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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT  

BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS,  SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION AND  INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT  

 JUNE 30, 2016 

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 CONTENTS 

    

    Page     Independent Auditor’s Report  1    Management’s Discussion and Analysis (Unaudited) 3      Basic Financial Statements:        Government‐wide Financial Statements:         Statement of Net Position  14    Statement of Activities  15       Fund Financial Statements:       Governmental Fund Financial Statements      Balance Sheet  16    Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet of Governmental Funds to the        Statement of Net Position    17     Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances 18    Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes         in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities  19     Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance ‐ Budget         and Actual ‐ Budgetary Basis ‐ General Fund 20           Fiduciary Fund Financial Statements:      Statement of Fiduciary Net Position 21    Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position 22         Notes to the Financial Statements    23                         

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CONTENTS (Continued)   

         Page       Required Supplementary Information:      Schedule of the Town’s Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability – State             of Connecticut Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (Unaudited)    Schedule of Contributions – State of Connecticut Municipal Employees’    Retirement System (Unaudited)                    Schedule of the Town’s Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability Connecticut            State Teachers’ Retirement System (Unaudited)                Schedule of Funding Progress – Other Post‐Employment Benefits (Unaudited)   

    50  51  52 53 

         Combining and Individual Fund Statements and Schedules:             Governmental Funds:         General Fund:         Schedule of Revenues and Other Financing Sources ‐ Budget          and Actual ‐Budgetary Basis   54    Schedule of Expenditures and Other Financing Uses‐ Budget 

    and Actual ‐ Budgetary Basis  56 

    Schedule of Property Taxes Levied, Collected and Outstanding 61    Schedule of Debt Limitation 62             Nonmajor Governmental Funds:      Combining Balance Sheet   63    Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund        Balances    65           Fiduciary Funds:         Agency Funds:         Combining Statement of Fiduciary Assets and Liabilities  67     Combining Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Assets and Liabilities   68               

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT  To the Board of Finance    Town of Canterbury, Connecticut  Report on the Financial Statements  We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the Town of Canterbury, Connecticut (the “Town”) as of and for the year ended  June 30, 2016, and  the  related notes  to  the  financial  statements, which  collectively  comprise  the Town’s basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents.  Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements  Management  is responsible  for the preparation and  fair presentation of  these  financial statements  in accordance with  accounting  principles  generally  accepted  in  the  United  States  of  America;  this  includes  the  design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.  Auditor’s Responsibility  Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in  accordance  with  auditing  standards  generally  accepted  in  the  United  States  of  America  and  the  standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States.  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.  An  audit  involves  performing  procedures  to  obtain  audit  evidence  about  the  amounts  and  disclosures  in  the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s  judgment,  including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of  the  financial  statements, whether due  to  fraud or  error.  In making  those  risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s  internal control. Accordingly, we express no such  opinion.  An  audit  also  includes  evaluating  the  appropriateness  of  accounting  policies  used  and  the reasonableness  of  significant  accounting  estimates  made  by  management,  as  well  as  evaluating  the  overall presentation of the financial statements.  We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinions.  Opinions  In our opinion,  the  financial  statements  referred  to  above present  fairly,  in  all material  respects,  the  respective financial position of the governmental activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the Town of Canterbury, Connecticut, as of June 30, 2016, and the respective changes in financial position, and the budgetary  comparison  schedules  for  the General  Fund  for  the  year  then  ended  in  accordance with  accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 

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Other Matters 

 Required Supplementary Information 

 Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the management’s discussion and analysis on pages 3  through 13 and  the schedules on  the Town’s pension plans and other post‐employment benefit plan on pages 50 through 53 be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information, although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, who  considers  it  to  be  an  essential  part  of  financial  reporting  for  placing  the  basic  financial  statements  in  an appropriate  operational,  economic,  or  historical  context.  We  have  applied  certain  limited  procedures  to  the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of  America, which  consisted  of  inquiries  of management  about  the methods  of  preparing  the  information  and comparing  the  information  for  consistency  with  management’s  responses  to  our  inquiries,  the  basic  financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on  the  information because  the  limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance.  Other Information  Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively comprise the Town’s basic  financial statements. The combining and  individual  fund statements and schedules on pages 54 through  68  are  presented  for  purposes of  additional  analysis  and  are  not  a  required  part  of  the  basic  financial statements.  The  combining  and  individual  fund  statements  and  schedules  are  the  responsibility  of management  and were derived from and relate directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the basic financial statements.  Such  information  has  been  subjected  to  the  auditing  procedures  applied  in  the  audit  of  the  basic financial  statements  and  certain  additional  procedures,  including  comparing  and  reconciling  such  information directly  to  the underlying accounting and other  records used  to prepare  the basic  financial  statements or  to  the basic  financial  statements  themselves,  and  other  additional  procedures  in  accordance  with  auditing  standards generally accepted  in the United States of America.  In our opinion, the combining and  individual fund statements and schedules are fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements as a whole.   Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards 

 In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also  issued our report dated December 15, 2016, on our consideration of  the Town’s  internal control over  financial  reporting and on our  tests of  its compliance with certain provisions of  laws,  regulations,  contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of  that report  is  to describe  the scope of our  testing of  internal control over  financial  reporting and compliance and  the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That  report  is  an  integral  part  of  an  audit  performed  in  accordance  with  Government  Auditing  Standards  in considering the Town’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.  

 Glastonbury, Connecticut 

December 15, 2016 

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 MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS 

 

   

 

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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited) 

JUNE 30, 2016 

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The management of the Town of Canterbury, Connecticut (the “Town”) offers the readers of its financial statements this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the Town for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.      FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS  

The assets and deferred outflows of resources  of the Town exceeded its liabilities at the close of the most recent fiscal year by $17,339,129 (net position).  Of this amount, $3,664,213 (unrestricted net position) may be used to meet the Town’s ongoing obligations to citizens and creditors. 

 

The Town’s total net position increased by $1,124,319 during the current fiscal year.  

The Town’s Library received a bequest in the amount of $1,000,000 for general uses and purposes.  

As of the close of the current fiscal year, the Town’s governmental funds reported combined ending fund balances of $5,714,361, an increase of $1,374,279 in comparison with the prior year.   

 

At  the close of  the current  fiscal year, unassigned  fund balance  for  the General Fund was $1,595,217 or 11.2%  of  total  General  Fund  expenditures  and  other  financing  uses,  excluding  on‐behalf  payments  of $842,390.   Expressed another way, unassigned  fund balance  for the General Fund was sufficient to cover 1.3 months of General Fund operating expenditures.  

OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  This discussion and analysis  is  intended to serve as an  introduction to the Town’s basic financial statements.   The Town’s basic  financial statements comprise  three components: 1) government‐wide  financial statements, 2)  fund financial  statements,  and  3)  notes  to  the  financial  statements.    This  report  also  contains  other  supplementary information in addition to the basic financial statements themselves.  Government‐wide Financial Statements  The  government‐wide  financial  statements  are  designed  to  provide  readers with  a  broad  overview  of  the  Town’s finances, in a manner similar to a private‐sector business.  The  statement of net position presents  information on  all  of  the  Town’s  assets,  deferred outflows  and  inflows of resources,  and  liabilities, with  the  difference  reported  as  net  position.   Over  time,  increases  or  decreases  in  net position may serve as a useful indicator of whether the financial position of the Town is improving or deteriorating.  The  statement of activities presents  information  showing how  the Town’s net position  changed during  the most recent fiscal year.  All changes in net position are reported as soon as the underlying event giving rise to the change occurs, regardless of the timing of related cash flows.  Thus, revenues and expenses are reported in this statement for some items that will result in cash flows in future fiscal periods (e.g., uncollected taxes and earned but unused vacation leave).  

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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited) (Continued) 

JUNE 30, 2016 

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OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)  Government‐wide Financial Statements (Continued)  Both  of  the  government‐wide  financial  statements  are  intended  to  distinguish  functions  of  the  Town  that  are principally supported by taxes and intergovernmental revenues (governmental activities) from other functions that are  intended  to  recover  all  or  a  significant  portion  of  their  costs  through  user  fees  and  charges  (business‐type activities).   The governmental activities of the Town  include activities such as:   general government, public safety, public works, health and human services,  and education.  The Town has no business‐type activities.  The government‐wide financial statements can be found on pages 14 and 15 of this report.  Fund Financial Statements  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 Town uses  fund accounting  to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance‐related legal requirements.  All of the funds of the Town can be divided into two categories:  governmental funds and fiduciary funds.  Governmental Funds  Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same functions reported as governmental activities  in the  government‐wide  financial  statements.  However,  unlike  the  government‐wide  financial  statements, governmental fund financial statements focus on near‐term inflows and outflows of spendable resources, as well as on  balances  of  spendable  resources  available  at  the  end  of  the  fiscal  year.    Such  information may  be  useful  in evaluating the Town’s near‐term financing requirements.  Because the focus of governmental funds  is narrower than that of the government‐wide financial statements,  it  is useful  to  compare  the  information  presented  for  governmental  funds  with  similar  information  presented  for governmental activities in the government‐wide financial statements.  By doing so, readers may better understand the long‐term impact of the Town’s near‐term financing decisions.  Both the governmental funds balance sheet and the governmental funds statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances provide a reconciliation to facilitate this comparison between governmental funds and governmental activities.  The  Town  maintains  several  individual  governmental  funds.    Information  is  presented  separately  in  the governmental funds balance sheet and in the governmental fund statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in  fund  balances  for  the  General  Fund,  Capital  and Nonrecurring  Fund,  and  the  Library  Fund,  all  of which  are considered to be major funds.  Data from the remaining governmental funds are combined into a single, aggregated presentation.    Individual  fund  data  for  each  of  these  nonmajor  governmental  funds  is  provided  in  the  form  of combining statements elsewhere in this report.  The basic governmental fund financial statements can be found on pages 16 through 20 of this report.  Fiduciary Funds  Fiduciary  funds are used  to account  for  resources held  for  the benefit of parties outside  the Town government.  Fiduciary funds are not reflected in the government‐wide financial statements because the resources of those funds are not available to the Town’s own programs.   The accounting used for fiduciary funds  is much  like that used for proprietary funds.  The basic fiduciary fund financial statements can be found on pages 21 and 22 of this report.  

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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited) (Continued) 

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OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)  Notes to the Financial Statements  The notes to the financial statements provide additional information that is essential to a full understanding of the data provided  in  the  government‐wide  and  governmental  fund  financial  statements.    The notes  to  the  financial statements can be found on pages 23 through 49 of this report.  Other Information  In  addition  to  the  basic  financial  statements  and  accompanying  notes,  this  report  also  contains  required supplementary  information  and  combining  and  individual  fund  statements  and  schedules  that  can  be  found  on pages 50 through 68 of this report.  GOVERNMENT‐WIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS  Net Position  Over time, net position may serve as one measure of a government’s financial position.   Net position of the Town totaled $17,339,129 and $16,214,810  as of June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and are summarized as follow:   

 

  2016 2015  

Current and other assets 8,781,916$      7,946,455$     

Capital assets 10,215,741      10,299,625     

Total assets 18,997,657      18,246,080     

Deferred outflows of resources 19,953              ‐                    

Other liabilities 734,862            1,033,995       

Long‐term liabilities 943,619            934,030           

Total liabilities 1,678,481        1,968,025       

Deferred inflows of resources ‐                     63,245             

Net Postion:

Net investment in capital assets 9,885,741        9,914,625       

Restricted 3,789,175        3,285,183       

Unrestricted 3,664,213        3,015,002       

Total net position 17,339,129$   16,214,810$  

Town of Canterbury, Connecticut

Net Position

June 30, 2016 and 2015

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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited) (Continued) 

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GOVERNMENT‐WIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (Continued)  Net Position (Continued)  

  As of June 30, 2016, 57.0% of the Town’s net position reflect its investment in capital assets, less any related debt used  to acquire  those assets  that  is  still outstanding.   The Town uses  these  capital assets  to provide  services  to citizens; consequently,  these assets are not available  for  future spending.   Although  the Town’s  investment  in  its capital assets is reported net of related debt, it should be noted that the resources needed to repay this debt must be provided from other sources since the capital assets themselves cannot be used to liquidate these liabilities.  Restricted  net  position  represents  21.9%  of  the  Town’s  net  position.    These  amounts  are  subject  to  external restrictions on how they may be used and are therefore presented as restricted net position.  The remainder of the Town’s net position is considered unrestricted and may be used to meet the Town’s ongoing obligations to citizens and creditors.  Overall, net position increased by $1,124,319 in comparison to the prior year.   

Net investment incapital assets

Restricted Unrestricted

2015 9,914,625 3,285,183 3,015,002

2016 9,885,741 3,789,175 3,664,213

$0

$2,000,000

$4,000,000

$6,000,000

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$12,000,000

Amount

Net Position

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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Unaudited) (Continued) 

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GOVERNMENT‐WIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (Continued)  Changes in Net Position  Changes in net position for the years ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:  

  

2016 2015

Revenues

Program revenues:

Charges for services 316,898$        203,259$       

Operating grants and contributions 6,407,270      6,799,178     

Capital grants and contributions 320,812          442,505         

General revenues:

Property taxes, levied for general purposes 8,623,367      8,531,442     

Grants and contributions not restricted to specific programs 76,661            93,579           

Unrestricted investment earnings 10,896            8,453              

Restricted investment earnings 7,946               4                      

Extraordinary item: bequest 1,000,000      ‐                  

Total revenues 16,763,850    16,078,420   

Expenses

General government 1,212,229      1,214,094     

Public safety 303,770          342,325         

Public works 990,150          959,913         

Health and human services 83,501            101,584         

Education 13,032,900    13,250,306   

Interest on long‐term debt 16,981            19,594           

Total expenses 15,639,531    15,887,816   

Change in net position 1,124,319$    190,604$       

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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GOVERNMENT‐WIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (Continued)  Change in Net Position (Continued)  

  

    

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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GOVERNMENT‐WIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (Continued)  Change in Net Position (Continued)  Governmental activities increased the Town’s net position by $1,124,319.     Revenues  increased approximately $685 thousand in comparison to the prior year.  The change in revenues was driven by a $1,000,000 bequest received by the Library for general use, offset by a decrease  in operating and capital grants receipts due to the completion of various grant funded projects.  Expenses decreased approximately $248  thousand in comparison to the prior year.  The largest drivers behind this change were related to a decrease in education expenditures in the current year as a result of decreased budgetary expenditures and decreases in special termination benefits liability.  FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE TOWN’S FUNDS  As noted earlier, the Town uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with finance‐related legal requirements.  Governmental Funds  The focus of the Town’s governmental funds is to provide information on near‐term inflows, outflows, and balances of spendable resources.   Such  information  is useful  in assessing the Town’s financing requirements.    In particular, unassigned fund balance may serve as a useful measure of the Town’s net resources available for spending at the end of the fiscal year.  As of the close of the current fiscal year, the Town’s governmental funds reported combined ending fund balances of $5,714,361, an increase of $1,374,279 in comparison with the prior year.   General Fund  The General Fund is the chief operating fund of the Town.  At the close of the current fiscal year, unassigned fund balance for the General Fund was $1,595,217 or 11.2% of total General Fund expenditures and other financing uses, excluding on‐behalf payments of $842,390.  Expressed another way, unassigned fund balance for the General Fund was sufficient to cover 1.3 months of General Fund operating expenditures.  The fund balance of the Town’s General Fund  increased by $24,900 during the current fiscal year primarily due to budgetary  results offset by  various bugdget  to GAAP  reconciling  items,  as outlined below  and  in Note B  to  the financial statements.  Capital and Nonrecurring Fund  The fund balance of the Capital and Nonrecurring Fund  increased by $210,018 during the current fiscal year. This increase is primarily related to current year transfers in and proceeds received from grants in excess of current year capital outlays.   The ending  fund balance as of  June 30, 2016 of $1,573,440  is committed  to  fund various  future capital projects.  Library Fund  The fund balance of the Library Fund increased by $1,009,778 during the current fiscal year. This increase was due to a bequest received by the Library in the amount of $1,000,000 for general uses and purposes.     

