575 $ 13,678,160
Restricted
Debt service 481,023 184,711 184,933 1,087,405 1,082,935 157,228 157,228 157,228 157,228 157,228
System improvements 61,559 82,573 112,863 305,508 367,263 382,734 404,761 452,472 440,212 454,564
Unrestricted 6,791,840 6,859,952 8,552,169 9,379,587 9,658,709 10,656,992 11,118,844 11,731,659 12,252,058 14,010,607
Total business-type activities net position $ 26,262,860 $ 24,164,692 $ 23,779,613 $ 28,078,381 $ 24,888,091 $ 24,083,747 $ 24,574,688 $ 26,159,699 $ 26,679,073 $ 28,300,559
Primary Government
Net investment in capital assets $ 38,728,907 $ 41,794,161 $ 40,308,698 $ 40,837,576 $ 38,645,583 $ 40,330,670 $ 40,684,909 $ 41,165,438 $ 43,204,955 $ 41,958,502
Restricted 3,297,029 5,097,472 4,604,244 5,887,003 6,287,587 3,134,876 2,722,851 2,703,688 2,945,029 4,347,586
Unrestricted 16,805,772 19,526,117 20,040,148 18,709,195 20,359,370 10,816,860 13,277,657 10,284,221 9,584,338 13,632,814
Total primary government net position $ 58,831,708 $ 66,417,750 $ 64,953,090 $ 65,433,774 $ 65,292,540 $ 54,282,406 $ 56,685,417 $ 54,153,347 $ 55,734,322 $ 59,938,902
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year. The City implemented GASB
Statement 34 in 2002; schedules presenting government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
Note: Beginning in FY11, the Community Redevelopment Area was included with the Governmental Activities and the Perpetual care - expendable was reclassified from Restricted to Unrestricted
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CHANGES IN NET POSITION
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(full accrual basis of accounting)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Expenses
Governmental activities
General government $ 5,306,003 $ 3,765,536 $ 4,314,050 $ 2,662,406 $ 3,179,768 $ 2,735,875 $ 3,285,039 $ 3,581,072 $ 3,799,439 $ 3,559,619
Public safety 9,231,632 9,206,784 9,805,368 9,729,228 9,685,621 9,562,140 10,172,215 11,507,059 11,420,904 11,159,777
Physical environment 304,907 393,752 383,970 379,681 392,255 379,334 430,490 543,287 505,458 519,126
Transportation 1,543,310 1,570,038 1,592,150 1,631,665 1,495,374 1,474,209 1,494,178 1,536,979 1,401,819 1,406,227
Economic environment 98,996 545,242 707,603 1,090,025 803,175 1,813,782 1,540,230 1,591,643 1,174,794 1,412,332
Culture and recreation 2,944,221 2,677,051 2,880,815 2,715,977 4,829,004 4,601,503 5,375,183 5,403,198 5,538,881 5,781,339
Debt service interest 240,940 214,470 254,516 324,405 483,301 340,497 323,639 304,331 291,590 664,131
Total government activities 19,670,009 18,372,873 19,938,472 18,533,387 20,868,498 20,907,340 22,620,974 24,467,569 24,132,885 24,502,551
Business-type activities
Utilities 6,725,349 9,162,926 7,017,160 7,644,240 9,185,338 9,205,259 10,066,769 9,420,248 9,810,437 9,961,949
Sanitation 2,466,881 2,524,994 2,741,266 3,163,638 3,393,269 3,319,760 3,407,992 3,687,087 3,774,624 3,720,984
Golf 2,203,739 2,199,453 2,012,165 2,023,186 2,215 - - - - -
Stormwater 374,951 339,543 497,211 611,962 439,191 460,314 611,351 681,541 727,282 762,181
Total business-type activities 11,770,920 14,226,916 12,267,802 13,443,026 13,020,013 12,985,333 14,086,112 13,788,876 14,312,343 14,445,114
Total primary government expenses $ 31,440,929 $ 32,599,789 $ 32,206,274 $ 31,976,413 $ 33,888,511 $ 33,892,673 $ 36,707,086 $ 38,256,445 $ 38,445,228 $ 38,947,665
Program Revenues
Governmental activities
Charges for services
General government $ 2,759,080 $ 2,556,270 $ 430,718 $ 409,983 $ 476,824 $ 421,987 $ 421,503 $ 448,911 $ 434,820 $ 508,494
Public safety 467,835 430,017 373,855 640,271 495,111 490,379 523,163 570,556 532,536 643,944
Physical environment 289,654 394,513 439,555 404,429 376,998 409,253 371,205 399,338 387,821 414,695
Transportation 83,586 104,776 118,067 122,275 140,038 140,809 207,860 240,653 246,164 252,418
Economic environment - 16,400 58,000 34,652 10 5,000 392,118 12,000 - 21,300
Culture and recreation 408,351 404,047 400,215 374,362 1,853,087 1,930,131 1,805,332 1,846,019 2,078,405 2,171,484
Operating grants and contributions 639,370 761,643 589,253 786,652 682,200 909,461 908,595 825,624 706,094 765,032
Capital grants and contributions 731,275 351,006 156,794 80,936 109,629 525,320 802,809 361,641 1,487,587 37,406
Total governmental activities program revenues 5,379,151 5,018,672 2,566,457 2,853,560 4,133,897 4,832,340 5,432,585 4,704,742 5,873,427 4,814,773
Business-type activities
Charges for services
Utilities 6,761,654 7,608,355 7,974,601 8,623,082 8,586,045 9,233,820 10,141,724 10,970,823 10,737,496 11,390,289
Sanitation 3,345,127 3,311,744 3,313,559 3,499,559 3,571,037 3,582,005 3,599,838 3,663,445 3,774,519 3,871,204
Golf 1,934,392 2,052,501 1,776,649 1,758,709 - - - - - -
Stormwater 626,903 481,854 577,706 591,196 596,133 694,581 860,644 917,844 975,805 1,027,310
Operating grants and contributions - 118,226 - 1,071 - - - - - -
Capital grants and contributions 173,370 65,496 331,609 1,871,295 (157,294) 87,797 533,515 1,314,521 151,049 93,282
Total business-type activities program revenues 12,841,446 13,638,176 13,974,124 16,344,912 12,595,921 13,598,203 15,135,721 16,866,633 15,638,869 16,382,085
Total primary government program revenues $ 18,220,597 $ 18,656,848 $ 16,540,581 $ 19,198,472 $ 16,729,818 $ 18,430,543 $ 20,568,306 $ 21,571,375 $ 21,512,296 $ 21,196,858
Continued…
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CHANGES IN NET POSITION
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(full accrual basis of accounting)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Net (Expense)/Revenue
Governmental activities $ (14,290,858) $ (13,354,201) $ (17,372,015) $ (15,679,827) $ (16,734,601) $ (16,075,000) $ (17,188,389) $ (19,762,827) $ (18,259,458) $ (19,687,778)
Business-type activities 1,070,526 (588,740) 1,706,322 2,901,886 (424,092) 612,870 1,049,609 3,077,757 1,326,526 1,936,971
Total primary government $ (13,220,332) $ (13,942,941) $ (15,665,693) $ (12,777,941) $ (17,158,693) $ (15,462,130) $ (16,138,780) $ (16,685,070) $ (16,932,932) $ (17,750,807)
General Revenues and Other Changes in Net Position
Governmental activities
Taxes
Property taxes $ 4,380,221 $ 4,482,819 $ 4,295,068 $ 4,175,136 $ 5,385,235 $ 5,473,438 $ 5,617,998 $ 5,807,598 $ 6,041,303 $ 6,416,668
Sales taxes 1,943,337 2,066,834 2,198,270 2,241,242 2,362,190 2,557,062 2,707,153 2,792,840 2,941,301 4,335,114
Utility service taxes 3,914,362 3,926,930 3,739,311 3,761,437 3,889,976 4,036,009 3,931,939 3,962,859 4,182,026 4,045,085
Tax Increments for Redevelopment district - 1,547,609 1,386,521 1,311,101 1,501,208 1,552,560 1,628,439 1,649,589 1,811,121 1,893,803
Franchise Fees - - 1,876,575 1,764,733 2,004,101 2,162,617 2,202,420 2,034,209 2,131,104 2,084,717
Intergovernmental, unrestricted 712,776 825,591 809,756 818,039 819,556 896,837 910,615 981,613 1,009,901 1,034,884
Gain on sale of assets 795,860 16,865 16,440 37,833 520,152 524,720 873,101 - - 66,523
Miscellaneous 492,052 96,105 154,996 106,546 103,986 199,776 27,976 157,806 93,106 77,264
Investment earnings 152,884 133,419 159,465 62,285 345,734 272,076 444,972 414,160 263,824 1,225,235
Special item: Impairment loss - - - (271,287) - - - - - -
Transfers 1,667,644 1,682,717 1,656,032 (2,145,441) 2,851,638 657,558 755,846 761,739 847,373 1,091,579
Total governmental activities 14,059,136 14,778,889 16,292,434 11,861,624 19,783,776 18,332,653 19,100,459 18,562,413 19,321,059 22,270,872
Business-type activities
Taxes
Utility service taxes - - - - - - - - - -
Gain on sale of assets 56,795 75,904 35,111 20,662 22,813 716 26,093 32,663 14,258 44,914
Miscellaneous 177,657 31,424 48,550 6,504 6,839 9,222 5,502 27,727 16,575 17,671
Investment earnings 202,071 65,961 69,622 11,107 55,669 159,761 165,583 85,567 9,388 713,509
Special item: Impairment loss - - (588,652) (786,713) - - - - - -
Transfers (1,667,644) (1,682,717) (1,656,032) 2,145,441 (2,851,638) (657,558) (755,846) (761,739) (847,373) (1,091,579)
Total business-type activities (1,231,121) (1,509,428) (2,091,401) 1,397,001 (2,766,317) (487,859) (558,668) (615,782) (807,152) (315,485)
Total primary government $ 12,828,015 $ 13,269,461 $ 14,201,033 $ 13,258,625 $ 17,017,459 $ 17,844,794 $ 18,541,791 $ 17,946,631 $ 18,513,907 $ 21,955,387
Change in Net Position
Governmental activities $ (231,722) $ 1,424,688 $ (1,079,581) $ (3,818,203) $ 3,049,175 $ 2,257,653 $ 1,912,070 $ (1,200,414) $ 1,061,601 $ 2,583,094
Business-type activities (160,595) (2,098,168) (385,079) 4,298,887 (3,190,409) 125,011 490,941 2,461,975 519,374 1,621,486
Total primary government $ (392,317) $ (673,480) $ (1,464,660) $ 480,684 $ (141,234) $ 2,382,664 $ 2,403,011 $ 1,261,561 $ 1,580,975 $ 4,204,580
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year. The City
implemented GASB Statement 34 in 2002; schedules presenting government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
Note: Beginning in FY11, the Community Redevelopment Area was included with the Governmental Activities
Note: Beginning in FY12, Franchise Fees were reported as General Revenues - in prior years they were included in General Government - charges for services
Note: Beginning in FY13, Cost Allocations were reported as expense reductions in General Government - in prior years they were reported as transfers.
