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CITY OF GEM LAKE, MINNESOTA NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 315.2012 NOTE 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) L. Net Position/Fund Balance (Continued.) When an expenditure. is incurred for purposes for which committed, assigned and unassigned amounts are available, it is the City's policy to use committed first, then assigned, and finally unassigned amounts. M. Interfund 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 from it that are properly applicable to another fund, are recorded as expenditureslexpenses 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_ Pill interfund transactions are eliminated except. for activity between governmental activities and business -type activities for presentation in the entity -wide statements of net position and statements of activities. NOTE 2 DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS` A. Deposits The. City maintains...a. cash and investment pool that is available far use by all funds. Each fund type's portion of this pool is.displayed on the statement of net position 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. Custodial Credit Risk -- Custodial credit risk for deposits is the. risk that in the event of a bank failure, the Citj's deposits may not .be returned to it. The City does hot 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 bond; or collateral. The rnarket•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 "AX 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. At December 31, 2012 the City's bank balances were: fully covered. by federal depository insurance or by surety bonds and collateral in accordance with Minnesota Statutes. (23)