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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GENERAL FUND BUDGETARY HIGHLIGHTS  During  the year ended  June 30, 2016, additional appropriations of $21,000 were made  to  the budget  for general government  and public works  expenditures.  In  addition,  amounts  committed  in  2016  for  future  capital projects totaling  $375,000  were  transferred  to  the  capital  projects  funds.    The  final  budget  for  2015  anticipated  the utilization of fund balance of $563,208.  The actual net change in fund balance of the General Fund on a budgetary basis was a decrease of $14,787 to fund balance.  Expenditures were $453,698 less than budgeted due to underages in  the  general  government, public works  and  education  expense  lines.    Total budgetary  revenues were $94,723 more  than budgeted, due  to  current  year  tax  collections of $304,792  in excess of expectation.   This excess was offset by a decrease  in expected  intergovernmental revenue of $164,292, mainly caused by  the aging out of  two high cost special education students.    CAPITAL ASSET AND DEBT ADMINISTRATION  Capital Assets  The  Town’s  investment  in  capital  assets  as  of  June  30,  2016  and  2015  totaled  $10,215,741  and  $10,299,625, respectively  (net of accumulated depreciation and amortization).   This  investment  in capital assets  includes  land, construction in progress, buildings and improvements, machinery, equipment and vehicles, and infrastructure.  The total decrease  in  the  Town’s  investment  in  capital  assets  for  the  current  fiscal  year was $83,884 or 0.8%.    This decrease consisted of capital asset additions of $341,406 offset by current year depreciation expense of $425,290.  Major capital asset events during the current fiscal year included the purchase of two buses and two public works vehicles, totaling $240,265.   The following table is a two year comparison of the investment in capital assets:  

     

 

2016 2015

Land 677,299$         677,299$        

Construction in progress 890,339           875,961          

Buildings and improvements 6,627,920        6,845,686      

Machinery, equipment and vehicles 1,063,379        942,219          

Infrastructure 956,804           958,460          

Totals 10,215,741$   10,299,625$  

Town of Canterbury, Connecticut

Capital Assets, Net

June 30, 2016 and 2015

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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CAPITAL ASSET AND DEBT ADMINISTRATION (Continued)  Capital Assets (Continued)  

  

Additional information on the Town’s capital assets can be found in Note E of this report.  Long‐term Debt  At the end of the current fiscal year, the Town had no outstanding bonded debt. Rather, long term debt consists of a note payable.  State statutes  limit  the amount of general obligation debt the Town may  issue to seven times  its annual receipts from  taxation,  as  defined  by  the  statutes.    The  current  debt  limitation  for  the  Town  is  $61,551,217  which  is significantly in excess of the Town’s outstanding debt. 

$0

$1,000,000

$2,000,000

$3,000,000

$4,000,000

$5,000,000

$6,000,000

$7,000,000

$8,000,000

Land Construction inprogress

Buildings andimprovements

Machinery,equipment and

vehicles

Infrastructure

Amount

Capital Assets(Net of Accumulated Depreciation and Amortization)

2015

2016

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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CAPITAL ASSET AND DEBT ADMINISTRATION (Continued)  Long‐term Debt (Continued)  The following table is a two year comparison of long‐term debt:  

  

  

Additional information on the Town’s long‐term debt can be found in Note H of this report.  

2016 2015

Note payable 330,000$        385,000$       

Town of Canterbury, Connecticut

Long‐term Debt

June 30, 2016 and 2015

 $300,000

 $310,000

 $320,000

 $330,000

 $340,000

 $350,000

 $360,000

 $370,000

 $380,000

 $390,000

Note payable

Amount

Outstanding Debt

2015

2016

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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ECONOMIC FACTORS AND NEXT YEAR’S BUDGETS AND RATES  A summary of key economic factors affecting the Town are as follows:    

The unemployment  rate  for  the Town as of  June 30, 2016 was 5.6%,  in comparison  to  the state’s average unemployment rate of 5.9% and the national unemployment rate of 5.1%. 

 

Inflationary trends in the region are comparable to national indices.  

During the current fiscal year, unassigned fund balance of the General Fund decreased to $1,595,217.  

Significant estimates affecting next year’s budget that are subject to change  in the near term consist of the following: 

 o For purposes of calculating property tax revenues for fiscal year 2017, the Assessor’s grand  list was 

used along with an estimated tax rate, and an estimated rate of collection, with deductions for taxes to be paid by the State on behalf of certain taxpayers. 

 o The  Town  receives  intergovernmental  revenues  from  the  State  of  Connecticut.  Connecticut’s 

economy moves  in  the  same general cycle as  the national economy, which  from  time  to  time will affect the amount of intergovernmental revenues the Town will receive. The Town’s budget for such grants were based on estimates from the State. 

 o It  is  unknown  how  changes  in market  interest  rates  will  impact  real  estate  activity  and  related 

revenues  collected  by  the  Land Use Department,  the  Town  Clerk  and  the  amount  of  conveyance taxes and interest income. 

 All of  these  factors were considered  in preparing  the Town’s budget  for  fiscal year 2017.   The Town’s  fiscal year 2017 General Fund budget was approved on June 8, 2016.  The approved mill rate for the fiscal year 2017 budget is 24.5, an increase of 2.85, or 13.2%, over the fiscal year 2016 mill rate of 21.65.  The Town has assigned $548,967  for spending in the 2017 fiscal year budget.  REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION  This financial report is designed to provide a general overview of the Town’s finances for all those with an interest in the Town’s finances.  Questions concerning any of the information provided in this report or requests for additional information should be addressed to the First Selectman or Town Treasurer, Town of Canterbury, 1 Municipal Drive, Canterbury, Connecticut 06331. 

 

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 BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

 

     

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Governmental

Activities

Cash and cash equivalents 4,809,552$ Investments 911,880

Receivables:

Property taxes and interest, net 196,377

Grants and contracts 62,403

Settlement - current 130,000 Other 3,255

Inventories 3,636

Loans receivable - noncurrent 714,813 Settlement receivable - noncurrent 1,950,000

Capital assets:

Non-depreciable 1,567,638

Depreciable, net 8,648,103 Total assets 18,997,657

Deferred pension expense 19,953

Accounts payable 346,041 Salaries and benefits payable 300,229

Unearned revenue 88,592

Noncurrent liabilities:Due within one year 68,283

Due in more than one year 875,336

Total liabilities 1,678,481

Net investment in capital assets 9,885,741

Restricted for:

Health and human services 1,317,905

Public safety 1,420,207

Special reserves - external restrictions 33,482

Cemetery perpetual care:Nonexpendable 321

Expendable 1,856

Library:

Nonexpendable 4,000

Expendable 96 Donor restrictions 1,007,937

Veteran's Memorial:Expendable 3,371

Unrestricted 3,664,213 Total net position 17,339,129$

ASSETS

LIABILITIES

NET POSITION

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

STATEMENT OF NET POSITION

JUNE 30, 2016

DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Net (Expense)Operating Capital  Revenue and

Charges for Grants and  Grants and  Changes in Net Position‐Expenses Services Contributions Contributions Governmental Activities

Primary Government  Governmental activities:

General government 1,212,229$           152,857$              13,172$                  ‐$                       (1,046,200)$                      Public safety 303,770                12,505                  ‐                         ‐                         (291,265)                           Public works 990,150                2,182                    74,151                   320,812                (593,005)                           Health and human services 83,501                  87,202                  73,387                   ‐                         77,088                              Education 13,032,900          62,152                  6,246,560             ‐                         (6,724,188)                       Interest on long‐term debt 16,981                  ‐                         ‐                         ‐                         (16,981)                             

Total governmental activities 15,639,531$         316,898$              6,407,270$            320,812$              (8,594,551)                       

General revenues:Property taxes, levied for general purposes 8,623,367                         Grants and contributions not restricted to specific programs 76,661                              Unrestricted investment earnings 10,896                              Restricted investment earnings 7,946                                 

Extraordinary items ‐ bequest 1,000,000                             Total general revenues 9,718,870                         

Change in net position 1,124,319                         

Net position ‐ beginning 16,214,810                      

Net position ‐ ending 17,339,129$                     

Program Revenues

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTSTATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Functions/Programs

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Capital and Nonmajor TotalGeneral Nonrecurring Library Governmental Governmental

Fund Fund Fund Funds Funds

Cash and cash equivalents 4,672,460$ -$ 117,539$ 19,553$ 4,809,552$ Investments - - 907,784 4,096 911,880 Receivables:

Property taxes, net of allowance of $16,000 156,818 - - - 156,818 Interest, net of allowance of $15,000 39,559 - - - 39,559 Intergovernmental 345 52,509 - 9,549 62,403 Loans - - - 714,813 714,813 Other 3,225 - - 30 3,255

Due from other funds 9,101 1,607,261 - 255,142 1,871,504 Inventories - - - 3,636 3,636

Total assets 4,881,508$ 1,659,770$ 1,025,323$ 1,006,819$ 8,573,420$

LIABILITIES Accounts payable 160,304$ 86,330$ -$ 14,646$ 261,280$ Salaries and benefits payable 292,066 - - 8,163 300,229 Due to other funds 1,947,164 - - 9,101 1,956,265 Unearned revenue 85,828 - - 81,473 167,301

Total liabilities 2,485,362 86,330 - 113,383 2,685,075

DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCESUnavailable revenue 173,984 - - - 173,984

FUND BALANCESNonspendable:

Inventories - - - 3,636 3,636 Loans receivable - - - 714,813 714,813 Permanent funds principal - - - 4,321 4,321

Restricted:Library - - 1,007,937 - 1,007,937 Health and human services - - - 9,610 9,610 Special reserves - external 33,377 - - 5,428 38,805

Committed:Capital projects - 1,573,440 - - 1,573,440 Open space - - - 154,458 154,458 Library - - 17,386 - 17,386 Other governmental fund purposes - - - 8,671 8,671 Special purposes 7,987 - - - 7,987

Assigned:Subsequent year's budget 548,967 - - - 548,967 Other governmental fund purposes 36,614 - - - 36,614

Unassigned 1,595,217 - - (7,501) 1,587,716 Total fund balances 2,222,162 1,573,440 1,025,323 893,436 5,714,361 Total liabilities, deferred inflows of

resources and fund balances 4,881,508$ 1,659,770$ 1,025,323$ 1,006,819$ 8,573,420$

ASSETS

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTBALANCE SHEET

GOVERNMENTAL FUNDSJUNE 30, 2016

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Total fund balances for governmental funds 5,714,361$

Total net position reported for governmental activities in the statement of net position is different because:

Capital assets used in governmental activities are not financial resourcesand, therefore, are not reported in the governmental funds. Those assetsconsist of:

Land 677,299$ Construction in progress 890,339 Buildings and improvements 12,126,976 Machinery, equipment and vehicles 4,359,536 Infrastructure 6,769,836 Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization (14,608,245)

Total capital assets, net 10,215,741

Some of the Town's taxes and interest will be collected after year end, but are not availablesoon enough to pay for the current period's expenditures and, therefore, are reportedas deferred inflows of resources in the governmental funds. 173,984

Settlement receivable from a license agreement is not susceptible to accrual and istherefore not reported in the governmental funds. 2,158,709

Long-term liabilities applicable to the Town's governmental activities are not dueand payable in the current period and, accordingly, are not reported as governmentalfund liabilities. All liabilities - both current and long-term - are reported in the statementof net position. Those liabilities consist of:

Long-term debt:Note payable (330,000)

Other long-term liabilities:Compensated absences (48,214) Special termination benefits (66,000) Net pension liability (262,895) Net OPEB obligation (236,510)

Total long-term liabilities (943,619)

Deferred outflows of resources resulting from changes in the components of thenet pension liability are reported in the statements of net position. 19,953

Net position of governmental activities 17,339,129$

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTRECONCILIATION OF THE BALANCE SHEET OF

GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS TO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITIONJUNE 30, 2016

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Capital and Nonmajor TotalGeneral Nonrecurring Library Governmental Governmental

Fund Fund Fund Funds FundsREVENUES

Property taxes 8,731,191$ -$ -$ -$ 8,731,191$ Intergovernmental 6,097,579 - - 625,958 6,723,537 Charges for services 257,384 35,000 - 147,885 440,269 Investment earnings 9,426 1,433 7,953 30 18,842 Miscellaneous 4,980 72,129 1,012,587 - 1,089,696

Total revenues 15,100,560 108,562 1,020,540 773,873 17,003,535 EXPENDITURES

Current:General government 1,196,728 - - - 1,196,728 Public safety 306,800 - - - 306,800 Public works 928,065 - - - 928,065 Health and human services 67,330 - 10,762 8,037 86,129 Education 12,129,756 - - 636,253 12,766,009

Debt service:Principal payments 55,000 - - - 55,000 Interest and fiscal charges 16,981 - - - 16,981

Capital outlays - 273,544 - - 273,544 Total expenditures 14,700,660 273,544 10,762 644,290 15,629,256

Excess (deficiency) of revenues over expenditures 399,900 (164,982) 1,009,778 129,583 1,374,279

OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)

Transfers in - 375,000 - - 375,000 Transfers out (375,000) - - - (375,000)

Total other financing sources (uses) (375,000) 375,000 - - -

Net changes in fund balances 24,900 210,018 1,009,778 129,583 1,374,279

Fund balances - beginning 2,197,262 1,363,422 15,545 763,853 4,340,082 Fund balances - ending 2,222,162$ 1,573,440$ 1,025,323$ 893,436$ 5,714,361$

JUNE 30, 2016

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTSTATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Net change in fund balances for governmental funds 1,374,279$

Total change in net position reported for governmental activities in the statement of activities is different because:

Governmental funds report capital outlays as expenditures. However, in the statementof activities the cost of those assets is allocated over their estimated useful lives andreported as depreciation and amortization expense. The amount by which depreciationand amortization exceeded capital outlay in the current period is as follows:

Expenditures for capital assets 341,406$ Depreciation and amortization expense (425,290) `

Net adjustment (83,884)

Settlement revenue related to a license agreement is not susceptible to accrualand, therefore, is only reported as revenue in the governmental funds when the cash is received by the Town. In the government-wide financial statements, thecash received reduces the settlement receivable recognized in the government-widestatement of net position. (131,860)

The issuance of long-term debt provides current financial resources to governmentalfunds, while the repayment of principal on long-term debt consumes the currentfinancial resources of governmental funds. However, neither transaction has anyeffect on net position. The net effect of these differences in the treatment of long-termdebt and related items is as follows:

Principal repayments:Note payable 55,000

Under the modified accrual basis of accounting used in the governmental funds,expenditures are not recognized for transactions that are not normally paid withexpendable available financial resources. However, in the statement of activities,which is presented on the accrual basis, expenses and liabilities are reported regardlessof when financial resources are available. The net effect of such items is as follows:

Compensated absences 11,269 Special termination benefits 49,560 Net pension liability (65,369) Net OPEB obligation (60,049)

(64,589)

Deferred outflows of resources resulting from changes in the components of the net pension liability are reported in the statements of net position. 83,198

