Audit report, Elbert County Library, Elberton, Georgia, year ended June 30, 1999

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AUDIT REPORT ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY
ELBERTON,GEORGLA YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,1999

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STATE OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
254 WASHINGTON STREET
ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334-8400

ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY - TABLE OF CONTENTS -

FINANCIAL

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

EXHIBITS

GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

COMBINED STATEMENTS - OVERVIEW

A

COMBINED BALANCE SHEET

ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP

2

B

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND

CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES

ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES

3

C

STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND

CHANGES IN FlTND BALANCES - BUDGET AND ACTUAL

GENERAL FUND

5

D NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

6

ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE OF REVENUE

1

STATE

12

2

LOCAL

13

3 SCHEDULE OF SALARIES AND TRAVEL

14

FINANCIAL

RUSSELL W. HINTON
STATE AUDITOR
(404) 656-2174

DEPARTMENT OF AUDITS AND ACCOUNTS
254 Washington Street. S.W., Suite 214 Atlanta. Georgia 30334-X400
June 28,2000

Honorable Roy E. Barnes, Governor Members ofthe General Assembly Members of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia
and Director and Members of the Elbert County Library Board
ll\TDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S COMBINED REPORT ON GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have audited the accompanying general purpose financial statements of the Elbert County Library, as of and for the year ended June 30, 1999, as listed in the table of contents. These general purpose financial statements are the responsibility of the Elbert County Library's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these general purpose financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the general purpose financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Elbert County Library as of June 30, 1999, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
Our audit was performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the general purpose financial statements of the Elbert County Library taken as a whole. The accompanying financial schedules (Schedules 1 through 3), as listed in the table of contents, are presented for purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the general purpose financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the general purpose financial statements and in our opinion is fairly presented in all material respects in relation to the general purpose financial statements taken as a whole.
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A copy of this report has been filed as a permanent record in the office of the State Auditor and made available to the press of the State, as provided for by Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 50-6-24.
Respectfully submitted,

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Ru sell W. Hinton State Auditor

ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY

ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY COMBINED BALANCE SHEET ALL FUND TYPES AND ACCOUNT GROUP
JUNE 30,1999

EXHIBIT "A"

ASSETS
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Investments
General Fixed Assets Equipment Inexhaustible Collections and Books

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE GENERAL FUND

$

54,560.93

17,295.04

ACCOUNT GROUP
GENERAL FIXED
ASSETS

TOTALS

(Memorandum Only)

JUNE 30,1999

JUNE 3D, 1998

$

54,560,93 $

39,530.00

17,295.04

17,295.04

$

87,536.34

0.00

87,536.34 0.00

83,687.55 0.00

Total Assets

$

71,855.97 $

87,536.34 $

159,392.31 $===1=4=:10,=51=2=.5==9

LIABILITIES AND FUND EQUITY

LIABILITIES

Accounts Payable

$

Expired Grant Balances Payable

Total Liabilities

$

FUND EQUITY

Investment in General Fixed Assets

Fund Balances

Unreserved

Designated for

Bookmobile Replacement

$

Undesignated

Total Fund Equity

$

Total Liabilities and Fund Equity

$

9,986.19 9,986.19

$

9,986,19 $

$

9,986,19 $

2,309.20 2.67
2,311.87

$

87,536.34 $

87,536.34 $

83,687.55

17,295.04 44,574,74
61,869.78 $

87,536.34 $

17,295.04 44,574.74
149,406.12 $

17,295.04 37,218.13
138,200.72

71,855.97 $

87,536.34 $

159,392.31 $ ===1=40==,=51=2;;,;;.5:=9

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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPES YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1999

EXHIBIT"B"

REVENUES
State Funds Federal Funds Local Funds Other Funds
Total Revenues
EXPENDITURES
Current Program Services Technical Services Circulation Support Services Maintenance and Operation Information Technology
Total Expenditures
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures
FUND BALANCE JULY 1
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30

GENERAL FUND

TOTALS

(Memorandum Only)

