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Home My WebLink AboutAELR FY23Town of Fountain Hills, Arizona Annual Expenditure Limitation Report Year Ended June 30, 2023 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 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, 2023, 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 November 7, 2023 Page 1 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT – PART I YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 1.Economic Estimates Commission expenditure limitation $ 31,896,371 2. Voter-approved alternative expenditure limitation (approved N/A)N/A 3.Enter applicable amount from line 1 or line 2 31,896,371 4.Amount subject to the expenditure limitation (total amount from Part II, Line C)23,486,547 5.Amount under the expenditure limitation $ 8,409,824 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: November 7, 2023 See accompanying notes to report. Page 2 Internal Governmental Enterprise Service Fiduciary Funds Funds Funds Funds Total A. Amounts reported on the Reconciliation, Line D $ 31,085,286 $- $ 28,936 $ - $ 31,114,222 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, except amounts received in lieu of taxes 128,901 128,901 6 Amounts received from the State of Arizona 543,582 543,582 7 Quasi-external interfund transactions 28,936 28,936 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 2,549,388 2,549,388 10 Contracts with other political subdivisions - 11 Refunds, reimbursements, and other recoveries 168,718 168,718 12 Voter-approved exclusions not identified above - 13 Prior years carryforward - 14 Total exclusions claimed 7,598,739 -28,936 - 7,627,675 C.Amounts subject to expenditure limitation $23,486,547 $- $- $- $23,486,547 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT - PART II YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 Description See accompanying notes to report. Page 3 Internal Governmental Enterprise Service Fiduciary Description Funds Funds Funds Funds Total A. $ 31,146,680 $- $ 28,936 $ - $ 31,175,616 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.- 98 98 3.Required fees paid to the Arizona Department of Revenue 61,296 61,296 4.Involuntary court judgments - 5.Total subtractions 61,394 - - - 61,394 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 $ 31,085,286 $- $ 28,936 $ - $ 31,114,222 See accompanying notes to report. TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT - RECONCILIATION YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 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 Page 4 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA NOTES TO ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 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; Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Fund Net Position for the Proprietary Funds; Statement of Cash Flows for the Proprietary 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 88 $ 98 NOTE 3 – The subtraction of $61,296 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 and Internal Service Funds consisted of investment earnings. The current year exclusion utilized is a follows: Governmental Internal Service Carryforward exclusions as of 6/30/22 $ 119,687 $ 229 Investment earnings 1,094,148 5,367 Carryforward exclusions as of 6/30/23 $ 1,213,835 $ 5,596 Page 5 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA NOTES TO ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 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 $ 65,618 Contributions 7,659 Sponsorships 55,624 Current year exclusion utilized $ 128,901 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 $ 210,735 LTAF II 127,277 Maricopa Association of Governments 205,570 Current year exclusion utilized $ 543,582 NOTE 8 – The exclusion of $28,936 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 $ 2,606,929 Less: Vehicle License Tax Revenues (827,570) Excludable revenue $ 1,779,359 Carryforward HURF funds as of 6/30/22 $ 1,215,538 HURF Fund expenditures 5,014,025 Less: expenditures of Vehicle License Tax (827,570) Less: expenditures of non-excludable revenue (1,637,067) HURF eligible expenditures in current year 2,549,388 Less: current year HURF Funds utilized (1,779,359) Less: prior year HURF Funds utilized (770,029) Carryforward HURF Funds as of 6/30/23 $ 445,509 Page 6 TOWN OF FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZONA NOTES TO ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMITATION REPORT YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2023 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 $168,718. 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, 2022 Increase Decrease Balance June 30, 2023 Dividends, interest, and gains on the sale or redemption of investment securities $ 119,916 $ 1,099,515 $ $ 1,219,431 Highway user revenues in excess of those received in fiscal year 1979-80 1,215,538 770,029 445,509 Grants, aid, and contributions 7,145 41,419 7,145 41,419 Total carryforward $ 1,342,599 $ 1,140,934 $ 777,174 $ 1,706,359 Page 7