Comprehensive Annual Financial Report - City of Cerritos
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report - City of Cerritos
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report - City of Cerritos
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<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cerritos</strong><br />
Notes to Basic <strong>Financial</strong> Statements, Continued<br />
For the year ended June 30, 2010<br />
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, Continued<br />
G. Capital Assets, Continued<br />
Capital assets include additions to public domain (infrastructure), certain improvements including<br />
pavement, curb and gutter, sidewalks, traffic control devices, street lights, sewers, bridges and right-<strong>of</strong>-way<br />
corridors within the <strong>City</strong>. The <strong>City</strong> has valued and recorded all infrastructure asset data as <strong>of</strong> June 30, 2010.<br />
In June 1999, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued Statement No. 34 which<br />
requires the inclusion <strong>of</strong> infrastructure capital assets in local governments’ basic financial statements. For<br />
infrastructure systems, the <strong>City</strong> elected to use the “Basic Approach” as defined by GASB Statement No. 34<br />
for infrastructure reporting.<br />
The costs <strong>of</strong> normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value <strong>of</strong> the asset or materially extend<br />
assets lives are not capitalized.<br />
Major outlays for capital assets and improvements are capitalized as projects are constructed. Interest<br />
incurred during the construction phase <strong>of</strong> the capital assets <strong>of</strong> business-type activities is included as part <strong>of</strong><br />
the capitalized value <strong>of</strong> the assets constructed.<br />
Capital assets used in operations are depreciated over their estimated useful lives using the straight-line<br />
method. The lives used for depreciation purposes <strong>of</strong> each capital asset class are:<br />
Buildings<br />
Improvements other than buildings<br />
Water mains and lines<br />
Water rights<br />
Vehicles<br />
Machinery and equipment<br />
Office furniture, computers and equipment<br />
Leased property<br />
Infrastructure<br />
40 years<br />
10 to 40 years<br />
65 years<br />
40 years<br />
5 to 15 years<br />
5 to 15 years<br />
3 to 15 years<br />
5 to 10 years<br />
20 to 75 years<br />
H. Land Held For Resale or Lease<br />
Land held for resale or lease is carried in the Redevelopment Agency Capital Projects Fund at the lower <strong>of</strong><br />
cost or market value at acquisition.<br />
I. Compensated Absences Payable<br />
In governmental funds vacation and sick leave are recorded as expenditures in the year paid. Accordingly,<br />
the entire unpaid liability for the governmental funds is recorded as a long-term obligation in the<br />
government-wide financial statements only.<br />
Unpaid compensated absences in proprietary funds are recorded as a liability in those funds as the vested<br />
benefits accrue to the employees.<br />
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