YEAR ENDED

JUNE 30,1999

JUNE 30, 1998

$

148,018.50 $

148,018.50 $

161,989.63

17,542.00

94,000,04

94,000.04

90,250.08

9,319.59

9,319.59

12,203.91

$

251,338.13 $

251,338.13 $

281,985.62

$

50,864.91 $

50,864.91 $

81,696.53

22,028.54

22,028.54

18,171.84

16,573.57

149,493.08

149,493.08

162,130.76

17,922.09

17,922.09

20,823.30

3,672.90

3,672.90

$

243,981.52 $

243,981.52 $

299,396.00

$

7,356.61 $

7,356.61 $

-17,410.38

54,513,17

54,513.17

71,923.55

$

61,869.78 $

61,869.78 $ =====54=,5=1=:3:=.1=7

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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
BUDGET AND ACTUAL GENERAL FUND
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1999

EXHIBIT "C"

REVENUES
State Funds Local Funds Other Funds
Total Revenues
EXPENDITURES
Current Program Services Technical Services Support Services Maintenance and Operation Information Technology
Total Expenditures
Excess of Revenues over (under) Expenditures
FUND BALANCE JULY 1, 1998
FUND BALANCE JUNE 30,1999

BUDGET

ACTUAL

$

146,518.43 $

148,018.50

94,000,00

94,000.04

5,240.00

9,319.59

$

245,758.43 $

251,338.13

$

48,626.43 $

50,864.91

22,448.13

22,028.54

150,256.73

149,493.08

20,526.80

17,922.09

3,900.34

3,672.90

$

245,758.43 $

243,981.52

$

0.00 $

7,356.61

0.00

54,513.17

$

0.00 $ ==,;;,61~,8=6=9.=78=

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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1999

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
REPORTING ENTITY
The Elbert County Library (Library) operates pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated Sections 20-540 through 20-5-59 to provide public library services with costs shared by participating local governmental agencies and grants from the State of Georgia. The financial statements of the Library have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied to governmental units and unless otherwise disclosed in these notes, the financial statements present all fund types and account groups of the Library.
The Library Board consists of seven members; three members appointed by Elbert County Board of Commissioners and four members appointed by the Elberton City Council. The Library Board is without authority to determine the amount of its funding, except by submission of budget requests to local governmental units from which the Library receives support and to the State of Georgia for State and Federal funding. Membership in the Library and participation in library services is at the discretion of each participating governmental agency. The Library Board has the power to designate management, the power to retain unreserved fund balances of local and other funds for continued operations and is the lowest level of oversight responsibility for the LibraI)"s operations.
While the Elberton City Council appoints a majority of the Elbert County Library's Board, the City Council is neither able to impose its will upon the Library nor is there a financial benefit/burden relationship between the two boards as defined by Governmental Accounting Standards Board. The Elbert County Library is therefore considered to be a related organization of the City of Elberton, Georgia.
FUND ACCOUNTING
The Library uses funds and an account group to report on its financial position and the results of its operations. Fund accounting is designed to demonstrate legal compliance and to aid financial management by segregating transactions related to certain governmental functions or activities.
A fund is a separate accounting entity with a self-balancing set of accounts. An account group is a financial reporting device designed to provide accountability for certain assets and liabilities that are not recorded in the funds because they do not directly affect expendable available financial resources.
The general purpose financial statements account for all State, Local and Other funds under control of the Library, in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to governmental units, unless otherwise disclosed in these notes. The fund and account group presented in this report are as follows:
GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE - used to account for all of the Library's general activities. Governmental Fund Type includes:

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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1999

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
GENERAL FUND - the fund used to account for all financial resources of the Library. These transactions relate to resources obtained and used for services provided by a Library.
ACCOUNT GROUP
GENERAL FIXED ASSETS ACCOUNT GROUP - used to account for all equipment acquired by the Library. The Elbert County Board of Commissioners owns the land and buildings utilized in the operations of the Library.
BASIS OF ACCOUNTING
The accounting and financial reporting treatment applied to a fund is determined by its measurement focus. All governmental funds are accounted for using a current financial resources measurement focus. With this measurement focus, only current assets and current liabilities are generally included on the balance sheet. Operating statements of these funds present increases (i.e., revenues and other financing sources) and decreases (i.e., expenditures and other financing uses) in net current assets. Their reported fund balance is considered a measure of available spendable resources.
Liabilities which are expected to be financed from available spendable resources are reported as liabilities in the governmental funds.
Governmental funds are accounted for using the modified accrual basis of accounting under which:
Revenues are recognized when susceptible to accrual (i.e., when they become both measurable and available). "Measurable" means the amount ofthe transaction can be determined and "available" means collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. Those revenues considered susceptible to accrual are intergovernmental grants and investment income.
Expenditures are generally recognized when the related fund liability is incurred.
BUDGET
The Elbert County Library's budget is a complete financial plan for the Library's fiscal year and is based upon estimates of expenditures together with probable funding sources. There is no statutory prohibition regarding overexpenditure of the budget at any level. The budget for all governmental funds is prepared by fund, function and object. The legal level of budget control was established by the Library at the aggregate level. The budget for governmental funds was prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
The budget process begins when the Library's administration prepares a tentative aggregated budget for the Board's approval. After approval of this tentative budget by the Board, copies are sent to all local funding agencies. After funding approval is received from all local funding agencies, the Board makes revisions as
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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1999

