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Annual City Council Meeting Agenda
May 11, 2020 - 7:30 p.m.
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Call to Order
Invocation by Mayor Christiansen
Pledge of Allegiance Led by Mayor Christiansen and Members of City Council
Adoption of Agenda
* Consent Agenda
Those items on the Council Agenda which are considered routine and non-controversial shall be
marked with an asterisk (*) and will be acted upon by a single roll call vote of the Council. There
will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of Council so requests, in which event
the matter shall be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered a separate item.
* 1. Adoption of Minutes
A. Council Workshop of December 2, 2019 (CPSM Study)
B. Regular Council Meeting of April 27, 2020
2. Nominations for Council President/Vice-Mayor
3. Recess for Voting
4. Reporting of Election Results by City Solicitor Rodriguez
5. Proclamations
A. Community Action Month
B. Public Works Week
6. State of the City Message - Mayor Robin R. Christiansen
7. Presentation - 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) (Remi Omisore)
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* 8. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Application Review
(Staff recommendation: Approval of the recommended funding amounts)
9. Staff Substitute - Proposed Ordinance #2020-05 Amending Chapter 22 - Buildings and
Building Regulations, Article IX - Lodginghouses and Article X - Rental Dwellings
(During its meeting of February 25, 2020 the Legislative, Finance, and Administration
Committee referred the Ordinance back to Staff)
(Staff recommendation: Adoption of Staff Substitute #1 for Ordinance #2020-05)
10. Interim Replacement for Retiring 911 Supervisor
* 11. Monthly Reports - March 2020
A. City Assessor’s Report
B. City Council’s Community Enhancement Fund Report
C. City Manager’s Report (February and March)
D. City Planner’s Report
E. Controller/Treasurer’s Budget Report (February and March)
F. Fire Chief’s Report
G. Police Chief’s Report
* 12. Quarterly Review - Capital Investment Plan (January, February, and March)
13. Setting of Public Hearing - Electric Fund Budget
(Staff Recommendation: That a Public Hearing be set for June 8, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.)
14. Revisiting Emergency Ordinance #2020-06 Waiving Certain Charter, Code, Policy and
Procedure Requirements During the COVID-19 Virus State of Emergency
(The Ordinance was adopted April 13, 2020 (effective March 23, 2020), with the
understanding that it would be revisited in 30 days)
* 15. 2020/21 City Council Annual Staff Appointments
A. City Assessor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheryl A. Bundek
B. Building Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David S. Hugg III
C. City Clerk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traci A. McDowell
D. Assistant City Clerk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janella M. Tauchus
E. Controller/Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lori Peddicord
F. Assistant Controller/Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kimberly A. Cruz
G. Assistant Treasurers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Traci A. McDowell
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Janella M. Tauchus
H. Fire Marshal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jason A. Osika
I. City Solicitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicholas H. Rodriguez
J. Deputy City Solicitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary E. Junge
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16. 2020/21 Annual Committee Appointments
A. City/County Committee (Liaison to Kent County) - Recommended by the Council
President
B. Council Committee of the Whole Subcommittees - Recommended by the Council
President and Committee Chairs
C. Dover Fourth of July Celebration Committee - Recommended by the Mayor
D. Dover Public Library Advisory Commission - Recommended by the Mayor
E. Downtown Dover Partnership Board of Directors - Recommended by City Council
F. Economic Development Committee - Recommended by City Council
G. Election Board - Recommended by the Mayor
H. General Employee Pension Plan Board - Recommended by the Council President
I. Kent County Tourism Board of Directors (Voting Liaison) - Recommended by the
Council President
J. Kent Economic Partnership Board of Directors (Voting Liaison Member) -
Recommended by the Council President
K. Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Board - Recommended by the Council
President
L. Police Pension Plan - Retirement Committee - Recommended by the Council
President
M. Silver Lake Commission - Recommended by the Mayor
* 17. Resolutions
A. Resolution No. 2020-03 Approval of the FY 2020-2024 Five Year Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan, Application for Federal
Assistance, Certifications, and Policies
B. Resolution No. 2020-04 Authorizing Signatures for Banking Services on Behalf of the
City of Dover, Delaware - Controller/Treasurer, Assistant Finance Director, and
Assistant Treasurers
18. City Manager’s Announcements
19. Council Members’ Announcements
20. Adjournment
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COUNCIL WORKSHOP
A Council Workshop was held on December 2, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. with Council President Hare
presiding. Council members present were Mr. Neil, Mr. Slavin, Mr. Cole, Mr. Polce, Mr. Taylor,
and Mr. Lindell. Mr. Anderson and Mr. Sudler were absent.
Staff members present were Acting Police Chief Stump, Mrs. Mitchell, and Mrs. McDowell.
Mayor Christiansen was also present (departed at 6:45 p.m.).
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Mr. Neil moved for adoption of the agenda, seconded by Mr. Taylor and unanimously carried.
OVERVIEW OF CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT, LLC (CPSM)
OPERATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS REPORT - DOVER POLICE DEPARTMENT
Mrs. Donna Mitchell, City Manager, read the following into the record:
“In July 2015, the Center for Public Safety Management, LLC (CPSM) was
commissioned to perform a comprehensive analysis of Police, Fire and EMS Services
as approved by City Council in June 2015 with an estimated cost of $96,300 +. The
Fire and EMS report was presented to City Council in 2016 upon its completion.
The Police Report was completed in June 2016, however not presented. Although,
the report is dated, it provided a blueprint for the future of the City and the Dover
Police Department that is worthy of discussion. While the analysis covered all
aspects of the department's operations, particular areas of focus of this study
included: identifying appropriate staffing of the department given the workload,
community demographics, and crime levels; the effectiveness of the organization
structure; and the efficiency of division/unit processes.
CPSM analyzed the department workload using operations research methodology and
compared that workload to staffing and deployment levels. They reviewed other
performance indicators that enabled them to understand the implications of service
demand on current staffing. The study involved data collection, interviews with key
police and administration personnel, focus groups with department personnel and
volunteers/community members, on-site observations of the job environment, data
analysis, comparative analysis, SWOT analysis, and the development of alternatives
and recommendations. All support data and information were provided by the Dover
Police Department staff.
Major recommendations are discussed in detail throughout the report. Included below
are some areas that require clarification or update.”
Mrs. Mitchell advised that the following were being provided to clarify the items where
misinformation was provided to CPSM on some of the data:
“Comparisons/Benchmarks
Participating Departments 2014 - 2015 budgets averaged 28.5 percent of their cities
total budget. Dover Police Department Budget of $15,603,100 inclusive of capital
outlay was 35 percent of the total city budget of $44,597,300. (Correction to CPSM
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Report 11.4% - the consultant was provided the total city budget including utility
funds). The budgeted cost per citizen equated to $417.69 per citizen, as compared to
$233.10 per citizen (79.19 percent higher) in the benchmark study.
Staffing - Benchmark City Survey indicates an average of 718.4 citizens per officer,
or 1.45 officers per 1,000 citizens. In 2015, the Dover Police Department had an
authorized strength of 101 sworn officers, which equates to 369.85 citizens per
officer and 2.7 officers per 1,000 citizens (Clarification - During FY15 the City
approved 10 additional sworn officers that took the total personnel from 124 persons
to 134 persons. These officers are included in the 101 sworn officers above as well
as the calculation for the per citizen cost.)”
Mrs. Mitchell noted that the officers are included in CPSM's number when they did their calculation;
however, those officers were not in the 2015 budget and were added during the year outside the
budget.
“Department's Financial Stability
Incremental Yearly Increases demonstrates the City has provided consistent financial
support to the department during a time period in which many police departments
experienced a decrease in funding.
• A 14.11% budget increase from FY12 through FY15 (An average of 3.5% per year).
• Over the same period a 10.25% increase in total staffing
Update -
• FY16 the City increased total staffing to 134 positions.
• The FY16 Budget increase over FY15 was 7%
• The FY20 Budget staffing includes 101 sworn officers and 42 Civilians (including
9 part-time Cadets)
• Budget at the time of the report FY15 $15,603,100 as compared to FY20
$18,602,900 or 19% (An average of 3% per year)
• Budgeted cost per citizen equated to $461.84
Training Budgets
CPSM was advised, that for several years, the department has utilized forfeiture
funds to support the ongoing training of its personnel. This has proven quiet cost
effective and resulted in relatively low training budget over the past several years
(approximately $28,000 to $35,000 per year). Forfeiture funding has recently "dried
up". This is a common experience for police departments across the county. The
department will therefore need to immediately make provisions for maintaining both
the quantity and quality of training that is provided to its employees.
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Mrs. Mitchell provided a history of training budgets as follows:
Police Department
Training Expenditures
General Fund Grant Total
Budget Actual Variance Expenditures Actual
2009 $21,200 $14,966 $6,234 Not Avail.
2010 $14,050 $9,878 $4,172 Not Avail.
2011 $19,450 $23,908 ($4,458) Not Avail.
2012 $12,000 $16,970 ($4,970) $21,120 $38,090
2013 $23,300 $19,493 $3,807 $21,045 $40,538
2014 $25,500 $30,404 ($4,904) $2,832 $33,236
2015 $27,700 $38,903 ($11,203) $22,018 $60,921
2016 $44,900 $49,769 ($4,869) $74,203 $123,972
2017 $7,100 $47,456 $23,544 $35,229 $82,685
2018 $50,000 $51,358 ($1,358) $1,550 $66,858
2019 $58,500 $49,480 $9,020 $19,516 $68,996
2020 $55,000 $5,643 $49,357 - $5,643
Mrs. Mitchell advised that the study talked about having a strategic plan and having it integrated
with the City's strategic plan. Noting that the City does not have a strategic plan, she stated that one
of her challenges will be to work with all departments to get a fully integrated strategic plan.
Mrs. Mitchell cautioned that a strategic plan is not just a list of the items you want to do or things
you want to accomplish, it is how you are going to get there, how you review it, how are you going
to measure it and take action if it is not working out the way you thought it would be. She noted that
it is something the City needs and there are areas of improvement that can be made throughout the
City.
Mayor Christiansen stated that the CPSM study that was done on the Fire Department and EMS
contained a lot of flaws and misrepresentations. He also noted that he thought it was very important
that the Police Department take advantage of all the training that they can get because they carry
guns and the ultimate liability to the Mayor and Council, as well as the citizens. Mayor Christiansen
stated that, ultimately, it will be a cost savings, as well as a lifesaving thing for the citizens.
Mayor Christiansen stated that he thought the population numbers that the study used were a
nighttime population of 38,500. The Chamber of Commerce provided information two years ago
that indicated that, at any given time during the workday, the population plus the drive-through
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population swells to anywhere between 70,000 and 75,000. Although he disagreed with the formula
that CPSM used, he thought that they were close on the number of authorized officers.
Mrs. Mitchell clarified that the population numbers that they used would have been the same
methods that they would have used for the benchmark. If the population swelled, those benchmarks
may have reflected that. She noted that, while a lot of people did not agree with it, the fire and EMS
study had a lot of good points. Mrs. Mitchell stated that she felt that the things that were perceived
as inaccurate were the result of inaccurate information being provided. She agreed that training is
very critical and noted that they went from an average of 70 hours per officer in training to 145 hours
per officer in 2018. Mrs. Mitchell stated that the budget analyst compiled all of the training hours
and the number of officers that are in training on a daily basis month after month could be a public
safety issue and a managerial issue. She reiterated that she thinks that all the officers should be
trained and noted that the City has very qualified officers. Mayor Christiansen stated that he
respected the job that Mrs. Mitchell is doing; however, 145 hours worth of training in any given
situation would be well worth the lives that it saves and the dollars that have been expended on it.
Major Tim Stump, Acting Police Chief, reiterated the importance of training, for the safety of the
officers and the citizens, and noted that both the training and the department would be looked at if
something goes wrong. He also stated that training is one of the five pillars of a great police agency,
which he believes they have.
Major Stump advised members that the SORT team handles the highest risk complaints in the City
and because they have to work together, they have to train together. He agreed that training has
increased over the years and he believes that is a positive for the City of Dover and a positive for the
department.
Major Stump advised that he was the Administrative Division Commander during the study and he
gathered the majority of the data for CPSM. He noted that it is extremely dated. Major Stump
advised that they have already implemented a majority of the 100 recommendations from the study.
Responding to Mr. Neil, Major Stump advised that the department purchased two Benelli
semiautomatic shotguns, as recommended.
With regard to the recommendation to "Consider purchasing software for internal affairs’ use, which
is more user friendly and would have greater capabilities of analysis than Microsoft Word and
Excel.", Major Stump advised that they have a grant currently for $19,000 and $18,000, some of
which is going to a software system called IA Pro, which is exactly that.
Mr. Neil, noting that the report compliments the Police Department’s response to all citizen calls and
then recommends a Calls For Service (CFS) Committee to evaluate service demands in an attempt
to reduce or eliminate non-emergency responses, stated that he felt that the Police Department’s
response to citizens was the strength of that department. He stated that the several recommendations
calling for non-sworn personnel, civilian employees, to take over duties held by officers had merit
as it would free up an officer to concentrate on policing in the field at a cost savings to the taxpayers.
Mr. Neil stated that he disagreed with the recommendation that the department should strongly
consider the use of civilian volunteers to support the current record division staff, believing that it
would best be served to have higher part-time employees if the record-keeping is overwhelming to
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the department. Major Stump stated that they have used volunteers in the past and, due to the
sensitive material, he would prefer having a City employee.
Major Stump advised that he was not in favor of the recommendation to have a civilian at the front
desk given their situation at the Police Department. He noted that the desk officer is usually a
supervisor who both deals with people that come in and make visual and physical checks on the
prisoners in the cell block every 30 minutes. Major Stump advised that civilians are not permitted
in the cell block.
Mr. Taylor, noting that he is a huge supporter of training, stated that there has to be a fine line. For
example, when the entire SORT team is away for training and then officers are on vacation or sick,
a 10 or 12-man shift is reduced to a 7 or 8-man shift, which is not safe for the officer, nor is it safe
for our citizens. Mr. Taylor asked where the balance was. Responding, Major Stump advised that
they rely on the sergeants to make the decision to let their people off, noting that there is a mandatory
staffing that they need to have to run their shifts.
Major Stump stated that they have special units that are decimated, specifically for the fact that
former Chief Mailey made a decision to keep patrol beefed up no matter what. He advised that years
ago they had a seven man motorcycle unit that is down to two men. Major Stump advised that the
only real revenue from the police department is traffic enforcement, and the motorcycle division does
a large portion of that. He also noted that if there are seven officers writing tickets constantly, you
can create an atmosphere of voluntary compliance by the citizens because they know the areas that
are being enforced on a regular basis and they will eventually learn to do the speed limit or a safe
speed. Major Stump advised that the street crimes unit has also been decimated by being reduced
from six officers to one officer. He noted that those unit officers are all back in patrol. He noted that
they have been playing catchup with manpower for his entire 29-year career.
Mr. Taylor, noting the need to ease the pressure off of the taxpayer, stated that there has to be an
avenue or matrix that can be used to collect these funds. He asked if Major Stump had any strategies
or solutions in place, or pending, to assist in collecting money because the percentage of collection
is going down each and every year. Responding, Major Stump stated that for several years they have
had an outside vendor collect those funds.
Mr. Taylor stated that he joined the Dover Police Department in 1990 and he was one of five African
American officers. He noted that the department does not mirror the community and asked where
they were with regard to diversity. Responding, Major Stump advised that they have made great
strides over the past three to five years, noting that of the last 22 employees hired, 12 have been
minorities.
Mr. Polce, noting that they are losing officers, asked Major Stump to talk about the climate in the
department and how they could foster retention. Responding, Major Stump stated that it used to be
unheard of for an officer to work four or five years and them move on from the Dover Police
Department unless there was a problem and they were forced to leave. Major Stump stated that
recently officers have left to get into another line of work or because their spouse got a job in a
different state. Another officer is in the process of moving to New Castle County where the salary
is considerably higher. He stated that he believes there is good morale in the department and that
people are generally happy.
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Mr. Polce asked Major Stump if the initial starting salary in New Castle County was higher and if
he thought that as officers move up the rank the pay scale was equitable compared to other
municipalities and other jurisdictions. Responding, Major Stump said that they do not typically
compare themselves with New Castle County, which is more comparable to the Delaware State
Police.
Responding to Mr. Polce, Major Stump advised that the community policing division is down to
a supervisor and two officers; however, he thought that one of them just went out with a shoulder
surgery. He stated that he did not think they would ever reduce the numbers in the detective division,
which handles the major crimes within the City, or the drugs, vice, and organized crime unit.
Major Stump noted that the street crimes unit works hand in hand with the drug unit and, over the
past three or four years, they have taken more stolen, illegal firearms off the street than in any
three-year period in the history of the police department. He advised that they try to keep those units
staffed at 11 or 12 with four 12-hour shifts. Major Stump stated that he went over personnel issues
with the City Manager and he has requested five additional police officers because he did not want
to handcuff the incoming Chief with staffing issues. He noted that the department was increased by
ten officers in 2014 or 2015, which was the largest increase since the department went from 70 to
85 over a period of three years in the 1990's. Major Stump advised that 20 or 25 officer would make
a real impact on the police department and be a tremendous boost for the citizens of Dover. He also
noted that hiring 25 additional officers would mean and additional four or five civilian staff, more
dispatchers, and 15 to 20 additional police cars.
Mr. Slavin recalled that when 10 new officers were added in the middle of a budget year five years
ago due to retirements, Council was told that was all the officers that they would need. He advised
that the salaries, training, and vehicles for 10 new officers would cost $2 million. Responding to
Mr. Slavin, Mrs. Mitchell stated that a tax increase of 6 to 7 cents would be necessary to cover those
expenses, noting that each 1 cent increase would raise $300,000. She also advised that the four
officers that the police department asked for the previous year were going to cost approximately
$2 million over a five-year period. Mrs. Mitchell stated that adding vehicles raises the cost from
$38,000 a year to $50,000 a year.
Responding to Mr. Hare, Major Stump stated that he thought there were 19 officers, or 20% of the
department, that were eligible to retire. Mr. Hare stated that he did not think 5 new officers was
unreasonable due to the time it takes to get them on the street.
Responding to Mr. Lindell, Major Stump reiterated that they hire the best candidates regardless of
race or gender. Mr. Lindell stated that he thought reaching out and looking for other ways to increase
that diverse pool of applicants should be a priority as well.
Mr. Lindell, noting that he appreciates that training is important, especially for law enforcement
officers, asked how much training the Chief or top line officers received in managing the workforce
and the budgets as they progressed through the ranks. Responding, Major Stump advised that there
is very little budget training until they reach the staff level, at which point they are sent to a
leadership school at either the FBI National Academy or Northwestern where they are trained in
budgeting.
Noting that Major Stump had been acting chief for a few months and was dealing with both the
police side and the non-police side, such as budget and manpower issues, Mr. Lindell asked if he
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thought one distracted from the other and if he though it would be helpful to have someone, perhaps
a civilian, that might have that experience work in concert with the incoming Chief to deal with
those issues and to utilize the officers efficiently. Responding, Major Stump stated that being able
to deal with grants and budgets and to get money for your agency is an absolute benefit. He noted
that the department currently has a civilian police administrator position that handles the majority
of the budget. Mr. Lindell asked if that position would be aware of manpower issues and voluntary
extra duty to advise the Chief that the officers are doing a lot of extra work and it might be straining
their time or impacting their normal duties. Responding, Major Stump advised that they periodically
look at that to see if anything needs to be addressed. He also noted that they have rules and policies
in place regarding the maximum amount of hours that they are allowed to work over a certain period.
Major Stump stated that occasionally they will find violations and they keep an eye on it.
Mr. Neil suggested that installing LED lighting in the downtown area would be beneficial to the
police department.
Mr. Polce advised that Project Safe Neighborhoods is a nationwide initiative that demonstrates how
to maximize community opportunities creatively by using community navigators who are culturally
competent individuals from the neighborhood rolling up their sleeves and trying to really detract drug
use, misuse, and then they might stumble on a individual in active addiction and get them to recovery
and they are doing a lot of great work in tandem with the patrolmen. He stated that he thought that
the program has demonstrated efficacy because it shows that they are able to work collaboratively
with nonprofits and other providers. Major Stump stated that they are participating in Project Safe
Neighborhoods and that the problem solvers have been attending every quarterly meeting and they
are extremely effective and they have a lot of respect from the people in the neighborhoods they are
working with.
Responding to Mr. Polce, Major Stump stated that he felt that they were distributing officers
appropriately and that the solution to maintaining both 11 or 12 officers per shift for patrol and the
special units was manpower. He stated that the five officers that are currently being requested would
alleviate some of that deficit in those critical divisions.
Responding to Mr. Hare, Major Stump stated that the police department is utilizing social media
by tracking, making arrests, and seizing weapons as a result of people posting things.
Mr. Slavin moved for adjournment, seconded by Mr. Neil and unanimously carried.
Meeting adjourned at 7:27 p.m.
TRACI A. McDOWELL
CITY CLERK
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All ordinances, resolutions, motions, and orders adopted by City Council during their Regular
Meeting of December 2, 2019 are hereby approved.
ROBIN R. CHRISTIANSEN
MAYOR
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REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
The Regular City Council Meeting was held by video conference on April 27, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. with
Council President Hare presiding. Council members present via video or telephone were
Mr. Anderson, Mr. Sudler, Mr. Neil (arrived at 7:40 p.m.), Mr. Slavin, Mr. Cole, Mr. Polce,
Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Lindell.
Staff members present via video or telephone were Police Chief Johnson, Ms. Peddicord,
Mrs. Mitchell, Mr. Hugg, and Mrs. McDowell. Mayor Christiansen was absent.
The invocation was given by Councilman Taylor, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Mr. Anderson moved for adoption of the agenda, seconded by Mr. Slavin and unanimously
carried.
Mr. Anderson requested that item #3 - Quarterly Revenue Report, be removed from the consent
agenda.
Mr. Slavin moved for adoption of the consent agenda, as amended, seconded by Mr. Anderson
and carried by a unanimous roll call vote (Neil absent).
ADOPTION OF MINUTES - SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF JANUARY 22, 2020 -
VIOLATIONS OF THE DANGEROUS BUILDING ORDINANCE
The Minutes of the Special Council Meeting of January 22, 2020, Violations of the Dangerous
Building Ordinance, were unanimously approved by motion of Mr. Slavin, seconded by
Mr. Anderson and bore the written approval of Mayor Christiansen.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES - SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 10, 2020
The Minutes of the Special Council Meeting of February 10, 2020 were unanimously approved
by motion of Mr. Slavin, seconded by Mr. Anderson and bore the written approval of Mayor
Christiansen.
ADOPTION OF MINUTES - REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 13, 2020
The Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of April 13, 2020 were unanimously approved
by motion of Mr. Slavin, seconded by Mr. Anderson and bore the written approval of Mayor
Christiansen.
QUARTERLY REVENUE REPORT
Members were provided the Quarterly Revenue Report as of March 31, 2020.
Responding to Mr. Anderson, Mrs. Donna Mitchell, City Manager, stated that collections were down
$1.8 million over last year. She advised that Staff would be looking at the FY-21 projected numbers
once they receive the DEFAC report.
Mr. Anderson moved for acceptance of the Quarterly Revenue Report as of March 31, 2020,
seconded by Mr. Slavin and unanimously carried.
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ANNEXATION REQUEST - 679 HORSEPOND ROAD, OWNED BY JACJIM, LLC
Mr. David Hugg III, Director of Planning and Community Development, reviewed the Petition to
Annex and Rezone Property located at 679 Horsepond Road, owned by JACJIM, LLC. He noted
that this property is identified as a Category 1: High Priority Annexation Area in the City’s
Comprehensive Plan, and annexation would continue the desire to eliminate enclaves and create
sound complete neighborhoods and boundaries for the City. Mr. Hugg advised that this property was
currently being used for wholesale activities and was primarily being annexed to allow the owner
to expand his business and build an additional building, which he cannot do on his existing site with
onsite water and sewer systems. He noted that services which would be provided by the owner at his
expense. Mr. Hugg noted that Mr. Steve Davies of Apex Engineering was available to answer any
questions relating to this property or its use.
Staff recommended proceeding with annexation of the subject property.
Mr. Cole moved to recommend proceeding with annexation of the subject property, as
recommended by Staff. The motion was seconded by Mr. Anderson and unanimously carried.
DISCUSSION - STRATEGY TO REOPEN THE CITY
Mr. Taylor, noting that Governor Carney has a three-phased plan for lifting the COVID-19
stay-at-home order, suggested the following for consideration:
• Create an Ordinance Committee to develop ordinances for the new rules that may be required
as a result of the pandemic. Mr. Taylor cited panhandling as a violation of the social
distancing rules as an example.
• Installation of handwashing stations.
• Entering into or modifying existing Memorandums of Understanding with the Delaware
State Police, the Capitol Police, Delaware State University’s Police Department, and Capitol
school district’s constables to assist with the safety aspect of lifting the stay-at-home order,
particularly in the downtown area.
• Offering Driftwood Spirits another location and streamlining the process to move them from
their downtown location.
PRESENTATION - 2019 DOWNTOWN DOVER PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL REPORT
Mrs. Diane Laird, Executive Director of the Downtown Dover Partnership, reviewed the 2019
Downtown Dover Partnership’s Annual Report.
By unanimous consent the 2019 Downtown Dover Partnership Annual Report was accepted.
CITY MANAGER'S ANNOUNCEMENTS
None.
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COUNCIL MEMBERS' ANNOUNCEMENTS
Council President Hare announced that there would be a Special Council meeting on Monday,
May 4, 2020 for presentations and questions and answers by candidates for Council President. He
suggested that any member that wished to be considered should submit their names to the City Clerk.
Mr. Anderson thanked everyone for the great work that is being done by the City employees during
trying times and offered words of encouragement. He also encouraged people, at this particular time,
to avoid the playground equipment which could have areas that are not disinfected and, instead, use
the parks to play ball, throw frisbees, exercise, or play with their children while maintaining social
distancing.
Mr. Anderson stated that he hoped everyone had a happy Holy week and wished his Muslim friends
a blessed and reflective Ramadan.
Mr. Taylor invited anyone interested in participating in a shift for the downtown neighborhood watch
to contact him.
Mr. Neil moved for adjournment, seconded by Mr. Anderson and unanimously carried.
Meeting adjourned at 8:49 p.m.
TRACI A. McDOWELL
CITY CLERK
All ordinances, resolutions, motions, and orders adopted by City Council during their Regular
Meeting of April 27, 2020 are hereby approved.
ROBIN R. CHRISTIANSEN
MAYOR
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, for the past 54 years, First State Community Action Agency has improved
the lives of scores of individuals and families throughout the City of Dover by promoting
solutions to a broad range of challenges. The Agency strives to ignite economic growth
and promote economic stability, which builds stronger communities, fosters self-
sufficiency, and helps to ensure that all citizens are able to live in dignity; and
WHEREAS, First State Community Action Agency has provided greater opportunities
for those in need of assistance by creating pathways to prosperity through programs that
offer benefits such as job training, affordable housing, and utility assistance for seniors;
and
WHEREAS, First State Community Action Agency offers innovative solutions that create
a greater chance of success for everyone and continues to be a voice for the
disenfranchised in our community.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBIN R. CHRISTIANSEN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF
DOVER, DELAWARE, do hereby proclaim May 2020 as
COMMUNITY ACTION MONTH
in the City of Dover in recognition of the hard work and dedication of First State
Community Action Agency.
Mayor
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PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, our public works professionals focus on infrastructure and services that are ofvital importance
to sustainable and resilient cormnunities and to the public health, high quality of life and well-being of the
people of the City of Dover; and
WHEREAS, these infrastructure and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public
works professionals of the City of Dover Department of Public Works' Grounds, Sanitation, Streets,
Stormwater, Water, Wastewater, Water Treatment and Production, Engineering and Inspections, and
Administration Divisions, ·who are responsible for operating, maintaining, improving and protecting our
Citi/s properties and local environment, solid waste systems, rights-of-way, water supply, and water and
wastewater systems which are essential for our citizens; and
WHEREAS, it is in the public interest for the citizens, civic leaders and children of the City of Dover to
gain and maintain knowledge and progressive interest regarding the importance of public works and public
works programs in the community; and
WHEREAS, the American Public Works Association 2020 Nation.al Public Works Week theme, "The
Rhythm of Public Works," embraces the City of Dover communihJ as a symphony of essential services,
working in concert to create a great place to live.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROBIN R. CHRISTIANSEN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DOVER,
DELAWARE, do hereby proclaim May 17-23, 2020 as
PUBLIC WORKS WEEK
in the City of Dover and urge all citizens and organizations to learn more about the topics involved in
providing public works, and to recognize the contributions that the dedicated Department of Public Works'
employees make every day to our health, safehJ, comfort, and qualihJ of life.
Robin R. Christiansen
Mayor
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Audit Results
Year Ended June 30, 2019
Remi Omisore, Principal
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Uniform Guidance Audit Results 6
Industry Trends and Developments
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Scope and Deliverables
Our Responsibility Related to
What and Why Audit Scope and Deliverables
Fraud:
• Article IV, Section 46 of the City • As independent auditors, • Audit Opinion on the Financial
Charter
our responsibility is to Statements for the Year Ended
• Audit of the June 30th financial
statements conduct an audit in June 30, 2019
• Single Audit - Audit of the Schedule accordance with • Report on internal control and
of Expenditures of Federal Awards professional standards to compliance
and certification of the Data obtain reasonable • Report on the Schedule of
Collection Form Expenditures of Federal
assurance that the financial
statements as a whole are Awards
free from material • Required communications -
misstatement, whether Communications to those
caused by error or fraud. charged with governance on
key components of the audit
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Auditors Required Communications
• We have performed an audit of the financial statements in accordance with Generally
Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and Government Auditing Standards (GAS) .
• Purpose of an audit is to:
– Obtain reasonable (not absolute) assurance about whether the financial statements
are free from material misstatement
Accounting
Principles
– Assess accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management
Other Accounting
– Evaluate the overall financial statement presentation Auditors Estimates
• Unmodified Opinion Required
Communications
• Significant Accounting Policies
– City’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 2 to the financial Audit
Difficulties
Key
Disclosures
statements and are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and
consistent with industry practices and standards Audit
Adjustments
• 2019 Changes
– Implementation of GASB Statement No. 83, Certain Asset Retirement Obligations
resulted in restatement of beginning balances and a liability of $11.9 million as of
June 30, 2019
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Auditors’ Required Communication
• Significant Disclosures
– Deposits and Investments (Page 72-77)
– Capital Assets (Page 78-80)
– Long Term Liabilities (page 81-86)
– Fund Balance (Page 87)
• Significant Management Judgments & Estimates
– Allowance for uncollectible receivables
– Useful lives of capital assets
– Incurred but not reported claims
– Pension and other post-employment benefits (OPEB) liabilities
– Asset Retirement for Mckee Run Station
• Uncorrected misstatements included in governance communication
– Deferred gain/loss on refunding transactions, variance related to accumulated depreciation
• Corrected misstatements identified
– Record Liabilities related to invoices and retainages
• No disagreements with management
• Management was very cooperative and professional during the audit process
• Management did not consult with other accountants on the application of GAAP or GASB
• No major issues were discussed with management prior to us being selected as the auditors
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Uniform Grant Audit Results
• Programs Tested
CFDA#66.468 { • Drinking Water State Revolving Funds
• Coverage of 78% of Federal Awards
• Single Audit Reports Issued
– Report on Compliance with Requirements Applicable That Could Have a Direct and Material
Effect on Each Major Federal Program, and on Internal Control Over Compliance in
Accordance with the Uniform Guidance –Unmodified
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• Statement 83—Asset Retirement Obligations
• Statement 88—Certain Disclosures Related to Debt, including
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• Statement 90—Majority Equity Interests
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• Statement 89—Accounting for Interest Cost Incurred before the
End of a Construction Period
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ANNUAL
FINANCIAl
REPORT
fOR THE YEAR ENJDED JUNE
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COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL
FINANCIAL REPORT
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
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Prepared by the Finance
I Department
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LoriI Peddicord,
I I Controller/Treasurer
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
THE CITY OF DOVER’S COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT WAS
PREPARED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
TRACEY LISIECKI
FINANCIAL REPORTING & ACCOUNTING MANAGER
DEBBIE O’BRIEN
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
KIMBERLY CRUZ
ASSISTANT CONTROLLER/TREASURER
JENNIFER HELMS
ACCOUNTANT II
SHARON DANIEL
ACCOUNT CLERK II
JENNIFER GUZMAN-PEREZ
PAYROLL SPECIALIST
SPECIAL APPRECIATION IS EXTENDED TO
MRS. DONNA S. MITCHELL, CITY MANAGER,
AND ALL PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY FOR THEIR CONTINUED
SUPPORT OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
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TABLE
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CONTENTS
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INTRODUCTORY SECTION 1
Letter of Transmittal ......................................................................................................................3
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting ..................................... 11
Mayor and City Council Members........................................................................................... 12
List of Elected Officials .............................................................................................................. 13
List of Appointed Officials ......................................................................................................... 14
List of Committees, Commissions, and Boards ...................................................................... 15
Organization Chart .................................................................................................................... 18
Vision ............................................................................................................................................ 19
FINANCIAL SECTION 21
PART A - Report of Independent Public Accountants ........................................................... 23
PART B - Management’s Discussion and Analysis ................................................................. 29
PART C - Basic Financial Statements........................................................................................ 47
Government-wide Financial Statements
Statement of Net Position .................................................................................................... 49
Statement of Activities ........................................................................................................ 50
Fund Financial Statements
Governmental Funds Balance Sheet ................................................................................ 51
Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Net
Position ................................................................................................................................... 52
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of
Governmental Funds ........................................................................................................... 53
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Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund
Balances of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities ................................ 54
Statement of Net Position – Proprietary Funds ................................................................. 55
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Net Position – Proprietary
Funds ...................................................................................................................................... 56
Statement of Cash Flows – Proprietary Funds................................................................... 57
Statement of Net Position – Fiduciary Funds ..................................................................... 58
Statement of Changes in Net Position – Fiduciary Funds................................................ 59
Notes to Financial Statements
Index to Notes to Financial Statements............................................................................. 61
Notes to Financial Statements ............................................................................................ 63
Part D - Required Supplementary Information ................................................................. 123
General Fund – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
– Budget and Actual (Non-GAAP Basis) ........................................................................ 125
Police Pension Fund
Schedule of Changes in Net Pension Liability, Related Ratios .................................... 127
Schedule of Employer Contributions .............................................................................. 127
Schedule of Investment Returns ...................................................................................... 128
Net Pension Liability ........................................................................................................... 128
General Employee Pension Fund
Schedule of Changes in Net Pension Liability, Related Ratios .................................... 129
Schedule of Employer Contributions .............................................................................. 129
Schedule of Investment Returns ...................................................................................... 130
Net Pension Liability ........................................................................................................... 130
Delaware Public Employee Retirement System – County and Municipal Police and
Firefighter’s Pension Plan
Schedule of the City of Dover’s Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability ... 131
Schedule of the City of Dover’s Contributions .............................................................. 131
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Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust Fund
Schedule of Changes in Net OPEB Liability, Related Ratios ........................................ 132
Schedule of City’s Contributions ..................................................................................... 132
Schedule of Investment Returns ...................................................................................... 133
Notes to Required Supplementary Information
Governmental Budgets .................................................................................................... 134
Part E - Supplementary Information ...................................................................................... 137
General Fund Combining Schedules .......................................................................... 139
Combining General Fund Balance Sheet...................................................................... 140
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of
the General Fund (Non-GAAP Basis) .............................................................................. 141
Governmental Capital Projects Fund – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balances – Budget and Actual (Non-GAAP Basis) ........................ 142
Financial Statements Special Revenue Funds ............................................................ 143
Special Revenue Funds – Combining Balance Sheet .................................................. 145
Special Revenue Funds – Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balances .............................................................................................. 146
Police Grants – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance –
Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual ........................................................................... 147
Library Grants – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance –
Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual ........................................................................... 148
Municipal Street Aid Fund – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund
Balance – Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual......................................................... 149
Housing Programs – CDBG & NSP – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balance – Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual ........................................... 150
State of Delaware Department of Transportation Grants – Schedule of Revenues,
Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance – Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual
.............................................................................................................................................. 151
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Substance Abuse Prevention Program – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balance – Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual.......................... 151
Proprietary Fund Types - Enterprise Funds................................................................... 152
Water/Wastewater Fund – Schedule of Revenues and Expenses – Budget (Non-GAAP
Basis) and Actual ............................................................................................................... 153
Water/Wastewater Improvement & Extension Fund – Schedule of Revenues and
Expenses – Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual ....................................................... 154
Electric Revenue Fund – Schedule of Revenues and Expenses – Budget (Non-GAAP
Basis) and Actual ............................................................................................................... 155
Electric Improvement & Extension Fund – Schedule of Revenues and Expenses –
Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual ........................................................................... 156
Proprietary Fund Types - Internal Service Funds ......................................................... 157
Internal Service Fund – Worker’s Compensation – Schedule of Revenues and Expenses
– Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual ........................................................................ 158
Fiduciary Fund Types - Agencies................................................................................. 159
Combining Statement of Changes in Assets and Liabilities – All Agency Funds ...... 160
STATISTICAL SECTION 161
Net Position by Component............................................................................................. 164
Changes in Net Position.................................................................................................... 165
Fund Balances of Governmental Funds ......................................................................... 167
Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds.................................................... 168
Governmental Activities Tax Revenues by Source ...................................................... 170
Assessed and Estimated Actual Value of Taxable Property ...................................... 171
Property Tax Rates – All Direct and Overlapping Governments with the Capital School
District .................................................................................................................................. 172
Principal Tax Payers ........................................................................................................... 173
Property Tax Levies and Collections ............................................................................... 174
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Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type............................................................................... 175
Ratio of Net General Obligation Bonded Debt to Assessed Value and Net Bonded
Debt Per Capita................................................................................................................. 176
Ratio of Annual Debt Service Expenditures for General Bonded Debt to Total General
Expenditures ....................................................................................................................... 177
Computation of Direct and Overlapping Debt with the Capital School District ..... 178
Computation of Legal Debt Margin ............................................................................... 179
Revenue Bond Coverage – Electric Revenue Bonds ................................................... 180
Revenue Bond Coverage – Water/Wastewater Bonds ............................................... 181
Top Ten Water/Wastewater Utility Customers ............................................................... 182
Top Ten Electric Utility Customers .................................................................................... 183
Demographic and Economic Statistics .......................................................................... 184
Major Employers – Current Year and Nine Years Ago .................................................. 185
Full-time Equivalent City Government Employees by Function – Budgeted ........... 186
Operating Indicators and Capital Assets Used in Operations .................................... 187
Summary of Insurance ...................................................................................................... 189
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INTRODUCTORY
INTRODUCTORY SECTION
SECTION
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR
EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING
MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL
LIST OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
LIST OF APPOINTED OFFICIALS
LIST OF COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS AND
BOARDS
ORGANIZATION CHART
VISION
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April 17, 2020
The Honorable Mayor,
Honorable Council President,
Members of the City Council
and Citizens of the City of Dover
Dover, Delaware 19901
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am pleased to submit the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the City of Dover for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2019. This report is published to comply with the provisions of Article IV, Section
46 of the City Charter. It is also intended to provide financial data to the tax and ratepayers, bondholders,
trustees, banks, federal and state agencies and the financial community at large.
Management assumes full responsibility for the completeness and reliability of the information
contained in this report, based upon a comprehensive framework of internal control that it has
established for this purpose. Because the cost of internal control should not exceed anticipated benefits,
the objective is to provide reasonable, rather than absolute, assurance that the financial statements are
free of any material misstatements.
The financial statements in this report have been audited by CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, an independent
firm of certified public accountants as required by Section 46 of the City Charter. CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
has provided an unmodified opinion on the City of Dover financial statements for the year ended
June 30, 2019. The report of independent public accountants is located at the front of the financial section
of this report.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) provides a narrative introduction, overview, and
analysis of the basic financial statements. The MD&A complements this letter of transmittal and should
be read in conjunction with it. Our MD&A can be found immediately following the report of our
independent auditors.
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THE REPORTING ENTITY AND ITS SERVICES
The City of Dover was incorporated in 1829 under a Charter granted by the General Assembly. Dover is
the Capital of the State of Delaware and is located in the central part of the State. It is home to the State
Governor’s office, legislative offices, and is the County seat for Kent County.
The City currently occupies a land area of 23.74 square miles and serves a population of approximately
38,422. Dover’s governing body is composed of a Mayor and nine Council Members, with one Council
Member elected by Council to serve as Council President. Two members of City Council are elected
from each of the four districts; the ninth Council member of Council and the Mayor are elected at-large.
The Council is responsible for all matters of policy and is the authority for levying taxes, securing
revenues, authorizing expenditures of City funds and incurring City debts. The City of Dover operates
under a Council – Manager form of government.
The City provides a full range of services as mandated by the Charter or adopted by the City Council.
They include police protection, street and sanitation maintenance, recreation, library, community
development, economic development, public improvements, planning and zoning, safety inspections,
electric power generation and distribution, water and wastewater services, legislative services and
general administration.
Within the City is a volunteer fire company that is autonomous. Under established criteria, the
operations of the Robbins Hose Fire Company are not a part of this report. However, the City provides
financing for dispatching, personnel costs, most of the building and equipment maintenance, supplies,
and contractual services. The City also provides funding to Robbins Hose for payments on several pieces
of firefighting apparatus. These payments are grouped under the Fire Department and are included in
the General Fund.
The Fire Chief is elected by the volunteer members of the Fire Company. The City Council traditionally
adopts the election and officially appoints the Fire Chief for a one-year term. Therefore, the position of
Fire Chief is included in the City organization chart.
The Capital School District does not meet the established criteria for inclusion in the reporting entity and,
accordingly, is excluded from this report.
The City Council shall, on or before the second Monday of June in each year, adopt a budget for the
succeeding fiscal year. This annual budget serves as the foundation for the City of Dover’s financial
planning and control. The budget is prepared by fund and department. With approval of the City
Manager and Controller/Treasurer, Department Heads may transfer resources within or between
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departments, with the exception of capital project budgets. Transfers between funds and transfers of
capital project budgets, however, need special approval from the City Council.
ECONOMIC CONDITION AND FUTURE GROWTH
Dover is the dominant center of population, employment, commerce, education and culture in Central
Delaware. Economic growth continues in all sectors, with significant construction and permit activity
occurring during the most recent year. Population and employment growth remains steady, typically
running ahead of the County growth rates.
Growth in the health care and commercial/retail sectors is especially strong, with significant new projects
occurring throughout the City. Revitalization of the historic Downtown commercial core continues,
along with increasingly successful efforts to revitalize older nearby residential neighborhoods.
Total value of commercial construction in FY 19 was approximately $28.0 million, down significantly
from the prior year, reflecting a large number of projects still under construction and fewer very large
project proposals. Almost 2,000 building permits of all types were issued along with 3,900 business and
related licenses and almost 4,200 rental licenses. Year to year comparisons are not necessarily indicative
of the health of Dover’s economy, due to the timing of activity and the variability of general economic
factors.
Growth and development trends during fiscal year 2019 are discussed below.
Population Growth
The last decennial census was conducted in 2010 and set Dover’s population at 36,047. The Delaware
Population Consortium estimates that Dover’s July 1, 2019 population is 38,058, or a 5.6% increase since
the 2010 count. Dover’s population is projected to reach 38,304 by 2020 and grow to 41,769 by 2035, with
a sustained growth rate of about 3% during each of the next five-year periods. Statistically, Dover’s
population is younger than that of the County or the State, with a slightly lower proportion of the
population of senior citizens as well. Working-aged adults (23-64) are projected to remain fairly stable
as a percentage of the City’s population, making up slightly less than half of the City’s population
through 2030.
Residential Development
Dover’s residential market is slowly emerging from the prior recession 12 years ago, but older
developments are seeing increased build-out, and the market for apartment units has been strong.
Significant activity has occurred in the Village of Cannon Mills, Clearview Meadow TND, Village of
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Westover PND, the Arbors, Blue Hen Apartments, and Leander Lakes; many of which are nearing final
completion. These projects, and general residential construction, are expected to have a positive impact
on Dover’s rate of population growth.
Downtown Dover Redevelopment
Revitalization of the historic Downtown core is continuing in both commercial and residential sectors.
Building plans are moving forward for a two-building office and retail center on Loockerman Street,
along with potential new businesses locating in existing spaces. Through the efforts of National Council
on Agricultural Life and Labor (NCALL) Research and others, a number of deteriorated and blighted
residential properties have been demolished, and are being replaced by new owner-occupied dwellings,
transforming entire block-fronts adjacent to the commercial core. During 2019, nineteen residential units
and three commercial units qualified for Downtown Dover Development incentives. Over $18,600 in
City Downtown Development District incentives were awarded in 2019.
Retail/Commercial Development
This sector is showing significant growth with new and expanded locations along the major highway
corridors and throughout the City. Construction of Capital Station (replacing a long vacant industrial
building on US13) continues to add tenants, including Aldi, Starbucks, Supercuts, Red Robin and Village
Optical, with others underway. Lidl is building a new grocery facility nearby. Century Engineering and
Chesapeake Utilities completed new headquarters buildings along the Bay Road Corridor, with plans
for a new facility for the Solid Waste Authority, an office for Delaware State Police, and other commercial
renovations in progress in that portion of the City. Plans are also underway for a number of new
restaurants and other businesses along US 13, and along the Route 8 corridor. Other projects included
new and proposed office buildings on W. North Street, remodeling of the WAWAs on N. DuPont
Highway and Route 8, remodeling/renovations at Victoria’s Secret in the Mall and Wendy’s on US 13,
construction of new offices for Advantech in the Garrison Oak Business and Technology Center,
renovations at Fordham Brewery, planning for the renovations of the former Acme to house Hobby
Lobby, and many others.
Health Care, Institutional and Other Sectors Development
Dover’s economy is well balanced across a range of sectors including health care, government and
military, education and industrial categories. Health care, especially in 2019, saw significant projects
underway or completed, including medical offices at Eden Hill and the Post-Acute Medical
Rehabilitation Hospital on McKee Road. In education, Delaware State University approached
completion of their 620 bed dormitory complex, replacing outdated existing facilities, while Wesley
College renovated a central dining lounge. NCALL is building a new office building on W. Division
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Street. On the government side, three projects were in preliminary development: a new office building
for the State Police; planning for a future Family Court facility, and site selection for relocation and
eventual construction of a new U.S. Post Office for Dover.
Infrastructure
During the period of July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019, the City has undertaken several large water and sewer
projects to upgrade pump stations, as well as distribution and transmission mains. These projects
improved water quality, increased system efficiency and reduced the inflow/infiltration in our sewer
system. The City continues work on upgrading our Water Treatment Plant to increase production and
efficiency. The City has also repaved several streets and upgraded the associated sidewalks during this
period.
Summary
Fiscal Year 2019 saw a continuation of strong growth in the state capital. Dover remains the geographic
and economic center of the County, and is well posed for future growth, development and reinvestment.
LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING AND MAJOR INITIATIVES
The City Council continues its focus on replacing or upgrading aging infrastructure in order to improve
the quality and reliability of our utility systems. In FY19, the City recorded $1.8 million in street
improvements which included the acceptance of the Energy Lane & Stover Blvd Street Infrastructure
dedication, and there were improvements made to New Street, Hope Street, Mockingbird Avenue and
numerous other street projects within the City. Purchases of vehicles and other related equipment
totaled $1.5 million.
The water and wastewater fund had capital improvements totaling $1.1 million completed. These
improvements included the Inflow and Infiltration projects at College Road, Fox Hall, Wesley College
and Rodney Village areas. There were significant improvements made to the Dover Downs Pump
Station and numerous water-related projects to include the North State Street Water Main Replacement
and Wellhead Redevelopment at Well#3.
The electric utility completed capital improvements of $1.4 million in fiscal year 2019. Many projects
were completed by our Transmission and Distribution crews to include Advantech Garrison Oak,
Leander Lakes Phase 2, MRMS Wellness Plaza, Arbor Senior Condominiums and several others. There
were switchgear replacements, distribution upgrades and lighting projects and a solar meter installation
project at the Dover Air Force Base.
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The City maintains a five-year Capital Investment Plan which serves as its planning and budgeting tool
to program upgrades and replacements to its equipment, facilities, and infrastructure. As part of this
process, operating expenses are identified, and funding sources are determined. Managers are required
to rank capital expenditures by criticality based on the impacts on customer services and revenue losses.
The fiscal year 2019/2020 Capital Investment Plan includes $2.3 million for vehicles and equipment and
$13.3 million of infrastructure and utility improvement projects. The Capital Investment Plan is
presented to City Council each year during the budget workshops, and the final plan is approved by City
Council along with the annual budget.
In fiscal year 2020, the General Fund capital improvements budget includes $3.3 million. The City Hall
is expected to have improvements to the exterior of the building of approximately $0.8 million. The
Parks and Recreation department has earmarked funding of $0.5 million for park improvements at
numerous locations throughout the City and some related to the FY18 Master Plans that were completed.
The Police department has budgeted for numerous building improvements/upgrades totaling
$0.4 million. The Public Works department has an approved capital project budget of $0.2 million for
Stormwater related projects and $0.9 million for Street and Alley projects.
The Water and Wastewater Fund budgets include capital improvements of approximately $3.5 million.
Approximately $0.8 million is earmarked this year as the City is continuing the inflow/infiltration
improvement program for our sewer system. The Water Treatment Plan Improvements will continue
totaling approximately $0.5 million and number of other Water Quality Improvement projects are
identified as well.
The Electric Fund is projecting $6.4 million in capital improvements for FY20. The budget includes
numerous upgrades in various developments within the City encompassing $2.2 million in project
improvements. The overhaul of the HVAC system at Reed Street/Weyandt Hall which was in the FY19
budget but didn’t get completed is budgeted at $1.2 million. The new development budget totals
$0.9 million. The City is still heavily involved in the Citywide enterprise resource planning (ERP)
implementation project with a budget for FY20 of $0.5 million. $2.3 million is budgeted for the Roadway
light LED conversion project allowing the City to move forward with the upgrade from the non-LED
street light to LED lighting changeover with the completion of the inventory survey of existing lights.
FINANCIAL POLICIES AND FINANCIAL PLANNING
Unassigned fund balances in the General Fund of 16.3% exceeded the policy guidelines of a minimum of
8% and maximum of 12% of current year operating revenues as approved by City Council in the City of
Dover financial policies. This overage was attributed to lower than budgeted expenditures along all
functions of the government due to attrition and vacancies, and as a result, the fiscal year 2021 budget
will be adjusted to address the overage.
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The water and wastewater utility guidelines are to maintain a minimum budget balance of at least 8%
and no greater than 17% (two months) of the current year operating revenues. The water and wastewater
utility ended the year with a combined budget balance of 13.7%. The current budget balances as of June
30, 2019 for the utilities are water at 27.0% of the actual water revenues and wastewater at 3.8% of the
actual wastewater revenues. The Wastewater budget balance deficiency will be addressed in the fiscal
year 2021 budget.
