LARIMER COUNTY, COLORADO
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Year Ended December 31, 1998

NOTE 7 - LEASE OBLIGATIONS:

Capital Lease:

Solid Waste (an enterprise fund) entered into a $3.1 million lease purchase agreement for a materials recycling facility at the Larimer County landfill. The lease requires monthly payments for twelve years with a final $1.00 buyout due July, 2004. The book value of the asset at December 31, 1998 is $2,602,708.

Print Shop (an internal service fund) entered into a $74,585 lease purchase agreement for a copier/duplicator. The lease requires monthly payments for five years with final payment due April, 2001. The book value of the asset at December 31, 1998 is $40,131.

The following is a schedule by years of future minimum lease payments under the capital lease together with the present value of the net minimum lease payments as of December 31, 1998:

       

Year

Solid Waste

Print Shop

Total

1999

$ 389,123

$ 14,915

$ 404,038

2000

389,123

14,915

404,038

2001

389,123

4,972

394,095

2002

389,123

-

389,123

2003

389,123

-

389,123

2004

226,989

          -

226,989

Total minimum lease payments

2,172,604

34,802

2,207,406

       

Less: Amount representing interest

399,646

3,592

403,238

Present value of net minimum

     

lease payments

$ 1,772,958

$ 31,210

$ 1,804,168

Operating Leases:

The County has entered into various operating leases for office space, office equipment and software maintenance. Lease terms are generally on a month-to-month or annual basis with renewal options common. Costs incurred in 1998 for operating leases were $974,259 in the governmental funds and $22,902 in the proprietary funds. Of these costs, $124,287 in the governmental funds and $20,456 in the proprietary funds were interfund operating leases for office space.

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