Note: Beginning in FY14, the Golf Enterprise Fund was transferred into the General Fund.
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FUND BALANCES - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(modified accrual basis of accounting)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
General Fund
Reserved $ 499,384 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Unreserved 9,314,142 - - - - - - - - -
Nonspendable - 3,032,726 2,857,963 254,229 262,964 249,732 240,865 245,181 250,315 269,837
Restricted - 234,768 194,193 7,868,522 4,083,267 183,512 163,817 93,456 66,707 4,497,485
Committed - 5,219,706 5,040,585 5,501,353 5,589,056 5,761,221 6,009,523 6,687,557 6,663,230 8,019,062
Assigned - 1,537,572 354,999 1,301,385 1,584,887 1,396,207 1,198,378 1,891,555 1,913,861 2,341,510
Unassigned - 1,189,562 1,611,120 788,076 1,300,881 2,225,633 4,356,681 3,561,586 2,282,375 3,291,695
Total general fund $ 9,813,526 $ 11,214,334 $ 10,058,860 $ 15,713,565 $ 12,821,055 $ 9,816,305 $ 11,969,264 $ 12,479,335 $ 11,176,488 $ 18,419,589
All Other Governmental Funds
Reserved $ 12,783 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Unreserved, reported in
Debt service 92,880 - - - - - - - - -
Special revenue funds 2,158,878 - - - - - - - - -
Nonspendable - - - - 798 848 1,762 - - -
Restricted - 4,595,420 4,112,255 4,316,961 4,663,961 2,410,554 1,995,283 2,000,532 2,280,882 2,365,348
Committed - 1,929,448 1,959,836 2,035,225 2,249,720 2,259,756 2,467,828 2,739,865 2,974,049 3,120,593
Unassigned - (306) (302) (2,745) (6,231) - - (5,861) (19,270) (31,326)
Total all other governmental funds $ 2,264,541 $ 6,524,562 $ 6,071,789 $ 6,349,441 $ 6,908,248 $ 4,671,158 $ 4,464,873 $ 4,734,536 $ 5,235,661 $ 5,454,615
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year.
The City implemented GASB Statement 34 in 2002; schedules presenting government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
Note: The City implemented GASB 54 in FY11 and the Community Redevelopment Area was included with All Other Governmental Funds
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CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES - GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(modified accrual basis of accounting)
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Revenues
Taxes $ 9,414,513 $ 10,438,481 $ 10,065,983 $ 9,901,157 $ 11,537,812 $ 11,837,177 $ 11,941,311 $ 12,220,392 $ 12,741,642 $ 13,101,370
Licenses, permits, and fees 2,406,916 2,428,621 2,142,995 2,221,406 2,392,487 2,564,079 2,623,810 2,514,178 2,586,035 2,659,200
Intergovernmental 3,502,904 3,358,615 3,291,693 3,400,876 3,376,079 3,951,367 4,322,696 4,266,425 4,880,937 5,516,224
Charges for services 907,476 911,405 969,560 1,065,316 2,373,486 2,499,107 2,402,801 2,488,384 2,739,021 2,868,887
Fines and forfeits 204,849 151,616 142,936 241,923 133,645 131,020 121,513 127,406 101,378 94,578
Miscellaneous 1,370,077 817,975 537,975 431,625 827,526 1,142,936 935,821 1,042,958 819,264 1,770,325
Total Revenues 17,806,735 18,106,713 17,151,142 17,262,303 20,641,035 22,125,686 22,347,952 22,659,743 23,868,277 26,010,584
Expenditures
General governmental services 5,095,790 3,699,506 3,899,740 2,514,734 2,891,275 2,813,835 3,017,374 3,228,767 3,631,410 3,377,241
Public safety 8,872,424 8,676,620 9,154,002 9,066,246 9,082,876 9,080,984 9,053,178 9,913,344 10,584,430 10,157,745
Physical environment 250,691 306,365 295,459 311,684 325,864 339,596 337,831 372,552 425,472 439,446
Transportation 1,207,449 994,272 966,050 1,012,387 867,730 862,712 852,602 890,762 762,058 824,349
Economic environment 98,996 493,526 652,086 1,032,659 745,586 1,730,631 1,432,788 1,468,393 1,045,687 1,282,063
Culture and recreation 2,535,682 2,233,104 2,383,239 2,267,141 3,744,452 4,122,310 4,196,979 4,170,787 4,477,927 4,685,690
Capital outlay 1,335,369 1,561,057 2,609,203 1,282,142 4,721,096 8,128,139 2,105,686 1,598,285 3,574,823 10,498,028
Debt service
Principal 175,629 198,699 211,683 4,540,488 612,996 660,107 673,851 682,229 718,320 698,381
Interest and other costs 240,093 236,268 243,959 203,347 377,574 354,544 336,835 316,629 297,245 547,165
Total expenditures 19,812,123 18,399,417 20,415,421 22,230,828 23,369,449 28,092,858 22,007,124 22,641,748 25,517,372 32,510,108
Excess of revenue over (under) expenditures (2,005,388) (292,704) (3,264,279) (4,968,525) (2,728,414) (5,967,172) 340,828 17,995 (1,649,095) (6,499,524)
Other Financing Sources (Uses)
Capital lease proceeds - - - 103,784 - 67,774 - - - -
Transfers in 2,342,226 2,296,944 2,284,416 673,836 1,636,165 1,721,632 1,798,184 1,794,419 1,868,634 2,353,906
Transfers out (674,583) (614,227) (628,384) (2,819,277) (1,241,454) (1,064,074) (1,042,338) (1,032,680) (1,021,261) (1,262,327)
Sale of general capital assets - - - - - - 850,000 - - 350,000
Debt issuance - 739,805 - 12,942,539 - - - - - 12,520,000
Total other financing sources (uses) 1,667,643 2,422,522 1,656,032 10,900,882 394,711 725,332 1,605,846 761,739 847,373 13,961,579
Net change in fund balance $ (337,745) $ 2,129,818 $ (1,608,247) $ 5,932,357 $ (2,333,703) $ (5,241,840) $ 1,946,674 $ 779,734 $ (801,722) $ 7,462,055
Debt service as a percentage of noncapital expenditures 2.25% 2.58% 2.56% 22.65% 5.31% 5.08% 5.08% 4.75% 4.63% 5.66%
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year. The City implemented
GASB Statement 34 in 2002; schedules presenting government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
Note: Beginning in FY11, the Community Redevelopment Area was included with the Governmental Funds
Note: Beginning in FY14, the Golf Enterprise Fund was transferred into the General Fund.
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REVENUES AND OTHER SOURCES (1)
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Other
Fiscal Licenses, Fees, Intergovernmental Charges for Fines and Interest and Financing
Year Taxes and Permits Revenues Services Forfeitures Other Revenues Sources TOTAL
2019 $ 13,101,370 $ 2,659,200 $ 5,516,224 $ 2,868,887 $ 94,578 $ 1,770,325 $ 15,223,906 $ 41,234,490
2018 12,741,642 2,586,035 4,880,937 2,739,021 101,378 819,264 1,868,634 25,736,911
2017 12,220,392 2,514,178 4,266,425 2,488,384 127,406 1,042,958 1,794,419 24,454,162
2016 11,941,311 2,623,810 4,322,696 2,402,801 121,513 935,821 2,648,184 24,996,136
2015 11,837,177 2,564,079 3,951,367 2,499,107 131,020 1,142,936 1,789,406 23,915,092
2014 11,537,812 2,392,487 3,376,079 2,373,486 133,645 827,526 1,636,165 22,277,200
2013 9,901,157 2,221,406 3,400,876 1,065,316 241,923 431,625 13,720,159 30,982,462
2012 10,065,983 2,142,995 3,291,693 969,560 142,936 537,975 2,284,416 19,435,558
2011 10,438,481 2,428,621 3,358,615 911,405 151,616 817,975 2,296,944 20,403,657
2010 9,414,513 2,406,916 3,502,904 907,476 204,849 1,370,077 2,342,226 20,148,961
(1)
Includes General Fund, LETFs, CDBG Fund, FBC Fund, CRA Fund, Debt Service Fund, Capital Projects Fund, and Beal Memorial Fund
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year. The City
implemented GASB Statement 34 in 2002; schedules presenting government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
Note: Beginning in FY14, the Golf Enterprise Fund was transferred into the General Fund.
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SCHEDULE 6
ASSESSED VALUE OF TAXABLE PROPERTY (1)
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Total Assessed Total
Tax Real Personal Assessed Value for Direct Tax
Year Property Property Value Exemptions Operations Rate
2019 $ 1,330,528,554 $ 118,539,677 $ 1,942,542,259 $ 493,474,028 $ 1,449,068,231 5.6395
2018 1,240,032,941 113,382,574 1,831,324,319 477,406,649 1,353,415,515 5.7697
2017 1,622,927,933 117,555,021 1,740,482,954 462,721,193 1,277,761,761 5.7697
2016 1,569,650,612 113,113,590 1,682,764,202 458,344,109 1,224,420,093 5.7697
2015 1,521,529,660 112,451,954 1,633,981,614 448,170,536 1,185,811,078 5.7697
2014 1,475,665,054 108,533,120 1,584,198,174 434,639,300 1,149,558,874 5.7697
2013 1,451,775,552 118,155,863 1,569,931,415 442,204,485 1,127,726,930 5.7697
2012 1,445,327,759 120,653,616 1,565,981,375 446,565,401 1,119,415,974 4.5383
2011 1,478,072,570 126,412,302 1,604,484,872 452,378,818 1,152,106,054 4.5383
2010 1,550,325,157 129,348,680 1,679,673,837 469,933,333 1,209,740,504 4.5383
(1)
Florida State Law requires all property to be assessed at current fair market.