The electric utility is to maintain a minimum budget balance of at least 12% (45 days) of the current year
operating revenues less the Distribution of Earnings – PCA Credit. If the balances fall below the
established percentages, the City Manager is required to submit budgets to bring the balances up to
minimum within three years. The electric utility ended the year with a budget balance greater than the
12% at 22.1%. This was attributed to lower than projected power supply and generation cost and higher
than anticipated direct base sales. The fiscal year 2021 budget will include a distribution of prior year
earnings to the electric customers in the form of a negative power cost adjustment.
The City policies also require non-recurring revenues to be set aside for capital improvements as
designated by City Council (reserve accounts) and a $700,000 contingency reserve in the General Fund,
$250,000 each for the Water/Wastewater Fund contingency reserves and $750,000 contingency in the
Electric Revenue Fund to address unforeseeable natural disasters and insurance losses. All major funds
meet the contingency reserve requirements.
The water and wastewater utilities impose impact fees, which are reserved by ordinance, on new
developments or facilities to assist with financing future expansion projects. The electric utility maintains
depreciation and future capacity reserves to assist with asset replacements and system expansions.
Financial policies require the electric utility to maintain a minimum of $10.0 million in each of these
reserves, with replenishment over seven years when used to finance projects.
The City’s financial policies also include an Electric Rate Stabilization Reserve account. The purpose of
this reserve is to level off the fluctuations in the wholesale power supply market and in turn provide
stable rates to the City’s customers. The reserve balance shall be maintained at a minimum of 10% not
to exceed 20% of the purchase power cost in any given year. If the reserve balance exceeds the 20%
maximum, a credit will be applied to the power cost adjustment.
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AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) awarded a
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Dover, Delaware for its
comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. This was the
thirty-fourth (34) consecutive year that the City of Dover has achieved this prestigious award. In order
to be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, a government unit must publish an easily readable and
efficiently organized comprehensive annual financial report. The report must satisfy both generally
accepted accounting principles and applicable legal requirements.
A Certificate of Achievement is valid for a period of one year only. We believe that our current
comprehensive annual financial report continues to meet the Certificate of Achievement Program's
requirements, and we are submitting it to the GFOA to determine its eligibility for another certificate.
The Finance Department extends our thanks to you for your continued interest and support in planning
and conducting the financial operations of the City in a responsible and progressive manner. I also
express my appreciation for the many City employees for their assistance and cooperation during the
year in preparation of this report. My appreciation is extended to Mr. David S. Hugg III, City Planner
for his assistance with the preparation of the local economy section, Mrs. Tracey Lisiecki for her
continued years of knowledge and support this year being a bit more challenging with the
implementation of a new software and the departmental vacancies. I am also extending a sincere thank
you to Mr. Louis Vitola in providing his assistance when the Finance team needed it most, his willingness
to work in a temporary capacity providing the additional support in compiling data for the year end
close and assisting with the annual report preparation is truly appreciated. The employees of the Finance
Department should be commended for their true pride and dedication as they continue to make this
report and each year a success.
Controller/Treasurer
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Govemment Finance Officers Association
Certificate of
Achieve1nent
for Excellence
in Financial
Reporting
Presented to
City of Dover
Delaware
For its Comprehensive Annual
Financial Report
for the Fiscal Year Ended
June 30, 2018
Executive Directo r/CEO
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MAYOR
MAYOR AND
A MEMBERS
MEMBERS OF
OF COUNCIL
COU
Tanner Wm. Polce, William F. Hare, Scott W. Cole, David L. Anderson,
1st District 2nd District 3rd District 4th District
Matthew J. Lindell, Ralph L. Taylor, Jr., Fred A. Neil, Roy Sudler, Jr.,
1st District 2nd District 3rd District 4th District
Timothy A. Slavin, Robin R.
At-Large Christiansen, Mayor
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ELECTED
ELECTED OFFICIALS
OFFICIALS
Length of Term
Service Expires
Mayor
Robin R. Christiansen 5 Years May 2023
City Council
At-Large
Timothy A. Slavin 6 Years May 2021
First District
Matthew J. Lindell 2 Years May 2023
Tanner Wm. Polce 2 Years May 2021
Second District
* William F. Hare 8 Years May 2021
Ralph L. Taylor, Jr. 1 Month May 2023
Third District
Scott W. Cole 4 Years May 2023
Fred A. Neil 4 Years May 2021
Fourth District
David L. Anderson 8 Years May 2021
Roy Sudler, Jr. 4 Years May 2023
* Council President
Note: length of service does not reflect previous, non-consecutive service, or interim appointment prior
to permanent appointment
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APPOINTED
APPOINTED OFFICIALS
OFFICIALS
Length
Length of of Time
Time in with the
Position City
City Clerk/Assistant Treasurer – Traci A. McDowell 13 Years 31 Years
City Manager/Civil Defense Director – Donna S. Mitchell 1 Year 18 Years
City Solicitor – Nicholas H. Rodriquez 51 Years 51 Years
Deputy City Solicitor – William W. Pepper, Sr. 29 Years 29 Years
Council President – William F. Hare 1 Month 8 Years
City Assessor – Cheryl A. Bundek 10 Years 27 Years
City Building Inspector – David S. Hugg III 1 Year 1 Year
City Planner – David S. Hugg III 1 Year 1 Year
Controller/Treasurer – Lori Peddicord 1 Year 4 Years
Fire Chief – Ronald W. Rhodes, Sr. 6 Months -
Fire Marshal – Jason A. Osika 3 Years 17 Years
Acting Police Chief – Major Tim Stump 1 month 29 Years
Note: length of service does not reflect previous, non-consecutive service, or interim
appointment prior to permanent appointment
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LIST
LIST OF
OF COMMITTEES,
COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS,
COMMISSIONS, AND
AND BOARDS
BOARDS
Awards Committee Construction and Property Maintenance Code
Peggy Angel Board of Appeals
Ronald R. Gough Councilman David L. Anderson, Chair
Georgia Van Sant Councilman Fred A. Neil
Charles Martin
Bicycle and Pedestrian Subcommittee Vacancy
Gerry Pennington, Chair Vacancy
Chris Asay, Vice Chair
Jayce Lesniewski Dover Fourth of July Celebration Committee
Dave Moses Mayor Robin R. Christiansen, Chair
Fran Riddle Greg Patterson, President/Vice Chair
Andy Seigel Andrea Maucher, Vice-President
Vacancy Jeffrey C. Dill, Treasurer/Secretary
Susan Betts
Board of Adjustment Carolyn D. Courtney
K.C. Sheth, Chair Gail Nemcic
Arthur G. Ericson, Vice Chair Vacancy
William A. Hufnal Sarah Zimmerman
James N. Keller
Richard D. Senato Dover Housing Authority
Mark Harmon
Board of Assessment Appeals Enrico LePore
William Garfinkel, Undesignated, Chair Robert F. Merritt
Thomas Burns, Real Estate Brokerage of Sales Audrey Daniels
James Galvin, Undesignated Phillip McGinnis
John Kelly, Accounting Sandra Taylor
Todd Stonesifer, Real Estate Brokerage of Sales Rufus Mincey, Interim Executive
Vacancy, Property Appraisal/Assessments Director/Secretary
Compensation Commission Dover Public Library Advisory Commission
Controller/Treasurer, Lori Peddicord Councilman Scott W. Cole
Human Resources Director, Kimberly Hawkins Zachery C. Carter
Vacancy Gertrude Jackson
Vacancy Beth Petit De Mange
Vacancy Jill B. Street
Vacancy Robert S. Wetherall
Vacancy
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LIST
LIST OF
OF COMMITTEES,
COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS,
COMMISSIONS, AND
AND BOARDS
BOARDS (CONT’D)
(CONT'D)
Dover/Kent County MPO Council General Employee Pension Plan Board of
Mayor Robin R. Christiansen Trustees
Councilman David L. Anderson
Downtown Dover Partnership Board of Directors Councilman Ralph L. Taylor, Jr.
City Manager, Donna S. Mitchell City Manager, Donna S. Mitchell
City Planner, David S. Hugg III Controller/Treasurer, Lori Peddicord
Mayor Robin R. Christiansen Robert Gedney
Councilman Fred A. Neil Samuel C. "Carter" Knotts
Councilman Tanner Wm. Polce Vacancy
Economic Development Committee Greater Dover Arts Council
Mayor Robin R. Christiansen, Chair Chevis Anderson, Chair
Councilman Matthew J. Lindell Sydney Arntz
Councilman Scott W. Cole N. Taylor Collins
Kim I. Adams Caroline Greene
Clayton E. Hammond II Charles Guerin
City Manager, Donna S. Mitchell Paul Janiga
City Planner, David S. Hugg III Tracey Miller
Diane Laird Cheryl Scheir
Cynthia Witt
Election Board Sarah Zimmerman
At Large: Juanita F. Walker
First District: Anita L. McDowell Boyer Historic District Commission
Second District: Cherritta L. Matthews Joseph McDaniel (Chair) Business Rep./Resident
Third District: James W. Brockton Ann Baker Horsey, (Vice-Chair)
Fourth District: M. Milford Caldwell Professional/Resident
Traci A. McDowell, City Clerk (Liaison Member) Eric S. Czerwinski, Professional
Mary Terry Mason, Resident
Ethics Commission Jonathan N.H. Street, Professional
Thomas C. Jackson, Chair
Robin F. Case Human Relations Commission
Gary Coy At-Large: Sara Herbert
Lisa M. Enright First District: Paul Fleming
Vacancy First District: Gerald Rocha, Sr.
Second District: Vacancy
Second District: Vacancy
Third District: Alan Gaddis, Chair
Third District: Wanda Mullen
Fourth District: Rita Mishoe Paige
Fourth District: Vacancy
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LIST
LIST OF
OF COMMITTEES,
COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS,
COMMISSIONS, AND
AND BOARDS
BOARDS (CONT’D
(CONT'D
Kent County Tourism Board of Directors Police Pension Plan - Retirement Committee
Councilman Fred A. Neil Councilman David L. Anderson
Councilman Ralph L. Taylor, Jr.
Kent Economic Partnership Board of Directors City Manager, Donna S. Mitchell
Councilman David L. Anderson Major Timothy Stump
(Ret. Lt.) Timothy Mullaney, Sr., Chair
Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee (Ret. Captain) Larry Gray
Councilman Matthew J. Lindell, Chair (Ret. Sgt.) Steve Rogers
Jonathan D. Contant
Daniel T. Shevock Public Advisory Committee of the Dover/Kent
County MPO
Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB) Board Dr. Carlton L. Cannon, Jr.
Councilman David L. Anderson Jonathan Contant
Councilman Ralph L.Taylor, Jr. Karen McGloughlin
City Manager, Donna S. Mitchell Albert W. Holmes, Jr. (At-Large Alternate)
Controller/Treasurer, Lori Peddicord
Human Resources Director, Kimberly Hawkins Safety Advisory and Transportation Committee
Councilman Ralph L. Taylor, Jr., Chair
Parks, Recreation and Community Enhancement William T. Garfinkel
Councilman David L. Anderson, Chair Dana Shelton
M. Milford Caldwell, Jr.
Thomas J. Dix Silver Lake Commission
Tricia K. Arndt, Chair
Planning Commission Vacancy
At-Large: Dr. Bobby Jones Zachery C. Carter
First District: Kathleen Welsh, Vice Chair Vacancy
First District: Deborah L. Edwards Lyle Allen Jones
Second District: Thomas Holt Marie E. Kozel
Second District: Andrea Maucher Michael W. Lewis
Third District: Nicholas A. Adams
Third District: Frederick Tolbert, Chair St. Jones Greenway Commission
Fourth District: John H. Baldwin, Sr. Vacancy
Fourth District: Kenneth Roach Michael P. Mercer
City Parks and Recreation Director, Kirby Hudson
Utility Committee
Councilman Scott W. Cole, Chair
Kathleen Doyle
Margaret A. Haass
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FYl 9 ORGANIZATION CHART
Citizens
of Dover
City Co«ncil Mayor
City Solicitor Police
City Manager City Clerk Finance Fire Tax Assessor Planning & Community
Enhancement Services
Assistant C entral Human Public Works Code Enforcement
City Manager Services Resources
Community
Customer Procurement Development
Services & Inventory Engineering &
Engineering
System Ops
Inspections &
Facilities Permitting
Operations
Technology Management Transmission
Life Safety
Public Fleet
Maintenance Grounds Water
Management Planning
Sanitation
Parks &
Recreation Wastewater
Streets Management
Water Treatment
Plant
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VISION
VISIO
The City of Dover is a place where people want to live!
Through the team effort of its elected officials, employees,
h
and citizens, Dover is a clean and safe community, with a
future of balanced growth and opportunity where all
.h quality of life, and
citizens are heard, enjoy a high
diversity is valued.
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FINANCIAL SECTION
J:I SECTION
THIS SECTION INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
PART A – REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
PART B – MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
PART C – BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Government-wide Financial Statements
Fund Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
PART D – REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
PART E – SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Combined Fund Statements
Budgetary Schedules
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PART A
PART A
REPORT
REPORT OF
OF INDEPENDENT
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANTS
ACCOUNTANTS
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Cliftonl arsonAllen LLP
CLAconnect.com
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
The Honorable Mayor and Members of the
City Council of Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, the business-
type activities, each major fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City of Dover,
Delaware (the City), as of and for the year ended June 30, 2019, and the related notes to the financial
statements, which collectively comprise the City’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.
Auditors’ 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 auditors’ 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 City’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 City’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.
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Opinions
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the
respective financial position of the governmental activities, the business-type activities, each major
fund, and the aggregate remaining fund information of the City as of June 30, 2019, and the respective
changes in financial position and, where applicable, cash flows thereof for the year then ended in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Emphasis of Matter
Change in Accounting Principle
During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019, the City adopted GASB Statement No. 83, Certain Asset
Retirement Obligations. As a result of the implementation of this standard, the City reported a
restatement for the change in accounting principle as disclosed in Note 18. Our auditors’ opinion was
not modified with respect to the restatement.
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the
management’s discussion and analysis, the General fund-schedule of revenues, expenditures, and
changes in fund balance-budget and actual; the schedules of changes in net pension liability, related
ratios for the police pension plan and the general employee pension plan; the schedule of employer
contributions for the police pension plan and the general employee pension plan, the schedule of the
City of Dover’s proportionate share of the net pension liability for the county and municipal police and
firefighters pension plan; the schedule of the City of Dover’s contributions for the county and municipal
police and firefighters pension plan; and the schedule of changes in net OPEB liability, related ratios for
the OPEB plan and schedule of City Contributions for the other post-employment plan 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 City’s basic financial statements. The introductory section, combining and
individual fund schedules, budgetary comparison schedules and statistical section are presented for
purposes of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements.
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The Honorable Mayor and Members of the
City Council of Dover, Delaware
The combining and individual fund schedules and budgetary comparison 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 schedules and
budgetary comparison schedules is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic
financial statements as a whole.
The introductory and statistical sections have not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in
the audit of the basic financial statements, and accordingly, we do not express an opinion or provide
any assurance on them.
Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated
April 17, 2020, on our consideration of the City'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 solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control
over financial reporting and compliance and the result of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on
the effectiveness of 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 City’s
internal control over financial reporting and compliance.
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CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
April 17, 2020
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PART BB
MANAGEMENT’S
MANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION
DISCUSSION AND
AND
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
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The City of Dover
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
The following is a discussion and analysis of the City of Dover’s (the City’s) financial activities
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. Readers are encouraged to consider the information
presented here in conjunction with additional information provided in our letter of transmittal,
which can be found on pages 3-10 of this report, and the City’s financial statements which follow
this section.
Financial Highlights
The City’s assets and deferred outflows of resources exceeded its liabilities and deferred inflows
of resources by $207.0 million (net position). Included in this amount is a negative $11.5 million
balance in “unrestricted net position”. The total Net Position represents the funds available to
meet the City’s ongoing obligations to citizens and creditors. The general government reported
an unrestricted deficit of $29.3 million and the business-type activities, Water/Wastewater and
Electric funds, reported a positive $17.8 million unrestricted net position. The difference between
the unrestricted amounts and the total net position is $218.5 million, of which $54.7 million is
restricted primarily for debt and capital construction purposes, and $163.8 million is net
investment in capital assets. Total Assets increased for both the governmental and business-type
activities in the amounts of $1.0 million and $12.5 million respectively. Deferred Outflows for the
governmental activities increased $1.8 million and for the business-type activities it increased $0.2
million. Deferred Inflows increased for both the governmental and Business-type activities by
$0.9 million and $0.1 million respectively. Liabilities for the governmental activities decreased by
$6.0 million and increased by 12.2 million for the business-type activities.
• For governmental activities, the City reported: an increase of $1.1 million invested in
capital assets, a decrease in restricted net assets of $0.7 million, and an increase of $7.5
million in unrestricted net position. As a result of its operations, the City recognized a
positive change in net position of governmental activities of $7.9 million. The current
year’s change in net position is $1.1 million higher than the previous years’ change in net
position and is primarily due to decreases in expenses across most functions of
government totaling $1.7 million with an offsetting $0.5 million decrease in revenues
from the prior year.
• For business-type activities the City reported: a decrease of $2.4 million invested in
capital assets, an increase in restricted net position of $7.7 million and a decrease of
$4.9 million in unrestricted net position. As a result of its operations, the City recognized
a positive change in net position of business-type activities of $11.6 million; however,
combined with the prior year Asset Retirement Obligation adjustment related to GASB 83
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of negative $11.2 million, the overall change in net position was a positive $0.4 million.
The current years’ change in net position is $6.3 million higher than the previous years’
change in net position and is primarily due to a $2.4 million increase in Water/Wastewater
charges for services and $4.1 million in electric fund expense reductions, driven primarily
by reductions of $1.9 million in energy costs and $1.9 million in net capacity costs.
Overview of the Financial Statements
This discussion and analysis section is intended to serve as an introduction to the City’s
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR). The CAFR consists primarily of three required
components: 1) management’s discussion and analysis (this section), 2) the basic financial
statements; and 3) required supplementary information. The CAFR also includes optional
supplementary information that provides summary and detail level information, and a
statistical section.
The basic financial statements are presented in two categories that present different views
of the City’s financial condition:
• The two government-wide financial statements (pages 49-50) provide both long-term
and short-term information about the City’s overall financial position and operations.
• The remaining (pages 5 1 - 5 9 ) fund financial statements focus on specific activities of
City government, reporting the City’s operations in more detail than the government-
wide statements. The City financial statements can be divided into three categories:
governmental funds, proprietary funds, and fiduciary funds.
- The governmental fund statements (pages 51-54) tell how general government
services, like community services, planning, public safety, and public works, were
financed in the short term as well as what remains for future spending.
- Proprietary fund statements (pages 55-57) offer short and long-term financial
information about the activities the government operates like businesses, which for
the City of Dover are the Electric and Water/Wastewater Funds.
- The Fiduciary fund statements (pages 58-59) provide information about the financial
relationships in which the City acts solely as a trustee or agent for the benefit of
others, to whom the resources belong. The City is the trustee, or fiduciary, for
its Employee and Police Pension plans and Other Post-Employment Benefits plan
and acts in an agency capacity for the Dover Downtown Partnership and Fourth of
July Celebration Committee, none of which are considered to be component units of
the City. All of the City’s Fiduciary activities are reported in separate Statements of
Fiduciary Net Position and Changes in Fiduciary Net Position. We exclude these
activities from the City’s other financial statements because the City may not use
these assets to finance its operations. The City is responsible for insuring that the
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assets reported in these funds are used for their intended purposes.
The financial statements also include notes (pages 63-121) that explain some of the information
in the financial statements and provide more detailed data. The statements are followed by a
section of required supplementary information (pages 123-136) that further explains and
supports the information in the financial statements. Other supplementary information includes
details on non-major funds and other information that can be found on pages 137 through 160.
The following page summarizes the major features of the City’s financial statements, including
the portion of the City government they cover and the types of information they contain. The
remainder of this overview section of management’s discussion and analysis explains the
structure and content of each of the statements:
Major Features of City’s Government-wide and Fund Financial Statements
Government-wide
Statements Governmental Funds Proprietary Funds Fiduciary Funds
Scope Entire City The activities of the Activities the City Instances in which
government City that are not operates similar to the City is the
(except fiduciary proprietary or private businesses, trustee or agent for
funds) fiduciary, such as such as electric, water someone else’s
public safety and and wastewater resources
public works funds
Required financial • Statement of • Balance sheet • Statement of net • Statement of
statements net position • Statement of position fiduciary net
• Statement of revenues, • Statement of position
activities expenditures, and revenues, • Statement of
changes in fund expenses and changes in
balances changes in net fiduciary net
position position
• Statement of cash
flows
Accounting basis Accrual accounting Modified accrual Accrual accounting Accrual accounting
and measurement and economic accounting and and economic and economic
focus resources focus current financial resources focus resources focus
resources focus
Continued
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Continued
Government-wide
Statements Governmental Funds Proprietary Funds Fiduciary Funds
Type of All assets deferred Generally, assets and All assets deferred All assets and
asset/deferred outflows of deferred outflows of outflows of resources, liabilities, both
outflows of resources, resources expected to liabilities, and short-term and
resources/liability/ liabilities, and be used up and deferred inflows of long-term
deferred inflows of deferred inflows of liabilities and deferred resources both
resources resources both inflows of resources financial and capital,
information financial and that come due or and short-term and
capital, and short- available during the long-term
term and long- year or soon
term thereafter, no capital
assets, or long-term
liabilities included
Type of All revenues and Revenues for which All revenues and All revenues and
inflow/outflow expenses during cash is received expenses during the expenses during the
information the year, regardless during or soon after year, regardless of year, regardless of
of when cash is the end of the year; when cash is received when cash is
received or paid expenditures when or paid received or paid
goods or services have
been received and
payment is due
during the year or
soon thereafter
Government-wide Statements
The government-wide statements report information about the City as a whole using accounting
methods similar to those used by private-sector companies. The statement of net position
includes all of the City of Dover’s assets, liabilities, and deferred inflows and outflows of
resources with the difference reported as net position. Net position is one way to measure the
City’s financial health or position. Over time, increases or decreases in the City’s net position is
an indicator of whether its financial health is improving or deteriorating, respectively. To assess
the overall health of the City, one needs to consider additional non-financial factors such as
changes in the City’s property tax base and the condition of the City’s physical assets and
infrastructure. The government-wide financial statements of the City are divided into two
categories:
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• Governmental activities—Most of the City’s basic services are included here, such as general
government, public safety, planning and code enforcement, public works, library and
recreation, community and economic development, central services and financial
administration. Property taxes, business licenses, permits, sanitation fees, fines, utility
transfers and state and federal grants finance most of these activities.
• Business-type activities—The City charges fees to customers to help it cover the costs of certain
services it provides. The City’s electric, water, and wastewater services are included here.
Fund Financial Statements
The fund financial statements provide more detailed information about the City’s most
significant funds—not the City as a whole. Funds are accounting devices that the City uses
to keep track of specific sources of funding and spending for particular purposes. Some funds
are required by State law and by covenants. The City Council may also establish other funds to
control and manage spending for other purposes.
The City has three kinds of funds:
• Governmental Funds - Most of the City’s basic services are included in governmental
funds, which focus on (1) how cash and other financial assets that can readily be converted
to cash flow in and out, and (2) the balances left at year end that are available for
spending. Consequently, the governmental funds statements provide a detailed short-
term view that helps one determine whether there are more or fewer financial resources that
can be spent in the near future to finance the City’s programs. Because this information does
not encompass the additional long-term focus of the government-wide statements, we
provide additional information on a separate schedule, which explains the relationship (or
differences) between them.
- Governmental Fund Balance classifications are reported to the extent to which they are
constrained as promulgated by Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement
No. 54.
- The City’s General Fund is the only governmental fund considered to be a major fund under
the requirements of Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 34.
• Proprietary Funds – Services, for which the City charges customers a fee, are generally
reported in proprietary funds. Proprietary funds, like the government-wide statements,
provide both long- and short-term financial information.
- The City’s enterprise funds (one type of proprietary fund) are the same as its business-
type activities, but provide more detail and additional information, such as cash flows.
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- The City’s two enterprise funds are both considered major funds under the requirements of
GASB Statement No. 34.
• Fiduciary Funds – The City is responsible for certain assets which, because of a trust
arrangement, can be used only for the trust beneficiaries. The City is responsible for
ensuring that the assets reported in these funds are used for their intended purposes. All
the City’s fiduciary activities are reported separately in a statement of fiduciary net position
and a statement of changes in fiduciary net position. We exclude these activities from the
City’s government-wide financial statements because the City cannot use these assets to
finance its operations.
Financial Analysis of the City as a Whole
The City produces government-wide financial statements using the full accrual basis of
accounting and economic resource management focus. As year-to-year financial information is
accumulated on a consistent basis, changes in net assets may be observed and used to discuss the
changing financial position of the City as a whole.
The Net Position of the City of Dover as of June 30, 2018 and 2019 are presented below
(in millions of dollars):
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Assets
Non-Capital Assets $ 17.8 $ 17.9 $ 99.9 $ 114.0 $ 117.7 $ 131.9
Capital Assets 59.1 60.0 139.5 137.9 198.6 197.9
Total Assets 76.9 77.9 239.4 251.9 316.3 329.8
Deferred Outflow of Resources 3.1 4.9 0.8 1.0 3.9 5.9
Liabilities
Current Liabilities 7.5 4.5 11.4 12.6 18.9 17.1
Non-Current Liabilities 45.0 42.0 44.5 55.5 89.5 97.5
Total Liabilities 52.5 46.5 55.9 68.1 108.4 114.6
Deferred Inflow of Resources 10.1 11.0 3.0 3.1 13.1 14.1
Net Position
Net investment in Capital
Assets 53.2 54.3 111.9 109.5 165.1 163.8
Restricted 1.0 0.3 46.7 54.4 47.7 54.7
Unrestricted (36.8) (29.3) 22.7 17.8 (14.1) (11.5)
Total Net Position $ 17.4 $ 25.3 $ 181.3 $ 181.7 $ 198.7 $ 207.0
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The Changes in Net Position for the City of Dover as of June 30, 2018 and 2019 are
presented below (in millions of dollars):
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Revenues:
Program Revenues
Charges for Services $ 12.2 $ 10.7 $ - $ - $ 12.2 $ 10.7
Water/Wastewater Charges for Services - - 16.3 16.0 16.3 16.0
Electric Charges for Services - - 83.9 83.7 83.9 83.7
Operating Grants and Contributions 2.2 2.4 - - 2.2 2.4
Capital Grants and Contributions 0.3 0.4 - - 0.3 0.4
General Revenues
Property Taxes 13.1 13.5 - - 13.1 13.5
Transfer Taxes 2.0 1.6 - - 2.0 1.6
Earnings on Investments-Other 0.1 0.8 0.2 3.8 0.3 4.6
Total Revenues 29.9 29.4 100.4 103.5 130.3 132.9
Expenses
General Government 4.6 4.4 - - 4.6 4.4
Public Safety 17.5 17.6 - - 17.5 17.6
Public Works 8.4 6.9 - - 8.4 6.9
Library and Recreation 3.1 3.2 - - 3.1 3.2
Community and Economic Development 0.5 0.5 - - 0.5 0.5
Central Services 1.6 1.4 - - 1.6 1.4
Financial Administration 3.4 3.3 - - 3.4 3.3
Interest Charges 0.1 0.2 - - 0.1 0.2
Plus (less) Indirect Expense Allocation (5.2) (5.2) 5.2 5.2 - -
Water/Wastewater - - 10.0 10.9 10.0 10.9
Electric - - 69.0 65.0 69.0 65.0
Total Expenses 34.0 32.3 84.2 81.1 118.2 113.4
Change in Net Position before Transfers (4.1) (2.9) 16.2 22.4 12.1 19.5
Transfers 10.9 10.8 (10.9) (10.8) - -
Change in Net Position 6.8 7.9 5.3 11.6 12.1 19.5
Net Position, beginning of year 10.6 17.4 176.0 181.3 186.6 198.7
Prior Period Adjustment - ARO - - - (11.2) - (11.2)
Net Position, Beginning of Year restated 10.6 17.4 176.0 170.1 186.6 187.5
Net Position, End of Year $ 17.4 $ 25.3 $ 181.3 $ 181.7 $ 198.7 $ 207.0
Governmental Activities
The preceding table shows changes in net position for the year ended June 30, 2019 compared to
the year ended June 30, 2018. Governmental net position increased by $7.9 million; this is an
increase of $1.1 million from the prior years’ positive change in net position of $6.8 million.
Total revenues of $29.4 million were less than the prior year by $0.5 million. The decrease in
revenues is primarily due to decreases in: license and permit revenue, transfer tax receipts and
miscellaneous service revenue, which fell short of FY’18 revenues by $1.8 million. The decreases
were partially offset by increases in property tax receipts and grant revenue totaling $0.7 million.
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Minor increases and decreases in other revenue categories were offsetting.
Total expenses of $32.3 million reflects a decrease from the prior year of $1.7 million across all
but two functions of government – Public Safety and Library and Recreation – each of which
exceeded FY’18 spending by about $0.1 million. Public Works drove the spending decrease with
a reduction of $1.5 million attributable to a decrease in street and sanitation expenses, reduced
net pension liability among public works functions and lower depreciation expense recorded.
The chart that follows allocates revenues to program costs as applicable. It shows that some City
functions are in part self-supporting either through customer charges or inter-fund receipts
through the utilities (presented in millions of dollars):
Expenses, Program Revenue & Interfund Receipts - Governmental Activities
$20
$18 $17.6
$16
$14
$12
Millions
$10
$8
$6.9
$6 $5.5
$4.4
$4.1
$4 $3.2 $3.3
$2.5 $2.4
$2 $1.4
$1.1 $1.1 $0.9
$0.7 $0.2 $0.5
$0
General Public Safety Public Works Library & Community & Central Services Financial
Government Recreation Economic Administration
Development
Interfund Receipts Revenues • Expenses
The following chart shows the sources of funding for program costs for the last fiscal year.
As can be seen, a substantial portion of funding for governmental operations is provided by
property taxes, charges for services and transfers from the utilities.
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Revenues by Source - Governmental Activities
Interfund Receipts
12%
Charges for Services
24%
Utility Transfer In
24%
Operating Grants and
Contributions
5%
Capital Grants and
Contributions
1%
Transfer Taxes Property Taxes
4% 30%
Business-Type Activities
The business-type activities generated an increase in net position of $11.6 million, which exceeds
the previous year’s $5.3 million change in net position by $6.3 million. The improvement was
driven by the combination of $3.1 million in total revenue increases, expense reductions totaling
$3.1 million, and a $0.1 million reduction in transfers out. Transfers included $1.3 million
transferred out of the water/wastewater fund and net transfers of $9.5 million out of the electric
fund, which included $10.0 million transferred to the general fund net of $0.5 million transferred
in. The indirect expense allocation was stable at $5.2 million.
The water/wastewater utility realized a positive change in net position in excess of $2.8 million.
The utility experienced a decrease in operating revenues of $0.3 million over the previous year.
Although there was a decrease in operating income, there was higher system-wide water
consumption and billable wastewater usage by more than 30 million and 20 million total gallons,
respectively. Consumption increases were primarily driven by customer growth; the 360 new
water and wastewater connections in FY'19 represented the largest increase in the last ten years.
The average billing rate in the water division was flat from the previous year, but the average
wastewater billing rate increased by 1.3%. In addition to volume-driven increases, groundwater
inflow adjustment fees and sewer treatment fees also increased. The offsetting decreases of $0.6
million to the operating revenues was to the water and wastewater impact fee collections
resulting in the overall decrease in operating revenue by $0.3 million. Expenses in the
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water/wastewater fund increased by less than $0.9 million, which were driven almost entirely by
Kent County Wastewater Treatment fees that exceeded FY’18 by more than $0.8 million. The
balance of the cost increases was spread relatively evenly over water and wastewater operations
and almost completely offset by administrative cost reductions, lower depreciation expense and
retiree pension cost reductions. Finally, transfers out increased by $0.4 million.
The electric utility realized a positive change in net position of $8.7 million. Operating revenues
decreased by $0.2 million attributed to a decrease in the average billing rate per kilowatt-hour
partially offset by an increase in power usage by customers. The increase in power consumption
is attributable to residential customer growth, which was partially offset by a reduction in
commercial customers and lower system-wide average consumption per customer. The decrease
in the average billing rate resulted from the lower cost of energy supply. Operating Expenses in
the Electric Fund increased by about $0.7 million. A significant $1.9 million reduction in power
supply and generation costs, coupled with a $1.1 million reduction in retiree health care expenses,
were offset by an increase in non-cash depreciation expenses recorded in anticipation of the
retirement of the City’s principal energy generation operations. As with the water/wastewater
utility, nonoperating revenues in the electric utility increased by $2.8 million versus the previous
year on higher interest earnings and investment gains. Finally, nonoperating expenses were $3.5
million lower than FY’18 due to normalized customer distributions and reduced interest expenses
to round out the positive change in net position.
Operating Revenues, Expenses and Transfers -
Business-Type Activities
$90.0 $84
$75 Operating
$80.0
Revenues &
$70.0
Millions
Transfers
$60.0
$50.0 • Operating
1
Expenses &
$40.0 Transfers
$30.0
$20.0 $16 $14
$10.0
$-
Electric Revenue Fund Water/Wastewater Fund
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Financial Analysis of the City’s Funds
Governmental Funds
As noted earlier, the City uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate compliance with
finance-related legal requirements.
Government funds focus on expendable resources and near-term inflows and outflows of those
resources. As such, fund balance is generally a good indicator of net resources available for
spending at the end of the fiscal year, subject to any stated restrictions on its use.
The combined fund balance of the City’s governmental funds as of June 30, 2019, was nearly
$13.1 million. This represented an increase of more than $0.1 million during the year.
Approximately 55% of the combined fund balances, $7.1 million, constitutes unassigned fund
balance, which is available to meet the City’s current and future needs. The remainder of
fund balance is non-spendable, restricted, committed or assigned to indicate that it is not
available for operational spending because it is constrained by legally enforceable contracts,
other governmental agreements and legislation, City Council resolution, management, or it is
not convertible to cash within a reasonable period of time. Further detail of fund balances is
presented in the Notes to the Basic Financial Statements in Note 7.
The General Fund is the primary operating fund of the City, accounting for such activities as
general government, public safety, public works, library, recreation, planning, community and
economic development, central services and financial administration. The General Fund
balance as of June 30, 2019, was $12.7 million. Revenue increased by $0.2 million, due primarily
to increases in property tax receipts, grant revenue, Court of Chancery fees, and investment
income totaling $1.2 million. The increases were partially offset by decreases in license and
permit revenue, sanitation fees and rebates and fines, which combined to fall short of FY’18
revenues by $1.0 million. Minor increases and decreases in other revenue categories were
offsetting.
Total expenses of $40.0 million reflect an increase from the prior year of $1.6 million, which was
driven primarily by expense increases of $1.5 million in public safety and law enforcement, $0.9
million in public works, and $0.3 million in recreational services. The expense increases were
offset by $0.6 million in reductions to employee pension expenses, $0.2 million in streets and
sanitation services, $0.2 million in retiree health care, and almost $0.1 million in interest charges,
while minor differences in all other functional areas round out the expense variance.
Proprietary Funds
The City’s proprietary funds provide the same type of information found in the government-
wide financial statements, but in more detail.
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As of June 30, 2019, the water/wastewater fund has a net position of $62.1 million, of which $3.7
million is unrestricted. The fund’s net position increased $2.8 million during the year as
explained on page 39. As of June 30, 2019, the electric revenue fund has a net position of
$119.6 million, of which $14.2 million is unrestricted. This fund experienced an increase in net
position of $8.7 million during the year as explained on page 40.
General Fund Budgetary Highlights
During this fiscal year, the City Council amended the budget three times. The budget
amendment ordinances were primarily for the following purposes:
1. To re-appropriate budget balances for ongoing capital projects.
2. To amend the grant budgets and reserve accounts for the actual results from the prior
fiscal year and all carried forward budget balances for the major operating funds from
the prior fiscal year, as well as program revenues and expenses based on changes in
program revenues, expenses based on actual amounts.
3. To amend revenue and expense accounts based on actual experience during fiscal year
2019.
The General Fund financials in the Governmental Funds Balance Sheet (page 51) and Statement
of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds (page 53)
include both the General Fund operating activities and the Governmental Capital Project Fund
activities.
The General Fund – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances – Budget
& Actual is included in Part D – Required Supplementary Information (pages 125-126).
The Governmental Capital Projects Fund – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Fund Balances-Budget and Actual is included in Part E – Supplementary Information (page 142).
The Combining Statements – Combining General Fund Balance Sheet and Combining Statement
of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of the General Fund and the
Governmental Capital Projects Fund is included in Part E – Supplementary Information
(pages 140-142).
The Final General Fund Budget incorporated an increase in beginning budget balance of $2.8
million carried forward from the prior fiscal year.
Budgeted expenditures were revised to reflect an aggregate increase of $0.5 million. The
increases were reflective of appropriations to the capital project fund and to public safety
operating expenditures of $0.4 million each, along with minor increases in appropriations to
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support operating expenditures across nearly all other governmental functions totaling $0.2
million. Other budgeted employment expenditures totaling $0.5 million were de-funded to
absorb half of the budget impact, while the other half resulted in a net increase of $0.5 million in
the revised budget balance over the original budget balance (on a non-GAAP basis).
Actual revenues and other financing sources received were below the final budgeted amounts in
the General Fund by $0.3 million for the current fiscal year. The more significant negative
variances were in permits and other licenses, interfund service receipts and fines & police
revenue. These revenue decreases were partially offset by increases in property tax revenue,
court of chancery fees, interest earnings and transfer taxes. The General Fund budget balance
carry forward was $3.8 million higher than originally budgeted a result of the above variances.
Capital Asset and Debt Administration
At the end of the current fiscal year, the City’s governmental and proprietary funds had invested
$60.0 million and $137.9 million, respectively, in a variety of capital assets and infrastructure, as
reflected in the following schedule, which exhibits a net increase of $0.9 million for
governmental activities and a net decrease of $1.6 million for the business-type activities. The
increase in assets reported within Governmental Activities is attributable to equipment and
vehicle acquisitions ($0.6 million), general infrastructure assets, ($0.4 million) and increases in
the value of construction projects that remained open as of June 30, 2019 ($0.5 million), partially
offset by a $0.6 million reduction in the net book value of building assets. The decrease in
Business-Type Activities is due primarily to increased depreciation expenses recorded in the
electric fund in anticipation of the retirement of the City’s principal energy generation operations.
Additional detailed data for all capital assets of the City is presented in the Notes to the Basic
Financial Statements in Note 4. The following schedule is presented in millions of dollars.
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Depreciable Assets, Net
Buildings $ 23.0 $ 22.4 $ - $ - $ 23.0 $ 22.4
Equipment & Vehicles 4.0 4.6 7.4 6.5 11.4 11.1
General Infrastructure 26.3 26.7 - - 26.3 26.7
Utility, Plant, Buildings, and - -
Infrastructure - - 124.9 118.9 124.9 118.9
Other 0.4 0.4 1.6 1.4 2.0 1.8
Non-depreciable Assets
Land 4.7 4.7 1.7 1.6 6.4 6.3
Construction in Progress 0.7 1.2 3.9 9.5 4.6 10.7
$ 59.1 $ 60.0 $ 139.5 $ 137.9 $ 198.6 $ 197.9
The chart below shows that the City’s Total Net OPEB Liability decreased by $6.0 million, with
the majority of $5.0 million attributable to the Governmental Activities and the balance
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attributable Business-Type Activities. The City’s Total Net Pension Liability reduction of $1.3
million was divided nearly evenly between the Governmental Activities ($0.6 million) and
Business-Type Activities ($0.7 million). Additional detailed information regarding the City’s
Other Post-Employment Benefits and Retirement Plans is presented in the Notes to the Basic
Financial Statements in Notes 15 and 17, respectively.
The City Charter limits the amount of general obligation debt the City can issue in any one year
to 25% of the taxable assessed value of real property within the City. The aggregate of amounts
borrowed for which the full faith and credit of the City is pledged cannot exceed 5.0% of assessed
value of real property within the City boundaries. The City has used 3.5% of its debt limit.
The City of Dover’s non-current liabilities as of June 30, 2018 and 2019 are presented below (in
millions of dollars):
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
2018 2019 2018 2019 2018 2019
Non-current liabilities
Police Officer Separation Agreement $ 0.2 $ 0.1 $ - $ - $ 0.2 $ 0.1
Liability for Compensated Absences 2.3 2.5 0.7 0.7 3.0 3.2
Bonds (Net of Discount/Issuance Cost) 5.9 5.7 29.2 28.9 35.1 34.6
Bond Premium - - - 1.2 - 1.2
Net OPEB Liability 26.2 21.2 5.5 4.5 31.7 25.7
Net Pension Liability 14.7 14.1 10.9 10.2 25.6 24.3
Asset Retirment Obligation - - - 11.9 - 11.9
$ 49.3 $ 43.6 $ 46.3 $ 57.4 $ 95.6 $ 101.0
Additional detailed data for all debt of the City is presented in the Notes to the Basic Financial
Statements in Note 5.
Economic Factors and Next Year’s Budgets and Rates
The City developed the fiscal year 2019 budget in accordance with the City’s financial policies
ensuring all budgets are balanced and reserve requirements were adhered to. The following
changes over fiscal year 2019 were incorporated into the fiscal year 2020 budget.
• Property taxes increase of $0.035 per $100 of assessed property value is expected to
generate $1.1 million in additional general fund revenue.
• The power cost adjustment credit will be maintained at the FY’19 level of $0.00382 in FY’20
for the electric utility, reflecting stable power supply costs.
• The City’s headcount increased by 14 full-time positions, which was partially offset by a
reduction of 5 part-time positions. The net increase is driven by the following
departmental changes, which are intended to revitalize services levels in several
functional areas.
o General Fund personnel will increase by 13 net new full-time positions, the new
stormwater division leading with 7 new positions, followed by 1 new position in
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the Mayor’s office and each of the police, fleet maintenance, grounds, human
resources, inspections, life safety, library, public works administration divisions,
offset by reductions of 1 full-time position in each of the procurement, public
works – engineering and streets divisions. In addition, 3 part-time police cadets
and a part-time fire dispatcher will be added in FY’20, with offsetting reductions
of 9 part-time positions across the library and customer service functions.
o Water/wastewater operations will be staffed with 1 new full-time position in the
water treatment plant, while 2 engineering positions and a maintenance position
will shift in scope from water to wastewater operations.
o Electric utility operations will be improved by refocusing 1 administrative position
and 1 transmission/distribution position on system operations, though utility-
wide staffing will remain at the FY’19 level of 46 full-time positions.
• Increases in wages based on collective bargaining agreements were included.
• A 3.0% wage increase was included for non-bargaining employees.
• No changes in electric, water or wastewater rates
• Funded the capital investment plan with a commitment to providing dollars for necessary
infrastructure and utility improvements.
The General Fund operating revenues are projected to increase by 2.5%, or $1.1 million, with
expenditures increasing by 2.3%, or $1.0 million. The property tax increase is expected to
generate $1.3 million in new revenue to drive the increase over FY’19 budgeted revenue, which
is partially offset by anticipated reductions in fines and police revenues, permits and other fee
revenue. The increased expenditures were attributed to the development of the new stormwater
division, higher costs to support police operations, increased expenditures in the tax assessment
and recreation functions, and a higher transfer to the capital project fund to support
infrastructure improvements. Expense reductions in the streets, customer service, and life safety
divisions, along with reductions to other budgeted employment-related expenditures, served to
mitigate the total expense increase.
The Water/Wastewater utility operations were separated into two stand-alone enterprise funds
starting with the FY’20 budget.
Water operating revenues are projected at $6.5 million, which is a decrease of $0.2 million, or
about 3.5% below the prior year’s original budget of $6.8 million. Total expenses are projected to
increase by 5.0% to $7.2 million, or about $0.3 million higher than FY’19. The revenue reduction
is driven by reduced water services revenue billings impacting revenue by $0.4 million, partially
offset by increases in water impact fees and water tank space leasing in excess of $0.1 million.
The expense increases are related primarily to water treatment plant operations ($0.3 million),
increased debt service requirements ($0.2 million), an increase in interfund service fees ($0.2
million) and higher engineering and inspection expenses ($0.1 million), offset by reduced
maintenance requirements ($0.1 million) and reduced transfers to the Water Improvement &
Extension Fund ($0.3 million).
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Wastewater operating revenues are expected to increase by nearly $0.6 million to $9.3 million in
FY’20, representing an increase of 6.5%. Total expenses are projected to increase by 5.1%, or less
than $0.5 million to $9.6 million. All major revenue categories are driving the revenue increase,
but the $0.4 million increase in wastewater treatment services is leading the way, while the other
revenues, including impact fees, wastewater services and the groundwater inflow adjustment,
combine for the remaining $0.1 million increase. Kent County Treatment Charges are expected
to exceed $5.1 million in FY’20, which represents a $1.4 million increase over FY’19 and the
principal component of the budgeted expense increases, followed by higher maintenance
expenses ($0.2 million) and higher debt service requirements ($0.1 million). A $0.9 million
reduction in the transfer to the Wastewater Improvement & Extension Fund serves to limit the
net increase in expenses to $0.5 million.
Total Electric Fund revenues are projected to increase by $1.5 million to $85 million, which is
about 1.8% stronger than FY’19 anticipated revenue. Total expenses are projected to increase by
2.7% or $2.2 million versus the prior budget year. Revenue increases are driven almost entirely
by customer sales projections that exceed the prior year budget by $1.5 million, which is
attributable to higher consumption expectations as FY’20 billing rates are unchanged from the
prior year. Other revenue sources are flat or modestly higher than FY’19 budgeted revenue. The
energy component of electric utility expense is almost $0.9 million lower in FY’20, driven by
sharply offsetting movements in power supply expenses (decrease of $6.4 million) and
generation/capacity costs (increase of $5.5 million). Direct expenditure categories combine for
cost increases of $0.4 million, spread relatively evenly between transmission & distribution
operations, electrical engineering and system operations. Reductions in debt service
requirements ($0.2 million) and other employment costs ($0.2 million) help further reduce
expenses versus FY’19. However, the planned decommissioning of the McKee Run generation
facility resulted in a $2.5 million supplemental transfer to the depreciation reserve, which pushes
the total expense variance from what otherwise would have been a modest cost reduction to a
$2.2 million increase. The budgeted transfer to the general fund is $10 million in FY’20 and
unchanged from the prior two fiscal years. The City also budgeted a distribution of earnings to
customers of $2.9 million or 3.4% of revenue, resulting from lower cost of service than projected
for fiscal year 2018.
The City continues to closely monitor the local economy and its impact on growth and revenues.
Revenue enhancements, rate increases, and potential cost reductions will continue to be reviewed
in order to maintain the City’s financial policies.
Contacting the City’s Financial Management
This financial report is designed to provide our citizens, taxpayers, customers, and investors and
creditors with a general overview of the City’s finances and to demonstrate the City’s
accountability for the money it receives. If you have questions about this report or need
additional financial information, contact Ms. Lori Peddicord, Controller/Treasurer at
302-736-4452 (TTY/TDD Operator 1-800-855-1155).
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PARTC
FINANCIAL
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
STATEMENTS
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City of Dover, Delaware
Statement of Net Position
June 30, 2019
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
Assets:
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 1,797,981 $ 15,525,430 $ 17,323,411
Investments 20,211,857 26,855,698 47,067,555
Receivables, Net 455,168 5,523,622 5,978,790
Internal Balances (5,191,801) 5,191,801 -
Due from Other Governments 35,696 - 35,696
Inventory 107,732 4,432,674 4,540,406
Prepaid Items 105,648 508,967 614,615
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents 407,941 7,405,120 7,813,061
Restricted Investments 18,793 48,583,723 48,602,516
Capital Assets, Not Being Depreciated 5,935,681 11,154,749 17,090,430
Capital Assets, Net of Depreciation 54,074,059 126,759,362 180,833,421
Total Assets 77,958,755 251,941,146 329,899,901
Deferred Outflows of Resources:
Pension related Deferred Outflows 4,022,481 385,660 4,408,141
OPEB related Deferred Outflows 875,525 173,912 1,049,437
ARO related Deferred Outflows - 486,361 486,361
Total Deferred Outflows of Resources 4,898,006 1,045,933 5,943,939
Liabilities:
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities 2,579,255 7,504,317 10,083,572
Unearned Revenue 97,393 370,198 467,591
Customer Deposits - 2,496,129 2,496,129
Other 259,958 417,770 677,728
Liabilities Due within One Year 1,551,809 1,800,210 3,352,019
Non-Current Liabilities
Due in more than One Year 6,755,506 28,932,074 35,687,580
Due in more than One Year - OPEB 21,227,234 4,552,451 25,779,685
Due in more than One Year - Pension 14,043,528 10,160,700 24,204,228
Due in more than One Year - ARO - 11,915,849 11,915,849
Total Liabilities 46,514,683 68,149,698 114,664,381
Deferred Inflows of Resources:
Pension related deferred inflows 1,737,599 406,348 2,143,947
OPEB related Deferred Inflows 9,300,794 2,730,460 12,031,254
Total Deferred Inflows of Resources 11,038,393 3,136,808 14,175,201
Net Position:
Net Investment in Capital Assets 54,309,740 109,497,296 163,807,036
Restricted for:
Capital Projects 134,522 54,353,211 54,487,733
Public Safety Grants 172,141 - 172,141
Verizon Grant 24,871 - 24,871
Library Grant 9,769 - 9,769
Community Development Grants 882 - 882
Other State Grants 100 - 100
Unrestricted (29,348,340) 17,850,066 (11,498,274)
Total Net Position $ 25,303,685 $ 181,700,573 $ 207,004,258
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Statement of Activities
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
Net (Expense) Revenue and
Program Revenues Changes in Net Position
Indirect Operating Capital Grants
Expenses Charges for Grants and and Governmental Business Type
Expenses Allocation Services Contributions Contributions Activities Activities Total
Functions/Programs
Governmental Activities
General Government $ 4,435,777 $ (1,139,446) $ 2,520,022 $ 16,355 $ - $ (759,954) $ - $ (759,954)
Public Safety 17,597,828 - 4,510,464 1,037,690 - (12,049,674) - (12,049,674)
Public Works 6,914,756 (731,427) 3,068,399 803,494 273,636 (2,037,800) - (2,037,800)
Library and Recreation 3,211,586 - 612,737 339,771 98,500 (2,160,578) - (2,160,578)
Community and Economic Development 461,983 - - 244,590 - (217,393) - (217,393)
Central Services 1,460,276 (939,256) - - - (521,020) - (521,020)
Financial Administration 3,317,749 (2,423,079) - - - (894,670) - (894,670)
Interest Charges 178,514 - - - - (178,514) - (178,514)
Total Governmental Activities 37,578,470 (5,233,208) 10,711,622 2,441,900 372,136 (18,819,604) - (18,819,604)
Business Type Activities -
Water/Wastewater 10,916,207 1,688,241 16,017,306 - - - 3,412,858 3,412,858
Electric 64,914,614 3,544,967 83,709,415 - - - 15,249,834 15,249,834
Total Business Type Activities 75,830,821 5,233,208 99,726,721 - -
Total Primary Government $ 113,409,291 $ - $ 110,438,343 $ 2,441,900 $ 372,136 (18,819,604) 18,662,692 (156,912)
General Revenues
Taxes
Property Taxes 13,448,025 - 13,448,025
Transfer Taxes 1,637,194 - 1,637,194
Earnings on Investments 809,345 3,752,939 4,562,284
Total General Revenues 15,894,564 3,752,939 19,647,503
Transfers 10,800,000 (10,800,000) -
Total General Revenues and Transfers 26,694,564 (7,047,061) 19,647,503
Changes in Net Position 7,874,960 11,615,631 19,490,591
Net Position Beginning - as Previously Reported 17,428,725 181,271,249 198,699,974
Prior Period Adjustment - Certain Asset Retirement Obligation (see note 18) - (11,186,307) (11,186,307)
Net Position Beginning 17,428,725 170,084,942 187,513,667
Net Position Ending $ 25,303,685 $ 181,700,573 $ 207,004,258
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Governmental Funds Balance Sheet
June 30, 2019
Total Total
General Nonmajor Governmental
Fund Funds Funds
Assets:
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 998,637 $ - $ 998,637
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents - 407,941 407,941
Investments 18,716,676 - 18,716,676
Restricted Investments 18,793 - 18,793
Receivables, Net
Accounts 375,335 51,766 427,101
Taxes 23,067 - 23,067
Due from Other Funds 328,543 - 328,543
Due from Other Governments - 35,696 35,696
Prepaid Items 105,648 - 105,648
Inventory 107,732 - 107,732
Total Assets $ 20,674,431 $ 495,403 $ 21,169,834
Liabilities:
Accounts Payable $ 1,940,668 $ 140,293 $ 2,080,961
Unearned Revenue 95,227 2,166 97,393
Due to Other Funds 1,482,615 37,729 1,520,344
Temporary Advances 4,000,000 - 4,000,000
Other 259,958 - 259,958
Total Liabilities 7,778,468 180,188 7,958,656
Deferred Inflows of Resources:
Unavailable Revenue 147,077 - 147,077
Total Deferred Inflows of Resources 147,077 - 147,077
Fund Balances:
Non-Spendable 234,974 - 234,974
Restricted 27,070 315,215 342,285
Committed 1,047,987 - 1,047,987
Assigned 4,320,615 - 4,320,615
Unassigned 7,118,240 - 7,118,240
Total Fund Balances 12,748,886 315,215 13,064,101
Total Liabilities, Deferred Inflows and Fund Balances $ 20,674,431 $ 495,403 $ 21,169,834
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet of Governmental Funds
To the Statement of Net Position
June 30, 2019
Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of net position (page 49) are different
because:
Total fund balances for governmental funds (Page 51) $ 13,064,101
Capital assets used in governmental activities are not financial resources and,
therefore, are not reported in the funds. 60,009,740
Other assets are not available to pay for current period expenditures and, therefore, are
reported as unavailable revenue in the funds.
