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LEGISLATIVE, FINANCE, AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
AGENDA
JANUARY 14, 2013 - 5:30 P.M.
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
15 LOOCKERMAN PLAZA
DOVER, DELAWARE
Public comments are welcomed on any item and will be permitted at appropriate times.
When possible, please notify the City Clerk (736-7008 or e-mail at CityClerk@dover.de.us)
should you wish to be recognized.
AGENDA ADDITIONS/DELETIONS
1. Draft Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) - Fiscal Year 2012
2. Proposed Ordinance Amendments
A. Ordinance #2013-01 - Amending Appendix B - Zoning, Article 3 - District Regulations, Section 22
- Airport Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ) (Staff Sponsored)
B. Ordinance #2013-02 - Amending the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning Map of the City of Dover by
Changing the Boundary of the Airport Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ) in Accordance with the
2010 Air Installation Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) Study Published by the Dover Air Force Base
(Staff Sponsored)
C. Ordinance #2013-03 - Amending Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Article XII -
Vacant Buildings (Staff Sponsored)
D. Ordinance #2013-04 - Amending Chapter 22 - Buildings and Building Regulations, Article X -
Rental Dwellings (Staff Sponsored)
3. Discussion - Role and Scope of the Historic District Commission and the Historic District
4. Adjournment by 7:00 P.M.
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THE AGENDA ITEMS AS LISTED MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED IN SEQUENCE. THIS AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE TO INCLUDE
THE ADDITION OR THE DELETION OF ITEMS, INCLUDING EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.
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City of Dover
Finance Department
PO Box 475
Dover DE 19903-0475
Phone: (302-736-7018
FAX: (302) 760-4930
E-Mail: dmitchell @dover.de.us
MEMORANDUM
To: City Council
From: Donna Mitchell, Controller/Treasurer
Copy: Mayor, City Manager, & City Clerk
Date: January 8, 2013
Subject: Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) – Year Ended June 30, 2012
The Fiscal Year 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report has now been posted on the City’s
public website www.cityofdover.com under “Directory, City Departments, Finance Department – Public
Documents.” It is also also included below in this packet for easy access during the meeting. We will
be reviewing major elements of the report with the Legislative, Finance & Administration Committee on
January 14, 2012.
Rather than pulling together a separate presentation we will be reviewing the CAFR itself by using the
bookmarks that have been established in the file. You will be able to click on a section or topic in the
table of contents to review that particular section or item.
The notes to the financial statements provide the details behind many of the balance sheet accounts. An
index to these notes is provided in located in Part C - Basic Financial Statements (Page 49). Each
heading in the Notes to Financial Statements Index contains a link to additional information on the
topic. As an example, click on Note 7 – Fund Balances & Net Assets. This will take you directly to
relevant note. This is one of the elements of the statements I will be explaining on Monday evening as
follows.
In Fiscal Year 2011 we implemented GASB 54 – Fund Balance Reporting and Governmental
Fund Type Definitions. In accordance with this standard we categorized all of our reserves and
fund balances based on the magnitude of restriction placed on them, whether it was a legal
restriction or a policy restriction. This note provides you with the classification definition and
the details behind the fund balances that make up the amounts on the financial statements for
Governmental Funds.
The other major elements planned for review are the basic financial statements, the effects of the
unfunded liabilities on the government-wide statements versus the governmental statements, a prior
period adjustment for past-due receivables, and the budgetary schedules and balances for the General
Fund, Water/Wastewater Fund, and Electric Fund. The budgetary schedule for the General Fund is
located in Part D - Required Supplementary Information. The Electric and Water/Sewer Schedules are
located in Part E – Supplementary Information “Proprietary Fund Types – Enterprise Funds.” As stated
above, you can click on the item in the Table of Contents and go right to the schedules.
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COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL
FINANCIAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
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For the Fiscal Year Ended
June 30, 2012
Prepared by the Finance Dapartment
Donna S. Mitchell, 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
Margaret Teal, CPA
Assistant Finance Director
Linda Gomes
Administrative Assistant
Jeffrey Dill
Accountant II
Karlett Walker
Accountant II
Sharon Daniel
Account Clerk II
Katie Heffington
Payroll Specialist
Special appreciation to:
Special appreciation is extended to Mr. Scott Koenig, City Manager and all
personnel throughout the City for their continued support of the Finance
Department.
