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CITY OF GEM LAKE, MINNESOTA NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, .2011 NOTE 1.. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) M. €nterfund Transactions. Interfund services provided and used are accounted for as revenues, expenditures or expenses. Transactions that constitute reimbursements to a fund for expenditures/ expenses initially made frorn it that are properly applicable to another fund, are recorded as expend itureslexpenses in the reimbursing fund and as reductions of expenditures. or expenses in the fund that is reimbursed: All other interfund transactions are reported as transfers. All interfund transactions are eliminated except for activity between governmental activities and lousiness -type activities for presentation in the entity -wide statements, of net assets and statements of activities. NOTE 2 DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS A. Deposits The City maintains a cash and investment pool that is 'available for use by all funds. Each fund type's .portion of this pool is displayed on the statement of net assets and. the balance sheet as "'Cash and Investments." In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, the City maintains deposits at financial institutions which are authorized by the City Council. Custodiat Credit Risk -- Custodial credit risk for deposits is the risk that in the event of a bank failure, the. Citys deposits may not be returned to it. The City does not have a deposit policy for custodial credit risk and follows Minnesota Statutes for deposits. Minnesota Statutes require that all deposits be protected. by insurance, surety band, or collateral.. The market value of collateral. pledged must equal 110% of the deposits not covered by insurance or corporate surety bonds. Authorized collateral include: U.S. government treasury bills, notes, or bonds; issues of a U.S. government agency; general obligations of a state or local government rated "A"or better; revenue obligations of a state or local government rated "AA" or better; irrevocable standby letter of credit issued by a Federal Home Loan Bank; and. time deposits insured by a federal agency. Minnesota Statutes require securities pledged as collateral be held in safekeeping in a restricted account at the Federal Reserve Bank or in an account at a trust department of a commercial bank or other financial institution not. owned or controlled by the depository. The carrying value and bank balance of the City's deposits in barks at December 31, 2011 were $502,220 and $565,038, respectively,. and were entirely covered by federal depository insurance or by surety bonds and collateral in accordance with Minnesota Statutes. (22)