Deferred inflows of resources $ 147,077 147,077
The Net Pension Liability & OPEB Liability is not due and payable in the current period;
therefore, the liability and related deferred inflows/outflows are not reported in
governmental funds:
Deferred Outflows - Pension $ 4,022,481
Deferred Inflows - Pension (1,737,599)
Deferred Outflows - OPEB 875,525
Deferred Inflows - OPEB (9,300,794) (6,140,387)
An internal service fund (page 56) is used by the City to charge the cost of the workers'
compensation fund. The assets and liabilities of the internal service fund are included
in governmental activities in the statement of net position. 1,801,810
Accrual basis of bond interest paid (579)
Long-term liabilities applicable to the City's governmental activities are not due and
payable in the current period and, accordingly, are not reported as fund liabilities.
Interest on long-term debt is not accrued in governmental funds, but rather is recognized
as an expenditure when due. All liabilities both current and long-term are reported in
the statement of net position.
Compensated absences represent amounts accrued for sick leave for those
employees who are vested and accrued vacation for all employees.
The Net Pension Liability and OPEB Liability are not a use of current financial
resources, and therefore, are not reported in the governmental funds.
Current-
General Obligation Bonds $ (328,716)
Compensated Absences (1,110,593)
Police Officer separation agreement (112,500)
(1,551,809)
Long-Term-
General Obligation Bonds $ (5,371,284)
Compensated Absences (1,384,222)
Net Pension Liability (14,043,528)
Net OPEB Liability (21,227,234)
(42,026,268) (43,578,077)
Total net position of governmental activities (Page 49) $ 25,303,685
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
Total Total
General Nonmajor Governmental
Fund Funds Funds
Revenues
Fines $ 571,508 $ 449,412 $ 1,020,920
Library Revenue - General 136,141 - 136,141
Library Revenue County Reimbursement 274,013 - 274,013
Licenses and Permits 2,866,796 - 2,866,796
Sanitation Fees and Rebates 3,068,399 - 3,068,399
Recreation - 61,147 61,147
Miscellaneous Services 1,672,401 - 1,672,401
Property Taxes 13,466,255 - 13,466,255
Transfer Taxes - 1,637,194 1,637,194
Grants Received 671,006 2,143,030 2,814,036
Court of Chancery Fees 1,588,140 - 1,588,140
Investment Income 716,385 14,412 730,797
Total Revenues 25,031,044 4,305,195 29,336,239
Expenditures
Current:
General Government 1,760,851 - 1,760,851
Library Services 1,682,610 289,163 1,971,773
Public Safety and Law Enforcement 21,971,518 587,183 22,558,701
Public Works 2,046,593 808,789 2,855,382
Recreational Services 1,087,393 - 1,087,393
Streets and Sanitation Services 4,458,329 - 4,458,329
Engineering Services 266,332 - 266,332
Financial Administration 754,400 - 754,400
Garage and Stores 492,111 - 492,111
Insurance 276,689 - 276,689
Retiree Health Care 1,894,900 - 1,894,900
Community and Economic Development 150,000 311,983 461,983
Street Lights 805,185 - 805,185
Debt Service:
Principal Retirement 322,745 - 322,745
Interest and Fiscal Charges 34,773 - 34,773
Total Expenditures 38,004,429 1,997,118 40,001,547
Excess (deficiency) of Revenues over Expenditures (12,973,385) 2,308,077 (10,665,308)
Other Financing Sources (Uses)
Bonds Issued 5,700,000 - 5,700,000
Payment to bond refunding agent (5,700,000) - (5,700,000)
Transfers In 13,953,381 - 13,953,381
Transfers Out (200,000) (2,953,381) (3,153,381)
Total other Financing Sources (Uses) 13,753,381 (2,953,381) 10,800,000
Net Change in Fund Balances 779,996 (645,304) 134,692
Fund Balances at Beginning of Year 11,968,890 960,519 12,929,409
Fund Balances at End of Year $ 12,748,886 $ 315,215 $ 13,064,101
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
Amounts reported for governmental activities in the statement of activities (page 50) are
different because:
Net change in fund balances--total governmental funds (Page 53) $ 134,692
Governmental fund reports capital outlays as expenditures. However, in the statement of
activities the cost of these assets is allocated over their estimated useful lives and
reported as depreciation expense. This is the amount by which capital outlays exceeded
depreciation in the current period.
Capitalization of net capital asset expenditures including CIP $ 3,993,940
Loss on assets disposed of during the year (4,994)
Current year depreciation (3,096,125) 892,821
Governmental funds report the repayment of principal of general long-term debt as an
expenditure but the repayment reduces the liability in the statement of net position. 177,013
Revenues that are not available to pay for current period expenditures are not reported as
revenues in the funds. 5,435
Governmental funds report pension contributions as expenditures. However, in the
Statement of Activities, the cost of pension benefits earned net of employer contributions
is reported as pension expense 708,068
Except for amounts reported as deferred inflows/outflows, changes in the net pension
liability are reported as pension expense in the statement of activities. 526,759
Decreases in operating expenses due to the decrease in OPEB expense for the
amortization of deferred outflows and inflows of resources related to the net OPEB
liability. 328,271
Under the modified accrual basis of accounting used in the governmental funds,
expenditures are not recognized for the transactions that are not normally paid with
expendable available financial resources. In the statement of activities, however, which is
presented on the accrual basis, expenses and liabilities are reported regardless of when
financial resources are available. In addition, assets are not recognized in governmental
funds unless they represent current financial resources but are recognized in the
statement of activities as they accrue. The following differences, therefore, occur
between the statement of activities and the governmental funds.
Increase in compensated absences $ (217,470)
Police separation agreement payout 35,700
Bond interest accrual 1,992
Decrease in OPEB Liability 4,988,823 4,809,045
An internal service fund is used by the City to charge the costs of workers' compensation
insurance to individual funds. The change in net position of the internal service fund is
transferred to the governmental funds and amounts attributable to internal charges are
then allocated to functional expenditures. Net revenue is allocated back to respective
functions and business type activities, as appropriate. 292,856
Change in net position of governmental activities (Page 50) $ 7,874,960
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Statement of Net Position - Proprietary Funds
Proprietary Funds
June 30, 2019
Governmental
Business-type Activities Activities
Water/ Electric Total
Wastewater Revenue Enterprise Internal
Fund Fund Funds Service Fund
Assets
Current Assets:
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 5,171,600 $ 10,353,830 $ 15,525,430 $ 799,344
Investments 7,416,805 19,438,893 26,855,698 1,495,181
Receivables, Net 700,958 4,822,664 5,523,622 5,000
Due from Other Funds 1,146 1,817,322 1,818,468 -
Due from other funds- temporary advances - 4,000,000 4,000,000 -
Inventory 69,376 4,363,298 4,432,674 -
Prepaid Items 797 508,170 508,967 -
Total Current Assets 13,360,682 45,304,177 58,664,859 2,299,525
Non-Current Assets:
Restricted Assets
Cash 466,393 6,938,727 7,405,120 -
Investments 7,943,159 40,640,564 48,583,723 -
Capital Assets, Not Being Depreciated 5,933,482 5,221,267 11,154,749 -
Capital Assets, Net of Depreciation 57,248,456 69,510,906 126,759,362 -
Total Non-Current Assets 71,591,490 122,311,464 193,902,954 -
Total Assets 84,952,172 167,615,641 252,567,813 2,299,525
Deferred Outflows of Resources:
Pension Related Deferred Outflows 141,252 244,408 385,660 -
OPEB Related Deferred Outflows 60,971 112,941 173,912 -
Asset Retirement Oblig. Deferred Outflows - 486,361 486,361 -
202,223 843,710 1,045,933 -
Liabilities
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses 2,639,516 4,864,801 7,504,317 497,715
Due to Other Funds - Charges 615,647 11,020 626,667 -
Unearned Revenue - 370,198 370,198 -
Accrued Interest Payable 94,920 322,850 417,770 -
Customer Deposits - 2,496,129 2,496,129 -
Revenue Bonds Payable 841,523 650,000 1,491,523 -
Liability for Compensated Absences 87,320 221,367 308,687 -
Total Current Liabilities 4,278,926 8,936,365 13,215,291 497,715
Non-Current Liabilities:
OPEB Liability 1,780,776 2,771,675 4,552,451 -
Net Pension Liability 3,385,217 6,775,483 10,160,700 -
Asset Retirement Obligation - 11,915,849 11,915,849 -
Revenue Bonds Payable 12,356,172 16,204,752 28,560,924 -
Liability for Compensated Absences 95,049 276,101 371,150 -
Total Non-Current Liabilities 17,617,214 37,943,860 55,561,074 -
Total Liabilities 21,896,140 46,880,225 68,776,365 497,715
Deferred Inflows of Resources:
Pension Related Deferred Inflows 148,829 257,519 406,348 -
OPEB Related Deferred Inflows 1,055,053 1,675,407 2,730,460 -
Total Deferred Inflows of Resources 1,203,882 1,932,926 3,136,808 -
Net Position
Net Investment in Capital Assets 51,619,875 57,877,421 109,497,296 -
Restricted for Capital Construction 6,773,920 47,579,291 54,353,211 -
Unrestricted 3,660,578 14,189,488 17,850,066 1,801,810
Total Net Position $ 62,054,373 $ 119,646,200 $ 181,700,573 $ 1,801,810
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Statement of Revenues, Expenses and
Changes in Fund Net Position - Proprietary Funds
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
Governmental
Business-type Activities Activities
Water/ Electric Total
Wastewater Revenue Enterprise Internal
Fund Fund Funds Service Fund
Operating Revenues
Charges for Services $ 14,163,823 $ 81,977,065 $ 96,140,888 $ -
Miscellaneous Services/Income 1,853,483 1,732,355 3,585,838 809,408
Total Operating Revenues 16,017,306 83,709,420 99,726,726 809,408
Operating Expenses
Water 592,138 - 592,138 -
Wastewater 984,785 - 984,785 -
Water Treatment Plant 1,487,255 - 1,487,255 -
Water/Wastewater Engineering 313,943 - 313,943 -
Kent County Wastewater Treatment 4,816,650 - 4,816,650 -
General Administrative 1,669,144 4,682,180 6,351,324 416,820
Power Supply - 45,341,853 45,341,853 -
Transmission/Distribution - 2,835,756 2,835,756 -
Engineering - 970,783 970,783 -
Metering - 351,991 351,991 -
Systems Operations - 546,612 546,612 -
Utility Tax - 1,270,320 1,270,320 -
Depreciation 2,166,852 8,086,669 10,253,521 -
Contractual Services - - - 14,277
Taxes - - - 36,244
Retirees Health Care 256,900 721,400 978,300 -
Self Insurance-Workers' Compensation - - - 127,759
Total Operating Expenses 12,287,667 64,807,564 77,095,231 595,100
Operating Income/Loss 3,729,639 18,901,856 22,631,495 214,308
Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses)
Interest Earned:
Operating Funds 190,460 485,828 676,288 -
Reserve Funds 177,407 948,034 1,125,441 37,038
Net Increase in Fair Value of Investments 383,055 1,568,155 1,951,210 41,510
Interest and Fiscal Charges (316,781) (812,367) (1,129,148) -
Distribution of Earnings - PCA Credit - (2,839,650) (2,839,650) -
Gain on Sale of Assets - (5) (5) -
Total Non-Operating Revenue (expenses) 434,141 (650,005) (215,864) 78,548
Income before Contributions and Transfers 4,163,780 18,251,851 22,415,631 292,856
Transfers In - 498,000 498,000 -
Transfers Out (1,298,000) (10,000,000) (11,298,000) -
Total transfers (1,298,000) (9,502,000) (10,800,000) -
Change in Net Position 2,865,780 8,749,851 11,615,631 292,856
Total Net Position--Beginning 59,188,593 122,082,656 181,271,249 1,508,954
Prior period adj. - Certain Asset Retirement Obligation - (11,186,307) (11,186,307) -
Total Net Position--Beginning as Restated 59,188,593 110,896,349 170,084,942 1,508,954
Total Net Position--Ending $ 62,054,373 $ 119,646,200 $ 181,700,573 $ 1,801,810
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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Statement of Cash Flows - Proprietary Funds
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
Governmental
Business-type Activities Activities
Water Electric Total
Wastewater Revenue Enterprise Internal
Fund Fund Funds Service Fund
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Receipts from Customers $ 15,975,984 $ 77,725,974 $ 93,701,958 $ -
Payments to Suppliers (including Purchased Power) (5,498,953) (48,701,522) (54,200,475) (47,597)
Payments to Employees (2,323,080) (4,357,212) (6,680,292) -
Payments of Personnel Related Costs (818,956) (1,647,078) (2,466,034) 757,081
Internal Activity-Payments from (to) Other Funds 234,762 (976,628) (741,866) -
Other Receipts (Payments) including Claims Paid (661,723) (2,488,507) (3,150,230) (475,400)
Net Cash Provided by (used for) Operating Activities 6,908,034 19,555,027 26,463,061 234,084
Cash Flows from Noncapital Financing Activities
Transfers Out (1,298,000) (10,000,000) (11,298,000) -
Transfers In - 498,000 498,000 -
Distribution to Customers - PCA Credit - (2,839,650) (2,839,650) -
Net Cash Used for Noncapital Financing Activities (1,298,000) (12,341,650) (13,639,650) -
Cash Flows from Capital and Related Financing Activities
Acquisition and Construction of Capital Assets (6,132,980) (3,013,058) (9,146,038) -
Proceeds of issuance of debt 2,710,256 18,091,986 20,802,242 -
Payment to refund bond escrow agent - (16,937,234) (16,937,234) -
Bond Issuance Costs (13,153) (228,275) (241,428) -
Principal Paid on Revenue Bond Maturities (824,960) (765,000) (1,589,960) -
Interest Paid on Capital Debt (303,931) (812,367) (1,116,298) -
Net Cash Used for Capital and Related Financing Activities (4,564,768) (3,663,948) (8,228,716) -
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Interest on Investments 190,460 485,828 676,288 -
Redemption of Investment Securities 684,910 1,624,220 2,309,130 -
Purchase of Investment Securities (1,451,657) (1,203,833) (2,655,490) 9,902
Interest on Restricted Cash 177,407 948,034 1,125,441 -
Net Cash Provided by (used for) Investing Activities (398,880) 1,854,249 1,455,369 9,902
Net Increase/Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents 646,386 5,403,678 6,050,064 243,986
Cash and cash equivalents June 30 (incl. $466,393 for W/WW
fund and $6,938,727 for Electric fund reported in restricted accounts) 4,991,607 11,888,879 16,880,486 555,358
Cash and cash equivalents July 1 (including $923,774 for W/WW fund
and $2,319,570 for Electric fund reported in restricted accounts) $ 5,637,993 $ 17,292,557 $ 22,930,550 $ 799,344
Reconciliation of Operating Income to Net Cash Provided
by (Used for) Operating Activities:
Operating Income $ 3,729,639 $ 18,901,856 $ 22,631,495 $ 214,308
Adjustments to Reconcile Operating Income to Net Cash
provided by (Used for) Operating Activities:
Depreciation Expense 2,166,852 8,086,669 10,253,521 -
Effect of Changes in Operating Assets and Liabilities:
Receivables (67,994) (273,046) (341,040) -
Due from other funds 26,672 (5,813,500) (5,786,828) -
Inventory 35,323 (214,474) (179,151) -
Prepaid items 935 424,323 425,258 129,716
Deferred outflow of resources Pension (64,242) 434,871 370,629 -
Deferred outflow of resources OPEB (60,971) (112,941) (173,912) -
Deferred outflow of resources ARO - (486,361) (486,361) -
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 1,264,836 (103,109) 1,161,727 (109,940)
Unearned revenue - (75,989) (75,989) -
Due to other funds 432,592 (380,258) 52,334 -
Customer Deposits - 179,089 179,089 -
Liability for Compensated Absences (48,232) 23,415 (24,817) -
Net OPEB Liability (347,420) (643,549) (990,969) -
Net pension liability (262,046) (453,423) (715,469) -
Deferred inflow of resources Pension 63,979 (9,142) 54,837 -
Deferred inflow of resources OPEB 38,111 70,596 108,707 -
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities $ 6,908,034 $ 19,555,027 $ 26,463,061 $ 234,084
Non-Cash Investing, Capital and Financing Activities:
Change in Fair Value of Investments $ 383,055 $ 1,568,155 $ 1,951,210 $ 49,632
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Statement of Net Position
Fiduciary Funds
June 30, 2019
Pension and Other
Postemployment Agency
Benefit Trust Funds Funds
Assets
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 7,139,446 $ 858,447
Investments at Fair Value - Mutual Funds 90,914,986 -
Receivables 254,150 -
Prepaid Items - 20,274
Total Assets 98,308,582 878,721
Liabilities
Vouchers Payable & Deposit Payable 61,820 54,927
Due to Agencies 4,451 823,794
Total Liabilities 66,271 $ 878,721
Net Position
Net Position Restricted for Pension and Retiree
Health Benefits $ 98,242,311
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Statement of Changes in Net Position
Fiduciary Funds
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
Pension and Other
Postemployment
Benefit Trust Funds
Additions:
Net Investment Income $ 5,769,156
City's Contribution-Payroll Based 4,934,811
City's Contribution-Lump Sum 3,801,200
Employee Contribution 190,030
State Grants 512,151
Total Additions 15,207,348
Deductions:
Benefit Payments 8,298,006
General Administration 26,742
Total Deductions 8,324,748
Change in Net Position 6,882,600
Net Position - Beginning 91,359,711
Net Position - Ending $ 98,242,311
The notes to financial statements are an integral part of this statement.
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IINIDIEX
Notes
Noles to
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Financial Stateme1 n
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1. FINANCIAL REPORTING ENTITY .................................................. 63
A. The City of Dover , Delaware ............................................................ 63
B. Reporting Entity .............................................................................. 63
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES ........ 63
A. Basis of Presentation ....................................................................... 64
B. Basis of Accounting and Measurement Focus ................................... 65
C. New Pronouncements ...................................................................... 66
D. Capital Assets and Long-Term Liabilities.......................................... 67
E. Budget Procedures ........................................................................... 68
F. Major Transfers ............................................................................... 69
G. Inventories and Prepaid Items ......................................................... 70
H. Cash and Investments ...................................................................... 70
I. Accounts Receivable ........................................................................ 70
J. Restricted Assets .............................................................................. 70
K. Unbilled Service Receivables ............................................................ 70
L. Bond Accounts/Issuance Costs ......................................................... 71
M. Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources ......................................... 71
N. Fund Balances and Net Position ....................................................... 71
O. Estimates ......................................................................................... 72
P. Net Position Flow Assumption .......................................................... 72
3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS ..................................................... 72
A. Cash in Bank and Cash Equivalents ................................................ 72
B. Investments ..................................................................................... 73
4. CAPITAL ASSETS ................................................................................. 78
5. LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS ........................................................... 81
A. Summary of Bonded Indebtedness by Issue ....................................... 81
B. Status as of June 30, 2019 – General Obligation Bonds ................... 82
C. Change in Long-Term Debt .............................................................. 82
D. Debt Service Requirements .............................................................. 84
E. Certain Asset Retirement Obligation ................................................ 86
6. RESTRICTED NET POSITION .......................................................... 87
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7. FUND BALANCES & NET POSITION ............................................. 87
8. PROPERTY TAXES ............................................................................... 89
9. INTERFUND RECEIVABLES, PAYABLES AND TRANSFERS ... 89
A. Due To/From Other Funds – Charges and Allocations ...................... 89
B. Due To/From Other Funds – Temporary Advances ........................... 89
C. Interfund Transfers ........................................................................ 90
10. RENTAL INCOME ............................................................................... 90
11. MATERIAL COMMITMENTS .......................................................... 90
12. FORWARD CONTRACTS ................................................................... 91
13. INSURANCE .......................................................................................... 93
A. Health Insurance – State of Delaware .............................................. 93
B. Workers’ Compensation Fund – Self-Insurance ............................... 93
C. Other than Health or Workers’ Compensation Insurance ................. 93
14. COMPENSATED ABSENCES ............................................................. 93
15. OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ..................................... 94
Summary of Principal Plan P rovisions as of July 1, 201 5 ...................... 95
16. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN .............................................. 102
17. RETIREMENT PLANS ......................................................................... 103
A. Defined Contribution Plan ............................................................... 103
B. Defined Benefit Plans ..................................................................... 104
18. RESTATEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF GASB 83 - CERTAIN
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION............................................... 122
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
1. FINANCIAL REPORTING ENTITY
A. The City of Dover, Delaware
The City of Dover, Delaware (the City) was incorporated in 1829 and is a municipal corporation
governed by an elected mayor and a nine-member council. The accompanying financial
statements present the financial position and operating results for fiscal year ended
June 30, 2019.
B. Reporting Entity
In evaluating how to define the reporting entity, for financial reporting purposes, management has
considered all potential component units. The decision to include a potential component unit was
made by applying the criteria set forth in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United
States of America (GAAP). The criterion used is that set forth by Statement of Governmental
Accounting Standards (GASB) number 14 and as updated by GASB 61 which defines the
reporting entity as the primary government and those component units for which the primary
government is financially accountable. Financial accountability is defined as appointment of a
voting majority of the component unit's board and either a) the ability to impose will by the primary
government, or b) the possibility that the component unit will provide a financial benefit to or
impose a financial burden on the primary government. Based upon this criterion, the following is
a brief review of each potential component unit addressed in defining the government’s reporting
entity.
Included within the reporting entity:
The City provides many services as follows - police protection, street maintenance, sanitation,
recreation, library, community development, public improvements, planning, safety inspections,
electric generation and distribution, water and wastewater services, legislative services and
general administration, including employee benefits. These functions are part of the City’s daily
operations and therefore are not legally separate component units.
Not included within the reporting entity:
The City has joined the State of Delaware Police Pension Plan for uniformed police officers
employed by the City after September 1, 1982. The plan is completely managed by the State of
Delaware and, therefore, is not included in the financial statements.
The Robbins Hose Volunteer Fire Company and the Capital School District are not included within
the financial reporting entity because they do not meet the criteria for inclusion set forth by GAAP.
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies of the City conform to generally accepted accounting principles as
applicable to governments. A summary of the more significant policies follows:
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A. Basis of Presentation
Government-wide Statements: The statement of net position and the statement of activities
include the financial activities of the overall government, except for fiduciary activities. Individual
funds are not displayed but the statements distinguish governmental activities, generally funded
by taxes and other City revenue, from business-type activities (BTAs), generally funded in whole
or in part with fees charged to external users. Eliminations have been made for the doubling-up
effect of certain internal activities, however, interfund services provided and used are not
eliminated in the process of consolidation.
The government-wide statement of activities presents a comparison between direct program
expenses and program revenues for each function of the City’s governmental activities and for
each of the City’s identifiable business-type activities. Direct expenses are those that are
specifically associated with a program, function or activity. Program revenues include a) charges
paid by the recipients or beneficiaries of goods or services offered by the programs and b) grants
and contributions that are restricted for meeting the operational or capital requirements of a
particular program. Revenues that are not classified as program revenues, including all taxes,
are presented as general revenues.
The City allocates the costs of certain governmental services to the costs of business-type
activities (indirect expense allocation). These costs include allocated amounts of city
management, centralized budgetary formulation and oversight, accounting, financial reporting,
payroll, fleet and building maintenance, procurement contracting and oversight, investing and
cash management, personnel services, etc. The allocations are charged to the BTAs based on
the use of these services. As a matter of policy, the costs of certain governmental functions are
not allocated to the business-type activities such as tax assessor, planning and zoning, public
safety, library and recreation and community services.
Fund Financial Statements: The accounts of the City are organized on the basis of funds, each
of which is considered a separate accounting entity. The operations of each fund are accounted
for with a separate set of self-balancing accounts that comprise its assets, liabilities, deferred
inflows/outflows, fund equity, revenues and expenditures or expenses, as appropriate.
Government resources are allocated to and accounted for in individual funds based upon the
purposes for which they are to be spent and the means by which spending activities are controlled.
The fund financial statements provide information about the City’s funds, including fiduciary funds.
The emphasis of fund financial statements is on major governmental and enterprise funds, each
displayed in a separate column. All remaining governmental funds are aggregated and reported
as non-major funds.
The City reports the following major governmental fund:
General Fund
The General Fund is the general operating fund of the City. It is used to account for all financial
resources except those required to be accounted for in another fund.
The City reports the following major proprietary funds:
Water/Wastewater Fund
This fund accounts for transactions related to water and wastewater services, including the
payment of fees to Kent County for the treatment of sewage. The City also holds lease
agreements with cell phone companies for equipment placed on City water towers.
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Electric Revenue Fund
This fund incorporates all transactions related to the generation, transmission and distribution of
electricity. The City has contracted with both The Energy Authority and North American Energy
Services to manage the City’s power supply and generation assets.
The City reports the following non-major funds:
Internal Service Fund
The City has created one internal service fund to account for the activities related to self-insured
Workers’ Compensation. Receipts are provided from contributions by the City’s three major
funds. Expenses are related to payment of claims, premiums, and administration costs. Actuarial
analyses are completed every three years to ensure sufficient reserves for claims for the Workers’
Compensation Fund.
Special Revenue Funds
The City has eight Special Revenue Funds to account for proceeds of specific revenue sources
that are restricted or committed to expenditure for specified purposes other than debt service or
capital projects.
Fiduciary Funds
Fiduciary funds consist of trust and agency funds and are used to report assets held by the City
in a trustee or agency capacity for other purposes. These funds are, therefore, not available to
support City programs.
The City is the trustee for the City’s two pension plans, the Police Pension Fund and the Employee
Pension Fund, as well as the Other Post-Employment Benefit Trust. The activity of these plans
is accounted for in the Basic Financial Statements.
Agency Funds
Agency funds are used to account for assets held by the City as an agent for individuals, private
organizations or other governments. The City has two agency funds.
The City acts as the receiving and paying agent for the Downtown Dover Partnership and the
Fourth of July Celebration Committee.
B. Basis of Accounting and Measurement Focus
Basis of accounting refers to when revenues and expenditures or expenses are recognized in the
accounts and reported in the financial statements. Basis of accounting relates to the timing of the
measurements made, regardless of the measurement focus applied.
All governmental funds are accounted for using the modified accrual basis of accounting and the
current financial resources measurement focus. Their revenues are recognized when they
become measurable and available as net current assets.
Revenues that are susceptible to accrual include property taxes, grants and billable service
charges. All other revenues are accounted for when they are received.
Property taxes are recognized in the fiscal period during which they are levied, provided they are
“available;” meaning they are collected in the current period or are expected to be collected soon
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enough thereafter to satisfy liabilities in the current period. The City considers all revenues
reported in the governmental funds to be available if the revenues are collected within sixty days
after year-end, except for trash collection, which has a thirty-day collection period.
Expenditures are generally recognized under the modified accrual basis of accounting when the
related fund liability is incurred. The exception to this general rule is principal and interest on
general long-term debt which is recognized when due. Also, claims and judgments and
compensated absences are recognized as expenditures to the extent they have matured.
General capital asset acquisitions are reported as expenditures in governmental funds. Proceeds
of general long-term debt and acquisitions under capital leases are reported as other financing
sources.
The government-wide financial statements as well as all proprietary and fiduciary trust funds are
accounted for using the accrual basis of accounting and the economic resources measurement
focus. Agency funds have no measurement focus but utilize the accrual basis of accounting for
reporting of assets and liabilities.
A reconciliation of the governmental fund financial statements prepared on the modified accrual
basis of accounting to the government-wide financial statements prepared on the accrual basis
of accounting is also provided on pages 52 & 54. The types of transactions included in program
revenues in the government-wide statement of activities include charges for services, operating
grants and capital grants.
Operating income reported in the proprietary fund financial statements includes revenue and
expenses related to the continuing operations of the funds. Charges to customers for sales and
services constitute the principal operating revenue for proprietary funds.
Principal operating expenses are the costs of providing goods and services, which include
purchased power, administrative expenses and depreciation of capital assets. All revenues and
expenses not meeting this definition are reported as non-operating revenues and expenses.
C. New Pronouncements
GASB Statement No. 84, “Fiduciary Activities” was issued in January 2017 and is effective for
periods beginning after December 15, 2018. The requirements of this Statement will enhance
consistency and comparability by (1) establishing specific criteria for identifying activities that
should be reported as fiduciary activities and (2) clarifying whether and how business-type
activities should report their fiduciary activities. Greater consistency and comparability enhance
the value provided by the information reported in financial statements for assessing government
accountability and stewardship.
GASB Statement No. 87, “Leases” was issued in June 2017 and is effective for periods after
December 15, 2019. This Statement will increase the usefulness of governments’ financial
statements by requiring reporting of certain lease liabilities that currently are not reported. It will
enhance comparability of financial statements among governments by requiring lessees and
lessors to report leases under a single model. This Statement also will enhance the decision-
usefulness of the information provided to financial statement users by requiring notes to financial
statements related to the timing, significance, and purpose of a government’s leasing
arrangements.
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GASB Statement No. 88, “Certain Disclosures Related to Debt, including Direct Borrowings and
Direct Placements” was issued in March 2018 and is effective for periods after June 15, 2018.
This Statement will improve the information that is disclosed in notes to government financial
statements related to debt, including direct borrowings and direct placements. It also clarifies
which liabilities governments should include when disclosing information related to debt. This
statement did not have an impact on the financial statements.
GASB Statement No. 89, “Accounting for Interest Cost Incurred before the End of a Construction
Period” was issued in June 2018 and is effective for periods after December 15, 2019. This
Statement will enhance the relevance and comparability of information about capital assets and
the cost of borrowing for a reporting period and will also simplify accounting for certain interest
costs.
GASB Statement No. 90, “Majority Equity Interests” was issued in August 2018 and is effective
for periods after December 15, 2018. This Statement will improve consistency in the
measurement and comparability of the financial statement presentation of majority equity interests
in legally separate organizations and to improve the relevance of financial statement information
for certain component units.
GASB Statement No. 91, “Conduit Debt Obligations” was issued in May 2019 and is effective for
periods after December 15, 2020. This Statement will define conduit debt obligations for
accounting and financial reporting purposes and establishes related standards for recognition,
measurement, and disclosure for issuers. The requirements of this Statement apply to the
financial statements of all state and local governments.
The City is currently evaluating the impact of these statements.
D. Capital Assets and Long-Term Liabilities
Capital assets used in Governmental Fund type operations (general capital assets) are accounted
for in the government-wide financial statements rather than in the funds. Public domain
("infrastructure") general capital assets consisting of certain improvements other than buildings,
including roads, bridges, curbs and gutters, streets and sidewalks, drainage systems and lighting
systems, are capitalized in the government-wide financial statements along with other general
capital assets. The capitalization threshold for the City’s assets is $5,000. Personal computers
and related hardware valued under $5,000 are manually controlled by the Information Technology
Department. All capital assets are valued at historical cost and donated capital assets are shown
at acquisition value based on the developers’ cost of the infrastructure. Depreciation has been
provided on general capital assets and is shown in Note 4. Depreciation has been provided over
the estimated useful lives using the straight-line method. Estimated useful lives are as follows:
Buildings 20 - 50 years
Infrastructure 20 - 50 years
Vehicles 5 - 7 years
Equipment, Furniture & Fixtures 5 - 15 years
Long-term liabilities expected to be financed from governmental funds and the long-term
estimated liabilities for compensated absences are accounted for in the government-wide
financial statements, but not in the governmental funds.
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Depreciation of all exhaustible capital assets used by proprietary funds is charged as an expense
against their operations. Accumulated depreciation is shown in Note 4 of this section.
Depreciation in the proprietary funds has been provided over the estimated useful lives using the
straight-line method. The estimated useful lives are presented below:
Buildings, Mains & Plant 25 - 90 years
Improvements 15 - 20 years
Equipment 5 - 15 years
Vehicles 5 - 7 years
The remaining useful life for certain buildings, vehicles, equipment and plant assets recorded in
the Electric Fund is being shortened to coincide with the estimated retirement date of the City’s
principal generation assets.
Capital assets are maintained substantially and reported in accordance with the Uniform System
of Accounts prescribed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the Electric
Fund and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) for the
Water/Wastewater Fund.
E. Budget Procedures
Legally adopted budgets are prepared for the General Fund, Water/Wastewater Fund, Electric
Revenue Fund, the Internal Service Fund and the following non-major special revenue funds:
Municipal Street Aid Fund, Electronic Red-Light Safety Program Fund, Community Development
Block Grant Fund (Federal), State Department of Transportation Grants Fund (Community
Transportation), Police Grant Funds, Substance Abuse Prevention Program Fund, Realty
Transfer Tax Fund and Library Grants Fund.
The General Governmental Capital Projects Fund provides for separate budgets to cover the
planning and control of capital items for the governmental programs. The financial transactions
of this fund are included in the financial statements of the General Fund. The Electric
Improvement and Extension Fund and the Water/Wastewater Improvement and Extension Fund
are sections of each utility enterprise. These sections are required by bond resolutions. Separate
budgets for these funds cover the planning and control of only the capital items of the utilities.
The financial transactions of these funds are included in the financial statements of the Electric
Revenue Fund and the Water/Wastewater Fund.
The City prepares the budget for the General Fund revenues on a modified accrual basis. The
expenditures are accounted for when the purchase orders are issued. The budget and actual
schedule in the legal budget format (non-GAAP), adopted by the City for the General Fund, the
City’s major governmental fund, is presented in the required supplementary information section
of this report.
Budgets for the Electric Revenue Fund, Water/Wastewater Fund and Internal Service Fund are
prepared on an accrual basis. Budgets are prepared under the assumption that the principal
redemption of long-term debt must be assumed by Enterprise Fund activity in conformity with the
bond ordinance.
The Combining General Fund Balance Sheet and Combining Statement of Revenues,
Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of the General Fund as well as the budget and
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actual schedules of the other funds are also presented in the supplementary information section
of this report because they are not required to be presented elsewhere.
According to the City's procedures, the preceding year's ending net budgetary balances are
considered as resources for the following year. The beginning balances become operating items
of revenues in the budgets. Estimated ending budgetary balances provide the balancing amount
for each budget. In accordance with the City’s financial policies, adopted by City Council, the
General and Water/Wastewater funds are required to maintain an 8% minimum ending budget
balance and the Electric fund is required to maintain a 12% minimum. These percentages are
expressed as a percentage of operating revenues, excluding the beginning budget balance.
Unassigned fund balances as a percentage of current year operating revenues on a budgetary
basis for the General Fund, Water/Wastewater Fund and Electric Fund are 15.3%, 13.7% &
21.3% respectively and all are exceeding the financial policy maximum for each fund. Per the
Financial policy, these overages will be addressed in the next year’s budget.
The City Manager may approve transfers of savings from completed CIP items to non-completed
CIP items. Any transfers that cause the particular item or project to exceed its original budget
10% or greater will be communicated to Council and the Controller/Treasurer. The City Manager
may approve intra-fund transfers (i.e., within the General Fund) of up to five percent per annum,
with the exception of line items associated with salary and benefits. Budget amendments
exceeding that authorized above or that affect budget balances shall be referred to the City
Council. (Source: City of Dover Policy Manual, Budget Administration – Policy for Operating
Departments, 2014).
There were 2 departments that exceeded their budget, as follows:
1) The Police Department was over budget due to retro pay increases, comp-time payouts,
retirements, and promotions occurring within the year.
2) The Public Services Administration Department was over budget and was attributed to
salaries and pension expense due to an unanticipated mid-year pay increase.
In both cases, the increase was needed to meet operational requirements of the City.
F. Major Transfers
The Electric Revenue Fund and Water/Wastewater Fund annually transfer a budgeted portion of
their revenues to the General Fund. Transfers are also made from the Realty Transfer Tax Fund,
Municipal Street Aid Fund, Electronic Red-Light Safety Program (ERLSP) Fund and Police Grant
Funds to the General Fund. The purpose of these transfers is to provide routine subsidies to the
General Fund for operating functions, capital project expenditures and debt service requirements.
Several Special Revenue Funds represent a pass-through of revenues collected by the State of
Delaware on behalf of the City or other State revenues provided for in Delaware Code. These
receipts are subsequently transferred to the General Fund in support of public safety, City
maintenance of State roads and other public services.
Several transfers between the General Fund and the non-major governmental funds are netted
in the government-wide financial statements.
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G. Inventories and Prepaid Items
Both inventories and prepaid items are accounted for using the consumption method. Inventories
are treated as operational expenditures at the time of use rather than at the time of purchase for
both the governmental and proprietary funds. Prepaid items are reflective of insurance policies
and commitments due on July 1 for the following fiscal year.
The warehouse inventories, consisting mostly of parts and supplies, are maintained on a
perpetual inventory basis. Inventories of all funds are valued at cost and net of reserves, utilizing
a weighted moving average method of valuation. The City maintains inventory reserves to charge
off any damaged or obsolete items.
The Electric Revenue Fund maintains fuel inventory for the generating assets on a perpetual
basis and utilizes the weighted moving average method of valuation.
H. Cash and Investments
The City's cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, demand deposits and short-term
investments with original maturities of three months or less from the acquisition date. Investments
consist of notes and bonds issued by the United States Government and its agencies, corporate
debt instruments, common stock and open-end mutual funds. The fair value of investments is
determined by GASB 72 Fair Value Measurements.
I. Accounts Receivable
Allowances for uncollectible accounts are maintained and uncollectible accounts are charged off
against these allowances. The authority to write off accounts is vested with the City Council.
Current balances of allowances are as follows:
General Fund $475,507
Water/Wastewater Fund 83,878
Electric Revenue Fund 1,310,904
J. Restricted Assets
Certain assets are restricted because their use is limited by bond covenants, endowments, or
other similar third-party restrictions.
Restricted assets as of June 30, 2019 total $56,415,577 including cash and cash equivalents of
$7,813,061 and $48,602,516 in investments. Of this amount, $426,734 is attributed to
governmental activities and $55,988,843 is attributable to business-type activities.
K. Unbilled Service Receivables
The City follows a policy of billing for services in accordance with billing cycle procedures. All
known services rendered are billed and incorporated in the books at the end of the fiscal year.
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L. Bond Accounts/Issuance Costs
The City recognizes bond discounts and issuance costs in governmental funds, as well as the
proprietary funds, as a current period expense in accordance with GASB 65. All unamortized
bond discounts and issuance costs held by the general fund and the proprietary funds have been
expensed in prior years.
M. Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources
The statement of financial position, in addition to reporting assets and liabilities, reports a separate
section for deferred outflows / inflows of resources. Deferred outflows / inflows of resources
represent either a consumption or acquisition of net position that applies to a future period(s) and
will not be recognized as an outflow / inflow (expense / revenue) of resources until that period.
The City’s deferred outflows / inflows of resources are reported on the government-wide
statement of net position and proprietary funds statement of net position for pension and Other
Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB). For purposes of measuring the OPEB and pension liability,
deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to OPEB and pensions,
and OPEB and pension expense, information about the fiduciary net position of the OPEB and
pension plans and additions to/deductions from their fiduciary net position have been determined
on the same basis as they are reported by the City of Dover’s OPEB Trust and pension systems.
For this purpose, benefit payments (including refunds of employee contributions) are recognized
when due and payable in accordance with the benefit terms. The OPEB and pension systems
report investments at fair value. Deferred inflows of resources related to OPEB and pensions are
explained in Notes 15 and 17, respectively.
The City also reports unavailable revenue only in the governmental funds balance sheet, which
arises only under a modified accrual basis of accounting that qualifies for reporting in this
category. The governmental funds report unavailable revenues from property taxes, demolitions,
general billings, grass cutting, police extra-duty, and State grants.
In addition to the above deferred inflows / outflows, the City is reporting a deferred outflow of
resources for asset retirement obligation on the Electric Revenue Fund, due to the retirement of
the McKee Run Generating Facility.
N. Fund Balances and Net Position
Governmental fund balances are reported based on a hierarchy of constraints on the nature or
specific purpose to which the funds can be spent. The classifications of fund balance are as
follows:
• The non-spendable fund balance classification includes amounts that cannot be spent either
because they are in a non-spendable form or because they are legally or contractually
required to be maintained intact.
• The restricted fund balance classification includes amounts that can be spent only for specific
purposes defined by the City Charter, the City Code, State or Federal laws, or externally
imposed conditions by grantors or creditors.
• The committed fund balance classification includes amounts that can be used only for specific
purposes determined by the formal action by City Council through a motion or an adopted City
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Ordinance which is approved by a majority vote of City Council, the City’s highest level of
decision-making authority.
• The assigned fund balance classification includes amounts authorized and established by City
Council. The City’s financial policies as adopted by City Council includes the purpose and
description of all classes of fund balance. Modifications require City Council approval.
• The unassigned fund balance classification includes amounts that have not met the criteria of
the aforementioned fund balance classifications. The unassigned fund balance is available
for expenditures as they are incurred. The general fund is the only fund that reports a positive
unassigned fund balance amount.
The City considers restricted, committed, or assigned amounts to have been spent when a related
expenditure is incurred.
Proprietary funds report net position in three categories:
1) Net investment in capital assets;
2) Restricted; and
3) Unrestricted
Fund balances and net position are further explained in Note 7.
O. Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates.
P. Net Position Flow Assumption
Sometimes the City will fund outlays for a specific purpose from both restricted (e.g., restricted
bond or grant proceeds) and unrestricted resources. In order to calculate the amounts to report
as restricted and unrestricted net position and fund balance in the government-wide, proprietary
fund, and governmental fund financial statements, a flow assumption must be made about the
order in which the resources are applied. It is the City’s policy to consider restricted net position
to have been depleted before unrestricted net position is applied.
3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS
A. Cash in Bank and Cash Equivalents
Custodial credit risk – deposits. The City’s depository institutions collateralize the City’s deposits
over and above those covered by the $250,000 FDIC Insurance limit with specific securities,
which are ‘marked to market’ daily against the aggregate balances. The market value of the
collateral is at a minimum of or equal to 102% of the amount of applicable deposits. Collateral
consists solely of full faith and credit obligations of the United States Government or fixed rate
obligations of agencies or instruments of the United States Government.
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On June 30, 2019, the carrying amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents totaled
$17,323,411, and the bank cash balances totaled $14,272,631. The carrying amount of restricted
cash totaled $7,813,061 and the bank cash balances on restricted accounts totaled $11,441,507.
$2,635,825 of the bank balance was exposed to custodial credit risk because it was uninsured
and uncollateralized. Fiduciary funds cash and cash equivalents carrying value of $7,997,893
included $8,015,097 of cash deposits, $613,798 of the bank balance was exposed to custodial
credit risk because it was uninsured and uncollateralized. The restricted deposits are held by the
City for bond related transactions, special purpose operating and capital grants.
B. Investments
The City Council has adopted an investment policy which is reviewed every two years and
updated as needed to meet best practices. The Pension Boards have adopted their own distinct
investment policies to govern the Pension Trust funds because the objectives differ from those of
the City. The City’s investments are segregated from the Pension Trust investments for clarity.
As of June 30, 2019, the City had the following investments:
i. Investments Held by Third Party Custodian
The City categorizes its fair value measurements within the fair value hierarchy established by
generally accepted accounting principles. The hierarchy is based on the valuation inputs used to
measure the fair value of the asset. The City’s government wide investments are held in several
different investment capacities from mutual funds and certificate of deposit with a significant
investment in debt securities.
• Level 1 – Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in
active markets;
• Level 2 – Valuations based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets
or identical assets or liabilities in less active markets, such as dealer or broker markets; and
• Level 3 – Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs
or significant value drivers are unobservable, such as pricing models, discounted cash flow
models and similar techniques not based on market, exchange, dealer or broker-traded
transactions.
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The City recorded the following investments as of June 30, 2019:
Fair Value Measurements Using:
Quoted Prices Significant
Weighted in Active Other
Average Markets Observable
Maturity for Identical Inputs
Investment Type (Years) June 30, 2019 Assets (Level 1) (Level 2)
Government-Wide:
Investments by fair value level
Debt securities:
U.S. Government Treasuries 2.86 $ 27,070,612 $ - $ 27,070,612
Federal Agency Bond / Note 2.36 14,504,010 1,175,117 13,328,893
Municipal Obligations 0.63 3,809,978 - 3,809,978
Domestic Fixed Income 2.44 27,107,148 - 27,107,148
International Fixed Income 1.05 8,589,963 - 8,589,963
Certificates of Deposit 0.91 8,618,159 - 8,618,159
Federal Agency Mortgage-Backed Security 13.31 4,567,721 - 4,567,721
Total Investments by fair value level 2.73 $ 94,267,591 $ 1,175,117 $ 93,092,474
Other Investments, at amortized cost:
Accrued Interest Earned 520,209
Money Market Mutual Funds & Equity Stock 882,271
Total other investments 1,402,480
Total Government-Wide Investments 95,670,071
Interest rate risk: As a means of limiting its exposure to fair value losses arising from rising
interest rates the City’s investment policy limits U.S. Government securities and most other
investments to a maximum maturity of 10 years from the date of purchase. Commercial Paper,
Bankers’ Acceptances and Repurchase Agreements all have a much shorter investment period
ranging from 90 days to 365 days. Short-term cash flow balances are invested up to one year.
The portfolio’s weighted average maturity is 2.73 years.
Credit risk: The City’s investment policy applies the prudent-person rule. Investments are made
as a prudent person would be expected to act, with discretion and intelligence, to seek reasonable
income, preserve capital and, in general, avoid speculative investments.
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As of June 30, 2019, the City’s fixed income and short-term investments carried the following S&P
Global Credit Ratings as compared to the policy’s minimum ratings:
Policy Minimum Percent
Authorized Investments Rating Category Portfolio Ratings Allocation
U.S. Government N/A AAA 28.30%
U.S. Government Agency N/A AA+ to AAA 19.93%
Certificates of Deposit and Short-Term A-1 Short-Term A-1 to A-1+
9.01%
Time Deposits Long-Term AA N/A
Corporate Debt Issued by a US Corporation
Commercial Paper A-1 N/A 0.00%
Corporate Notes/Bonds A BBB+ to AAA 28.33%
International Fixed Income A AAA 8.98%
Repurchase Agreements ST A-1; LT AA N/A 0.00%
Registered Investment Companies
AAAm AAAm 1.47%
(Money Market Funds)
Municipal Obligations A A to AAA 3.98%
Concentration of credit risk: As of June 30, 2019, United States Treasury Notes represented
28.72% of the portfolio, Federal Home Loan Bank represented 9.57% of the portfolio and Federal
National Mortgage Association represented 9.42% of the portfolio. No other issuer exceeded 5%
of the portfolio.
ii. Investments Held by Trustee for Other Post-Employment Benefits & Pensions
The Pension Trusts and OPEB Trust invest exclusively in open-end mutual funds. The fair value
is measured using the net asset value (NAV) as quoted in active markets in a manner consistent
with the measurement principles for investment companies calculated as of June 30, 2019.
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Investment Type June 30, 2019
Other Postemployment Benefits (OPEB) & Employee's Police OPEB
Pension Funds (Trustee held): Plan Plan Trust Total
Investments measured at the net asset value (NAV)
Money market funds $ 3,662,851 $ 1,218,053 $ 1,390,668 $ 6,271,572
Fixed Income:
Short-term bond funds 2,149,150 816,764 2,253,994 5,219,908
Intermediate-term bond funds 1,731,456 411,270 1,698,459 3,841,185
Long-term bond funds 2,188,524 693,087 1,530,030 4,411,641
Inflation-protected bond funds 2,156,702 683,014 1,508,091 4,347,807
High yield bond funds 2,167,511 686,456 1,894,329 4,748,296
Nontraditional bond funds 1,724,342 409,569 1,695,533 3,829,444
Total Fixed Income 12,117,685 3,700,160 10,580,436 26,398,281
Equities:
Large cap value funds 3,472,885 1,099,866 3,052,289 7,625,040
Large cap growth funds 4,819,766 1,526,493 4,199,320 10,545,579
Mid-cap value funds 1,757,337 556,560 3,071,467 5,385,364
Mid-cap blend funds 1,748,366 553,710 - 2,302,076
Small-cap value funds 3,535,910 1,119,831 4,245,177 8,900,918
International growth funds 3,093,905 979,755 2,705,175 6,778,835
World stock funds 3,078,999 975,082 2,691,525 6,745,606
Diversified emerging market funds 5,292,078 1,675,881 4,626,792 11,594,751
Real estate funds 2,117,480 670,625 1,850,431 4,638,536
Total Equities 28,916,726 9,157,803 26,442,176 64,516,705
Total investments measured at the NAV $ 41,034,411 $ 12,857,963 $ 37,022,612 $ 90,914,986
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The City recorded the following OPEB and Pension investments as of June 30, 2019:
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Investment Type June 30, 2019 Assets (Level 1)
Other Postemployment Benfits (OPEB) &
Pension Funds
Investments by fair value level
Mutual Funds $ 90,914,986 $ 90,914,986
Other Investments at amortized Cost
Money Market Mutual Funds 6,271,572 6,271,572
$ 97,186,558 $ 97,186,558
Limits on investments are as follows:
Category Allocation Target Percentage
Employee's Police OPEB
Plan Plan Trust
Cash & Short Term Bonds 11.00% 13.00% 9.00%
Non-traditional Bonds 4.00% 3.00% 4.50%
Inflation Protected Bonds 5.00% 5.00% 4.00%
Intermediate Term Bonds 4.00% 3.00% 4.50%
Long Term Bonds 5.00% 5.00% 4.00%
High Yield Bond 5.00% 5.00% 5.00%
Large Cap Value 8.00% 8.00% 8.00%
Large Cap Growth 11.00% 11.00% 11.00%
Mid Cap 8.00% 8.00% 8.00%
Small Cap 8.00% 8.00% 11.00%
Real Estate Investment 5.00% 5.00% 5.00%
Foreign Equity 14.00% 14.00% 14.00%
Emerging Markets 12.00% 12.00% 12.00%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Custodial Credit Risk is the risk that, in the event of the failure of the counterparty, the City will
not be able to recover the value of its investments or collateral securities that are in the possession
of an outside party. To avoid custodial credit risk, the City requires all investments held with a
third-party custodian to be registered in the City’s name.