Certain revenues reported in the statement of activities do not provide current financialresources and, therefore, are reported as deferred inflows of resources in the governmentalfunds. This amount represents the change in unavailable revenue. (107,825)

Change in net position of governmental activities 1,124,319$

JUNE 30, 2016

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTRECONCILIATION OF THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN

FUND BALANCES OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS TO THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Variance WithFinal Budget

Original Final Actual Over (Under)REVENUES Property taxes 8,426,400$ 8,426,400$ 8,731,192$ 304,792$ Intergovernmental 5,412,471 5,415,471 5,251,179 (164,292) Licenses, permits and charges for services 261,500 261,500 238,881 (22,619)

Investment income 5,000 5,000 9,426 4,426 Miscellaneous 26,500 26,500 (1,084) (27,584) Total revenues 14,131,871 14,134,871 14,229,594 94,723

EXPENDITURESCurrent:

General government 1,333,434 1,342,434 1,180,363 (162,071) Public safety 295,955 295,955 288,297 (7,658) Public works 992,382 1,007,382 928,065 (79,317) Health and human services 68,198 68,198 66,176 (2,022) Special reserves 90,338 90,338 90,338 - Education 11,446,790 11,446,790 11,244,160 (202,630)

Debt service:Principal payments 55,000 55,000 55,000 - Interest and fiscal charges 16,982 16,982 16,982 -

Total expenditures 14,299,079 14,323,079 13,869,381 (453,698)

Excess (deficiency) of revenues over expenditures (167,208) (188,208) 360,213 548,421

OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)Appropriation of fund balance 542,208 563,208 - (563,208) Transfers out (375,000) (375,000) (375,000) -

Total other financing sources (uses) 167,208 188,208 (375,000) (563,208)

Net change in fund balance -$ -$ (14,787) (14,787)$

Fund balance - beginning 2,158,970

Fund balance - ending 2,144,183$

Budgeted Amounts

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTSTATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCE -

BUDGET AND ACTUAL - BUDGETARY BASIS - GENERAL FUNDJUNE 30, 2016

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Private

Purpose Agency

Trust FundsASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents 6,057$ 187,299$

Other - 84,761 Total assets 6,057$ 272,060$

LIABILITIES

Due to others -$ 272,060$ Total liabilities - 272,060$

NET POSITIONHeld in trust for perpetual use 6,057$

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

STATEMENT OF FIDUCIARY NET POSITION

JUNE 30, 2016

FIDUCIARY FUNDS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Private

Purpose

Trust

FundADDITIONS

Investment earnings:

Interest 26$

Total additions 26

DEDUCTIONS

Administrative expenses 3

Total deductions 3

Change in net position 23

Net position - beginning 6,034

Net position - ending 6,057$

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FIDUCIARY NET POSITION

JUNE 30, 2016

FIDUCIARY FUNDS

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

JUNE 30, 2016  

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 NOTE A ‐ SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES  The  accounting  policies  of  the  Town  of  Canterbury,  Connecticut  (the  “Town”)  conform  to  accounting  principles generally accepted  in the United States of America, as applicable to governmental organizations.   The following  is a summary of significant accounting policies:  Financial Reporting Entity  The Town of Canterbury, Connecticut was settled in 1703 and covers 40.3 square miles located  in Windham County. The  Town  operates  under  a  Board  of  Selectmen,  Town Meeting  and  Board  of  Finance  form  of  government  and provides  the  following services as authorized by  its charter: public safety, public works, health and human services, social services, culture and recreation, education, planning, zoning and general administrative services. 

 The  legislative  power  of  the  Town  is  vested  with  the  Board  of  Selectmen  and  Town Meeting.  The  Board  of Selectmen may enact, amend or repeal ordinances and resolutions. The Board of Finance is responsible for financial and  taxation  matters  as  prescribed  by  Connecticut  General  Statutes,  and  is  responsible  for  presenting  fiscal operating budgets for Town Meeting approval. 

 The basic financial statements of the reporting entity include only the funds of the Town (the primary government) as no component units exist based on operational or financial relationships with the Town. 

 Government‐wide and Fund Financial Statements  Government‐wide Financial Statements  The statement of net position and the statement of activities display  information about the Town and  include the financial  activities  of  the  overall  government,  except  for  fiduciary  activities.    Eliminations  have  been made  to minimize  the  double‐counting  of  internal  activities.    The  statements  are  intended  to  distinguish  between governmental  and  business‐type  activities.    Governmental  activities  generally  are  financed  through  taxes, intergovernmental revenues, and other nonexchange transactions.  Business‐type activities are financed in whole or in part by fees charged to external parties.  The Town has no business‐type activities.  The statement of activities demonstrates the degree to which the direct expenses of a given function are offset by program  revenues.    Direct  expenses  are  those  that  are  clearly  identifiable  with  a  specific  function.    Program revenues include 1) charges to customers or applicants who purchase, use, or directly benefit from goods, services, or  privileges  provided  by  a  given  function  and  2)  grants  and  contributions  that  are  restricted  to meeting  the operational or capital requirements of a particular  function.   Taxes and other  items not properly  included among program revenues are reported as general revenues.    Fund Financial Statements  The fund financial statements provide  information about the Town’s funds,  including  its fiduciary funds.   Separate statements  for each  fund category  ‐ governmental and  fiduciary  ‐ are presented.   The emphasis of  fund  financial statements  is  on major  funds,  each  displayed  in  a  separate  column.    All  remaining  funds  are  aggregated  and reported as nonmajor funds. 

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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued) 

JUNE 30, 2016 

‐ 24 ‐ 

 NOTE A ‐ SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)  Government‐wide and Fund Financial Statements (Continued)  Fund Financial Statements (Continued) 

 The Town reports the following major governmental funds:  General Fund ‐ This fund is the Town’s primary operating fund.  It accounts for all financial resources of the general government, except those not accounted for and reported in another fund. 

 Capital and Nonrecurring Fund – This fund is used to account for the revenues and expenditures related to capital asset construction and/or purchase. 

 Library Fund – This fund is used to account for the revenues and expenditures associated with the Town’s Library.   

 The Town reports the following fiduciary fund types: 

 Private Purpose Trust Fund – This fund type  is used to account for trust arrangements under which principal and income benefit  individuals, private organizations, or other governments. The Town utilizes a private purpose trust fund to account for activities of funds held in trust for student scholarships. 

 Agency Funds – These funds are used to account for resources held by the Town in a purely custodial capacity.  The Town  utilizes  these  funds  to  account  for  assets  of  the  student  activity  funds  and  performance  bond  fund.  The student  activities  funds  account  for monies  generated  by  student  activities  in  the  Town’s  school  system.    The performance  bond  fund  accounts  for  monies  received  to  ensure  that  driveways  are  installed  to  correct specifications for new construction.  Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting  The accounting and financial reporting treatment is determined by the applicable measurement focus and basis of accounting.  Measurement focus indicates the type of resources being measured such as current financial resources or economic resources.  The basis of accounting indicates the timing of transactions or events for recognition in the financial statements. 

 The government‐wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus and the accrual basis of accounting.   Revenues are  recorded when earned and expenses are  recorded when a  liability  is incurred, regardless of the timing of related cash flows.  Property taxes are recognized as revenues in the year for which  they are  levied.   Grants and similar  items are  recognized as  revenue as soon as all eligibility  requirements imposed by the provider have been met. 

 The governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting.  Revenues are recognized as soon as they are both measureable and available.   Revenues are  considered  to be available when  they are  collectible within  the  current period or  soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period.  For this purpose, the government considers revenues to be available  if they are collected within 60 days of the end of the current fiscal period. Expenditures generally are recorded when a  liability  is  incurred, as under accrual accounting.   However, debt service expenditures, as well as expenditures related to compensated absences, and claims and judgments, are recorded only when payment is due.  General capital asset acquisitions are reported as expenditures in governmental funds.  Issuance of long‐term debt and acquisitions under capital lease are reported as other financing sources.  

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TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued) 

JUNE 30, 2016 

‐ 25 ‐ 

 NOTE A ‐ SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)  Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting (Continued)  Property taxes and interest associated with the current fiscal period are all considered to be susceptible to accrual and so have been recognized as revenues in the current fiscal period.  Entitlements are recorded as revenues when all eligibility requirements are met, including any time requirements, and the amount is received during the period or within the availability period for this revenue source (within 60 days of year end).  Expenditure‐driven grants are recognized as revenue when the qualifying expenditures have been  incurred and all other eligibility requirements have been met, and the amount is available to be received during the period or within the availability period for this revenue source (within 60 days of year end).  All other revenue items are considered to be measurable and available only when the cash is received.   

 The private‐purpose  trust  funds are  reported using  the economic  resources measurement  focus and  the accrual basis of accounting.   The agency  funds has no measurement  focus but utilizes the accrual basis of accounting  for reporting its assets and liabilities.  Implementation of Accounting Standards  Effective  July  1,  2015,  the  Town  adopted  the  provisions  of  Governmental  Accounting  Standards  Board  (GASB) Statement No.  72,  Fair  Value Measurement  and  Application, GASB  Statement No.  73,  Accounting  and  Financial Reporting for Pensions and Related Assets that are not within the Scope of GASB Statement 68, and Amendments to Certain Provisions of GASB  Statements 67 and 68, GASB Statement No. 76, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles  for State and Local Governments, and certain provisions of GASB Statement No. 79, Certain External Investment Pools and Pool Participants. The adoption of these statements did not have a material effect on the Town’s financial statements.  Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflow/Inflows of Resources and Net Position/Fund Equity  Cash Equivalents  

 The  Town’s  cash  and  cash  equivalents  are  considered  to  be  cash  on  hand,  demand  deposits,  and  short‐term investments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of acquisition.    Investments   Investments  in  certain  external  investment  pools  consist  of  the  Short‐Term  Investment  Fund  (STIF),  which  is managed by the State of Connecticut Treasurer's Office. Investments in these types of funds, which are permitted to measure their investment holdings at amortized costs, are measured by the Town at the net asset value per share as determined by the pool.  Donor‐restricted Endowments 

 The  Town  allocates  investment  income  on  endowment  investments  in  accordance with  donor  restrictions  and Connecticut  law.  The  State  of  Connecticut  adopted  the  provisions  of  the  Uniform  Prudent  Management  of Institutional  Funds Act  (UPMIFA)  effective October 1, 2007. UPMIFA  requires  the  investment of  endowments  in good  faith  and with  the  care  that  an  ordinarily  prudent  person  in  a  like  position would  exercise  under  similar circumstances.  It requires prudence  in  incurring  investment costs, authorizing only costs that are appropriate and reasonable.  Factors  to be  considered  in  investing are expanded  to  include,  for example,  the  effects of  inflation. UPMIFA emphasizes that investment decisions be made in relation to the overall resources of the Town.   

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JUNE 30, 2016 

‐ 26 ‐ 

 NOTE A ‐ SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)  Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflow/Inflows of Resources and Net Position/Fund Equity (Continued)  Fair Value Measurements 

 Fair value  is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a  liability  in an orderly transaction  between  market  participants,  as  of  the  measurement  date.  Authoritative  guidance  establishes  a hierarchy of valuation techniques based upon whether the inputs to those valuation techniques reflect assumptions other market participants would use based upon market data obtained from independent sources (also referred to as observable  inputs). The Town  classifies  its assets and  liabilities measured at  fair value  into  Level 1  (securities valued using quoted prices  from  active markets  for  identical  assets),  Level 2  (securities not  traded on  an  active market for which market inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly, and Level 3 (securities valued based on unobservable inputs). Investments are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  The Town does not currently hold any material assets or liabilities which require fair value disclosure.  Inventories  Inventories are reported at cost using the  first‐in  first‐out  (FIFO) method, except  for USDA donated commodities, which are recorded at market value.   Inventories are recorded as expenditures when consumed rather than when purchased. 

 Loans Receivable   The Town administers a residential rehabilitation loan program for low to moderate income families. The loans bear an  interest rate of 0%. Repayment of  the  loans  is deferred, but  the  loans become due and payable upon sale or transfer of the property, the owner’s demise, or when the subject property  is no  longer the applicant’s principal place of residence. The loans may be paid in full or in part by the borrower at any time without penalty. As of June 30, 2016, loans receivable totaled $714,813 under this program.  Property Taxes  All trade and property tax receivables are shown net of an allowance for uncollectible accounts.   The allowance  is calculated based upon historical collections and analysis of creditor’s ability to pay.   The Town has established an allowance for uncollectible taxes and interest of $16,000 and $15,000, respectively, as of June 30, 2016.  Property  taxes  are  assessed  as of October 1.   Taxes  for  real estate  and personal property  taxes  are due  in  two installments on July 1 and the following January 1.  Personal property and motor vehicle taxes are payable on July 1 and supplemental motor vehicle taxes are payable on January 1.  Liens are effective on the assessment date and are continued by filing before the end of the year following the due date.  Assessments for real and personal property, excluding motor vehicles, are computed at 70% of the market value.  

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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 NOTE A ‐ SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)  Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflow/Inflows of Resources and Net Position/Fund Equity (Continued)  Capital Assets  Capital assets, which  include  land, construction  in progress,   property, equipment, and  infrastructure assets  (e.g. roads, bridges,  sidewalks, and  similar  items), are  reported  in  the government‐wide  financial  statements.   Capital assets are defined by the Town as assets with an initial individual cost of more than $35,000 for infrastructure assets and buildings and improvements, more than $20,000 for machinery, equipment and vehicles and more than $5,000 for interior equipment.  Such assets are recorded at historical cost, or estimated historical cost, when purchased or constructed.  Donated capital assets are recorded at estimated fair market value at the date of donation. 

 The costs of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value of a capital asset or materially extend capital asset lives are not capitalized.  Major outlays for capital assets and improvements are capitalized as projects are constructed. 

 Capital assets of the Town are depreciated using the straight‐line method over the following estimated useful lives:  

Assets Years 

Buildings and improvements 50Machinery, equipment and vehicles 5‐10 Infrastructure  15

 Capital assets acquired under a capital lease are amortized over the life of the lease term.   Unearned Revenue 

 This liability represents resources that have been received but not yet earned. 

 Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources 

 Deferred outflows and inflows of resources represent an acquisition of net position that applies to a future period(s) and so will not be recognized as an outflow or inflow of resources until that time.  DDeferred outflows of resources consists of deferred pension expenses reported in the government‐wide statement of net position. Deferred pension expenses  resulted  from changes  in  the components of  the Town’s net pension liability and are being amortized as a component of pension expense on as systematic and rational basis. 

 Deferred inflows of resources consist of revenue that is considered unavailable under the modified accrual basis of accounting and deferred pension benefits. Unavailable revenue from property taxes is reported in the governmental funds balance sheet and  is recognized as an  inflow of resources  in the period that the amounts become available.  Deferred pension benefits are reported net with deferred outflows of resources in the government‐wide statement of net position, and are amortized as a component of pension expense on a systematic and rational basis.  

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JUNE 30, 2016 

‐ 28 ‐ 

 NOTE A ‐ SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)  Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflow/Inflows of Resources and Net Position/Fund Equity (Continued)  Compensated Absences  Town employees and certain Board of Education employees are paid by a prescribed  formula  for absence due to vacation and  sickness. The eligibility  for  vacation pay does not vest.  In  the event of  termination, employees are compensated  for accumulated  sick  time up  to a maximum 60 days  for Town employees and 30 days  for  certain Board of Education employees. 

 All compensated absences are accrued when  incurred  in the government‐wide financial statements. Expenditures for compensated absences are recognized in the governmental fund financial statements in the current year to the extent they are paid during the year, or the vested amount is expected to be paid with available resources. 

