Reso 2020-033 CAFR for Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019

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CITY OF SAN LEANDRO NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For The Year Ended June 30, 2019 NOTE 9 — NET POSITION AND FUND BALANCES (Continued) Restricted fund balances have external restrictions imposed by creditors, grantors, contributors, laws, regulations, or enabling legislation which requires the resources to be used only for a specific purpose. Encumbrances and nonspendable amounts subject to restrictions are included along with spendable resources. Committed fund balances have constraints imposed by formal action of the City's highest level decision- making authority. The City Council is the highest level of decision-making authority for the City that can, by adoption of a resolution prior to end if the fiscal year, commit fund balance. Once adopted, the limitation imposed by the resolution remains in place until a similar action is taken to remove or revise the limitation. Encumbrances and nonspendable amounts subject to council commitments are included along with spendable resources. As of June 30, 2019, the City does not have committed fund balance. Assigned fund balances are amounts constrained by the City's intent to be used for a specific purpose, but are neither restricted nor committed. Intent is expressed through City Council resolution and/or budget document or its designee (City Manager) and may be changed at the discretion of the City Council or its designee. This category includes encumbrances; Nonspendable, when it is the City's intent to use proceeds or collections for a specific purpose, and residual fund balances, if any, of Special Revenue, Capital Projects and Debt Service Funds which have not been restricted or committed. Unassigned fund balance represents residual amounts that have not been restricted, committed, or assigned. This includes the residual general fund balance and residual fund deficits, if any, of other governmental funds. C. Encumbrances The City uses an encumbrance system as an extension of normal budgetary accounting for governmental funds. Under this system, purchase orders, contracts, and other commitments for the expenditure of monies are recorded in order to reserve that portion of applicable appropriations. Encumbrances outstanding at year-end are recorded as restricted, committed or assigned fund balance, depending on the classification of the resources to be used to liquidate the encumbrance, since they do not constitute expenditures or liabilities. Outstanding encumbrances at year-end are automatically reappropriated for the following year. Unencumbered and unexpended appropriations lapse at year-end. As of June 30, 2019, the General Fund had outstanding encumbrances of $2,105,840. D. Contingency Arrangements The City's annual budget requires the City to implement and maintain fund balance to handle any unforeseen contingencies in the future, rather than continued reliance on the City's operating General Fund reserves. These unforeseen contingencies include Economic Uncertainty, major Emergencies and Contingencies. As of June 30, 2019, the following are reported within the unassigned fund balance of the General Fund: Compensated Absences $ 593,069 Major Emergencies 5,000,000 Economic Uncertainty 12,411,000 Other Remaining Unassigned 24,737,047 Total $ 42.741.116 %ha