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 Pension and OPEB Plans’
investment policies do not formally address interest rate risk. As of June 30, 2019, the Pension
and OPEB plans had $26,398,281 in fixed income investments. The weighted average maturity
for $24,503,952 of its fixed income funds was 9.49 years, the remaining balance of $1,894,329
was not available.
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Credit Risk: The OPEB Plan’s investments are exposed to both market risk, the risk arising from
changes in fair value, and credit risk, the risk of failure by another party to perform according to
the terms of a contract. The Pension and OPEB Plan’s investment balances at June 30, 2019
consisted of open-ended mutual funds.
Concentration of Credit Risk: Concentration of credit risk is the risk of loss attributable to the
magnitude of an investment in a single issuer. The Pension and OPEB Plan’s investment policies
do not formally address concentration of credit risk. The Pension and OPEB Plans held no
positions of five percent or more in securities of any single issuer at June 30, 2019.
Foreign Currency Risk is the risk that changes in the exchange rate of investments will adversely
affect the fair value of an investment. As of June 30, 2019, the Pension and OPEB Plans had no
investments that were denominated in foreign currency.
4. CAPITAL ASSETS
A summary of the capital asset activity for the year ended June 30, 2019 is presented below
and on the following page:
Beginning Ending
Balance Increases Decreases Balance
Governmental activities:
Capital assets, not being depreciated
Land $ 4,688,301 $ 51,261 $ - $ 4,739,562
Construction in progress 738,629 498,417 40,927 1,196,119
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 5,426,930 549,678 40,927 5,935,681
Capital assets, being depreciated:
Buildings 29,321,058 57,991 - 29,379,049
Furniture and fixtures 821,678 - - 821,678
Equipment 8,729,096 241,876 193,374 8,777,598
Vehicles 5,495,671 1,353,976 317,794 6,531,853
Lights 655,647 - - 655,647
Improvements other than buildings 55,259,173 1,831,346 - 57,090,519
Total capital assets, being depreciated 100,282,323 3,485,189 511,168 103,256,344
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Buildings (6,308,166) (704,693) - (7,012,859)
Furniture and fixtures (543,709) (54,735) - (598,444)
Equipment (6,240,570) (515,667) 193,376 (6,562,861)
Vehicles (3,989,084) (470,848) 312,798 (4,147,134)
Lights (519,905) (6,648) - (526,553)
Improvements other than buildings (28,990,900) (1,343,534) - (30,334,434)
Total accumulated depreciation (46,592,334) (3,096,125) 506,174 (49,182,285)
Total capital assets, being depreciated, net 53,689,989 389,064 4,994 54,074,059
Governmental activities capital assets, net $ 59,116,919 $ 938,742 $ 45,921 $ 60,009,740
(Continued)
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(Continued) Beginning Ending
Balance Increases Decreases Balance
Business-type activities:
Electric Revenue Fund
Capital assets, not being depreciated
Land $ 1,458,066 $ - $ - $ 1,458,066
Construction in progress 3,003,311 1,381,594 621,704 3,763,201
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 4,461,377 1,381,594 621,704 5,221,267
Capital assets, being depreciated
Buildings 14,480,088 - - 14,480,088
Vehicles and Equipment 28,266,103 342,933 - 28,609,036
Transformers, Meters, T&D & Fiber Optic Lines, Street Lights 63,908,180 1,306,173 - 65,214,353
SS, Switch Yards, Switchgears 36,550,989 136,873 - 36,687,862
Boiler, Turbo Generators, Cap Int - VS 39,122,189 - - 39,122,189
Other (Streets, EST, Swr Lines, Wells, Eng & Legal Svcs, Land Impr) 7,662,501 - - 7,662,501
Total capital assets, being depreciated 189,990,050 1,785,979 - 191,776,029
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Buildings (10,314,516) (837,801) - (11,152,317)
Vehicles and Equipment (23,422,828) (1,112,652) - (24,535,480)
Transformers, Meters, T&D & Fiber Optic Lines, Street Lights/Signals (35,499,747) (1,754,964) - (37,254,711)
SS, Switch Yards, Switchgears (14,627,704) (1,101,706) - (15,729,410)
Boiler, Turbo Generators, Cap Int - VS (24,204,794) (3,087,296) - (27,292,090)
Other (Streets, EST, Swr Lines, Wells, Eng & Legal Svcs, Land Impr) (6,108,865) (192,250) - (6,301,115)
Total accumulated depreciation (114,178,454) (8,086,669) - (122,265,123)
Total capital assets, being depreciated, net 75,811,596 (6,300,690) - 69,510,906
Total electric revenue fund capital assets, net 80,272,973 (4,919,096) 621,704 74,732,173
Water/Wastewater Fund
Capital assets, not being depreciated
Land 163,240 - - 163,240
Construction in progress 912,403 5,410,322 552,483 5,770,242
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 1,075,643 5,410,322 552,483 5,933,482
Capital assets, being depreciated
Buildings 2,026,662 - - 2,026,662
Pumping Stations 28,842,952 447,787 - 29,290,739
Distribution mains, hydrants, and accessories 24,293,711 159,379 - 24,453,090
Sewer Lines 33,190,813 507,535 - 33,698,348
Vehicles and equipment 7,549,513 160,744 - 7,710,257
Total capital assets, being depreciated 95,903,651 1,275,445 - 97,179,096
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Buildings (894,597) (42,203) - (936,800)
Pumping Stations (10,069,008) (709,408) - (10,778,416)
Distribution mains, hydrant, and accessories (8,255,258) (334,324) - (8,589,582)
Sewer Lines (13,605,625) (749,696) - (14,355,321)
Vehicles and equipment (4,939,300) (331,221) - (5,270,521)
Total accumulated depreciation (37,763,788) (2,166,852) - (39,930,640)
Total capital assets, being depreciated, net 58,139,863 (891,407) - 57,248,456
Total water/wastewater fund capital assets, net 59,215,506 4,518,915 552,483 63,181,938
Total Business-type Activities $ 139,488,479 $ (400,181) $ 1,174,187 $ 137,914,111
Capital Assets, not being depreciated $ 5,537,020 $ 6,791,916 $ 1,174,187 $ 11,154,749
Capital Assets, being depreciated 133,951,459 (7,192,097) - 126,759,362
Total $ 139,488,479 $ (400,181) $ 1,174,187 $ 137,914,111
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Depreciation expense was charged to functions/programs of the primary government as follows:
Governmental activities:
General government $ 12,689
Central services 38,949
Public safety 468,965
Public works 1,984,895
Library and recreation 558,384
Financial administration 32,242
Total depreciation expense - governmental activities $ 3,096,125
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5. LONG -TERM OBLIGATIONS
A. Summary of Bonded Indebtedness by Issue
Original Remaining Interest Maturity Arbitrage Purpose
Governmental Activities
2019 General Obligation Bonds $ 5,700,000 $ 5,700,000 2.39% 7/18/19 - 6/30/29 No Refund General Obligation Bonds Series 2012
and Series 2014 A, which funded public safety
equipment and library, storm water and street
infrastructure projects
Business Type Activities
Water/Wastewater Bonds
2000 State of Delaware - Revolving $ 750,000 $ 51,532 3.60% 10/1/00 - 4/1/20 No Wastewater Pump Station # 7 - Leipsic
Loan Fund - Municipal Revenue
2009 State of Delaware - Revolving 5,581,059 3,821,547 2.00% 12/1/12 - 12/1/31 No Pump station replacements/upgrades and
Loan Fund - Municipal Revenue sanitary sewer main relining
2010 State of Delaware - Revolving 2,404,017 1,593,447 2.47% 4/1/12 - 10/1/30 No Water quality improvements and main
Loan Fund - Municipal Revenue replacements
2011 State of Delaware - Revolving 765,060 580,913 2.00% 6/1/12 - 12/1/31 No Pump station replacements/upgrades and
Loan Fund - Municipal Revenue sanitary sewer main relining
2013 Revenue Bonds 6,125,000 4,440,000 3.58% 7/1/14 - 7/1/33 Yes Water and Wastewater capital project financing,
refund 2003 Series WWW bonds
2018 State of Delaware - Revolving 2,598,099 2,598,099 2.00% 20 year term once No Water Treatment Plant Improvements
Loan Fund - Municipal Revenue the project is
complete
2018 State of Delaware - Revolving 112,157 112,157 2.00% 20 year term once No Replacement of 3 Pump Stations: Delaware
Loan Fund - Municipal Revenue the projects are Tech, Walker Woods and Silver Lake
complete
(Coverage ratio on Water/Wastewater Bonds requires net revenues to be at least 1.2 times the maximum annual debt service)
Electric Revenue Bonds
2018 Revenue Bonds $ 15,700,000 $ 15,700,000 3 - 5% 7/1/19 - 7/1/33 Yes Refund Electric Revenue Bonds Series 2008,
which funded system expansion & upgrades
(Coverage ratio on Electric Bonds requires net revenues to be at least 1.25 times the maximum annual debt service)
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B. Status as of June 30, 2019 – General Obligation Bonds
Long-term indebtedness of the City of Dover consists of Series 2019 General Obligation Bonds
totaling $5,700,000.
The total General Obligation Bonds outstanding amount includes $328,716 payable within one
year.
C. Change in Long-Term Debt
The following tables summarize the debt transactions for the year ended June 30, 2019:
i. General Long-Term Debt
Payable within
Item Balance 7/1/18 Additions Reductions Balance 6/30/19 One Year
Police Officer Separation Agrmt $ 150,000 $ - $ 37,500 $ 112,500 $ 37,500
Compensated Absences 2,277,345 1,483,055 1,265,585 2,494,815 1,110,593
General Obligation Bonds 5,877,013 5,700,000 5,877,013 5,700,000 328,716
Net OPEB Liability 26,216,057 - 4,988,823 21,227,234 -
Net Pension Liability 14,751,596 - 708,068 14,043,528 -
Sub-total of General
Long-Term Debt $ 49,272,011 $ 7,183,055 $ 12,876,989 $ 43,578,077 $ 1,476,809
In June 2019, the City issued General Obligation Bond Series 2019 in the amount of $5,700,000
to refund the outstanding principal of the original series 2012 and 2014A bonds. The proceeds
(net of bond issuance costs), were used to satisfy all of the remaining outstanding principal on
the 2012 Series bonds and 2014 A Series bonds. The City completed the refunding to reduce its
total debt service payments over the next 10 years by approximately $635,000 and to obtain an
economic gain (difference between the present values of the old and new debt service payments)
of approximately $290,000.
ii. Enterprise Funds Debt – Water/Wastewater Fund
Payable within
Item Balance 7/1/18 Additions Reductions Balance 6/30/19 One Year
Compensated Absences $ 230,601 $ 114,311 $ 162,543 $ 182,369 $ 87,320
Revenue Bonds-Water and
Wastewater 4,795,000 - 355,000 4,440,000 360,000
State of Delaware Municipal
Revenue Bond - Wastewater 4,806,555 112,157 352,563 4,566,149 361,043
State of Delaware Municipal
Revenue Bond - Water 1,710,844 2,598,099 117,397 4,191,546 120,481
Net OPEB Liability 2,128,196 - 347,420 1,780,776 -
Net Pension Liability 3,647,263 - 262,046 3,385,217 -
Sub-total of Water/
Wastewater Fund $ 17,318,459 $ 2,824,567 $ 1,596,969 $ 18,546,057 $ 928,844
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State of Delaware Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund (WPCRF) Loan and State
of Delaware Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF)
The City has two New State of Delaware Revolving Fund loans that are in the process of
being drawn down because the related projects are in the construction stage. Loans
outstanding as of June 30, 2019 were as follows:
Loan Number Interest Rate Maximum Loan Outstanding as of
Amount June 30, 2019
Loan #12000090 2.0% 881,400 $112,157
Loan #21000082 2.0% 4,000,000 $2,598,099
The City’s repayment obligation is secured by a pledge of net operating revenue of the
water and sewer system. Upon Completion of each project, semi-annual payments of
principal and interest shall be payable in an amount sufficient to amortize the outstanding
principal balance of each loan over a twenty-year term.
iii. Enterprise Funds Debt – Electric Revenue Fund
Payable within
Item Balance 7/1/18 Additions Reductions Balance 6/30/19 One Year
Compensated Absences $ 474,054 $ 277,542 $ 254,128 $ 497,468 $ 221,367
Revenue Bonds 17,890,000 15,700,000 17,890,000 15,700,000 650,000
Bond Premium - 1,154,752 - 1,154,752 -
Net OPEB Liability 3,415,224 - 643,549 2,771,675 -
Net Pension Liability 7,228,906 - 453,423 6,775,483 -
Asset Retirement Obligation 11,915,849 - - 11,915,849 -
Sub-total of Electric
Revenue Fund 40,924,033 17,132,294 19,241,100 38,815,227 871,367
Sub-total of Enterprise
Fund Debt 58,242,492 19,956,861 20,838,069 57,361,284 1,800,211
Grand Totals of
Long-Term Debt $ 107,514,503 $ 27,139,916 $ 33,715,058 $ 100,939,361 $ 3,277,020
In August 2018, the City issued Electric Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2018 in the amount
of $15,700,000 to refund the outstanding principal of the original series 2008 bonds. The
proceeds (net of bond issuance costs), were used to satisfy all of the remaining outstanding
principal on the series 2008 bonds. The City completed the refunding to reduce its total debt
service payments over the next 15 years by approximately $3,614,000 and to obtain an economic
gain (difference between the present values of the old and new debt service payments) of
approximately $3,024,000.
The City does not receive reimbursement for debt service from any other governmental units.
The City does not have any special assessment debt or defeased bonds as of June 30, 2019. In
previous years, the City has used General Fund Revenues to liquidate Net Pension and Net
OPEB Liabilities in the General Fund.
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D. Debt Service Requirements
The following are the debt service requirements to maturity on the City's general obligation bonds
and revenue bonds.
i. Governmental Activities:
2019 General Obligation Bonds
Fiscal
Year Principal Interest Total
2020 328,716 134,842 463,558
2021 335,760 126,434 462,194
2022 342,624 118,222 460,846
2023 349,632 109,842 459,474
2024 356,556 101,565 458,121
2025 364,092 92,569 456,661
2026 371,544 83,664 455,208
2027 379,140 74,576 453,716
2028 386,760 65,478 452,238
2029 2,485,176 55,843 2,541,019
Total $ 5,700,000 $ 963,035 $ 6,663,035
ii. Business-type Activities
Water/Wastewater Fund
2000 Municipal Revenue 2009 Municipal Revenue 2010 Municipal Revenue 2011 Municipal Revenue
Fiscal Bonds (Wastewater) Bonds (Wastewater) Bonds (Water) Bonds (Wastewater)
Year Principal Interest Principal Interest Principal Interest Principal Interest
2020 51,532 1,396 271,970 75,078 120,481 40,808 37,541 20,584
2021 - - 277,437 69,611 123,646 37,643 38,905 19,219
2022 - - 283,013 64,035 126,895 34,395 40,318 17,806
2023 - - 288,702 58,346 130,228 31,061 41,783 16,341
2024 - - 294,505 52,543 133,649 27,640 43,302 14,823
2025 - - 300,424 46,624 137,160 24,129 44,875 13,250
2026 - - 306,463 40,585 140,764 20,526 46,505 11,619
2027 - - 312,623 34,425 144,461 16,828 48,195 9,930
2028 - - 318,906 28,142 148,257 13,033 49,946 8,178
2029 - - 325,316 21,732 152,151 9,138 51,761 6,364
2030 - - 331,855 15,193 156,148 5,141 53,642 4,483
2031 - - 338,526 8,522 79,607 1,039 55,592 2,534
2032 - - 171,807 1,718 - - 28,548 514
2033 - - - - - - - -
2034 - - - - - - - -
Total $ 51,532 $ 1,396 $ 3,821,547 $ 516,554 $ 1,593,447 $ 261,381 $ 580,913 $ 145,645
(Continued)
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ii. Business-type Activities (Continued)
Water/Wastewater/Electric Revenue Funds
2013 Revenue Bonds 2018 Municipal Revenue 2018 Municipal Revenue 2018 Revenue Bonds Business-
Fiscal Water/Wastewater Loan (Wastewater) Loan (Water) Electric Type
Year Principal Interest Principal Interest Principal Interest Principal Interest Activities
2020 360,000 146,493 5,608 2,243 129,905 51,962 650,000 629,450 2,595,051
2021 375,000 135,469 5,608 2,131 129,905 49,364 785,000 593,575 2,642,513
2022 385,000 124,069 5,608 2,019 129,905 46,766 820,000 553,450 2,633,279
2023 395,000 112,369 5,608 1,907 129,905 44,168 865,000 511,325 2,631,743
2024 410,000 100,294 5,608 1,795 129,905 41,570 910,000 466,950 2,632,584
2025 215,000 90,919 5,608 1,682 129,905 38,971 955,000 420,325 2,423,872
2026 220,000 84,256 5,608 1,570 129,905 36,373 1,005,000 371,325 2,420,499
2027 225,000 77,106 5,608 1,458 129,905 33,775 1,055,000 319,825 2,414,139
2028 235,000 69,281 5,608 1,346 129,905 31,177 1,110,000 265,700 2,414,479
2029 245,000 60,269 5,608 1,234 129,905 28,579 1,160,000 214,750 2,411,807
2030 255,000 50,269 5,608 1,122 129,905 25,981 1,200,000 173,550 2,407,897
2031 265,000 39,869 5,608 1,009 129,905 23,383 1,240,000 136,950 2,327,544
2032 275,000 29,069 5,608 897 129,905 20,785 1,275,000 99,225 2,038,076
2033 285,000 17,869 5,608 785 129,905 18,187 1,315,000 60,375 1,832,729
2034 295,000 6,084 5,608 673 129,905 15,589 1,355,000 20,325 1,828,184
2035 - - 5,608 561 129,905 12,990 - - 149,064
2036 - - 5,608 449 129,905 10,392 - - 146,354
2037 - - 5,608 336 129,905 7,794 - - 143,643
2038 - - 5,608 224 129,905 5,196 - - 140,933
2039 - - 5,605 112 129,904 2,598 - - 138,219
Total $ 4,440,000 $ 1,143,685 $ 112,157 $ 23,552 $ 2,598,099 $ 545,601 $ 15,700,000 $ 4,837,100 $ 36,372,609
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E. Certain Asset Retirement Obligation
The City implemented GASB Statement No. 83 Certain Asset Retirement Obligation
(ARO) during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019. An ARO is a legally enforceable liability
associated with the retirement of a tangible asset. The McKee Run Generating Station is
an electric generating facility owned and operated by the City since 1972, and is scheduled
to be shut down on May 31, 2021. A legal obligation exists for the City to perform future
retirement activities for the decommissioning of the Mckee Run Generating Station, as the
site contains hazardous and other materials that require special handling, based upon
Federal Regulations and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control (DNREC). Mckee Run has an estimated remaining useful life of
22 months. The City engaged a specialist to estimate the cost of decommissioning the
station, and accordingly recognized a liability of $11,915,849, and deferred outflow of
resources of $486,361, as of June 30, 2019.
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6. RESTRICTED NET POSITION
In the government-wide financial statements the restricted net position of the governmental
activities and business type activities are as follows:
Governmental Activities
Grants-capital projects This represents the State DOT grant $ 134,522
reported in the non-major special revenue
funds.
Grants-public safety These represent the Police grants, ERLSP 172,141
grant and Substance Abuse Prevention
grant in the special revenue type funds.
Other Purposes These represent all other funds reported in 35,622
the special revenue type, except the grants
reserved for capital construction and public
safety. Also included is the interest from an
endowment from Mary Elizabeth Paton and
the verizon reserve.
Total Restricted Net Position $ 342,285
Business Type Activities
Net restricted position for construction purposes - expendable
Water/Wastewater Restrictions on investments $ 6,773,920
imposed by bond covenants
Electric Restrictions on investments 47,579,291
imposed by bond covenants
Total Restricted Net Position $ 54,353,211
7. FUND BALANCES & NET POSITION
In the governmental fund financial statements, fund balances are reported based on a hierarchy
of constraints on the specific purposes for which the funds can be spent. Non-spendable fund
balances represent items that are not in spendable form and not expected to be converted to
cash. This criterion also applies to the corpus of permanent funds, which would include the Mary
Elizabeth Paton library endowment.
Restricted fund balances represent amounts that have externally imposed restrictions by
creditors, grantors, enabling legislation or laws and regulations of other governments. The fund
balances of the City’s grant funds fall into this category, as well as a couple of accounts that have
contractual restrictions imposed by a third party.
Committed fund balances represent amounts that can be used only for specific purposes pursuant
to constraints imposed by formal action of City Council through a motion or an adopted city
ordinance. These amounts cannot be used for any other purpose unless the government removes
or changes the specified use by taking the same type of action to which it previously committed
the amount.
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Assigned fund balances represent amounts constrained by the City’s intent to be used for specific
purposes. These amounts represent the City’s capital asset appropriations. The constraints
placed on assigned fund balances are implemented through internal processes such as a budget
ordinance or motion of City Council. Therefore, assigned fund balances do not have the same
restrictive nature as a restricted fund balance.
Unassigned fund balance is the residual amount that has not met the criteria for the previously
mentioned classifications. The unassigned fund balance is available for expenditures as they are
incurred. The General Fund is the only fund that reports a positive unassigned fund balance
amount. However, in governmental funds other than the General Fund, if expenditures incurred
for specific purposes exceed the amounts that are restricted, committed, or assigned to those
purposes, it may be necessary to report a negative unassigned fund balance in that fund.
The composition of the City fund balances as of June 30, 2019 follows:
Other
General Governmental
Fund Funds Total
Fund balances:
Nonspendable:
Inventory & Prepaids $ 213,380 $ - $ 213,380
Patronage Stock 16,594 - 16,594
Library Endowment 5,000 - 5,000
Subtotal Nonspendable: 234,974 - 234,974
Restricted for:
Library Endowment Interest 2,199 - 2,199
Verizon cable franchise 24,871 - 24,871
Highway resurfacing - 142,092 142,092
ERLSP - 100 100
CDBG - 882 882
Substance Abuse Prevention - 88,556 88,556
Municipal Street Aid - 100 100
Police Grants - 83,485 83,485
Subtotal Restricted for: 27,070 315,215 342,285
Committed to:
Contingency 770,914 - 770,914
Parkland 277,073 - 277,073
Subtotal Committed to: 1,047,987 - 1,047,987
Assigned to:
Capital Projects 4,320,615 - 4,320,615
Unassigned 7,118,240 - 7,118,240
Total fund balances $ 12,748,886 $ 315,215 $ 13,064,101
As noted in the Introductory section of this report (page 9), the City has established the “City of
Dover, Delaware Financial Policies” booklet, which is a standardized set of principles managed
by the Finance Department to ensure that the City follows the minimum fund balance policies.
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8. PROPERTY TAXES
Property taxes are levied under the authority of the City Charter on all real property located within
the City limits. The City Assessor oversees the property assessments and the City Council levies
the property tax rate. The following table provides important dates with reference to property
taxes.
Beginning of fiscal year for taxes July 1
Tax rate levied 2nd Council Meeting in June
Taxes billed July 1
Taxes due and payable at par July 31
Penalty of one and one-half percent starts August 1
Lien established on property for property taxes July 1
Tax sales of property with unpaid taxes 2 years from date of billing
As of June 30, 2019, there were no material delinquent taxes.
9. INTERFUND RECEIVABLES, PAYABLES AND TRANSFERS
The composition of interfund balances as of June 30, 2019 follows:
A. Due to/from other funds – Charges and Allocations
Receivable Fund Payable Fund Amount
General Fund Non-Major Governmental Funds $ 37,729
Water/Wastewater Fund 279,794
Electric Revenue Fund 11,020
328,543
Water/ Wastewater Fund General Fund 1,146
Electric Revenue Fund General Fund 1,481,469
Water/Wastewater Fund 335,853
1,817,322
Total $ 2,147,011
B. Due to/from other funds – Temporary Advances
Receivable Fund Payable Fund Amount
Electric Fund General Fund $ 4,000,000
The outstanding balances between funds result mainly 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.
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C. Interfund Transfers
Transfers In -
Electric
Transfers Out General Fund Revenue Fund Total
Non-Major Governmental Funds $ 2,953,381 $ - $ 2,953,381
Water/ Wastewater Fund 1,000,000 298,000 1,298,000
Electric Revenue Fund 10,000,000 - 10,000,000
General Fund - 200,000 200,000
Total $ 13,953,381 $ 498,000 $ 14,451,381
Transfers are generally made to provide operating capital or debt service subsidies to the
receiving fund in accordance with City policy.
10. RENTAL INCOME
The City is the lessor in two active lease agreements related to its Garrison Oak Business &
Technology Center that result in miscellaneous revenue reported in the General Fund. The first
lease is with LS Power – White Oak Solar Energy LLC, which generated $66,195 in rental income,
and the second lease is with Garrison Energy Center which generated $34,223 in rental income.
The City’s Electric Revenue Fund owns a professional office building which houses the City’s
Customer Service, Finance and Information Technology Departments. Lease revenue is
$116,267 in the Electric Revenue Fund consisting of office space rental of $18,150, substation
rental of $30,000 and pole attachment rentals of $68,117.
The City maintains several water tower leases for a group of telecommunications companies.
The transactions are recorded as revenue in the Water/Wastewater Fund and totaled $399,849
in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019.
11. MATERIAL COMMITMENTS
A. The City is the guarantor on one loan for the Dover Fire Department, a separate entity from
the City of Dover. The City also budgets financial contributions to assist the volunteer fire
company with the acquisition of firefighting apparatus. The current fiscal year includes
$145,614 in expenditures for Ladder #1, and $71,199 for Pierce Enforcer Pumper Engine in
the Governmental Capital Projects Fund budget.
B. The City entered into a three-year management contract with The Energy Authority effective
July 1, 2016 to provide a market-based approach for power supply management. The City
has extended the contract through June 30, 2022. The Energy Authority manages energy
purchases and utilizes the City’s generating assets to provide a level of rate stability and to
mitigate the effects of volatility in the energy markets.
C. The City also entered into a management contract with North American Energy Services
(NAES) to operate and maintain the generating assets of the electric utility in May 2006.
The City extended the contract with NAES through June 30, 2021. The City has
incorporated the budgets and financial activity of the generating assets into its procedures
used for all other divisions of the electric utility. These procedures include a line item budget
and adherence to City policies. All personnel are employed by NAES and personnel costs
are billed to the City bi-weekly. Any capital improvements are included in the City’s capital
improvement plan. The contract also provides for a monthly management fee and a
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performance incentive based on budget and plant performance. The cost estimate for
annual management fees and incentives totals $759,607 in fiscal year 2019 and is included
in the plant operating budget.
D. The City is the guarantor on two $1.3 million loans held by the Downtown Dover Partnership.
The loans are secured by two parcels in the downtown business district that the Downtown
Dover Partnership is marketing for its redevelopment initiative. The principal and interest
on both loans is paid monthly from rental receipts the Partnership receives from its current
tenants on the properties.
E. The City owes $112,500 to a former employee of the City due to a separation agreement.
The former employee is owed this money over the next 3 years.
12. FORWARD CONTRACTS
Pursuant to the July 1, 2011 Energy Management Agreement between the City and The Energy
Authority (TEA), the City has formed an Executive Risk Management Committee (ERMC). The
ERMC has adopted a Governing Policy for Energy Commodity Risk Management (Policy) aimed
at addressing the energy commodity risks and the Procedures and Controls Manual for Energy
Commodity Risk Management (Procedures Manual). The Procedures Manual further describes
the risk management philosophy under which TEA, the City’s designated provider of energy risk
management services conducts its activities.
The Procedures Manual authorizes TEA to enter into physical forward transactions which shall
be governed by Edison Electric Institute (EEI), North American Energy Standards Board
(NAESB), or similar agreements with counterparties approved by the City.
These agreements will enable the City to hedge the forward price of purchased power, natural
gas or fuel oil for delivery as needed to meet its load requirements. No speculative transactions
for volumes in excess of forecasted power and fuel needs are permitted. TEA also provides
advisory services to the City to determine the extent to which financial hedges would mitigate
market and credit risk to the benefit of the City. These contracts meet the definition of a derivative
instrument as defined by GASB Statement No. 53, Accounting and Reporting for Derivative
Instruments (GASB 53). However, these contracts meet the normal purchases and sales
exemption of GASB 53 as the City intends to use the physical commodity in its normal utility
operations to supply energy to its customers. Accordingly, these contracts are not within the scope
of GASB 53 and are not recorded on the City’s Statement of Net Position.
Under the Procedures manual the City will not extend credit to any potential counterparty that has
a credit rating below investment grade (defined as BBB as rated by S&P Global Ratings or Baa2
as rated by Moody’s Investors Service). Any counterparty that is unrated by either S&P or
Moody’s must be approved by the ERMC prior to the execution of any trading activities.
Credit risk is mitigated using collateral thresholds, credit limits, maximum nominal exposure and
term limitations. A collateral threshold is the amount of unsecured credit granted to the
counterparty. Unsecured credit exposure includes amounts owed by the counterparty, whether
billed or not, and the marked-to-market differences in value of any collateral held. Any net
exposure above the collateral threshold will require the posting of collateral by the counterparty.
Collateral thresholds, term limitations and credit exposure limits are subject to maximums as
established by the ERMC.
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A summary of the contracts outstanding as of June 30, 2019 are as follows:
Counterparty Credit Risk (in 1,000’s)
Maximum Amount
Counterparty or of Loss due to
Counterparty
Counterparty Guarantor Credit Line Availability Credit Risk w/o Collateral Description
Threshold
Rating Respect to
Collateral ($)
No Collateral if exposure under specified
AEP Energy Partners, Inc. BBB+ $10,000 $10,648 ($648)
threshold
No Collateral if exposure under specified
Barclays Bank, PLC BBB+ $10,000 $10,000 $0
threshold
No Collateral if exposure under specified
BP Energy Company A- $15,000 $15,694 ($694)
threshold
$10,000 guaranty from Citigroup Global
Citigroup Energy, Inc. BBB+ $7,000 $7,000 $0
Markets Holdings, threshold is $7,000
Threshold is $18 million unless guarantor's
EDF Trading North America, LLC BBB $18,000 $18,000 $0
credit rating falls below Baa3
No Collateral if exposure under specified
Exelon Generation Company, LLC BBB $30,000 $30,000 $0
threshold
Up to $15,000 is guaranteed by Macquarie
Macquarie Energy, LLC A $15,000 $15,496 ($496)
Bank Limited
Unlimited guaranty from Morgan Stanley,
Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc BBB+ $10,000 $14,088 ($4,088)
threshold set by table in contract
Guaranty from NextEra Energy Capital
NextEra Energy Marketing, LLC. BBB+ $10,000 $23,333 ($13,333)
Holdings, threshold set by table in contract
NJR Energy Services Company NR No threshold $0 $0 No Specified threshold
PJM Settlement, Inc. AA No threshold $0 $47 No Specified threshold
PSEG Energy Resources & Trade, LLC BBB+ $5,000 $4,816 $184 $5,000 guaranty from PSEG Power LLC
Unlimited guaranty from AGL Resources
Sequent Energy Management, L.P. BBB+ $5,000 $5,000 $0 (now Southern Company Gas), threshold is
$5,000
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13. INSURANCE
A. Health Insurance – State of Delaware
The City participates in the State of Delaware Health Insurance Program. The State offers
four health plan options. The administration of benefits is coordinated with Aetna and
Highmark Delaware. Pre-determined premiums consisting of City and employee
contributions are subsequently paid to the State of Delaware.
B. Workers’ Compensation Fund – Self-Insurance
On July 1, 1990, the City began self-insuring its Workers’ Compensation insurance. For this
purpose, the City has established a separate fund. Claims are processed and administered
by a third-party administrator. The City manages the revenue and expenditures in this fund
and maintains all records. The City maintains a fund balance reserve to cover any claims
incurred but not reported.
AMI Risk Consultants completed an updated valuation in fiscal year 2014. As of
June 30, 2019, $490,800 is reserved for open claims in this fund. An appropriate umbrella
policy for the excess coverage has been purchased and is in effect as of June 30, 2019.
Workers’ Compensation activity is recorded in the General Fund as follows:
2019 2018
Claims payable, beginning of year $ 598,030 $ 751,659
Claims incurred (476,461) 239,594
Payment of claims 369,231 (393,223)
Claims payable, end of year $ 490,800 $ 598,030
C. Other than Health or Workers’ Compensation Insurance
The City purchases commercial insurance policies to cover risks not insured through self-
insurance funds. The City has designated a contingency account to provide for uninsured
losses (See Note 7). There have been no significant reductions or settlements exceeding
coverage in the past five fiscal years.
14. COMPENSATED ABSENCES
The City grants a specific number of vacation days with pay to its employees. Upon termination
or retirement, an employee is paid for accumulated vacation days. The City also grants one paid
sick day per month to all employees, except for employees covered by the International
Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW) contract. The IBEW employees are granted eleven sick
days per year.
The City of Dover follows a terminal leave policy which varies with each of the four labor unions
as well as the non-bargaining group. The maximum accumulated sick days paid upon retirement
is 150 days for 25 years of service. No accrued sick leave is paid when an employee is
terminated.
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In the government-wide and proprietary fund financial statements, unpaid compensated absences
are recorded as a liability as the vested employees' benefits accrue, to the extent it is probable
that the employee will be paid for sick benefits at retirement.
In governmental funds, compensated absences are recorded as expenditures as payments
become due; accordingly, no liability is recorded in the Governmental Funds statement. Typically,
the General Fund has been used in prior years to liquidate the liability for compensated absences
recorded in governmental activities.
15. OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
Plan Description
On May 11, 2009, the City of Dover Other Post-Employment Benefits Trust (OPEB Trust) was
established pursuant to Section 115 of the Internal Revenue Code. Policy for and management
of the OPEB benefits provided to retirees are the responsibility of the City of Dover. No stand-
alone financial report is issued for the OPEB Trust.
The City of Dover OPEB Plan is a post-retirement employee benefit program established for the
purpose of funding retiree health care as provided for in Chapter 80, Article IV, Division 5 of the
City Ordinances.
The OPEB Trust is a single-employer defined benefit plan. The OPEB Trust provides retirement
medical coverage to pensioners and their eligible dependents in the City of Dover defined benefit
and defined contribution pension plans.
Plan Administration
Management of the plan investments are fully vested with the City of Dover OPEB Board as
established in the City Code, which consists of seven members - three elected by plan members,
two Council members appointed by the Council President, the City Controller/Treasurer, and the
City Manager. The City Controller/Treasurer serves as an ex-officio member. Milliman of Albany,
New York provides asset management advisory and consulting services to the Board.
The City purchases health insurance from the State of Delaware through a cooperative
purchasing arrangement permitted by State Code. The State Office of Benefits provides the City
with the medical insurance premiums by type of coverage and carrier during the budget cycle
each year. The City also pays a five percent risk premium and contract administration fee for
each contract in addition to the premium. Any premiums paid over or under the benefits paid out
for City employees revert to the State.
Membership of the plan consisted of the following at June 30, 2019:
Retirees and beneficiaries receiving benefits 267
Terminated plan members entitled to but not yet receiving the benefits 10
Active plan members 324
Total 601
Substantially all City employees become eligible for post-retirement benefits if they reach
retirement age while working for the City. The costs of providing these benefits are shared
between the City and the retired employee.
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Employee Benefits and Contributions
The City maintains contracts with each of the following collective bargaining units.
• The International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW) union contract period is
July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.
• The American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Council
81 contract period is July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.
• The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #15 (FOP) union contract period is July 1, 2018
through June 30, 2021.
• The Dover Organization of Employees (DOE) union contract period is July 1, 2018 through
June 30, 2021.
The eligibility provisions for early retirement are as follows:
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL PLAN PROVISIONS
Benefits for Civilians:
A. Covered Groups: Full-time DOE (formerly IUE), IBEW, AFSCME and non-union employees
and their dependents are covered.
B. Eligibility: Satisfaction of either of the following eligibility requirements:
1. Unreduced Retirement: Attainment of the earlier of the following conditions:
a. Later of attainment of age 65 and completion of 10 years of service.
b. If hired prior to May 1, 1994, later of attainment of age 50 and completion of 20 years of
service.
c. If hired prior to May 1, 1994, completion of 25 years of service.
d. If hired on or after May 1, 1994, later of attainment of age 55 and completion of 80 points
(age plus service).
2. Reduced Retirement: For DOE, AFSCME and non-union members hired prior to
July 1, 1994, attainment of age 55 and completion of 10 years of service. Other members who
meet this condition have the option to pay 100% of the premiums for coverage.
3. Vested Termination: For DOE, AFSCME and non-union members hired prior to July 1, 1994,
completion of 10 years of service. Coverage commences upon attainment of age 65. Coverage
is not available to other members.
4. Active Death: Surviving spouses of members eligible for an unreduced pension upon death
or for DOE and non-union members hired prior to July 1, 1994, completion of 10 years of
service.
C. Premium Cost Sharing: Cost-sharing varies by employee group, date of retirement and/or date
of hire as follows:
1. Non-Union Employees:
a. None if retired prior to July 1, 1991
b. 0% for individual coverage and 25% for spouse coverage if retired on or after July 1, 1991
and prior to July 1, 2012
(Continued)
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(Continued)
c. 15% for individual and spouse coverage if retired on or after July 1, 2012
2. DOE Employees:
a. None if retired prior to September 1, 1991
b. 0% for individual coverage and 25% for spouse coverage if retired on or after
September 1, 1991 and prior to June 1, 2013
c. 15% for individual and spouse coverage if hired prior to December 22, 2015, upon direct
retirement with an unreduced pension
d. 20% for individual coverage if hired on or after December 22, 2015, upon direct retirement
with an unreduced pension. The retiree will have the option to purchase dependent
coverage under the City’s group rate plan at full cost to the employee/retiree.
3. IBEW Employees:
a. 0% for individual coverage and 25% for spouse coverage if hired prior July 1, 1986
b. 0% for individual coverage and 100% for spouse coverage if hired on or after July 1, 1986
and prior to July 1, 2014
c. 20% for individual coverage and 100% for spouse coverage if hired on or after
July 1, 2014
4. AFSCME Employees:
a. 0% for individual coverage and 25% for spouse coverage if retire prior to July 1, 2015
b. 15% for individual and spouse coverage if hired prior to May 20, 2014 and retire on or
after July 1, 2015
c. 20% for individual coverage and 100% for spouse coverage if hired on or after
May 20, 2014
D. Benefit Duration: Retiree coverage is provided for lifetime. Spouse coverage is provided for
the spouse’s lifetime.
E. Medicare Part B Reimbursement: Eligible retirees receive reimbursement of the Medicare
Part B premium. The Medicare Part B standard premium was $135.50 for 2019; for 2018 the
average premium was $111.0, and the standard premium was $134.0. Spouses are not eligible
for the reimbursement. Eligible retirees are:
1. Non-union and AFSCME employees who were hired prior to July 28, 2009.
2. IBEW employees who retired prior to July 1, 2009.
3. DOE employees who retired prior to January 31, 2010.
Benefits for Police Officers:
A. Covered Groups: Full-time FOP employees and their dependents are covered. Only provisions
for members hired on after September 1, 1982 are shown.
B. Eligibility: Satisfaction of either of the following eligibility requirements:
1. Unreduced Retirement: Attainment of the earlier of the following conditions:
a. Later of attainment of age 62 and completion of 10 years of service.
b. Completion of 20 years of service.
c. Later of completion of 10 years of service and 75 points (age plus service).
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2. Reduced Retirement: Not applicable.
3. Vested Termination: None.
4. Active Death: Surviving spouses of members eligible for an unreduced pension upon death.
C. Premium Cost Sharing:
1. None if retired prior to July 1, 1991
2. 0% for individual coverage and 25% for spouse coverage if retired on or after July 1, 1991
and prior to July 1, 2012
3. 15% for individual and spouse coverage if retire on or after July 1, 2012.
4. Employees hired on or after October 9, 2015, contribute 20% for individual coverage. The
retiree will have the option to purchase dependent coverage under the City’s group rate
plan at full cost to the employee/retiree.
D. Benefit Duration: Retiree coverage is provided for lifetime. Spouse coverage is provided for
the spouse’s lifetime.
E. Medicare Part B Reimbursement: Eligible retirees receive reimbursement of the Medicare
Part B premium. The Medicare Part B standard premium was $135.50 for 2019; for 2018, the
average premium was $111.0, and the standard premium was $134.0. Spouses are not eligible
for the reimbursement. Eligible retirees are members who retired prior to September 30, 2006.
Employer Contributions:
The City of Dover funds the other post-employment benefits for current retirees on a pay-as-you-
go basis along with funding for future benefits at a rate that is approved in the annual budget, but
not actuarially determined. Additional funding has also been provided on an ad hoc basis. The
employer contributions towards retiree health care premiums this fiscal year are as follows:
General Government $ 4,373,985
Water/Wastewater Fund 293,954
Electric Revenue Fund 779,489
Total Contributions $ 5,447,428
Transactions are recorded in the OPEB Trust for the payment of administrative and investment
expenses and financed through investment earnings. City appropriations and other employer
contributions for health care are recorded in the OPEB Trust. The OPEB Board of Trustees is
responsible for the management of the trust investments.
Contributions
The contribution rates for the employer are established annually by the budgeting process of the
City. Those rates include an employer contribution based on projected pay-as-you-go financing
requirements as a percent of premiums, with an additional amount to prefund benefits, which is
not actuarially determined. For the year ended June 30, 2019, the City’s average contribution
rate was 27.8% of covered payroll of $19,580,134.
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The components of the Net OPEB liability of the City at June 30, 2019, are as follows:
Other Post Employment Benefits Fund
Changes in Net OPEB Liability
Increase
Total (Decrease)
OPEB Plan Fiduciary Net OPEB
Liability Net Position Liability
Changes in Net OPEB Liability (a) (b) (a) - (b)
Balances as of June 30, 2018 $ 66,118,639 $ 34,359,162 $ 31,759,477
Changes for the year:
Service cost 1,201,696 - 1,201,696
Interest 4,287,917 - 4,287,917
Differences between expected and actual exp (5,152,216) - (5,152,216)
Effect of assumption changes or inputs 1,311,796 - 1,311,796
Benefit payments (2,748,016) (2,748,016) -
Employer contributions - 5,447,428 (5,447,428)
Net investment income - 2,184,357 (2,184,357)
Trust administrative expenses - (2,800) 2,800
Balances as of June 30, 2019 $ 65,019,816 $ 39,240,131 $ 25,779,685
Plan Fiduciary Net Position as % of total OPEB Liability 60.4%
Actuarial Methods and Significant Assumptions
The total OPEB liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of July 1, 2017 with liabilities
projected to the June 30, 2019 measurement date, using the following actuarial assumptions,
applied to all periods included in the measurement, unless otherwise specified:
Rate of return. For the year ended June 30, 2019, the annual money-weighted rate of return on
investments, net of investment expense, was 7.87%. The money-weighted rate of return
expresses investment performance, net of investment expense, adjusted for the changing
amounts invested.
Actuarial cost method Entry Age Normal Level % of Salary
Amortization method Level Dollars
Amortization period 29 years
Asset valuation method Fair Market Value
Actuarial assumptions:
Investment rate of return 6.5%
Discount rate 6.5%
Inflation 2.5% per year included in payroll growth
Healthcare cost trend rates
Pre-65 Medical / Rx Initial rate of 8.0% decreasing by 0.5%
annually to an ultimate rate of 4.5%
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Post-65 Medical / Rx Initial rate of 8.0% decreasing by 0.5%
Annually to an ultimate rate of 4.5%
Mortality RPH-2018 Total Dataset Mortality
Table fully generational using Scale
MP-2018 for all employees
Changes in Actuarial Assumptions or Methods
The long term expected rate of return on OPEB 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 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. Best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset class included in
the target asset allocation as of June 30, 2019 are summarized in the following table:
OPEB Trust
Long-Term Expected Rate of Return
Long-Term
Target Expected Real
Asset Class Allocation* Rate of Return
Cash & Short-Term Bond 9.00% 0.50%
Fixed Income 22.00% 3.55%
Equity 64.00% 8.26%
Real Estate 5.00% 7.96%
Alternatives 0.00% 0.00%
Long-Term Expected Rate of Return 6.51%
*The best-estimate range for the long-term expected rate of return is determined by adding
expected inflation to expected long-term real returns and reflecting expected volatility and
correlation. The capital market assumptions are per Milliman's investment consulting practice.
Discount Rate
The discount rate used to measure the total OPEB liability was 6.5%. The projection of cash
flows used to determine the discount rate assumed that City contributions will be made at rates
equal to the actuarially determined contribution rates. Based on those assumptions, the OPEB
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 OPEB
plan investments was applied to all periods of projected benefit payments to determine the total
OPEB liability.
Sensitivity of the Net OPEB Liability to Changes in the Discount Rate
The following presents the net OPEB liability as of June 30, 2019, calculated using the discount
rate of 6.50%, as well as what the City’s net OPEB liability would be if it were calculated using a
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discount rate that is 1 percentage point lower (5.50%) or 1 percentage point higher (7.50%) than
the current rate.
Other Post-Employment Benefits
1% Current 1%
Decrease Discount Rate Increase
5.50% 6.50% 7.50%
Net OPEB liability $ 34,687,013 $ 25,779,685 $ 18,512,409
Sensitivity of the Net OPEB Liability to Changes in the Healthcare Cost Trend Rate
The following presents the net OPEB liability as of June 30, 2019, calculated using the health
care trend rates assumed and what it would be using 1% higher and 1% lower health care trend
rates:
Health Care Trend Rates Assumptions
1% Current 1%
Decrease Trend Rate Increase
Net OPEB liability $ 18,202,036 $ 25,779,685 $ 35,106,011
• The current health care trend rate starts at an initial rate of 8.0% decreasing to an ultimate rate of
4.5%.
• The 1% decrease in health care trend rates would assume an initial rate of 7.0%, decreasing to
an ultimate rate of 3.5%.
• The 1% increase in health care trend rates would assume an initial rate of 9.0%, decreasing to
an ultimate rate of 5.5%.
OPEB Expense and Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources Related to OPEB
For the year ended June 30, 2019, the City recognized OPEB expense (credit) of ($925,840) as
calculated in the following table:
OPEB Expense
Service cost $ 1,201,696
Interest 4,287,917
OPEB plan administrative expenses 2,800
Projected earnings on OPEB plan investments (2,319,606)
Current period recognition of deferred outflows/(inflows) of resources
Differences between expected and actual experience (2,928,710)
Differences between projected and actual earnings on plan investments (324,746)
Changes of assumptions (845,191)
Total OPEB Expense $ (925,840)
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At June 30, 2019, the City reported deferred outflows (inflows) of resources related to OPEB from
the following sources:
Deferred Outflows Deferred Inflows
Deferred Outflows (Inflows) of Resources
Differences between expected and actual experience $ - $ (9,158,731)
Changes in assumptions 1,049,437 (2,215,098)
Net difference between projected and actual earnings on
OPEB plan investments - (657,425)
Total Deferred Outflows (Inflows) of Resources $ 1,049,437 $ (12,031,254)
Amounts reported as deferred inflows of resources related to OPEB will be recognized in OPEB
expense as follows:
Fiscal Year Ending June 30:
2020 $ (4,098,647)
2021 (4,098,643)
2022 (2,043,492)
2023 (741,035)
Separate Other Postemployment Benefit fund financial statements have not been issued;
accordingly, they are presented as required by GASB Statement No. 34, as follows:
The City of Dover, Delaware
Schedule of Other Postemployment Benefits Trust Fund Net Position
June 30, 2019
Other
Postemployment
Benefit Trust Fund
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,085,721
Receivables 137,500
Investments at Fair Value - Mutual Funds 37,022,611
Total Assets 39,245,832
LIABILITIES:
Accounts Payable 5,701
Total Liabilities 5,701
NET POSITION:
Net Position Restricted for Retiree Health
Benefits $ 39,240,131
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The City of Dover, Delaware
Schedule of Changes in Other Postemployment Benefits Trust Fund Net Position
June 30, 2019
Other
Postemployment
Benefit Trust Fund
ADDITIONS:
Net Investment Income $ 2,184,357
City's Contribution-Payroll Based 2,231,228
City's Contribution-Lump Sum 3,216,200
Total Additions 7,631,785
DEDUCTIONS:
Benefit Payments 2,748,016
General Administration 2,800
Total Deductions 2,750,816
Change in Net Position
Net Position - Beginning 4,880,969
Net Position - Ending 34,359,162
$ 39,240,131
16. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
Effective November 14, 1983, the City added a self-directed 457 Deferred Compensation Plan to
its employee benefit options. The plan is administered by the International City Management
Retirement Corporation (RC). The assets are held in the name of each participant with the ICMA
(International City/County Management Associations) Retirement Trust. Employees are eligible
to make contributions to the plan not to exceed the ceiling set by federal regulations. The City
later added an alternative investment option for the Deferred Compensation Plan with Nationwide
Retirement Solutions.
In May 1994, the City offered the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan to employees as their pension
plan in lieu of participation in the General Employee Pension Plan. At that time 41 employees
opted out of the Defined Benefit Pension Plan and enrolled in the Deferred Compensation Plan.
The ICMA 457 Deferred Compensation Plan has assets of $9,394,178 (market value) as of June
30, 2019, with 151 active employees contributing $473,810. The Nationwide plan has assets of
$3,429,063 (market value) as of June 30, 2019 with 15 active employees contributing $107,499.
Quarterly statements are mailed to each participant by the plan administrators. All administration
fees are borne by the participants. All contributions are 100% vested upon election of the plan.
Employees are eligible to withdraw or rollover to another plan the employer and employee benefits
upon separation of service. Withdrawals prior to age 59½ could be subject to penalty.