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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
For the Year Fiscal Ended June 30, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTORY SECTION
Letter of Transmittal ......................................................................................... 1
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting .................... 8
List of Elected Officials .................................................................................. 10
List of Appointed Officials .............................................................................. 11
List of Commissions & Committees ............................................................... 12
Organizational Chart ...................................................................................... 13
The City of Dover Vision ................................................................................. 14
FINANCIAL SECTION
PART A
Report of Independent Public Auditors .......................................................... 17
PART B
Management’s Discussion and Analysis ....................................................... 21
PART C
Basic Financial Statements
Government-wide Financial Statements
Statement of Net Assets ................................................................................ 37
Statement of Activities ................................................................................... 38
Fund Financial Statements
Balance Sheet - Governmental Funds ........................................................... 39
Reconciliation of Governmental Fund Balances
to Government-Wide Net Assets ................................................................... 40
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds .................................................... 41
Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds to
the Statement of Activities ............................................................................. 42
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Statement of Net Assets-Proprietary Funds ................................................... 43
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes
in Fund Net Assets-Proprietary Funds ........................................................... 44
Statement of Cash Flows-Proprietary Funds ................................................. 45
Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets ................................................................. 46
Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets .............................................. 47
Notes to Financial Statements
Index to Notes to Financial Statements ......................................................... 49
Notes to Financial Statements ....................................................................... 51
Part D
Required Supplementary Information
General Fund-Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Fund Balances – Budget and Actual .............................................................. 94
Governmental Capital Projects Fund-Schedule of Revenues,
Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances –
Budget and Actual ......................................................................................... 96
Notes to Required Supplementary Information
Governmental Budgets .................................................................................. 97
Pension Plans ............................................................................................... 98
Police Pension Fund ................................................................................. 98
General Employee Pension Fund ............................................................. 99
Other Postemployment Plan .......................................................................... 99
Part E
Supplementary Information
Special Revenue Funds ............................................................................. 103
Combining Balance Sheet ........................................................................... 105
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FINANCIAL SECTION – CONTINUED PAGE
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Unreserved Fund Balances ..................................................................... 106
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Unreserved Fund Balance - Budget (Non-GAAP Basis)
and Actual – Police Grants .......................................................................... 107
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Unreserved
Fund Balance - Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual-
Library Grants .............................................................................................. 108
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Unreserved Fund Balance - Budget (Non-GAAP Basis)
and Actual - Municipal Street Aid Fund ....................................................... 109
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in
Unreserved Fund Balance - Budget (Non-GAAP Basis)
and Actual-Housing Programs-Community
Development Block Grant & NSP ................................................................ 109
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Unreserved
Fund Balance - Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual-
State of Delaware Department of Transportation Grants ............................. 110
Proprietary Fund Types - Enterprise Funds ............................................. 111
Schedule of Revenues and Expenses-Budget
(Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual-Water/Wastewater Fund ............................. 112
Schedule of Revenues and Expenses-Budget
(Non-GAAP Budget) and Actual-Water/Wastewater
Improvement & Extension Fund .................................................................. 113
Schedule of Revenues and Expenses - Budget
(Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual-Electric Revenue Fund ............................... 114
Schedule of Revenues and Expenses - Budget
(Non-GAAP Basis) and Actual-Electric Improvement
& Extension Fund ........................................................................................ 115
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FIDUCIARY FUND TYPES AND AGENCIES – CONTINUED PAGE
Proprietary Fund Types - Internal Service Funds .................................... 117
Schedule of Revenues and Expenses
Budget (Non-GAAP Basis) and
Actual - Workers’ Compensation ................................................................. 118
Fiduciary Fund Types and Agencies......................................................... 119
Combining Statement of Changes in Assets and
Liabilities - All Agency Funds ....................................................................... 120
Fiduciary Fund Types Pension Trust Funds ............................................ 123
Combining Statement of Net Assets -
Pension Trust Fund ..................................................................................... 124
Combining Statement of Changes in Net Assets -
Pension Trust Fund ..................................................................................... 124
STATISTICAL SECTION PAGE
Statistical Section ....................................................................................... 125
Net Assets by Component ........................................................................... 126
Changes in Net Assets ................................................................................ 127
Fund Balances of Governmental Funds ....................................................... 129
Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds ................................... 130
Governmental Activities Tax Revenues by Source ...................................... 132
Assessed and Estimated Actual Value of Taxable Property ........................ 133
Property Tax Rates - All Direct and Overlapping Governments
with the Capital School District .................................................................... 134
Principal Tax Payers .................................................................................... 135
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Property Tax Levies and Collections ........................................................... 136
Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type ............................................................ 137
Ratio of Net General Obligation Bonded Debt To
Assessed Value & Net Bonded Debt Per Capita ......................................... 138
Ratio of Annual Debt Service Expenditures for General Bonded
Debt to Total General Expenditures ............................................................ 139
Computation of Direct and Overlapping Debt
with the Capital School District .................................................................... 140
Computation of Legal Debt Margin .............................................................. 141
Revenue Bond Coverage - Electric Revenue Bonds ................................... 142
Revenue Bond Coverage - Water/Wastewater Bonds ................................. 143
Demographic and Economic Statistics ........................................................ 144
Major Employers .......................................................................................... 145
Full-time Equivalent City Government Employees
by Function . ................................................................................................ 146
Operating Indicators and Capital Assets Used in Operations ...................... 147
Schedule of Insurance ................................................................................. 149
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INTRODUCTORY
SECTION
THIS SECTION CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR
EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING
LIST OF ELECTED OFFICIALS
LIST OF APPOINTED OFFICIALS
LIST OF COMMISSIONS
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
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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 square miles and
serves a population of approximately 36,492.
