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VILLAGE OF BUFFALO GROVE, ILLINOIS
Notes to the Financial Statements
December 31, 2022
NOTE 3 – DETAIL NOTES ON ALL FUNDS – Continued
TAX ABATEMENTS – Continued
of the total home rules sales tax payments received. Should BITS relocate or cease business after three years of this agreement than BITS agrees to reimburse the Village 55 percent of the total home rules sales tax payments received. Should BITS relocate or cease business after four years of this agreement than BITS agrees to reimburse the Village 40 percent of the total home rules sales tax payments received. Should BITS relocate or cease business after five years of this agreement than BITS agrees to reimburse the Village 35 percent of the total home rules sales tax payments received. The Village's incentive payments for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $734,602.
Fund Balance Classifications
In the governmental fund financial statements, the Village considers restricted amounts to have been spent when an expenditure is incurred for purposes for which both restricted and unrestricted fund balance is available. The Village first utilizes committed, then assigned and then unassigned fund balance when an expenditure is incurred for purposes for which all three unrestricted fund balances are available.
Nonspendable Fund Balance. Consists of resources that cannot be spent because they are either: a) not in a spendable form; or b) legally or contractually required to be maintained intact.
Restricted Fund Balance. Consists of resources that are restricted to specific purposes, that is, when constraints placed on the use of resources are either: a) externally imposed by creditors (such as through debt covenants), grantors, contributors, or laws or regulations of other governments; or b) imposed by law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislation.
Committed Fund Balance. Consists of resources constrained (issuance of an ordinance) to specific purposes by the government itself, using its highest level of decision-making authority, the Village Board; to be reported as committed, amounts cannot be used for any other purpose unless the government takes the same highest-level action to remove or change the constraint.
Assigned Fund Balance. Consists of amounts that are constrained by the Village Board intent to be used for specific purposes but are neither restricted nor committed. Intent is expressed by the Village Board itself or by a body or official to which the Village Board has delegated the authority to assign amounts to be used for specific purposes. The Village’s highest level of decision-making authority is the Village Board, who is authorized to assign amounts to a specific purpose.