Employees who participate in the defined benefit plan are also eligible for the 457 Deferred
Compensation Plan. No matching employer contribution is made to the 457 Deferred
Compensation Plan. As of June 30, 2019, there are 374 employees eligible to enroll in the 457
Deferred Compensation Plan.
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17. RETIREMENT PLANS
The City participates and/or manages four retirement plans on behalf of its employees. Three of
the pension plans are defined benefit plans and one is a defined contribution plan. Two of the
defined benefit plans are closed to new hires. All full-time employees are required to enroll in a
pension plan. During fiscal year 2019, the total wages were $20.6 million, and the total
pensionable wages were $20.1 million for all full-time employees. The number of employees
eligible for pension benefits as of June 30, 2019 is 374.
Following is the total of the City of Dover’s pension liabilities, pension assets, deferred outflows
of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to pensions, and the pension expense and
expenditures for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2019:
2019
Police General DPERS Total
Pension Assets $ 14,294,532 $ 44,707,648 $ 30,956,514 $ 89,958,694
Pension Liabilities 18,207,829 63,058,424 32,896,671 114,162,924
Net Pension Liabilities 3,913,297 18,350,776 1,940,155 24,204,228
Deferred Outflows of Resources - 811,879 3,596,263 4,408,142
Deferred Inflows of Resources (135,912) (855,431) (1,152,604) (2,143,947)
Pension Expense 131,616 2,228,697 1,173,558 3,533,871
A. Defined Contribution Plan
Effective July 1, 2000, the City implemented an IRC 401a Money Purchase Plan “401a Plan,” a
self-directed defined contribution plan, as an alternative for pension benefits. The contribution
and funding requirements of the plan are both established and amended by the City. The plan is
administered by the International City Management Retirement Corporation (RC). The assets are
held in the name of each participant with the ICMA (International City/County Management
Associations) Retirement Trust. Quarterly statements are mailed to each participant by RC. All
administration fees are borne by the participants.
All eligible employees not represented in a bargaining unit may contribute to the 401a Plan from
the minimum of 3% to the maximum of 6% of pensionable wages. The City provides a dollar-for-
dollar match of the contribution to the 401a Plan, not to exceed 6%. The City provides an
additional dollar-for-dollar match into the 401a Plan if the employee contributes to their 457 Plan,
up to a maximum of 3% for a total matching contribution not to exceed 9%. (see note 17 – Deferred
Compensation Plan).
The Dover Organization of Employees (DOE) union contract renewed effective July 1, 2018
through June 30, 2021. The contract changed the mandatory minimum employee contribution
(MMEC) as well as the City’s minimum matching contribution as follows:
Minimum
Effective Date Employee Contribution City’s Match (Up To)
March 27, 2016 4% 7%
July 1, 2016 5% 8%
July 1, 2017 6% 9%
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All other employees, except for FOP members, must contribute 3% of pensionable wages into
the 401a Plan. The City matches the 3% contribution into the 401a Plan. The City provides an
additional dollar-for-dollar match into the 401a Plan if the employee contributes to their 457 Plan,
up to a maximum of 3% for a total matching contribution not to exceed 6%. (see note 16 – Deferred
Compensation Plan).
The 401a Plan and 457 Plan contributions are calculated on base wages plus on-call pay, pay
adjustments, and scheduled overtime. All full-time regular employees are eligible, excluding law
enforcement personnel. Personnel that have elected the defined contribution plan are not eligible
for the defined benefit plan. All contributions are 100% vested upon election of the plan. To be
eligible for benefit payments, the participant must meet the same eligibility requirements as the
participants in the defined benefit plan. Employees are eligible to withdraw or rollover to another
plan the employer and employee benefits upon separation of service. Withdrawals prior to age
59 ½ could be subject to penalty.
As of June 30, 2019, there were 154 full-time employees enrolled in the 401a plan. The City
contributed a total of $425,960 on wages of approximately $6.9 million. Employees contributed
$304,674 to the 401a Money Purchase Plan. The market value of the 401a plan assets totaled
$7,349,926 as of June 30, 2019.
B. Defined Benefit Plans
The City participates in three defined benefit pension plans: City of Dover Police Pension Plan
(closed), City of Dover General Employee Pension Plan (closed), and State of Delaware County
and Municipal Police Pension Plan. The City of Dover Police Pension Plan, a single employer
defined benefit plan, covers all uniformed police officers hired prior to September 1, 1982. The
City of Dover General Employee Pension Plan, a single employer defined benefit plan, covers all
eligible full-time permanent employees, other than police officers hired prior to
September 29, 2009. The State of Delaware County and Municipal Police Pension Plan, a multi-
employer cost sharing defined benefit plan, covers all uniformed police officers hired on or after
September 1, 1982. The City makes employer contributions to all three plans.
The City holds, on behalf of the Pension Boards of Trustees, the assets of the two single-employer
defined benefit plans and, accordingly, is required to prepare pension trust fund financial
statements using the accrual basis of accounting. Investments are reported at fair value based
on quoted market prices. Receivables and payables represent year end accruals of short-term
receipts or charges. The administration of plan assets for both the Police Pension Plan and the
General Employee Pension Plan is conducted by the Pension Boards as described in the
subsequent disclosures.
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Separate pension fund financial statements for the City Police Pension and General Employees’
Pension Plan have not been issued; accordingly, they are presented as required by GASB
Statement No. 34, as follows:
The City of Dover, Delaware
Combining Schedule of Pension Trust Fund Net Position
June 30, 2019
Police General
Pension Pension Totals
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,380,039 $ 3,673,686 $ 5,053,725
Investments at fair value - Mutual Funds 12,857,963 41,034,412 53,892,375
Receivables 116,650 - 116,650
Total Assets 14,354,652 44,708,098 59,062,750
LIABILITIES:
Accounts Payable (60,120) (450) (60,570)
Net position held in trust for pension benefits $ 14,294,532 $ 44,707,648 $ 59,002,180
The City of Dover, Delaware
Combining Schedule of Changes in Pension Trust Fund Net Position
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
Police General
Pension Pension Totals
Additions
Net investment income $ 819,535 $ 2,765,264 $ 3,584,799
City's contribution - payroll based - 2,703,583 2,703,583
City's contribution - lump sum 585,000 - 585,000
Employee contribution - 190,030 190,030
State contributions 512,151 - 512,151
Total Additions to Net Position 1,916,686 5,658,877 7,575,563
Deductions
Benefit payments 1,517,190 4,032,800 5,549,990
General administration 5,093 18,849 23,942
Total Deductions From Net Position 1,522,283 4,051,649 5,573,932
Change in net position 394,403 1,607,228 2,001,631
Net Position - Beginning 13,900,129 43,100,420 57,000,549
Net Position - Ending $ 14,294,532 $ 44,707,648 $ 59,002,180
Plan member contributions are recognized in the period in which the contributions are due.
Employer contributions to each plan are recognized when due, pursuant to formal commitments,
to provide contributions. Benefits or refunds are recognized when due and payable in accordance
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with the terms of each plan. Investment management and consultant fees are paid from the
Pension Trust Funds. All actuarial costs are paid from other City funds.
i. City of Dover Police Pension Plan
Plan Description
This contributory pension plan began on January 1, 1970 under the authority of the City Code,
Chapter 62, Article III, Pension Plan, Section 62-71 through 62-84. The contribution and funding
requirements of the plan are established by the City and may be amended by the City Council. It
is a closed plan. The last active employee retired June 29, 2006. An officer’s pension right is
vested upon the completion of 15 years of continuous service. As of June 30, 2019, there are 46
retirees and beneficiaries receiving benefits.
Fully vested employees who have completed 20 to 25 years of continuous service are entitled to
annual benefits equal to 2.5% of their average earnings for each year of continuous service. The
maximum benefit is 62.5% of average earnings. If a participant terminates after completing 15
years of service, the participant will be eligible for a deferred benefit commencing at age 60 with
a benefit accrued at the date of termination. In place of this vesting, participants may elect to
receive their accumulated contributions.
Disability benefits are paid to a participant who is totally or partially disabled in the performance
of his or her duties. The total duty-connected disability benefit is payable monthly and equal to
75% of the monthly rate of earning at the time of disability. The partial duty-connected disability
benefit is the accrued benefit at the date of disability if not less than 50% of average earnings.
Disability benefits cease if the participant recovers or dies. If the disabled participant reaches his
normal retirement date, the benefit is reduced by one-third.
Survivor’s benefits are payable monthly in an amount equal to 75% of the participant’s rate of
earnings, for a duty related death. Survivor’s benefits are payable monthly in an amount not to
exceed 25% of the participant’s rate of earnings, for a non-duty related death, if the participant
has completed 10 years of service. If a retired participant dies, his or her spouse receives 50%
of the benefit. All benefits under the plan, including survivor’s benefits, are increased 2% per
annum.
There have been no changes in benefits during the valuation period by City Council.
Plan Administration
Management of the plan investments are fully vested with the City of Dover Police Pension Board
as established in the City Code, which consists of seven members – three elected by plan
members, two Council members appointed by the Council President, the Chief of Police, and the
City Manager. The City Controller/Treasurer serves as an ex-officio member. Milliman of Albany,
New York provides asset management advisory and consulting services to the Board.
Funding Policy
The City intends to continue to fund the Actuarially Determined Contribution (ADC) as provided
for in the actuarial valuation. The funding may be impacted by differences in actual experience
and the actuarial assumptions. The employer contributions are considered by the actuaries in
their determination of the ADC. In addition, the City has adopted in its financial policies to have
any surplus in the budget balances of the prior year be transferred to the retirement benefit plans
to further reduce the net pension liability.
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The State contributes to the pension fund on behalf of the City based on 1) an allocation to the
City based on a 0.25% surcharge on insurance policies issued in the state and the number of
officers employed and 2) 75% matching grant for the annual cost of living increase (COLA)
granted to police retirees on January 1 each year. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019, the
State contributed $512,151.
The ADC conforms to the entry age method as defined in GASB Statement No. 67/68. The City
has interim valuations completed each year between the required biennial valuations to monitor
the funding progress. The City’s actuary is Nyhart of Indianapolis, Indiana. The ADC is being
amortized using a level dollar method. The amortization period is 6 years for the 2019 fiscal year
and will decline by 1 each year until 1 year.
Total contributions to the plan for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 were $1.1 million, which is
104.5% of the ADC.
The ADC is based on a closed 10-year level dollar amortization of the Unfunded Actuarial Accrued
Liability (UAAL). The Schedule of Changes in the Net Pension Liability, and a Schedule of
Employer Contributions are presented as Required Supplementary Information (RSI) following
the notes to the financial statements.
Net Pension Liability
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of July 1, 2018 with liabilities
projected to the June 30, 2019 measurement date. As of June 30, 2019, the plan was 78.51%
funded. The total pension liability for benefits was $18.2 million, and the fiduciary net position was
$14.3 million, which resulted in a net pension liability (NPL) of $3.9 million for the primary
government. There are no active officers; therefore, there is no covered payroll or ratio of the net
pension liability to cover payroll. Key methods and assumptions used in calculating the total
pension liability in the latest actuarial valuation, are presented below:
Rate of return. For the year ended June 30, 2019, the annual money-weighted rate of return on
investments, net of investment expense, was 6.43%. The money-weighted rate of return
expresses investment performance, net of investment expense, adjusted for the changing
amounts invested.
Actuarial Methods and Significant Assumptions
Valuation date July 1, 2018
Actuarial cost method Entry Age Method
Amortization method Level Dollars
Amortization period Closed
Asset valuation method Fair Market Value
Actuarial assumptions:
Investment rate of return 6.5%
Discount rate 6.5%
Projected salary increases none, no remaining active participants
Includes inflation at 2.3%
Automatic Cost of living (retirees) 2.0%
Mortality RP-2014 Blue Collar with fully generational
improvements from 2006 based on
Society of Actuaries Scale MP-2018
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Changes in Actuarial Assumptions or Methods
The long term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a
building block method in which expected future real rates of return (expected returns, net of
pension plan investment expense and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. These
expected future real rates of return 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. Best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset
class included in the pension plan’s target asset allocation as of June 30, 2019 are summarized
in the following table:
Police Pension Fund
Long-Term Expected Rate of Return
Long-Term
Target Expected Real
Asset Class Allocation* Rate of Return
Cash and Equivalents 7.00% 2.51%
Fixed Income 27.00% 4.00%
Real Estate 5.00% 7.61%
Stocks 61.00% 8.13%
Long-Term Expected Rate of Return 100.00% 6.50%
*The best-estimate range for the long-term expected rate of return is determined
by adding expected inflation to expected long-term real returns and reflecting
expected volatility and correlation. The capital market assumptions are per
Milliman's investment consulting practice.
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Police Pension Fund
Changes in Net Pension Liability
Increase
Total (Decrease)
Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Pension
Liability Net Position Liability
(a) (b) (a) - (b)
Balances as of June 30, 2018 $ 18,797,596 $ 13,900,129 $ 4,897,467
Changes for the year:
Interest on total pension liability 1,172,535 - 1,172,535
Effect of assumptions changes or inputs (245,112) - (245,112)
Benefit payments (1,517,190) (1,517,190) -
Employer contributions - 1,097,151 (1,097,151)
Net investment income - 819,535 (819,535)
Administrative expenses - (5,093) 5,093
Balances as of June 30, 2019 $ 18,207,829 $ 14,294,532 $ 3,913,297
Discount Rate
The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was 6.5%. 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 contributions will be made at rates equal to the difference
between actuarially determined contribution rates and the member rate. 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 Analysis of Net Pension Liability to Changes in the Discount Rate
The following presents the net pension liability, calculated using the discount rate of 6.50%, as
well as what the City’s net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that
is 1 percentage point lower (5.50%) or 1 percentage point higher (7.50%) than the current rate.
Police Pension Fund
1% Current 1%
Decrease Discount Rate Increase
5.50% 6.50% 7.50%
Net pension liability $ 5,670,032 $ 3,913,297 $ 2,416,838
Pension Expense, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources Related to Pensions
For the year ended June 30, 2019, the City recognized pension expense of $131,616 calculated
in the following chart:
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Police Pension Expense
July 1, 2018 to
June 30, 2019
Interest on total pension liability $ 1,172,535
Projected earnings on pension plan investments (889,692)
Administrative expenses 5,093
Current period recognition of deferred outflows/(inflows) of resources
Changes of assumptions (245,112)
Differences between projected and actual earnings on plan investments 88,792
Total Pension Expense $ 131,616
As of June 30, 2019, the City reported deferred outflows/(inflows) of resources related to pension
from the following sources:
Police
Pension Plan
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Net difference between projected and actual earnings $ (135,912)
Amounts reported as deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to
pensions will be recognized in pension expense as follows:
Police
Pension Plan
Fiscal Year Ending June 30:
2020 $ (25,267)
2021 (127,552)
2022 2,874
2023 14,033
ii. City of Dover General Employee Pension Plan
Plan Description
The City of Dover General Employee Pension Plan started on July 1, 1967, under the authority of
the City Council, Municipal Code, Chapter 2, Article IV, Division 7, General Employee Pension
Plan, Sections 2-321 through 2-370, and was made contributory on July 1, 1983. Employees
contribute 3.5% of gross salary, exclusive of unscheduled overtime. An employee’s pension right
is vested upon completion of 10 years of continuous service. As of the valuation date, July 1,
2018, 95 employees and 210 retirees participate in the plan. The General Employee Pension Plan
is comprised of the following:
Retired and beneficiaries currently receiving benefits 210
Active employees
Fully Vested 95
Non-Vested 16
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Deferred vested 17
The percentage of covered payroll which employees contribute is stated in the City Code and is
considered by the actuaries in their determination of the actuarial determined contribution for
service cost. For the year ended June 30, 2019, gross payroll earnings of $5.4 million were
reported to and covered by this plan.
An employee hired before May 1, 1994 is eligible for normal retirement benefits under this plan,
when they attain the age of 65 with 10 years of continuous service. This same employee is eligible
for early retirement when he/she attains the age of 50 with 20 years of continuous service or has
completed 25 years of service. Employees hired on or after May 1, 1994 who attained age 55
and whose attained age plus years of continuous service is equal to or greater than 80 are eligible
for early-unreduced retirement benefits under this plan.
The monthly benefits are 1/50 of the average actual monthly earnings multiplied by years and
months of credited service upon retirement (highest 36 consecutive months in his/her final 10
years of continuous service). The monthly benefit shall not be less than $200 per month. Benefits
are paid for the lifetime of the participant. Upon the death of the participant, 50% of the payments
to which the participant was or would have been entitled shall be made to their eligible survivor.
An employee may also take an early-reduced retirement on any date following the attainment of
age 55 and the completion of 10 years of continuous service. However, the early retirement
benefit is calculated in the same manner as the normal retirement benefit, at a reduced rate of
one-half percent for each month computed from the date of early retirement to age 65 years. If
an employee terminated before becoming vested in the plan, they are eligible to withdraw this
total contribution with interest compounded annually.
Survivor's benefits are payable to eligible survivors of a participant who dies after completing 10
years of continuous service. The amount of the death benefit is equal to 50% of the retirement
benefit the participant would have received had he retired the day before he died. A participant
is vested in the pension plan after completing 10 years of continuous service, with survivor
benefits commencing when the employee would have attained the age of 65. The benefit is
calculated using the normal retirement benefit formula and service at date of termination.
Effective September 29, 2009 the City Council voted to close the General Employees’ Pension
plan to new hires. There have been no changes in benefits during the valuation period by City
Council.
Plan Administration
Management of the plan investments are fully vested with the City of Dover Employees’ Pension
Board as established in the City Code, which consists of three elected by plan members, two
Council members appointed by the Council President, the City Controller/Treasurer, and the City
Manager. Milliman of Albany, New York provides asset management advisory and consulting
services to the Board.
Funding Policy
The City intends to fund the actuarial determined contributions (ADC) as provided for in the
actuarial valuation. The City uses the percentage of payroll determined by the actuary for its
contributions. The funding may be impacted by differences in actual experience and the actuarial
assumptions. The employer contributions are considered by the actuaries in their determination
of the actuarial determined contribution. In addition, the City has adopted in its financial policies
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to have any surplus in the personnel related budget balances of the prior year be transferred to
the retirement benefit plans to further reduce the net pension obligation.
The City makes payroll-based contributions for active members in the plan. The Actuarially
Determined Contribution is based on a closed 15-year level dollar amortization of the Unfunded
Actuarial Accrued Liability (UAAL). The Schedule of Changes in the Net Pension Liability, and a
Schedule of Employer Contributions are presented as Required Supplementary Information (RSI)
following the notes to the financial statements.
Net Pension Liability
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of July 1, 2018 with liabilities
projected to the June 30, 2019 measurement date. As of June 30, 2019, the plan was 70.90%
funded. The total pension liability for benefits was $63.1 million, and the fiduciary net position
was $44.7 million, which resulted in a net pension liability (NPL) of $18.4 million for the primary
government. The covered payroll (annual payroll of active employees covered by the plan) was
$5.4 million and the ratio of the NPL to the covered payroll was 340.11%.
Rate of return. For the year ended June 30, 2019, the annual money-weighted rate of return on
investments, net of investment expense, was 6.76%. The money-weighted rate of return
expresses investment performance, net of investment expense, adjusted for the changing
amounts actually invested.
Key methods and assumptions used in calculating the total pension liability are presented in the
following chart:
Actuarial Methods and Significant Assumptions
Valuation date July 1, 2018
Actuarial cost method Entry Age
Amortization method Level Dollar
Amortization period Closed; 15-year of the Unfunded AAL
Asset valuation method Fair Market Value
Actuarial Assumptions:
Investment rate of return 6.5%
Discount rate 6.5%
Projected salary increases 3.0%
Includes inflation at 2.3%
Mortality RP-2014 Mortality Table with fully generational
improvements from 2006 based on Society of
Actuaries Scale MP-2018
Changes in Actuarial Assumptions or Methods
The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a
building block method in which expected future real rates of return (expected returns, net of
pension plan investment expense and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. These
expected future real rates of return 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. Best estimates of arithmetic real rates of return for each major asset
class included in the pension plan’s target asset allocation as of June 30, 2019 are summarized
in the following table:
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General Employee Pension Plan
Long-Term Expected Rate of Return
Long-Term
Target Expected Real
Asset Class Allocation* Rate of Return
Cash 6.00% 2.51%
Fixed Income 28.00% 3.99%
Stocks 61.00% 8.13%
Real Estate 5.00% 7.61%
Long-Term Expected Rate of Return 100.00% 6.50%
*The best-estimate range for the long-term expected rate of return is determined
by adding expected inflation to expected long-term real returns and reflecting
expected volatility and correlation. The capital market assumptions are per
Milliman's investment consulting practice.
General Employee Pension Fund
Changes in Net Pension Liability
Increase
Total (Decrease)
Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Pension
Liability Net Position Liability
(a) (b) (a) - (b)
Balances as of June 30, 2018 $ 62,957,382 $ 43,100,420 $ 19,856,962
Changes for the year:
Service cost 424,017 - 424,017
Interest on total pension liability 3,988,725 - 3,988,725
Changes of benefit terms - - -
Effect of economic/demographic gains or losses - - -
Effect of assumptions changes or inputs (278,900) - (278,900)
Benefit payments (4,032,800) (4,032,800) -
Employer contributions - 2,703,583 (2,703,583)
Member contributions - 190,030 (190,030)
Net investment income - 2,765,264 (2,765,264)
Administrative expenses - (18,849) 18,849
Balances as of June 30, 2019 $ 63,058,424 $ 44,707,648 $ 18,350,776
Discount Rate
The discount rate used to measure the total pension liability was 6.5%. 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 contributions will be made at rates equal to the difference
between actuarially determined contribution rates and the member rate. Based on those
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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 Analysis of Net Pension Liability to Changes in the Discount Rate
The following presents the net pension liability, calculated using the discount rate of 6.50%, as
well as what the net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is
1 percentage point lower (5.50%) or 1 percentage point higher (7.50%) than the current rate.
General Employee Pension Fund
1% Current 1%
Decrease Discount Rate Increase
5.50% 6.50% 7.50%
Net pension liability $ 25,807,735 $ 18,350,776 $ 12,143,190
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Pension Expense, Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources Related to Pensions
For the year ended June 30, 2019, the City recognized pension expense of $2,228,697 as
calculated in the following chart:
General Employee Pension Expense
July 1, 2018 to
June 30, 2019
Service cost $ 424,017
Interest on total pension liability 3,988,725
Changes of benefit terms -
Administrative expenses 18,849
Member contributions (190,030)
Projected earnings on pension plan investments (2,763,891)
Current period recognition of deferred outflows/(inflows) of resources
Differences between expected and actual experience 444,938
Differences between projected and actual earnings on plan investments 132,063
Changes of assumptions 174,026
Total Pension Expense $ 2,228,697
As of June 30, 2019, the City reported deferred outflows/(inflows) of resources related to pension
from the following sources:
General
Employee
Pension Plan
Deferred Outflows of Resources
Changes in
City assumptions
contributions sebsequent to the $ 300,152
Differences between expected and actual experience 511,727
Total Deferred Outflows of Resources $ 811,879
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Changes in assumptions $ (219,094)
Net difference between projected and actual earnings (636,337)
Total Deferred Inflows of Resources $ (855,431)
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Amounts reported as deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to
pensions will be recognized in pension expense as follows:
General
Employee
Pension Plan
Fiscal Year Ending June 30:
2020 $ 527,474
2021 (537,122)
2022 (33,631)
2023 (273)
iii. Delaware Public Employee Retirement System - County and Municipal Police and
Firefighters’ Pension Plan
Plan Description and Contribution Information
The City participates in the “County and Municipal Police and Firefighters’ Pension Plan” (the
Plan) is a cost sharing multiple-employer defined-benefit plan established in the Delaware code.
The City’s uniformed police officers whose employment with the City started on or after
September 1, 1982 under the authority of the City Code, Chapter 62, Article III, Pension Plan,
Section 62-71 can participate in this plan.
The General Assembly is responsible for setting benefits, contributions and amending plan
provisions; administrative rules and regulations are adopted and maintained by the Board of
Pension Trustees (the Board).
The management of the Plan is the responsibility of the Board. The Board is comprised of five
members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the State Senate, plus two ex-officio
members. The daily operation is the responsibility of the Office of Pensions. Although most of
the assets of the plan are commingled with other Plans for investment purposes, the Plan’s assets
may be used only for the payment of benefits to the members of the Plan in accordance with the
terms of the Plan.
The Plan’s service benefits calculation is 2.5% of final average monthly compensation multiplied
by years of credited service up to 20 years, plus 3.5% of final average monthly compensation
multiplied by years of service in excess of 20 years. For this plan, final average monthly
compensation is the monthly average of the highest three consecutive years of compensation.
Vesting is at five years of credited service and retirement age is 62 with five years of service; age
plus credited service (but not less than 10 years) equals 75; or 20 years of credited service.
As of June 30, 2019, city membership in this plan is comprised of the following:
Retired and beneficiaries currently receiving benefits 65
Active employees:
Fully Vested 5 years 68
Non-Vested 31
The following are brief descriptions of the Plan. For a more complete description, please refer to
the DPERS CAFR on the web at https://accountingfiles.delaware.gov/docs/2018cafr.pdf.
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County and Municipal Police and Firefighters’ Pension Plan
Retirement
Age 62 with 5 years of service; age plus credited service (but not less than 10 years) equals 75;
or 20 years of credited service.
Disability Benefits
Duty – Total Disability – 75% of final average compensation plus 10% for each dependent not to
exceed 25% for all dependents.
Duty – Partial Disability – Calculated the same as Service Benefits, subject to minimum 50% of
final average compensation.
Non-Duty – Same as Service Benefits, total disability subject to a minimum 50% of final average
monthly compensation plus 5% of each dependent not to exceed 20% for all dependents. Partial
disability is subject to a minimum of 30% of final average monthly compensation.
Survivor Benefits
If employee is receiving a pension, then eligible survivor receives 50% of pension; if employee is
active, eligible survivor receives 50% of pension the employee would have received at age 62. If
the member is killed in the line of duty, the eligible survivor receives 75% of the member’s
compensation.
Contributions:
Employer – Determined by Board of Pension Trustees. Employer contributions were 16.68%,
13.6% and 13.77% of earnings for the Fiscal Year 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The City’s
contributions to the plan for years ended June 30, 2019, 2018 and 2017 were $1,258,817,
$827,827 and $980,117, respectively, and were equal to the required contributions for each year.
Total eligible full-time wages covered by the State plan were $7.4 million this fiscal year.
Member – 7% of compensation.
Basis of Presentation
The DPERS financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting, whereby
expenses are recorded when the liability is incurred, revenues are recorded in the accounting
period in which they are earned and become measurable, and investment purchases and sales
are recorded as of the related trade date. Plan member contributions are recognized in the period
in which contributions are due. Employer contributions are recognized when due and the
employer has a legal requirement to provide contributions. Benefits and refunds are recognized
when due and payable in accordance with the terms of the plan. For purposes of measuring the
net pension liability, deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to
pensions, and pension expense, information about the fiduciary net position of the DPERS Plan
and additions to/deductions from DPERS’s fiduciary net position have been determined on the
same basis as they are reported by DPERS.
Employer Allocation Percentage Methodology
The amounts assigned to each employer in the Schedule of Pension Amounts by Employer is
each employer’s proportional share of the net pension liability, deferred outflows of resources,
deferred inflows of resources, and pension expense (the Collective Pension Amounts) determined
in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board No. 68, Accounting and Financial
Reporting for Pensions (GASB 68). Management has elected to allocate the employer’s
proportionate shares of the collective pension amounts based on the percentage of actual
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employer contributions as documented in the Schedule of Employer Allocations. The City’s
proportionate share percentage is 8.4242% for the current fiscal year, 8.6629% for the prior year
and the change is a decrease of 0.2387%.
Pension Liabilities, Pension Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows
of Resources related to Pensions
At June 30, 2019, the City reported a net pension liability of $1,940,155 for its proportionate share
of the collective net pension liability. The net pension liability was measured as of June 30, 2018,
and the total pension liability used to calculate the net pension liability was determined by an
actuarial valuation as of that date. The City’s proportion of the net pension liability was based on
the percentage of actual employer contributions. The components of the proportionate share of
the net pension liability of the Plan as of June 30, 2019 were as follows (dollar values expressed
in thousands):
County and Municipal Police & Firefighter's Pension Plan
(dollar values expressed in thousands)
(3)
The Employers'
(1) (2) proportionate
Total Plan fiduciary share of the
proportionate proportionate net pension
share of the share of the liability (asset)
Year pension liability net position (1)-(2)
2018 $ 32,897 $ 30,957 $ 1,940
2017 29,103 28,230 873
2016 27,030 25,599 1,431
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The City recognized pension expense of $1,173,558 for the year ended June 30, 2019, associated
with membership within the Delaware State Police Pension Plan. As of June 30, 2019, the City
reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to pensions
from the following sources:
County and
Municipal Police
& Firefighter's
Pension Plan
Deferred Outflows of Resources
Differences between expected and actual experience $ 1,670,672
Change in proportion 12,195
Changes of assumptions 637,347
City contributions subsequent to the measurement date 1,276,048
Total Deferred Outflows of Resources $ 3,596,262
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Differences between expected and actual experience $ (457,562)
Changes in assumptions (273,820)
Net difference between actual and expected earnings (338,089)
Change in proportion (83,133)
Total Deferred Inflows of Resources $ (1,152,604)
The City’s contributions of $1,276,048 are subsequent to the measurement date and therefore
are reported as deferred outflows of resources and will be recognized as a reduction of the net
pension liability in the year ending June 30, 2020.
Amounts reported as deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources related to
pensions will be recognized in pension expense as follows:
County and
Municipal
Police &
Firefighter's
Pension Plan
Fiscal Year Ending June 30:
2020 $ 82,952
2021 82,952
2022 82,952
2023 82,952
2024 82,952
Thereafter 752,850
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The components of collective pension expense for the year ending June 30, 2018 are as follows:
County and Municipal Police & Firefighter's Pension Expense
June 30, 2018
Service cost $ 1,432,956
Member contributions (511,180)
Administrative expenses 12,215
Interest on the total pension liability 2,174,408
Projected earnings on plan investments (1,943,181)
Recognition of deferred outflow and inflows of resources: -
Changes in assumptions in the measurement of total pension liability 40,520
Differences between expected and actual experience 130,912
Differences between projected and actual earnings on plan investments (163,093)
Total Pension Expense $ 1,173,558
The proportionate share of the total pension liability for the June 30, 2018 measurement date was
determined by an actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2017, with update procedures used to roll
forward the total pension liability to June 30, 2018. These actuarial valuations used the following
actuarial assumptions:
Actuarial Assumptions
Investment rate of return/Discount rate1 7.0%
Projected salary increases1 2.5% + Merit
Cost-of-living adjustments 0.0%
Inflation is included at 2.5%; the total pension liabilities are measured based on assumptions
pertaining to the interest rates, inflation rates, and employee demographic behavior in future
years. It is likely that future experience will not exactly conform to these assumptions. To the
extent that actual experience deviates from these assumptions, the emerging liabilities may be
higher or lower than anticipated. The more the experience deviates, the larger the impact on future
financial statements.
Mortality assumptions are based on the RP – 2014 tables with gender adjustments for healthy
annuitants and disabled retirees and an adjusted version on MP-2015 mortality improvement
scale on a fully generational basis.
Projected benefit payments do not include the effects of projected ad hoc cost-of-living
adjustments (ad hoc COLAs) as they are not substantively automatic. The primary considerations
relevant to making this determination include the historical pattern of granting the changes and
the consistency in the amounts of the changes.
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 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 an asset allocation percentage, which is based on the
nature and mix of current and expected plan investments, and by adding expected inflation. Best
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estimates of geometric real rates of return for each major asset class included in the Plan’s current
and expected asset allocation are summarized in the following table:
County and Municipal Police & Firefighter's Pension Plan
Long-Term Expected Rate of Return
Long-Term
Expected Real Asset
Rate of Return Allocation
Asset class:
Domestic equity 5.7% 30.7%
International equity 5.7 13.9
Fixed income 2.0 23.3
Alternative investments 7.8 24.4
Cash and equivalents - 7.7
Discount Rate
The discount rate for all plans used to measure the total pension liability was 7.0%. The projection
of cash flows used to determine the discount rate assumed that contributions from plan members
will be made at the current contribution rates and that contributions from employers will be made
at rates determined by the Board of Pension Trustees, actuarially determined. Based on those
assumptions, the pension plans’ 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 Analysis of Net Pension Liability to Changes in the Discount Rate
The following presents the City’s proportionate share of the net pension liability (asset) of the
Plan, calculated using the discount rate of 7.0%, as well as what the Plans’ net pension liability
(asset) would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is one-percentage-point lower or
one-percentage-point higher than the current rate (dollar values expressed in thousands):
County and Municipal Police & Firefighter's Pension Plan
(dollar amounts expressed in thousands)
1% Current 1%
Decrease Discount Rate Increase
6.00% 7.00% 8.00%
Proportionate share of the net pension liability (asset) $ 7,112 1,940 (2,198)
Separately issued financial statements for DPERS are available from the pension office at:
McArdle Building, Suite 1
860 Silver Lake Blvd
Dover, DE 19904
Or at the following web address: www.delawarepensions.com
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18. RESTATEMENT IMPLEMENTATION OF GASB 83 - CERTAIN ASSET
RETIREMENT OBLIGATION
The City adopted GASB Statement No. 83 Certain Asset Retirement Obligation (ARO) which
improves accounting and financial reporting by state and local governments to enhance
comparability of financial statements among governments by instituting uniform criteria for
recognition and measurement of AROs. GASB concluded an ARO meets the criteria for
recognition as a liability and should be recognized when the liability is both incurred and
reasonably estimable.
This pronouncement requires restatement of the June 30, 2018 net position of the business type
activities and electric fund as follows:
Business type Electric Fund Net
activities Net Position June 30,
Position June 30, 2018
2018
As previously stated 181,271,249 122,082,656
Cumulative effect of application of GASB 83 (11,186,307) (11,186,307)
As restated 170,084,942 110,896,349
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PART
PART D
D
REQUIRED
REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
INFORMATION
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SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS
Animal Control Leaf Collection
Beautification Building Library
Bulky Trash Collection Parks & Recreation
Community Development/Housing Planning & Zoning
Community Policing Police Protection
Elections
Snow Removal
Electricity
Street Maintenance/Cleaning
Economic Development
Trash Collection
Emergency Preparedness
Tree Maintenance
Fire Protection
Water & Wastewater
Inspections & Code Enforcement
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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
GENERAL FUND
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
Budget and Actual (Non-GAAP Basis)
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance $ 5,399,700 $ 8,239,400 $ 8,239,430 $ 30
REVENUES:
Fines & Police Revenue 688,300 688,300 513,450 (174,850)
911 Fee 63,300 63,300 58,059 (5,241)
Interest Earnings 137,900 137,900 327,613 189,713
Library Revenues - General 100,000 100,000 136,141 36,141
Library Revenues - County Reimb. 300,000 300,000 274,012 (25,988)
Business Licenses 1,470,000 1,470,000 1,437,532 (32,468)
Permits & Other Licenses 1,969,000 1,969,000 1,472,138 (496,862)
Miscellaneous Revenues 57,000 57,000 57,470 470
Police Extra Duty Fees 510,000 510,000 579,872 69,872
Property Taxes 13,274,400 13,274,400 13,448,025 173,625
Franchise Fees 685,600 685,600 631,884 (53,716)
Recreation Revenue 150,000 150,000 141,436 (8,564)
Sanitation Fees 3,095,400 3,095,400 3,068,399 (27,001)
Garrison Farm Rent 97,900 97,900 100,418 2,518
Court of Chancery Fees 1,439,500 1,439,500 1,588,140 148,640
Interfund Service Receipts 5,640,100 5,640,100 5,233,208 (406,892)
Transfer Tax 1,459,300 1,459,300 1,638,543 179,243
Grants:
Green Energy Grant 25,000 25,000 16,355 (8,645)
Miscellaneous Grants 98,500 98,500 98,500 -
Police Pension Grant 466,000 466,000 512,152 46,152
Cable EG Grant - - 8,158 8,158
Transfer from Police Grant Funds 90,000 90,000 59,141 (30,859)
Transfer from Municipal Street Aid 665,300 665,300 806,285 140,985
Transfer from Civil Traffic Penalties 497,000 497,000 449,412 (47,588)
Transfer from Water/Wastewater Fund 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 -
Transfer from Electric Fund 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 -
Total Revenues 43,979,500 43,979,500 43,656,343 (323,157)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCE & REVENUES $ 49,379,200 $ 52,218,900 $ 51,895,773 $ (323,127)
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VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
EXPENDITURES:
Tax Assessor $ 244,500 $ 246,900 $ 239,845 $ 7,055
Fire 789,800 789,800 721,189 68,611
Library 1,767,400 1,781,100 1,682,610 98,490
Recreation 1,000,600 1,015,700 931,374 84,326
Life Safety 504,200 513,400 465,240 48,160
Code Enforcement 610,500 617,700 484,807 132,893
Planning Commission 568,200 573,500 572,172 1,328
Public Inspections 568,100 570,100 565,567 4,533
Police 17,337,500 17,764,800 17,925,521 (160,721)
Streets 1,409,100 1,357,900 1,094,290 263,610
Sanitation 2,475,200 2,479,700 2,192,665 287,035
Engineering 277,600 282,200 266,332 15,868
Allocated Expenditures:
City Clerk 442,500 454,500 426,162 28,338
Council 144,800 144,800 114,103 30,697
Grounds Maintenance 1,195,000 1,198,800 1,140,066 58,734
City Manager 1,005,200 1,011,700 857,431 154,269
Information Technology 731,000 750,500 747,527 2,973
Finance 946,200 949,700 866,905 82,795
Public Services-Administration 720,800 725,200 731,292 (6,092)
Facilities Management 652,900 653,100 637,578 15,522
Procurement and Inventory 726,000 726,000 588,366 137,634
Fleet Maintenance 832,500 884,500 845,193 39,307
Customer Services 1,197,100 1,199,500 1,139,043 60,457
Human Resources 485,600 541,200 415,233 125,967
Mayor 173,700 173,700 145,329 28,371
Insurance 735,000 735,000 644,963 90,037
Budget Appropriations
Contribution to Downtown Dover Partnership 150,000 150,000 150,000 -
Miscellaneous Grant Expense 25,000 25,000 8,323 16,677
Other Employment Expenses 500,000 - - -
Bank & Credit Card Fees 28,000 28,000 18,719 9,281
Retiree Benefits 1,894,900 1,894,900 1,894,900 -
Subtotal 40,138,900 40,238,900 38,512,745 1,726,155
Debt Service - Principal and Interest 500,000 500,000 455,574 44,426
Bond issue Costs - - (98,056) 98,056
Transfer to Capital Fund for Projects 3,013,800 3,432,000 3,432,000 -
Transfer to Electric I & E 200,000 200,000 200,000 -
Transfer to Police Pension Fund 466,000 466,000 512,151 (46,151)
Transfer to Uncollectible Reserve 100,000 100,000 100,000 -
Transfer to Cable Franchise Reserve - - 16,355 (16,355)
Appropriation to Police Pension Fund 585,000 585,000 585,000 -
Street Lights 815,000 815,000 805,185 9,815
Total Expenditures 45,818,700 46,336,900 44,520,955 1,815,945
Budget Balance 3,560,500 5,882,000 7,374,818 (1,492,818)
Total Budget Balance & Expenditures $ 49,379,200 $ 52,218,900 $ 51,895,773 $ 323,127
Budget Balance - Working Capital $ 7,374,818
Perspective and GAAP (Non-GAAP) Differences:
Fair Value of Investment Adjustment 103,879
Deferred Revenues - Non-spendable (147,077)
Inventory & Prepaids - Non-spendable (213,380)
Unassigned Fund Balance 7,118,240
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Police Pension Fund
Schedule of Changes in Net Pension Liability, Related Ratios (in Thousands)
Fiscal Year Ending June 30,
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Total Pension Liability
Interest on total pension liability $ 1,173 $ 1,197 $ 1,211 $ 1,281 $ 1,311 $ 1,325
Effect of economic/demographic (gains) or losses (157) - - (836) 286 25
Effect of assumption changes or inputs (88) (44) 116 - 932 -
Benefit payments (1,517) (1,541) (1,528) (1,528) (1,557) (1,548)
Net change in total pension liability (590) (388) (201) (1,083) 972 (198)
Total pension liability, beginning 18,798 19,186 19,387 20,471 19,499 19,697
Total pension liability, ending (a) $ 18,208 $ 18,798 $ 19,186 $ 19,388 $ 20,471 $ 19,499
Fiduciary Net Position
Employer contributions $ 1,097 $ 1,295 $ 1,118 $ 1,093 $ 1,386 $ 1,229
Investment income net of investment expenses 820 908 1,433 279 283 1,583
Benefit payments (1,517) (1,541) (1,528) (1,528) (1,557) (1,548)
Administrative expenses (5) (5) (4) (4) (6) (20)
Net change in plan fiduciary net position 394 657 1,019 (160) 106 1,244
Fiduciary net position, beginning 13,900 13,243 12,225 12,385 12,279 11,035
Fiduciary net position, ending (b) $ 14,295 $ 13,900 $ 13,244 $ 12,225 $ 12,385 $ 12,279
Net pension liability, ending = (a) - (b) $ 3,913 $ 4,898 $ 5,942 $ 7,163 $ 8,086 $ 7,220
Fiduciary net position as a % of total pension liability 78.51% 73.95% 69.03% 63.05% 60.50% 62.97%
This schedule is presented to illustrate the requirement to show information for 10 years. However, recalculations of prior years are not
required, and if prior years are not reported in accordance with the current GASB standards, they should not be reported.
Police Pension Fund
Schedule of Employer Contributions
Contribution as
Fiscal Year Actuarially Actual Contribution a Percentage of
Ended Determined Employer Deficiency Covered Covered
June 30 Contribution Contribution (Excess) Payroll Payroll
2019 $ 1,050,375 $ 1,097,151 $ (46,776) $ - N/A
2018 1,205,092 1,294,750 (89,658) $ - N/A
2017 1,176,462 1,118,346 58,116 - N/A
2016 1,212,000 1,093,278 118,722 - N/A
2015 1,176,422 1,385,789 (209,367) - N/A
2014 1,155,110 1,229,363 (74,253) - N/A
2013 1,155,796 1,074,599 81,197 - N/A
2012 979,132 668,274 310,858 - N/A
2011 1,082,956 633,636 449,320 - N/A
2010 786,436 496,587 289,849 - N/A
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Police Pension Plan
Schedule of Investment Returns
(1)
Fiscal year 2017 through 2019
Fiscal year ending June 30 2019 2018 2017
Money-weighted rate of return, net of investment expense 6.43% 7.16% 12.34%
(1) This schedule is presented to illustrate the requirement to show information for 10 years. However, information prior to
June 30, 2017 is not available.
Police Pension Plan
Net Pension Liability
June 30, 2019 June 30, 2018
Total pension liability $ 18,207,829 $ 18,797,596
Fiduciary net position 14,294,532 13,900,129
Net pension liability 3,913,297 4,897,467
Fiduciary net position as a % of total pension liability 78.51% 73.95%
Covered payroll - -
Net pension liability as a % of covered payroll N/A N/A
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of the valuation date,
calculated based on the discount rate and actuarial assumptions below, and was then projected
forward to the measurement date. Any significant changes during this period have been reflected
as prescribed by GASB 67 and 68.
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of July 1, 2018 with liabilities
projected to the June 30, 2019 measurement date using the following actuarial assumptions,
applied to all periods included in the measurement, unless otherwise specified. Any significant
changes during this period have been reflected as prescribed by GASB 67 and 68.
Actuarial Methods and Significant Assumptions
Valuation date July 1, 2018
Actuarial cost method Entry Age Method
Amortization method Level dollar
Amortization period Closed
Asset valuation method Fair Market Value
Actuarial assumptions:
Investment rate of return 6.5%
Discount rate 6.5%
Projected salary increases none, no remaining active participants
Includes inflation at 2.3%
Automatic Cost of living (retirees) 2.0%
Mortality RP-2014 Blue Collar with fully generational
Improvements from 2006 based on
Society of Actuaries Scale MP-2018
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General Employee Pension Fund
Schedule of Changes in Net Pension Liability, Related Ratios (in Thousands)
Fiscal Year Ending June 30
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Total Pension Liability
Service cost $ 424 $ 406 $ 433 $ 401 $ 459 $ 484
Interest on total pension liability 3,989 3,827 3,729 3,719 3,861 3,810
Changes of benefit terms - 830 - - - -
Effect of economic/demographic (gains) or losses - 1,504 41 (267) (422) 111
Effect of assumption changes or inputs (279) (99) 1,200 - 1,956 -
Benefit payments (4,033) (3,976) (3,746) (3,718) (3,700) (3,654)
Net change in total pension liability 101 2,492 1,657 135 2,154 751
Total pension liability, beginning 62,957 60,465 58,808 58,673 56,519 55,768
Total pension liability, ending (a) $ 63,058 $ 62,957 $ 60,465 $ 58,808 $ 58,673 $ 56,519
Fiduciary Net Position
Employer contributions $ 2,704 $ 4,777 $ 2,877 $ 3,090 $ 3,420 $ 3,473
Member contributions 190 195 202 202 209 212
Investment income net of investment expenses 2,765 2,757 4,351 850 955 4,153
Benefit payments (4,033) (3,976) (3,746) (3,718) (3,700) (3,654)
Administrative expenses (19) (18) (18) (16) (19) (20)
Net change in plan fiduciary net position 1,607 3,735 3,666 408 865 4,164
Fiduciary net position, beginning 43,100 39,364 35,699 35,291 34,426 30,263
Fiduciary net position, ending (b) $ 44,708 $ 43,100 $ 39,365 $ 35,699 $ 35,291 $ 34,427
Net pension liability, ending = (a) - (b) $ 18,350 $ 19,857 $ 21,100 $ 23,109 $ 23,382 $ 22,092
Fiduciary net position as a % of total pension liability 70.90% 68.46% 65.10% 60.70% 60.15% 60.91%
Covered payroll $ 5,396 $ 5,561 $ 5,636 $ 5,504 $ 5,864 $ 5,971
Net pension liability as a % of covered payroll 340.11% 357.06% 374.39% 419.88% 398.73% 370.03%
This schedule is presented to illustrate the requirement to show information for 10 years. However, recalculations of prior
years are not required, and if prior years are not reported in accordance with the current GASB standards, they should not
be reported.
General Employee Pension Plan
Schedule of Employer Contributions
Contribution as
Fiscal Year Actuarially Actual Contribution a Percentage of
Ended Determined Employer Deficiency Covered Covered
June 30 Contribution Contribution (Excess) Payroll Payroll
2019 $ 2,885,737 $ 2,703,583 $ 182,154 $ 5,395,564 50.11%
2018 3,016,283 4,777,466 (1,761,183) 5,561,300 85.91%
2017 2,824,098 2,876,657 (52,559) 5,635,987 51.04%
2016 3,025,982 3,089,409 (63,427) 5,504,387 56.13%
2015 2,983,776 3,419,512 (435,736) 5,864,089 58.31%
2014 2,628,694 3,472,736 (844,042) 5,970,703 58.16%
2013 3,217,964 9,788,571 (6,570,607) 7,076,322 138.33%
2012 3,130,022 3,142,951 (12,929) 7,974,057 39.41%
2011 3,149,493 3,347,728 (198,235) 8,256,751 40.55%
2010 2,564,767 2,270,623 294,144 8,786,981 25.84%
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General Employee Pension Plan
Schedule of Investment Returns
(1)
Fiscal year 2017 through 2019
Fiscal year ending June 30 2019 2018 2017
Money-weighted rate of return, net of investment expense 6.76% 7.12% 12.50%
(1) This schedule is presented to illustrate the requirement to show information for 10 years. However, information prior to
June 30, 2017 is not available.
General Employee Pension Plan
Net Pension Liability
June 30, 2019 June 30, 2018
Total pension liability $ 63,058,424 $ 62,957,382
Fiduciary net position 44,707,648 43,100,420
Net pension liability 18,350,776 19,856,962
Fiduciary net position as a % of total pension liability 70.90% 68.46%
Covered payroll 5,395,564 5,561,300
Net pension liability as a % of covered payroll 340.11% 357.06%
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of the valuation date,
calculated based on the discount rate and actuarial assumptions below, and was then projected
forward to the measurement date. Any significant changes during this period have been reflected
as prescribed by GASB 67 and 68.
The total pension liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of July 1, 2018 with liabilities
projected to the June 30, 2019 measurement date using the following actuarial assumptions,
applied to all periods included in the measurement, unless otherwise specified. Any significant
changes during this period have been reflected as prescribed by GASB 67 and 68.
Actuarial Methods and Significant Assumptions
Valuation date July 1, 2018
Actuarial cost method Entry Age
Amortization method Level dollar
Amortization period Closed; 15-year – Unfunded AAL
Asset valuation method Fair Market Value
Actuarial Assumptions:
Investment rate of return 6.5%
Discount rate 6.5%
Projected salary increases 3.0%
Includes inflation at 2.3%
Mortality RP-2014 Mortality Table with fully generational
improvements from 2006 based on Society of
Actuaries Scale MP-2018
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County & Municipal Police and Firefighter's Pension Plan
Schedule of the City of Dover's Proportionate Share of the Net Pension Liability
Fiscal Year Ending
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
City's proportion of the net pension liability(asset) 8.4242% 8.6629% 9.0042% 9.6070% 9.6334%
City's proportionate share of the net pension liability(asset) $ 1,940,156 $ 873,337 $ 1,431,281 $ (524,958) $ (1,042,117)
City's covered payroll $ 6,843,159 $ 6,996,159 $ 7,117,770 $ 7,060,453 $ 6,582,053
City's proportionate share of the net pension liability(asset) as a 28.35% 12.48% 20.11% (7.44%) (15.83%)
percentage of its covered payroll
Plan fiduciary net position as a percentage of the total pension liability 94.10% 109.23% 105.59% 101.97% 104.47%
GASB Statement No. 68 requires ten years of information to be presented in this table. However, until a full 10-year trend is compiled, the City
will present information for those years for which information is available.