The January 2019 assessment is the basis for Fiscal Year 2018-19 tax revenues.
Source: Okaloosa County Property Appraiser
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SCHEDULE 7
PROPERTY TAX RATES PER $1,000 OF TAXABLE VALUE - ALL DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING
GOVERNMENTS (1)
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
City of Fort Walton Beach Direct Rate Overlapping Rates*
Okaloosa Northwest Total
Fiscal Total Direct Okaloosa County School Florida Water Overlapping
Year Basic Rate Rate County Board Management Rates
2019 5.6395 5.6395 3.8308 6.2060 0.0327 10.0695
2018 5.7697 5.7697 3.8308 6.3610 0.0338 10.2256
2017 5.7697 5.7697 3.8308 6.5880 0.0353 10.4536
2016 5.7697 5.7697 3.4308 6.9070 0.0366 10.3744
2015 5.7697 5.7697 3.4308 7.2790 0.0378 10.7476
2014 5.7697 5.7697 3.4308 7.4410 0.0390 10.9108
2013 5.7697 5.7697 3.4308 7.5510 0.0400 11.0218
2012 4.5383 4.5383 3.2899 7.4760 0.0400 10.8059
2011 4.5383 4.5383 3.2899 7.7690 0.0400 11.0989
2010 4.5383 4.5383 3.2899 7.5340 0.0450 10.8689
(1)
As of levy date, November 1 of each year listed.
The 2019 millage rate is the basis for Fiscal Year 2018-19 tax revenues.
* Overlapping rates are those of local and county governments that apply to property owners within the City of Fort Walton Beach
Source: Okaloosa County Tax Collector
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SCHEDULE 8
PRINCIPAL TAXPAYERS
Unaudited
2019 2010
Total Total
Assessed Assessed
Taxpayer Value Percentage Rank Value Percentage Rank
Gulf Power Co. $ 25,816,874 1.78% 1 $ 15,015,243 1.20% 1
Suso 2 Uptown, LP 17,595,506 1.21% 2
127 Miracle Strip LLC 8,521,199 0.59% 3
BAE Systems Technology 8,165,108 0.56% 4
DJD Investments of FL II LLC 7,667,613 0.53% 5
North Florida Hotel 7,494,850 0.52% 6
DRS Training & Control 6,966,634 0.48% 7
Cox Communications Gulf Coast, LLC 6,756,467 0.47% 8
99 Eglin LTD 6,712,633 0.46% 9 13,953,676 1.11% 2
Pacifica Walton Beach LLC 6,627,259 0.46% 10
Embarq Corp 11,761,265 0.94% 3
Presidio Developers LLC 8,857,700 0.71% 4
COXCOM Inc 8,401,044 0.67% 5
BLC Westwood LLC 7,634,171 0.61% 6
Fort Walton Machining, Inc. 6,956,002 0.55% 7
DRS Training & Control 6,815,158 0.54% 8
DRS Training & Control Systems 6,253,192 0.50% 9
DDRM Shoppes at Paradise 5,722,845 0.46% 10
Total Taxable Assessed Value
of Principal Taxpayers 102,324,143 7.06% 91,370,296 7.28%
Total Taxable Assessed Value
of Other Taxpayers 1,346,744,088 92.94% 1,163,828,986 92.72%
Total Taxable Assessed Value $ 1,449,068,231 100.00% $ 1,255,199,282 100.00%
(1)
The 2018 tax roll is the basis for Fiscal Year 2018-19 tax revenues.
Source: Okaloosa County Property Appraiser
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SCHEDULE 9
PROPERTY TAX LEVIES AND COLLECTIONS
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Ratio of Ratio of
Amount of Percent of Amount of Total Total Taxes Delinquent
Current Current Delinquent Collected Collected to Amount of Taxes to
Tax Total Tax Taxes Taxes Taxes for the Current Delinquent Current
Year Levy (1) Collected Collected Collected Year Levy Taxes Levy
2019 The 2019 tax levy is the basis for Fiscal Year 2018-19 tax revenues.
2018 $ 7,822,441 $ 7,526,583 96.2% $ 20,747 $ 7,547,330 96.5% $ 3,469 0.0%
2017 7,387,081 7,119,876 96.4% 8,632 7,128,508 96.5% 8,122 0.1%
2016 7,080,530 6,826,718 96.4% 18,798 6,845,517 96.7% 9,696 0.1%
2015 6,858,983 6,606,940 96.3% 30,392 6,637,332 96.8% 8,058 0.1%
2014 6,656,342 6,414,562 96.4% 31,452 6,446,014 96.8% 3,604 0.1%
2013 6,528,146 6,269,683 96.0% 76,388 6,346,071 97.2% 11,388 0.2%
2012 5,096,206 4,880,002 95.8% 50,880 4,930,882 96.8% 10,265 0.2%
2011 5,251,483 5,050,661 96.2% 38,067 5,088,728 96.9% 19,826 0.4%
2010 5,519,832 5,309,040 96.2% 78,863 5,387,903 97.6% 11,576 0.2%
(1)
Includes discount taken for early payment of taxes (maximum of 4%).
Source: Okaloosa County Tax Collector
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SCHEDULE 10
RATIOS OF OUTSTANDING DEBT BY TYPE
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Governmental Activities Business Activities
General General State Total Percentage
Fiscal Obligation Lease Revenue Revenue Obligation Lease Revenue Revolving Revenue Primary of Personal Per
Year Bonds Payable Notes Bonds Bonds Payable Notes Loans Bonds Government Income (1) Capita (2)
2019 $ - $ 6,681 $ 22,246,372 $ - $ - $ - $ 7,537,000 $ 12,614,297 $ - $ 42,404,350 0.42% 1,902.91
2018 - 42,217 10,389,217 - - - 7,968,000 13,308,089 - 31,707,523 0.34% 1,483.88
2017 - 76,099 11,073,656 - - - 8,387,000 13,988,885 - 33,525,640 0.38% 1,578.57
2016 - 106,653 11,725,331 - - - 8,794,000 14,656,929 - 35,282,913 0.40% 1,617.22
2015 - 134,249 12,371,587 - - - 8,794,000 15,312,458 - 36,612,294 0.42% 1,754.39
2014 - 89,654 13,008,515 - - - - 14,004,706 9,640,146 36,743,021 0.43% 1,773.40
2013 - 101,696 13,535,936 - - - 73,533 7,068,522 9,925,055 30,704,742 0.39% 1,515.83
2012 - - 661,796 4,470,000 - 13,458 61,221 - 10,199,963 15,406,438 0.21% 762.92
2011 - - 728,480 4,615,000 - 66,118 76,586 - 10,464,872 15,951,056 0.22% 816.58
2010 - 47,374 - 4,755,000 - 141,737 - - 13,856,796 18,800,907 0.19% 923.65
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year. The City
implemented GASB Statement 34 in 2002; schedules presenting government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
(1)
See Schedule 15 for personal income data.
(2)
See Schedule 15 for population data.
Note: Details regarding the City's outstanding debt can be found in the notes to the financial statements.
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SCHEDULE 11
RATIO OF NET GENERAL BONDED DEBT OUTSTANDING
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Governmental
Activities
Percentage of
General Actual Taxable
Fiscal Year Obligation Bonds Value of Property (1) Per Capita (2)
2019 $ - 0.00% $ -
2018 - 0.00% -
2017 - 0.00% -
2016 - 0.00% -
2015 - 0.00% -
2014 - 0.00% -
2013 - 0.00% -
2012 - 0.00% -
2011 - 0.00% -
2010 - 0.00% -
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the
comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year. The City implemented GASB Statement 34
in 2002; schedules presenting government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
(1)
See Schedule 6 for property value data.
(2)
See Schedule 15 for population data.
Note: Details regarding the City's outstanding debt can be found in the notes to the financial statements.
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SCHEDULE 12
PLEDGED REVENUE COVERAGE
SCHEDULE OF REVENUE BOND COVERAGE
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Average
Non-Ad Valorem
Revenues
Fiscal Non-Ad Valorem Avail. for Debt Service Requirements (2)
Year Revenues (1) Debt Service Principal Interest Total Coverage
2019 $ 49,544,961 $ 40,526,928 $ 1,823,173 $ 1,029,403 $ 2,852,576 14.21
2018 31,508,894 29,893,013 1,846,847 803,314 2,650,161 11.28
2017 28,277,131 28,292,306 1,726,719 831,220 2,557,939 11.06
2016 28,307,481 28,537,163 1,301,785 860,023 2,161,808 13.20
2015 28,766,844 27,552,810 962,155 940,698 1,902,853 14.48
2014 26,593,384 26,466,080 890,954 797,317 1,688,271 15.68
2013 26,338,776 25,803,342 364,156 460,197 824,353 31.30
2012 25,267,908 25,556,504 497,049 697,060 1,194,109 21.40
2011 25,845,100 26,274,792 468,935 695,713 1,164,648 22.56
2010 26,704,483 26,355,374 510,000 874,423 1,384,423 19.04
(1)
Non-Ad Valorem Revenues of General Fund, Capital Projects Fund, other governmental funds, and proprietary funds.
(2)
Combined Debt Service requirements for Capital Improvement Revenue Note Series 2013 & 2013A, Utility System
Revenue Note 2015, SRF Loan and 2011 Revenue Notes. See Financial Statement Notes for detail.
