NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 3. BUDGET COMPLIANCE AND DEFICIT FUND BALANCE / NET POSITION (CONTINUED)

Budgetary Data (Continued)

Excess Expenditures over Appropriations. For the year ended July 31, 2014, expenditures exceeded budget, as follows:

These over expenditures were funded by greater than anticipated revenues and under expenditures in other departments.

Deficit Fund Balance / Net Position. For the year ended July 31, 2014, the following funds had deficit fund balance/net position. These deficits are expected to be reduced through future reduced operating costs, as well as general fund revenues.

NOTE 4. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

Credit risk. State statutes authorize the City to invest in obligations of the State of Georgia or other states; obligations issued by the U.S. government; obligations fully insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government or by a government agency of the United States; obligations of any corporation of the U.S. government; prime bankers’ acceptances; the local government investment pool established by state law; repurchase agreements; and obligations of other political subdivisions of the State of Georgia. The City has no formal credit risk policy other than to only invest in obligations authorized by the State of Georgia. As of July 31, 2014, the City’s investment in Georgia Fund 1 was rated AAAf by Standard & Poor’s.

At July 31, 2014, the City had the following investments:

Interest rate risk. The City does not have a formal investment policy that limits investment maturities as a means of managing its exposure to fair value losses arising from increasing interest rates.

Custodial credit risk – deposits. Custodial credit risk for deposits is the risk that, in the event of the failure of a depository financial institution, a government will not be able to recover deposits or will not be able to recover collateral securities that are in the possession of an outside party. State statutes require all deposits and investments (other than federal or state government instruments) to be collateralized by depository insurance, obligations of the U.S. government, or bonds of public authorities, counties, or municipalities. As of July 31, 2014, all of the deposits for the City and component units were fully collateralized in accordance with the state statutes.

NOTE 5. RECEIVABLES

Receivables at July 31, 2014 for the City’s individual major funds and nonmajor funds in the aggregate, including the applicable allowances for uncollectible accounts are as follows: