FY2022

BUDGETARY FUND STRUCTURE A fund is a grouping of related accounts that is used to maintain control over resources that have been segregated for specific activities or objectives. The City, like other state and local governments, uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance-related legal requirements. All of the funds of the City can be divided into three categories: governmental funds, proprietary funds, and fiduciary funds. Governmental Funds • The General Fund is the City’s primary operating fund and includes activities in the following program areas: general government, public works, public safety, culture and recreation, community and economic development, and health and social services. • Special Revenue funds account for proceeds from specific sources (other than those accounted for within capital projects funds) which are usually required by law or regulation to be accounted for in separate funds and to be expended for specific purposes. Examples include the employee benefits tax levy; emergency tax levy; Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding, Road Use Tax receipts; membership contributions to the Metropolitan Planning Organization of Johnson County, taxes generated for a Self- Supporting Municipal Improvement District (SSMID), and tax increment financing (TIF) property tax receipts. • The Debt Service Fund accounts for principal and interest payments on the City’s general long-term debt. Funding is provided by the debt service property tax levy, transfers from Tax Increment Financing, and loan repayments. • Capital Project funds account for the acquisition and/or construction of major facilities and assets in excess of $25,000. • Permanent funds account for resources in which the entity is restricted to expending earnings and not principal for purposes that support a specific program. The City’s only permanent fund, the Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund, was merged into the General Fund in fiscal year 2017. Proprietary Funds • Enterprise funds are primarily self-supporting in that they are financed by program and/or user fees for the services provided. Such functions for the City of Iowa City include Parking, Transit, Wastewater Treatment, Water, Refuse Collection, Landfill, and Stormwater. The Airport and Iowa City Housing Authority are also classified as enterprise funds. The Iowa City Housing Authority’s primary funding source is through the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s federal grant and voucher programs. The Transit and Airport funds both receive transfers in from the General Fund.

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