 Special Termination Benefits 

 Teachers covered under union contract are eligible to receive special termination benefits. A teacher with 15 years of continuous services  in the Canterbury School System  immediately preceding retirement will be eligible  for  longevity pay at the rate of $200 for each year of service in the Canterbury School System with a maximum of 35 years. 

 Special termination benefits are accrued when incurred in the government‐wide financial statements. Expenditures for special termination benefits are recognized  in the governmental fund financial statements  in the current year to the extent they are paid during the year, or the vested amount is expected to be paid with available resources.  Long‐term Obligations  In  the  government‐wide  financial  statements,  long‐term  debt  and  other  long‐term  obligations  are  reported  as liabilities.  Bond premiums and discounts are deferred and amortized over the life of the bonds using the effective interest method.  Bonds payable are reported net of the applicable bond premium or discount. 

 In  the  fund  financial  statements,  governmental  funds  recognize bond premiums  and discounts,  as well  as bond issuance costs, during the current period.   The face amount of debt  issued  is reported as other financing sources.  Premiums received on debt issuances are reported as other financing sources while discounts on debt issuances are reported as other financing uses.  Issuance costs, whether or not withheld from the actual debt proceeds received, are reported as debt service expenditures.  Net Position and Fund Balance  The government‐wide statement of net position presents  the Town’s non‐fiduciary assets and  liabilities, with  the difference reported as net position.  Net position is reported in three categories: 

 Net  investment  in  capital assets  ‐ This component of net position  consists of  capital assets, net of accumulated depreciation  and  amortization  and  reduced  by  outstanding  balances  for  bonds,  notes  and  other  debt  that  are attributed to the acquisition, construction or improvement of capital assets. 

 Restricted net position  ‐  This  component of net position  consists of  amounts  restricted  either  through  external restrictions  imposed  by  creditors,  grantors,  contributors,  and  the  like,  or  through  restrictions  imposed  by  law through constitutional provisions or enabling legislation. 

 Unrestricted net position  ‐ This  component of net position  is  the net  amount of  assets,  liabilities,  and deferred outflows/inflows of resources, which do not meet the definition of the two preceding categories. 

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 NOTE A ‐ SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)  Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflow/Inflows of Resources and Net Position/Fund Equity (Continued)  Net Position and Fund Balance (Continued)  The Town’s governmental funds report the following fund balance categories:  Nonspendable  ‐  Amounts  that  cannot  be  spent  because  they  are  not  in  spendable  form  or  they  are  legally  or contractually required to be maintained intact. 

 Restricted ‐ Constraints are placed on the use of resources that are either externally imposed by creditors, grantors, contributors or laws and regulations of other governments or imposed by law through enabling legislation. 

 Committed ‐ Amounts that can only be used for specific purposes pursuant to constraints imposed by formal action of the Board of Finance (the highest  levels of decision making authority of the Town) and cannot be used for any other purpose unless the Town removes or changes the specified use by taking the same formal action. The formal action  required  to be  taken by  the Board of Finance  to  commit  fund balance  includes  formal  voting procedures regulated by  the Town Charter  that of which  is consistent with  the Town’s budgeting procedures as described  in Note B.   Assigned  ‐  Amounts  are  constrained  by  the  government’s  intent  to  be  used  for  specific  purposes,  but  are  not restricted or committed. The Town Treasurer has been authorized by the Board of Finance to assign Fund Balance as needed to meet the obligations of the Town, with the exception of those amounts assigned by the Board of Finance during the Town’s annual budgeting process as described in Note B.   

 Unassigned  ‐ Residual  classification  for  the General  Fund or amounts necessary  in other governmental  funds  to eliminate otherwise negative fund balance amounts in the other four categories. 

 Net Position Flow Assumption 

 Sometimes the Town will  fund outlays for a particular purpose from both restricted (e.g. restricted bond or grant proceeds) and unrestricted  resources.    In order  to calculate  the amounts  to  report as  restricted net position and unrestricted net position in the government‐wide financial statements, a flow assumption must be made about the order in which the resources are considered to be applied. 

 The Town does not have a formal policy over net position.  In practice, the Town considers restricted net position to have been depleted before unrestricted net position is applied.  Fund Balance Flow Assumption  

 Sometimes the Town will fund outlays for a particular purpose from both restricted and unrestricted resources (the total  of  committed,  assigned,  and  unassigned  fund  balance).    In  order  to  calculate  the  amounts  to  report  as restricted, committed, assigned, and unassigned fund balance in the governmental fund financial statements a flow assumption must be made about the order in which the resources are considered to be applied. 

 The  Town  does  not  have  a  formal  policy  over  the  use  of  fund  balance.    In  practice,  the  Town  uses  restricted resources  first,  then  unrestricted  resources  as  needed.   Unrestricted  resources  are used  in  the  following  order:  committed; assigned; then unassigned.   

 

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 NOTE A ‐ SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)  Interfund Activities  Interfund activities are reported as follows:  Interfund Receivables and Payables  Activity between  funds that are representative of  lending/borrowing arrangements outstanding at the end of the fiscal  year  are  referred  to  as  either  “due  to/from  other  funds”  (i.e.  the  current  portion  of  interfund  loans)  or “advances  to/from other  funds”  (i.e.  the non‐current portion of  interfund  loans).   All other outstanding balances between  funds  are  reported  as  “due  to/from  other  funds”.    Any  residual  balances  outstanding  between  the governmental activities and business‐type activities are  reported  in  the government‐wide  financial statements as “internal balances”.  Interfund Services Provided and Used  Sales and purchases of goods and services between funds for a price approximating their external exchange value are reported as revenues and expenditures, or expenses, in the applicable funds.  Interfund Transfers  

Interfund transfers represent flows of assets without equivalent flows of assets in return and without a requirement for repayment.  In governmental funds, transfers are reported as other financing uses in the funds making transfers and other financing sources in the funds receiving transfers.  In proprietary funds, transfers are reported after non‐operating revenues and expenses.  Interfund Reimbursements  

Interfund  reimbursements  represent  repayments  from  the  funds  responsible  for  particular  expenditures,  or expenses, to the funds that initially paid for them.    Use of Estimates  The preparation of financial statements  in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted  in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.  NOTE B ‐ BUDGETARY INFORMATION   The General Fund is the only fund for which an annual budget is legally adopted.  The Town adheres to the following procedures in establishing the budgetary data for the General Fund financial statements in accordance with provisions of its Charter and Connecticut General Statutes.   

A budget  for the General Fund  is authorized annually by the Board of Finance. The Board of Finance follows these procedures in establishing the budgetary data reflected in the financial statements. 

  The citizens of the Town vote on the recommended budget.   The Board of Finance sets the tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year. 

   

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 NOTE B ‐ BUDGETARY INFORMATION (Continued) 

 

Expenditures are budgeted by function, department and object.  The legal level of budgetary control, the  level  at  which  expenditures  may  not  exceed  appropriations,  is  established  by  function  and department.  Transfers of budgeted amounts between departments must be approved by the Board of Finance.  Management may transfer amounts between line items within a department.  Additional appropriation  requests  are  submitted  by  the  department  heads  to  the  Board  of  Selectmen.  The Board of Selectmen acts on the requests, which,  if approved are sent to the Board of Finance. The Board of Finance may approve additional appropriations for a department, provided such additional appropriations do not exceed $20,000 or are not a second request for an appropriation by the asking board,  commission  or  department.  Appropriations  in  excess  of  the  amount  which  the  Board  of Finance may approve or a second request by the requesting board, commission or department, must be approved by vote of a Town Meeting.  During the year ended June 30, 2016 the Board of Finance and Town Meetings approved additional appropriations  from  fund balance of $21,000.    In addition amounts  committed  in  2015  for  future  capital projects  totaling  $375,000 were  transferred  to  the capital projects funds in 2016 to fund planned projects.  

Formal budgetary integration is employed as a management control device during the year.  

The budget  is prepared on the modified accrual basis of accounting.   “On‐behalf” payments made by the State of Connecticut into the State Teachers’ Retirement System (see Note I) are not recorded for budgetary purposes.   

  Encumbrances are recognized as a valid and proper charge against a budget appropriation in the year in 

which  the purchase order,  contract or other  commitment  is  issued  and,  accordingly,  encumbrances outstanding at year‐end are reported in budgetary reports as expenditures of the current year. 

  All  unexpended  appropriations  lapse  at  year‐end,  except  those  for  the  Capital  Projects  Funds.  

Appropriations  for  capital projects are  continued until  completion of applicable projects, even when projects extend more than one fiscal year. 

 As described above, accounting principles applied for purposes of developing data on a budgetary basis differ from those  used  to  present  financial  statements  in  conformity with  accounting  principles  generally  accepted  in  the United States of America  (“GAAP basis”).   A reconciliation of General Fund amounts presented on the budgetary basis to amounts presented on the GAAP basis is as follows for the year ended June 30, 2016:  

  

   

Other Net Change

Total Total Financing Uses ‐  In Fund Fund

Revenues Expenditures Transfers, Net Balance Balance

Budgetary basis 14,229,594$         13,869,381$              (375,000)$                  (14,787)$            2,144,183$        

"On‐behalf" payments ‐

State Teachers Retirement

Fund (see Note I) 842,390                 842,390                    ‐                             ‐                       ‐                      

Intergovernmental grants netted

against expenditures 18,503                   18,503                        ‐                               ‐                       ‐                        

Budgetary perspective differences ‐

  funds combined for GAAP financial

  reporting purposes 10,073                   (29,614)                       ‐                               39,687                77,979                 

GAAP basis 15,100,560$         14,700,660$              (375,000)$                  24,900$             2,222,162$         

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 NOTE B ‐ BUDGETARY INFORMATION (Continued)  Deficit Fund Balance  As of  June 30, 2016,  the Child Nutrition  Fund has a deficit  fund balance of $3,865, which does not  constitute a violation of statutory provisions. The deficit  is expected  to be eliminated  through  future  revenues source and/or transfers from other funds.  NOTE C ‐ CASH DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS  Cash Deposits  A reconciliation of the Town’s cash deposits as of June 30, 2016 is as follows: 

 

 Custodial Credit Risk  Custodial credit risk is the risk that, in the event of a bank failure, the Town will not be able to recover its deposits or will not be able to recover collateral securities that are  in the possession of an outside party.   The Town does not have  a  deposit  policy  for  custodial  credit  risk.   As  of  June  30,  2016,  $4,112,917  of  the  Town’s  bank  balance  of $4,862,923 was exposed to custodial credit risk as follows: 

 

  All of  the Town’s deposits were  in qualified public  institutions as defined by Connecticut state statute.   Under  this statute,  any  bank  holding  public  deposits must  at  all  times maintain,  segregated  from  its  other  assets,  eligible collateral in an amount equal to a certain percentage of its public deposits.  The applicable percentage is determined based on the bank’s risk‐based capital ratio.  The amount of public deposits is determined based on either the public deposits reported on the most recent quarterly call report, or the average of the public deposits reported on the four most recent quarterly call reports, whichever is greater.  The collateral is kept in the custody of the trust department of either the pledging bank or another bank in the name of the pledging bank.      

Government‐wide statement of net position 4,809,552$       

Statement of fiduciary net position 193,356             

Add: certificates of deposit considered cash equivalents 911,880             

for disclosure purposes

Less: cash equivalents considered investments

for disclosure purposes (1,314,421)        

4,600,367$       

Uninsured and uncollateralized 3,701,625$       

Uninsured and collateralized with securities held by the pledging

  bank's trust department or agent but not in the Town's name 411,292             

4,112,917$       

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 NOTE C ‐ CASH DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS (Continued)  Investments   A reconciliation of the Town’s investments as of June 30, 2016 is as follows: 

 

 Interest Rate Risk  Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in market interest rates will adversely affect the fair value of an investment.  Generally, the longer the maturity of an investment, the greater the sensitivity of its fair value to changes in market interest rates.  The Town’s investment policy limits its exposure to fair value losses arising from changes in interest rates  by  structuring  the  investment  portfolio  so  that  securities mature  to meet  cash  requirements  for  ongoing operations,  thereby  avoiding  the  need  to  sell  securities  on  the  open market  prior  to maturity,  and  investing operating  funds  primarily  in  shorter‐term  securities, money market mutual  funds,  or  similar  investment  pools.  Information about the exposure of the Town’s investments to this risk using the segmented time distribution model is as follows: 

  

Because the investment in the Short‐Term Investment Fund has a weighted average maturity of less than 90 days, it has been presented as an investment with a maturity of less than one year.   Credit Risk  The  Town  has  no  investment  policy  that  would  further  limit  its  investment  choices  beyond  those  limited  by Connecticut state statutes. Connecticut state statutes permit the Town to invest in obligations of the United States, including  its  instrumentalities and agencies;  in obligations of any state or of any political subdivision, authority or agency thereof, provided such obligations are rated within one of the top two rating categories of any recognized rating  service; or  in obligations of  the State of Connecticut or of any political  subdivision  thereof, provided  such obligations are rated within one of the top three rating categories of any recognized rating service.  The Town’s investments in debt securities, whose ratings are required to be disclosed, are summaried in the table above. 

  

 

Government‐wide statement of net position: 911,880$          

Add: cash equivalents considered investments

for disclosure purposes 1,314,421         

Less: certificates of deposit considered cash equivalents

for disclosure purposes (911,880)           

1,314,421$       

Investment

 Maturities 

(In Years)

Credit Less

Rating Value Than 1

Debt Securities:

Government‐wide statement of net position:

Short‐Term Investment Fund (STIF) AAA 1,314,421$        1,314,421$       

Investment type

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 NOTE C ‐ CASH DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS (Continued)  Investments (Continued)  Custodial Credit Risk  

For an  investment, custodial credit risk  is the risk that,  in the event of the failure of a counterparty, the Town will not be able to recover the value of  its  investments or collateral securities that are  in the possession of an outside party.    

Concentrations of Credit Risk  

The Town’s policy is to maintain a diversified portfolio to minimize the risk of loss resulting from over concentration of assets  in  a  specific  issuer.    All  of  the  Town’s  governmental  activities  investments  are  invested  in  the  Short‐term Investment Fund (100%).   

NOTE D ‐ SETTLEMENT RECEIVABLE  In May 2012,  the Town entered  into a  license agreement with a  renewable energy developer  to provide  for  the installation of water intake and discharge components including water pipes located under a public highway in the Town of Canterbury.   The  initial  term of  the  license agreement  is  for 20 years with  the option of  renewing  the license by the developer for four additional 10 year terms.  The agreement provides for quarterly installments to be made to the Town as consideration  for this agreement.   Annual amounts to be received by the Town amount to between $120,000 and $130,000 per year and are receivable as follows: 

 The agreement  further stipulates  that  the annual  receipts above are  restricted  for maintaining and operating  its ambulance  and  emergency medical  technician  services  ($85,000),  library  capital  projects  ($20,000),  recreation capital projects ($15,000), and general purposes ($10,000). A summary of the restriction by function is as follows: 

 

 Additional provisions are  included  in the agreement to provide for additional sums payable to the Town once the developer begins commercial operations and  for adjustments  to be made  to  the above  revenue streams at such time when certain conditions are met.  No such conditions are known to be met as of June 30, 2016.  

