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City of Orono, Minnesota Notes to the Financial Statements December 31, 2019 Note 1: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) The City reports the following major governmental funds: The General fund is the government’s primary operating fund. It accounts for all financial resources of the general government, except those required to be accounted for in another fund. The Municipal State Aid Street fund is used to collect and spend resources on the various projects related to state aid streets and highways. The Pavement Management Plan fund is used to collect and spend resources on the various road construction projects of the City. The City reports the following major proprietary funds: The Water fund and the Sewer fund account for activities related to the operation of a water distribution system and a sanitary sewer distribution system, respectively. The Sewer Fund is used to account for the provision of water services to the residents of the City who have sanitary sewer service available. The Storm Water Fund is used to account for the charges for and the costs of maintaining the City’s storm water system. The City’s proprietary funds also include the following: Internal service funds account for insurance, compensated absences, fleet management, and IT services provided to other departments or agencies of the City. These funds are used to account for the insurance costs incurred by the City for general liability, property, vehicle, workers’ compensation, and other insurance and deductibles, the accrual of sick and vacation days that are earned by the City’s employees, repairs and maintenance costs of the City’s vehicles, and IT services provided to various City functions. These funds are reimbursed through charges to the various participating departments of the City. As a general rule the effect of interfund activity has been eliminated from government-wide financial statements. Exceptions to this general rule are payments in-lieu of taxes, payments where the amounts are reasonably equivalent in value to the interfund services provided and other charges between the City’s water and sewer function and various other functions of the City. Elimination of these charges would distort the direct costs and program revenues reported for the various functions concerned. Proprietary funds distinguish operating revenues and expenses from non-operating items. Operating revenues and expenses generally result from providing services and producing and delivering goods in connection with a proprietary fund’s principal ongoing operations. The principal operating revenues of the enterprise funds and of the City’s internal service funds are charges to customers for sales and services. Operating expenses for enterprise funds and internal service funds include the cost of sales and services, administrative expenses, and depreciation on capital assets. All revenues and expenses not meeting this definition are reported as non-operating revenues and expenses. Storm Water FundStorm Water Fund is used to account for the charges for and the costsis used to account for the charges for and the costs of maintaining the City’s storm water of maintaining the City’s storm water proprietary funds also include the following:proprietary funds also include the following: account for account for insurance, compensated absences, fleet management, and ITinsurance, compensated absences, fleet management, and IT other departments or agencies of the Cityother departments or agencies of the City. . These funds are used to account for the insuranceThese funds are used to account for the insurance co City for general liability, property, vehicle, workers’City for general liability, property, vehicle, workers’compensation, and other insurance and deductibles, the accrual of compensation, and other insurance and deductibles, the accrual of days that are earned by the City’s employees, repairs and maintenance costs of thedays that are earned by the City’s employees, repairs and maintenance costs of the and IT services provided to various City functions. These funds areand IT services provided to various City functions. These funds are reimbursed through charges to the various reimbursed through charges to the various participating departments of the City.participating departments of the City. 61