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What is Fund Balance? <br />Pg 6 Meeting Date: June 2, 2025 <br />What is Fund Balance? <br />•Represents the difference between the City’s totals assets and current/future liabilities. It essentially shows <br />the net available resources in that fund at a given point in time. <br />•Categories of Fund Balance: <br />•Nonspendable – Resources that cannot be spent. <br />•Restricted – Resources with external restrictions (i.e. grants). <br />•Committed – Set aside for specific purposes by formal government action. <br />•Assigned – Intended for specific purposes but not legally restricted (i.e. encumbrances). <br />•Unassigned – Available for any purpose. <br />What is a Targeted Fund Balance? <br />•A targeted fund balance percentage refers to the desired level of reserves a government or organization <br />aims to maintain in its General Fund. <br />•The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) recommends that general-purpose governments <br />maintain unrestricted fund balance in their General Fund of at least two months (or approximately 20%) of <br />regular operating expenditures (excluding transfers).