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I -CITY OF ORONO, MINNESOTA <br />Notes to Financial Statements (continued) <br />December 31, 1997 <br />NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) <br />D. Measurement 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 />i , <br />i <br />I » <br />The measurement focus of a fund determines what the fund measures. <br />All governmental funds and the Expendable Tr »st Fund are accounted for using a current financial resources <br />measurement focus. With this measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities generally are <br />included on the balance sheet. Operating statements of these funds present increases (revenue and other <br />financing sources) and decreases (expenditures and other financing uses) in net current assets. <br />Proprietary 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 the <br />balance sheet. Fund equity (net total assets) is segregated into contributed capital and retained earnings <br />components. Proprietary 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 of <br />operations. <br />Fixed assets used in governmental fund type operations and long-term liabilities expected to be financed <br />from governmental funds are accounted for in two account groups, as they are concerned only with the <br />measurement of financial position, and are not involved with measurement of results of operations. <br />Basis of Accounting <br />A fund’s basis of accounting determines when a transaction or event is recognized in the fund’s operating <br />statement. <br />> < <br />11 <br />The modified accrual basis of accounting is used by all governmental fund types. Expendable Trust Funds, <br />and Agency Funds. Under this basis of accounting, transactions are recorded in the following manner: <br />-28-