Governmental

Year ending June 30: Activities

2017 130,000$          

2018 130,000             

2019 130,000             

2020 130,000             

2021 120,000             

2022 ‐ 2026 600,000             

2027 ‐ 2031 600,000             

2032 ‐ 2033 240,000             

Total settlement receivable 2,080,000         

Less: current portion 130,000             

1,950,000$       

Governmental Activities:

Public safety 85,000$             

Health and human services 35,000               

General government 10,000               

130,000$          

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 NOTE E ‐ CAPITAL ASSETS  Capital asset activity for governmental activities for the year ended June 30, 2016 consisted of the following:  

  Depreciation and amortization expense was charged to functions of the Town as follows: 

 

     

Beginning Ending

Balance Increases Decreases Balance

Governmental Activities # # #

Capital assets, not being depreciated:

Land 677,299$        ‐$                 ‐$                 677,299$       

Construction in progress 875,961          14,378             ‐                    890,339         

Total capital assets, not being depreciated 1,553,260       14,378             ‐                    1,567,638      

Capital assets, being depreciated:

Buildings and improvements 12,126,976    ‐                    ‐                    12,126,976   

Machinery, equipment and vehicles 4,119,271       240,265          ‐                    4,359,536      

Infrastructure 6,683,073       86,763             ‐                    6,769,836      

Total capital assets, being depreciated 22,929,320    327,028          ‐                    23,256,348   

Less accumulated depreciation:

Buildings and improvements 5,281,290       217,766          ‐                    5,499,056      

Machinery, equipment and vehicles 3,177,052       119,105          ‐                    3,296,157      

Infrastructure 5,724,613       88,419             ‐                    5,813,032      

Total accumulated depreciation 14,182,955    425,290          ‐                    14,608,245   

Total capital assets, being depreciated, net 8,746,365       (98,262)           ‐                    8,648,103      

Governmental activities capital assets, net 10,299,625$  (83,884)$         ‐$                 10,215,741$ 

Governmental Activities:

General government 32,679$             

Public works 135,540             

Education 257,071             

Total depreciation and amortization expense ‐ 

governmental activities 425,290$          

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 NOTE F ‐ INTERFUND RECEIVABLES AND PAYABLES  Interfund receivable and payable balances at June 30, 2016 are as follows:  

  

All  interfund  balances  resulted  from  the  time  lag  between  the  dates  that  (1)  interfund  goods  and  services  are provided  or  reimbursable  expenditures  occur,  (2)  transactions  are  recorded  in  the  accounting  system,  and  (3) payments between funds are made.  NOTE G ‐ INTERFUND TRANSFERS  Interfund transfers for the year ended June 30, 2016 consisted of the following:  

  Transfers are used to (1) move revenues from the fund that statute or budget requires to collect them to the fund that statute or budget requires to expend them, and (2) use unrestricted revenues collected in the General Fund to finance various programs accounted for in other funds in accordance with budgetary authorizations.  

Amount

Governmental Funds

General Fund Nonmajor Governmental Funds 9,101$               

Capital and Nonrecurring Fund General Fund 1,607,261         

Nonmajor Governmental Funds General Fund 255,142             

Fiduciary Funds

Agency Funds General Fund 84,761               

Total interfund receivables/payables   1,956,265$       

Receivable Fund Payable Fund

Amount

Governmental Funds

Capital and Nonrecurring Fund General Fund 375,000$          

Transfers In Transfers Out

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 NOTE H ‐ LONG‐TERM LIABILITIES  The following is a summary of changes in long‐term liabilities for the year ended June 30, 2016: 

 

  Long ‐ term liabilities above typically have been liquidated by the General Fund.  Note Payable  A summary of the note payable outstanding at June 30, 2016 is as follows:   

  

Annual debt service requirements to maturity on the note payable are as follows as of June 30, 2016:  

  

   

Beginning Ending Due Within

Balance Increases Decreases Balance One Year

Governmental Activities

Notes payable:

  Note payable 385,000$      ‐$               (55,000)$       330,000$      55,000$       

Other liabilities:          

Compensated absences 59,483           1,224             (12,493)         48,214           6,283            

Special termination benefits 115,560        5,200               (54,760)         66,000           7,000            

Net pension liability 197,526        65,369           ‐                  262,895        ‐                 

  Net OPEB obligation 176,461        147,932        (87,883)         236,510        ‐                 

934,030$      219,725$      (210,136)$     943,619$      68,283$       

Final   

Issue Original Maturity  Interest Amount

Date Amount Dates Rates Outstanding

Governmental Activities

Note Payable

Rural Development Loan 2001 1,100,000$   2022 4.75% 330,000$       

Note Issue

Year ending June 30: Principal Interest

2017 55,000$              14,369$             

2018 55,000                11,756               

2019 55,000                9,144                 

2020 55,000                6,531                 

2021 55,000                3,919                 

2022 55,000                1,306                 

330,000$           47,025$             

Governmental Activities

Note Payable

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 NOTE H ‐ LONG‐TERM LIABILITIES (Continued) 

 Note Payable (Continued)  Legal Debt Limit  Connecticut General  Statutes  Section  7‐374(b)  provides  that  authorized  debt  of  the  Town  shall  not  exceed  seven times base receipts, as defined  in  the Statute, or $61,551,217   as of  June 30, 2016.   Further, the Statute  limits  the amount  of  debt  that may  be  authorized  by  the  Town  for  general  purposes,  schools,  sewers,  urban  renewal  and pension deficit.  The Town did not exceed any of the statutory debt limitations at June 30, 2016.  Authorized, Unissued Bonds  There are no authorized, unissued bonds or notes as of June 30, 2016.  Special Termination Benefits  Board of Education  teachers  covered under  the union  contract  are eligible  to  receive  special  termination benefits upon retirement. Benefits are payable once teachers have reached 15 years of continuous service up to a maximum of 35 years in the amount of $200 per each year of service.  NOTE I ‐ EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS  Connecticut Municipal Employees’ Retirement Fund B  The Town participates in the Connecticut's Municipal Employees’ Retirement System (CMERS).  CMERS is the public pension plan offered by the State of Connecticut for municipal employees  in participating municipalities. The plan was established  in 1947 and  is governed by Connecticut Statute Title 7, Chapter 113.   Chapter 113, Part  II of the General Statutes of Connecticut, which can be amended by  legislative action, establishes PERS benefits, member contribution rates, and other plan provisions.  Municipalities may designate which departments are  to be  covered under  the CMERS.   Only employees  covered under  the  State  Teachers’  Retirement  System  may  not  be  included.  There  are  no  minimum  age  or  service requirements. Membership  is mandatory  for all  regular  full  time employees of participating departments except Police and Fire hired after age 60.  The plan has 4 sub plans as follows:  

• General employees with social security • General employees without social security • Policemen and firemen with social security • Policemen and firemen without social security  

Plan Description  Plan administration  ‐ CMERS  is a multiemployer pension plan administered by  the Connecticut State Retirement Commission.  The  State  Retirement  Commission  is  responsible  for  the  administration  of  the  CMERS.  The  State Treasurer is responsible for investing CMERS funds for the exclusive benefit of CMERS members.  Plan membership ‐ All full‐time employees of the Town, except for certified Board of Education personnel who are eligible for the State Teachers’ Retirement System, who are age 55 or younger at the date of hire, participate in the CMERS plan for general employees with social security. 

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 NOTE I ‐ EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Continued)  Connecticut Municipal Employees’ Retirement Fund B (Continued)  Plan Description (Continued)  Benefits provided ‐ General employees are eligible to retire at age 55 with 5 years of continuous service, or 15 years of active aggregate service, or 25 years of aggregate service.   Police are eligible at the compulsory retirement age for police and fire members are eligible at the age of 65.  For members not covered by social security, the benefit is 2% of average final compensation times years of service.  For members covered by social security, the benefit  is 1% of the average  final compensation not  in excess of the year's breakpoint plus 2% of average final compensation in excess of the year's breakpoint, times years of service.    The maximum benefit is 100% of average final compensation and the minimum benefit is $1,000 annually. Both the minimum and the maximum include workers' compensation and social security benefits.  If any member covered by social  security  retires  before  age  62,  the  benefit  until  age  62  is  reached  or  a  social  security  disability  award  is received, is computed as if the member is not under social security.  Employees are eligible for early retirement after 5 years of continuous or 15 years of active aggregate service. The benefit  is  calculated on  the basis of average  final  compensation and  service  to date of  termination. Deferred  to normal retirement age, or an actuarially reduced allowance may begin at the time of separation.  Employees  are  eligible  for  service‐related  disability  benefits  from  being  permanently  or  totally  disabled  from engaging  in  the  service  of  the  municipality  provided  such  disability  has  arisen  out  of  and  in  the  course  of employment with  the municipality. Disability  due  to  hypertension  or  heart  disease,  in  the  case  of  firemen  and policemen,  is  presumed  to  have  been  suffered  in  the  line  of  duty.  Disability  benefits  are  calculated  based  on compensation and service to the date of the disability with a minimum benefit  (including workers' compensation benefits) of 50% of compensation at the time of disability.  Employees are eligible for non‐service‐related disability benefits with 10 years of service and being permanently or totally  disabled  from  engaging  in  gainful  employment  in  the  service  of  the municipality.  Disability  benefits  are calculated based on compensation and service to the date of the disability.  The plan also offers a pre‐retirement death benefit in the form of a lump sum return of contributions with interest or surviving spouse benefit depending on length of service.  Contributions ‐ The contribution requirements of plan members are established and may be amended by the State Retirement  Commission.    The  Town  is  required  to  contribute  annual  contributions  consisting  of  a  normal  cost contribution,  a  contribution  for  the  amortization  of  the  net  unfunded  accrued  liability  and  a  prior  service amortization payment which covers the liabilities of the system not met by member contributions.  The current rate is  11.38%  of  the  annual  Town  employees’  covered  payroll.    The  contribution  requirements  of  the  Town  are established and may be amended by the State Retirement Commission.  The Town’s contributions to the CMERS for the years ended June 30, 2016, 2015 and 2014 were $58,007, $66,644, and $67,860, respectively, and were equal to the required contributions for each year.   For  employees  not  covered  by  social  security,  each  person  is  required  to  contribute  5%  of  compensation.    For employees covered by social security, each person is required to contribute 2.25% of compensation up to the social security taxable wage base plus 5% of compensation, if any, in excess of such base.      

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 NOTE I ‐ EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Continued)  Connecticut Municipal Employees’ Retirement Fund B (Continued)  Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  Pensions ‐ For purposes of measuring the net pension liability, deferred inflows of resources related to pensions and pension expense, information about the fiduciary net position of CMERS and additions and deletions from CMERS’ net position  are prepared on  the  accrual basis of  accounting  in  accordance with  accounting principles  generally accepted in the United States of America.  For this purpose, benefit payments are recognized when due and payable in  accordance  with  benefit  terms.  Investments  are  reported  at  fair  value.  Securities  traded  on  a  national  or international exchange are valued at the last reported sales price at current exchange rates.

 Investment  policy  ‐  The  CMERS’  policy  in  regard  to  the  allocation  of  invested  assets  is  established  and may  be amended by the State Retirement Commission.  It  is the policy of the State to pursue an  investment strategy that reduces risk through the prudent diversification of  the portfolio across a broad selection of distinct asset classes. The State Treasurer is responsible for investing CMERS funds for the exclusive benefit of CMERS members.    Net Pension Liability   The  total estimated net pension  liability of  the CMERS as of  June 30, 2015 was $192.737 million,  the most  recent available  reporting  provided  by  the  Board.  The  portion  that was  associated with  the  Town  totaled  $262,895  or approximately 0.1364% of the total estimated net pension liability. The total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2014, rolled forward for the year ending June 30, 2015.  The portion of the net pension liability associated with the Town was based on the 2014 actuarial (expected) payroll amounts reported by participating employers. Expected payroll adjusts actual payroll for known changes in the status of employees, annualized salaries for partial year employees and anticipated salary increases.  Actuarial assumptions  ‐ The  total pension  liability  for  the CMERS was determined by an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2014, rolled forward for the year ending June 30, 2015,  using the following actuarial assumptions, applied to all periods included in the measurement:  

  Mortality  rates were  based  on  the  RP‐2000  Combined Mortality  Table  for  annuitants  and  non‐annuitants  (set forward one year for males and set back one year for females).   The long‐term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a building‐block method in which best‐estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns, net of pension plan investment expense and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to produce the long‐term expected rate of return by weighting the expected future real rates of return by the target asset allocation percentage and by adding expected inflation. The target allocation and best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class are summarized in the following table:       

Inflation 3.25%

Salary increases             4.25% ‐ 11.00%, including inflation

Investment rate of return 8.00%

Discount rate 8.00%

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 NOTE I ‐ EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Continued)  Connecticut Municipal Employees’ Retirement Fund B (Continued)  Net Pension Liability (Continued) 

 

  Discount rate ‐ The discount rate used to measure the CMERS’ total pension  liability was 8.00%. The projection of cash  flows  used  to  determine  the  discount  rate  assumed  that  plan member  contributions will  be made  at  the current contribution  rate and  that State contributions will be made at  the actuarially determined  rates  in  future years. Based on those assumptions, the pension plan’s fiduciary net position was projected to be available to make all projected future benefit payments of current plan members. Therefore, the long‐term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total pension liability.   Sensitivity  of  the  net  pension  liability  to  changes  in  the  discount  rate  ‐  The  following  presents  the  Town’s proportionate share of the net pension liability calculated using the discount rate of 8.00%, as well as what the Town’s proportionate share of the net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is 1‐percentage point lower (7.00%) or 1‐percentage‐point higher (9.00%) than the current rate:  

  Pension plan fiduciary net position ‐ Detailed information about the CMERS plan’s fiduciary net position is included in the State of Connecticut’s basic financial statements.       

Long‐term

Target Expected Real

Asset Class Allocation Rate of Return

Large cap U.S. Equities 16.0% 5.80%

Developed Non‐U.S. Equities 14.0% 6.60%

Emerging Markets (Non‐U.S.) 7.0% 8.30%

Core Fixed Income 8.0% 1.30%

Inflation Linked Bonds 5.0% 1.00%

Emerging Market Bonds 8.0% 3.70%

High Yield Bonds 14.0% 3.90%

Real Estate 7.0% 5.10%

Private Equity 10.0% 7.60%

Alternative Investment 8.0% 4.10%

Liquidity Fund 3.0% 0.40%

100.0%

Current

1% Decrease Discount 1% Increase

(7.00%) (8.00%) (9.00%)

Town proportionate share of the net pension

   liability as of June 30, 2016 473,291$                 262,895$               84,638$               

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 NOTE I ‐ EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Continued)  Connecticut Municipal Employees’ Retirement Fund B (Continued)  Pension Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources  For the year ended June 30, 2016, the Town recognized pension expense related to the CMERS of $48,601.  At June 30, 2016 the Town reported its proportionate share of deferred inflows and outflows of resources related to the CMERS from the following source:    

  The net amount reported as deferred outflows of resources related to the CMERS will be amortized as a component of pension expense in future years as follows:  

 Connecticut State Teachers’ Retirement System  The  faculty  and  professional  personnel  of  the  Town’s Board  of  Education  participate  in  the  Teachers’ Retirement System  (“TRS”), which  is a  cost‐sharing multiple‐employer defined benefit pension plan established under Chapter 167a of  the Connecticut General Statutes. The TRS  is administered by  the Connecticut State Teachers’ Retirement Board  (the  “Board”)  and  is  included  as  a  fiduciary pension  trust  fund  in  the  State of Connecticut’s basic  financial statements.   Plan  benefits,  cost‐of‐living  allowances,  required  contributions  of  plan  members  and  the  State,  and  other  plan provisions  are  described  in  Sections  10‐183b  to  10‐183ss  of  the  Connecticut General  Statutes.  The  plan  provides retirement, disability, death benefits, and annual cost‐of‐living adjustments to plan members and their beneficiaries.  The  contribution  requirements of plan members and  the State are established and may be amended by  the State legislature.  In  accordance  with  Section  10‐183z  of  the  General  Statues,  the  Town  does  not  and  is  not  legally responsible  to contribute  to  the plan as a special  funding situation exists  that  requires  the State  to contribute one hundred percent of employer’s contributions on‐behalf of its participating municipalities at an actuarially determined rate. Plan members are currently required to contribute 7.25% of their annual earnings to the plan. After five years of service, teachers are fully vested in their own contributions.  After ten years of service, teachers are fully vested in the monthly pension benefit which is payable at the age of sixty.  For the year ended June 30, 2016, plan members of the Town contributed $249,993 to the plan and covered payroll for the year was $3,448,179. The Town has recognized on‐behalf payments of $842,390 made by  the State of Connecticut  into  the plan as  intergovernmental  revenues, and related expenditures of the General Fund  in the accompanying statement of revenues, expenditures and changes  in fund balances of the governmental funds. 