County & Municipal Police and Firefighter's Pension Plan
Schedule of City of Dover's Contributions
Fiscal Year Ending
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Contractually required contribution $ 1,258,817 $ 944,356 $ 951,199 $ 977,587 $ 933,750 $ 990,588
Contributions in relation to the contractually required contribution (1,258,817) (944,356) (951,199) (977,587) (933,750) (990,588)
Contribution deficiency (excess) $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
City's covered payroll $ 7,372,815 $ 6,843,159 $ 6,843,159 $ 7,117,770 $ 7,060,453 $ 6,582,053
Contributions as a percentage of covered payroll 17.07% 13.80% 13.90% 13.73% 13.23% 15.05%
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OPEB Trust Fund
Schedule of Changes in Net OPEB Liability, Related Ratios
Fiscal Year Ending June 30
2019 2018 2017
Total OPEB Liability
Service cost $ 1,202 $ 1,222 $ 1,655
Interest 4,288 4,498 4,682
Effect of economic/demographic (gains) or losses (5,152) (6,202) (2,871)
Effect of assumption changes or inputs 1,311 - (4,833)
Benefit payments (2,748) (2,704) (2,663)
Net change in total OPEB liability (1,099) (3,186) (4,030)
Total OPEB liability, beginning 66,119 69,305 73,335
Total OPEB liability, ending (a) $ 65,020 $ 66,119 $ 69,305
Fiduciary Net Position
Employer contributions $ 5,448 $ 5,722 $ 4,603
Investment income net of investment expenses 2,184 2,295 3,074
Benefit payments (2,748) (2,704) (2,663)
Administrative expenses (3) (8) (3)
Net change in plan fiduciary net position 4,881 5,305 5,011
Fiduciary net position, beginning 34,359 29,054 24,043
Fiduciary net position, ending (b) $ 39,240 $ 34,359 $ 29,054
Net OPEB liability, ending = (a) - (b) $ 25,780 $ 31,760 $ 40,251
Fiduciary net position as a % of total OPEB liability 60.40% 52.00% 41.90%
Covered payroll $ 19,578 $ 19,101 $ 17,657
Net OPEB liability as a % of covered payroll 131.70% 162.20% 210.70%
This schedule is presented to illustrate the requirement to show information for 10 years.
However, recalculations of prior years are not required, and if prior years are not reported in
accordance with the current GASB standards, they should not be reported.
OPEB Trust Fund
Schedule of City’s Contributions
(In Thousands)
For the year ended June 30
2019 2018 2017
Actuarially determined contribution (ADC) $ 4,044 $ 4,560 $ 4,644
Contributions in relation to the ADC (5,447) (5,722) (4,603)
Contributions deficiency / (excess) $ (1,403) $ (1,162) $ 41
Covered payroll $ 19,580 $ 19,578 $ 19,101
Contributions as a percentage of covered payroll 27.8 29.2 24.1%
This schedule is presented to illustrate the requirement to show information for 10 years. However, until a full 10-year trend is
compiled, governments should present information for those years for which information is available.
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Post-Employment Other than Pensions Plan (OPEB)
Schedule of Investment Returns
(1)
Fiscal year 2017 through 2019
Fiscal year ending June 30 2019 2018 2017
Money-weighted rate of return, net of investment expense 6.10% 7.87% 12.66%
(1) This schedule is presented to illustrate the requirement to show information for 10 years. However, information prior to
June 30, 2017 is not available.
Actuarial Methods and Significant Assumptions
Valuation date July 1, 2017
Actuarial cost method Entry Age Normal Level % of Salary
Amortization method Level Dollars
Remaining amortization period 29 years
Asset valuation method Fair Market Value
Actuarial Assumptions:
Investment rate of return 6.5%
Discount rate 6.5%
Inflation 2.5% per year included in payroll growth
Healthcare cost trend rates
Pre-65 Medical / Rx Initial rate of 8.0% decreasing by 0.5%
annually to an ultimate rate of 4.5%
Post-65 Medical / Rx Initial rate of 8% decreasing by 0.5%
Annually to an ultimate rate of 4.5%
Mortality RPH-2018 Total Dataset Mortality
Table fully generational using Scale
MP-2018 for all employees
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NOTES TO REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETS
Budgetary Basis of Accounting
The City prepares its budget for the General Fund revenue on a modified accrual basis. The
expenditures are accounted for when the purchase orders are issued. Encumbrances are
established when purchase orders are issued and accounted for as a reservation of fund balance
at year-end and are not on a modified accrual basis. The budget is amended in the subsequent
year for the outstanding encumbrances of the prior year. The modified accrual basis of
accounting is used for the fund financial statements.
General Fund actual revenues were lower than the final budget by $323,157 with positive
variances in interest earnings, library revenues – general, police extra duty fees, property taxes,
court of chancery fees, transfer tax, police pension grant, cable EG grant and municipal street aid
grant. The sources of revenues with negative variances are fines and police revenue, library
revenues – county reimbursement, business licenses, permits and other licenses, franchise fees,
inter-fund services receipts, transfer from Police Grant Funds and civil traffic penalties.
Expenditures were lower than budget by $1,815,945 due to lower than budgeted expense across
almost all functions a result of personnel reductions through attrition and retirements. The net
result is an increase of $1,492,818 to the General Fund ending fund balance.
Budget Amendments
During this fiscal year, the City Council amended the budget three times. These budget
amendment or supplemental appropriation ordinances were primarily for the following
purposes:
1. To re-appropriate budget balances for ongoing capital projects.
2. To amend the grant budgets, and reserve accounts for the actual results of the prior fiscal year,
and all carried forward budget balances for the major operating funds from the prior fiscal year,
as well as program revenues and expenses based on changes in program revenues, expenses
based on actual amounts.
3. To amend revenue and expense accounts based on actual experience during fiscal year 2019.
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The differences for the year ended June 30, 2019 were as follows:
Total revenues- budgetary basis $ 43,656,343
Total expenditures- budgetary basis 44,520,955
Net decrease in fund balance- budgetary basis (864,612)
Perspective differences
Transfer to Reserves 16,355
General Fund Subfund Expense Activity for the Capital Project Fund (2,383,754)
Intrafund Transfers to the General Fund- Capital Projects Fund 3,432,000
General Fund Subfund Revenue Activity for the Capital Project Fund 290,070
Fair Value of Investments 295,372
Deferred Revenue Adjustment (5,435)
Net increase in fund balance - GAAP Basis $ 779,996
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SUPPLEMENTARY
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
INFORMATION
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
GENERAL FUND COMBINING SCHEDULES
The General Fund contains a sub-fund for capital projects which is separately budgeted.
The combining schedules are presented in the supplementary information.
The budgetary comparison for the Governmental Capital Projects Fund has its own
separate budget and is presented in this section to show legal compliance. The
perspective difference between the basis of budgeting and GAAP is explained in the
reconciliation of the basis of budgeting to GAAP.
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The City of Dover, Delaware
Combining General Fund Balance Sheet
June 30, 2019
General Total
General Capital Projects General
Fund Fund Funds
Assets:
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ (328,624) $ 1,327,261 $ 998,637
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents - - -
Investments 15,322,358 3,394,318 18,716,676
Restricted Investments 18,793 - 18,793
Receivables, net
Accounts 370,335 5,000 375,335
Taxes 23,067 - 23,067
Due from Other Funds 328,543 - 328,543
Prepaid Items 105,648 - 105,648
Inventory, at Cost 107,732 - 107,732
Total Assets $ 15,947,852 $ 4,726,579 $ 20,674,431
Liabilities:
Accounts Payable $ 1,879,073 $ 61,595 $ 1,940,668
Unearned Revenue 37,402 57,825 95,227
Due to Other Funds 1,473,144 9,471 1,482,615
Temporary Advances 4,000,000 - 4,000,000
Other 259,958 - 259,958
Total Liabilities 7,649,577 128,891 7,778,468
Deferred Inflows of Resources:
Unavailable revenue 147,077 - 147,077
Total Deferred Inflows of Resources 147,077 - 147,077
Fund Balances:
Non-Spendable
Inventory and Prepaids 213,380 - 213,380
Library Endowment 5,000 - 5,000
Patronage Stock 16,594 - 16,594
Restricted
Library Endowment 2,199 - 2,199
Verizon Cable Franchise 24,871 - 24,871
Committed
Contingency 770,914 - 770,914
Parkland Reserve - 277,073 277,073
Assigned
Capital Projects - 4,320,615 4,320,615
Unassigned 7,118,240 - 7,118,240
Total Fund Balances 8,151,198 4,597,688 12,748,886
Total Liabilities and Fund Balances $ 15,947,852 $ 4,726,579 $ 20,674,431
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The City of Dover, Delaware
Combining Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balances of the General Fund (Non-GAAP Basis)
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
General Total
General Capital Projects General
Fund Fund Funds
Revenues
Fines $ 571,508 $ - $ 571,508
Library Revenue- General 136,141 - 136,141
Library Revenue County Reimbursement 274,013 - 274,013
Licenses and Permits 2,909,670 - 2,909,670
Sanitation Fees and Rebates 3,068,399 - 3,068,399
Miscellaneous Services 1,511,080 133,952 1,645,032
Property Taxes 13,448,025 - 13,448,025
Grants Received 635,165 44,000 679,165
Court of Chancery Fees 1,588,140 - 1,588,140
Investment Income 308,893 23,827 332,720
Total Revenues 24,451,034 201,779 24,652,813
Expenditures
Current:
General Government 1,639,152 19,500 1,658,652
Library Services 1,682,610 - 1,682,610
Public Safety and Law Enforcement 21,259,475 712,040 21,971,515
Public Works 1,777,509 269,085 2,046,594
Recreational Services 931,374 156,020 1,087,394
Streets and Sanitation Services 3,286,955 1,171,374 4,458,329
Engineering services 266,332 - 266,332
Financial Administration 698,670 55,735 754,405
Garage and Stores 494,303 - 494,303
Insurance 276,689 - 276,689
Retiree Health Care 1,894,900 - 1,894,900
Employee Pension - - -
Community and Economic Development 150,000 - 150,000
Street Lights 805,185 - 805,185
Debt Service:
Principal Retirement 224,689 - 224,689
Interest and Fiscal Charges 132,829 - 132,829
Total Expenditures 35,520,673 2,383,754 37,904,427
Excess (deficiency) of Revenues over Expenditures (11,069,639) (2,181,975) (13,251,614)
Other Financing Sources and Uses
Reserve Transfers (116,355) 175,879 59,524
Interfund Transfers 10,321,382 3,432,000 13,753,382
Total other Financing Sources and Uses 10,205,027 3,607,879 13,812,906
Net Change in Fund Balances (864,612) 1,425,904 561,292
Fund Balances at Beginning of Year 8,239,430 1,415,201 9,654,631
Fund Balances at End of Year $ 7,374,818 $ 2,841,105 $ 10,215,923
Perspective and GAAP (Non-GAAP) Differences:
Fair Value of Investment Adjustment $ 103,879 $ 23,009 $ 126,888
Deferred Revenues - Non-spendable (147,077) - (147,077)
Inventory & Prepaids - Non-spendable (213,380) - (213,380)
Capital Asset - Assigned - (2,864,114) (2,864,114)
Unassigned Fund Balance $ 7,118,240 $ - $ 7,118,240
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GOVERNMENTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
Budget & Actual (Non-GAAP Basis)
For the Year Ended June 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Working Capital $ 521,700 $ 1,415,200 $ 1,415,201 $ 1
REVENUES:
State Grant - Other - - 44,000 44,000
Transfer from General Fund for Projects 3,013,800 3,432,000 3,432,000 -
Transfer from Parkland Reserve 80,000 301,700 88,886 (212,814)
Transfer from Capital Asset Reserve 388,800 440,100 89,993 (350,107)
Income from Sale of Assets - 19,500 94,351 74,851
Interest Earnings - - 23,827 23,827
Miscellaneous Receipts - - 39,601 39,601
Total Revenues 3,482,600 4,193,300 3,812,658 (380,642)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCE & REVENUES $ 4,004,300 $ 5,608,500 $ 5,227,859 $ (380,641)
EXPENDITURES:
Fire $ 222,500 $ 216,900 $ 216,813 $ 87
Grounds Maintenance 188,000 250,500 220,866 29,634
Police 512,000 602,300 495,227 107,073
Recreation 536,100 755,600 156,020 599,580
Sanitation 34,400 452,600 447,825 4,775
Streets 2,215,000 2,844,000 723,549 2,120,451
Information Technology 57,600 57,600 55,735 1,865
City Manager - 19,500 19,500 -
Facilities Management 28,800 53,900 48,219 5,681
Subtotal 3,794,400 5,252,900 2,383,754 2,869,146
TRANSFERS AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES:
Parkland Acquisition - Silver Lake - 51,300 - 51,300
Transfer to Parkland Reserve - - 3,000 (3,000)
Total Expenditures 3,794,400 5,304,200 2,386,754 2,917,446
Budget Balance - Working Capital 209,900 304,300 2,841,105 (2,536,805)
Budget Balance & Expenditures $ 4,004,300 $ 5,608,500 $ 5,227,859 $ 380,641
Budget Balance - Working Capital $ 2,841,105
Perspective and GAAP (Non-GAAP) Differences:
Fair value of investment adjustment 23,009
Assigned to Capital assets 1,456,501
Committed to Parks & Recreation improvements 277,073
Total Fund Balances $ 4,597,688
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
Special Revenue Funds include the group of funds classified as grant funds and a Realty
Transfer Tax Fund. The proceeds from specific revenue sources are restricted to
specified expenditure purposes. The City adopts budgets for selected Special Revenue
Funds. Combining and individual statements appear in this section.
POLICE GRANTS
The City of Dover Police Department receives various grants from the State of Delaware
for public and highway safety and the U.S. Department of Justice for local law
enforcement. All grant transactions are recorded in this fund.
LIBRARY GRANTS
The City of Dover Public Library receives various grants from the State of Delaware,
Kent County, and the Federal Government. Activities associated with these grants are
recorded in this fund.
MUNICIPAL STREET AID
The State of Delaware has passed legislation to share a portion of Delaware’s motor fuel
tax revenue with local municipalities through grants. The amount of the grant the
City receives depends on its population and miles of streets maintained. The grant
is used for street light expense within the City.
CDBG HOUSING GRANTS & NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION PROGRAM
The City receives a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Entitlement
Grant for the Community Development Block Grant Program. This is to provide decent
housing, a suitable living environment and expand economic opportunities primarily for
people of low and moderate incomes. Combined with the CDBG Fund is the
Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) that provides assistance in the
redevelopment of residential properties that have been abandoned and foreclosed upon
to stabilize residential communities.
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STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANTS
The State of Delaware Department of Transportation grants provide funds for
specific street projects in the City. State law provides funds to the State’s elected officials
for suburban street aid, which officials can then provide to their respective districts.
The City receives these funds for designated street projects and records all transactions
for this fund.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION GRANT
The State of Delaware General Assembly Grant-In-Aid Program provides funds to
implement a substance abuse prevention program for at-risk and/or disadvantaged
youths in the City of Dover.
ELECTRONIC RED-LIGHT SAFETY PROGRAM (ERLSP)
The State of Delaware Department of Transportation provides a grant to municipalities
that implement the Electronic Red- L i g h t Safety Program. Under this program, the
City is granted a portion of the fines collected from drivers who are ticketed for running
red lights installed with electronic photo identification equipment within the City limits.
REALTY TRANSFER TAX
Delaware Code states that realty transfer tax realized by the City shall be segregated
from the general fund and the funds shall be expended solely for the capital and
operating costs of public safety services, economic development programs, public works
services, capital projects and improvements, infrastructure projects and improvements
and debt reduction.
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SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
COMBINING BALANCE SHEET
JUNE 30, 2019
MUNICIPAL CDBG/NSP STATE SUBSTANCE REALTY
POLICE LIBRARY STREET HOUSING D.O.T. ABUSE ERLSP TRANSFER
GRANTS GRANTS AID GRANTS GRANTS PREV. GRANT TAX TOTALS
ASSETS:
Cash $ 61,456 $ 14,904 $ 352 $ 10,378 $ 231,305 $ 89,330 $ 100 $ 116 $ 407,941
Receivables 51,766 - - - - - - - 51,766
Due from other governments 11,060 - - - - - 24,636 - 35,696
TOTAL ASSETS $ 124,282 $ 14,904 $ 352 $ 10,378 $ 231,305 $ 89,330 $ 24,736 $ 116 $ 495,403
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE:
Liabilities:
Vouchers Payable $ 35,402 $ 7,334 $ - $ - $ 96,783 $ 774 $ - $ - $ 140,293
Deferred Revenue 2,166 - - - - - - - 2,166
Due to other funds-charges 3,229 - 252 9,496 - - 24,636 116 37,729
Total Liabilities 40,797 7,334 252 9,496 96,783 774 24,636 116 180,188
Fund Balances:
Restricted 83,485 7,570 100 882 134,522 88,556 100 - 315,215
Total Fund Balances 83,485 7,570 100 882 134,522 88,556 100 - 315,215
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
FUND BALANCES $ 124,282 $ 14,904 $ 352 $ 10,378 $ 231,305 $ 89,330 $ 24,736 $ 116 $ 495,403
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SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
MUNICIPAL CDBG/NSP STATE SUBSTANCE REALTY
POLICE LIBRARY STREET HOUSING D.O.T. ABUSE PREV. ERLSP TRANSFER
GRANTS GRANTS AID GRANTS GRANTS GRANT TAX TOTALS
REVENUES:
Grants received $ 525,539 $ 295,771 $ 803,494 $ 216,560 $ 273,636 $ 28,030 $ - $ - $ 2,143,030
Recreation revenue - - - - - 61,147 - - 61,147
Police fines - - - - - - 449,412 - 449,412
Transfer taxes - - - - - - - 1,637,194 1,637,194
Investment income (loss) 2,949 - 2,791 - 7,323 - - 1,349 14,412
TOTAL REVENUES 528,488 295,771 806,285 216,560 280,959 89,177 449,412 1,638,543 4,305,195
EXPENDITURES:
Program expenditures 587,183 289,163 - 217,691 808,789 94,292 - - 1,997,118
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 587,183 289,163 - 217,691 808,789 94,292 - - 1,997,118
Excess (deficiency) of revenues over
(under) expenditures (58,695) 6,608 806,285 (1,131) (527,830) (5,115) 449,412 1,638,543 2,308,077
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES):
Transfers-out (59,141) - (806,285) - - - (449,412) (1,638,543) (2,953,381)
Net Change in fund balances (117,836) 6,608 - (1,131) (527,830) (5,115) - - (645,304)
FUND BALANCE
AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 201,321 962 100 2,013 662,352 93,671 100 - 960,519
FUND BALANCE
AT END OF YEAR $ 83,485 $ 7,570 $ 100 $ 882 $ 134,522 $ 88,556 $ 100 $ - $ 315,215
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POLICE GRANTS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
FUND BALANCE - BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ 63,500 $ 201,300 $ 201,321 $ 21
Interest earned - - 2,949 2,949
Grants received 393,000 675,800 525,539 (150,261)
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 456,500 877,100 729,809 (147,291)
EXPENDITURES:
Personnel 13,500 13,500 13,494 (6)
Program expenses/supplies 317,000 643,600 539,262 (104,338)
Telephone/fax 20,000 20,000 14,911 (5,089)
Training/Conference/Food/Travel 15,000 19,700 19,516 (184)
Consulting/audit fees 1,000 1,000 - (1,000)
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 366,500 697,800 587,183 (110,617)
Other financing uses:
Operating transfers - out (90,000) (100,300) (59,141) 41,159
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ - $ 79,000 $ 83,485 $ 4,485
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LIBRARY GRANTS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
FUND BALANCE - BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ - $ 18,900 $ 962 $ (17,938)
Grants received: State 287,900 280,800 287,931 7,131
Grants received: Other - - 5,500 5,500
Grants received: Federal 1,600 1,800 2,340 540
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 289,500 301,500 296,733 (4,767)
EXPENDITURES:
Program expenditures/supplies (Fed Grant) 1,600 2,700 2,500 (200)
Program expenditures/supplies (Other Grant) - - 1,918 1,918
Program expenditures/supplies (State Grant) 26,100 25,500 27,852 2,352
Office Supplies 25,000 28,000 25,667 (2,333)
Printing/duplicating 12,500 13,700 13,500 (200)
Postage 100 200 31 (169)
Books 126,000 128,800 124,024 (4,776)
Furniture/Fixtures 5,500 5,500 5,499 (1)
Audio visual supplies 79,000 79,000 76,693 (2,307)
Training/conference/food/travel 4,000 4,200 2,504 (1,696)
Office equipment repairs 2,000 4,000 4,562 562
Office equipment lease 2,200 2,100 2,158 58
Computer software 2,000 2,500 1,869 (631)
Computer hardware 3,500 5,300 386 (4,914)
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 289,500 301,500 289,163 (12,337)
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ - $ - $ 7,570 $ 7,570
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MUNICIPAL STREET AID FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
FUND BALANCE-BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ 100 $ 100 $ 100 $ -
State Grant - Operations 665,300 803,700 803,494 (206)
Interest Earned - - 2,791 2,791
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 665,400 803,800 806,385 2,585
Other financing uses:
Operating transfers-out (665,300) (803,700) (806,285) (2,585)
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 100 $ 100 $ 100 $ -
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HOUSING PROGRAMS - CDBG & NSP
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
FUND BALANCE-BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance CDBG $ 2,500 $ 2,500 $ 2,013 $ (487)
Beginning balance NSP 6,300 6,300 - (6,300)
Federal grant received 230,300 250,000 217,691 (32,309)
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 239,100 258,800 219,704 (39,096)
EXPENDITURES:
Closing Cost/Down Payment Program 70,000 71,400 104,938 (33,538)
Connections Community Support 5,000 1,800 1,037 763
Dover Interfaith Ministry 22,000 22,000 23,353 (1,353)
MHDC Emergency Home Repair 29,200 12,700 12,002 698
Habitat Homeowner Repair 20,000 17,000 13,846 3,154
Milford Housing H/O Rehab 38,000 1,000 27,368 (26,368)
Administrative Expense 46,100 92,800 35,147 57,653
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 230,300 218,700 217,691 1,009
CDBG BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 2,500 $ 33,800 $ 2,013 $ 31,787
NSP BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 6,300 $ 6,300 $ - $ 6,300
Fund Balance - Working Capital 2,013
GAAPDifferences
Deferred Revenue - non-spendable (1,131)
Total Fund Balance 882
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STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANTS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
FUND BALANCE - BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ 70,900 $ 70,900 $ 662,352 $ 591,452
Grants received: State 500,000 500,000 273,636 (226,364)
Interest earned - - 7,323 7,323
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 570,900 570,900 943,311 372,411
EXPENDITURES:
Program expenditures grant related 500,000 500,000 808,789 308,789
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 500,000 500,000 808,789 (308,789)
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 70,900 $ 70,900 $ 134,522 $ 63,622
CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
FUND BALANCE - BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ 45,700 $ 93,700 $ 93,671 $ (29)
Grants revenue 28,000 28,000 28,030 30
Recreation revenue 33,000 33,000 61,147 28,147
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 106,700 154,700 182,848 28,148
EXPENDITURES:
Temporary help/benefits 67,700 67,700 66,272 (1,428)
Program expenditures/supplies 35,000 35,000 35,512 512
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 102,700 102,700 101,784 (916)
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 4,000 $ 52,000 $ 81,064 $ 29,064
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FINANCIAL SCHEDULES PROPRIETARY FUND TYPES
ENTERPRISE FUNDS
The following schedules pertaining to the major enterprise funds are not required under
GAAP, but are included for public review of budgetary compliance. Accordingly, no
reconciliation to the GAAP financial statements is provided.
WATER/WASTEWATER FUND
The Water/Wastewater Fund accounts for all operating activity of the Water/Wastewater
Utility. This includes service revenues, investment earnings on operating accounts, direct
and indirect operating expenses, sewerage treatment fees, debt service, and transfers to
other funds and the Improvement and Extension Fund.
The Water/Wastewater Improvement and Extension Fund is used to account for all
capital project and equipment purchases. The City utilizes revenue and expenditure
accounts to record capital project receipts, transfers from the operating fund, and project
costs.
The funds are combined for GAAP reporting purposes with assets capitalized.
ELECTRIC REVENUE FUND
The Electric Revenue Fund accounts for all operating activity of the electric utility. This
includes service revenues, investment earnings on operating accounts, direct and indirect
operating expenses, purchased power cost, debt service, and transfers to other funds and
the Improvement and Extension Fund.
The Electric Improvement and Extension Fund is used to account for all capital project
and equipment purchases. The City utilizes revenue and expenditure accounts to record
capital project receipts, transfers from the operating fund, and project costs.
The funds are combined for GAAP reporting purposes with assets capitalized.
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SCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Water $ 1,991,200 $ 1,912,800 $ 1,912,846 $ 46
Beginning Balance - Wastewater 1,680,900 1,053,000 1,052,990 (10)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES 3,672,100 2,965,800 2,965,836 36
REVENUES:
Water Services 5,897,400 5,463,000 5,682,005 219,005
Wastewater Services 3,620,600 3,794,600 3,720,797 (73,803)
Wastewater Treatment Services 2,819,300 2,970,000 2,902,852 (67,148)
Groundwater inflow adjustment 1,813,100 1,901,200 1,858,169 (43,031)
Miscellaneous service fees 54,400 12,700 12,303 (397)
Water tank space leasing 400,600 400,600 399,848 (752)
Interest - Water 7,600 15,000 34,121 19,121
Interest - Wastewater 7,600 15,000 21,283 6,283
Water Impact Fees 450,000 620,600 753,200 132,600
Wastewater Impact Fees 420,000 574,200 688,132 113,932
Total Revenues 15,490,600 15,766,900 16,072,710 305,810
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES & REVENUES $ 19,162,700 $ 18,732,700 $ 19,038,546 $ 305,846
EXPENSES:
Engineering & Inspection $ 502,400 $ 507,800 $ 421,709 $ 86,091
Water Department 750,000 750,900 621,906 128,994
Water Treatment Plant 1,805,800 1,815,100 1,737,023 78,077
Wastewater Department 986,200 992,400 990,837 1,563
Kent County Treatment Charge 3,750,000 4,627,300 4,816,650 (189,350)
Interfund Service Fees 1,764,600 1,764,600 1,688,242 76,358
Retirees Health Care 215,500 215,500 215,500 -
OPEB Unfunded Liability 41,400 41,400 41,400 -
Debt Service - Water 520,500 520,500 523,093 (2,593)
Debt Service - Wastewater 611,200 611,200 612,565 (1,365)
Other Employment Expenses 30,000 4,200 - 4,200
Bank & Credit Card Fees 28,000 28,000 29,134 (1,134)
Bond Issue Cost 40,000 30,000 13,152 16,848
Transfer To:
Water Improvement and Extension 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 -
Wastewater Improvement and Extension 1,800,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 -
Impact Fee Reserve - Water - 100,100 394,209 (294,109)
Impact Fee Reserve - Wastewater - - 535,229 (535,229)
General Fund from Water 500,000 500,000 500,000 -
General Fund from Wastewater 500,000 500,000 500,000 -
Electric Improvement and Extension 298,000 298,000 298,000 -
Total Expenses 15,943,600 16,207,000 16,838,649 (631,649)
Budget Balance - Water 1,937,750 1,487,000 1,854,498 (367,498)
Budget Balance - Wastewater 1,281,350 1,038,700 345,399 693,301
Total Budget Balances - Working Capital 3,219,100 2,525,700 2,199,897 325,803
TOTAL BUDGET BALANCES & EXPENSES $ 19,162,700 $ 18,732,700 $ 19,038,546 $ (305,846)
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WATER/WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT & EXTENSION FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance -Water $ 2,275,200 $ 5,672,600 $ 5,672,564 $ (36)
Beginning Balance -Wastewater 88,300 1,148,800 1,148,815 15
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES 2,363,500 6,821,400 6,821,379 (21)
REVENUES:
State Loan Fund - Water 4,000,000 4,000,000 2,598,099 (1,401,901)
State Loan Fund - Wastewater 1,033,900 1,033,900 112,157 (921,743)
Interest earnings 90,000 90,000 135,056 45,056
Transfer from Operating Fund - Water 1,800,000 1,800,000 1,800,000 -
Transfer from Operating Fund - Wastewater 1,800,000 1,100,000 1,100,000 -
Transfer from Water Impact Fee Reserve 40,400 40,400 40,400 -
Transfer from Wastewater Impact Fee Reserve 421,100 421,100 20,997 (400,103)
Total Revenues 9,185,400 8,485,400 5,806,709 (2,678,691)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES & REVENUES $ 11,548,900 $ 15,306,800 $ 12,628,088 $ (2,678,712)
EXPENSES:
Water $ 515,300 $ 723,700 $ 656,164 $ 67,536
Wastewater 2,505,200 2,638,100 1,558,362 1,079,738
Water Treatment Plant 4,000,000 6,468,200 4,157,995 2,310,205
Total Expenses 7,020,500 9,830,000 6,372,521 3,457,479
Budget Balance - Water 3,645,300 4,366,100 5,348,927 (982,827)
Budget Balance - Wastewater 883,100 1,110,700 906,640 204,060
Total Budget Balances - Working Capital 4,528,400 5,476,800 6,255,567 (778,767)
TOTAL BUDGET BALANCES & EXPENSES $ 11,548,900 $ 15,306,800 $ 12,628,088 $ 2,678,712
0 0 0 0
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ELECTRIC REVENUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Working Capital $ 12,393,600 $ 16,024,400 $ 16,025,317 $ 917
Distribution of Earnings - PCA Credit (2,877,400) (2,989,900) (2,839,650) 150,250
9,516,200 13,034,500 13,185,667 151,167
REVENUES:
Direct base sales 81,192,600 82,607,300 80,706,744 (1,900,556)
Rental income 104,500 60,000 116,267 56,267
Miscellaneous services 524,300 565,000 1,031,168 466,168
Utility tax 1,299,100 1,320,700 1,270,320 (50,380)
Green Energy 127,400 133,800 133,902 102
Interest earned - operating 195,000 195,000 294,968 99,968
Total Revenues 83,442,900 84,881,800 83,553,369 (1,328,431)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCE & REVENUES $ 92,959,100 $ 97,916,300 $ 96,739,036 $ (1,177,264)
EXPENSES:
Power Supply & Generation
Hedged Energy $ 24,232,900 $ 24,232,900 $ 23,453,963 $ 778,937
Power Supply Management 1,085,000 835,000 834,996 4
Capacity Charges 16,663,400 16,663,400 16,215,822 447,578
Dover Sun Park Energy 2,685,400 2,685,400 2,474,940 210,460
Solar Renewal Energy Credits 392,300 392,300 359,905 32,395
Renewable Energy Credits 309,600 309,600 489,071 (179,471)
RGGI 54,000 54,000 - 54,000
PJM Charges - Energy 5,394,600 4,404,600 2,670,097 1,734,503
PJM Charges - Transmission & Fees 6,921,000 6,921,000 6,661,642 259,358
Total Power Supply 57,738,200 56,498,200 53,160,436 3,337,764
Plant Operations 6,216,000 6,306,000 5,569,240 736,760
Generation Fuels 778,400 1,678,400 1,306,819 371,581
Capacity Credits (14,589,000) (14,589,000) (14,589,000) -
PJM Spot Market Energy (1,089,100) (1,089,100) (1,006,903) (82,197)
PJM Credits (454,400) (454,400) (452,916) (1,484)
Total Generation (9,138,100) (8,148,100) (9,172,760) 1,024,660
Utility Tax 1,299,100 1,320,700 1,270,320 50,380
Administration 625,400 625,400 547,145 78,255
Transmission/Distribution 3,673,500 3,673,500 3,194,307 479,193
Electrical Engineering 1,223,500 1,249,700 1,105,770 143,930
Systems Operations 690,700 690,700 636,052 54,648
Meter Reading 401,800 402,800 407,880 (5,080)
Contractual Services - Power Supply - 150,000 30,915 119,085
Legal Expenses - 100,000 23,827 76,173
Provision for Uncollectible 250,000 250,000 250,000 -
Retirees Health Care 721,400 721,400 721,400 -
Green Energy Payment to DEMEC 127,400 127,400 134,717 (7,317)
Bank & CC Fees 327,000 327,000 334,509 (7,509)
Interest on Deposits 17,500 17,500 18,237 (737)
Intrafund Service Fees 3,875,500 3,875,500 3,544,967 330,533
Other Appropriations:
Electric Capital Project Fund 6,400,000 6,400,000 6,400,000 -
General Fund 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 -
Debt Service 1,584,700 1,586,500 1,591,774 (5,274)
Bond Issue Costs - - 228,275 (228,275)
Rate Stabilization Fund - 2,000,000 2,000,000 -
Depreciation Reserve 2,500,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 -
Other Employment Expenses 163,800 - - -
TOTAL EXPENSES 82,481,400 84,368,200 78,927,771 5,440,429
Budget Balance - Working Capital 10,477,700 13,548,100 17,811,265 (4,263,165)
TOTAL BUDGET BALANCE & EXPENSES $ 92,959,100 $ 97,916,300 $ 96,739,036 $ 1,177,264
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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
ELECTRIC IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Working Capital $ 8,332,100 $ 11,123,900 $ 11,123,889 $ (11)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES 8,332,100 11,123,900 11,123,889 (11)
REVENUES:
Transfer from Electric Operating Fund 6,400,000 6,400,000 6,400,000 -
Transfer from Water/Wastewater Fund 298,000 298,000 298,000 -
Transfer from General Fund 200,000 200,000 200,000 -
General Service Billing 450,000 450,000 388,896 (61,104)
Miscellaneous Grant Revenue - 21,500 - (21,500)
Miscellaneous Receipts - 40,600 62,117 21,517
Interest Earnings 109,800 109,800 190,860 81,060
Total Revenues 7,457,800 7,519,900 7,539,873 19,973
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES & REVENUES $ 15,789,900 $ 18,643,800 $ 18,663,762 $ 19,962
EXPENSES:
Power Plant $ 1,546,000 $ 1,658,000 $ 1,069,552 $ 588,448
Transmission/Distribution 1,383,000 1,474,900 732,338 742,562
Engineering 2,245,500 2,362,800 973,499 1,389,301
Administration 1,175,200 - - -
ERP System 548,000 1,027,200 730,645 296,555
Total Expenses 6,897,700 6,522,900 3,506,034 3,016,866
Budget Balance - Improvement & Extension Fund 8,892,200 12,120,900 15,157,728 (3,036,828)
Total Budget Balances - Working Capital 8,892,200 12,120,900 15,157,728 (3,036,828)
TOTAL BUDGET BALANCES & EXPENSES $ 15,789,900 $ 18,643,800 $ 18,663,762 $ (19,962)
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FINANCIAL SCHEDULES PROPRIETARY FUND TYPES
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS
WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE FUND
The City has created this fund to account for the revenues and expenses related to a self-
insured Workers’ Compensation Fund. The revenues are received from the City's various
funds. These funds contribute to the Workers’ Compensation Fund an amount based on
salaries at a pre-determined assessment rate. Claims paid, reinsurance cost and third-
party administrator's fees are charged to this fund.
Budgetary schedule is included for public review of budgetary compliance.
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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
INTERNAL SERVICE FUND - WORKERS' COMPENSATION
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
OPERATING REVENUES:
Beginning Balance $ 1,444,700 $ 1,257,700 $ 1,542,806 $ 285,106
Interest Earned 22,500 22,500 37,038 14,538
City Contribution 908,500 904,300 757,081 (147,219)
Miscellaneous Revenue - - 52,327 52,327
TOTAL REVENUES $ 2,375,700 $ 2,184,500 $ 2,389,252 $ 204,752
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Program Expenses $ 550,000 $ 565,000 $ 416,820 $ 148,180
Contractual Services 25,000 25,000 14,277 10,723
Insurance 110,000 110,800 127,759 (16,959)
State of Delaware - Self-Insurance Tax 39,000 39,000 36,244 2,756
TOTAL EXPENSES $ 724,000 $ 739,800 $ 595,100 $ 144,700
BUDGET BALANCE - CARRY FORWARD $ 1,651,700 $ 1,444,700 $ 1,794,152 $ (349,452)
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FIDUCIARY FUND TYPES
AGENCIES
DOWNTOWN DOVER PARTNERSHIP
The City established the Downtown Dover Partnership as an agency for the
development of the downtown urban area.
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
The Fourth of July Celebration Committee is designed to provide recreation enjoyment
and educational events commemorating the birth of our nation.
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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
COMBINING STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
ALL AGENCY FUNDS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
BALANCE BALANCE
JUNE 30, 2018 ADDITIONS DEDUCTIONS JUNE 30, 2019
DOWNTOWN DOVER PARTNERSHIP
ASSETS:
Cash $ 672,541 $ 843,307 $ 669,461 $ 846,387
Receivables 52,918 - 52,918 -
Prepaid Items 342 1,932 - 2,274
Total Assets $ 725,801 $ 845,239 $ 722,379 $ 848,661
LIABILITIES:
Vouchers Payable 79,915 $ 354,247 $ 406,667 $ 27,495
Deposit Payable 27,432 - - 27,432
Due to Agencies 618,454 175,280 - 793,734
Total Liabilities $ 725,801 $ 529,527 $ 406,667 $ 848,661
4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
ASSETS:
Cash $ 31,520 $ 20,979 $ 40,439 $ 12,060
Prepaid items 9,500 18,000 9,500 18,000
Total Assets $ 41,020 $ 38,979 $ 49,939 $ 30,060
LIABILITIES:
Vouchers Payable $ 2,200 $ - $ 2,200 $ -
Due to Agencies 38,820 - 8,760 30,060
Total Liabilities $ 41,020 $ - $ 10,960 $ 30,060
TOTAL-ALL AGENCY FUNDS
ASSETS:
Cash & Investments $ 739,730 $ 864,286 $ 709,900 $ 858,447
Receivables 3,579 - 52,918 -
Prepaid Items 4,889 19,932 9,500 20,274
Total Assets $ 748,198 $ 884,218 $ 772,318 $ 878,721
LIABILITIES:
Vouchers Payable $ 19,676 $ 354,247 $ 408,867 $ 27,495
Deposit Payable 27,432 - - 27,432
Due to Agencies 701,090 175,280 8,760 823,794
Total Liabilities $ 748,198 $ 529,527 $ 417,627 $ 878,721
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STATISTICAL SECTION
SECTION
This section of the City of Dover’s
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
represents detailed information as a context for
understanding what the statements, note
disclosures, and required supplementary
information says about the Government’s overall
financial health.
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STATISTICAL SECTION
This part of the City of Dover’s comprehensive annual financial report presents
detailed information as a context for understanding what the information in the
financial statements, note disclosures, and required supplementary information
says about the government’s overall financial health.
FINANCIAL TRENDS
These schedules contain trend information to help the reader understand how the
City’s financial performance and well-being have changed over time.
REVENUE CAPACITY
These schedules contain information to help the reader assess the City’s most
significant local revenue source, property tax.
DEBT CAPACITY
These schedules present information to help the reader assess the affordability of
the City’s current levels of outstanding debt and the City’s ability to issue additional
debt in the future.
DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION
These schedules offer demographic and economic indicators to help the reader
understand the environment within which the City’s financial activities take place.
OPERATING INFORMATION
These schedules contain service and infrastructure data to help the reader
understand how the information in the City’s financial report relates to the services
the City provides and the activities it performs.
Sources: Unless otherwise noted, the information in these schedules is derived
from the comprehensive annual financial reports for the relevant year.
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Table 1
City of Dover, Delaware
Net Position by Component
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Governmental Activities
Net investment in capital assets $ 54,309,740 $ 53,239,906 $ 54,350,984 $ 54,325,174 $ 51,485,408 $ 50,738,483 $ 49,577,021 $ 49,642,124 $ 38,839,995 $ 35,742,504
Restricted 342,285 961,101 306,474 932,728 556,553 612,054 721,682 482,780 1,774,167 1,250,342
Unrestricted (29,348,340) (36,772,282) (44,105,399) (22,214,284) (27,947,709) (7,142,570) (4,791,553) (6,759,433) (99,435) 4,820,682
Total governmental activities net position 25,303,685 17,428,725 10,552,059 33,043,618 24,094,252 44,207,967 45,507,150 43,365,471 40,514,727 41,813,528
Business-type activities
Net investment in capital assets 109,497,296 111,894,357 110,779,002 110,647,045 108,565,514 101,670,949 100,079,972 98,303,263 97,270,906 96,660,480
Restricted 54,353,211 46,693,086 44,176,110 37,026,527 36,751,850 36,123,755 34,665,736 33,836,315 34,148,330 31,302,487
Unrestricted 17,850,066 22,683,806 21,086,446 26,876,166 21,732,221 36,098,998 39,534,763 33,947,753 23,286,232 19,318,633
Total business-type activities net position 181,700,573 181,271,249 176,041,558 174,549,738 167,049,585 173,893,702 174,280,471 166,087,331 154,705,468 147,281,600
Primary government
Net investment in capital assets 163,807,036 165,134,263 165,129,986 164,972,219 160,050,922 152,409,432 149,656,993 147,945,387 136,110,901 132,402,984
Restricted 54,695,496 47,654,187 44,482,584 37,959,255 37,308,403 36,735,809 35,387,418 34,319,095 35,922,497 32,552,829
Unrestricted (11,498,274) (14,088,476) (23,018,953) 4,661,882 (6,215,488) 28,956,428 34,743,210 27,188,320 23,186,797 24,139,315
Total primary government net position $ 207,004,258 $ 198,699,974 $ 186,593,617 $ 207,593,356 $ 191,143,837 $ 218,101,669 $ 219,787,621 $ 209,452,802 $ 195,220,195 $ 189,095,128
NOTE
The fiscal years prior to 2015 show fund balances as they were reported prior to GASB No. 68.
The Change in Net Position for fiscal 2017 includes a prior period adjustment for the OPEB Liability associated with GASB No. 74 & 75.
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Table 2
City of Dover, Delaware
Changes in Net Position
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Expenses
Governmental activities:
General government $ 3,296,331 $ 3,443,595 $ 3,456,943 $ 4,648,999 $ 3,374,955 $ 1,288,977 $ 1,474,045 $ 1,180,327 $ 1,248,124 $ 1,510,308
Public safety 17,597,828 17,441,023 14,947,553 19,919,050 21,336,042 19,219,986 17,989,463 17,638,304 16,848,343 16,357,692
Public works 6,183,329 7,736,355 6,942,760 7,381,557 3,848,402 6,594,829 6,099,484 8,135,172 6,257,946 7,115,319
Library and recreation 3,211,586 3,106,031 2,866,441 2,183,802 3,079,426 2,942,800 2,313,048 2,377,363 2,731,492 2,265,205
Community and economic development 461,983 513,857 449,356 551,879 444,474 676,554 939,966 773,208 1,173,546 2,228,744
Central services 521,020 589,846 473,498 483,426 443,072 512,586 454,816 469,385 599,498 544,611
Financial administration 894,670 964,051 746,714 1,249,012 1,247,976 1,368,048 1,122,830 1,146,524 2,463,426 2,353,180
Other post-employment benefits - - - - - 3,348,267 5,119,778 6,534,630 6,142,627 2,843,480
Interest on long-term debt 178,514 129,723 118,275 118,565 174,912 122,812 114,785 90,161 75,397 78,581
Total governmental activities expenses 32,345,262 33,924,481 30,001,540 36,536,290 33,949,259 36,074,859 35,628,215 38,345,074 37,540,399 35,297,120
Business-type activities
Water and sewer 12,604,448 11,728,740 11,416,394 11,925,299 11,322,958 11,397,992 10,905,358 11,068,607 10,912,722 11,971,445
Electric 68,459,581 72,553,319 62,992,850 61,054,151 67,562,077 74,481,048 74,595,585 77,625,673 90,296,244 90,940,056
Total business-type activities 81,064,029 84,282,059 74,409,244 72,979,450 78,885,035 85,879,040 85,500,943 88,694,280 101,208,966 102,911,501
Total primary government expenses 113,409,291 118,206,540 104,410,784 109,515,740 112,834,294 121,953,899 121,129,158 127,039,354 138,749,365 138,208,621
Program Revenues
Governmental activities:
Charges for services:
General government 2,520,022 2,456,576 2,362,123 2,336,389 2,116,233 2,137,574 2,463,437 4,043,168 1,503,243 1,307,296
Public safety 4,510,464 5,367,450 5,171,989 4,920,783 4,558,200 4,676,162 4,240,847 4,803,827 4,682,687 4,309,516
Public works 3,068,399 3,714,187 2,514,645 2,527,478 2,578,892 2,595,648 2,624,877 1,903,623 2,173,434 1,340,729
Library and recreation 612,737 640,061 602,873 667,996 696,179 699,622 656,001 632,824 632,861 650,283
Operating grants and contributions 2,441,900 2,190,146 2,025,522 2,759,367 2,298,936 2,159,616 2,914,696 2,654,051 5,032,926 3,813,842
Capital grants and contributions 372,136 344,561 360,538 675,784 166,379 1,226,559 2,107,444 6,292,303 856,338 169,130
Total governmental activities program revenues 13,525,658 14,712,981 13,037,690 13,887,797 12,414,819 13,495,181 15,007,302 20,329,796 14,881,489 11,590,796
(Continued)
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Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Program Revenues
Business-type activities:
Charges for services:
Water and sewer 16,017,306 16,319,193 16,054,096 14,976,213 14,875,806 13,268,213 13,387,706 13,775,833 14,033,678 11,531,595
Electric 83,709,415 83,883,757 83,655,870 80,695,910 79,802,674 79,489,192 90,685,693 93,529,401 101,902,619 100,278,474
Capital contributions - - 1,201,963 44,955 1,516,932 401,947 - 441,285 997,750 392,855
Total business-type activities program revenues 99,726,721 100,202,950 100,911,929 95,717,078 96,195,412 93,159,352 104,073,399 107,746,519 116,934,047 112,202,924
Total primary government program revenues 113,252,379 114,915,931 113,949,619 109,604,875 108,610,231 106,654,533 119,080,701 128,076,315 131,815,536 123,793,720
Net (expense)/revenue:
Governmental activities (18,819,604) (19,211,500) (16,963,850) (22,648,493) (21,534,440) (22,579,678) (20,620,913) (18,015,278) (22,658,910) (23,706,324)
Business-type activities 18,662,692 15,920,891 26,502,685 22,737,628 17,310,377 7,280,312 18,572,456 19,052,239 15,725,081 9,291,423
Total primary government net revenue (expense) (156,912) (3,290,609) 9,538,835 89,135 (4,224,063) (15,299,366) (2,048,457) 1,036,961 (6,933,829) (14,414,901)
General Revenues and Other Changes in Net Position
Governmental activities:
Property taxes 13,448,025 13,065,098 12,895,597 12,846,774 11,176,763 11,094,479 11,126,395 11,050,198 10,904,908 10,029,584
Transfer taxes 1,637,194 2,022,165 1,634,707 2,191,915 1,713,505 1,543,626 1,107,686 1,373,103 1,461,983 867,692
Investment earnings 809,345 100,903 132,228 263,667 92,479 142,390 36,793 141,925 137,218 268,748
Transfers 10,800,000 10,900,000 10,875,000 16,295,503 10,500,000 8,500,000 10,491,718 8,300,796 8,856,000 7,306,120
Total governmental activities 26,694,564 26,088,166 25,537,532 31,597,859 23,482,747 21,280,495 22,762,592 20,866,022 21,360,109 18,472,144
Business-type activities:
Investment earnings 3,752,939 208,800 379,160 1,058,028 544,624 832,919 112,402 630,420 554,787 837,564
Transfers (10,800,000) (10,900,000) (10,875,000) (16,295,503) (10,500,000) (8,500,000) (10,491,718) (8,300,796) (8,856,000) (7,306,120)
Total business-type activities (7,047,061) (10,691,200) (10,495,840) (15,237,475) (9,955,376) (7,667,081) (10,379,316) (7,670,376) (8,301,213) (6,468,556)
Total primary government 19,647,503 15,396,966 15,041,692 16,360,384 13,527,371 13,613,414 12,383,276 13,195,646 13,058,896 12,003,588
Change in Net Position
Government activities 7,874,960 6,876,666 8,573,682 8,949,366 1,948,307 (1,299,183) 2,141,679 2,850,744 (1,298,801) (5,234,180)
Business-type activities 11,615,631 5,229,691 16,006,845 7,500,153 7,355,001 (386,769) 8,193,140 11,381,863 7,423,868 2,822,867
Total primary government $ 19,490,591 $ 12,106,357 $ 24,580,527 $ 16,449,519 $ 9,303,308 $ (1,685,952) $ 10,334,819 $ 14,232,607 $ 6,125,067 $ (2,411,313)
NOTE
The Change in Net Position for fiscal 2015 includes a prior period adjustment for the Net Pension Liability associated with GASB No. 68.
The Change in Net Position for fiscal 2017 includes a prior period adjustment for the OPEB Liability associated with GASB No. 74 & 75.