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. Council members are
elected from four districts and serve staggered, two-year terms. One member of Council
and the Mayor are elected at-large and serve two-year terms. 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 the City Council 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 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.
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ECONOMIC CONDITION AND FUTURE GROWTH
The City of Dover is distinguished as the dominant center of employment, commerce,
educational opportunity, and cultural activity in central Delaware. Development activity in
the Capital City continued to be slow during Fiscal Year 2012, consistent with the
economic trends seen nationwide and recent prior years.
Residential growth continues to occur at a slow pace, and major institutions and
government agencies continue to expand to meet the demands of a growing regional
population and economy. Commercial corridor areas of U.S. Routes 13/113 and DE Route
8 have continued to be the center of commerce in Dover. Efforts to revitalize the traditional
urban core of downtown Dover have continued despite the down economy.
Total value of construction increased from $65 million in Fiscal Year 2011 to $86 million in
Fiscal Year 2012. The City of Dover issued 3,896 business licenses in Fiscal Year 2012,
an increase over the prior year. Building permits issued during this period totaled 1,683,
which was a slight decline from the previous year. The City of Dover Planning Office
processed 36 new development applications (site plans, subdivisions and conditional uses)
and three rezoning applications during the reporting period, which represents an increase
over the previous year, a sign that the economy may be slowly turning around.
Growth and development trends during Fiscal Year 2012 are further discussed and
summarized below:
POPULATION GROWTH
The 2010 U.S. Decennial Census, which was conducted in April 2010, found that 36,047
people reside in Dover. The Delaware Population Consortium estimates, the City of
Dover’s population as of July 1, 2012 was 36,492. This change represents a 1.2%
population increase.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
A total of 56 new residential housing starts were recorded during Fiscal Year 2012, which
represents a slight increase from the 47 during the prior fiscal year. A number of
abandoned residential subdivisions were the focus of City staff’s efforts during the fiscal
year. Infrastructure was completed and dedicated to the City in Nottingham Meadows, and
Clearview Meadows was purchased by a developer. Other subdivisions, including Village
of Westover Phase VI, Village of Cannon Mill, and Patriot Village remained in limbo as the
fiscal year ended. Residential construction continued in Emerald Pointe, Lexington Glen,
and Eden Hill.
The apartment market was strong in Fiscal Year 2012, as the Blue Hen Apartments were
fully complete by June 30th. Dove View, which had sat vacant and incomplete for three
years, was purchased and renamed The Grande. Significant progress was made on
completing the two buildings, with plans to construct a third building. The Grande is an
age 55 and over community and is expected to be occupied in late 2012.
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DOWNTOWN DOVER REDEVELOPMENT
Efforts to revitalize Downtown Dover remained strong, with the allocation of $3 million of
state funds for improvements to the North Street corridor between State Street and
Governors Avenue. These improvements include the development of a community plaza
on the former Collegian site, streetscape improvements and repaving of North Street, and
the consolidation and redesign of several parking lots between North Street and The
Green. The Downtown Dover Partnership (DDP) also spent much of the year working on
renovations to the property at 22-24 West Loockerman Street. With assistance from
DNREC, the DDP prepared for a brownfield clean up on the property at 680-684 Forest
Street. The spirit of downtown remained strong, with First Friday festivities, and a number
of other special events, celebrations and parades held throughout the year.
Construction began on the Bayard Plaza at the former Bayard Hotel site at the southwest
corner of Loockerman Street and Governors Avenue. Bayard Plaza, when complete, will
include retail on the first floor and 48 rental dwellings on the upper floors. Frankfurt Bakery
moved locations from Courtney Square to South Governors Avenue near Bank Lane.
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Institutional development remained strong during fiscal year 2012. Bayhealth completed a
major facility expansion of the Kent General Hospital valued at $45 million in early 2012.
The State of Delaware completed construction of a new parking lot at the corner of Water
Street and State Street to support the new Kent County Courthouse. Construction
progressed on the new Dover Public Library, which was near completion at the close of the
fiscal year, and Wesley College began construction of their streetscape project, which
includes the conversion of streets (portions of Fulton, Cecil, and Bradford Streets) to
campus plazas. Another exciting development is the beginning of construction of the new
Dover High School, which is expected to open in fall 2014.
