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glossary

CAPITAL ASSETS – Non-Current Assets that are used in the operation of the City and have an initial useful life in excess of one
year. Examples of capital assets are buildings, computer equipment, machinery, and vehicles.

CURRENT ASSETS – Liquid assets of the City such as cash or receivables; assets that can be liquidated within a short period of
time, usually one year.

CURRENT LIABILITIES – City’s debt and obligations that are due within a year such as accounts payable, payroll taxes, matured
principal payments, and the likes.

DEFERRED INFLOW (OUTFLOW) OF RESOURCES – Like revenues and expenses, deferrals represent flows of resources into and
out of a government during the fiscal year. However, unlike revenues and expenses which are inflows and outflows of resources
related to the period in which they occur, deferrals are related to future periods.

DEPRECIATION - A reduction in the value of an asset with the passage of time, due in particular to wear and tear.

FUND BALANCE: is the excess of total assets as compared to total liabilities in a governmental fund and are listed under five
categories:

1) Non-spendable: Amounts that cannot be spent because they are either not in the spendable form or are legally and
contractually required to be maintained intact.
2) Restricted: Amounts that are constrained on the use of resources by external creditors, grantors, contributors, or
laws or regulations of other governments; or, by law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislature.
3) Committed: Amounts that can be used only for the specific purposes pursuant to constraints imposed by formal
action of the government’s highest authority, City Council.
4) Assigned: Amounts that are constrained by the government’s intent to be used for specific purposes, but are neither
restricted nor committed.
5) Unassigned: the residual amounts that have not been restricted, committed, or assigned to specific purposes.

GAAP (GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES) - A collection of commonly-followed accounting rules and standards
for financial reporting.

LONG-TERM DEBT/NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES – Debt and obligations that are due usually in more than one-year such as bonds
payable, claims payable, landfill post closure, and the likes.

MEDIAN VS. AVERAGE - The median of a set of numbers is that number where half the numbers are lower and half the numbers
are higher. In the case of real estate, that means that the median is the price where half the homes sold in any given area that
month were less expensive, and half were more expensive than the median. The average of a set of numbers is the total of those
numbers divided by the number of items in that set.

NON-CURRENT ASSETS – Assets that cannot be converted to cash or liquidated in a short period of time such as fixed/capital
assets, inventory, restricted assets, deferred charges, and the likes.

RECEIVABLE(S) - amounts owed from a business, regarded as assets.

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