1. City Council Meeting Presentations

2.  Part I – Regulations and Terminology May 17, 2011  Part II – Revenues June 7, 2011  Part III – Fund Descriptions June 21, 2011 rbritt@palmcoastgov.com

3. City Council Meeting May 17, 2011

4.  Governmental Accounting Standards Board – GASB ◦ Exposure Drafts ◦ Statements ◦ Technical Bulletins

5.  Federal Government ◦ Payroll taxes ◦ Debt issuance ◦ Grant compliance ◦ 1099 reporting ◦ 3% withholding

6.  State Government (Statutes, Department of Revenue, Rules of the Auditor General) ◦ Truth in Millage (TRIM) ◦ Grant compliance ◦ Annual reporting requirements  5401-533-90-90-00-00-00-000-063000-81001

7. Fund accounting is a system for segregating financial resources to ensure and demonstrate legal compliance with restrictions or other special purposes.

8. A fund is a fiscal and accounting entity with a self- balancing set of accounts recording cash and other financial resources, together with all related liabilities and residual equities or balances and changes therein, which are segregated for the purpose of conducting specific activities or attaining certain objectives in accordance with special regulations, restrictions, or limitations. Funds are divided into various types according to the legal restrictions imposed upon them or by their uses.

9.  Governmental ◦ General fund ◦ Special revenue funds ◦ Capital project funds ◦ Debt service funds ◦ Permanent funds  Proprietary ◦ Enterprise funds ◦ Internal service funds  Fiduciary funds ◦ Trust funds ◦ Agency funds Pooled Cash and Investments

10.  Governmental ◦ Non-spendable ◦ Restricted ◦ Committed ◦ Assigned ◦ Unassigned  Enterprise ◦ Restricted ◦ Unrestricted

11.  Debt coverage ratios  Rate  Utility Less: Stabilization Net  Fiscal Service Operating Transfers Available Debt Service  Year Charges Expenses To/(From) Revenue Principal Interest Coverage  2007 26,674,110 14,789,497 1,000,000 10,884,613 1,880,000 4,368,273 1.74  2008 24,925,712 16,496,688 - 8,429,024 1,920,000 4,329,873 1.35  2009 28,044,523 16,743,299 - 11,301,224 1,955,000 6,445,164 1.35  2010 28,132,136 17,170,763 (1,500,000) 12,461,373 2,970,000 6,352,364 1.34  Defined benefit vs. Defined contribution pension plans  Other Post Employment Benefits - OPEB

12. City Council Meeting Presentations

13.  Part I – Regulations and Terminology May 17, 2011  Part II – Revenues June 7, 2011  Part III – Fund Descriptions June 21, 2011 rbritt@palmcoastgov.com

14. City Council Meeting June 7, 2011

15.  Taxes  Permits, Fees and Special Assessments  Intergovernmental Revenue  Charges for Services  Judgments, Fines, and Forfeits  Miscellaneous Revenues  Other Sources

16.  Interfund Transfers ◦ Payment-In-Lieu-Of-Taxes (PILOT) ◦ Interfund loans ◦ Tax increment for the CRA  Debt Proceeds

17.  Interest and Other Earnings  Disposal of Fixed Assets  Contributions and Donations  Other Miscellaneous Revenue

18.  Traffic Citations  Local Ordinance Violations ◦ Parking tickets ◦ Fire mitigation ◦ Code fines

19.  Utility Fees ◦ Water and sewer ◦ Solid Waste ◦ Stormwater  Annual Fire Inspections  Road Damage Charges  State Road Maintenance  Recreation Fees  Planning Fees  General Fund Administrative Charges  Internal Service Fund Charges

20.  Grants  State Revenue Sharing  Local Government Half-Cent Sales Tax Program  County Business Tax Receipts  Alcoholic Beverage License Tax

21.  Building Permits  Solid Waste Franchise Fees  Engineering Permits  Impact Fees ◦ Water and wastewater ◦ Transportation ◦ Parks ◦ Fire ◦ School (remitted to Flagler County Schools)  Special Assessments ◦ Old Kings Road

22.  Ad Valorem (Property) Taxes  Local Option Fuel Tax ◦ 1 to 6 cents ◦ 1 to 5 cents ◦ 9 th cent  Insurance Premium Tax ◦ Volunteer Firefighters’ Pension  Discretionary Sales Surtaxes ◦ Local Government Infrastructure Surtax ◦ Small County Surtax

23.  Utility Service Taxes ◦ Electricity ◦ Water ◦ Gas ◦ Propane  Communications Services Tax ◦ 5.22%  Local Business Tax

24.  Just (Market) Value  Assessed Value  Exempt Value  Taxable Value  Amendment 10 (Save Our Homes) Differential

26. Taxes are hurting a lot of people and they will no longer be able to live here especially the retired. I have been in Palm Coast for nearly 10 years and have to maintain my home by myself and if everything keeps going up pretty soon you will have more people moving out of this city because we can't afford to live here anymore.

27. Fiscal Year Millage Rate#1#2#3#4 20033.4000$ 631$ 834$ 798$ 33,234 20043.40006438511,03030,904 20053.40005808791,20233,086 20063.25005768681,21231,339 20072.96234688131,32828,079 20082.96234147661,12131,665 20093.50004909061,06335,678 20103.500051383576927,666

28. TAX REVENUES Ad Valorem, Sales, Gas, Communications, Local Business Tax, Solid Waste Franchise Fee, State Revenue Sharing, State & Federal Grants, etc. City Receives $460 a year per resident

29. Each Resident Pays $39 a month in taxes WHAT THEY PAY FOR Code enforcement, Fire & Rescue services, additional Law Enforcement, Streets (including maintenance and resurfacing), Parks, Sidewalks & Bikepaths (including maintenance and construction), indirect costs, and others.

30. City Council Meeting June 21, 2011