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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-04-30, Page 10Page 10 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Anxil 30.1997 UCKNOW rt Auditor's Report To the Members of Council; Inhabitants, and Ratepayers of the Corporation of the.Vihage of,Lucknow. • We have audited the consolidated balance sheet of the Corporation of the -Village of Lucknow as at December 31,. 1996 and the consolidated statementof operations for the year then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the village's. management. Our. responsibility is to expressan opinion on thesef financial. statements based on our audit. Except as expi:ained.•in the following paragraph, we conducted one audit in accordance w. ith:generally aceepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial .• 'statements are free of material misstatement,. An audit includes examining; on a test basis; evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates' made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial, statement presentation. The municipality received donations for the arena -community centre construction, .the completeness of which la not susceptible of satisfactory .audit verification.' Accordingly, out: verification of these:donations was limited to tiie amounts recorded in. the records of the municipality and we were ;not' able to determine whether any adjustments might be necessary to • sources of financing from public • dgnations, assets and municipal fund balances at the end of the year.' In our opinion, except for the effect of adjustments, if any, which we might have determined to be necessary had we been able to satisfy.ourselves concerning the completeness 'Of donations referred to inthe preceding paragraph, these consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,°the financial position of the Corporation ,of the Village of Lucknow as at December 31, 1996.and the results of 14 operations. for the year then •ended.' in accordance with the accounting principles disclosed in note 1 to the financial •statements.• Vodden, Bertder'&-Seebach Chartered Accountants SOURCES OF FINANCING:' --Taxation user -charges. Residential taxation Commercial, industrial and business taxation • Taxation from:other governments User charges , Grants' • Province `of. Ontario :,Other zhunicipalities .Clinton, Ontario, AprIf 2, 1997 VILLAGE OF LUCKNOW' CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHE T DECEMBER-•'3y;st, .1996 UNRESTRICTED Cash - Taxes receivable.' Accounts Receivable • Restricted Cash 19..1' $215,747 58,552, 312,443 111,1'47 $697,889 • • $1,12.7371 -• LIABILITIES $ 75,438 ' I i $255,389 101,667 695,000 • Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Bank loans FUND BALANCES AT THE END OF THE YEAR . To be used to offset taxation • pr user charges (Note 6)• 91,418, Unexpended capital. financing ,.(unfinanced capital outlay). (Note 6)., • ,Reserves (Note. 7) . - . ,. Reserve•Funds, (Note 7) 20,610 (205,317) 254;600 • 107,489 $l,127;171 W LIDATED STATEMENT ���C?PgRAfi1QNS or -The Y��r� Ended.Decemb0..31,1996' Other : t Penalties and interest on taxes Investment income Sewer frontage and connection charges ' Public donations Deduct: Amounts received'or receivable for county andschool boards. (note 2) ;Net appropriations. from reserves Budget ' Actual Actual • ,1990 $513;159. $512;958' 223,7(i8.. 223,621 13,500 • 13,107 ` ' 367,07Q " 400,09&,: ' .268,187. 18,000' $500274, i. 225,233 12,999 365,.1:17" 275,105 1,280.687 ,18,739 443,609' • 8,000 , - . 8,605 '26;473 8,129 38,427 • 47,323:.- 19,190 49,190 • 22,476 ' 205;317 • 169;537. 476,402 6) 1,214,258. MUNICIPAL FUND BALANCES -BEGINNING OF YEAR To be used t'o offset taxation. or • user charges: capitai.financing(unfinanced.' capital outlay) ' TOTAL•PINANCING AVAILABLE DURING, THE YEAR (446,479) (437,457) .1,232;508 "• 2,.944,692 53,940'' 20,'01'0 20,010 „• '81,848 (205,317)' - (205,317) 318,552 $1,028,951 $1,047201 $3,399,032 A Complete Auditor's report may be seen at theMunicipal Office. APPLIED TO: • Current OOperations' Genera government.: g- Protection to persons and property ' Transportation.services Environmental services Health services ` Recreation and cultural services Planning and development :.' Capital .Street reconstruction, Arena construction Town hall renovations t Budget " Actual Actual 1996. . $91,000, $7-8: 92 $82.358- 64,0(10 68,101:, ` ,. 67,674' 136000 1.19;495 127,742. • 1`74,000 •160,755 , 181,740 •10,000 ,15287 004', •224000 218,891 y 203,376 2,000 220 • 7' O0 698,000 661.,541 ° 680,494 247,000 p' 15,00Q., ., 262,000 Net appropriations to reserves 33,000 MUNICIPAL FUNDBALANCES END OF YEAR (note 6)• To he used to offset taxation - • or user charges Unexpended capital financing (unfinanced capital outlay) ,1 35,951• 1,028,95.1 242;815 . :1,072,35.1: :(1.5,850) 1,782,166:' 49,328 226,965.. 2;903,845.. 65;493 .• 91,418 1.784' 20,010 (2i?5,317). 1,047,201 • 3.399,032