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TOWN OF DEBEQUE, COLORADO <br />NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued <br />December 31. 2005 <br />NOTE A- SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOITNTING POLICIES - continued <br />given function or segment and 2) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the <br />operational or capital requirements of a particular function or segment. Taxes and other items not <br />properly included among program revenues are reported instead as general revenues. <br />Separate financial statements are provided for governmental funds, proprietary funds, component <br />units and fiduciary funds, even though the later are excluded from the government-wide financial <br />statements. Major individual governmental funds and major individual enterprise funds are reported <br />as separate columns in the fund financial sta.tements. <br />C. Measurement Focus, Basis of Accounting, and Financial Statement Presentation <br />The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement <br />focus and the accrual basis of accounting, as are the proprietary fund and fiduciary fund financial <br />statements. Revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a Iiability is <br />incurred, regardless of the timing of related cash flows. Properly t�es are recognized as revenues in <br />the year for which they are levied. Grants and similax items are recognized as revenue as soon as all <br />eligibility requirements imposed by the provider have been met. <br />Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources <br />measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon <br />as they are both measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they aze <br />collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. <br />For this purpose, the government considers revenues to be available if they are collected within 60 <br />days of the end of the current fiscal period. Expenditures generally are recorded when a liability is <br />incurred, as under accrual accounting. However, debt service expenditures, and claims and <br />judgments, are recorded only when payment is due. Property taXes and interest associated with the <br />current fiscal period are a11 considered to be susceptible to accrual and so have been recognized as <br />revenues of the current fiscal period. All other revenue items are considered to be measurable and <br />available only when cash is received by the govemment. <br />The Town reports the following maj or governmental funds: <br />• The General Fund is the Town's primary operaring fund. It accounts for all financial <br />resources of the general government, except those required to be accounted for in another <br />fund. <br />• The DeBeque Fire Protection General Improvement District is accounted for as a discrete <br />component unit af the Town of Debeque It is treated as a governmental type fund. <br />• The Capital Improvements Fund is used to account for financial resources used for the <br />acquisition ar construction of major capital facilities other than those financed by trust or <br />proprietary funds. <br />• The Parks Special Revenue Fund is used to account for Park improvements. <br />15 <br />