Item 4C: Adoption of Resolution on FY12 CAFR

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CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON Notes to Basic Financial Statements (1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, continued (C) Government-wide and Fund Financial Statements The government-wide financial statements (Exhibits 1 and 2) report information on all activities of the primary government and its component unit. As a general rule, the effect of interfund activity has been eliminated 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, fines, and charges for services. The Statement of Activities (Exhibit 2) demonstrates the degree to which the direct and allocated indirect expenses of a given function or business-type activity are offset by program revenues. Direct expenses are those that are clearly identifiable with a specific function or program. Indirect expenses are those costs, usually administrative in nature, that support all City functions and enable direct services to be provided. Program revenues include 1) fees, fines, and charges to customers who purchase, use, or directly benefit from goods, services, or privileges provided by a given function or program, and 2) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operational or capital requirements of a particular function or program. Taxes and other items not properly included among program revenues are reported instead as general revenues. Fund financial statements (Exhibits 3 through 8) are provided for governmental funds and proprietary funds. Major individual governmental funds and major individual enterprise funds are reported as separate columns in the fund financial statements. (D) Measurement Focus, Basis of Accounting, and Financial Statement Presentation Measurement focus refers to what is being measured by a fund. Basis of accounting refers to when revenues and expenditures or expenses are recognized in the accounts and reported in the financial statements. Government-wide and Proprietary Fund Financial Statements The government-wide and proprietary fund financial statements are accounted for using an economic resources measurement focus, whereby all assets and liabilities are included in the Statement of Net Assets and the Statement of Fund Net Assets. The increases and decreases in those net assets are presented in the government-wide Statement of Activities and in the proprietary fund Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Fund Net Assets. These funds use the accrual basis of accounting whereby revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a liability is incurred, regardless of the timing of related cash flows. The City’s government-wide and proprietary fund accounting and financial reporting practices are based on all applicable GASB pronouncements. Interfund activity consists of transfers, services provided and/or used, reimbursements, advances, and loans. As a general rule the effect of interfund activity has been eliminated from the governmental-wide financial statements. Exceptions to this general rule include interfund services provided and/or used. Interfund services provided and/or used are accounted for as revenues and expenses since the elimination of such revenues and expenses would distort the direct costs and program revenues reported for the various functions. Amounts reported as program revenues in the Statement of Activities include 1) fees, fines, and charges for services, 2) operating grants and contributions, and 3) capital grants and contributions, including special assessments. Grants and contributions not restricted to specific programs are reported as general revenues rather than as program revenues. Likewise, general revenues include all taxes. continued 36