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CITY OF GEM LAKE,.MINNESOTA NOTES TO BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2014 NOTE 1 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (.CONTINUED) M. Interfund Transactions €nterfund 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 expenditures/expenses 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 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 for use by all funds. Each fund type's portion of this pool is displayed ❑n the statement of net position and the balance sheet as "Cash and In. vestments." In accordance with Minnesota Statutes, the City maintains deposits at financia[ 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 City's 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 bond, 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. "AK 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 field 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, 201.4, the carrying amountof the City's deposits were $252,141.. Of these deposits $2,141 were not insured or collateralized.