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I <br />CITY OF ORONO. MINNESOTA <br />Notes to Financial Statements (continued) <br />December 31, 1995 <br />NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ' COUNTING POLICIES (CONTINLTD) <br />D. Measumnent Focus and Basis of Accounting <br />The accounting and financial reporting treatment applied to a fund is determined by its measurement focus <br />and its basis of accounting. <br />Measurement Focus <br />The measurement focus of a fund determines what the fund measures <br />All governmental funds and the Expendable Trust Fund are accounted for using a current financial <br />resources measurement focus. With this measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities <br />generally are included on the balance sheet. Operating statemen'*' of these funds present increases (revenue <br />and other financing sources) and decreases (expenditures and other financing uses) in net current assets. <br />Proprieury Funds are accounted for on a flow of economic resources measurement focus. With this <br />measurement focus, all assets and liabilities associated with the operation of these funds are included on <br />the balance sheet. Fund equity (net total assets) is segregated into contributed capital and retained earnings <br />components. Proprieury fund type operating statements present increases (revenues) and decreases <br />(expenses) in net total assets. <br />Agency Funds are custodial in nature (assets equal liabilities) and do not involve measurement of results <br />of operations. <br />Fixed assets used in govemmenul fund type operations and long-term liabilities expected to be financed <br />from governmental fimds are accounted for in two account groups, as they ire concerned only with the <br />measurement of financial position, and are not involved with measurement of resttifs of operations. <br />Basis of Accounting <br />A fund’s basis of accounting determines when a transaction or event is lecognized in the fund’s operating <br />statement. <br />The modified accrual basis of accounting is used by all governmental fund types. Expendable Tnist Funds, <br />and Agency Funds. Under this basis of accounting, transactions are recorded in the following manner: <br />-30-