FY 2011-12 Adopted Budget - City of Oviedo
FY 2011-12 Adopted Budget - City of Oviedo
FY 2011-12 Adopted Budget - City of Oviedo
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<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Oviedo</strong><br />
Fund Categories and Types<br />
The <strong>City</strong> o f <strong>Oviedo</strong> utilizes funds and account<br />
groups, each <strong>of</strong> which is co nsidered a<br />
separate accounting entity, to report its financial<br />
position and th e results <strong>of</strong> its operations.<br />
The operations <strong>of</strong> each fund are accounted<br />
for with a separa te se t <strong>of</strong> self -balancing accounts<br />
that com prise its assets, liabilities,<br />
fund equity, revenues and expenditures or<br />
expenses, as appropriate.<br />
For budgeting purposes, all <strong>of</strong> the funds <strong>of</strong><br />
the <strong>City</strong> can be divide d into either governmental<br />
or proprietary and are summarized as<br />
follows:<br />
GOVERNMENTAL<br />
General Fund<br />
The General Fund is the <strong>City</strong>' s primary operating<br />
fund that accounts for all financial resources<br />
<strong>of</strong> the general governm ent that fund<br />
except those required to be accounted for in<br />
another fund. The majority <strong>of</strong> current operating<br />
expenditures for the traditional municipal<br />
services <strong>of</strong> the <strong>City</strong> o ther than pr oprietary<br />
fund activities are fina nced through revenues<br />
received by the General Fund.<br />
Special Revenue Funds<br />
Special Rev enue Funds account for specific<br />
revenue sources that are restricted b y law or<br />
internal ad ministrative action for specific<br />
purposes. S pecial revenue funds include the<br />
various non-water/sewer Im pact Fee Funds,<br />
Local Option Gas Tax Fund, State and Federal<br />
Law E nforcement Trust Funds, Grants<br />
Fund, Stormwater, and Solid Waste.<br />
Debt Service Funds<br />
Debt Service Funds account for the accum u-<br />
lation <strong>of</strong> resources for and the paym ent <strong>of</strong>,<br />
principal an d intere st o n certa in lo ng-term<br />
debt such as revenue bonds and General Obligation<br />
bonds.<br />
Capital Project Funds<br />
Capital P roject Funds account for financial<br />
resources segregated for the acquisition or<br />
construction <strong>of</strong> major capital facilities. Capital<br />
projects funds incl ude the Vehicle Replacement<br />
Fund, Local Option Sales Tax<br />
Construction Fund, Downtown Infrastructure<br />
Construction Fund, Technology Im provements<br />
Fund, General Facilities Improvements<br />
Fund, and the Recreati onal Facilities Im -<br />
provements Fund.<br />
PROPRIETARY<br />
Enterprise Funds<br />
The Water and Sewer Util ity Fund is used to<br />
account for the <strong>City</strong>'s water and sewer operations,<br />
including debt service, capital recovery<br />
(impact fees) and capital im provements<br />
(renewal and replacement).<br />
Internal Service Funds<br />
The Medical Insurance Fund is used to account<br />
for the <strong>City</strong>’s health, life and long term<br />
disability insurance program . This fund was<br />
established to bette r monitor c laim costs f or<br />
the <strong>City</strong>’s self-insured medical insurance program<br />
adm inistered by Blue Cross and Blue<br />
Shield <strong>of</strong> Florida.<br />
Fiduciary Funds<br />
Fiduciary Funds are re ported in the <strong>City</strong>’s<br />
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report<br />
(CAFR) but are not adopt ed in the budget.<br />
Fiduciary Funds are used to account for resources<br />
held for the ben efit <strong>of</strong> parties outside<br />
the governm ent. The accounting used for<br />
fiduciary f unds is sim ilar to proprietary<br />
funds. Fiduciary funds include pension trust<br />
funds for t he Police Officers' Retirem ent<br />
Trust Fund and the Fi refighters' Pension<br />
Trust Fund that accu mulate reso urces for<br />
pension benefit paym ents to the respective<br />
qualified public safety employees.<br />
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