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PROPRIETARY FUND TYPES: ACCOUNTING SYSTEM AND BUDGETARY CONTROL

Enterprise / Business-Type Funds

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service. Billing and collection services are shared between the two funds. Operation oversight
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Special Capital Business Internal controls are designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance regarding
Departments General Revenue Projects Type the safeguarding of assets against loss from unauthorized use or disposition and the
City Manager's Office D reliability of ILQDQFLDO UHFRUGV IRU SUHSDULQJ ILQDQFLDO VWDWHPHQWV DQG PDLQWDLQLQJ
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Finance D EHQHILWV UHTXLUHV HVWLPDWHV DQG judgment by management.
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Planning & Inspections D Budgetary Control is accomplished by the adoption of an annual operating budget for various
Information Technology D D funds of the City. Detail control is accomplished by maintaining appropriations and expended
Fleet Services D balances by line item account within each operating department within each budgeted
Building Maintenance D fund. Purchase orders or payments that would result in an over expenditure of a line item
Police D D account are not processed without the approval of the Finance Director or the City Manager.
Fire D D
Municipal Court D D
Public Works D BASIS OF BUDGETING
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Library D D DQG debt service are included in the Water and Sewer Fund budget as a budgetary control of
Economic Development D cash expenditures. Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), these items
Non-Departmental D D D will be reported as additions to capitalized assets and as a reduction of a liability, respectively.
Certain accounting adjustments based on GAAP will be applied when the City closes its
books for the year but these types of adjustments are not part of the budget presentation.
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