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Table 3
City of Dover, Delaware
Fund Balances of Governmental Funds
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Modified accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
General fund
Reserved $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - $ 315,580
Unreserved - - - - - - - - - 7,242,323
Non-spendable 234,974 259,258 187,294 195,134 202,620 207,884 227,457 198,175 191,567 -
Restricted 27,070 10,572 7,979 173,769 127,706 129,476 131,237 83,356 85,070 -
Committed 1,047,987 1,111,182 2,441,641 1,059,197 1,041,130 723,300 936,899 920,475 3,484,203 -
Assigned 4,320,615 2,865,373 1,956,061 2,735,602 3,839,571 3,163,431 3,519,012 658,890 614,559 -
Unassigned 7,118,240 7,722,505 5,528,605 4,995,522 3,991,442 3,435,079 3,391,714 3,007,983 3,385,209 -
Total general fund 12,748,886 11,968,890 10,121,580 9,159,224 9,202,469 7,659,170 8,206,319 4,868,879 7,760,608 7,557,903
All other governmental funds
Special revenue funds
Unreserved - - - - - - - - - 872,309
Non-spendable - 9,990 3,993 350 181 2,447 - 13,099 4,203 -
Restricted 315,215 950,529 298,495 758,959 428,847 482,578 590,445 399,424 764,512 -
Assigned - - - - - - 123,349 171,381 289,221 -
Total all other governmental funds 315,215 960,519 302,488 759,309 429,028 485,025 713,794 583,904 1,057,936 872,309
Total fund balances $ 13,064,101 $ 12,929,409 $ 10,424,068 $ 9,918,533 $ 9,631,497 $ 8,144,195 $ 8,920,113 $ 5,452,783 $ 8,818,544 $ 8,430,212
NOTE
The fiscal years prior to 2011 show fund balances as they were classified and reported prior to GASB No. 54.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Modified accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Revenues
Fines $ 1,020,920 $ 1,121,135 $ 1,142,722 $ 1,128,211 $ 1,161,876 $ 1,011,156 $ 912,004 $ 1,202,615 $ 1,665,496 $ 1,418,354
Library revenue 410,154 392,108 380,561 419,677 480,823 498,553 471,065 475,822 444,455 465,387
Licenses and permits 2,866,796 3,786,167 3,548,401 3,525,992 2,893,990 2,952,015 2,548,913 2,816,866 2,417,363 2,424,768
Sanitation fees and rebates 3,068,399 3,133,360 2,514,645 2,527,478 2,578,892 2,595,648 2,624,877 1,903,623 2,173,434 1,340,729
Recreation 61,147 87,125 53,301 65,145 66,038 49,144 40,446 44,522 44,292 36,100
Miscellaneous services 1,672,401 2,210,980 1,679,390 1,874,534 1,650,153 1,831,683 2,470,200 3,940,294 1,480,845 1,247,096
Taxes 15,103,449 15,125,329 14,564,304 15,085,481 12,930,532 12,655,035 12,333,520 12,462,532 12,366,891 10,897,276
Grants 2,814,036 2,534,707 2,386,060 3,449,238 2,489,239 3,416,319 5,119,089 8,909,758 5,551,175 4,482,259
Court of chancery fees 1,588,140 1,496,520 1,343,020 1,239,300 1,118,680 1,034,460 917,700 863,220 766,340 675,390
Investment income 730,797 93,751 123,234 234,885 77,769 122,490 45,198 117,405 112,722 237,631
Total revenues 29,336,239 29,981,182 27,735,638 29,549,941 25,447,992 26,166,503 27,483,012 32,736,657 27,023,013 23,224,990
Expenditures
General government 1,760,851 1,710,100 2,026,568 2,116,749 1,425,786 1,271,523 1,107,122 1,093,772 1,348,911 1,525,854
Library services 1,971,773 1,981,201 1,926,561 1,720,021 1,675,989 1,697,982 5,514,217 13,518,569 4,369,578 1,951,347
Public safety 22,558,701 21,018,381 21,248,561 21,240,506 20,218,519 19,130,832 18,048,642 17,001,619 16,139,953 15,948,298
Public works 2,855,382 1,918,473 2,119,186 2,146,917 1,708,658 2,572,965 1,758,405 2,074,061 2,535,060 2,504,061
Recreational services 1,087,393 821,613 733,961 783,976 865,938 683,363 651,341 827,230 834,124 746,868
Streets and sanitation services 4,458,329 4,637,145 4,275,648 6,081,813 6,574,262 4,634,091 2,990,430 3,280,165 3,383,465 3,181,025
Engineering services 266,332 263,930 219,198 166,579 26,996 - - - - -
Financial administration 754,400 762,860 764,622 919,086 979,112 1,002,539 909,877 902,009 866,314 895,570
Garage and stores 492,111 499,289 501,559 465,843 419,597 415,593 431,542 503,036 490,113 526,286
Insurance 276,689 302,258 295,923 280,901 278,682 272,895 241,395 198,241 203,343 197,723
Retiree health care lump sum 1,894,900 2,063,000 2,039,700 1,567,700 1,636,500 1,636,500 1,620,600 1,614,241 1,297,509 1,006,397
Employee pension unfunded liability - 619,000 - 594,300 543,000 121,000 1,693,500 1,545,000 1,544,978 -
Street lights 805,185 803,924 811,992 804,246 775,197 774,533 878,760 986,430 968,562 956,860
Community and economic development 461,983 513,857 449,356 551,879 444,474 676,554 939,966 773,208 1,173,546 2,228,744
(Continued)
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Table 4 (Continued) - Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds
Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Expenditures
Debt service
Principal 322,745 332,355 573,497 553,824 848,069 429,239 296,003 275,000 270,000 260,000
Interest 34,773 128,455 118,771 118,565 114,243 122,812 73,071 52,734 65,225 68,410
Other charges (issuance of debt) - - - - 60,668 - 1,029 27,255 - -
Total expenditures 40,001,547 38,375,841 38,105,103 40,112,905 38,595,690 35,442,421 37,155,900 44,672,570 35,490,681 31,997,443
Excess of revenues
over(under) expenditures (10,665,308) (8,394,659) (10,369,465) (10,562,964) (13,147,698) (9,275,918) (9,672,888) (11,935,913) (8,467,668) (8,772,453)
Other financing sources (uses)
Bond proceeds 5,700,000 - - - 4,135,000 - 2,648,500 851,500 - -
Transfers in 13,953,381 14,220,407 13,885,445 14,339,821 13,500,366 11,458,445 12,666,208 10,959,204 12,420,329 9,156,575
Transfers out (3,153,381) (3,320,407) (3,010,445) (3,489,821) (3,000,366) (2,958,445) (2,174,490) (2,658,408) (3,564,329) (1,850,455)
Payments to refunded bond escrow agent (5,700,000) - - - - - - - - -
Total other financing sources (uses) 10,800,000 10,900,000 10,875,000 10,850,000 14,635,000 8,500,000 13,140,218 9,152,296 8,856,000 7,306,120
Net change in fund balances $ 134,692 $ 2,505,341 $ 505,535 $ 287,036 $ 1,487,302 $ (775,918) $ 3,467,330 $ (2,783,617) $ 388,332 $ (1,466,333)
Debt service as a percentage of
noncapital expenditures 0.99% 1.27% 1.97% 1.96% 3.09% 1.74% 1.14% 1.07% 0.85% 1.05%
Capital outlay included in total
expenditures (1) $ 3,993,940 $ 2,066,950 $ 2,973,131 $ 5,753,588 $ 7,500,186 $ 3,777,578 $ 4,872,122 $ 13,927,288 $ 5,296,536 $ 2,434,391
NOTES
(1) Capital outlay has been included in functional expenditures. Debt service as a percentage of non-capital expenditures excludes capital outlay expenditures.
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Table 5
City of Dover, Delaware
Governmental Activities Tax Revenues by Source
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Property Transfer
Year Tax Tax Total
2019 $ 13,448,025 $ 1,637,194 $ 15,085,219
2018 13,065,098 2,022,165 15,087,263
2017 12,895,597 1,634,707 14,530,304
2016 12,846,772 2,191,915 15,038,687
2015 11,176,763 1,713,788 12,890,551
2014 11,094,479 1,543,626 12,638,105
2013 11,126,395 1,107,686 12,234,081
2012 11,050,198 1,373,103 12,423,301
2011 10,904,908 1,461,983 12,366,891
2010 10,029,584 867,692 10,897,276
NOTES
1. Property Tax rate of $.4050 per $100 of 100% assessed value
(See Table 6 for tax rates). Revenues include payments in
lieu of taxes, farm land roll back and penalties.
2. Transfer Taxes equal 1.5% of the real property sales value.
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Table 6
City of Dover, Delaware
Assessed and Estimated Actual Value
of Taxable Property
Last Ten Fiscal Years
REAL PROPERTY
Ratio of Direct
Less: Total Taxable Tax
Fiscal Total Assessed Exempt Total Taxable Estimated Value to Total Rate
Year Value Properties Assessed Value Actual Value Assessed Value Per $100
2019 $ 4,600,542,300 $ 1,342,452,800 $ 3,258,089,500 $ 4,600,542,300 70.82% $ 0.4050
2018 4,553,536,100 1,338,792,000 3,214,744,100 4,553,536,100 70.60% 0.4050
2017 4,493,113,000 1,336,802,000 3,156,311,000 4,493,113,000 70.25% 0.4050
2016 4,443,188,600 1,335,276,500 3,107,912,100 4,443,188,600 69.95% 0.4050
2015 4,584,108,050 1,376,954,490 3,207,153,560 4,584,108,050 69.96% 0.3378
2014 4,525,547,960 1,365,654,100 3,159,893,860 4,525,547,960 69.82% 0.3378
2013 4,510,303,860 1,328,807,500 3,181,496,360 4,510,303,860 70.54% 0.3378
2012 4,469,369,160 1,300,061,400 3,169,307,760 4,469,369,160 70.91% 0.3378
2011 4,363,518,360 1,226,879,300 3,136,639,060 4,363,518,360 71.88% 0.3378
2010 4,139,869,700 1,232,858,580 2,907,011,120 4,139,869,700 70.22% 0.3300
Source: Tax Assessor's Office, City of Dover.
NOTES
1. There is no tax on personal properties. Therefore, no figures are presented.
2. In 2010, the City property values were reassessed, effective for tax year 2011. The tax rate was increased
from $ .330 to $ .3378 per $100. Had the tax rate been rolled back to a revenue neutral rate, the rate
would have been $ .3108 per $100. The revised rate represents a $ .027 rate increase.
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Table 7
NOTES
City of Dover, Delaware
1. Section 48 of the City of Property Tax Rates - All Direct and Overlapping
Dover charter provides that Governments with the Capital School District
the amount of money to be (Per $100 of Assessed Value)
raised through property
Last Ten Fiscal Years
taxes shall not exceed 2%
of the total taxable
assessment.
2. Kent County Property tax Direct Overlapping
rates reflect the 1987 City Capital Vo-Tech Total
reappraisal of properties in Fiscal of Kent School School Direct &
Kent County.
Year Dover County District District Overlapping
3. In 2010, the City property 2019 0.4050 0.3000 1.8307 0.1541 2.6898
values were reassessed, 2018 0.4050 0.3000 1.7942 0.1522 2.6514
effective for tax year 2011. 2017 0.4050 0.3000 1.8065 0.1484 2.6599
Tax rate increased to 2016 0.4050 0.3000 1.8115 0.1415 2.6580
$.3378. 2015 0.3378 0.3000 1.8215 0.1372 2.5965
2014 0.3378 0.3000 1.8500 0.1372 2.6250
4. In 2015, the City property 2013 0.3378 0.3000 1.9090 0.1372 2.6840
values were reassessed, 2012 0.3378 0.3000 1.8320 0.1351 2.6049
effective for tax year 2016. 2011 0.3378 0.3000 1.8320 0.1351 2.6049
Tax rate increased to 2010 0.3300 0.3100 1.7685 0.1304 2.5389
$.4050.
Sources: Tax Assessor's Office - City
Receiver of Taxes Office - Kent County
Property Tax Rates - FY 2019
All Direct & Overlapping Governments
I· City of Dover •Kent County • Capital School • Vo-Tech School
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Table 8
Principal Tax Payers
Current Year and Nine Years Ago
PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE
OF TOTAL OF TOTAL
2019 TAXABLE 2010 TAXABLE
ASSESSED ASSESSED ASSESSED ASSESSED
TAX PAYERS VALUATION RANK VALUATION VALUATION RANK VALUATION
Dover Downs Prop, Inc. $147,924,900 1 3.22% $168,411,200 1 5.79%
Dover Mall LP/Dover Commons 71,706,800 2 1.56% 75,714,000 2 2.60%
Dover Medical Center 39,202,300 3 0.85% 24,887,600 3 0.86%
Blue Hen Apt LLC 30,895,300 4 0.67% 1,627,500 - 0.06%
Leander Lakes LLC 27,484,300 5 0.60% - - -
CW Dover LLC FKA Dover South Coast 23,071,400 6 0.50% 14,470,300 9 0.50%
Kraft-General Foods Corp. 21,534,700 7 0.47% 20,624,800 4 0.71%
Onix Dover LLC 16,617,800 8 0.36% 8,951,100 - 0.31%
GM Country Club LLC 15,788,600 9 0.34% 11,415,800 - 0.39%
Multi Residential M LLC 14,415,500 10 0.31% 10,343,500 - 0.36%
Millers Dover Downs - - - 14,837,900 8 0.51%
Dover Bay Court Plaza - - - 19,107,300 5 0.66%
Berks City Real Estate LLC - - - 18,034,400 6 0.62%
East Country Village - - - 15,981,800 7 0.55%
Morgan Cannon Mill Apts - - - 11,650,000 10 0.40%
8.90% $416,057,200 14.31%
Source: Tax Assessor's Office, City of Dover $408,641,600
Total taxable assessed valuation for current year is 4,593,440,200
Total taxable assessed valuation for ten years ago is 2,907,011,120
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Table 9
City of Dover, Delaware
Property Tax Levies and Collections
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Total Collected Within Collection Collected in Total Collection
Fiscal Tax the Fiscal Year as Percentage Subsequent Collections as Percentage
Year Levy of the Levy of Levy Years to Date of Levy
2019 $ 12,887,417 $ 12,870,997 99.9% $ - $ 12,870,997 99.87%
2018 12,669,581 12,628,024 99.7% 37,746 12,665,770 99.97%
2017 12,478,630 12,401,338 99.4% 75,314 12,476,652 99.95%
2016 12,437,857 12,204,948 98.1% 232,909 12,437,857 98.13%
2015 10,737,703 10,612,272 98.8% 125,431 10,737,703 100.00%
2014 10,696,886 10,493,954 98.1% 202,932 10,696,886 100.00%
2013 10,594,623 10,398,888 98.2% 195,735 10,594,623 100.00%
2012 10,549,631 10,280,930 97.5% 268,701 10,549,631 100.00%
2011 10,481,734 10,166,681 97.0% 315,053 10,481,734 100.00%
2010 9,525,034 9,314,327 97.8% 210,707 9,525,034 100.00%
Source: City of Dover Assessor & Customer Service Reports.
Property Taxes Levied
Last Ten Fiscal Years
$13
-
$11
Millions
$9
$7
$5
$3
$1
$(1)
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
NOTES
1. Section 48 of the City of Dover charter provides that the maximum budget to be raised through
property taxes shall not exceed 2% of the total taxable assessment.
2. Total Tax Levy represents the annual tax billings, quarterly billings and adjustments from tax
appeals.
3. The table excludes payments in lieu of taxes and farm land roll back taxes.
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Table 10
City of Dover, Delaware
Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Governmental
Activities Business-type Activities
General Water/Sewer Electric Total Percentage
Fiscal Obligation Revenue Revenue Primary of Personal Per
Year Bonds Bonds Bonds Government Income Capita Population
2019 $ 5,700,000 $ 13,197,695 $ 15,700,000 $ 34,597,695 3.8% 916 37,790
2018 5,877,013 11,312,399 17,890,000 35,079,412 4.1% 921 38,422
2017 6,209,368 12,111,088 18,620,000 36,940,456 4.3% 978 37,686
2016 6,782,865 12,888,791 19,315,000 38,986,656 4.6% 1,041 37,941
2015 7,336,689 13,650,787 21,680,000 42,667,476 5.4% 1,137 37,560
2014 4,049,758 14,412,347 23,940,000 42,402,105 5.4% 1,130 37,540
2013 4,478,997 10,926,717 26,110,000 41,515,714 5.1% 1,138 36,492
2012 2,085,815 10,865,354 27,995,025 40,946,194 5.0% 1,129 36,267
2011 1,499,143 7,913,384 30,033,446 39,445,973 4.9% 1,070 37,341
2010 1,758,971 3,765,547 34,543,730 40,068,248 5.7% 1,112 36,627
Source: City of Dover Financial Records
Population Source: City Count
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Table 11
Ratio of Net General Obligation Bonded Debt
To Assessed Value and Net Bonded Debt Per Capita
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Ratio
of Net Net
Net Bonded Bonded
Taxable Gross Net Debt To Debt
Fiscal Assessed Bonded Bonded Assessed Per
Year Population Value Debt Debt Value Capita
2019 37,790 $3,258,089,500 $ 5,700,000 $ 5,700,000 0.17% 150.83
2018 38,422 3,214,744,100 5,877,013 5,877,013 0.18% 154.24
2017 37,686 3,156,311,000 5,877,013 5,877,013 0.19% 154.24
2016 37,941 3,107,912,100 6,782,865 6,782,865 0.22% 179.51
2015 37,560 3,207,153,560 7,336,689 7,336,689 0.23% 195.03
2014 37,540 3,159,893,860 4,049,758 4,049,758 0.13% 107.88
2013 36,492 3,181,496,360 4,478,997 4,478,997 0.14% 121.97
2012 36,267 3,169,307,760 4,478,997 4,478,997 0.14% 122.74
2011 37,341 3,136,639,060 2,085,815 2,085,815 0.07% 57.51
2010 36,627 2,907,011,120 1,550,000 1,550,000 0.05% 41.51
Source: City of Dover Financial Records, Tax Assessor’s Office and Delaware Population Consortium Annual
Population Projections (City Count).
NOTES
1. This table includes all long-term general obligation bonded debt only. The Enterprise Funds have
no general obligation debt.
2. Assessed value reflects the net billable tax base and does not include the exempt value,
exemption for Senior Citizens and exemption for disability.
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Table 12
City of Dover, Delaware
Ratio of Annual Debt Service Expenditures for
General Bonded Debt to Total General Expenditures
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Ratio of
Debt Service
Total Total to Total
Fiscal Debt General General
(1)
Year Principal Interest Service Expenditures Expenditures
2019 $ 322,745 $ 132,829 $ 455,574 $ 46,907,709 0.97%
2018 332,355 128,455 460,810 44,049,712 1.05%
2017 573,497 118,771 692,268 44,378,544 1.56%
2016 553,824 118,565 672,389 46,477,667 1.45%
2015 848,069 114,243 962,312 45,484,211 2.12%
2014 429,239 122,812 552,051 39,646,120 1.39%
2013 296,003 73,071 369,074 40,517,512 0.91%
2012 275,000 52,734 327,263 47,743,864 0.69%
2011 270,000 65,225 335,225 38,898,945 0.86%
2010 260,000 68,410 328,410 32,786,465 1.00%
Source: City of Dover Financial Records.
NOTES
1. The General Expenditures include all operating items, capital items and debt service.
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Table 13
City of Dover, Delaware
Computation of Direct and Overlapping Debt
with the Capital School District
June 30, 2019
Percentage Amount
Net Debt Applicable to Applicable to
Jurisdiction Outstanding City of Dover City of Dover
City of Dover $ 5,700,000 100% $ 5,700,000
Kent County (1) 51,179,528 0% N/A
(2)
Capital School District 46,416,895 N/A N/A
TOTAL $ 103,296,423 $ 5,700,000
Sources: City of Dover Financial Records, Kent County Levy Court - Accounting Department and
Capital School District - Administration Department.
NOTES
1. Kent County: Total debt for Kent County is $51,179,528 as of June 30, 2019. Although Kent
County's bonds are general obligation bonds, $47,580,700 is payable from the Kent County
Sewer Fund(s) or other committed sources.
2. Capital School District: As of June 30, 2019, the net outstanding debt was $46,416,895.
Percentage and amount is not applicable to the City of Dover.
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Table 14
Computation of Legal Debt Margin
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(amounts expressed in thousands)
Fiscal Year
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Debt Limit $ 162,904 $ 160,737 $ 157,816 $ 155,396 $ 158,485 $ 157,995 $ 159,075 $ 158,465 $ 156,832 $ 145,351
Net (Taxable) Assessed Value on Books 3,258,090 3,214,744 3,156,311 3,107,912 3,207,154 3,159,894 3,181,496 3,169,308 3,136,639 2,907,011
Total net debt applicable to limit 5,700 5,877 6,209 6,783 7,337 4,050 4,479 1,550 1,820 2,080
Legal Debt Margin $ 157,204 $ 154,860 $ 148,613 $ 151,149 $ 153,945 $ 154,596 $ 156,915 $ 155,012 $ 143,271 $ 142,520
Total Net Debt applicable to limit
as a percentage of debt limit 3.50% 3.61% 4.36% 4.63% 2.56% 2.82% 0.98% 1.16% 1.43% 1.69%
Legal Debt Margin Calculation for Fiscal Year 2016
Net (Taxable) Assessed Value on Books $ 3,258,090
Debt Limit - 5 Percent of Total Assessed Value $ 162,904
DEBT
(For which the City's full faith and credit has been pledged)
Gross Bonded Debt 5,700
LEGAL DEBT MARGIN $ 157,204
Source: City of Dover Financial Reports, City of Dover Charter, Section 50(b), and Tax Assessor's Office
July 2009 the Charter was amended and the debt limit was reduced from 25% of the total assessed value to 5%.
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Table 15
City of Dover, Delaware
Revenue Bond Coverage - Electric Revenue Bonds
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Available
Fiscal Gross Operating For Debt Debt Service Requirements of Each Fiscal Year
Year Revenue Expenses Service Principal Interest Total Coverage
2019 $ 84,195,248 $ 56,720,895 $ 27,474,353 $ 765,000 $ 669,785 $ 1,434,785 19.15
2018 84,235,174 60,595,349 23,639,825 730,000 847,454 1,577,454 14.99
2017 83,943,882 54,748,915 29,194,967 695,000 883,954 1,578,954 18.49
2016 80,846,658 54,418,343 26,428,315 2,365,000 918,704 3,283,704 8.05
2015 79,769,994 66,521,873 13,248,121 2,260,000 1,036,954 3,296,954 4.02
2014 79,476,865 68,594,189 10,882,676 2,170,000 1,131,854 3,301,854 3.30
2013 90,876,162 68,546,508 22,329,654 2,110,000 1,205,554 3,315,554 6.73
2012 93,650,277 71,607,021 22,043,256 2,060,000 1,260,054 3,320,054 6.64
2011 102,734,764 84,195,802 18,538,962 2,370,000 1,609,192 3,979,192 4.66
2010 100,316,323 86,089,451 14,226,872 2,260,000 1,716,134 3,976,134 3.58
Source: City of Dover Financial Records.
NOTES
1. Coverage required by the bond resolution is 1.25. 4. Figures presented in this table compare the net revenue available
for debt service to the debt service requirements of the same
fiscal year.
2. Calculation of gross revenue for fiscal year 2019 is as follows:
Gross Revenue: 5. In November 2011, the City issued Electric Revenue Refunding
Operating Revenues $ 83,709,420 Bonds in the amount of $8,810,000 to refund the 2014 Series.
Interest Earned-Operating Funds 485,828 This refunding reduced the principal payable by $2,620,000.
Total Gross Revenue $ 84,195,248
6. In August 2018, the City issued Electric Revenue Refunding
3. Direct operating expenses do not include depreciation expense. Bonds in the amount of $15,700,000 to refund the 2008 Series.
This refunding reduced the principal payable by $2,190,000.
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Table 16
City of Dover, Delaware
Revenue Bond Coverage - Water/Wastewater Bonds
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Maximum Requirements
Net Revenue Maximum
Direct Available Debt
Fiscal Gross Operating For Debt Service Actual
Year Revenue Expenses Service Requirement Coverage
2019 $ 15,278,328 $ 10,120,815 $ 5,157,513 $ 1,132,806 4.55
2018 14,975,823 9,046,827 5,928,996 1,132,806 5.23
2017 15,354,263 8,906,722 6,447,541 1,132,806 5.69
2016 15,005,695 9,621,676 5,438,408 1,132,806 4.80
2015 14,385,625 9,250,346 5,637,043 1,132,806 4.98
2014 13,307,253 9,326,405 3,980,848 1,132,806 3.51
2013 13,282,782 8,841,757 4,441,025 1,019,315 4.36
2012 13,647,145 9,063,553 4,583,592 993,837 4.61
2011 13,758,048 9,222,105 4,535,943 416,423 10.89
2010 11,204,911 10,319,728 885,183 416,423 2.13
Source: City of Dover Financial Records.
NOTES
1. Coverage required by bond resolution is 1.20.
2. The maximum debt service requirement presented above covers all revenue bond
requirements. Rates were increased in 2011 for debt service coverage on multi-year
projects.
3. Direct operating expenses do not include depreciation expense for coverage purposes as
per the bond indenture.
4. In Fiscal year 2013, various capital projects were completed. These capital projects were
financed by three state revolving fund loans issued in 2009, 2010 & 2011 in the amount of
$5.9 million, $2.4 million and $0.8 million, respectively, resulting in an increase in debt
service.
5. In Fiscal year 2014, the City issued Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds in the amount of
$6,125,000. These bonds were issued to refund the Series 2003 Water and Wastewater
Revenue bonds and provided $4,005,960 for two capital projects.
6. Gross Revenue includes $16,017,306 Operating Revenue plus $190,460 Operating Interest
less transfers to the Water & Sewer Impact Fee Reserves $929,438.
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Table 17
City of Dover, Delaware
Top 10 Water and Wastewater Utility Customers
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019
Water % of % of
Consumption Total Revenue Total
Customer (Tgal) Consumption Billed Revenue
Garrison Energy Center 328,073 19.04% $ 987,279 17.38%
Procter and Gamble 55,996 3.25% 168,048 2.96%
Delaware State University 48,102 2.79% 144,513 2.54%
Dover Downs 45,111 2.62% 135,393 2.38%
Kraft Foods Global 32,775 1.90% 98,385 1.73%
Kent General Hospital 27,515 1.60% 82,815 1.46%
Dover Housing Authority 22,437 1.30% 70,344 1.24%
Alder & Pine Holdings 15,911 1.14% 63,929 1.13%
Bayhealth Medical Center 20,812 0.92% 62,736 1.10%
Sovereign Property Management 19,611 1.21% 59,853 1.05%
Totals for Top 10 Customers 616,343 35.78% 1,873,295 32.97%
All Other 1,106,291 64.22% 3,808,710 67.03%
Total for System 1,722,634 100.00% $ 5,682,005 100.00%
Wastewater % of % of
Consumption Total Revenue Total
Customer (Tgal) Consumption Billed Revenue
Kraft Foods Global 53,973 4.34% $ 350,315 4.13%
Dover Downs 45,111 3.62% 292,830 3.45%
Procter and Gamble 31,342 2.52% 203,500 2.40%
Kent General Hospital 27,515 2.21% 178,842 2.11%
Dover Housing Authority 22,386 1.80% 148,176 1.75%
Bayhealth Medical Center 20,812 1.67% 135,370 1.60%
Sovereign Property Management 19,611 1.58% 128,295 1.51%
Alder & Pine Holdings 15,911 1.28% 117,728 1.39%
Garrison Energy Center 16,240 1.30% 105,458 1.24%
State of Delaware 12,158 0.98% 79,725 0.94%
Totals for Top 10 Customers 265,059 21.29% 1,740,239 20.52%
All Other 979,749 78.71% 6,741,579 79.48%
Total for System 1,244,808 100.00% $ 8,481,818 100.00%
NOTES:
1. Both the Water and Wastewater revenue billed amounts for each vendor, do not include the monthly
flat rate of $2.50.
2. The total Revenue amounts for both Water and 182
Wastewater include the monthly flat rates.
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Table 18
City of Dover, Delaware
Top 10 Electric Utility Customers
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019
% of Total Revenue % of Total
Customer Kwh Kwh Billed Revenue
Dover Air Force Base 63,102,208 8.5% $ 3,763,988 4.7%
Kraft 47,560,937 6.4% 2,011,042 2.5%
Edgewell Personal Care Products 42,621,711 5.7% 2,068,785 2.6%
Delaware State University 29,344,095 3.9% 1,317,295 1.7%
Bay Health/Kent General 25,504,054 3.4% 1,214,268 1.5%
Dover Downs 23,670,424 3.2% 1,065,146 1.3%
State of Delaware 14,513,056 1.9% 870,366 1.1%
Procter & Gamble 13,323,802 1.8% 579,981 0.7%
Capital School District 10,962,442 1.5% 625,183 0.8%
Eden Hill Medical Center 5,265,000 0.7% 355,370 0.4%
Totals for Top 10 Customers 275,867,729 37.0% 13,871,425 17.4%
All Other 469,695,041 63.0% 65,629,789 82.6%
Total for System 745,562,770 100.0% $ 79,501,213 100.0%
Note: The revenue billed includes direct base sales and utility Tax.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Demographic and Economic Statistics
Last Ten Calendar Years
Per Capita
Personal Personal Median School Unemployment
Year Population Income Income Age Enrollment Rate
2019 37,790 $ 921,244,620 $ 24,378 29.9 6,519 5.7%
2018 38,422 865,182,114 22,707 29.5 6,494 5.8%
2017 37,686 827,207,700 21,950 30.0 6,523 6.2%
2016 37,941 842,783,433 22,213 30.2 6,486 5.7%
2015 37,560 730,354,200 19,445 31.3 6,665 7.4%
2014 37,540 788,039,680 20,992 29.8 6,527 6.4%
2013 36,492 821,361,936 22,508 31.1 6,344 9.6%
2012 36,267 828,258,924 22,697 33.2 6,984 9.3%
2011 37,341 818,158,759 22,379 31.3 7,185 9.9%
2010 36,627 712,212,015 19,445 32.9 7,117 10.2%
Population Source: City Count
Personal Income Source: Estimation based on Population times Per Capita Personal Income
Per Capita Personal Income Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Median Age Source: 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates
Capital School Enrollment Source: Includes kindergarten through 12th grade, as of Summer 2018
Unemployment Rate Source: Delaware Department of Labor Statistics Not Seasonally Adjusted, June 2018
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City of Dover, Delaware
Major Employers by Industry
Current Year and Nine Years Ago
2018 4th Quarter 2009 4th Quarter
Percentage of Percentage of
Number of Total County Number of Total County
Industry Description Employees Rank Employment Employees Rank Employment
Government 18,785 1 27.9% 18,697 1 30.9%
Retail trade 9,475 2 14.1% 9,144 2 15.1%
Health care & social assistance 10,219 3 15.2% 7,823 3 12.9%
Accommodation & food services 6,569 4 9.7% 4,803 4 7.9%
Manufacturing 4,892 5 7.3% 3,301 5 5.5%
Arts, entertainment, & recreation 1,474 6 2.2% 2,023 9 3.3%
Construction 2,620 7 3.9% 2,157 6 3.6%
Transportation & warehousing 2,637 8 3.9% 2,152 7 3.6%
Admin and waste services 2,611 9 3.9% 2,559 8 4.2%
Professional & technical services 2,107 10 3.1% 1,331 10 2.2%
61,389 91.1% 53,990 89.2%
Total - All Industries 67,414 60,554
Source: Delaware Department of Labor/Office of Occupational and Labor Market Information/Payroll Data/Quarterly Census of Employment
and Wages (Geography information is available by County only, not by City)
Note: The names of the top employers & number of employees is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public pursuant to 20 CFR
(Code of Federal Regulations) Part 603. As a result, the employment information provided is by industry.
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City of Dover, Delaware
Full-time Equivalent City Government Employees by Function - Budgeted
Last Ten Fiscal Years
2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010
Assessor 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.5
City Clerk 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
City Manager 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Customer Services 16.0 16.0 13.0 14.0 14.0 15.0 14.0 14.0 15.0 16.0
Facilities Management 5.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 9.0 12.0 13.0 13.0
Finance 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0
Fire 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
Fleet Maintenance 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
Human Resources 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
Information Technology 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 7.0 8.0
Library 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 14.0 13.0 13.0 12.0 17.5 18.0
Mayor 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Parks and Recreation 9.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 8.0 8.0
Police Civilian 33.0 33.0 33.0 33.0 31.0 31.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0
Police Law Enforcement 101.0 101.0 101.0 101.0 93.0 93.0 93.0 93.0 91.0 90.0
Procurement & Inventory 5.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 6.0 6.0 8.0
Public Works, Administration 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 5.0 4.0 4.0
Planning, Inspections 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
Planning, Life Safety 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
Economic Development - - - 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Public Works, Engineering 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 - - - - -
Planning 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 6.0
Planning, Code Enforcement 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.5 5.0
Community Development - - - - - 0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0
Public Works, Grounds Maintenance 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 14.0 14.0 14.0 15.0 16.0
Public Works, Sanitation 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 13.0 12.0 13.0
Public Works, Streets 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 10.0 11.0 11.0 11.0
General Fund Total 281.0 275.0 271.0 277.0 269.0 270.0 269.0 279.0 289.0 298.5
Public Utilities, Electric Administration 3.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Public Utilities, Electric Engineering 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 12.5
Public Utilities, Electric System OPS 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Public Utilities, Electric Meter Reading 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0
Public Utilities, Electric Transmission & Distribution 24.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 24.0 25.0 25.0 28.0
Electric Fund Total 46.0 48.0 48.0 47.0 45.0 45.0 45.0 47.0 47.0 53.5
Public Utilities, Construction - - - - 3.0 3.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 7.0
Public Utilities, Wastewater Engineering 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 8.0
Public Utilities, Wastewater Management 10.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 10.0 10.0 9.0 11.0
Public Utilities, Water Management 7.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0
Public Utilities, Water Treatment Plant 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 11.0 11.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
Water Meter Reading - - - - - - - - - 1.0
Water/Wastewater Fund Total 35.0 35.0 35.0 35.0 34.0 34.0 36.0 36.0 35.0 42.0
Total Full-Time Equivalents 362.0 358.0 354.0 359.0 348.0 349.0 350.0 362.0 371.0 394.0
Source: City of Dover Budget
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City of Dover, Delaware
Operating Indicators and Capital Assets Used in Operations
Last Ten Fiscal Years
June 30, 2019 June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016 June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014 June 30, 2013 June 30, 2012 June 30, 2011 June 30, 2010
Land area - Acres 15,193.00 15,191.70 15,191.70 15,191.70 14,914.50 14,909.33 14,909.33 14,909.33 14,909.33 14,909.33
Land area - Square Miles 23.74 23.74 23.74 23.74 23.30 23.29 23.29 23.29 23.29 23.29
Total Miles of Street 170.52 170.33 169.08 168.01 167.78 164.49 164.08 162.81 158.94 159.62
City Maintained Miles of Streets 111.17 110.98 109.73 108.66 108.43 105.14 104.73 103.46 101.59 100.27
State Maintained Miles of Streets 59.35 59.35 59.35 59.35 59.35 53.35 59.35 59.35 57.35 59.35
Dover Population - U. S. Census data 36,047 36,047 36,047 36,047 36,047 36,047 36,047 36,047 36,047 32,043
Dover Population - City Count 37,790 38,422 37,686 37,941 37,560 37,540 36,492 36,267 37,341 36,627
Registered Voters 25,131 24,513 23,942 24,170 22,837 22,779 21,998 22,362 21,454 21,897
Electric Utility:
Generating Units 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Co-Generating Unit 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Total Units 2 2 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Generating Capacity 147 mw 147 mw 147 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw
Co-Generating Capactiy 0 mw 0 mw 0 mw 0 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw
Area of Service 74.8 sq. mi. 74.8 sq. mi. 67.77 sq. mi. 67.77 sq. mi. 67.77 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi.
Substations 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
High Peak Load 165.16 mw 162.87 mw 165.9 mw 158.5 mw 158 mw 164.162 mw 171 mw 172 mw 162.6 mw 164.082 mw
Customers:
Residential 20,899 20,545 20,155 20,065 20,143 19,900 19,990 19,908 19,782 19,785
Commercial 3,541 3,577 3,424 3,310 3,343 3,412 3,412 3,354 3,386 3,370
Primary 36 36 37 37 36 37 37 39 38 36
69 KV Industrial 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 4
Municipal - Total number of meters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Customers Sales $ $79,501,247 $80,295,500 $79,413,094 $76,657,592 $78,406,554 $78,187,300 $88,329,610 $91,947,980 $99,513,157 $98,081,648
Total Customers Sales kWh 745,562,770 742,240,636 737,014,329 705,214,632 715,001,017 714,150,305 723,106,532 710,327,722 734,102,972 708,530,322
PowerSupply
$ (Including Plant Operations) $44,018,591 $46,928,628 $43,406,314 $42,292,251 $49,645,951 $57,003,103 $55,367,147 $58,758,032 $68,852,937 $72,508,956
kWh 785,285,000 775,661,000 773,550,000 740,871,000 756,867,000 762,254,000 752,869,000 738,190,000 768,254,000 751,250,000
Fire Department:
Stations 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Officers 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Firemen - Membership (Volunteers-Active) 125 125 125 125 125 160 100 100 100 120
Equipment 14 14 10 10 16 15 15 15 14 14
Parks and Recreation:
Major Parks 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Small Parks 25 25 25 24 24 24 24 24 22 22
(Continued)
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Table 22 (Continued)
June 30, 2019 June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016 June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014 June 30, 2013 June 30, 2012 June 30, 2011 June 30, 2010
Police Department:
Station 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Uniformed Personnel 97 98 99 100 89 94 93 93 93 90
Automobiles 77 81 80 80 76 77 75 78 67 66
Motorcycles 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Motor Boats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Bicycles 8 8 7 7 12 12 12 12 4 4
Specialty Vehicles 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Trailers 5 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
Golf Carts 6 6 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0
Public Library:
Books 108,763 113,253 103,187 106,493 106,125 100,262 97,801 93,050 103,091 138,931
Audiovisual Materials (VCRs, DVDs,
CDs, Cassettes, Recorded Books) 23,626 24,021 26,158 22,345 22,366 21,008 16,929 15,265 14,409 15,572
Computer Usage* 49,591
Wireless Usage* 19,355
Members 31,997 32,256 40,412 41,221 41,348 37,531 34,308 32,717 33,466 36,534
Magazine Subscriptions 138 140 147 161 174 191 187 217 178 201
Newspaper Subscriptions 11 11 11 12 10 10 11 11 19 19
Circulation of Materials 376,380 364,849 377,314 412,969 449,746 463,113 444,333 407,611 400,130 375,632
Electronic Downloads (E-Books) 38,467 32,856 28,397 30,811 24,801 17,219 11,770 2,635 0 0
Water Utility:
Supply - Wells 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 22 22
Storage Tanks 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6
Total Storage Capacity (Gallons) 5,250,000 5,250,000 5,250,000 5,250,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000
Water Mains (miles) 229 226 225 225 225 223 222 217.5 miles 215.7 miles 215.7 miles
Average Day (Gallons Pumped) 5,198,288 5,021,299 5,288,271 4,521,047 4,521,047 4,197,984 4,245,153 4,405,923 4,656,334 4,474,063
Peak Day (Gallons) 7,671,000 7,695,000 8,605,000 7,466,000 7,048,000 6,305,000 7,169,000 8,620,000 8,620,000 6,756,000
Total Water Production (Gallons Pumped) 1,897,375,000 1,832,774,000 1,930,219,000 1,833,877,000 1,650,329,000 1,532,264,000 1,553,727,000 1,608,161,895 1,699,562,000 1,633,033,000
Total Water Consumption (Gallons Billable) 1,722,634,000 1,692,407,000 1,766,064,000 1,648,819,000 1,441,559,000 1,374,855,000 1,410,424,000 1,459,923,000 1,539,590,000 1,466,943,000
Avearge Day (Gallons Billable) 4,719,545 4,636,732 4,838,531 4,517,312 3,949,476 3,766,726 3,864,175 3,988,861 4,218,055 4,019,022
Number of Metered Customers 12,904 12,729 12,556 12,376 12,365 12,341 12,373 12,385 12,330 13,863
Number of New Connections 175 173 180 11 24 0 0 55 0 488
Wastewater Utility:
Pumping Stations 44 44 42 45 41 40 40 40 42 42
Sanitary Sewer Mains (Miles) 195.31 192.41 191.00 191.00 191.00 187.59 186.87 186.87 185.00 185.00
Average Day (Gallons Pumped) 5,795,360 4,785,079 4,592,821 4, 706,133 4,897,731 4,893,424 4,312,742 4,379,033 4,230,819 5,385,060
Wastewater Discharge (Gallons Pumped) 2,115,306,558 1,746,554,000 1,676,379,600 1,717,738,575 1,787,672,000 1,786,100,000 1,574,151,000 1,602,726,000 1,544,249,000 1,965,547,000
Wastewater Discharge (Gallons Billable) 1,244,808,000 1,224,105,000 1,274,087,000 1,258,961,000 1,264,140,000 1,246,804,000 1,242,238,000 1,316,656,000 1,303,587,000 1,328,195,000
Average Day (Gallons Billable) 3,410,433 3,353,712 3,490,649 3,449,208 3,463,397 3,415,901 3,403,392 3,607,277 3,571,471 3,638,890
Number of New Connections 185 169 179 0 22 0 5 55 0 488
Water Treatment Plant:
Capacity 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD 4.6 MGD
Sales to Customers:
Water Fees $5,682,005 $5,584,474 $5,776,109 $5,457,061 $4,889,046 $4,459,808 $4,551,840 $4,707,918 $4,945,385 $4,274,966
Wastewater Fees $3,720,797 $3,612,194 $3,718,736 $3,745,497 $3,735,855 $3,562,400 $3,564,615 $3,722,985 $3,694,020 $3,015,856
Wastewater Treatment Fees $2,902,852 $2,813,867 $2,912,660 $2,936,831 $2,952,857 $2,930,333 $2,926,616 $3,050,127 $3,058,656 $3,100,547
Inflow & Infiltration Surcharge $1,858,169 $1,800,156 $1,863,151 $1,878,057 $1,831,784 $1,316,209 $1,314,033 $1,290,968 $1,171,376 $0
Sources: Various City departments
* Newly added reporting
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City of Dover, Delaware
Summary of Insurance
As of June 30th, 2019
PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
Property
Blanket Building & Contents
(Special Form, RC, Agreed Amount) $159,809,615 $10,000 Deductible
Personal Property of Others $ 250,000
Earthquake $2,000,000 $50,000 Deductible
Flood Zones X or C $2,000,000 $50,000 Deductible
Flood Zones
(Zones unidentifiable) $100,000 Deductible
Zones located A, B Shaded X, V &
D are excluded
Blanket Business Earnings
& Expense $1,000,000 72 Hours
Business Income from Dependent Properties $250,000 $25,000 Deductible
Accounts Receivable $250,000
Civil Authority - 30 days
Claims Data Expense $25,000
Covered Leasehold Interest $100,000
Debris Removal (Additional Amount) $250,000
Deferred Payments $25,000
EDP Data & Media $50,000
Employee Tools ($18,000 item) $100,000 $250 Deductible
Expediting Expenses $250,000
Exhibitions (Property Damage) $50,000
Extra Expense $25,000
Fine Arts $250,000
Fire Dept. Services Charge Included
Fire Protective Equipment Discharge Included
Fungus, Wet Rot, Bacteria $25,000
Furs, Fur Garments $25,000
Jewelry, Gold, Silver, Platinum $25,000
Green Bldg Alternatives 1% / Max. $100,000 each building
Green Bldg Reengineering & Recertification $25,000
Loss of Master Key $25,000
Newly Acquired or Constructed
-Buildings Each $2,000,000 each building
-Personal Property at each loc. $1,000,000
Non-Owned Detached Trailers $25,000
Ord & Law Coverage A $250,000
Ord & Law Coverage B $250,000
Ord & Law Coverage D Included up to Extra Expense Limit
Outdoor Property $250,000
Outside Signs –Described – Prem. $100,000
Personal Effects $50,000
Personal Property at Undescribed Premises $50,000
Personal Property in Transit out of
Coverage Territory $50,000
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PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
Pollution Cleanup & Removal $100,000
Preservation of Property-Direct $250,000
-Direct loss or damage to moved Prop. Included
Reward Coverage- Up to 25% $25,000
Stored Water $25,000
Theft or Damage to Rented Property Included
Undamaged Parts of Stock in Process $50,000
Valuable Papers on Premises $100,000
Valuable Papers off Premises $100,000
Appurtenant Buildings and Structures $100,000
Utility Service Direct Damage $50,000
Confiscated Property $100,000
Street Lights – Each Item $2,500
Street Lights – Max Per Occur $50,000
Street Signs – Each Item $2,500
Street Signs – Max Per Occur $50,000
Traffic Signs and Lights –Each $2,500
Traffic Signs and Lights - Max Per Occur $50,000
Stadium Lights – Each Item $2,500
Stadium Lights – Max Per Occur $50,000
Spoilage Coverage Extension $50,000
Sewer or Drain Backup $250,000
Boiler & Machinery/Equipment Breakdown
Coverage Limit Property Limit
Deductible $10,000
Expediting Expenses $250,000
Hazardous Substance $250,000
Spoilage $250,000
Ammonia Contamination $250,000
Inland Marine
Contractors Equipment – Replacement Cost - 90% Co-Insurance
Unlisted Items/equipment $100,000 Not to exceed $5,000 per item
Leased or Rented Items $100,000 Not to exceed $100,000 per item
New Acquired contractors equipment $250,000
Rental Cost (per Item) $5,000
Loss to any one Replacement Item $100,000
Scheduled Items $84,285
Basic Deductible $1,000
Employee Tool Deductible $250
Flood Deductible $50,000
Earthquake Deductible $50,000
Windstorm Deductible $10,000
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PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
Crime
Employee Theft per Loss $500,000 $500 Deductible
Forgery or Alteration $100,000 $1,000 Deductible
Inside the Premises –
Theft of Money & Securities $100,000 $500 Deductible
Robbery or Safe Burglary of Other Property $100,000 $500 Deductible
Outside the Premises $100,000 $500 Deductible
Computer Fraud $100,000 $1,000 Deductible
Money Orders & Counterfeit Currency $100,000 $1,000 Deductible
Faithful Performance of Duty Coverage Endorsement – Governmental Employees
Liability Coverage:
Commercial General Liability
Each Occurrence Limit $1,000,000
General Aggregate Limit $3,000,000
Products Completed Operations Aggregate $3,000,000
Limit
Personal & Advertising Injury Each Person $1,000,000
Damages to Premises Rented to You Limit
(Any One Premises) $100,000
Medical Expenses Excluded
Sewer Back Up $1,000,000 (resulting from negligence)
Failure to Supply $1,000,000
Each Abuse or Molestation Offense Limit $1,000,000
Abuse or Molestation Aggregate Limit $2,000,000
Statutory Cap Limits of Coverage Endorsement
Delaware Each Occurrence Statutory Cap Limit $300,000
Employee Benefit Plans Administration Liability - Claims Made
Retroactive Date: None
Aggregate Limit $3,000,000
Each Employee Limit $1,000,000
Deductible- Each Employee $1,000
Law Enforcement Liability - Occurrence
Aggregate Limit $3,000,000
Each Wrongful Act Limit $1,000,000
Each Wrongful Act Deductible $15,000
Statutory Cap Limits of Insurance Endorsement
Delaware Statutory Cap Limit $300,000
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PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
Public Entity Management Liability - Claims Made
Retroactive Date: 7/1/1996
Aggregate Limit $3,000,000
Each Wrongful Act Limit $1,000,000
Deductible $25,000
Employment Practices Liability - Claims Made
Retroactive Date: 7/1/1996
Aggregate Limit $3,000,000
Each Wrongful Employment
Practice Offense Limit $1,000,000
Deductible $25,000
Business Auto Policy
Coverage:
Automobile
Liability $1,000,000
Personal Injury Protection $300,000
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist $40,000
(Physical Damage Applies to Police &
Specified Electric & Sanitation Trucks) $1,000 Comp Ded/$1,000 Collision Ded
Non-owned Liability $1,000,000
Hired Auto Liability $1,000,000
Employees as Additional Insured
Hired Auto Physical Damage $90,000
Hired Car Physical Damage Deductibles
Comprehensive Deductible $250
Collision Deductible $250
Statutory Cap Limits of Coverage Endorsement
Delaware Statutory Cap Limit $300,000
Excess Crime Policy
Coverage:
Excess Crime
Employee Theft per Loss $500,000 excess of $500,000
(Over Policy# 630OB165227)
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PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
Umbrella Excess Liability Coverage:
Umbrella
General Aggregate Limit $6,000,000
Each Occurrence Limit $6,000,000
Each Wrongful Employment Practice Offense Limit $6,000,000
Products & Completed Work
Aggregate Limit $6,000,000
Personal and Advertising Injury
Any One Person or Organization Limit $6,000,000
Each Occurrence Limit $6,000,000
Retained Limit Any One Occurrence or Event $10,000
Umbrella Underlying Policies:
General Liability $1,000,000
Employment Benefits $1,000,000
Auto Liability $1,000,000
Law Enforcement Liability $1,000,000
Public Entity Management $1,000,000
Employment Practices Liability
Employers Liability (Safety Nat’l) $1,000,000
Cyber Liability Coverage:
Cyber Liability – Claims Made
Retroactive Date: 12/01/2012
Aggregate Limit $1,000,000
Third-Party Liability
Network & Information Security
Each Wrongful Act Limit $1,000,000
Deductible $10,000
First-Party Liability
Security Breach Notification &
Remediation Expenses Sublimit $500,000
Deductible $10,000
Crisis Management Service Expenses $500,000
Deductible $10,000
Pollution Liability
Coverage:
Pollution Liability
Each Pollution Event Limit $5,000,000
Aggregate Policy Limit $10,000,000
Crisis Management Expense Aggregate Limit $250,000
Green Mediation Aggregate Limit $50,000
Green Standards Aggregate Limit $50,000
Deductibles $25,000 Each Pollution Event
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PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
Claims Made
Retroactive Date 4/1/1997
Includes: 2 underground storage tanks-710 Williams St., Dover, DE & 2 Power Plants
Excess Worker’s Compensation
Coverage:
Employers Liability Limit: $1,000,000
Specific Limit: Statutory
Aggregate Excess Limit: $3,000,000
$600,000 Retention (Police)
$500,000 Retention (All Other)
Worker's Compensation-TPA Services
(Charges based on claim count, this number could fluctuate)
Travel Accident Policy
Principal Sum: $100,000 $0 Deductible
Covered Positions: The Mayor, HR Director, Police Chief, Police Major, Police Captains, IT Director, PW Director,
Waste/Wastewater Manager, PW Operations Manager, Electric Director, Engineering and Systems Operations, Line Crew
Foreman, City Manager, Assistant City Manager, Planning Director, Principal Planner, Fire Marshall, City Clerk,
Assistant City Clerk, Controller, Assistant Finance Director, Library Director, Assistant Library Director, Tax Assessor,
Economic Development Director, and Council Members of the Policyholder.
Bond-Self Insured Worker’s Compensation - State of Delaware
Limit: $750,000
Bond – Public Officials Bond - Donna Mitchell – Treasurer
Limit: $100,000
Bond- Public Officials Bond - Traci McDowell – City Clerk/Assistant Treasurer
Limit: $100,000
Bond- Public Officials Bond – Denise Devine – Asst. City Clerk
Limit: $100,000
Bond- Public Officials Bond – Lori Peddicord – Controller
Limit: $100,000
Bond- Public Officials Bond – Kimberly A. Cruz – Asst. Controller/Treasurer
Limit: $100,000
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Statistical Section
Table 23 - Continued
PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
Power Plants – Property & Boiler and Machinery (2 policies 50/50)
Locations: McKee Run Generating Plant
VanSant Station
Policy #1
XL Insurance Company – $50,000,000 per Occurrence (50% Carrier Capacity Limit of $100,000,000)
Coverages:
50% policy limit: $50,000,000 Per Occurrence
Agreed Amount, Special
Extra Expense: $2,000,000
Errors & Omissions $2,000,000
Expediting Cost: $1,000,000
Property in the Course of Construction: $5,000,000
Earthquake: $20,000,000
Flood: $10,000,000
Debris Removal $2,500,000
Property in Transit $2,500,000
Demolition & Increase Cost of Construction $10,000,000
Deductibles: $750,000 per Occurrence, except;
$100,000 per Occurrence as respects Transit,
In respect of Time Element loss (Extra Expense):
45 days per Occurrence, except;
72 hours per Occurrence in respect of Service Interruption
Policy #2
Ace American Insurance Company – $50,000,000 per Occurrence (50% Carrier Capacity Limit of $100,000,000)
Coverages:
50% policy limit: $50,000,000 Per Occurrence
Agreed Amount, Special
Extra Expense: $2,000,000
Errors & Omissions $2,000,000
Expediting Cost: $1,000,000
Property in the Course of Construction: $5,000,000
Earthquake: $20,000,000
Flood: $10,000,000
Debris Removal $2,500,000
Property in Transit $2,500,000
Demolition & Increase Cost of Construction $10,000,000
Deductibles: $750,000 per Occurrence, except;
$100,000 per Occurrence as respects Transit,
In respect of Time Element loss (Extra Expense):
45 days per Occurrence, except;
72 hours per Occurrence in respect of Service Interruption
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Statistical Section
Table 21 - Continued
PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
Unmanned Aircraft Policy:
Limit of Liability- Each Occ. $1,000,000
Medical Expenses $10,000
Physical Damage-
Scheduled Limit Insured Value, Less Depreciation
Newly Acquired Aircraft or Scheduled
Aircraft Modified during Policy Period $10,000
In Motion Deductible 5%
Not in Motion Deductible 5%
Spare Engine and Spare Parts` $1,000 5%
War, Hi-Jacking and Other Perils Exclusion cap $300,000
Volunteer Special Accident:
Accidental Medical Expense Benefits:
Maximum Benefits $15,000
Deductible $100
Maximum Dental Limit $250
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ACTION FORM
PROCEEDING: City Council
DEPARTMENT OF ORIGIN: Planning Department DATE SUBMITTED: 5/4/20
PREPARED BY: Tracey Harvey, Planner/CDBG Program Administrator
SUBJECT: Final 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and Proposed FY20 Action Plan
REFERENCE: N/A
RELATED PROJECT: N/A
REVIEWED BY: CDBG Program Administrator/Planning Director
EXHIBITS: N/A
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: $277,443.00 AMOUNT BUDGETED: $277,443.00
FUNDING SOURCE (Dept./Page in CIP & Budget):
TIMETABLE: Pending Council approval, the Consolidated Plan will be submitted to HUD
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the 2020-2024 Consolidated Plan and the
FY20 Action Plan
Community Development staff met with the Community Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) on March
10, 2020 for the review and recommendations for the multi-year 2020-2024 CDBG grant applications and the
proposed FY20 Action Plan budget. The following are the recommendations from the CDAC Committee:
A. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Application Review
A-1. Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing (DIMH)
(Committee recommended that $21,016.45 be awarded for operations cost for the shelter)
A-2. Central Delaware Housing Collaborative
(Committee recommended that $20,600.00 be awarded for operations cost for the shelter)
A-3. Homeownership Assistance Program
(Committee recommended that $100,000 be awarded to the Homeownership Assistance
Program for first-time homebuyers to receive up to $20,000 in settlement assistance to
purchase affordable housing in the City of Dover.