RETAIL/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
The retail sector continued slow during Fiscal Year 2012, as is consistent with the national
economic slowdown and the trend of recent years. Redevelopment of vacant commercial
buildings became a common trend as the fiscal year came to an end, with plans for
redevelopment of the former Superfresh at Greentree Shopping Center into a Redners
Market, a Grotto Pizza in the former Atlantic Books location, redevelopment of the former
Walmart site, and other small renovations to make use of vacant commercial space. To
encourage this, City Council approved some partial fee and tax waivers for redevelopment
of vacant commercial and industrial buildings.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
The Dover economy derives considerable benefits from a variety of large industrial and
manufacturing companies including Kraft Foods, Procter and Gamble, Energizer/Playtex
Family Products, and Berry Van Lines, as well as numerous small- to mid-sized industrial
entities. Planning continued on development of the Garrison Oak Technical Park,
including work with Capline Energy on the Garrison Energy Center, a 618 MW dual cycle
gas power plant on a lot within the Garrison Oak Technical Park. The City, State of
Delaware, and Calpine have all worked together to ensure that the funding is in place to
construct the necessary infrastructure to support this new power plant. Another significant
addition to Dover’s local economy was the location of ILC in a portion of the former Sunroc
building at the Kent County Aero Park.
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OFFICE DEVELOPMENT
Dover’s dominance as the place for business office locations downstate has continued;
however, the market appears to be saturated with office space at this point in time.
Several recently completed or nearly completed office buildings currently remain vacant,
including State Street Commons and the Silver Bullit. Fortunately, as the year came to a
close, the Silver Bullit was nearing occupancy. A new dental office is also under
construction at the southwest corner of State Street and Wyoming Avenue, a site where an
office building development had been stalled for several years.
Infrastructure
The City has several large water and sewer projects underway to upgrade pump stations,
distribution and transmission mains. These projects will improve water quality and reduce
the inflow/infiltration in our sewer system. The State has several transportation projects
underway with the support of stimulus funding.
Summary
Dover continues to be affected by the nation’s economic downturn; however, a number of
key construction projects continue to move forward. The large institutional presence of
Bayhealth, the State, and the colleges and universities helps to strengthen the City’s
economy. The City was encouraged this past year to see developers purchasing a few of
the bankrupt subdivisions to complete the build out of the housing units and infrastructure.
The development of the Garrison Tract with the Dover Sun Park and the completion of the
Calpine project will also serve to increase the City’s economy. Dover remains a center for
commerce, services and residential communities. As the economy rebounds, Dover is well
positioned to support continued growth.
FINANCIAL POLICIES AND FINANCIAL PLANNING
Unreserved, undesignated fund balances in the General Fund (10.7%) fall within the policy
guidelines of a minimum of 8% and maximum of 12% of revenues as approved by City
Council in the City of Dover Financial policies. The water, wastewater, and electric utilities
have the same policy requirement for their budget balances. If the balances fall below 8%,
the City Manager is required to submit budgets to bring the balances up to minimum within
three years. The current budget balances as of June 30, 2012 for the utilities are water
(13.5%), wastewater (4.0%) and electric (15.4%) The water and wastewater utilities are
accounted for in the same fund and have a combined budget balance of 8.5%.
The City policies also require non-recurring revenues to be set aside for capital
improvements as designated by City Council (reserve accounts) and a 2% contingency
reserve in the General Fund, Water/Wastewater Fund and 1% contingency in the Electric
Revenue Fund to address unforeseeable natural disasters and insurance losses. All major
funds meet the contingency reserve requirement.
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
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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 enable the City to absorb month-to-month power supply
cost increases while adjusting budgets and implementing potential rate increases. If the
cost of power supply decreases, the reserve can also be used to provide a power cost
adjustment decrease to maintain competitive rates. The goal is to maintain a reserve
balance equivalent to 10% of the power supply cost.
MAJOR INITIATIVES
The City continued its efforts towards the completion of a 42,000 square foot regional
library. The City completed the construction in September 2012 as planned and had the
grand opening on September 20, 2012. The punch list items on the project are being
finalized and should be completed by the end of January 2013. The Library project was
estimated to cost $20.0 million and is still on track to be completed at this cost. The
sources of funding for the Dover Anchor Library project include a State of Delaware
matching grant of 50%, committed fund balance – Library Construction, a capital campaign
of the Dover Library Foundation, and other grants and donations. Once completed
additional annual operating expenses and debt service will be budgeted in the General
Fund. The additional debt service and operating cost is estimated to increase by no more
than $350,000 in Fiscal Year 2014.
The City Council continues its focus on replacing or upgrading old infrastructure in order to
improve the quality and reliability of our utility systems. In fiscal year 2012, $6.8 million of
water and wastewater capital improvements were completed. This represented the
completion of several projects that began in fiscal year 2010. The fiscal year 2012 budget
included $3.9 million of State Revolving Loan funds of which $1.9 million is for water main
replacement projects and $2.0 million for wastewater pump stations and pipe relining. The
wastewater projects include a major sewer lateral upgrade and extension on the U.S. 13
corridor. The loan proceeds are remitted to the City on a reimbursement basis as projects
are completed. The projects were scheduled for completion over a three-year period
therefore, the loan proceeds and outstanding principle balance will increase with each
reimbursement. Two pump station projects and a water main remain to be completed in
fiscal year 2013.