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
necessary and adopts the budget. The budget is then submitted to the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia as a part of the Library's annual application for State aid. The Board may increase or decrease the budget at any time during the year. All unexpended budget authority lapses at fiscal year end.
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
COMPOSITION OF DEPOSITS Cash and cash equivalents consist of deposits in authorized financial institutions. Georgia Laws authorize the Library to deposit its funds in one or more solvent banks, insured Federal savings and loan associations, or insured State chartered building and loan associations.
INVESTMENTS
COMPOSITION OF INVESTMENTS Investments made by the Library in nonparticipating interest-earning contracts (such as certificates of deposit) and repurchase agreements are reported at cost. Participating interest-earning contracts and money market investments with a maturity at purchase of one year or less are reported at amortized cost. Both participating interest-earning contracts and money market investments with a maturity at purchase greater than one year are reported at fair value. The Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 36-83-4 authorizes the Library to invest its funds. In selecting among options for investment or among institutional bids for deposits, the highest rate of return shall be the obj ective, given equivalent conditions of safety and liquidity. Funds may be invested in the following:
(1) Obligations issued by the State of Georgia or by other states,
(2) Obligations issued by the United States government,
(3) Obligations fully insured or guaranteed by the United States government or a United States government agency,
(4) Obligations of any corporation of the United States government,
(5) Prime banker's acceptances,
(6) The Local Government Investment Pool administered by the State of Georgia, Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services,
(7) Repurchase agreements, and
. (8) Obligations of other political subdivisions of the State of Georgia.
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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1999

Note 1: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
GENERAL FIXED ASSETS
General fixed assets purchased, including capital outlay costs, are recorded as expenditures at the time of purchase. All purchased general fixed assets are valued at cost where historical records are available and at estimated historical cost where no historical records exist. Donated general fixed assets are recorded at fair market value as of the date donated. Disposals are deleted at recorded cost. No depreciation has been provided on General Fixed Assets. The cost of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value ofthe assets or materially extend the useful lives ofthe assets is not capitalized. Infrastructure assets are not capitalized by the Library. The values of inexhaustible collections and books at the Library are not readily determinable, therefore, the Library has not capitalized them.
MEMORANDUM ONLY - TOTAL COLUMNS
Total columns on the general purpose financial statements are captioned "Memorandum Only" to indicate that they are presented only to facilitate financial analysis. Data in these columns do not present financial position or results of operations in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, nor is such data comparable to a consolidation. Interfund eliminations have not been made in the aggregation of this data.
Note 2: DEPOSITS
COLLATERALIZATION OF DEPOSITS Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) Section 45-8-12 provides that there shall not be on deposit at any time in any depository for a time longer than ten days a sum of money which has not been secured by surety bond, by guarantee of insurance, or by collateral. The aggregate of the face value of such surety bond and the market value of securities pledged shall be equal to not less than 110 percent ofthe public funds being secured after the deduction ofthe amount of deposit insurance. OCGA Section 45-8-11 (b) provides an officer holding public funds may, in his discretion, waive the requirement for security in the case of operating funds placed in demand deposit checking accounts.
Acceptable security for deposits consists of anyone of or any combination ofthe following:
(l) Surety bond signed by a surety company duly qualified and authorized to transact business within the State of Georgia,
(2) Insurance on accounts provided by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
(3) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other direct obligations of the United States or of the State of Georgia,
(4) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness or other obligations of the counties or municipalities of the State of Georgia,
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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1999

Note 2: DEPOSITS

(5) Bonds of any public authority created by the laws of the State of Georgia, providing that the statute that created the authority authorized the use of the bonds for this purpose,

(6) Industrial revenue bonds and bonds of development authorities created by the laws of the State of Georgia, and

(7) Bonds, bills, notes, certificates of indebtedness, or other obligations of a subsidiary corporation of the United States government, which are fully guaranteed by the United States government both as to principal and interest or debt obligations issued by the Federal Land Bank, the Federal Home Loan Bank, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, the Central Bank for Cooperatives, the Farm Credit Banks, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, and the Federal National Mortgage Association.

