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Annual Expenditure Limitation Report
Year Ended June 30, 2022
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
CONTENTS PAGE
Independent Accountant’s Report 1
Annual Expenditure Limitation Report - Part I 2
Annual Expenditure Limitation Report - Part II 3
Annual Expenditure Limitation Report - Reconciliation 4
Notes to Annual Expenditure Limitation Report 5
INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT’S REPORT
The Auditor General of the State of Arizona
The Honorable Mayor and Town Council
of the Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona
We have examined the accompanying Annual Expenditure Limitation Report of the Town of
Fountain Hills, Arizona for the year ended June 30, 2022, and the related notes to the report. The
Town’s management is responsible for presenting this report in accordance with the Uniform
Expenditure Reporting System as described in Note 1. Our responsibility is to express an opinion
on this report based on our examination.
Our examination was conducted in accordance with attestation standards established by the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the examination to obtain reasonable assurance about whether this report is presented in
accordance with the Uniform Expenditure Reporting System, in all material respects. An
examination involves performing procedures to obtain evidence about the amounts and disclosures
in the report. The nature, timing, and extent of the procedures selected depend on our judgment,
including an assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the report, whether due to fraud
or error. We believe that the evidence we obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
We are required to be independent and meet our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with
relevant ethical requirements relating to the engagement.
In our opinion, the Annual Expenditure Limitation Report referred to above is presented, in all
material respects, in accordance with the Uniform Expenditure Reporting System as described in
Note 1.
Heinfeld, Meech & Co., P.C.
Scottsdale, Arizona
October 31, 2022
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TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT – PART I
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
1. Economic Estimates Commission expenditure limitation $ 31,747,291
2. Voter-approved alternative expenditure limitation
(approved N/A)
3. Enter applicable amount from line 1 or line 2 31,747,291
4. Amount subject to the expenditure limitation
(total amount from Part II, Line C) 21,206,563
5. Amount under the expenditure limitation $ 10,540,728
I hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge and belief, that the information contained in this
report is accurate and in accordance with the requirements of the Uniform Expenditure Reporting
System.
Signature of Chief Fiscal Officer
Name and Title: David Pock, Finance Director
Telephone Number: 480-816-5162 Date: October 31, 2022
See accompanying notes to report.
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Internal
Governmental Enterprise Service Fiduciary
Funds Funds Funds Funds Total
A. Amounts reported on the
Reconciliation, Line D $ 26,969,304 $ - $ 43,971 $ - $ 27,013,275
B. Less exclusions claimed:
1 Bond proceeds -
Debt service requirements on bonded indebtedness -
Proceeds from other long-term obligations -
Debt service requirements on other long-term obligations -
2 Dividends, interest, and gains on the sale or redemption of investment securities -
3 Trustee or custodian -
4 Grants and aid from the federal government 4,208,150 4,208,150
5 Grants, aid, contributions, or gifts from a private agency, organization, or individual, excep
amounts received in lieu of taxes 193,194 193,194
6 Amounts received from the State of Arizona 163,245 163,245
7 Quasi-external interfund transactions 43,971 43,971
8 Amounts accumulated for the purchase of land, and the purchase or construction of
buildings or improvements -
9 Highway user revenues in excess of those received in fiscal year 1979-80 1,125,640 1,125,640
10 Contracts with other political subdivisions -
11 Refunds, reimbursements, and other recoveries 72,512 72,512
12 Voter-approved exclusions not identified above -
13 Prior years carryforward -
14 Total exclusions claimed 5,762,741 - 43,971 - 5,806,712
C.Amounts subject to expenditure limitatio $ 21,206,563 $- $- $ - $ 21,206,563
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT - PART II
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
Description
See accompanying notes to report.
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Internal
Governmental Enterprise Service Fiduciary
Description Funds Funds Funds Funds Total
A.
$ 27,035,171 $ - $ 43,971 $ - $ 27,079,142
B. Subtractions:
1.Items not requiring the use of
working capital -
Depreciation -
Loss on disposal of capital assets -
Bad debt expense -
Other postemployment benefits expense -
Claims incurred but not reported -
Pension expense -
Landfill closure and postclosure care costs -
2.-
598 598
3.Required fees paid to the Arizona Department of Revenue 65,269 65,269
4.Involuntary court judgments -
5.Total subtractions 65,867 - - - 65,867
C. Additions:
1.Principal payments on long-term debt -
2.Acquisition of capital assets -
3.Other postemployment benefits paid in the current year
but reported as expenses in previous years -
4.Claims paid in the current year but reported as
expenses incurred but not reported in previous years -
5.Pension contributions paid in the current year -
6.
-
7.Total additions - - - - -
D. Amounts reported on Part II, Line A $ 26,969,304 $- $ 43,971 $ - $ 27,013,275
See accompanying notes to report.
TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT - RECONCILIATION
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
Total expenditures/expenses/deductions and applicable other financing
uses, special items, and extraordinary items reported within the fund
financial statements
Expenditures of separate legal entities established under Arizona
Revised Statutes
Landfill closure and postclosure care costs paid in the current year but
reported as expenses in previous years
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TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
NOTES TO ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
NOTE 1 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Annual Expenditure Limitation Report (AELR) is presented as prescribed by the Uniform
Expenditure Reporting System (UERS), as required by Arizona Revised Statutes §41-1279.07.
The AELR excludes expenditures, expenses, or deductions of certain revenues specified in the
Arizona Constitution, Article IX, §20, from the total expenditures, expenses, or deductions
reported in the fund financial statements.
In accordance with the UERS, a note to the AELR is presented below for any exclusion claimed
on Part II and each subtraction or addition in the Reconciliation that cannot be traced directly
to an amount reported in the fund financial statements. All references to financial statement
amounts in the following notes refer to the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes
in Fund Balances for the Governmental Funds.
NOTE 2 – The subtraction for expenditures of separate legal entities established under Arizona
Revised Statutes in the Governmental Funds consists of expenditures from the Municipal Property
Corporation Debt Service Fund and the Eagle Mountain Debt Service Fund.
Governmental
Municipal Property Corporation Debt Service Fund $ 10
Eagle Mountain Debt Service Fund 588
$ 598
NOTE 3 – The subtraction of $65,269 for required fees paid to Arizona state agencies was paid to
the Municipal Firefighter Cancer Reimbursement Fund.
NOTE 4 – The exclusions claimed for dividends, interest, and gains on the sale or redemption of
investment securities in the Governmental Funds consisted of investment earnings. The current
year exclusion utilized is a follows:
Governmental
Internal
Service
Carryforward exclusions as of 6/30/21 $ 107,448 $ 11
Investment earnings 12,239 218
Carryforward exclusions as of 6/30/22 $ 119,687 $ 229
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TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
NOTES TO ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
NOTE 5 – Grants and aid from the federal government are claimed as exclusions in the year the
expenditure occurs and any unused amounts are carried forward for future years. The current year
grant exclusion utilized is $4,208,150 is related to the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Relief
Funds grant.
NOTE 6 – Grant revenues, contributions and sponsorships from private organizations are claimed
as exclusions in the year the expenditure occurs and any unused amounts are carried forward for
future years. The current year grant exclusion utilized is a follows:
Proposition 202 $ 115,064
Contributions 31,790
Sponsorships 46,340
Current year exclusion utilized $ 193,194
NOTE 7 – State grant revenues are claimed as exclusions in the year the expenditure occurs and any
unused amounts are carried forward for future years. The current year state grant exclusion utilized
is a follows:
Proposition 302 $ 28,985
LTAF II 100,260
Maricopa Association of Governments 34,000
Current year exclusion utilized $ 163,245
NOTE 8 – The exclusion of $43,971 in the Internal Service Fund relates to charges for services
paid to the Internal Service Fund for technology replacement. The interfund charges are included
in “Charges for Services” in the Internal Service Fund and as a current expenditure in various
departments in the Governmental Funds.
NOTE 9 – The highway user revenue (HURF) earned in excess of the amounts received in fiscal
year 1979-80 is as follows:
HURF Fund Intergovernmental Revenue $ 2,681,119
Less: Vehicle License Tax Revenues (826,070)
Excludable revenue 1,855,049
Carryforward HURF funds as of 6/30/21 486,129
HURF Fund expenditures 3,207,526
Less: expenditures of Vehicle License Tax (826,070)
Less: expenditures of non-excludable revenue (1,255,816)
HURF eligible expenditures in current year 1,125,640
Less: current year HURF Funds utilized (1,125,640)
Carryforward HURF Funds as of 6/30/22 $ 1,215,538
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TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA
NOTES TO ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2022
NOTE 10 – Refunds, reimbursements, and other recoveries are claimed as exclusions in the year
the expenditure occurs and any unused amounts are carried forward for future years. The current
exclusions utilized was $72,512.
NOTE 11 – Revenues that are constitutionally excludable that were not spent in the year of receipt
may be accumulated and excluded in future years when spent. A summary of the revenue sources
and the changes in those balances is shown in the table below:
Description
Balance
June 30, 2021 Increase Decrease
Balance
June 30, 2022
Dividends, interest, and gains on the sale or
redemption of investment securities $ 107,459 $ 12,467 $ $ 119,926
Highway user revenues in excess of those
received in fiscal year 1979-80 486,129 729,409 1,215,538
Grants, aid, and contributions 7,145 7,145
Total carryforward $ 593,588 $ 749,021 $ 0 $ 1,342,609
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