The Capital School District broke ground on two major projects in Fiscal Year 2012, the
new Capital School District Administration Complex and the new Dover High School. The
electric utility extended service to the two new locations and started work on installation of
the underground transformers and ancillary equipment. The electric transmission and
distribution crews continued to transition several area developments from overhead
distribution lines to underground lines. A total of nine developments were completed and
one was still in progress at June 30 at a cost of $0.8 million. The North Street substation
had upgrades at a cost of $0.2 million. The Frazier substation reliability upgrade was
started and is expected to be completed in fiscal year 2013 within the budget of $0.2
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Mayor Carlton Carey
City Council Members
1st row:
Council President & Councilman At large Thomas J. Leary, First District:
Beverly C. Williams and James L. Hutchison, Sr.
2nd row:
Second District: William F. Hare and Adam M. Perza, Third District: David L.
Bonar and Sean Lynn.
3rd row:
Fourth District Sophia R. Russell and David L. Anderson
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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
List of Elected Officials
June 30, 2012
Length of Term
Services Expires
Mayor
Carleton E. Carey, Sr. 5 Years May 2015
City Council
At-Large
Thomas J. Leary* 4 Years May 2013
First District
Beverly C. Williams 10 Years May 2015
James L. Hutchison, Sr. 1 Year May 2013
Second District
William F. Hare 1 Year May 2013
Adam M. Perza 1 Month May 2015
Third District
David L. Bonar 2 Year May 2015
Sean Lynn 1 Year May 2013
Fourth District
Sophia R. Russell 7 Years May 2015
David L. Anderson 1 Year May 2013
* Council President
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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
List of Appointed Officials
June 30, 2012
Length of Length of
Time in Time with
Position the City
City Clerk/Assistant Treasurer – Traci A. McDowell 7 Years 26 Years
City Manager/Civil Defense Director – Scott D. Koenig 1 Year 22 Years
City Solicitor – Nicholas H. Rodriquez 44 Years 44 Years
Deputy City Solicitor – William W. Pepper 23 Years 23 Years
Council President – Thomas J. Leary 1 Year 4.5 Years
Assessor – Cheryl A. Russell 3 Years 20 Years
City Building Inspector - Ann Marie Townshend 6 Months 6 Years
City Planner – Ann Marie Townshend 6 Years 6 Years
Controller/Treasurer – Donna S. Mitchell 12 Years 12 Years
Fire Chief – Jack I. Fortney 1 Year 1 Year
Fire Marshal – David J. Truax 16 Years 21 Years
Police Chief – James E. Hosfelt 2 Year 23 Years
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CITY OF DOVER, DELAWARE
List of Commissions & Committees
As of June 30, 2012
Board of Adjustment Legislative, Finance & Administration Planning Commission
Kishor C. Sheth, Chairman Sean M. Lynn, Chairman Col. Robert D. Welsh, Chairman
Arthur G. Ericson, Vice Chairman David L. Anderson, Councilman Michael J. Ambruso, Sr.
William Hufnal William F. Hare, Councilman John H. Baldwin, Sr.
James N. Keller Michael G. Rushe Dean Holden
Richard Senato Daniel Shevock Thomas Holt
Francis C. Nichols
Construction Code Board of Appeals OPEB Board Ron Shomo
David L. Anderson, Chairman William F. Hare, Councilman Kathleen Still
Adam M. Perza, Councilman Beverly C. Williams, Councilwoman Fred Tolbert
Scott D. Koenig, City Manager Scott D. Koenig, City Manager
Kimberly Hawkins, Human Resources Director Property Maintenance Code
Election Board Donna S. Mitchell, Controller/Treasurer Board of Appeals
William T. Garfinkel, Chairman Scott D. Koenig, City Manager
Lillie M. Johnson Parks, Recreation & Community Enhancement Heather D. Ennis
Goldie Legates Sophia R. Russell, Chairwoman Charles Martin
Cherrita Matthews David L Anderson, Councilman
Anita L. McDowell Boyer David L. Bonar, Councilman Safety Advisory & Transportation