 

Deferred Inflows  Deferred Outflows Deferred Outflows

of Resources of Resources of Resources, net

Net difference between projected and actual 

   earnings on pension plan investments  47,434$                  67,387$                  19,953$                 

Total  47,434$                  67,387$                  19,953$                 

Year ended June 30, 

2017 1,035$                   

2018 1,035                     

2019 1,035                     

2020 16,848                   

19,953$                

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 NOTE I ‐ EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Continued)  Connecticut State Teachers’ Retirement System (Continued)  Administrative costs of the plan are funded by the State.  The total estimated net pension liability of the TRS as of June 30, 2015 was $10.972 billion, the most recent available reporting provided by the Board. The portion that was associated with the Town totaled approximately $9.4 million or approximately 0.086% of the total estimated net pension liability. The total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2014, rolled forward to June 30, 2015.  The portion of  the net pension  liability associated with  the Town was based on a projection of  the  long‐term  share of contributions  to  the plan related  to  the Town relative  to  the projected contributions of all participating employers, actuarially determined.   The pension expense attributed to the Town totaled $754,072 for the year ended June 30, 2016.  The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2014, rolled forward to June 30, 2015,  using the following actuarial assumptions, applied to all periods included in the measurement:                                            Inflation                     3.0%                                        Salary increases                 3.75% ‐ 7.0% (includes inflation)                                          Investment rate of return            8.5% (includes inflation)                                        Cost of living adjustments:                                                    Retirements prior to 9/1/1992        3.0%                                                  Retirements on or after 9/1/1992      2.0%  For healthy retirees and beneficiaries, the RP‐2000 Combined Mortality Table projected forward 19 years using scale AA, with a two‐year setback for males and females.  The long‐term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a building‐block method in which best‐estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns, net of pension plan investment expense and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined to produce the long‐term expected rate of return by weighting the expected future real rates of return by the target asset allocation percentage and by adding expected inflation. The target allocation and best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class are summarized in the following table: 

  

Long‐term

Target Expected Real

Asset Class Allocation Rate of Return

Large cap U.S. Equities 16.0% 5.80%

Developed Non‐U.S. Equities 14.0% 6.60%

Emerging Markets (Non‐U.S.) 7.0% 8.30%

Core Fixed Income 8.0% 1.30%

Inflation Linked Bonds 5.0% 1.00%

Emerging Market Bonds 8.0% 3.70%

High Yield Bonds 14.0% 3.90%

Real Estate 7.0% 5.10%

Private Equity 10.0% 7.60%

Alternative Investment 8.0% 4.10%

Liquidity Fund 3.0% 0.40%

100.0%

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 NOTE I ‐ EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Continued)  Connecticut State Teachers’ Retirement System (Continued)  The  discount  rate  used  to measure  the  total  pension  liability  was  8.50%.  The  projection  of  cash  flows  used  to determine the discount rate assumed that plan member contributions will be made at the current contribution rate and  that  State  contributions  will  be made  at  the  actuarially  determined  rates  in  future  years.  Based  on  those assumptions,  the pension plan’s  fiduciary net position was projected  to be  available  to make  all projected  future benefit  payments  of  current  plan members.  Therefore,  the  long‐term  expected  rate  of  return  on  pension  plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total pension liability.  The following presents the Town’s proportionate share of the net pension liability calculated using the discount rate of 8.50%, as well as what the Town’s proportionate share of the net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is 1‐percentage point lower (7.50%) or 1‐percentage‐point higher (9.50%) than the current rate:  

  Detailed  information about  the plan’s  fiduciary net position  is  included  in  the State of Connecticut’s basic  financial statements.    NOTE J ‐ OTHER POST‐EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS  Plan Description  The Town of Canterbury provides lifetime healthcare insurance benefits for eligible retirees and their spouses through the  Town’s  group  health  insurance  plan,  which  covers  both  active  and  retired members.  Benefit  provisions  are established  through  negotiations  between  the  Town  and  the  union  representing  Town  employees  and  are renegotiated each three‐year bargaining period. The Plan does not issue a publicly available financial report and is not included in the financial statements of another entity.  Funding Policy  Contribution  requirements of  the plan members and  the Town are established by and may be amended  through negotiations between the Town and the union. Currently, Board of Education Employees with 20 years of service in the Canterbury School System are eligible to receive benefits for 2 years after retirement. Employees with 30 years of service are eligible to receive benefits for 4 years and employees with 35 years are eligible for 5 years. Those who choose  to  participate must  pay  the  same  percentage  of  premium  cost  as  full  time  employees.    Retirees may continue  coverage  at  full  cost  to  the  retiree  after  the  period  of  Board  subsidization  ends.  All  other  Board  of Education and Town retirees may participate at full cost to the retiree.  The Town finances the plan on a pay‐as‐you‐go basis.  The Town has not established a trust fund as of June 30, 2016, to irrevocably segregate assets to fund the liability for  post‐employment  benefits,  which  would  require  the  reporting  of  a  trust  fund  in  accordance  with  GASB guidelines. 

  

 

Current

1% Decrease Discount 1% Increase

(7.50%) (8.50%) (9.50%)

Town proportionate share of the net pension

   liability as of June 30, 2016 $11.9 million $9.4 million $7.3 million

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 NOTE J ‐ OTHER POST‐EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (Continued)  Funding Policy (Continued)  The  following  is  the  current  census,  as of  the  latest  actuarial  valuation, of  the Town’s post‐employment benefit participants: 

 

  

OPEB payments for the year ended June 30, 2016, net of retiree and other contributions, amounted to $87,883.   Annual OPEB Cost and Net OPEB Obligation  The Town’s annual OPEB cost (expense) is calculated based on the annual required contribution (“ARC”), an amount actuarially determined.  The ARC represents a level of funding that, if paid on an ongoing basis, is projected to cover normal cost each year and amortize any unfunded actuarial  liabilities over a period not to exceed thirty years.   The Town’s annual OPEB cost and net OPEB obligation are primarily attributed to an implicit rate subsidy, whereby retirees are  considered  to  be  receiving  a  benefit  from  the  Town  for  access  to  insurance  rates  offered  to  the  Town’s  active employees. The  following  table  shows  the  components of  the  Town’s  annual OPEB  cost  for  the  year,  the  amount actually contributed to the Plan, and changes in the Town’s net OPEB obligation: 

 

  

Three‐Year Trend Information  

  

  

Active members 115                     

Retirees and spouses 6                          

Total 121                     

Annual required contribution 147,208$          

Interest on net OPEB obligation 7,058                 

Adjustment to annual required contribution (6,334)                

Annual OPEB cost 147,932             

Contributions made 87,883               

Increase in net OPEB obligation 60,049               

Net OPEB obligation, beginning of the year 176,461             

Net OPEB obligation, end of the year 236,510$          

Annual Percentage 

Plan Year OPEB of AOC Net OPEB

Ended June 30, Cost Contributed Obligation

2014 180,801$                  98.6% 109,141$                 

2015 141,413                    52.4% 176,471                   

2016 147,932                    59.4% 236,510                   

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 NOTE J ‐ OTHER POST‐EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (Continued) 

 Annual OPEB Cost and Net OPEB Obligation (Continued)  Funded Status and Funding Progress  The funded status of the plan as of July 1, 2014 (the date of the most recent actuarial valuation) was as follows: 

 

  

The projection of future benefit payments for an ongoing plan involves estimates of the value of reported amounts and  assumptions  about  the  probability  of  events  in  the  future.  Examples  include  assumptions  about  future employment, mortality, and the healthcare cost trend. Amounts determined regarding the funded status of the plan and the annual required contributions of the Town are subject to continual revision, as actual results are compared with past expectations and new estimates are made about the future. The schedule of funding progress, presented as  required  supplementary  information  (RSI)  following  the  notes  to  the  financial  statements,  present multiyear trend information about whether the actuarial value of plan assets is increasing or decreasing over time relative to the actuarial accrued liabilities for benefits.  Actuarial Methods and Assumptions  Projections of benefits are based on the substantive plan (the plan as understood by the Town and plan members) and include the types of benefits in force at the valuation date and the pattern of sharing benefit costs between the Town and  the plan members  to  that point.   The projection of benefits  for  financial  reporting purposes does not explicitly incorporate the potential effects of legal or contractual funding limitations on the pattern of cost sharing between  the  Town  and  plan members  in  the  future.   Actuarial  calculations  reflect  a  long‐term  perspective  and employ methods and assumptions  that are designed  to  reduce short‐term volatility  in actuarial accrued  liabilities and the actuarial value of assets. Significant methods and assumptions were as follows:  

    

Actuarial (Overfunded) UAAL as a

Actuarial Accrued Unfunded Percentage of

Actuarial Value of Liability (AAL) ‐ AAL Funded Covered Covered

Valuation Assets Projected Unit (UAAL) Ratio Payroll Payroll

Date (A) Credit (B) (B‐A) (A/B) (C) ((B‐A)/C)

July 1, 2014 ‐$              1,321,593$              1,321,593$      0.0% 5,195,582$    25.4%

Valuation date: July 1, 2014

Actuarial cost method: Projected Unit Credit

Amortization method: Open Amortization Period

Remaining amortization period: 30 years

Asset valuation method: N/A

Actuarial assumptions:

Investment rate of return 4.00% pay‐as‐you‐go

7.50% full pre‐funding

Inflation rate 3.50%

Healthcare cost trend rate 8.00% initial

5.00% final

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 NOTE K ‐ RISK MANAGEMENT   The Town is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts, thefts of, damage to, or destruction of assets; errors or omissions;  injuries  to employees or acts of God.   The Town purchases  commercial  insurance  for all  risks of  loss except worker’s compensation  insurance for which  it participates  in a risk pool.   During 2016, deductibles paid by the Town were insignificant.  Neither the Town nor its insurers have settled any claims which exceeded the Town’s insurance coverage during the past three years. 

 The Town is a member of the Connecticut Interlocal Risk Management Agency (CIRMA), an unincorporated association of Connecticut local public agencies which was formed in 1980 by the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities for the purpose  of  establishing  and  administering  an  interlocal  risk management  program  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of Section 7479a et. seq. of the Connecticut General Statutes. 

 The Town is a member of CIRMA’s Liability‐Automobile‐Property Pool, a risk sharing pool, which was begun on July 1, 1986. For the coverage period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016, the Town paid $36,298 in contributions (premiums) to CIRMA for provision of general liability, automobile liability, employee benefit liability, law enforcement liability, public  officials  liability,  auto  physical  damage,  property  and  boiler  and  machinery  insurance  coverages.  The contribution  (premium)  is  subject  to audit after  the close of  the coverage period. Various deductibles applied  to these coverages and claims and expense payments  falling within the deductible amounts are the responsibility of the Town. 

 The Town is also a member of CIRMA’s Workers’ Compensation Pool, a risk sharing pool, which was begun on July 1, 1980.  The Workers’  Compensation  Pool  provides  statutory  benefits  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  the  Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Act. The coverage is subject to an incurred loss retrospective rating plan and losses incurred in coverage period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 will be evaluated at 18, 30 and 42 months after the effective date of coverage.  The deposit  contribution  (premium) paid  in  for  that period was $45,335.  The  contribution  (premium)  is subject to payroll audit at the close of the coverage period.  CIRMA’s Workers’ Compensation Pool retains $750,000 for each insured occurrence to the limit of liability of $10 million per occurrence. In addition, CIRMA purchases statutory excess insurance in the event of a single occurrence in excess of $10 million. 

 NOTE L ‐ COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES  Grants and Contracts  Amounts  received  or  receivable  from  grantor  agencies  are  subject  to  audit  and  adjustment  by  grantor  agencies, principally  the  federal  and  state  government.    Any  disallowed  claims,  including  amounts  already  collected, may constitute a  liability of  the applicable  funds.   The amount of expenditures which may be disallowed by  the grantor cannot be determined at this time, although the Town expects such amounts, if any, to be immaterial.  Litigation  There are several lawsuits pending against the Town.  The outcome and eventual liability to the Town, if any, in these cases is not known at this time.  The Town’s management, based upon consultation with legal counsel, estimates that potential claims against the Town, not covered by insurance, resulting from such litigation would not materially affect the financial position of the Town. 

 

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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 NOTE M ‐ IMPACT OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOT YET EFFECTIVE  In June 2015, the GASB issued Statement No. 74, Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefit Plans other than Pension  Plans.  This  statement  establishes  new  accounting  and  financial  reporting  requirements  for OPEB  plans included in the general purpose external financial reports of state and local governmental OPEB plans and replaces the  requirements of GASB  Statements No.  43,  Financial Reporting  for  Postemployment Benefit  Plans  other  than Pension  Plans,  as  amended,  and  GASB  Statement No.  57, OPEB Measurements  by  Agent  Employers  and  Agent Multiple‐Employer  Plans.  The  requirements  of  this  statement  are  effective  for  the  Town’s  reporting  period beginning July 1, 2016. The Town currently provides other post‐employment benefits to certain eligible employees. The Town has not yet determined the impact that this statement will have on its financial statements.   In June 2015, the GASB issued Statement No. 75, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefits other  than  Pensions.  This  statement  establishes  new  accounting  and  financial  reporting  requirements  for OPEB plans and replaces the requirements of GASB Statements No. 45, Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers for Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pensions, as amended, and GASB Statement No. 57, OPEB Measurements by Agent Employers and Agent Multiple‐Employer Plans, for OPEB. The requirements of this statement are effective for  the  Town’s  reporting  period  beginning  July  1,  2017.  The  Town  currently  provides  other  post‐employment benefits to certain eligible employees. The Town has not yet determined the impact that this statement will have on its financial statements.    In  August  2015,  the  GASB  issued  Statement  No.  77,  Tax  Abatement  Disclosures.  This  statement  establishes disclosure  of  information  about  the  nature  and magnitude  of  tax  abatements  to  allow  users  of  the  financial statements to understand 1) how tax abatements affect a government’s future ability to raise resources and meets its  financial  obligations  and  2)  the  impact  those  abatements  have  on  a  government’s  financial  position  and economic condition. The requirements of this statement are effective for the Town’s reporting period beginning July 1, 2016. The Town does not expect this statement to have a material effect on its financial statements.  

In  December  2015,  the  GASB  issued  Statement  No.  78,  Pensions  Provided  through  Certain Multiple‐Employer Defined  Benefit  Pension  Plans.  This  statement  amends  the  scope  and  applicability  of  Statement  68  to  exclude pensions provided to employees of state or local governmental employers through a cost‐sharing multiple‐employer defined benefit pension plan that (1) is not a state or local governmental pension plan, (2) is used to provide defined benefit pensions both to employees of state or local governmental employers and to employees of employers that are not state or  local governmental employers, and (3) has no predominant state or  local governmental employer (either individually or collectively with other state or local governmental employers that provide pensions through the pension plan). The requirements of this statement are effective for the Town’s reporting period beginning July 1, 2016. The Town does not expect this statement to have a material effect on its financial statements.  

