LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year Ended December 31, 1997

NOTE 15 - RESERVATIONS AND DESIGNATIONS OF FUND EQUITY:

Reservations:

Reservations of fund equity either indicate that a portion of fund equity is legally segregated for a specific future use or indicate that a portion of fund equity is not appropriable. The following reservations are used by the County:

Reserved Retained Earnings ­ segregates a portion of retained earnings to indicate it is committed to a specific future use. Reserved retained earnings consist of the following:

Capital Working Future
December 31, 1997Outlay Insurance Capital Prepaids Projects Total
Enterprise Fund:
Solid Waste$ 634,402 $ -$ 909,184 $ 6,410$ - $ 1,549,996
Internal Service Funds:
Estes Park Common Costs - - 1,000 - 4,920 5,920
Fleet Services - - 275,450 - 902,433 1,177,883
Print Shop - - 74,564 - 27,392 101,956
Telecommunications - - - - 1,046,238 1,046,238
Self-Insured Workers'
Compensation - 206,968 60,815 - - 267,783
Self-Insured Reserve                - 3,783,369                -               -                - 3,783,369
               - 3,990,337 411,829                - 1,980,983 6,383,149
Total$ 634,402 $ 3,990,337$ 1,321,013 $ 6,410$ 1,980,983 $ 7,933,145

Reserved Fund Balances ­ segregates a portion of fund balances to indicate that prepaid expenditures and inventories do not represent available, spendable resources even though they are a component of net current assets. Fund balance reserved for debt service indicates the fund balance is restricted for the payment of special assessment debt principal and interest maturing in future years. Fund balance reserved for emergencies represents a 3% legal restriction pursuant to Article X, Section 20 of the State Constitution (Tabor Amendment). Reserved fund balances consist of the following:
Tax
Distribution/
Open Lands Debt
December 31, 1997Projects Prepaids Inventories Service Emergencies Total
General Fund$ - $ 17,518$ - $ -$ 348,254 $ 365,772
Special Revenue Funds:
Contingent - - - - 1,755,541 1,755,541
Health and Environment - - 29,913 - - 29,913
Open Lands 3,505,873 - - - - 3,505,873
Pest Control - - - - 6,990 6,990
Imperial Estates - - - - 108 108
Pinewood Springs - - - - 629 629
Carriage Hills - - - - 1,200 1,200
Namaqua Hills Maintenance - - - - 753 753
Homestead Estates - - - - 17 17
Meadowdale Hills - - - - 101 101
Red Feather - - - - 459 459
Little Valley Road - - - - 719 719
Club Estates               -                -               -                - 558 558
3,505,873 - 29,913 - 1,767,075 5,302,861
Debt Service Fund               -                -               - 601,584               - 601,584
Totals$ 3,505,873 $ 17,518$ 29,913 $ 601,584$ 2,115,329 $ 6,270,217

Designations:

Designations of fund balances are not legally required segregations, but indicate that portion of fund balances the County has made tentative plans for. The following designations are used by the County:

Designated for Capital
Subsequent Year's Outlay & Working Future
December 31, 1997Expenditures Projects Capital Projects Total
Primary government:
General Fund $ 163,980 $ - $ 4,500,000$ 1,766,532 $ 6,430,512
Special Revenue Funds:
Building Inspection - 25,321 160,385 311,835 497,541
Community Corrections - 50,000 100,000 387,202 537,202
Community Services 272,891 - - 2,416,285 2,689,176
Conservation Trust - - 50,772 723,224 773,996
Employment and Training Services - - - 2,426 2,426
Enterprise Zone 5,000 - - 8,147 13,147
Fair 45,207 - 25,000 63,265 133,472
Health and Environment 131,454 - 50,000 168,997 350,451
Human Development - 37,930 35,000 139,051 211,981
Mental Health 92,142 195,000 125,000 572,340 984,482
Parks 139,619 - 7,698 155,272 302,589
Payments in Lieu of Taxes 5,132 - - 541,962 547,094
Pest Control 80,868 - 54,420 32,847 168,135
Road and Bridge - - - 1,071,569 1,071,569
Imperial Estates - - - 65,343 65,343
Pinewood Springs 10,801 - - 22,006 32,807
Carriage Hills 12,266 - - 4,248 16,514
Namaqua Hills Maintenance - - - 87,163 87,163
Homestead Estates 663 - - 2,743 3,406
Meadowdale Hills 1,065 - - 1,774 2,839
Red Feather 2,004 - - 1,332 3,336
Little Valley Road 340 - - 10,220 10,560
Club Estates               -                -                - 15,744 15,744
799,452 308,251 608,275 6,804,995 8,520,973
Capital Projects Funds
Capital Communications Equipment - 317,841 - - 317,841
Capital Expenditures - 3,677,128 - - 3,677,128
Capital Outlay 346,084 1,869,936 100,000 68,891 2,384,911
Improvement District Construction                - 64,054                - 234 64,288
346,084 5,928,959 100,000 69,125 6,444,168
Total $ 1,309,516 $ 6,237,210 $ 5,208,275$ 8,640,652 $ 21,395,653
Component Unit:
Public Trustee $ - $ -$ - $ 224,695 $ 224,695

Designated for Subsequent Year's Expenditures represents fund balance commitments for appropriated expenditures in excess of anticipated revenues for the year ending December 31, 1997. Fund balances are also designated for the following other purposes:

(a) Capital outlay and projects - purchases of equipment, land, buildings or capital improvement projects.

(b) Working capital - balances which the County Commissioners determined should be maintained at all times and are not available for appropriation; or

(c) Future projects - projects of individual funds.

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