Traci McDowell Ann Baker Horsey James L. Hutchison, Chairman
David A. Lewis, Jr. Adam M. Perza, Councilman
Historic District Sophia R. Russell, Councilwoman
Richard Scrafford, Chairman Pension – Civilian John J. Davis
C. Terry Jackson, Vice Chairman David L. Bonar, Councilman Thomas J. Keller, Jr.
George M. Fisher, IV Sean M. Lynn, Councilman
Joseph McDaniel Scott D. Koenig, City Manager Utility
Charles A. Salkin Donna S. Mitchell, Controller/Treasurer David L. Bonar, Chairman
Lester Blakeman Adam M. Perza, Councilman
Human Relations Commission Kenneth Clendaniel Beverly C. Williams, Councilwoman
Roy Sudler, Jr., Chair Frances P. Hettinger Lester L. Blakeman
Justina Brewington Richard Snaman
Linda D. Hackett Pension – Police
Richard Senato Timothy Mullaney, Chairman Youth Advisory Committee
Dr. Phyllis Edamatsu David L. Bonar, Councilman Kristen Dietz, Co President
Dawn Allen-Pyne Sean M. Lynn, Councilman Dennis Hallock, II, Co-President
Anlee Baccio-Walker Scott D. Koenig, City Manager Kenneth Anderson
Kim Warfield James Hosfelt, Chief of Police Chidinma Emenike
Ellen O. Wasfi William Knotts Karly Jones
Faye White Martin Stallings Sonya Modi
Valerie Provotorova
Rachel Voak
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Introductory Section – Transmittal Letter 13
City of Dover
Organization Chart
Fiscal Year 2012
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14 Introductory Section - Transmittal Letter
The City of Dover, Delaware
Vision
The City of Dover is a place where people want to live! Through the team effort of its
elected officials, employees, and citizens, Dover is a clean and safe community, with a
future of balanced growth and opportunity where all citizens are heard, enjoy a high quality
of life, and diversity is valued.
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FINANCIAL
SECTION
THIS SECTION CONTAINS 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
Combining Fund Statements
Budgetary Schedules
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FINANCIAL SECTION
PART - A
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Honorable Mayor and Members of the
City Council of Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
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, 2012, which
collectively comprise the City’s basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents.
These financial statements are the responsibility of the City’s management. Our responsibility is
to express an opinion 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. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement.
An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the 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, 2012, and
the respective changes in financial position and, where applicable, cash flows thereof for the year
then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America.
We also audited the adjustment described in Note 8 that was applied to restate the balance sheet
as of June 30, 2011. In our opinion, such adjustment is appropriate and has been properly
applied.
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Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that
management’s discussion and analysis, the general fund - schedule of revenues, expenditures,
and changes in fund balance - budget and actual, the governmental capital projects fund -
schedule of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balance - budget and actual, and required
supplemental schedules of funding progress and schedules of employer contributions for the
Pension Plans Funds and 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 evidence
sufficient to express an opinion or provide any assurance.
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that
collectively comprise the City’s basic financial statements. The combining nonmajor fund
financial statements and other budgetary information are presented for purposes of additional
analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements. Such information is the
responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying
accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements. The information has been
subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and certain
additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the
underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements or to the
financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the information is
fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements as a whole. The
introductory and statistical tables have not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in
the audit of the basic financial statements and, accordingly, we express no opinion or provide
any assurance on them.
Hunt Valley, Maryland
December 21, 2012
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FINANCIAL SECTION
PART - B
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
AND ANALYSIS
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Management’s Discussion & Analysis – Part B 21
The City of Dover
Management’s Discussion and Analysis
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
Financial Highlights
Total assets of the City exceeded its liabilities by $208.8 million (total net assets). Of
this amount, $26.6 million was reported as “unrestricted net assets” which represents
the amount available to meet the City’s ongoing obligations to citizens and creditors.
The general government reported a deficit of $7.4 million and the business type
activities, Water/Wastewater and Electric funds, reported $34.0 million of unrestricted
net assets. The difference between the unrestricted amounts and the total net assets is
$182.2 million, $34.3 million is restricted primarily for debt and capital construction
purposes and $147.9 million is invested in capital assets net of related debt.
• The governmental activities experienced a $10.8 million increase in investment in
capital assets, a decrease in restricted net assets of $1.3 million, as well as a
decrease of $7.3 million in unrestricted net assets resulting in a positive net change
of $2.2 million.
• The business-type activities experienced a $1.0 million increase in investments in
capital assets. A decrease in restricted net assets of $0.3 million as well as an
increase in unrestricted net assets of $10.7 million, resulting in a positive change in
net assets of $11.4 million. The electric utility experienced significant savings in
power supply cost over the past two years. As a result $5.0 million was transferred
to the rate stabilization reserve awaiting the completion of a cost of service study
and proposed new electric rates.
Overview of the Financial Statements
This comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) consists primarily of three required
parts - management’s discussion and analysis (this section), the basic financial
statements and required supplementary information. The CAFR also includes optional
supplementary information that provides summary information and detail, and a
statistical section.
The basic financial statements are of two kinds that present different views of the
City:
• The first two statements are government-wide financial statements (pages 37-38)
that provide both long-term and short-term information about the City’s overall
financial status.
• The remaining statements (pages 39-47) are fund financial statements that focus
on individual parts of the City government, reporting the City’s operations in more
detail than the government-wide statements.
- The governmental fund statements (pages 39-42) tell how general
government services, like community services, planning, public safety, and public
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works, were financed in the short term as well as what remains for future
spending.
- Proprietary f und statements (pages 43-45) offer short and long-term
f inancial information about the activities the government operates like
businesses, which for the City of Dover are the Electric Revenue and
Water/Wastewater Funds.
- The Fiduciary fund statements (pages 46-47) 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 Pension plans and Other Postemployment Benefits
plan and acts in an agency capacity for the Dover Downtown Partnership, Fourth
of July Celebration Committee, and the Dover Library Foundation, 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 Assets and
Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets. 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 assets reported in
these funds are used for their intended purposes.