In December 2015, the GASB issued Statement No. 79, Certain External Investment Pools and Pool Participants. This statement addresses accounting and financial reporting for certain external investment pools and pool participants. Specifically, it establishes criteria for an external investment pool to qualify for making the election to measure all of its investments at amortized cost for financial reporting purposes.  Certain provisions of this statement are effective for the Town’s reporting period beginning July 1, 2016. The Town does not expect this statement to have a material effect on its financial statements. 

In  January  2016,  the GASB  issued  Statement No.  80,  Blending  Requirements  for  Certain  Component Units  –  an amendment  of GASB Statement No.  14.  This  statement  amends  the  blending  requirements  established  in GASB Statement No. 14, The Financial Reporting Entity, as amended. The requirements of this statement are effective for the Town’s reporting period beginning  July 1, 2017. The Town does not expect this statement to have a material effect on its financial statements. 

   

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JUNE 30, 2016 

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 NOTE M ‐ IMPACT OF NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS NOT YET EFFECTIVE (Continued)  In March 2016, the GASB issued Statement No. 81, Irrevocable Split‐Interest Agreements. This statement addresses accounting  and  financial  reporting  for  irrevocable  split‐interest  agreements  by  providing  recognition  and measurement guidance for situations in which a government is a beneficiary of the agreement. The requirements of this statement are effective for the Town’s reporting period beginning July 1, 2017. The Town does not expect this statement to have a material effect on its financial statements.  In March 2016, the GASB issued Statement No. 82, Pension Issues – an amendment of GASB Statements No. 67, No. 68  and  No.  73.  This  statement  addresses  issues  regarding  (1)  the  presentation  of  payroll‐related measures  in required  supplementary  information,  (2)  the  selection of assumptions and  the  treatment of deviations  from  the guidance in an Actuarial Standard of Practice for financial reporting purposes, and (3) the classification of payments made  by  employers  to  satisfy  employee  (plan  member)  contribution  requirements.  The  requirements  of  this statement  are  effective  for  the  Town’s  reporting period beginning  July  1,  2017.  The  Town does not  expect  this statement to have a material effect on its financial statements.   

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 REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 

 

     

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2016 2015

Town's proportion of the net pension liability 0.1364% 0.1891%

Town's proportionate share of the net pension liability 262,895$ 186,374$

Town's covered payroll 509,728$ 426,102$

Town's proportionate share of the net pension

liability as a percentage of its covered payroll 51.6% 43.7%

Plan fiduciary net position as a percentage of the

total pension liability 92.72% 96.06%

Notes to Schedule:

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF THE TOWN'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE NET PENSION LIABILITY (UNAUDITED)

CONNECTICUT MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS

The Town began to report this schedule when it implemented GASB Statement No. 68 in fiscal year

2015.

The total pension liability reported for each fiscal year is based on a measurement date as of the

end of the prior fiscal year (i.e. the total pension liability reported for 2016 is based on a June 30,

2015 measurement date).

Benefit Changes: There were no changes in benefit terms that affected the measurement of the

total pension liability.

Changes in assumptions: There were no changes in assumptions that affected the measurement of

the total pension liability.

The allocation totals and percentages for the year-ended June 30, 2015 have been adjusted based

on a restatement to the Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement System fiduciary net

position. The July 1, 2014 fiduciary net position increased by $139,565,000 to include the gross

amount of contributions receivable.

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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2016 2015

Contractually required contribution 58,007$ 66,644$

Contributions in relation to the contractually

required contribution 58,007 66,644

Contribution deficiency (excess) -$ -$

Covered employee payroll 509,728$ 426,102$

Contributions as a percentage of covered

employee payroll 11.38% 15.64%

Notes to Schedule:

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF CONTRIBUTIONS (UNAUDITED)

CONNECTICUT MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

The Town began to report this schedule when it implemented GASB Statement No. 68

in fiscal year 2015.

LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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2016 2015

Town's proportion of the net pension liability 0.086% 0.086%

Town's proportionate share of the net pension

liability -$ -$

State's proportionate share of the net pension liability associated with the Town 9,411 8,698 Total 9,411$ 8,698$

Town's covered payroll 3,448$ 3,401$

Town's proportionate share of the net pension liability as a percentage of its covered payroll 0.0% 0.0%

Plan fiduciary net position as a percentage of the total pension liability 59.50% 61.51%

Notes to Schedule:

The Town began to report this schedule when it implemented GASB Statement No. 68 in fiscal year

2015.

The total pension liability reported for each fiscal year is based on a measurement date as of the

end of the prior fiscal year (i.e. the total pension liability reported for 2016 is based on a June 30,

2015 measurement date).

Benefit Changes: There were no changes in benefit terms that affected the measurement of the

total pension liability.

Changes in assumptions: There were no changes in assumptions that affected the measurement of

the total pension liability.

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF THE TOWN'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF THE NET PENSION LIABILITY (UNAUDITED)

CONNECTICUT STATE TEACHERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

LAST TWO FISCAL YEARS

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Actuarial UAAL as a

Actuarial Accrued Unfunded Percentage of

Actuarial Value of Liability (AAL) AAL Funded Covered CoveredValuation Assets Projected Unit (UAAL) Ratio Payroll Payroll

Date (A) Credit (B) (B-A) (A/B) (C) ((B-A)/C)

Other Post-Employment Benefit Plan

July 1, 2008 -$ 461,509$ 461,509$ 0.0% 5,310,272$ 8.7%

July 1, 2011 - 1,967,387 1,967,387 0.0% 5,100,000 38.6%

July 1, 2014 - 1,321,593 1,321,593 0.0% 5,195,582 25.4%

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULES OF FUNDING PROGRESS (UNAUDITED) LAST THREE ACTUARIAL VALUATIONS

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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 COMBINING AND INDIVIDUAL FUND STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES 

 

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 GENERAL FUND 

 

   

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Variance WithFinal Budget

Original Final Actual Over (Under)PROPERTY TAXES Property taxes 8,331,400$ 8,331,400$ 8,616,294$ 284,894$ Interest and lien fees collected on taxes 92,000 92,000 105,970 13,970 Property taxes- attorney fees collected 3,000 3,000 8,713 5,713

DMV reporting fees - - 215 215 Total property taxes 8,426,400 8,426,400 8,731,192 304,792

INTERGOVERNMENTAL REVENUES Town aid road 224,492 224,492 224,629 137 Tax relief for elderly- circuit breaker 36,000 36,000 37,192 1,192 Tax loss on State property 9,880 9,880 - (9,880)

Tax relief for veterans 7,000 7,000 6,664 (336) Social security - totally disabled - - 710 710 Judicial-Distribution to Towns - - 1,245 1,245 Telephone access 10,000 10,000 11,427 1,427 Capital improvement- LOCIP 55,431 55,431 55,431 - ECS grant 4,754,383 4,754,383 4,747,745 (6,638) Education transportation 82,878 82,878 72,340 (10,538) Special education 125,000 125,000 1,991 (123,009)

Adult education 13,373 13,373 13,936 563 Mashantucket Pequot grant 36,012 36,012 32,095 (3,917) Document preservation grant - 3,000 3,000 - Library grants 10,000 10,000 - (10,000) OPM public works STEAP grant #2 20,000 20,000 14,378 (5,622) FEMA 26,000 26,000 26,374 374 Municipal revenue sharing 2,022 2,022 2,022 -

Total intergovernmental revenues 5,412,471 5,415,471 5,251,179 (164,292)

LOCAL REVENUES License and permits:

Conveyance tax 20,000 20,000 35,161 15,161 Certifications 3,000 3,000 4,758 1,758 License fees 1,000 1,000 1,943 943 Permits 15,000 15,000 29,311 14,311

MER recording fees - - 983 983 Town clerk office - - 25,038 25,038 Pre-selectman activities 10,000 10,000 2,280 (7,720) Equity distribution - - 7,258 7,258

Total license and permits 49,000 49,000 106,732 57,732 (Continued)

Budgeted Amounts

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTSCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL -

BUDGETARY BASIS - GENERAL FUND JUNE 30, 2016

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Original Final Actual Over (Under)LOCAL REVENUES (Continued)

Charges for services: Planning and zoning commission 2,500$ 2,500$ 2,205$ (295)$

Planning and zoning surcharge fees 2,500 2,500 2,940 440 Records 20,000 20,000 20,017 17 Map machine 500 500 596 96 Recycling revenue - - 2,182 2,182 Recreation fees 22,000 22,000 13,952 (8,048) Dog fund fees 3,000 3,000 4,890 1,890 Municipal Building Extras 21,700 21,700 - (21,700) Dog fund returns 14,300 14,300 - (14,300)

Town entertainment 2,000 2,000 175 (1,825) PRE Payment (Ambulance Staffing) 89,000 89,000 85,192 (3,808) PRE Payment (Library Capital Imp) 20,000 20,000 - (20,000) PRE Payment (Rec Capital Imp) 15,000 15,000 - (15,000)

Total charges for services 212,500 212,500 132,149 (80,351) Total licenses, fees and permits 261,500 261,500 238,881 (22,619)

INVESTMENT EARNINGS 5,000 5,000 9,426 4,426

MISCELLANEOUS Advertising revenue 1,500 1,500 1,395 (105)

Copier revenue 5,000 5,000 6,351 1,351 Miscellaneous 20,000 20,000 (8,830) (28,830)

Total miscellaneous 26,500 26,500 (1,084) (27,584)

Total revenues 14,131,871 14,134,871 14,229,594 94,723

OTHER FINANCING SOURCES Appropriation of fund balance 542,208 563,208 - (563,208)

Total revenues and other financing sources 14,674,079$ 14,698,079$ 14,229,594$ (468,485)$

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTSCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND OTHER FINANCING SOURCES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL -

BUDGETARY BASIS - GENERAL FUND (Continued)FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Budgeted Amounts

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Final Budget

Original Final Actual Over (Under)

GENERAL GOVERNMENT

Board of Selectmen:

First Selectman 49,150$ 49,150$ 49,150$ -$

Pre-Selectman's Expense 10,000 10,000 2,280 (7,720)

Selectmen 3,266 3,266 3,266 -

Selectmen 3,266 3,266 3,266 -

Selectmen's administrative assistant 39,135 39,135 38,938 (197)

Selectmen expenses 3,000 3,000 2,163 (837)

Selectmen's recording secretary 936 936 436 (500)

Total Board of Selectmen 108,753 108,753 99,499 (9,254)

Treasurer:

Treasurer 21,455 21,455 21,455 -

Treasurer's expenses 1,400 1,400 731 (669)

Bank service charges 100 100 - (100)

Treasurer's adjustments 100 100 14 (86)

Total Treasurer 23,055 23,055 22,200 (855)

Tax Collector:

Tax Collector 24,540 24,540 24,540 -

Tax Collector's expenses 8,000 8,000 7,016 (984)

Tax refunds 3,500 3,500 2,571 (929)

Assistant Tax Collector 31,915 31,915 31,915 -

Tax collection legal expense 2,500 2,500 1,874 (626)

Total Tax Collector 70,455 70,455 67,916 (2,539)

Assessor:

Assessor 39,280 39,280 39,280 -

Assessor's expenses 5,000 5,000 4,974 (26)

Updated maps 3,000 3,000 3,000 -

Revaluation 14,547 14,547 14,547 -

Total Assessor 61,827 61,827 61,801 (26)

Town Clerk:

Town Clerk 31,217 31,217 31,216 (1)

Assistant Town Clerk 31,915 31,915 31,902 (13)

Town Clerk expenses 3,500 3,500 2,629 (871)

Vital statistics 300 300 294 (6)

Microfilm/lease/verification 6,500 6,500 5,855 (645)

Document preservation grant - 3,000 3,000 -

Total Town Clerk 73,432 76,432 74,896 (1,536)

(Continued)

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES AND OTHER FINANCING USES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL -

BUDGETARY BASIS - GENERAL FUND

JUNE 30, 2016

Budgeted Amounts

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Original Final Actual Over (Under)GENERAL GOVERNMENT (Continued)

Town Office Operations:

Copier rental/maintenance 4,190$ 4,190$ 3,101$ (1,089)$

Office supplies 1,649 1,649 1,424 (225)

Telephone 7,500 8,500 8,268 (232)

Data processing 31,953 36,953 33,002 (3,951)

Probate Court expense 2,345 2,345 2,344 (1)

Temporary office personnel 5,472 5,472 3,449 (2,023)

Town newsletter 3,600 3,600 3,189 (411)

Electricity 20,000 20,000 17,140 (2,860)

Heating 16,000 16,000 4,832 (11,168)

Maintenance/utility worker 11,934 11,934 11,934 -

Municipal building expense/maintenance 31,214 31,214 29,520 (1,694)

Capital equipment maintenance 3,500 3,500 3,500 -

Town website 500 500 - (500)

Payroll Accounting 5,834 5,834 4,310 (1,524)

Total town office operations 145,691 151,691 126,013 (25,678)

Employee Benefits:

Social Security 68,004 68,004 64,158 (3,846)

Benefits 287,711 287,711 253,603 (34,108)

Unemployment compensation 5,000 5,000 1,809 (3,191)

Total employee benefits 360,715 360,715 319,570 (41,145)

Insurance:

Insurance 38,390 38,390 36,298 (2,092)

CIRMA - Worker's Comp - Town 45,347 45,347 45,335 (12)

Total insurance 83,737 83,737 81,633 (2,104)

Legal Services:

Town counsel 7,000 7,000 315 (6,685)

Town counsel expenses 100 100 - (100)

Legal notice 7,000 7,000 1,651 (5,349)

Town counsel - planning and zoning,

inlands and wetlands 20,000 20,000 13,862 (6,138)

Tax Collector counsel 1,000 1,000 1,000 -

Town Clerk counsel 500 500 - (500)

Board of Finance counsel 1,000 1,000 - (1,000)

Treasurer counsel 1,000 1,000 - (1,000)

Assessor's legal counsel 1,000 1,000 - (1,000)

Total legal services 38,600 38,600 16,828 (21,772)

(Continued)

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES AND OTHER FINANCING USES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL -

BUDGETARY BASIS - GENERAL FUND (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Budgeted Amounts

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Original Final Actual Over (Under)GENERAL GOVERNMENT (Continued)

Election Expense:

Registrars' salary 8,531$ 8,531$ 8,531$ -$

Registrars' expense 4,540 4,540 4,480 (60)

Election workers' pay 10,500 10,500 4,178 (6,322)

Election expense 10,000 10,000 7,886 (2,114)

Total election expense 33,571 33,571 25,075 (8,496)

Town Boards/Commissions:

Planner/ZEO/Inland Wetland agent 49,980 49,980 49,980 -

Planning and zoning expense 7,000 7,000 7,000 -

Land use secretary 24,346 24,346 23,987 (359)

Planning and zoning engineering services 15,288 15,288 15,288 -

Planning and zoning application advertising 6,000 6,000 2,974 (3,026)

Payment state service charges 8,000 8,000 2,262 (5,738)

Acquifer protection agency 500 500 - (500)

Inland wetland expense 2,500 2,500 1,910 (590)

Inland wetland application advertising 2,000 2,000 240 (1,760)

Eastern Connecticut resource

conservation and development 500 500 500 -

Zoning board of appeals expense 200 200 199 (1)

Zoning board of appeals application advertising 1,000 1,000 1,000 -

Board of Assessment appeals 250 250 100 (150)