CATEGORIZATION OF DEPOSITS At June 30, 1999, the bank balances were $68,600.27. The bank balances were entirely covered by Federal depository insurance.

Note 3: GENERAL FIXED ASSETS

A summary of changes in the General Fixed Assets Account Group during the fiscal year are as follows:

Equipment

Balance July 1, 1998

$ 83,687.55

Additions

4,390.79

Deductions

542.00

Balance June 30, 1999

$ 87,536.34

Note 4: RISK MANAGEMENT

The Library is exposed to various risks ofloss related to torts; theft of, damage to, and destruction of assets; errors or omissions; job related illness or injuries to employees; natural disaster; and unemployment compensation.

The Library has obtained commercial insurance for risk of loss associated with torts, assets, errors or omissions and job related illness or injuries to employees. The Library has neither significantly reduced coverage for these risks nor incurred losses (settlements) which exceeded the Library's insurance coverage in any of the past three years.

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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY

EXHIBIT "D"

NOTES TO THE GENERAL PURPOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JUNE 30, 1999

Note 4: RISK MANAGEMENT

The Library has elected to self-insure for all losses related to natural disaster. The Library has not experienced any losses related to this risk in the past three years.

The Library is self-insured with regard to unemployment compensation claims. The Library accounts for claims within the General Fund with expenditure and liability being reported when it is probable that a loss has occurred, and the amount of that loss can be reasonably estimated. The Library has not experienced any unemployment compensation claims during the last two years.

The Library has purchased surety bonds to provide additional insurance coverage as follows:

Position Covered

Amount

Director Assistant Director Treasurer

$ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00 $ 100,000.00

Note 5: RETIREMENT PLANS

TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF GEORGIA (TRS)

TRS PLAN DESCRIPTION Substantially all librarians and clerical personnel employed by regional and county libraries are covered by the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia (TRS), which is a cost-sharing multiple employer defined benefit pension plan. TRS provides service retirement, disability retirement and survivors benefits for its members in accordance with State statute. The Teachers Retirement System of Georgia issues a separate stand alone financial audit report and a copy can be obtained from the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts.

TRS CONTRIBUTIONS REQUIRED AND MADE Employees ofthe Library who are covered by TRS are required by State statute to contribute 5% oftheir gross earnings to TRS. The Library makes monthly employer contributions to TRS at rates adopted by the TRS Board of Trustees in accordance with State statute and as advised by their independent actuary. The required employer contribution rate is 11.95% and employer contributions for the current fiscal year and the preceding two fiscal years are as follows:

Fiscal Year
1999 1998 1997

Percentage Contributed
100% 100% 100%

Required Contribution
$ 15,573.44 $ 14,564.64 $ 13,945.56

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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF STATE REVENUE
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,1999
AGENCY/FUNDING
GRANTS Technical and Adult Education, Georgia Department of Public Libraries Salaries Travel Library Materials Maintenance and Operation

SCHEDULE "1"

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE GENERAL FUND

$

123,422.50

3,000.00

10,798.00

10,798.00

$

148,018.50

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF LOCAL REVENUE
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,1999
LOCAL SOURCES City Government City of Elberton County Government Board of Commissioners Elbert

SCHEDULE "2"

GOVERNMENTAL FUND TYPE GENERAL FUND

$

47,000.04

47,000.00

$

94,000.04

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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NAME
Bailey, Bullock, Hilley, Johnson, Maxwell, McCall, Thornton,

Camilla Paula Janelle Peggy Sara Nancy Valencia

Totals per Report

ELBERT COUNTY LIBRARY SCHEDULE OF SALARIES AND TRAVEL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,1999

SCHEDULE "3"

TITLE CATEGORY
Secretary Director Library Aide Assistant Director/Bookkeeper Technical Service Bookmobile Driver Public Service/Shelver

SALARIES

$

14,670.00

53,515.54 $

10,393.00

51,743.54

2,379.38

3,218.92

2,864.84

TRAVEL
3,571.11 103.00

$

138,785.22 $===3=,6=7.,;,4=.1=1

See notes to the general purpose financial statements.

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