The financial statements also include notes (pages 51-89) 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 94-
97) 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 103 through 118.
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:
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Management’s Discussion & Analysis – Part B 23
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, someone else’s
public safety and water and wastewater resources
public works funds
Required • Statement of • Balance sheet • Statement of net • Statement of
financial net assets • Statement of assets fiduciary net
statements • Statement of revenues, • Statement of assets
activities expenditures, and revenues, • Statement of
changes in fund expenses and changes in
balances changes in net fiduciary net
assets assets
• Statement of
cash flows
Accounting Accrual Modified accrual Accrual accounting Accrual accounting
basis and accounting and accounting and and economic and economic
measurement economic current financial resources focus resources focus
focus resources focus resources focus
Type of All assets and Only assets expected All assets and All assets and
asset/liability liabilities, both to be used up and liabilities, both liabilities, both
information financial and liabilities that come financial and capital, short-term and
capital, and short- due during the year and short-term and long-term
term and long-term or soon thereafter; no long-term
capital assets
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
information the year, during or soon after year, regardless of the year, regardless
regardless of when the end of the year; when cash is of when cash is
cash is received or expenditures when received or paid received or paid
paid goods or services
have been received
and payment is due
during the year or
soon thereafter
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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 assets includes all of the government’s assets and liabilities. All of the current
year’s revenues and expenses are accounted for in the statement of activities regardless
of when cash is received or paid. The two government-wide statements report the City’s
net assets and how they have changed. Net assets—the difference between the
City’s assets and liabilities—is one way to measure the City’s financial health or position.
Over time, increases or decreases in the City’s net assets are indicators 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 roads. The
government-wide financial statements of the City are divided into two categories:
• 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, non-property taxes, 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 money for particular 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. Since this information does not encompass the
additional long-term focus of the government-wide statements, we provide additional
information on a separate page, 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.
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Management’s Discussion & Analysis – Part B 25
- 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.
− 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 assets that 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 of the City’s fiduciary activities are reported in a separate statement of
fiduciary net assets and a statement of changes in fiduciary net assets. We exclude
these activities from the City’s government-wide financial statements because the
City cannot use these assets to finance its operation.
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 Assets, of the City of Dover, as of June 30, 2011 and 2012 are as
follows (presented in millions of dollars):
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Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Assets
Non-capital assets $ 15.7 $ 11.8 $ 71.9 $ 79.7 $ 87.6 $ 91.5
Capital assets 40.3 51.7 134.3 135.7 174.6 187.4
Total assets 56.0 63.5 206.2 215.4 262.2 278.9
Liabilities
Current liabilities 3.6 4.6 11.9 9.2 15.5 13.8
Non-current liabilities 11.9 15.5 39.6 40.1 51.5 55.6
Total liabilities 15.5 20.1 51.5 49.3 67.0 69.4
Net Assets
Invested in capital assets,
net of related debt 38.8 49.6 97.3 98.3 136.1 147.9
Restricted net assets 1.8 0.5 34.1 33.8 35.9 34.3
Unrestricted net assets (0.1) (6.8) 23.3 34.0 23.2 27.2
Total net assets $ 40.5 $ 43.3 $ 154.7 $ 166.1 $ 195.2 $ 209.4
The Changes in Net Assets, for the City of Dover, as of June 30, 2011 and 2012 are
as follows (presented in millions of dollars):
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Management’s Discussion & Analysis – Part B 27
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Revenues:
Program revenues
Charges for services $ 9.0 $ 11.3 $ - $ - $ 9.0 $ 11.3
Water/wastewater charges for services - - 14.0 13.8 14.0 13.8
Electric charges for services - - 101.9 93.5 101.9 93.5
Operating grants and contributions 5.0 2.6 - - 5.0 2.6
Capital grants and contributions 0.9 6.3 1.0 0.5 1.9 6.8
General revenues
Property taxes 10.9 11.1 - - 10.9 11.1
Transfer taxes 1.5 1.4 - - 1.5 1.4
Earnings on investments-other 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Total revenues 27.4 32.8 117.5 108.4 144.9 141.2
Expenses
General government 2.1 2.0 - - 2.1 2.0
Public safety 16.8 17.6 - - 16.8 17.6
Public works 6.8 8.6 - - 6.8 8.6
Library and recreation 2.7 2.4 - - 2.7 2.4
Community and economic development 1.2 0.8 - - 1.2 0.8
Central services 1.5 1.3 - - 1.5 1.3
Financial administration 3.0 3.0 - - 3.0 3.0
Other post-employment benefits 7.4 6.5 - - 7.4 6.5
Interest charges 0.1 0.1 - - 0.1 0.1
Plus (less) indirect expense allocation (4.0) (4.0) 4.0 4.0 - -
Water/wastewater - - 10.1 10.2 10.1 10.2
Electric - - 87.1 74.5 87.1 74.5
Total expenses 37.6 38.3 101.2 88.7 138.8 127.0
Change in net assets before transfers (10.2) (5.5) 16.3 19.7 6.1 14.2
Transfers 8.9 8.3 (8.9) (8.3) - -
Change in net assets (1.3) 2.8 7.4 11.4 6.1 14.2
Net assets, beginning of year, restated 41.8 40.5 147.3 154.7 189.1 195.2
Net assets $ 40.5 $ 43.3 $ 154.7 $ 166.1 $ 195.2 $ 209.4
Governmental Activities
Governmental net assets increased by $2.8 million. Net revenues o f $ 3 2 . 8
m i l l i o n were more than the prior year by $5.4 million.