Board of Finance expense 400 400 39 (361)

Board of Finance clerk 1,370 1,370 954 (416)

Auditor 18,500 18,500 16,500 (2,000)

Federal audit 4,000 4,000 - (4,000)

Library 28,630 28,630 26,673 (1,957)

Librarian/Director 37,128 37,128 37,128 -

Library support staff 68,606 68,606 67,181 (1,425)

Library grants 10,000 10,000 - (10,000)

Town entertainment expense 2,000 2,000 750 (1,250)

Kinne preserve 400 400 - (400)

Recreation parks and grounds 18,000 18,000 17,242 (758)

Recreation programs 22,000 22,000 11,474 (10,526)

Economic development commission 5,000 5,000 1,551 (3,449)

Total town boards/commissions 333,598 333,598 284,932 (48,666)

Total general government 1,333,434 1,342,434 1,180,363 (162,071)

(Continued)

BUDGETARY BASIS - GENERAL FUND (Continued)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Budgeted Amounts

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES AND OTHER FINANCING USES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL -

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Original Final Actual Over (Under)

PUBLIC SAFETY

Public Safety:

Building inspector 25,372$ 25,372$ 25,372$ -$

Building inspector expenses 1,500 1,500 1,484 (16)

EMS Staffing 89,000 89,000 85,192 (3,808)

Fire marshal fee 5,320 5,320 5,215 (105)

Police protection 4,500 4,500 4,497 (3)

Civil defense 3,000 3,000 964 (2,036)

CERT grant 500 500 - (500)

Volunteer fire company 138,463 138,463 138,463 -

QV emergency communications 8,565 8,565 8,564 (1)

Total public safety 276,220 276,220 269,751 (6,469)

Animal Control:

Dog pound expenses 15,288 15,288 15,288 -

Dog damage 447 447 242 (205)

State of Connecticut - payments 4,000 4,000 3,016 (984)

Total animal control 19,735 19,735 18,546 (1,189)

Total public safety 295,955 295,955 288,297 (7,658)

PUBLIC WORKS

Public Works:

Wages- Public Works Director 62,962 62,962 62,962 -

Wages- Director overtime 11,353 11,353 6,243 (5,110)

Wages- Highway crew 186,081 186,081 184,536 (1,545)

Wages- Highway crew overtime 40,414 40,414 16,875 (23,539)

Highway general 100,000 100,000 83,761 (16,239)

Equipment maintenance and fuel 82,895 82,895 65,447 (17,448)

Town garage expense 29,227 29,227 25,193 (4,034)

Street signs 2,950 2,950 2,950 -

Street lights 11,025 11,025 11,025 -

Cemeteries/mowing 552 552 533 (19)

Local capital improvements 55,431 55,431 55,431 -

Town aid roads 224,492 224,492 218,759 (5,733)

Total public works 807,382 807,382 733,715 (73,667)

Refuse Disposal:

Waste and refuse disposal 165,000 180,000 179,972 (28)

OPEM public works STEAP grant #2 20,000 20,000 14,378 (5,622)

Total refuse disposal 185,000 200,000 194,350 (5,650)

Total public works 992,382 1,007,382 928,065 (79,317)

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FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Budgeted Amounts

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES AND OTHER FINANCING USES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL -

BUDGETARY BASIS - GENERAL FUND (Continued)

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Variance With

Final Budget

Original Final Actual Over (Under)

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

NE District of Health 21,404$ 21,404$ 21,403$ (1)$

Day Kimball home care 2,500 2,500 2,500 -

United services 3,592 3,592 3,592 -

United community and family services 2,990 2,990 2,990 -

Women's Center of NE CT 500 500 500 -

TVCCA 10,627 10,627 9,866 (761)

Senior citizens expense 2,500 2,500 2,278 (222)

Municipal agent to the elderly 7,214 7,214 6,196 (1,018)

Municipal agent expenses 800 800 780 (20)

Municipal agent senior activities 5,000 5,000 5,000 -

Community Kitchens of NE CT 1,000 1,000 1,000 -

NECASSA funds 1,283 1,283 1,283 -

Council of Governments 4,841 4,841 4,841 -

CT conference of municipalities 3,122 3,122 3,122 -

COST 825 825 825 -

Total health and human services 68,198 68,198 66,176 (2,022)

SPECIAL RESERVES

OPEB trust reserve 90,338 90,338 90,338 -

Total special reserves 90,338 90,338 90,338 -

EDUCATION 11,446,790 11,446,790 11,244,160 (202,630)

DEBT SERVICE

Municipal building 71,982 71,982 71,982 -

Total expenditures 14,299,079 14,323,079 13,869,381 (453,698)

OTHER FINANCING USES

Transfers out:

Capital and nonrecurring fund 375,000 375,000 375,000 -

Total expenditures and other financing uses 14,674,079$ 14,698,079$ 14,244,381$ (453,698)$

Budgeted Amounts

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF EXPENDITURES AND OTHER FINANCING USES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL -

BUDGETARY BASIS - GENERAL FUND (Concluded)

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Grand Uncollected Transfers Adjusted Uncollected

List Taxes Current Lawful Corrections to Taxes Collections Taxes

Year July 1, 2015 Year Levy Additions Deletions Suspense Collectible Taxes Interest Liens June 30, 2016

2014 -$ 8,561,475$ 9,762$ 19,305$ 4,156$ 8,547,776$ 8,449,483$ 35,724$ 7,784$ 98,293$

2013 149,727 - 1,146 1,631 6,531 142,711 107,322 21,510 3,658 35,389

2012 62,238 - 1,013 - 7,665 55,586 41,181 12,413 702 14,405

2011 26,996 - - - 4,689 22,307 14,144 6,225 251 8,163

2010 18,397 - - - 3,084 15,313 10,801 4,064 180 4,512

2009 13,474 - - - 1,332 12,142 7,631 4,007 108 4,511

2008 10,417 - - - 342 10,075 8,039 2,461 102 2,036

2007 7,393 - - - 131 7,262 5,216 995 54 2,046

2006 7,114 - - - - 7,114 5,075 924 48 2,039

2005 6,292 - - - - 6,292 4,868 861 54 1,424

2004 330 - - - - 330 330 (400) 24 - 302,378$ 8,561,475$ 11,921$ 20,936$ 27,930$ 8,826,908$ 8,654,090$ 88,784$ 12,965$ 172,818$

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY TAXES LEVIED, COLLECTED AND OUTSTANDING

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Total cash collections for the year endedJune 30, 2016:

Taxes 8,654,090$ Interest and lien fees 101,749

Total 8,755,839

Reimbursement for revenue loss:

Tax relief for elderly (CGS 12-129d) 37,192 Base 8,793,031$

General Urban Pension

Purposes Schools Sewers Renewal Deficit

Debt limitation:2-1/4 times base 19,784,320$ -$ -$ -$ -$

4-1/2 times base - 39,568,640 - - - 3-3/4 times base - - 32,973,866 - -

3-1/4 times base - - - 28,577,351 -

3 times base - - - - 26,379,093

Total debt limitation 19,784,320 39,568,640 32,973,866 28,577,351 26,379,093

Indebtedness:

Note payable 330,000 - - - -

Total indebtedness 330,000 - - - -

Debt limitation in excess of outstanding and authorized debt 19,454,320$ 39,568,640$ 32,973,866$ 28,577,351$ 26,379,093$

Total capacity of borrowing (7 times base) 61,551,217$

Total present indebtedness 330,000 Margin for additional borrowing 61,221,217$

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

SCHEDULE OF DEBT LIMITATION

CONNECTICUT GENERAL STATUTES, SECTION 7-374(b)

JUNE 30, 2016

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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 NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS 

 

 

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Education Child Nonrecurring Total SpecialSpecial and Nutrition Historical Open Space Small Cities Municipal RevenueGrant Funds Fund Fund Fund Fund Extras Fund Funds

Cash and cash equivalents -$ 2,972$ -$ -$ 9,610$ 105$ 12,687$ Investments - - - - - - - Receivables:

Intergovernmental 1,255 8,294 - - - - 9,549 Loans - - - - 714,813 - 714,813 Other - - - - - - -

Due from other funds 92,013 - 8,671 154,458 - - 255,142 Inventories - 3,636 - - - - 3,636

Total assets 93,268$ 14,902$ 8,671$ 154,458$ 724,423$ 105$ 995,827$

LIABILITIESAccounts payable 5,125$ 9,521$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 14,646$ Salaries and benefits payable 6,670 1,493 - - - - 8,163 Due to other funds - 7,753 - - - - 7,753 Unearned revenue 81,473 - - - - - 81,473

Total liabilities 93,268 18,767 - - - - 112,035

FUND BALANCESNonspendable:

Inventories - 3,636 - - - - 3,636 Loans receivable - - - - 714,813 - 714,813 Permanent funds principal - - - - - - -

Restricted: Heath and human services - - - - 9,610 - 9,610 Special reserves - external - - - - - 105 105

Committed: Other governmental fund purposes - - 8,671 154,458 - - 163,129

Unassigned - (7,501) - - - - (7,501) Total fund balances - (3,865) 8,671 154,458 724,423 105 883,792 Total liabilities and

fund balances 93,268$ 14,902$ 8,671$ 154,458$ 724,423$ 105$ 995,827$

(Continued)

ASSETS

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTCOMBINING BALANCE SHEET

JUNE 30, 2016

Nonmajor Special Revenue Funds

NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Tyler Veteran's Total Total Nonmajor

Shepard Smith/Horton Bradford Smith Memorial Memorial Permanent Governmental

Fund Fund Fund Fund Library Fund Fund Funds Funds

Cash and cash equivalents 187$ 1,365$ 526$ 99$ -$ 4,689$ 6,866$ 19,553$

Investments - - - - 4,096 - 4,096 4,096

Receivables:

Intergovernmental - - - - - - - 9,549

Loans - - - - - - - 714,813

Other - - - - - 30 30 30

Due from other funds - - - - - - - 255,142

Inventories - - - - - - - 3,636 Total assets 187$ 1,365$ 526$ 99$ 4,096$ 4,719$ 10,992$ 1,006,819$

LIABILITIES

Accounts payable -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 14,646$

Salaries and benefits payable - - - - - - - 8,163

Due to other funds - - - - - 1,348 1,348 9,101

Unearned revenue - - - - - - - 81,473

Total liabilities - - - - - 1,348 1,348 113,383

FUND BALANCES

Nonspendable:

Inventories - - - - - - - 3,636

Loans receivable - - - - - - - 714,813

Permanent funds principal - 321 - - 4,000 - 4,321 4,321

Restricted:

Heath and human services - - - - - - - 9,610

Special reserves - external 187 1,044 526 99 96 3,371 5,323 5,428

Committed:

Other governmental fund purposes - - - - - - - 163,129

Unassigned - - - - - - - (7,501)

Total fund balances 187 1,365 526 99 4,096 3,371 9,644 893,436

Total liabilities andfund balances 187$ 1,365$ 526$ 99$ 4,096$ 4,719$ 10,992$ 1,006,819$

Cemetery Funds

ASSETS

Nonmajor Permanent Funds

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

COMBINING BALANCE SHEET

JUNE 30, 2016

NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS (Continued)

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Education Child Nonrecurring Total SpecialSpecial and Nutrition Historical Open Space Small Cities Municipal RevenueGrant Funds Fund Fund Fund Fund Extras Fund Funds

REVENUESIntergovernmental 499,462$ 68,696$ -$ -$ 57,800$ -$ 625,958$ Charges for services - 62,152 - 12,658 72,981 - 147,791 Investment earnings - - 21 - - - 21

Total revenues 499,462 130,848 21 12,658 130,781 - 773,770 EXPENDITURES

Current:Health and human services - - - 3,937 3,800 - 7,737 Education 499,462 136,791 - - - - 636,253

Total expenditures 499,462 136,791 - 3,937 3,800 - 643,990

Net changes in fund balances - (5,943) 21 8,721 126,981 - 129,780

Fund balances - beginning - 2,078 8,650 145,737 597,442 105 754,012 Fund balances - ending -$ (3,865)$ 8,671$ 154,458$ 724,423$ 105$ 883,792$

(Continued)

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTCOMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Nonmajor Special Revenue Funds

NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Tyler Veteran's Total Total NonmajorShepard Smith/Horton Bradford Smith Memorial Memorial Permanent Governmental

Fund Fund Fund Fund Library Fund Fund Funds FundsREVENUES

Intergovernmental -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 625,958$ Charges for services - - - - 94 - 94 147,885 Investment earnings - 9 - - - - 9 30

Total revenues - 9 - - 94 - 103 773,873 EXPENDITURES

Current:Health and human services 40 - 80 - - 180 300 8,037 Education - - - - - - - 636,253

Total expenditures 40 - 80 - - 180 300 644,290 Net changes in fund balances (40) 9 (80) - 94 (180) (197) 129,583

Fund balances - beginning 227 1,356 606 99 4,002 3,551 9,841 763,853 Fund balances - ending 187$ 1,365$ 526$ 99$ 4,096$ 3,371$ 9,644$ 893,436$

Cemetery FundsNonmajor Permanent Funds

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUTCOMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS (Continued)

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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 FIDUCIARY FUNDS 

 

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Canterbury

Helen Elementary Performance Total

Baldwin Student Activity Bond Agency

School Fund Fund Funds

ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents 11,042$ 16,308$ 159,949$ 187,299$

Other - - 84,761 84,761 Total assets 11,042$ 16,308$ 244,710$ 272,060$

LIABILITIES

Due to others 11,042$ 16,308$ 244,710$ 272,060$ Total liabilities 11,042$ 16,308$ 244,710$ 272,060$

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

COMBINING STATEMENT OF FIDUCIARY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

JUNE 30, 2016

AGNECY FUNDS

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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Balance, Balance,

July 1, 2015 Additions Deletions June 30, 2016

Helen Baldwin School

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 15,676$ 58,729$ 63,363$ 11,042$ Total assets 15,676$ 58,729$ 63,363$ 11,042$

Liabilities

Due to others 15,676$ 58,729$ 63,363$ 11,042$ Total liabilities 15,676$ 58,729$ 63,363$ 11,042$

Canterbury Elementary Student Activity Fund

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 17,940$ 8,114$ 9,746$ 16,308$ Total assets 17,940$ 8,114$ 9,746$ 16,308$

Liabilities

Due to others 17,940$ 8,114$ 9,746$ 16,308$ Total liabilities 17,940$ 8,114$ 9,746$ 16,308$

Canterbury Elementary Teacher Activity Fund

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 286$ -$ 286$ -$ Total assets 286$ -$ 286$ -$

Liabilities

Due to others 286$ -$ 286$ -$ Total liabilities 286$ -$ 286$ -$

Performance Bond Fund

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 159,749$ 1,000$ 800$ 159,949$

Other 82,839 1,922 - 84,761 Total assets 242,588$ 2,922$ 800$ 244,710$

Liabilities

Due to others 242,588$ 2,922$ 800$ 244,710$ Total liabilities 242,588$ 2,922$ 800$ 244,710$

Total Agency Funds

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents 193,651$ 67,843$ 74,195$ 187,299$

Other 82,839 1,922 - 84,761 Total assets 276,490$ 69,765$ 74,195$ 272,060$

Liabilities

Due to others 276,490$ 69,765$ 74,195$ 272,060$ Total liabilities 276,490$ 69,765$ 74,195$ 272,060$

TOWN OF CANTERBURY, CONNECTICUT

COMBINING STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN FIDUCIARY ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

AGENCY FUNDS

JUNE 30, 2016

See accompanying Independent Auditor's Report.

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