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authority at a local government and must also have a similar formal action by the <br /> same level of decision making authority to remove or modify the commitment. <br /> Assi n�ed—Self-imposed limitations of fund balance resulting from intended use. <br /> These limitations can be established after yeaz end, up to the date of issuance of <br /> the audit report and the authority to determine assigned fund balance can be <br /> delegated to someone other than the governing board. <br /> Unassigned—The residual classification of fund balances for the general fund. <br /> Any negative amounts in other governmental funds are reported as unassigned in <br /> the applicable fund. <br /> The City will commit fund balance in the general fund of up to 50% of the <br /> following year's general fund budgeted expenditures for cash flow purposes. <br /> J. DEFINITION OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS <br /> Cash and cash equivalents include: cash on hand, demand deposits, and short- <br /> term investments with original maturities of 3 months or less from the date of <br /> acquisition. <br /> K. ALLOWANCE FOR UNCOLLECTIBLE RECEIVABLES <br /> Based on past experience, the City is able to collect almost a11 of its receivables. <br /> Amounts uncollectible have been immaterial. Based on this history,the City will <br /> only record an allowance for uncollectibles on a case by case basis, if needed. <br /> L. ELINIINATION OF INTERNAL ACTIVITY ON THE STATEMENT OF <br /> ACTIVITIES <br /> The City, as a general rule, eliminates the effect of interfund activity on the <br /> government-wide financial sta.tements. The only interfund activities that will be <br /> reported on these financial statements are those between the two types of <br /> activities: governmental and business-type. <br /> M. APPLICATION OF FASB PRONOUNCEMENTS TO BUSINESS-TYPE <br /> ACTIVITIES <br /> The City generally follows private-sector standards of accounting and financial <br /> reporting issued prior to December l, 1989 for the government-wide and <br /> proprietary fund financial statements to the extent that those standards do not <br /> conflict with or contradict guidance of the Governmental Accounting Standards <br /> Board. The City has the option of following subsequent private-sector guidance <br /> for their business-type activities and enterprise funds, subject to the same <br /> limitation; however,the city elects not to follow subsequent private-sector <br /> guidance. <br /> N. SPECIAL AND EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS <br /> - 5 - <br />