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the comprehensive annual
financial reports for the relevant year. The City implemented GASB Statement 34 in 2002; schedules presenting
government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
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City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
SCHEDULE 13
DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES DEBT – GENERAL OBLIGATIONS
Unaudited
Percentage Amount
Net Debt Applicable to Applicable to
Governmental Unit Outstanding Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach
Overlapping Debt
Okaloosa County
Revenue Bonds $ 58,618,000 10.94% (2) $ 6,413,088
Okaloosa County School District
Certificates of Participation 15,157,000 31.11% (1) 4,715,511
Subtotal: Overlapping Debt 73,775,000 11,128,600
Direct Debt
City of Fort Walton Beach Revenue Notes 22,246,372 100.00% 22,246,372
City of Fort Walton Beach Lease Payable 6,681 100.00% 6,681
Subtotal: Direct Debt 22,253,053 22,253,053
Total Direct and Overlapping Debt $ 96,028,053 $ 33,381,653
Source: Okaloosa County, Okaloosa County School Board
(1) Calculation based on total schools in Okaloosa County School District versus schools in Fort Walton
(2) Calculation based on total population in Okaloosa County versus population in Fort Walton Beach.
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SCHEDULE 14
MAJOR EMPLOYERS
Unaudited
2019 2010
Percentage Percentage
of Total of Total
Employer Product Employees Employment Ranking Employees Employment Ranking
(1)
USAF - Eglin Air Force Development Test Center 17,040 17.36% 1 16,476 17.43% 1
USAF - Hurlburt(2) Air Force Special Ops Command 12,957 13.20% 2 11,171 11.82% 2
Okaloosa County School District Education Services 5,117 5.21% 3 3,278 3.47% 3
Walmart (Okaloosa Combined) Consumer Products 1,363 1.39% 4
(4)
Fort Walton Beach Medical Center Medical Services 1,222 1.25% 5 1,305 1.38% 5
Northwest Florida State College Educatioin Services 1,081 1.10% 6 763 0.81% 8
(3)
Okaloosa County BCC Local Government Services 936 0.95% 7 1,383 1.46% 4
Reliance Test and Technology Military Technical Support 750 0.76% 8
North Okaloosa Medical Center Medical Services 652 0.66% 9
BAE Military Technical Support 545 0.56% 10 700 0.74% 10
DRS Training and Control Systems Radar Systems, Digital Computers 0.00% 875 0.93% 6
InDyne Military Techincal Support 0.00% 786 0.83% 7
ResortQuest Property Management 0.00% 750 0.79% 9
41,663 48.55% 37,487 45.94%
(1)
Includes military, civilian, and contractor personnel; a portion of contractor personnel may be duplicated with private sector employees also listed here.
(2)
Includes military and civilian personnel.
(3)
Includes County Commission, Clerk of Court, Property Appraiser, Sheriff (estimated), Supervisor of Elections, and Tax Collector.
(4)
Economic Development Council estimated the employee count for largest employers in Okaloosa County for FY19.
Source: Personnel Department of each employer
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SCHEDULE 15
MISCELLANEOUS DEMOGRAPHICAL STATISTICS
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Fiscal Fort Walton Beach Okaloosa County FWB as a % Personal Income Per Capita Unemployment
Year Population Population of the County (thousands of dollars) Personal Income Rate
2019 22,284 203,684 10.94% $ 10,130,252 $ 48,875 2.3%
2018 21,368 197,591 10.81% 9,627,521 47,433 3.4%
2017 21,238 195,798 10.85% 9,422,078 46,836 3.0%
2016 21,817 198,664 10.98% 8,803,001 44,923 4.9%
2015 20,869 190,550 10.95% 8,783,041 44,695 4.4%
2014 20,719 189,307 10.94% 8,775,211 45,277 4.6%
2013 20,256 186,887 10.84% 8,546,210 44,960 4.7%
2012 20,194 185,803 10.87% 7,913,960 43,132 6.0%
2011 19,534 180,280 10.84% 7,497,082 42,007 7.3%
2010 20,355 195,346 10.42% 7,369,683 41,050 8.0%
OKALOOSA COUNTY EDUCATION
FY 2019 FY 2018 FY 2017
Schools: Grades K-5 23 23 19
Grades 6-8 12 12 8
Grades 9-12 8 8 5
PK-12 / Charter / Alterna 2 / 5 / 10 2 / 5 / 10 2 / 5 / 10
Grades K-8 1 1 1
Vocational / Technical 1 1 1
Exceptional Children 2 2 2
Students: Grades K-5 15,459 14,936 16,583
Grades 6-8 8,014 7,551 7,754
Grades 9-12 9,428 9,150 9,919
Adult Students 473 132 508
Exceptional Children 6,023 5,953 7,001
Personnel: Instructional (Classroom) 1,920 1,879 1,794
Non-Instructional 752 740 624
Source: Office of Economic & Demographic Research, FL Research & Economic Information Database, Okaloosa County School Board
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SCHEDULE 16
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Full-Time Equivalent Employees as of September 30
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
General Government
City Manager 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
Administrative Services 4.70 4.70 4.70 3.60 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00
Risk Management - - - - - - - - - 1.00
Information Technology 4.00 4.00 3.80 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.75
City Clerk 2.40 2.40 2.40 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50 3.00
Finance 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00
Purchasing 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 2.75 2.75 2.50 2.50 2.50 2.50
Public Safety
Police 71.82 70.90 65.90 61.90 61.38 60.99 59.99 70.99 67.99 67.59
Fire 37.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 38.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 37.00 38.00
Recreation & Cultural Services
Administration 12.70 11.50 11.50 12.90 12.64 12.32 13.45 13.67 13.81 15.93
Parks Maintenance 12.00 10.25 10.25 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 11.00 11.00 11.00
Right-of-Way Maintenance 1.00 1.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 7.00
Senior Citizens Center - - - - - 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85 1.85
Golf Club 13.96 13.81 13.81 14.26 13.93 14.26 - - - -
Golf Grounds Maintenance 15.75 15.75 15.75 15.75 15.75 15.75 - - - -
Library 8.72 8.72 8.72 8.02 8.02 8.02 8.02 8.02 8.10 9.90
Museum 3.60 4.00 4.00 4.60 4.10 3.60 3.60 3.60 2.60 3.85
Cemetery 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00
Public Works
Administration 2.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 4.00 4.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 6.00
Planning & Zoning 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.00 2.00 2.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Building & Permitting 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 3.70 3.00 3.00
Code Enforcement 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
Fleet Maintenance 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 8.75 8.75 10.00
Facilities Maintenance 6.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 11.00
Streets Maintenance 5.00 5.00 5.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 5.50 5.50 5.50 6.50
Community Development Block Grant - - - - 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.48
Community Redevelopment Agency - - 5.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 1.00
Utility (Water/Sewer) Enterprise
Administration 6.00 5.00 5.00 8.00 8.00 8.00 7.00 7.00 6.75 1.00
Customer Service 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.50 7.50
GIS 3.00 3.00 3.00 - - - - - - -
Water Operations 8.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 10.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 10.00 7.00
Sewer Operations - - - - - - - - - 2.00
Water Distribution 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 6.00
Sewer Collections 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 13.00 12.00 12.00 11.00
Sanitation Enterprise
Solid Waste 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 19.00 18.75 19.62
Recycling 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 - - - -
Golf Enterprise
Golf Club - - - - - - 14.26 14.26 14.26 14.26
Golf Grounds Maintenance - - - - - - 15.75 15.75 15.75 15.75
Stormwater Enterprise
Stormwater 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 7.00
Total 301.15 299.53 300.33 292.03 292.05 291.02 289.40 300.07 296.09 312.48
Source: City of Fort Walton Beach Adopted Budget for the relevant year.
Note: Golf Enterprise Fund moved to the General Fund in FY14.
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SCHEDULE 17
PERMITS, LICENSES AND RECREATION FACILITIES
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
MISCELLANEOUS PERMITS
Water &
Year Mechanical Electrical Gas Plumbing Sewer
2019 303 392 201 172 25
2018 300 360 159 159 37
2017 260 368 169 213 45
2016 200 216 144 92 81
2015 153 216 116 75 34
2014 247 379 136 194 27
2013 148 188 121 82 26
2012 148 168 102 100 39
2011 249 255 74 159 18
2010 212 290 87 154 27
BUSINESS TAX RECEIPTS ISSUED (formerly referred to as occupational licenses)
Year Number Sold
2019 1,389
2018 1,101
2017 2,595
2016 2,115
2015 2,259
2014 2,402
2013 2,087
2012 1,947
2011 2,269
2010 2,311
MUNICIPAL RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
2 18-hole Golf Courses 1 Library
1 18-hole Disc Golf Course 4 Museums
1 Auditorium 23 Playgrounds
12 Baseball-Softball Facilities 2 Racquetball Court Facility
1 BMX/Skateboard Facility 1 Recreation Center
5 Boat Ramps 4 Soccer Field Facility
7 Exercise/Walking Tracks 4 Tennis Court Facilities
1 Fairgrounds 7 Undeveloped Parks
0 Football Stadium 4 Waterfront Parks
4 Beach Volleyball Court
Sources: City of Fort Walton Beach Customer Service, Building & Permitting, and Recreation departments.
Note: Change in facility and athletic field totals due to the construction of the new Recreation Center,
which was complete in FY 2015.
