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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Presentation April 10, 2001 City of _ Oak Park Heights, - Minnesota - Council Presentation April 10, 2001 HLB TAUTGES REDPATH, LTD. _ Year End Reports _ I Required z - Comprehensive Annual Financial Report • City's financial statements I •Independent auditor reports on the fair presentation of the financial statements • "Clean opinion" on the 2000 financial statements 3 - State Legal Compliance Report _ Required by Minnesota Statute _ §6.65 _ I OSA established a task force to _ develop audit guide for legal _ compliance _ Audit guide covers five categories 1) contracting and bidding 2) deposits and investments - 3) conflicts of interest _ 4) public indebtedness 5) claims and disbursement • No compliance findings for 2000 based on items tested 4 - Report on Internal Control •Required by audit standards I •Based on inquiries and observations • Identifies reportable conditions • Reportable condition defined as "Significant deficiencies in the design or operation of the internal control over _ financial reporting that would adversely affect the City's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data" • No reportable conditions noted 5 - Management Report • Summary: — General Fund: • Fund balance increased $89,000 to $1,280,000 as a result of positive = I budget variances in both revenues and expenditures • Fund balance at December 31, 2000 - was not sufficient to fulfill all _ reserve requirements -the contingency reserve was $87,000 under amount desired by policy - • We recommend the City consider _ amending the contingent employee reserve component • We recommend the City consider an - alternate approach to funding of _ General Fund capital outlay 6 - Management Report • Summary: — Special Revenue Funds: • Economic Development fund - This fund does not have the _ I resources to make full repayment of it's $260,000 interfund loan. We recommend the City consider forgiving approximately $ 195,000 of the loan payable • Forfeiture and Seizure Fund had a fund balance of $25,000 at year end - Management Report —Debt Service Funds: •Three bond issues outstanding _ totaling $3 million. _ •Storm Sewer Bonds of 1992 -Final payment in 2000. City was able to = I cancel the 2000 tax levy ($25,000) • Water and Sewer Bonds of 1993 - this bond issue is funded by transfers from the Connection Charge Fund. Existing connection _ charges should be sufficient to fund debt service requirements • Improvement Bonds of 1995 -this bond issue is projected to have a _ surplus of $35,000 at final bond maturity (2006) based upon levying the scheduled property taxes s - Management Report —Debt Service Funds: •Improvement Bonds of 1998 -this - bond issue matures in 2014. Debt service is funded by special assessments and connection charges. = I Existing connection charges should be sufficient to fund debt service requirements. 9 Management Report — Capital Project Funds: - • Capital Revolving Fund - fund balance increased by $96,000 during the year. Assets of this fund at December 31, 2000 consisted of: — cash $178 — interfund loan - ?? 260,000 — storm sewer repay 20 — assessments 241,000 • total $699,000 • Connection Charge Funds - a summary is as follows: Sanitary Water Storm Sewer Works Water Total Fund balance - December 31, 2000 $362,829 $280,662 $541,815 $1,185,306 Future connection charges 285,981 492,432 623,896 1,402,309 Subtotal 648,810 773,094 1,165,711 2,587,615 Debt service commitments: Bonds of 1993 (75,000) (450,000) - (525,000) Bonds of 1998 (357,035) (123,725) (226,240) (707,000) Repayment commitment - - 20,000 20,000 Uncommitted $216,775 $199,369 $959,471 $1,375,615 10 - Management Report — Capital Project Funds: - •Park Development Fund - fund _ balance decreased by $83,000 during the year. The fund balance was $302,000 at December 31, - I 2000. Expenditures for the year included: — Park signs 16,000 —Trail paving 30 _ — Valley View bridge 65,000 • total $111,000 • Renewal and Replacement Fund - - fund balance increased by $148,000 _ during the year. The fund balance was $1.6 million at December 31, 2000. Expenditures for the year - included $59,000 for Deep Well # 3. - Management Report — Capital Project Funds: •Street Reconstruction Fund - fund _ balance was $335,000 at December 31, 2000. These monies will provide partial financing for the next - I phase of street reconstruction. 12 Management Report _ — Enterprise Funds: • Water operations reflected operating income for 2000 of $54,000 •Sewer operations reflected an = I operating loss for 2000 of $91,000 • Sanitation operations are subsidized by the General fund. The 2000 transfer was $84,000 - •Storm Sewer operations reflected an _ operating loss for 2000 of $5,000 • Gallons of sewage billed by the City was less than the amount processed by MCES. This may be the result of — inflow /infiltration — sump pumps adding the sewer system — interconnection issues between cities _ — incorrect estimates by MCES — gallon charge for residential customers may be low 13 - Management Report — Other: •The City experienced an overall - collection rate of 99% for special assessments in 2000. • The City has an excellent property = I tax collection rate - 99% for 2000. • Significant changes in accounting _ and financial reporting will be required by 2004 (GASB 34) 14