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HOW TO READ THE BUDGET <br />The budget document serves two distinct purposes. One purpose is to present the City Council <br />Members, residents and other interested readers, concise and readable information about City of Gem <br />Lake. The other purpose is to provide management.of the City with a financial and operating plan that <br />conforms to the C4's accounting system. <br />The Budget. Message provides an overview of the key policy issues and programs in the budget, and <br />presents major areas of emphasis. <br />The Schedules and S,ummariies provide the heart of the document as an operating. and financial plan.. <br />The General Fund and Special Revenue. Funds section contains revenue and expenditure summaries. <br />It also provides detail revenue and expenditure. information, department descriptions, staffing levels, <br />service level objectives and prior year accomplishments for all departments. <br />The Debt Service Funds section contains information about the resources accumulated for the <br />payment of general long-term debt principal. and interest, <br />The Capital Improvement Funds. section contains revenue and expenditure information about the <br />various construction projects within the Township. <br />The Enterprise Funds section contains revenue and expenditure summaries for all Enterprise Funds. It <br />also provides detail revenue and expenditure information, department descriptions, staffing levels, <br />service level objections and prior year accomplishments for all departments within each Enterprise <br />Fund. <br />The Appendix. section includes other important financial and City information, such as,. City statistics, <br />description of the property tax system, and a giossary of terms. <br />