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SCHEDULE 18
ELECTIONS - OKALOOSA COUNTY VOTER REGISTRATION
Unaudited
Registered Voters
Pct Place Name Total Dems Reps NPA Other
01 BAKER 2,420 300 1,776 321 23
02 BLACKMON 635 95 459 79 2
03 MILLIGAN 1,291 185 871 221 14
04 HOLT 1,315 207 888 209 11
05 LAUREL HILL 1,063 196 685 173 9
06 GARDEN CITY 3,687 586 2,407 645 49
07 DORCAS 1,671 288 1,013 356 14
08 HONEY CREEK 4,311 863 2,512 876 60
09 YELLOW RIVER 4,172 789 2,434 886 63
10 WEST WRIGHT 6,223 1,474 3,046 1,606 97
11 EAST CRESTVIEW 9,379 2,078 4,638 2,478 185
12 WEST CRESTVIEW 883 459 227 187 10
13 NORTH CRESTVIEW 3,823 762 2,237 774 50
14 WEST NICEVILLE 2,922 553 1,688 634 47
15 VALPARAISO 3,032 538 1,772 673 49
16 SHALIMAR 2,891 606 1,586 659 40
17 CENTRAL WRIGHT 3,241 852 1,476 841 72
18 OCEAN CITY 2,588 586 1,303 659 40
19* EAST FWB 1,737 490 742 478 27
20 WEST DESTIN 2,504 426 1,516 532 30
21 MARY ESTHER 2,655 570 1,494 554 37
22* S CENTRAL FWB 1,911 518 928 440 25
23 EGLIN AFB 764 152 316 284 12
24* WEST FWB 2,678 759 1,246 638 35
25 N CENTRAL NICEVILLE 1,897 360 1,118 388 31
26 SEMINOLE 2,715 349 1,855 480 31
27 CINCO BAYOU 293 53 149 83 8
28* GARNIERS 327 56 207 58 6
29* GOLF COURSE 1,959 323 1,258 363 15
30 OKALOOSA ISLAND 1,588 265 912 388 23
31 LONGWOOD 2,078 330 1,391 334 23
32* FERRY PARK 2,464 446 1,477 504 37
33 ROCKY BAYOU 4,730 551 3,331 801 47
34 FLOROSA 3,660 825 1,814 956 65
35 NORTH DESTIN 3,504 494 2,190 770 50
36 SOUTH NICEVILLE 2,678 361 1,794 477 46
37 LAKE LORRAINE 2,776 371 1,838 539 28
38 NORTHGATE 2,224 490 1,203 499 32
39 EAST WRIGHT 2,164 552 1,082 503 27
40 SOUTH BLUEWATER 3,011 368 2,041 576 26
41* N CENTRAL FWB 1,319 256 796 251 16
42* NEW HEIGHTS 2,100 645 910 525 20
43 S CENTRAL NICEVILLE 2,222 393 1,315 488 26
44 CENTRAL DESTIN 1,902 360 1,000 513 29
45 SOUTH CRESTVIEW 4,313 960 2,228 1,051 74
46 NORTH BLUEWATER 4,566 618 2,939 935 74
47 WYNNEHAVEN BEACH 2,024 415 970 591 48
48* WESTWOOD RETIREMENT 107 30 67 10 0
49 EAST DESTIN 3,275 379 2,274 584 38
50 SOUTH DESTIN 3,123 384 2,078 635 26
51 AIRPORT ROAD 1,908 298 1,211 381 18
52 LIVE OAK 3,887 745 2,174 899 69
Countywide Total 136,610 26,009 78,882 29,785 1,934
*City Precinct City Total 14,602 3,523 7,631 3,267 181
Source: Okaloosa County Supervisor of Elections
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SCHEDULE 19
SPECIAL ASSESSMENT BILLINGS AND COLLECTIONS
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Total
Ratio of Outstanding
Assessments Collections Current and
Fiscal Collected or to Amount Delinquent
Year Assessments (1) Released Assessed Assessment
2019 $ 325,278 $ 25,597 7.87% $ 1,371,958
2018 352,698 27,714 7.86% 1,072,277
2017 370,885 29,831 8.04% $747,293
2016 380,118 28,081 7.39% 406,239
2015 - 61,898 - 54,202
2014 - 3,604 - 116,100
2013 - 5,302 - 119,704
2012 - 12,779 - 125,006
2011 - 5,986 - 137,785
2010 - 19,801 - -
2009 - 6,528 - -
(1)
Assessments are payable over a 15-20 year period.
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the
comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year.
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SCHEDULE 20
MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Other
Fiscal Property % of Total Taxes/ % of Total Sewer % of Total Sanitation % of Total Water % of Total Golf % of Total
Year Taxes Revenues Franchise Fees Revenues Fees Revenues Fees Revenues Fees Revenues Fees Revenues
2019 $ 6,416,668 18.0% $ 12,358,719 34.7% $ 7,005,068 19.7% $ 3,871,165 10.9% $ 4,041,311 11.3% $ 1,696,822 4.8%
2018 6,041,303 17.0% 7,343,744 20.6% 6,728,172 18.9% 3,774,520 10.6% 3,902,809 11.0% 1,676,940 4.7%
2017 7,457,189 20.9% 7,015,584 19.7% 6,668,790 18.7% 3,663,445 10.3% 3,906,282 11.0% 1,317,803 3.7%
2016 7,271,903 20.4% 7,124,985 20.0% 6,310,574 17.7% 3,589,419 10.1% 3,769,366 10.6% 1,378,730 3.9%
2015 7,025,998 19.7% 7,171,032 20.1% 5,748,749 16.1% 3,581,264 10.1% 3,425,909 9.6% 1,399,101 3.9%
2014 6,886,443 20.6% 6,807,274 20.4% 5,177,966 15.5% 3,562,694 10.7% 3,238,894 9.7% 1,365,764 4.1%
2013 5,486,237 17.3% 6,355,549 20.1% 4,949,525 15.7% 3,499,459 11.1% 3,078,174 9.7% 1,591,423 5.0%
2012 5,681,589 18.5% 6,482,596 21.1% 4,839,764 15.8% 3,313,559 10.8% 3,052,071 9.9% 1,656,721 5.4%
2011 6,030,428 19.2% 6,673,824 21.2% 4,631,992 14.7% 3,307,993 10.5% 2,753,590 8.8% 1,954,589 6.2%
2010 5,332,480 17.5% 6,645,189 21.8% 4,154,795 13.6% 3,335,342 10.9% 2,379,913 7.8% 1,914,053 6.3%
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived from the comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year. The city implemented GASB Statement 34 in
2002; schedules presenting government-wide information include information beginning in that year.
Note: Beginning in FY14, the Golf Enterprise Fund was transferred into the General Fund.
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WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE RATES
Unaudited
Monthly Water Rates(1,2) Residential Commercial Number of
Inside Outside(3) Inside Outside(3) Meters
Lifeline Rate(4) $11.21 $14.01 $11.21 $14.01
Monthly Base Charge(5), Meter Size:
3/4" $11.21 $14.01 $11.21 $14.01 9,079
1.0" $11.21 $14.01 $11.21 $14.01 333
1.5" $15.23 $19.04 $15.23 $19.04 112
2.0" $25.89 $32.36 $25.89 $32.36 229
3.0" $39.45 $49.31 $39.45 $49.31 14
4.0" $49.30 $61.63 $49.30 $61.63 22
6.0" $78.43 $98.04 $78.43 $98.04 0
8.0" or 10.0" $117.54 $146.93 $117.54 $146.93 1
Multi-Residential, Addt'l per Unit $8.30 $10.38 $8.30 $10.38
9,790
Residential Customers (6) 8,544
Commercial Customers (6) 1,138
Total Customers 9,682
Gallonage Rate (per 1,000 gallons per unit) Inside Outside
Block 1 (0 - 2,000) Included in monthly base charge
Block 2 (2,001 - 4,000) $3.34 $4.18
Block 3 (4,001 - 8,000) $4.09 $5.11
Block 4 (8,001 +) $6.13 $7.66
Monthly Wastewater Rates (2) Residential Commercial
Lifeline Rate(4) $24.95 $29.87
Monthly Base Charge $24.95 $29.87
Gallonage Rate (per 1,000 gallons per unit)
Block 1 (0 - 2,000) Included in monthly base charge
Block 2 (2,001 +) $8.10 $9.65
(1)
Irrigation customers subject to water rates as outlined herein
(2)
Monthly Base Charge is per Unit. Residential Single Family and Commercial count as 1 unit
Multi-Family and Multi-Commercial are billed according to meter size and unit count
(3)
Outside City surcharge of 25% for water
(4)
Single family residence with less than 2,000 gallons per month
(5)
Residential service capped at 16,000 gallons per unit
(6)
Billed in September
Source: City of Fort Walton Beach Comprehensive Fee Schedule
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SANITATION AND RECYCLING SERVICE RATES
Unaudited
Basic Garbage Rates Garbage Tipping Total
Residential
One Container $ 10.60 $ 6.45 $ 17.05
Two Containers 21.20 12.80 34.00
Residential Dumpsters, Individual Meters 10.60 6.45 17.05
Commercial
One Container 28.60 7.25 35.85
Two Containers 57.20 14.55 71.75
Shared Dumpster (minimum charge) 28.60 7.25 35.85
Garbage and Trash Collection Garbage Tipping Total
2 Cubic Yards
2 times per week $ 60.70 $ 52.40 $ 113.10
3 times per week 91.05 78.50 169.55
4 times per week 121.45 104.55 226.00
5 times per week 151.75 130.70 282.45
6 times per week 182.10 156.80 338.90
4 Cubic Yards
2 times per week 85.70 104.55 190.25
3 times per week 128.55 156.80 285.35
4 times per week 171.40 209.05 380.45
5 times per week 214.25 261.30 475.55
6 times per week 257.10 313.55 570.65
6 Cubic Yards
2 times per week 112.50 156.80 269.30
3 times per week 168.75 235.20 403.95
4 times per week 224.95 313.55 538.50
5 times per week 281.20 391.90 673.10
6 times per week 337.45 470.35 807.80
8 Cubic Yards
2 times per week 135.70 209.05 344.75
3 times per week 203.55 313.55 517.10
4 times per week 271.40 418.05 689.45
5 times per week 339.25 522.60 861.85
6 times per week 407.10 627.05 1,034.15
Compactor Commercial Rate x 3 x Bulk Container(s)
Commercial Recycling Garbage Tipping Total
4 Cubic Yards
2 times per week $ 112.70 $ - $ 112.70
3 times per week 169.00 - 169.00
4 times per week 225.35 - 225.35
5 times per week 281.70 - 281.70
6 Cubic Yards
2 times per week 169.00 - 169.00
3 times per week 253.50 - 253.50
4 times per week 338.00 - 338.00
5 times per week 422.50 - 422.50
8 Cubic Yards
2 times per week 225.35 - 225.35
3 times per week 338.00 - 338.00
4 times per week 450.70 - 450.70
5 times per week 563.35 - 563.35
Contaminated Load Fee (per dump)
4 CY 20.00 31.20 51.20
6 CY 20.00 56.10 76.10
8CY 20.00 87.20 107.20
Source: City of Fort Walton Beach Comprehensive Fee Schedule
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OPERATING INDICATORS BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Function Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Public Safety
Police
Arrests 611 660 757 921 1,041 873 867 1,042 1,265 1,773
Traffic citations 1,404 1,632 2,436 2,693 2,864 3,119 3,413 3,773 3,246 6,207
Fire
Emergency medical responses 3,123 3,310 2,994 3,067 3,322 3,278 3,231 3,197 3,041 2,791
Fire responses 1,406 1,324 1,249 1,210 1,270 1,389 1,277 1,288 1,224 1,158
Inspections 1,008 966 932 2,409 1,000 700 800 758 1,431 2,040
Code Enforcement
Code violations 1,251 1,446 1,825 1,807 1,702 1,766 2,118 2,158 2,456 2,426
Engineering Services
Building permits issued 2,095 2,006 332 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Residential building permits issued 1,942 1,855 483 23 1,214 1,220 1,095 697 588 630
Commercial building permits issued 153 151 178 5 402 310 457 164 284 380
Value of permits (in millions) $65.80 $4.10 $2.70 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Value of residential permits (in millions) $ 41 $ 26 $ 12 $ 4 $ 16 $ 16 $ 15 $ 9 $ 10 $ 7
Value of commercial permits (in millions) $ 24 $ 15 $ 15 $ 1 $ 832 $ 27 $ 23 $ 9 $ 7 $ 7
Business Tax Receipts Sold 406 628 1,769 2,115 2,259 2,402 2,087 1,947 2,269 2,311
Street resurfacing (lane miles) 0.00 0.18 0.00 1.01 0.64 0.16 - 1.70 2.25 5.71
Pot holes (hours spent repairing) 557 166 213 163 770 528 813 989 1,014 617
Sanitation
Refuse collected (tons) 26,498 26,317 26,151 25,203 24,467 26,102 24,059 25,374 25,332 25,676
Recyclables collected (tons) 2,048 2,032 1,811 1,507 1,191 754 615 375 251 161
Culture and Recreation
Parks and Recreation
Recreation program participants (3) 206 199 102 154 n/a n/a n/a 92,267 106,486 103,121
Recreation program registrations (5) n/a n/a n/a n/a 650 651 571 n/a n/a n/a
Adult athletic participants (3) 820 770 530 n/a n/a n/a n/a 6,728 9,003 10,009
Adult athletic registrations n/a n/a n/a 621 424 426 467 n/a n/a n/a
Youth athletic participants (3) 2,264 2,123 2,394 n/a n/a n/a n/a 14,548 13,038 12,525
Youth athletic registrations n/a n/a n/a 2,086 1,978 1,347 1,253 n/a n/a n/a
Skate/tennis park participants (4) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 13,114 18,291 15,297
Library
Circulation volume 157,554 147,760 139,980 144,474 137,363 145,684 142,888 139,196 126,146 135,314
Museum
Number of visitors/participants(1) 30,050 23,012 24,522 22,437 22,683 19,461 22,901 21,480 28,200 39,935
Water System
New connections 25 37 45 81 34 27 26 39 18 27
Water customers 0 9,682 9,620 9,618 9,537 9,480 9,279 8,846 8,804 8,795
