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-33- NOTE 1 – SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) • Unrestricted Net Position – All other elements of net position that do not meet the definition of “restricted” or “net investment in capital assets.” When both restricted and unrestricted resources are available for use, it is the City’s policy to use restricted resources first, then unrestricted resources as they are needed. S. Fund Balance Classifications and Flow Assumptions In the fund financial statements, governmental funds report fund balance in classific ations that disclose constraints for which amounts in those funds can be spent. These classifications are as follows: • Nonspendable – Consists of amounts that are not in spendable form, such as prepaid items, inventory, and other long-term assets. • Restricted – Consists of amounts related to externally imposed constraints established by creditors, grantors, or contributors; or constraints imposed by state statutory provisions. • Committed – Consists of internally imposed constraints that are established by resolution of the City Council. Those committed amounts cannot be used for any other purpose unless the City Council removes or changes the specified use by taking the same type of action it employed to previously commit those amounts. • Assigned – Consists of internally imposed constraints for amounts intended to be used by the City for specific purposes but do not meet the criteria to be classified as restricted or committed. In governmental funds, assigned amounts represent intended uses established by the governing body itself or by an official to which the governing body delegates the authority. Pursuant to City Council resolution, the finance director and/or the city administrator is authorized to establish assignments of fund balance. • Unassigned – The residual classification for the General Fund, which also reflects negative residual amounts in other funds. When both restricted and unrestricted resources are available for use, it is the City’s policy to first use restricted resources, then use unrestricted resources as they are needed. When committed, assigned, or unassigned resources are available for use, it is the City’s policy to use resources in the following order: 1) committed, 2) assigned, and 3) unassigned. T. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.