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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-04-19, Page 15Notes to Flnan ciai Stateifl ents 1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES (a) Statement of Revenue and Expenditure This statement reflects the revenues and expenditures of the revenue fund. There are no local boards ex municipal enterprises consolidated in these results. (b) Statement of Capital Operations This statement reflects the capital expenditure of the municipality to be recovered from the general municipal revenue of the municipality. In addition to the long term liabilities reported on this statement, the municipality incurred $28,000 in long term liabilities on behalf of its municilial enterprises. Repayment of this debt will be from the revenues of The Lucknow Waterworks and not from general municipal revenues. (c) Balance Sheet This, statement reflects the assets and liabilities of the revenue fund, the 1 capital fund, reserve funds and local boards and municipal enterprises as described in note 1 (a). The assets arid liabilities of local boards and enterprises that h4ye not been consolidated are reflected°only_to the extent of their related net long term liabilities and capital outlay to be recovered in future years. (d) Fixed Assets The historical cost and ,accumulated depreciation of fixed assets is not reported for municipal purposes. Instead, the "Capital outlay to be recovered in future. years" which is the aggregate of the principal portion of unmatured long term liabilities is reported on the Balance Sheet. (e) (f) Municipal enterprises Municipal enterprises are those activities whose costs are substantially recovered from service charges on the users; The enterprises of this municipality whose revenues and expenditures have not been consolidated in these financial statements are: Lucknow Hydro Lucknow Waterworks Charges for net long term liabilities Debt retirement costs including principal and interest are charged against current revenues in the periods in which they are paid. Interest charges are not accrued for the periods from the dates of the latest interest payments to the end of the financial year. 2. CAPITAL OUTLAY TO BE RECOVERED IN FUTURE YEARS (a) Some capital outlay to be recovered in future years does not represent a burden on general municipal revenues, as it is to be recovered in future years from other sources: municipal enterprises 1977 1976 $40,000 $15,900 (b) Capital outlays, including fixed assets and the transfers of capital funds in .the.amount of.$3,28.7 which have been financed from general municipal revenues of the current year, are reported on the Statement of Revenue and Expenditure. • 3. NET LONG TERM LIABILITIES (a) The balance for net.long term liabilities reported on the Balance Sheet is made up of the following: Total long term -liabilities incurred by the municipality including those incurred on behalf of former school boards, other municipalities and municipal enterprises and 'out- standing at the end of the year amount to 195,209 Of the long term liabilities shown above, the responsibility for payment of principal and interest charges has been assumed by others for a principal amount of 89,425 Net long term liabilities at the end of the year $105 784 4. ACCUMULATED NET REVENUE (DEFICIT) AT THE END OF THE YEAR The balance in the revenue. fund at the year end is available to reduce (to be added to) the levies of'the following classes of ratepayers.. 1977 1976 General ratepayers 662 (19,097) School, board ratepayers 1,535 (972) County ratepayers 375 (331) $2,572 ($20,400) 5. CHARGES FOR NET LONG TERM LIABILITIES Total charges for the year for long term liabilities were as follows: 1977 1976 Principal payments 16,282 12,400 Interest 4,293 3,909 $20,575 $16,309 Of the total charges shown above $15,946 were paid from general municipal revenues of the. municipality and are included in expenditure on the Statement of Revenue and Expenditure classified under the appropriate functional headings. The. remaining $4,629 were recovered from municipal enterprises for which the related net long term liabilities were incurred and are not reflected in the statement. 6. LIABILITY FOR VESTED SICK LEAVE BENEFITS Under the sick leave benefit plan,'unused sick leave can accumulate and employees may become entitled to a cash payment when they leave the municipality's employment. ' ' The liability for these accumulated days, to the extent that they have vested and could be taken in cash by an employee on terminating, amounted to $2,400 at the end of the year. No provision has been made for this liability. '7. THE ANTI-INFLATION ACT The municipality, its local boards and commissions are by agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government'of the Provinces of Ontario dated January 13, 1976, subject to The Anti -Inflation Act.., (Canada) and the national guidelines. This legislation limits increases in compensation payments effective October 14, 1975. 1 Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 19, 1.978 --Page, 15 Effective May 1sT, 1978 Agent for Wingham Drive-in Dry Cleaners in Lucknow Will Be Char -Ma WOFkCIOthjflgTh f(�., AND CORDS 1,/lAIN ST. LUCKNOW, PHONE 528-2526 JEANS OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK ... HAPPINESS IS A ROYAL HOME LIVING SPACE WHERE IT COUNTS MOST! 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