Water produced (million gallons) 912 895 866 883 891 884 855 868 899 897
Wastewater System
Wastewater treated (million gallons)(2) - - - - - - - - - 381
(1)
Decline in 2011 primarily in outreach numbers; reducing outreach to be more in line with in-house service numbers at the suggestion of City Council
(2)
Wastewater treatment transferred to County in March 2010
(3)
FY 2013 total participants was changed to total registrations; changed back to participants in FY 2016
(4)
FY 2012-2013 numbers were not required to be collected for the BMX Park or the Tennis Center
(5)
FY 2016 registrations were changed to participants so that each person was counted once
Source: City of Fort Walton Beach Performance Measures.
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CAPITAL ASSET STATISTICS BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Unaudited
Function/Program Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Public Safety
Police
Stations 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sworn Officers 45 47 45 39 43 43 43 51 48 49
Engineering Services
Miles of roads 93.12 93.12 93.12 93.12 93.12 93.12 93.12 93.06 92.65 (2) 112.76
Miles of sidewalks 63.79 63.67 63.67 64.73 63.67 64.73 64.05 63.93 62.80 62.11
Signs fabricated and installed 461 286 614 854 1,133 918 785 935 976 910
Culture and Recreation
Parks and Recreation
Recreational Amenities 129 129 129 129 129 116 (7) 117 (4) 122 122 122 (3)
Parks (acres) 206.00 206.00 206.00 206.00 196.56 180.26 180.26 180.26 180.26 180.26
Library
Inventoried collection 56,973 62,513 67,881 70,353 72,313 72,729 74,649 74,448 72,873 74,317
Water and Sewer System
Potable water lines (miles) 146.40 146.33 146.10 144.91 144.77 146.25 145.9 (5) 118.63 118.57 118.52
Sanitary sewer lines (miles) 129.49 129.49 129.62 129.51 110.45 130.32(5) 118.76 118.76 118.76 118.77
Reuse water lines (miles) 7.10 7.10 7.10 7.10 7.10 7.10 7.14 3.82 3.82 3.82
Potable Water Elevated Storage Tank Capacity: 1 (6) tank 200,000 gal; 1 tank 750,000 gal; 2 tanks 500,000 gal
Potable Water Ground Storage Tank Capacity: 1 tank 135,000 gal; 1 tank 250,000 gal; 1 tank 1,000,000 gal; 1 tank 25,000 gal
Pumping Capacity of Potable Water Wells: 9.231 million gallons per day
Sanitary Sewer Ground Storage Tank Capacity: 4,000,000 gal
Reuse Water Elevated Storage Tank Capacity: 1 tank 200,000 gal
Reuse Water Ground Storage Tank Capacity: 1 tank 1,000,000 gal
Stormwater System
Storm drains (miles) 43.33 43.18 42.10 42.03 42.05 42.01 41.64 41.64 45.70 45.66
(1)
FY 2009 Increase due to better data with GIS system and methodology change for calculation.
(2)
FY 2011 Adjustment to only include City-maintained roads and stormwater pipe (collector, culvert, french drain).
(3)
FY 2010 Adjustment due to re-evaluation of how amenities are counted.
(4)
Decrease due to demolition of the Rec Center and fields.
(5)
Increase due to better data output from GIS system.
(6)
One elevated tank with 200,000 gallon capacity was converted to reuse water.
(7)
Decrease due to sale of Senior Center. New Recreation Center will be open mid FY 2015.
N/A: Not available.
Source: City of Fort Walton Beach Performance Measures.
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City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
SCHEDULE 25
INSURANCE COVERAGE
Unaudited
Agent, Broker, or
Effective Dates Company Policy Number Company Rep. Type Amount Location
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151291251 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 450,000 B 14 Robinwood Drive SW
$ 100,000 C Sanitation Building
12/6/18 to 12/6/19 Wright National 1151306332 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 500,000 B #7 Hollywood Boulevard
$ 500,000 C Police Department
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151291263 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 500,000 B #5 Hollywood Boulevard
$ 300,000 C Fire Department
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151292103 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 402,700 B 107 Miracle Strip Parkway
$ 128,200 C Auditorium
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151291796 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 402,700 B 107 Miracle Strip Parkway
$ 382,900 C City Hall
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151292114 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 177,300 B 107 Miracle Strip Parkway
$ 16,300 C Council Chamber
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151292125 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 402,700 B 107 Miracle Strip Parkway
$ 382,900 C Annex Building
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151292120 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 389,700 B 107 Miracle Strip Parkway
$ 16,300 C Utility Building
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151291389 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 450,000 B 141 Miracle Strip Parkway
$ 100,000 C City Museum
10/12/18 to 10/12/19 Wright National 1151291280 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 350,000 B 22 McGriff Street
50,000 C Child Care Facility
12/2/18 to 12/2/19 Wright National 1150164378 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 38,500 B 338 Miracle Strip Parkway
Restroom, East of Pavilion
Liza Jackson Park
12/2/18 to 12/2/19 Wright National 1150164379 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 38,500 B 338 Miracle Strip Parkway
Restroom Near Ditch
Liza Jackson Park
05/17/18 to 05/17/19 Wright National 1150342974 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 98,300 B 55 Ferry Road
Boy Scout Hut
07/23/18 to 07/23/19 Wright National 1151270502 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 300,000 B 18 Robinwood Drive
$ 50,000 C Pump Station #1
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INSURANCE COVERAGE
Unaudited
Agent, Broker, or
Effective Dates Company Policy Number Company Rep. Type Amount Location
06/23/18 to 06/23/19 Wright National 1150458831 Fisher-Brown Agency Flood $ 55,000 B 168 Coral Drive SW
City Hall Ball Field Restrooms
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 AIG Environmental Tank Guard 12896318 Public Risk Insurance Agency Petroleum $ 1,000,000/inc Golf Course, Police, City Yard, Fuel Station
Liability $ 1,000,000/agg Pump Station - Fire, Recreation Center
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200315-11 Public Risk Insurance Agency Inland $ $750,000.00 # 2M | Blanket Unscheduled
Marine $ $32,326.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $36,677.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $30,204.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $30,204.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $30,204.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $30,749.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $26,827.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $29,079.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $29,079.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $43,205.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $42,574.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $42,849.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $78,902.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $93,150.00 # 7M | Electronic Data Processing Equipment - RC
$ $730,000.00 # 11M | Fine Arts - Agreed Value
$ $250,000.00 # 14M | Rented, Borrowed, Leased Equipment - ACV
$ $445,000.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $52,765.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $97,373.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $35,807.94 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $48,088.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $55,654.00 # 6M | Contractor's / Mobile Equipment - Agreed Value
$ $1,000,000.00 # Blanket Unscheduled Inland Marine
$ $2,040,716.94 # Scheduled Inland Marine
$ $3,040,716.94 # Total All Inland Marine
9/16/18 to 9/16/19 Hartford 21BSBDB7459 Fisher-Brown Agency Public Official $ 50,000 Finance Director
Bond
02/09/18 to 02/09/19 Hartford 21BSBDB7454 Fisher-Brown Agency Public Official $ 50,000 Customer Service Administrator, Finance
Bond Department
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200316-12 Public Risk Insurance Agency Auto $ 100,000 Uninsured Motorist
$ 1,000,000 CSL Liability
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INSURANCE COVERAGE
Unaudited
Agent, Broker, or
Effective Dates Company Policy Number Company Rep. Type Amount Location
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200316-12 Public Risk Insurance Agency Forgery $ 250,000
Alteration
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200315-11 Public Risk Insurance Agency Money & $ 10,000
Securities
(theft)
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200316-12 Public Risk Insurance Agency Crime $ 250,000 Public Employees (Employee dishonesty)
Blanket Fidelity Bond
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200316-07 Public Risk Insurance Agency General $ 1,000,000 Occurrence
Liability
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200316-12 Public Risk Insurance Agency Property $ 46,666,662 Blank Real & Personal
Property
10/1/18 to 10/1/19 PGIT PKFL1046200316-12 Public Risk Insurance Agency Property $ 100,000 Business Income
500,000 Additional Expense
10/1/18 to 10/1/19 PGIT WC-FL1046200316-07 Public Risk Insurance Agency Worker's $ 1,000,000 Accident
Comp $ 1,000,000 Disease
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200316-12 Public Risk Insurance Agency Public Officials $ 5000000/inc
Empl. Practice 5000000/agg
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 Federal Insurance 9906-62-32 Federal Insurance Co. AD&D $ 67,901 Occupational Death
ACHUBB Co. $ 67,901 Response to Emergency
Ace American Ins. Co. $ 197,876 Unlawful/Unintentional
10/01/18 to 10/10/19 PGIT PKFL1046200315-11 Public Risk Insurance Agency Boiler & $ 46,666,662
Machinery
5/01/18 to 5/01/19 Travelers 105927344 Fisher-Brown Agency Fiduciary $ 2,000,000 Retirement Fund for General Liability
Employees and Fire
Source: City of Fort Walton Beach Risk Management Department
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS
RELATED TO THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Amounts Amounts
Received in Expended in
the 2018-2019 the 2018-2019
Source Fiscal Year Fiscal Year
Florida Coastal Protection Trust Fund
Early Restoration Deepwater Horizon oil spill $ - $ 33,629
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE SCHEDULE OF RECEIPTS AND
EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS RELATED TO THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
We have audited the financial statements of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida (the City) as of
and for the year ended September 30, 2019, and have issued our report thereon dated April 22, 2020,
which contained an unmodified opinion on those financial statements. Our audit was performed for
the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements as a whole.
The Schedule of Receipts and Expenditures of Funds related to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on
page 131 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis as required by Chapter 288.8018, Florida
Statutes, and the Chapter 10.557(3)(f), Rules of the Auditor General, and is not a required part of the
financial statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and was derived from and
relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial
statements. The information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the
financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such
information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial
statements or to the financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance
with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America.
In our opinion, the information is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial
statements as a whole.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
April 22, 2020
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INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL
REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN
AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
GOVERNMENT AUDITING STANDARDS
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
We have audited, in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing
Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, the financial statements of
governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining
fund information of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida (the City), as of and for the year ended
September 30, 2019, and the related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise
the City's basic financial statements and have issued our report thereon dated April 22, 2020.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit, we considered the City's internal control over financial reporting
(internal control) to determine the audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances for the
purpose of expressing our opinions on the financial statements, but not for the purpose of expressing
an opinion on the effectiveness of the City's internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an
opinion on the effectiveness of the City's internal control.
Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in the preceding paragraph
and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses
or significant deficiencies and therefore, material weaknesses or significant deficiencies may exist
that have not been identified. However, as described in the accompanying schedule of findings and
questioned costs, we did identify certain deficiencies in internal control that we consider to be material
weaknesses and significant deficiencies.
A deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow
management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent,
or detect and correct, misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a
combination of deficiencies, in internal control such that there is a reasonable possibility that a
material misstatement of the entity’s financial statements will not be prevented, or detected and
corrected, on a timely basis. We consider the deficiencies described in the accompanying schedule
of findings and questioned costs as items 2019-001, 2019-003, and 2019-004 to be material
weaknesses.
A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less
severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with
governance. We consider the deficiencies described in the accompany schedule of findings and
questioned costs as items 2019-002 and 2019-005 to be significant deficiencies.
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Compliance and Other Matters
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the City's financial statements are free of
material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws,
regulations, contracts, and grant agreements, noncompliance with which could have a direct and
material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. However, providing an opinion
on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our audit, and accordingly, we do not
express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other
matter that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida’s Response to Findings
The City’s response to the findings identified in our audit is described in the accompanying schedule
of findings and responses. The City’s response was not subjected to the auditing procedures applied
in the audit of the financial statements and, accordingly, we express no opinion on it.
Purpose of this Report
The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and
compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the
entity’s internal control or on compliance. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in
accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the entity’s internal control and
compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for any other purpose.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
April 22, 2020
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND RESPONSES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
FINDING 2019-001 BANK RECONCILIATIONS
Criteria
Under Government Auditing Standards, the auditor is required to obtain an understanding of the
entity's internal control relevant to the audit. Internal Control is defined as a process affected by
those charged with governance, management, and other personnel that is designed to provide
reasonable assurance about the achievement of the entity's objectives with regards to the
reliability of financial reporting, effectiveness and efficiency of operations, and compliance with
applicable laws and regulations.
Conditions
Bank reconciliations were not performed on a timely basis during FY 2019. Bank reconciliations
fell behind starting in March 2019 due to staff vacancies. The amount of activity of these accounts
on a monthly basis is voluminous and data is captured from various transaction sources making
timely monthly reconciliations critical to the internal control over cash.
The City was over six months behind on completing its bank reconciliations in February 2020
when the Finance Director was arrested for alleged criminal misconduct. The City does not have
a written policy that requires bank reconciliations be prepared within a designated time period
after the end of the month.
Cause
Bank reconciliations from March to September 2019 were not prepared and reviewed on a timely
basis due to a lack of oversight by the former Finance Director and staff turnover in the City's
Financial Services Department during fiscal year 2019.
Effect
The internal controls over cash during the period under audit, as designed and placed in
operation, does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their
assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct a material misstatement on a timely basis.
Recommendation
Bank accounts should be reconciled monthly and all differences between book and bank balances
should be investigated on a timely basis by appropriate accounting personnel so that errors and
adjustments can be quickly identified and corrected. All accounts reconciled should be reviewed
by supervisory personnel. The City should require all bank reconciliations be completed within a
designated time period after the end of the month and any exceptions should be reported to the
appropriate member of management/Governance.
Management’s Response
Concur. Finance Department staff is aware of the importance of ensuring the bank accounts are
up to date. A new internal department policy will be drafted to ensure this practice continues.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND RESPONSES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
FINDING 2019-002 CUSTODY OF CASH
Criteria
The City’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to allow for management and
employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and
correct a material misstatement on a timely basis.
Condition
The fiscal year 2019 internal cash audit performed by City personnel in the Financial Services
department on October 2, 2019 could not verify the existence of $5,000 of cash held in the safe
for emergency/disaster purposes. The funds were missing from the safe at the time of the cash
counts. The Finance Director and the City Clerk were notified at the date of discovery of the
missing funds. However no further investigation of the missing funds took place.
The suspected fraud was not brought to the attention of the external auditors in fraud risk
questions asked of the City Finance Director and City Comptroller. The external auditors were
made aware of the missing funds in February 2020 after arrest of the City Finance Director. City
personnel also advised that the keys to safe do not have the appropriate physical safeguards and
thus access to the safe is not effectively limited. Limited funds are stored in the safe.
Cause
Any number of City employees could have had access to the safe due to the lack of physical
safeguards to the key and thus ultimate resolution of how the funds went missing most likely can
not be factually proved. Appropriate investigation into the missing funds did not take place as
reliance was placed on the Finance Director, due to her position of authority, to inform the City
Manager and Police Chief about the missing funds.
Recommendation
The City should ensure appropriate physical safeguards to the keys to the safe as only a limited
number of people would need access to the safe. Further access to the key and entry into the
safe should require dual entry process. The City should require in its policy that the internal cash
counts take place more frequently than annually.
City personnel should also be trained to ensure the City Manager, Police Chief and external
auditors are aware of any known or suspected fraud
The City should consider a written fraud policy that promotes consistent organizational behavior
by providing guidelines and assigning responsibility for the development of controls and conduct
of investigations as it applies to any irregularity or suspected irregularity. Annual fraud awareness
training for City employees should also be considered as this incident coupled with other
behaviors exhibited by the Finance Director was a red flag. Fraud awareness training has been
provided to City personnel in past years but is not a yearly requirement.
Management’s Response
Concur. The existing fraud policy/procedure is outdated and will be changed drastically. Finance
Department staff will consult with experts, including the Police Department, to implement better
safeguarding of the cash and access to the vault. The City will then adopt updated policies and
procedures for fraud prevention and detection and safeguards of cash on hand for emergency
response; this will include employee training. The COVID-19 pandemic has been a great exercise
in developing emergency procedures for purchasing necessary resources.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND RESPONSES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
FINDING 2019-003 AUDITOR PROPOSED JOURNAL ENTRIES
Criteria
The City’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to allow for management and
employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and
correct a material misstatement on a timely basis.
Condition
The final September 30, 2019 trial balances were not available for audit until January 19, 2020.
Several audit adjustments were then necessary to properly reflect account balances as follows:
The City failed to record the trade-in of an existing garbage truck as a disposal. The new
garbage truck purchased was recorded using the cash price paid without considering the
proceeds of $32,500 received from the trade-in.
Retainage payable of approximately $440,000 on the new field office complex was not
recorded.
Fund balance in the debt service fund varied by $21,000 from the prior year audit.
Accrued interest of approximately $62,000 was not record on long term debt.
Capital asset account classifications per the subsidiary detail did not agree the general
ledger balances.
Pooled investment earnings were not properly recorded as interest income/realized gains
and losses.
Cause
Recurring monthly and year end accounting activity, processes and account reconciliation is not
taking place on a timely basis. The City Comptroller has not been trained in certain functions, to
include capital asset accounting which is a transaction cycle with over $42 million in assets at
September 30, 2019. This is a result of staff vacancies, lack of training and lack of oversight by
the Finance Director during the year ended September 30, 2019.
