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B.  The Capital Asset Team is responsible for maintaining a current listing of
                              Capital Assets Coordinators from all City departments.


                          C.  The Capital Asset Team must oversee the review of all transactions related
                              to capital assets at least monthly and update the PSAM system, as required,
                              upon validation of the transactions or corrections.


                          D.  The Capital Asset Team, Financial Services  Manager,  and Assistant
                              Finance Director over Accounting are responsible for ensuring that journal
                              entries  and monthly depreciation expense are properly recorded in the
                              general ledger and  financial  changes noted by the  Capital Assets
                              Coordinators are recorded in the PSAM system.


                          E.  FMS is responsible to provide department  representatives  with the
                              necessary support in capital asset management to effectively fulfill their
                              duties and responsibilities under this policy.

                       Asset Classification
                       The City categorizes capital assets into the following:

                          A.  Land

                              Land includes all land parcels purchased or otherwise acquired by the City
                              for building sites, streets, right of way, permanent easement, recreation,
                              future use, etc. This does not include land held for resale, which is
                              accounted for as inventory.

                              Land is frequently associated with some other asset (e.g., land under a
                              building or road).  Land should always be treated and accounted  for
                              separately. The cost of the land should include not only the acquisition
                              price, but also the cost of initially preparing land for its intended purpose,
                              provided these preparations have an indefinite useful life, like the land
                              itself. The recorded cost of land includes (1) the contract purchase price;
                              (2) the costs of closing the transaction and obtaining title, including
                              commissions, options, legal fees, title search, insurance, and past due or
                              current taxes; And (3) the cost of preparing the land for its particular use
                              such as clearing and grading. If the land is purchased for the purpose of
                              constructing a building, all costs incurred up to the excavation for the new




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