A-4. NCALL Research Inc.
(Committee recommended that $30,000 be awarded for the demolition of two houses in the
Restoring Central Dover area in order to construct affordable housing on the vacant lots.)
A-5 Milford Housing Development Corporation (MHDC)
A-5-1. (Committee recommended that $40,000 be awarded for Emergency Home Repairs)
A-5-II. (Committee recommended that $25,826.55 be awarded for Homeowner
Rehabilitation)
A-6 Dover Interfaith Mission for Housing (DIMH)
Committee recommended that $40,000 be awarded to DIMH for the renovation of an existing
building to be utilized as a homeless shelter.
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1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN
2 COUNCIL MET:
3 That Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Article IX - Lodginghouses, Division 1 -
4 Generally, Section 22-281 - Purpose; applicability; definitions; compliance, be amended by inserting
5 the text indicated in bold, blue and deleting the text indicated in red strikeout as follows:
6 ARTICLE IX. - LODGINGHOUSES
7 DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
8 Sec. 22-281. - Purpose; applicability; definitions; compliance.
9 (a) Purpose. The purpose and intent of this article is to ensure public health, safety and
10 welfare insofar as the continued occupancy and maintenance of lodginghouses
11 operated for public use affect them. The health, safety and welfare of the occupants
12 of the lodginghouses are of the utmost importance to the city.
13 (b) Applicability. The provisions of this article shall apply to all matters affecting or
14 relating to lodginghouses. Where, in this article, different sections of this Code may
15 specify different requirements, the most restrictive shall govern.
16 (c) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall
17 have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context
18 clearly indicates a different meaning:
19 Lodginghouse means a building operated principally for the temporary residence of
20 the transient public, including but not limited to hotels, motels, inns,
21 boardinghouses, rooming houses, tourist homes, and dormitories.
22 (d) Compliance. No person shall operate, occupy or let to another for occupancy any
23 lodginghouse which is not in compliance with this chapter. No person shall operate,
24 occupy or let to another for occupancy any lodginghouse unless it is clean and
25 sanitary, and complies with the requirements of this article.
26 (Code 1981, § 10-61; Ord. of 4-10-2000)
27 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED:
28 That Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Article IX - Lodginghouses, Division 2 -
29 Permit, Section 22-303 - Suspension, be amended by inserting the text indicated in bold, blue and
30 deleting the text indicated in red strikeout as follows:
31 Sec. 22-303. - Suspension.
32
33 (a) Grounds; duration. The building inspector shall suspend the permit issued or withhold the
34 permit paid for, pursuant to this division, when he determines that the lodginghouse or the
35 premises surrounding the lodginghouse fails to meet the requirements of this chapter or any
36 rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto. Suspension shall last until the violations have been
37 corrected to the satisfaction of the building inspector, or the suspension shall have been
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38 reversed on appeal.
39 (b) Notice to owner. Upon suspending any permit under this section or withholding the permit
40 paid for, the building inspector shall notify the owner of the violations of the applicable code
41 and shall prescribe a period in which the violation shall be corrected.
42 (c) Appeal. Any owner or operator of any lodginghouse, whose permit to operate the structure
43 is suspended by the building inspector pursuant to the procedures of this section, shall have
44 the right to appeal and notice as provided in section 22-22522-1.
45 (d) Effect of appeal. Upon suspension of a permit, or withholding of a permit ordered by the
46 building inspector and upon the permittee serving the city clerk with a notice of appeal
47 pursuant to section 22-22522-1, the permit suspension shall be stayed and an existing permit
48 shall remain in force until the appeal is decided.
49 (Code 1981, § 10-78; Ord. of 4-10-2000)
50 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED:
51 That Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Article X - Rental Dwellings, Division 1 -
52 Generally, Section 22-331 - Purpose; applicability; definitions; compliance, be amended by inserting
53 the text indicated in bold, blue and deleting the text indicated in red strikeout as follows:
54 CHAPTER 22 - BUILDINGS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS
55 ARTICLE X. - RENTAL DWELLINGS
56 DIVISION 1. - GENERALLY
57
58 Sec. 22-331. - Purpose; applicability; definitions; compliance.
59 (a) Purpose. The purpose and intent of this article is to ensure public health, safety and welfare
60 insofar as they are affected by the continued occupancy and maintenance of dwellings
61 operated for lease to the public. The health, safety and welfare of the occupants of the
62 dwellings are of the utmost importance to the city, as is the general community character
63 in which these dwelling units are located.
64 (b) Applicability. The provisions of this article shall apply to all matters affecting or relating
65 to rental dwellings. Where, in this article, different sections of this Code may specify
66 different requirements, the most restrictive shall govern.
67 (c) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have
68 the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates
69 a different meaning:
70 (1) Criminal activity is defined as any crime classified by applicable law as a (a) felony,
71 (b) Class A misdemeanor, or (c) any of the following offenses: any drug offense
72 defined by Title 16 of the Delaware Code, and the following misdemeanors in
73 addition to any Class A misdemeanor, as defined by Title 11 of the Delaware Code:
74 § 601-Offensive touching, § 602-Menacing, § 628-Vehicular assault 3, § 763-Sexual
75 harassment, § 764-Indecent exposure, § 811-Criminal mischief, § 812-Graffiti, §
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76 820-Trespassing, § 821/2/3-Criminal trespassing, § 1105-Crime against a vulnerable
77 adult, § 1106-Unlawfully dealing with a child, § 1301-Disorderly conduct, §
78 1313-Malicious interference with emergency communications, § 1315-Public
79 intoxication, § 1321-Loitering, § 1322-Criminal nuisance, § 1323-Obstructing of
80 public passage, § 1341-Lewdness, § 1342-Prostitution, § 1343-Patronizing a
81 prostitute, § 1445-Unlawfully dealing with a dangerous weapon, § 1446-Unlawfully
82 dealing with a switchblade knife.
83 (2) Dwelling unit means a single unit providing complete independent living facilities
84 for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating,
85 cooking and sanitation.
86 (3) Multiple-family dwellings means dwelling units operated as a group, and located in
87 the same building. This shall include apartments, roominghouses, condominium
88 dwelling units, and accessory apartments located within structures principally used
89 for owner occupancy.
90 (4) Rental dwelling means a dwelling unit that is leased for occupancy to a person or
91 persons in exchange for monetary payment or provision of goods or services to the
92 owner of the dwelling unit.
93 (5) Single-family dwellings means dwelling units operated singly, and separated from
94 other units. In general, this definition shall apply to single-family detached dwellings;
95 mobile homes and manufactured homes; and attached units, including duplexes and
96 townhouses.
97 (d) Compliance required. No person shall operate, occupy or let to another for occupancy any
98 dwelling which is not in compliance with the International Property Maintenance Code
99 adopted in section 22-221 and all other applicable codes.
100 (e) Fines. Fines for violation of this Section shall be as imposed in Appendix F - Fees and
101 Fines, Chapter 1 - General Provisions.
102 (Code 1981, § 10-86; Ord. of 4-10-2000; Ord. No. 2013-04, 4-8-2013; Ord. No. 2016-16 , 8-8-2016)
103 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED:
104 That Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Article X - Rental Dwellings, Division 2 -
105 Permit, Section 22-352 - Suspension, be amended by inserting the text indicated in bold, blue and
106 deleting the text indicated in red strikeout as follows:
107 Sec. 22-352. - Suspension.
108 (a) Grounds; duration. The building inspector shall suspend the permit issued or withhold the
109 permit paid for, pursuant to this division, when:
110 (1) The building inspector determines that any dwelling or the premises surrounding the
111 dwelling fails to meet the requirements of this chapter or any rule or regulation issued
112 pursuant thereto;
113 (2) The failure of the property owner or property manager to initiate and prosecute in
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114 good faith eviction proceedings following notification by the city that the terms of
115 the safe communities lease addendum have been violated; or
116 (3) The failure of the property owner or property manager to attend a safe communities
117 seminar when required by section 22-371(b).
118 Suspension shall last until the violations have been corrected to the satisfaction of the
119 building inspector, or the suspension shall have been reversed.
120 (b) Notice of violations. Upon suspending any permit under this section or withholding the
121 permit paid for, the building inspector shall notify the owner of the violations of the
122 applicable code and shall prescribe a period in which the violation shall be corrected.
123 (c) Appeal. Any owner or operator of any dwelling, whose permit to operate the structure is
124 suspended by the building inspector pursuant to the procedures of this section, shall have
125 the right to appeal and notice as provided in section 22-22522-1.
126 (d) Effect of appeal. Upon suspension of a permit, or withholding of a permit ordered by the
127 building inspector and upon the permittee serving the city clerk with a notice of appeal
128 pursuant to section 22-22522-1, the permit suspension shall be stayed and an existing
129 permit shall remain in force until the appeal is decided.
130 (Code 1981, § 10-97; Ord. of 4-10-2000; Ord. No. 2009-26, 12-14-2009; Ord. No. 2013-04,
131 4-8-2013)
132 Secs. 22-353-22-369. - Reserved.
133 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED:
134 That Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Article X - Rental Dwellings, be amended
135 by inserting a new Division 4 - Short-tem Rentals, as follows:
136 DIVISION 3. - SHORT-TERM RENTALS
137 Sec. 22-370. - Purpose; applicability; definitions; compliance
138 (a) Purpose. The City of Dover wishes to permit the limited and temporary rental use of single
139 family residences in established areas of the City as an economic asset, allowing for
140 increased travel, visitation and tourism and affording property owners of the opportunity
141 to earn revenue from such occupancy, while ensuring that such uses do not become a
142 nuisance, that neighborhood character is not compromised, and that such businesses are
143 properly operated and maintained. The purpose of this Division shall be to minimize public
144 safety risks and noise, trash and parking problems often associated with short-term rentals;
145 to ensure that traditional neighborhoods are not turned into tourist areas to the detriment
146 of long-term residents; and to ensure that individual dwellings are not turned into pseudo
147 hotels or party houses.
148 (b) Applicability: Short-term Rental (STR) uses shall be allowed in any single-family zoning
149 district in the City, but not allowed in any multi-family or apartment district. Such uses are
150 allowed by right and do not require a variance or conditional use. STR uses are not allowed
151 in commercial or any other non-residential zones.
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152 (c) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division, shall have
153 the meanings ascribed to them in this division, except where the context clearly indicates
154 a different meaning:
155 (1) Good Neighbor Brochure means a document provided by the owner to the guests or
156 guests and containing: the name and telephone number for the owner; notification on
157 standards of behavior and occupancy relating to parking, noise, trash collection,
158 waste disposal, street maintenance, snow removal, and public safety services and
159 including contact and web access information; and such other information as the City
160 may for time to time prescribe.
161 (2) Guest or guests means the individual or individuals renting the short-term rental for
162 the purposes of staying overnight.
163 (3) Local contact person means an individual other than the owner who shall be available
164 by telephone for the purpose of immediately responding to complaints related to the
165 short-term rental and taking remedial action to resolve such complaints.
166 (4) Owner means the person or persons holding legal or equitable title to the property
167 being offered as a short-term rental.
168 (5) Short-term Rental (STR) means rental of all or part of a residential dwelling unit for
169 a duration of occupancy of less than 30 days.
170 (d) Compliance: No person shall operate, offer for occupancy or let to another for occupancy
171 as a short-term rental any dwelling which is not in compliance with is Article or any other
172 applicable codes.
173 Sec. 22-371. - Registration and Inspection Requirements
174 (a) The Owner of any dwelling proposed for a short-term rental must obtain an annual Short-
175 term Rental (STR) license and pay a license fee as established by the City of Dover.
176 (b) An inspection by the City of Dover Code Inspection Department shall be required to
177 determine compliance with City Property Maintenance, Life Safety and Building Codes.
178 Any items in non-compliance shall be remedied before a license shall be granted.
179 (c) The rental license must be kept current during anytime the dwelling is offered as a Short-
180 term Rental.
181 (d) The license shall be valid for up to one year and must be renewed no later than January 31
182 of each year of continued operation.
183 (e) The Short-term Rental (STR) License must be clearly displayed inside the dwelling along
184 with any state licenses or permits.
185 (f) The Short-term Rental (STR) license may not be transferred to any party except heirs and
186 assigns and shall be void upon transfer of ownership of the property where the STR is
187 located.
188 (g) No uses otherwise not allowed in zone shall be permitted under the STR license.
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189 (h) Short-term Rental’s (STR's) may be located no closer than 1,000 (one thousand) feet in any
190 direction from any other STR in existence and properly licensed.
191 Sec. 22-372. - Owner obligations and responsibilities. An owner of a dwelling seeking to use
192 a property as a short-term rental (STR) shall comply with the following obligations and
193 responsibilities:
194 (a) The Owner of the property being used as a short-term rental must be a permanent resident
195 of the City of Dover and must reside in the dwelling when it is not being used as a short-
196 term rental (STR). Determination of residency shall be based on meeting voting and/or
197 school residency eligibility.
198
199 (b) The Owner must provide the name and phone number of a local contact person to address
200 complaints on a 24/7 basis when the dwelling is being rented.
201 (c) A "Good Neighbor" brochure must be provided in the dwelling listing City provisions as
202 required.
203 (d) The Owner must demonstrate arrangements for trash and property maintenance.
204 (e) The Owner shall provide information regarding the short-term rental (STR)
205 ownership/rental information/notice provisions to all neighbors within 500'of the property
206 boundary.
207 (f) The Owner has the responsibility to not knowingly allow any illegal or criminal activity
208 on the property, and failure to do so may be grounds for revoking the rental license.
209
210 (g) The Owner is solely responsible for utility charges and for damage to any City property,
211 roadway, or public facility.
212 Sec. 22-373. - Limitations on occupancy and use.
213 (a) The number of guests permitted at any time shall not exceed twice the number of bedrooms
214 (i.e. 3 bedrooms x 2 = 6 occupants), with a maximum of 8 occupants at any one time
215 regardless of number of bedrooms available
216 (b) No more than 1 extra vehicle per bedroom beyond the base number allowed in the zoning
217 district, not to exceed 6 in total; all parking shall comply with all requirements relating to
218 street maintenance, fire access, parking on paved surfaces, trash collection, obstacles to
219 travel, etc. Violations shall be ticketed offenses.
220 (c) Signage identifying the short-term rental (STR) shall be limited to one sign, mounted on
221 the dwelling, not illuminated, and not to exceed one (1) square feet in size overall.
222 (d) Quiet hours must be observed (10:00 p.m. - 8:00 a.m. weeknights/12:00 p.m. - 8:00 a.m.
223 weekend nights).
224 (e) No meals are to be provided or served but access to a kitchen is permitted as part of the
225 rental.
226 (f) Access to a full bath must be provided.
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227 (g) Maximum number of rented days offered for short-term rental, regardless of number of
228 separate rentals, is limited to 30 (thirty) days total per calendar/license year.
229 (h) Guests shall be prohibited from further subletting the dwelling.
230 (i) Weddings, graduation parties, corporate events, commercial functions, large gatherings,
231 or other special events shall be prohibited unless a City of Dover Special Event Permit
232 shall have been granted for a specific activity and date.
233 (j) The guests shall not create a public nuisance to include but not limited to creating noise,
234 causing odors, permitting an unsafe condition, disorderly conduct, generation of trash, or
235 other behavior which unreasonably disturbs the peace, safety and general welfare of the
236 neighborhood.
237 Section 22-347. Enforcement, Fees and Penalties, Reporting.
238 (a) Payment of a short-term rental (STR) license fee is required annually beginning January
239 1 of each year; the fee will be prorated for a partial year, as provided for in Appendix
240 F—Fees and Fines
241 (b) Penalties and fines for poor management or failure to register and obtain a license shall be
242 as provided for in Appendix F—Fees and Fines.
243 (c) A property cited three times as a nuisance or the location of illegal or criminal activity by
244 any City department within any consecutive 12-month period shall have its short-term
245 rental (STR) license suspended for not less than the rest of the year or a longer period up
246 to permanently.
247 (d) The Owner shall be required to report to the City as required annually documenting the
248 occupancy and frequency of rentals obtained, such report to be due not later than January
249 31 of the following year.
250 *(suggesting $100 for first offense; $300 for second offence and $500 for any subsequent office
251 or suspension of the license for 24 months or permanently).
252 Section 22-348. Revenue Matters.
253 (a) The Owner shall be required to submit to the City Manager's Office an annual financial
254 report each year documenting the rental income derived.
255 (b) Rental income derived from STR uses shall be subject to the City of Dover Lodging Tax,
256 payable by July 1 of each year (as applicable)
257 (c) Failure to report and pay the required Lodging Tax constitutes fraud subject to suspension
258 of license, fines, liens, or other legal actions.
259 Section 22-349. Enforcement, Notice and Appeals.
260 Violations of this Division shall be as set forth in Section 22-XXX (whatever id already in Chapter
261 22 should be referenced here by section number)
262
263
-
Section 22-360 Severability and Effective Date (repeat wording or reference what is already in
Chapter 22)
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264 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED:
265 That Appendix B - Zoning, Article 12 - Definitions, be amended by deleting the word nonprofit from
266 the definition of Family, as follows:
267 Family: One or more persons occupying a dwelling unit as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit.
268 More than five persons, exclusive of domestic servants, or not more than one boarder or roomer,
269 not related by blood, marriage or adoption, shall not be considered to constitute one family.
270 ADOPTED: *
271 S:\ORDINANCES\2020\DRAFT\ORDINANCE #2020-05 - CH 22-BUILDINGS, ART IX-LODGINHOUSES AND ART X-RENTAL DWELLINGS\SS#1 - ORDINANCE #2020-05-CH 22 BLDGS,
272 ART IX-LODGINHOUSES AND ART X-RENTAL DWELLINGS.wpd
273 SYNOPSIS
274 This Ordinance recognizes that Short Term Rentals are an economic asset, allowing for
275 increased travel, visitation and tourism and affording property owners of the opportunity to
276 earn revenue from such occupancy, while setting forth the purposes and establishing
277 regulations to ensure that such uses do not create public safety risks or become nuisances.
278 The Ordinance establishes an annual licensing process and sets forth owner's rules,
279 responsibilities and obligations with limits on frequency of rental and occupancy. It provides
280 safeguards to protect established neighborhoods, address nuisances, provide notice, and
281 address complaints. It also includes provisions for reporting, enforcement and penalties for
282 violations. Finally, it makes corrective amendments in the Code to ensure consistency.
283 (SPONSORS: HARE AND HUGG)
284 Actions History
285 05/11/2020 - Staff Substitute Scheduled for Introduction - City Council
286 02/25/2020 - Introduced - Council Committee of the Whole/Legislative, Finance, and Administration Committee
287 (referred back to Staff)
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Monthly Report
March 2020
Office of City Assessor
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Number of Deeds Stamped for the
Month of March 2019/2020 Transfer Tax Dollar Amount for
the Month of March 2019/2020
25
25 19 19 21 $100
$67
20 16 15 Thousand $51
15 $50 $35 $27$27 $31
10 5 s $0$11
5
2 2 0 •2020 $0 •2020
0
•2019 •2019
First Time Buyer for the Month March 2019/2020 Realty
of March 2019/2020 Property Sales in Dollars
25 Received Prior to Recording
25 19 19
20 16 $6 $4
$4 $4 $3
•Res. Non‐First $2
Millions
$4 $2
15 Time Buyers $0 $1
$2
10
•Res. First Time • 2020
$0
5 Buyers
• 2019
0
2020 2019
Major Updates
Jan ‐ 20 Feb ‐ 20 March ‐ 20
Assessment Change $188,300 ‐$130,00 $6,691,000
Residential Sales Ratio Report
Sales in Study Total Assessed Total Sale Price Ratio PRD
Value
36 $5,182,600 $6,791,700 0.76 1.03
Ratio – Assessed Value divided by Sale Price.
PRD – Mean – A PRD above 1.03 tends to indicate assessment regressivity – high valued properties are under
appraised relative to low valued properties. A PRD below .98 tends to indicate assessment progressivity – high
valued properties are relatively over appraised.
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Points of Interest
Scanning & Filing
‐ All new deeds are being scanned and attached to the CAMA software for easy retrieval.
‐ All appeal documents and correspondence are being scanned and attached to the CAMA software for
easy retrieval.
‐ All old property record cards are being scanned and indexed into Fortis.
2020 Revaluation
‐ Tyler Technologies conducted and completed Informal Hearings and mailed out new value letters.
(See attached Status Report for March 2020)
Assessor’s Office
‐ Preparing Delinquent Tax Bills with door hangers for properties with outstanding property taxes.
‐ Finalized and printed Assessment Registers for the April 01, 2020 deadline.
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PARID NBHD LUC ADDRESS UNITS STYLE YRBLT STORIES SFLA GRADE CDU TOTAL APPR SALE DT PRICE ASR
ED05-056.20-01-30.00 18 R10 190 MAPLE GLEN DR 1 14 2004 1 1960 B+ AV 201,100 31-MAR-20 269,000 .75
ED05-057.17-02-28.00 18 R10 236 GRINDING WHEEL DR 1 8 1999 2 1632 C+ AV 150,100 18-MAR-20 219,000 .69
ED05-067.05-01-55.00 18 R10 15 FAIRWAY CT 1 13 1990 2 2171 B AV 164,900 12-MAR-20 232,500 .71
ED05-067.09-01-31.00 18 R10 221 MERION RD 1 16 1976 1 1840 C AV 152,200 16-MAR-20 234,500 .65
ED05-067.09-02-06.01 3A R0 276 TROON RD 50,700 25-MAR-20 188,000 .27
ED05-067.09-03-04.00 3 R10 279 PINE VALLEY RD 1 13 1982 2 2390 B- AV 170,400 20-MAR-20 225,000 .76
ED05-067.14-02-14.00 2 R10 14 FOREST CREEK DR 1 13 1975 2 1273 C- AV 81,800 31-MAR-20 128,500 .64
ED05-067.15-02-08.00 2 R10 111 MCKEE RD 1 14 1955 1 900 C- AV 91,500 20-MAR-20 115,000 .80
ED05-067.15-04-41.00 10 R10 881 WILSON DR 1 14 1968 1 1768 C GD 160,300 31-MAR-20 183,400 .87
ED05-067.15-04-49.00 10 R10 838 SCHOOLHOUSE LN 1 5 1965 2 2128 C AV 158,000 20-MAR-20 190,000 .83
ED05-067.15-05-26.00 10 R10 852 WOODCREST TRN 1 13 1984 2 1922 C AV 121,500 19-MAR-20 150,000 .74
ED05-067.17-02-08.00 3 R10 8 SHINNECOCK RD 1 5 1999 2 2732 A- AV 264,100 20-MAR-20 325,000 .81
ED05-067.17-02-18.00 3 R10 54 SHINNECOCK RD 1 5 2000 2 2547 A- AV 247,400 02-MAR-20 325,000 .76
ED05-067.19-03-31.00 17 R10 2 DECLARATION DR 1 5 1987 2 2443 B AV 206,100 19-MAR-20 235,000 .88
ED05-067.20-01-53.00 10 R10 511 N WEST ST 1 14 1955 1 1254 C AV 114,800 09-MAR-20 155,000 .74
ED05-068.14-02-63.00 13 R10 331 NIMITZ RD 1 5 1965 2 1743 C+ AV 150,500 26-MAR-20 215,000 .7
ED05-068.14-03-44.00 13 R10 1254 HARRISON DR 1 5 1964 2 1880 C+ AV 136,000 05-MAR-20 128,000 1.06
ED05-068.17-02-49.00 8 R10 224 N STATE ST 1 1 1920 2 2768 B VG 233,500 27-MAR-20 330,000 .71
ED05-068.18-02-70.00 7 R10 96 N HALSEY RD 1 14 1951 1 1416 C GD 119,900 02-MAR-20 165,000 .73
ED05-068.18-04-26.00 7 R10 175 MITSCHER RD 1 14 2005 1 1248 C AV 123,300 31-MAR-20 159,900 .77
ED05-068.19-02-24.00 6 R10 112 TEAK CT 1 8 1999 2 1596 C AV 139,300 05-MAR-20 162,000 .86
ED05-076.03-02-52.00 14 R10 399 TRIBBITT ST 13 2019 2 1760 C+ AV 154,400 31-MAR-20 187,500 .16
ED05-076.05-02-27.00 14 R10 53 STONEY DR 1 8 1986 2 1406 C+ AV 127,900 05-MAR-20 165,000 .78
ED05-076.05-03-01.00 14 R10 2 STONEY DR 1 14 1985 1 1324 C AV 133,600 17-MAR-20 206,900 .65
ED05-076.06-07-07.00 17 R10 1105 DWIGHT CT 1 5 1991 2 1801 C AV 150,800 06-MAR-20 225,000 .67
ED05-076.08-04-52.00 C23 R90 415 W DIVISION ST 5 147,100 11-MAR-20 137,000 1.07
ED05-076.08-05-81.00 9 R10 54 S NEW ST 1 1 1920 2 1610 C- FR 61,500 25-MAR-20 52,000 1.18
ED05-076.08-06-48.00 9 R10 38 S QUEEN ST 1 1 1915 2 1008 C+ AV 102,300 30-MAR-20 120,000 .21
ED05-076.10-03-46.00 16 R10 1406 WOODMILL DR 1 8 1991 2 1445 C+ AV 130,000 25-MAR-20 160,000 .81
ED05-076.13-03-15.00 14 R10 305 CHARRING CROSS DR 1 13 1998 2 1804 C+ AV 124,000 03-MAR-20 135,000 .92
ED05-076.13-05-29.00 14 R10 255 NORTHDOWN DR 1 13 2001 2 1848 C+ AV 125,800 13-MAR-20 163,000 .77
ED05-076.20-03-27.00 12 R10 1103 WESTVIEW TER 1 5 1961 2 2044 B GD 182,400 18-MAR-20 250,000 .73
ED05-077.10-01-36.00 4 R10 403 COWGILL ST 1 13 1983 2 1008 C- AV 94,400 02-MAR-20 107,000 .88
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PARID NBHD LUC ADDRESS UNITS STYLE YRBLT STORIES SFLA GRADE CDU TOTAL APPR SALE DT PRICE ASR
ED05-077.18-02-08.00 4 R10 38 EVERGREEN DR 1 14 1954 1 1064 C GD 102,900 13-MAR-20 145,000 .71
ED05-085.08-03-33.00 12 R10 276 FIDDLERS GRN 1 5 1966 2 1795 C+ GD 171,100 18-MAR-20 209,900 .82
ED05-085.12-03-09.00 12 R10 361 MIMOSA AVE 1 5 1971 2 1660 C+ AV 137,000 06-MAR-20 193,600 .71
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••••
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March 1, 2020 • •
801 Poquonnock Road #6
Groton, CT 06340
Cheryl Bundek, City of Dover Assessor
5 E. Reed Street P: 800.273.8605
Dover, DE 19903 F: 937.278.3711
www.ty1enech.com
The following is a listing of current activities and the status of each for the Dover, Delaware Revaluation
Project to date. Please note new items in bold:
I. Project Commencement
August 19th – Kickoff meeting held with Cheryl Bundek in assessment office. Andy
Siegel also attended for IT needs specific to the Revaluation Project.
VPN for Ryan Zuck established on 09/23/19 by Andy Siegel
VPN for Randy Brougher & Steve Beccio established on 11/19/19 by Andy Siegel
II. Data Edits/Review
Review NBHD’s per Assessor. Look for consistency with Dwelling Info and Sketch.
o Fox Hall West
o Lexington Glen
o Clearview Meadows
o Eden Hill Farm
o Patriot Village
III. Sales Verification
Sampling Period for Sales in 1/1/2017 – 12/31/2019. Only Valid Sales will be
utilized for market analysis.
o As of end of September there are a total of 2,713 sales with 1,232 being
valid sales (45.41%) ‐ 30% of the sales file has been validated.
o As of end of October there are a total of 2,943 sales with 1,329 being valid
sales (45.15%) ‐ 60% of the sales file has been validated.
o As of end of November there are a total of 3,393 sales with 1,591 being
valid sales (46.89%) ‐ 90% of the sales file has been validated.
o As of end of December there are a total of 3,561 sales with 1,625 being valid
sales (45.63%)
IV. Residential Analysis
9/18/19 – Data Mailers mailed out. Total count – 9,375.
11/20/19 – Residential Cost Analysis started by Randy Brougher
Completed Residential Review on 01/10/2020
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V. Commercial Analysis
9/06/19 – Income & Expense forms mailed out
9/16/19 ‐ Start Analysis of returned Income & Expense forms.
10/25/19 – Analysis of I&E continues
11/25/19 – Commercial Cost & Income analysis started by Steve Beccio
Starting on 1/2/2020, Michael Tew will assist with Commercial Review
Completed Commercial Review on 01/24/2020
VI. Informal Hearings
Notice to Tax Payers (NTP) will be mailed the first week of February to property
owners. Property owners will have 3 weeks to schedule appts for review.
Informal Hearings are scheduled between 2/17/2020 – 3/06/2020
Informal Hearings will be made appointment only by calling our Tyler Hotline at 877‐
895‐9675
Total appointments scheduled for Informal Hearings – 354 of 12,485 – 2.9%
Total appointments (Cancelled) – 9 of 354 – 2.6%
Total appointments (No‐Show) – 18 of 354 – 5.1%
Total Appointment with (Change in Value) – 156 of 354 – 44.1%
Total Appointment with (No Value Change) – 171 of 354 – 48.3%
ACTION ITEMS
City of Dover:
Mail Re‐Notice Letter to any property owner with an Informal hearing and/or
Value Change
Tyler/CLT:
Prep Re‐Notice file for assessor as result of informal hearings
Formal Hearings will start 3rd week of May, 2020
Respectfully Submitted,
Ryan Zuck
Appraisal Project Manager
Cc: Derek Arnold, Tyler Northeast Regional Manager
Cheryl Bundek, City of Dover Assessor
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Activity From To Progress Responsible Party
Project Commencement 08/19/19 08/19/19 100% Ryan Zuck
Data Mailers (mailed) 09/01/19 09/30/19 100% City of Dover
Income & Expense (mailed) 09/01/19 09/30/19 100% City of Dover
Data Edits 08/19/19 12/31/19 100% Ryan Zuck
Sales Verification 08/19/19 12/31/19 100% Ryan Zuck
Residential Analysis 11/01/19 12/13/19 100% Randy Brougher
Commercial Analysis 11/01/19 12/20/19 100% Steve Beccio/Ryan Zuck
Residential Review 11/01/19 12/31/19 100% Ryan Zuck
Commercial Review 11/01/19 01/10/20 100% Steve Beccio/Michael Tew
Assessor Review of Values 12/01/19 01/24/20 100% City of Dover
Mail Notices to Taxpayers 02/03/20 02/07/20 100% City of Dover
Schedule/Conduct Informals 02/01/20 02/28/20 100% Tyler Technologies Staff
Informals Resolution 02/12/20 03/06/20 100% Ryan Zuck
Formal Appeals 05/18/20 06/05/20 0% Ryan Zuck
Project Completion 06/31/20 06/31/20 0% Ryan Zuck
CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
TYLER/CLT DIVISION STAFF
MANAGEMENT
Derek Arnold Northeast Regional Manager
Ryan Zuck Appraisal Project Supervisor
Randy Brougher Residential Analyst
Steve Beccio Commercial Analyst
Michael Tew Commercial Reviewer
Chris Gobin Messier Technical Support Senior Project Supervisor
Note: Staffing will be determined by availability based on commitments to other projects and
may differ from the plan. All staff is subject to the approval of the Assessor. Actual dates may
differ and will be finalized once detailed project plan is completed.
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CITY COUNJCIL
COM~UNJITY ENJHANJCEMENJT fUNJD
REPORT
M~RCH 2020
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CITY COUNCIL - FY 19/20 Page 1 of 5
CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT FUND
JULY 1, 2019 - MAY 1, 2020
100-10-12-99-000-53037
Current Balance - $16,029.50
COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT FUND - $2,500 FOR EACH COUNCIL MEMBER PER
DISTRICT AND $5,000 FOR THE AT-LARGE COUNCIL MEMBER. THE PURPOSE OF THE
BUDGETED AMOUNT $25,000.00
FUND IS TO ALLOW MEMBERS TO CONTRIBUTE FUNDS TO A SMALL PROJECT OR
COMMUNITY NEEDS IN EACH DISTRICT.
TOTAL $25,000.00
COUNCIL P.O. #/ TOTAL YEAR TO
DATE SPONSOR VENDOR DESCRIPTION INVOICE # CHARGES DATE BALANCE
07/10/19 Taylor Convoy of Hope - Councilman Taylor authorized the Email from $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $24,000.00
Dover designation of $1000.00 of his community Ralph Taylor
enhancement funds to Convoy of Hope - Dover to Janella
Tauchus and
email from
Cornelius
Murphy,
Calvary
Assembly of
God dated
07/10/19
07/10/19 Polce Convoy of Hope - Councilman Polce authorized the designation Email from $1,500.00 $2,500.00 $22,500.00
Dover of $1500.00 of his community Tanner Polce
enhancement funds to Convoy of Hope - Dover to Janella
Tauchus and
email from
Cornelius
Murphy,
Calvary
Assembly of
God dated
07/10/19
05/01/20
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07/24/19 Anderson Downtown Dover Councilman Anderson authorized the Email from $50.00 $2,550.00 $22,450.00
Partnership (DDP) - designation of $50.00 of his community David
Capital City enhancement funds to the Downtown Dover Anderson to
Farmers Partnership (DDP) - Capital City Farmers Janella
Market Aprons Tauchus and
email and
invoice from
07/26/19 Anderson Destiny Christian Councilman Anderson authorized the Tina Bradbury
Email from $500.00 $3,050.00 $21,950.00
Church designation of $500.00 of his community David
enhancement funds to Destiny Christian Church Anderson to
for their Book Bag and Supplies Giveaway the City Clerk's
for low income youth Office and
email and
receipt from
07/29/19 Anderson Inner City Cultural Councilman Anderson authorized the Pastorfrom
Email Dale L. $1,000.00 $4,050.00 $20,950.00
League designation of $1000.00 of his community David
enhancement funds to the Inner City Cultural Anderson to
League for their string orchestra program the City Clerk's
Office and
letter from Mr.
Reuben
08/02/19 Anderson Dover Post Councilman Anderson authorized the Saltersfrom
Email dated $496.00 $4,546.00 $20,454.00
designation of $496.00 of his community David
enhancement funds to the Dover Post for the Anderson to
Central Delaware Housing Collaborative the City Clerk's
advertisement for the Innovative Readiness Office and
Training Program Public Notice letter from Mr.
Gregg Bunkley
08/05/19 Neil Persimmon Park Councilman Neil authorized the designation of and
EmailPublic
from $100.00 $4,646.00 $20,354.00
Place Condominium $100.00 of his community enhancement funds Fred Neil to
Council, (PPPCC) to the Persimmon Park Place Condominium Traci
Inc. Council, Inc. for their "Back to School event" McDowell and
a letter from
Ms. Joyce
Talley,
08/05/19 Cole Persimmon Park Councilman Cole authorized the designation President
Email fromof $100.00 $4,746.00 $20,254.00
Place Condominium of $100.00 of his community enhancement Scott Cole to
Council, (PPPCC) funds to the Persimmon Park Place Traci
Inc. Condominium Council, Inc. for their "Back to McDowell and
School event" a letter from
Ms. Joyce
Talley,
President of
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08/06/19 Anderson Delaware Councilman Anderson authorized the Email from $100.00 $4,846.00 $20,154.00
Multicultural and designation of $100.00 of his community David
Civic Organization, enhancement funds to DEMCO for their Back to Anderson to
Inc. (DEMCO) School Block Party the City Clerk's
Office and a
letter from Ms.
Leandra
08/13/19 Taylor Delaware Marshall,
Councilman Taylor authorized the designation Email fromVP, $250.00 $5,096.00 $19,904.00
Multicultural and of $250.00 of his community enhancement Ralph Taylor
Civic Organization, funds to DEMCO for their Back to School Block to the Janella
Inc. (DEMCO) Party Tauchus and a
letter from Ms.
Leandra
Marshall, VP,
08/30/19 Cole Actors Attic External
Councilman Cole authorized the designation of Email from $100.00 $5,196.00 $19,804.00
$100.00 of his community enhancement funds Scott Cole
to Actors Attic to pay for a bee mascot costume dated 08/29/19
for the Citizen Corp/DEMA Annual Family and Kay Sass
Emergency Preparedness Day (Mascot and invoice
Costume to be used multiple times for annual from Actors
event) Attic dated
11/08/19 Sudler 08/29/2019
The Boulevard Line Councilman Sudler authorized the desgination Email from $500.00 $5,696.00 $19,304.00
Entertainment of $500.00 of his community enhancement Roy Sudler, Jr.
Restaurant funds to The Boulevard Live Entertainment dated
Resaurant's Feeding the Less Fortunate 11/08/2019
Thanksgiving Event to be used for travel, food, and letter from
and supples for the homeless Mr. Charles
Boyer dated
11/08/19 Taylor The Boulevard Line Councilman Taylor authorized the 11/05/2019
Email from $400.00 $6,096.00 $18,904.00
Entertainment desgination of $400.00 of his community Ralph Taylor,
Restaurant enhancement funds to The Boulevard Live Jr. dated
Entertainment Resaurant's Feeding the Less 11/08/2019
Fortunate Thanksgiving Event to be used for and letter from
travel, food, and supples for the homeless Mr. Charles
Boyer dated
11/25/19 Hare 11/05/2019
The Boulevard Line Councilman Hare authorized the desgination of Email from $400.00 $6,496.00 $18,504.00
Entertainment $400.00 of his community enhancement funds Willam Hare
Restaurant to The Boulevard Live Entertainment dated
Resaurant's Feeding the Less Fortunate 11/25/2019
Thanksgiving Event to be used for travel, food, and letter from
and supples for the homeless Mr. Charles
Boyer dated
11/05/2019
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11/27/19 Slavin The Children's Councilman Slavin authrorized the desgination Email from $400.00 $6,896.00 $18,104.00
Theatre, Inc. of $400.00 of his community enhancement Timothy Slavin
funds to The Children's Theatre, Inc. ad to dated
support performances featuring children ages 12/02/2019
8-18 and new actor microphones. and program
ad order form
12/02/19 Cole The Children's Councilman Cole authorized the designation of Email from $300.00 $7,196.00 $17,804.00
Theatre, Inc. $300.00 of his community enhancement funds Scott Cole
to The Children's Theatre, Inc. to support dated
performances featuring children ages 8-18 and 12/02/2019
new actor microphones.
12//18/19 Cole Captial School Councilman Cole authorized the designation of Email from $620.50 $7,816.50 $17,183.50
District - Central $620.50 of his community Scott Cole
Middle School enhancement funds to Capital School District - dated 12/16/19
Central Middle School for the 8th grade trip to and letter from
the African American History and Culture Ms. Shan
Museum to Washington, D.C. in April 2020 Green,
Principal of
Central Middle
School
12/30/19 Anderson Code Purples Kent Councilman Anderson authorized the Email from $354.00 $8,170.50 $16,829.50
County designation of his remining balance of $354.00 David
of his community enhancement funds to Code Anderson to
Purple Kent County to assist in purchsae of City Clerk's
cots, air mattresses, sleeping bags, blankets, Office dated
sheets, etc. for Dover 12/26/2019
and letter from
Ennio
Emmanuel,
CPKC, dated
12/26/2019
05/01/20
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02/12/20 Cole Dover PAL Councilman Cole authorized the designation of Email from $500.00 $8,670.50 $16,329.50
$500.00 of his community enhancment funds to Scott Cole
Dover Police Atheltic League (P.A.L.) to assit dated
with the "Outrunning Childhood Cancer 5k 02/05/2020
Run/Walk" event - the $500 would go towards and from
provided participant race day t-shirts Officer
Anthony Smith
(DPD) dated
02/05/2020
04/16/20 Cole ELAN (formally Councilman Cole authorized the designation of Email from $300.00 $8,970.50 $16,029.50
known at WSFS - J. $300.00 of his community enhancement funds Scott Cole
Tauchus' CC to the Bayhealth Foundation - COVID-19 dated
Statement) Response to feed hospital staff and patients 04/16/2020
Bayhealth
Foundation
$8,970.50 $16,029.50
Budgeted District Council Sponsor YTD Expenditures Balance
Amount
$5,000.00 At-Large Slavin $400.00 $4,600.00
$2,500.00 1st District Lindell $2,500.00
$2,500.00 1st District Polce $1,500.00 $1,000.00
$2,500.00 2nd District Hare $400.00 $2,100.00
$2,500.00 2nd District Taylor $1,650.00 $850.00
$2,500.00 3rd District Cole $1,920.50 $579.50
$2,500.00 3rd District Neil $100.00 $2,400.00
$2,500.00 4th District Anderson $2,500.00 $0.00
$2,500.00 4th District Sudler $500.00 $2,000.00
TOTAL $8,970.50 $16,029.50
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CITY MANAGER’S
MONTHLY REPORT
FEBRUARY 2020
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City of Dover
Cust omer Services Department
FY 2020 FY 2019
I Major Procnim Updates
Number of Customers Served
Feb 2020
19,8GG
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2J8
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Window Counter
• 2020 YTD 14,853 28,102 140,041 1,825 15,744
• 2019 YTD 15,630 31,998 135,318 1,645 15,214
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ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
Electric Divisions
System Peak Total System Load Number of New
Month outages customers
May 18 63,188 Services
May 18 127.43
June 18 68,290 Jan 18 4 263 Jan 18 17
June 18 146.76
July 18 78,686 Feb 18 1 32 Feb 18 89
July 18 160.51 Mar 18 29 3,635 Mar 18 52
Aug 18 165.16 Aug 18 82,843 Apr 18 6 521 Apr 18 48
Sep 18 160.41 Sep 18 70,142 May 18 5 301 May 18 46
Oct 18 61,417 June 18 9 315 June 18 18
Oct 18 134.70
July 18 3 972 July 18 34
Nov 18 102.85 Nov 18 57,164
Aug 18 4 87 Aug 18 81
Dec 18 102.40 Dec 18 60,284 Sep 18 5 1,331 Sep 18 43
Jan 19 117.57 Jan 19 65,342 Oct 18 4 123 Oct 18 47
Feb 19 57,306 Nov 18 6 46 Nov 18 69
Feb 19 111.72
Dec 18 5 5 Dec 18 11
Mar 19 106.88 Mar 19 59,310
Jan 19 1 1 Jan 19 29
Apr 19 91.74 Apr 19 52,734 Feb 19 1 3 Feb 19 23
May 19 60,603 Mar 19 0 0 Mar 19 22
May 19 138.05
Apr 19 5 277 Apr 19 77
Jun 19 146.50 Jun 19 68,769
May 19 3 148 May 19 18
Jul 19 164.38 Jul 19 83,229 Jun 19 11 418 Jun 19 23
Aug 19 163.55 Aug 19 78,519 Jul 19 15 4,066 Jul 19 8
Sep 19 67,274 Aug 19 9 335 Aug 19 16
Sep 19 150.74
Sep 19 5 225 Sep 19 15
Oct 19 150.16 Oct 19 57,886
Oct 19 7 386 Oct 19 15
Nov 19 98.35 Nov 19 55,732 Nov 19 7 61 Nov 19 14
Dec 19 104.57 Dec 19 60,552 Dec 19 2 1,325 Dec 19 4
Jan 20 60,649 Jan 20 4 78 Jan 20 15
Jan 20 103.57
Feb 20 4 2,120 Feb 20 16
Feb 20 98.58 Feb 20 54,412
Electric Monthly Outage Report
The annual outage goal will be less than 295 minutes per customer, which is a Delaware Standard. This will be
measured by calculating the System Average Interruption Duration Index.
FY 20 YTD FY 19 FY 18
27.47 38 152
Outages Average Response Time
Goal is less than 30 minutes
Month Year-to-date Month Year-to-date
4 51 22.75 Minutes 33.95 Minutes
PROGRAM UPDATES FEB 20 FEB 19 FY20 YTD
Tree Trimming 158 241 1698
Number of Oil Releases 1 0 1
Lost Time Accidents – All Electric Utility Divisions 0 0 0
New Services 16 23 103
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Fleet & Facilities Management Monthly Report
FEBRUARY 2020
Fleet Maintenance
PM Work Orders Completed: 43 Number of Tire Repairs: 10 Number of Road Repairs: 5
Other Work Orders: 56 Repair Hours: 151 Road Repair Hours: 6
Total Work Orders: 99 Fabrication Hours: 2 Misc. Hours: 6
PM Hours: 108
# Of Scheduled PM’s: 30
# Of PM’s: Completed: 43
Major Program Updates
FEBRUARY FEBRUARY
MEASURE 2020 2019 DIFFERENCE
Fleet Maintenance - Scheduled PM
43 out of 30 18 out of 30
appointments vs completed PM’s 83.33 %
144.33 % 60.00 %
(Quantity and Percentage)
Facilities Maintenance
Facilities - Routine work orders
9 out of 11 17 out of 19
completed within 5 days -7.65 %
81.82 % 89.47 %
(Quantity and Percentage)
Facilities - Emergency work orders
3 out of 4 2 out of 2
completed within 2 days -25.00 %
75.00 % 100 %
(Quantity and Percentage)
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HUMAN RESOURCES
February 2020
Feb Mar. April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Total
Category 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20
Caucasian* 290 294 292 295 297 297 297 299 294 293 293 297 303 n/a
Minorities* 80 80 80 78 78 77 75 78 77 77 78 78 77 n/a
Hired 3 5 2 3 4 1 2 8 3 1 4 7 11 54
Terminated/Resigned/ 1 1 4 2 3 2 3 4 7 2 2 5 6 42
Retired/Other
Transferred/Promoted 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 19
Jobs Posted 4 3 1 11 2 3 3 31 2 0 9 9 17 95
Workers Comp. 2 5 2 5 1 3 2 1 2 2 3 7 4 39
Injuries
Workers Comp. 77 20 104 196 160 187 270 169 186 178 176 168 112 2003
Hours
*354 Full-time Employees: Part-time Employees: 26 (3) Pitts Center, 1 Recreation, 16 Library, 5 Police Department, 1 Central Services)
-Numbers do not reflect, temporary, seasonal, relief fire dispatchers, committee or council members.
Position Hired: Police Clerk 1, Electrical Engineer, Central Services Admin Assistant, Asst to Dir of Council Affairs, Groundworker, Electric Department
Director, Chief of Police, MEO 1-Sanitation, Inspector 1-Code Enforcement, Inspector 1 – Life Safety/Fire Marshal, Field Service Rep 1
Transferred/Promoted: Assistant City Clerk
Position Terminated/Resigned/Retired/Other: (4) Police Officers, Police Cadet, Library Page
Positions on Terminal Leave: (3) Police Officer – April and June, Police Master Corporal – June, Library Director – April, Admin Assistant PW – March,
Water/Wastewater Maintenance Supervisor- June, Arborist-June,
Recruitment Information (February)
.- -
Native
American
Black/ Hawaiian/ Two or Not
Ind ian/ Hispanic/
Pos iton Tota l Apps In Dover Out of Dover Unknown Asian African Other More White Unknown Hispanic/ Unknown Male Fema le Unknown
Alaskan Latino
American Pacific Races Latino
Native
Islander
Fleet & Facilities Manager 14 2 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 1 9 3 13 0 1
Ad min. Ass istant Clerk's Office 74 33 41 0 1 1 18 0 7 34 13 6 52 16 6 56 12
MEO II Floater (PW) 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 1 4 1 0
MEO I Streets 8 5 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 8 0 7 1 0
Gra nt Writer 9 5 3 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 2 0 7 2 3 6 0
Library Clerk (part-t ime) 86 50 36 0 1 3 14 0 4 49 15 5 63 18 21 49 16
Civil Engineer 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 1 0 2
Admin. Assi st - Public Works 103 49 53 1 2 2 21 0 12 48 18 10 79 14 8 87 8
Motor Equ ipment Operator II
4 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 2 0
SW Night Street
Grounds Division Arborist 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 5 0 0
WW Division Utility
3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Maintenance Mechan ic II
MEOI Storm water 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 1 0
Service Clerk (part-time) 37 21 16 0 0 1 14 0 5 11 6 4 27 6 9 25 3
MEOI WWW 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 5 1 0
MEO Ill Stormwater 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
MEO II Stormwater 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0
Wrww Maint. Supervisor 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 0 0
Labore r II 15 4 11 0 0 0 4 0 1 9 1 1 12 2 13 0 2
*Resumes come from Indeed do not always list address
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HUMAN RESOURCES
(Continued)
Open or Currently Recruiting*
Open or Currently Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Recruiting by Dept. 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20
Electric 6 6 7 7 6 6 6 7 9 9 6 7 0
Public Works 11 9 7 6 4 5 5 10 10 11 11 8 7
Police 4 2.5 4.5 5.5 5.5 5.5 6 6 4 4 3 2 0
Water Waste Water 4 4
All Other Departments 7 8.5 7.5 6.5 7.5 7 7.5 16.5 18.5 18 17 15.5 6
Totals 27 26 26 25 23 23.5 24.5 39.5 41.5 42 37 36.5 17
*Not used for Budgeting Purposes
All Other Departments
Electric: (3) Lineman, Engineering Services Superintendent
Public Works: Motor Equipment Operator I – Sanitation, Motor Equipment Operator I -Stormwater, Motor Equipment Operator III – Stormwater, Motor
Equipment Operator II-PW Floater, Motor Equipment Operator I – Streets, Motor Equipment Operator II – Night Street Sweeper, MEO III-Streets, MEO II-
Stormwater
Police: (7) Police Officers, Cadet
Water/Waste Water: Motor Equipment Operator I, (2) Civil Engineer, Utility Maintenance Mechanic II, Water/Waste Maintenance Supervisor
All Other Departments: Accountant II, Mechanic I, Administrative Assistant – Mayor, Grant Writer, Laborer II– Parks and Recreation, Service Center Clerk
(PT), Fleet and Facilities Manager, Library Clerk I (PT), Librarian I (PT), Assistant Library Director, Office Assistant II, Administrative Assistant – City Clerk’s
Office, Administrative Assistant – Pu