Effect
The auditors proposed material entries either individually or in the aggregate which were reviewed
and accepted by management to correct certain account balances at September 30, 2019. The
system of internal control over financial accounting and reporting is not functioning as intended.
Recommendation
The City should ensure monthly and year end accounting activity to include account
reconciliations are performed and reviewed on a timely basis by appropriately experienced and
trained personnel.
Management’s Response
Concur. A training program for Finance Department staff will be developed and implemented
under the oversight of the City Manager, Finance Director and Human Resources Department. In
addition, the Finance Department will update policies and procedures to ensure timely
reconciliations for all accounts, including subledgers (i.e. fixed assets) to the general ledger.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND RESPONSES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
FINDING 2019-004 – ALLEGED FRAUD
Criteria
The City’s internal control over financial reporting is designed to allow for management and
employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and
correct a material misstatement on a timely basis.
Conditions
The Finance Director opened an American Express card in the name of the City in May 2019.
Purchases were made on the card beginning in August 2019. An outbound ACH transaction was
used to make payment of $5,840 on the credit card account on September 24, 2019. The credit
card charges have been alleged to be for personal use. The Finance Director was terminated
after being arrested and charged with criminal misconduct in February 2020.
A journal entry in the amount of $5,840 was posted in the City’s general ledger on September 25,
2019 to account for the ACH payment. The support documentation provided with the journal entry
was falsified and not reflective of the actual charges made on the credit card. The City’s
accounting system required two individuals to post the journal entry. The journal entries and the
accompanying falsified support documentation were prepared by the City’s Finance Director and
reviewed and approved by the City’s Comptroller.
Additional amounts of approximately $45,000 were paid for charges on the card using City funds
in FY2020 by ACH payment method. The additional charges on the card are alleged to be for
personal use.
Cause
City policy allowed the Finance Director to open a credit card account in the City’s name without
secondary approval or notification. Outbound ACH transactions were able to be initiated and
approved by the Finance Director as she served in the administrator role in the City’s banking
platform. City policy does not require payments made by ACH payment method to follow the same
input and approval process as check disbursements The Finance Director used her position of
trust and authority to open the account and prepare journal entries and falsified support
documentation to account for the transaction. The journal entry and falsified support
documentation were reviewed and approved by the City Comptroller and posted to general ledger.
The City has experienced significant turnover in the Financial Services department beginning in
February of 2018. There have been two Comptroller’s in place since that date. As noted in a
separate report prepared under the direction of a fraud investigation, certain employees were
hired that may not have had the proper experience, qualifications or training for the position
contributing to a slow erosion of the effectiveness of the Financial Services function. The current
Comptroller is new in the role and lacks appropriate experience to robustly review and approve
journal entries.
Effect
The City expended funds of approximately $5,840 on unauthorized transactions during the year
ended September 30, 2019. While the amounts are not material to the financial statements, the
City Council has asked all suspected fraud to be brought to their attention
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND RESPONSES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
FINDING 2019-004 – ALLEGED FRAUD – CONTINUED
Recommendation
The City has a written policy for approvals related to disbursements made via check. However
the policy has not been updated to account for disbursements made via electronic funds transfer
to include Automated Clearing House (ACH) electronic payment delivery system transactions and
wire transactions. We recommend the City update its cash disbursement policy to address these
methods used to provide payments to vendors. The policy should require a vendor to complete
a form in order to be paid by an electronic payment method. Input documentation for new ACH
and wire transactions should be reviewed and approved independently from the cash
disbursement process similar to the process to add a vendor to the vendor master file. The City
should work with its financial institution to determine if access controls at a task level can be
configured in its electronic banking platform to achieve this objective. In addition City policy
defines a process for the production of a check register each week prior to the disbursement of
funds. The check register and related input and approval process should include disbursements
by both physical checks and payments planned to be made by ACH and wire payment methods.
City policy expressly requires journal entries prepared by the Comptroller are to be reviewed by
the Finance Director. Management should adhere to the City’s policy that all adjusting journal
entries be reviewed and approved by the Finance Director or another appropriate individual other
than the individual responsible for recording journal entries in the general ledger.
City policy does not address journal entries prepared by the Finance Director since the system
does not contemplate the need for the Finance Director to make journal entries. Due to the
turnover and lack of experience in the City’s finance function there may have been valid reasons
for a journal entry to be prepared by the Finance Director; however the review of such entries
should have been elevated to an individual with requisite financial experience that is not a direct
report of the Finance Director. We recommend the City update its policy in this regard.
City policy should require two individuals approve the opening of new accounts as well as the
issuance of credit or procurement cards.
Ultimately crime is a combination of motive and opportunity. Due the responsibility and authority
of the Finance Director’s position it is virtually impossible to design a system of internal control to
prevent an individual in that position from having opportunity to override the system of internal
control. However additional checks and balances over the opening of accounts and the approval
process for vendor disbursements using electronic payment methods can make it more difficult
for fraud to be committed and increase the frequency in which fraud can be detected.
Management’s Response
Concur. The appropriate internal controls and policies will be amended or created to ensure this
does not happen in the future. Recommendations from the forensic audit will be immediately
implemented. Positive pay for ACH transactions has already been implemented after it was
determined this feature was never activated for ACH as it was for checks.
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CITY OF FORT WALTON BEACH, FLORIDA
SCHEDULE OF FINDINGS AND RESPONSES
FOR THE YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
FINDING 2019-005 IT RISK ASSESSMENT
Criteria
With threats to sensitive data growing in number and sophistication, along with targeted attacks on
governmental agencies, management should focus limited IT budgets and resources on specific
vulnerabilities. An IT risk assessment identifies, analyzes and prioritizes the risks to the confidentiality,
integrity or availability of the organization’s data or information systems, based on both the likelihood
of the event and the level of impact it might have on the organization.
Condition
City management has discussed the need for a current external IT risk assessment but has not
formally taken action to procure the assessment.
Cause
City management has varying priorities and other items have taken precedence over this action item.
IT management also agrees an external assessment would be valuable however management would
like to accomplish certain IT objectives before proceeding forward.
Recommendation
The City should procure an external IT risk assessment that can be used as a foundation of its IT
security strategy. IT risk assessment needs to be an on-going process that is constantly maintained
and updated. While there is no good time for such an activity, proactive identification of system
weaknesses can ultimately prevent a reactive response which can be very costly in the event of a
breech.
Management’s Response
Concur. An overall IT assessment is needed for the City, which includes an enterprise software
evaluation. Funding was allocated in the FY 2019-20 budget to contract with a third-party vendor for
an overall City software evaluation project. This will be expanded to include an IT risk assessment as
part of the overall project.
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INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS’ REPORT ON AN EXAMINATION OF
COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 10.550,
RULES OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
We have examined the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida’s (the City’s) compliance with the following
requirements for the year ended September 30, 2019:
1) Section 218.415, Florida Statutes, in regard to the investments.
2) Section 218.8018, Florida Statutes, in regard to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
receipts and expenditures.
Management is responsible for the City’s compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion on the City’s compliance based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and perform
the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the City complied, in all material
respects, with the specified requirements. An examination involves performing procedures to obtain
evidence about whether the City complied with the specified requirements. The nature, timing, and
extent of the procedures selected depend on our judgement, including the assessment of the risks of
material noncompliance, whether due to fraud or error. We believe that the evidence we obtained is
sufficient and appropriate to provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not
provide a legal determination of the City’s compliance with specified requirements.
In our opinion, the City complied, in all material respects, with the aforementioned requirements for
the year ended September 30, 2019.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
April 22, 2020
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MANAGEMENT LETTER
To the Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the financial statements of the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida (the City), as of
and for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2019, and have issued our report thereon dated April
22, 2020.
Auditors’ Responsibility
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing
Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States, and Chapter 10.550, Rules of the
Auditor General.
Other Reporting Requirements
We have issued our Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and
on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in
Accordance with Government Auditing Standards; Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs; and
Independent Accountant’s Report on an Examination of Compliance Requirements in Accordance
with Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Auditor General. Disclosures in those reports, which are dated April
22, 2020, should be considered in conjunction with this management letter.
Prior Audit Findings
Section 10.554(1)(i)1., Rules of the Auditor General, requires that we determine whether or not
corrective actions have been taken to address findings and recommendations made in the preceding
annual financial report. There were no findings identified in the preceding annual final report.
Official Title and Legal Authority
Section 10.554(1)(i)4., Rules of the Auditor General, requires that the name or official title and legal
authority for the primary government and each component unit of the reporting entity be disclosed in
this management letter, unless disclosed in the notes to the financial statements. The official title and
legal authority for the City of Fort Walton Beach, Florida has been disclosed in Note 1 to the financial
statements.
Financial Condition and Management
Section 10.554(1)(i)5.a. and 10.556(7), Rules of the Auditor General, require us to apply appropriate
procedures and communicate the results of our determination as to whether or not the City has met
one or more of the conditions described in Section 218.503(1), Florida Statutes, and to identify the
specific condition(s) met. In connection with our audit, we determined that the City did not meet any
of the conditions described in Section 218.503(1), Florida Statutes.
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Financial Condition and Management – Continued
Pursuant to Sections 10.554(1)(i)5.b., and 10.556(8), Rules of the Auditor General, we applied
financial condition assessment procedures for the City. It is management's responsibility to monitor
the City's financial condition, and our financial condition assessment was based in part on
representations made by management and the review of financial information provided by same.
Section 10.554(1)(i)2., Rules of the Auditor General, requires that we communicate any
recommendations to improve financial management. In connection with our audit, see the schedule
of findings and responses.
Additional Matters
Section 10.554(1)(i)3., Rules of the Auditor General, requires us to communicate noncompliance with
provisions of contracts or grant agreements, or abuse, that has occurred, or are likely to have
occurred, that has an effect on the financial statements that is less than material but which warrants
the attention of those charged with governance. In connection with our audit, see the schedule of
findings and responses.
Purpose of this Letter
Our management letter is intended solely for the information and use of the Legislative Auditing
Committee, members of the Florida Senate and the Florida House of Representatives, the Florida
Auditor General, Federal and other granting agencies, the City Council Members, and applicable
management, and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified
parties.
We greatly appreciate the assistance and cooperation extended us during our audit.
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April 22, 2020
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