General Governmental Charges for services includes donations for the new library which
increased by $2.4 million from the prior year and police extra duty revenues increased by
$0.3 million. These two increases account for $2.7 million of the total $5.4 million
increased revenues. Other sources of increased revenues over the previous fiscal year
are attributed to business licenses, permits, library grants, and Court of Chancery Fees.
Revenue increases totaled $5.6 million. Revenue sources that decreased were
Sanitation fees, transfer taxes, property taxes and red light enforced traffic violation fees
for a total of $0.8 million.
Expenses of $38.3 million reflect an overall increase of $0.7 million from the prior
year. Post-employment benefits and pension benefit costs decreased by $0.9 million.
Other decreases were to library and recreation, community and economic development,
central services and general government. The increases to expense were in public
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safety and public works. Transfers to the Governmental Funds from the Proprietary
Funds decreased $0.6 million.
The chart that follows allocates revenues to program costs as applicable. It shows
that some City functions are in part self-supporting.
Expenses and Program Revenues
Governmental Activities
18.0
16.0
Expenses
14.0
Revenue
12.0
Millions
10.0
8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
General Public Safety Public Works Library & Community & Central Services Financial OPEB
Government Recreation Economic Administration
Development
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.
Revenues by Source - Governmental Activities
Transfer
Taxes
4%
Charges for
service
34%
Property
Taxes
34%
Capital grants
Operating
&
grants &
contributions
contributions
20%
8%
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Management’s Discussion & Analysis – Part B 29
Business-Type Activities
As noted earlier, the business-type activities saw a positive change in net assets of $11.4
million. Both utilities experienced a decrease in revenues which resulted in a
combined net decrease of $9.1 million. The utilities expenses when combined also
decreased in total by $12.5 million.
The water/wastewater utility had a positive change in net assets of $2.9 million. The
utility experienced a slight decrease in operating income of $0.3 million over the
previous year. The decrease in operating income was primarily due to a decrease in
water fees and impact fees, offset by increases in sewer fees and water tank space rent.
The utility experienced a decrease in personnel and operating expenses of $0.2 million.
Non-operating expenses increased $0.2 million as a result of an increase in interest and
fiscal charges. Contractor contributions in the amount of $0.4 million were offset by a
$0.4 million transfer made to the General Fund by the utility during fiscal year 2012.
The electric utility realized a positive change in net assets of $8.5 million. The utility
experienced a decrease in operating revenues of $8.4 million over the previous year as a
result of a combination of an increase in the power cost adjustment credit and lower
kilowatt-hour sales. The power cost adjustment (credit) applied to the energy portion of
the customer bills was implemented to lower electric rates. Operating expenses
decreased as well in total by $12.5 million due to lower power supply cost of $10.7
million as well as a $2.0 million decrease in operating expenses. The decreases were
offset by slight increases in depreciation and retiree healthcare expense totaling $0.2
million. Non-operating revenues and expenses reflect a negative result of $0.7 million.
The negative result is primarily made up of Interest and fiscal charges of $1.3 million
offset by interest earned on both operating and reserve funds as well as an increase in
fair value of investments and gain on sale of assets totaling $0.6 million. Transfers to
the General Fund decreased to $7.9 million from $8.9 million in the preceding year.
Revenues and Expenses Business Type Activities
Electric Revenue
Water/Wastwater
0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0 60.0 70.0 80.0 90.0 100.0
Millions
Total Operating Expenses & Transfers Operating Revenue
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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 balances of the City’s governmental funds at June 30, 2012, were
$5.5 million. This represented a decrease of $2.8 million during the year. Approximately
55% of the combined fund balances, $3.0 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 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 and recreation,
community and economic development, central services and financial administration.
The General Fund balance at June 30, 2012, was $4.9 million, which represents a
d e c r e a s e of $2.3 million from the previous fiscal year. Revenue increases were
primarily due to increased library grants received of $4.0 million and miscellaneous
services which include receipts of $2.4 million in library construction donations; there
were also slight increases in licenses and permits, property taxes and court of chancery
fees. The revenue decreases were in Sanitation fees and rebates. The revenue
increases were offset by larger increases in expenditures as follows: Library Services
which includes expenditures for the new library in the amount of $12.1 million, as well as
other slight increases in police extra duty, financial administration and retiree healthcare
expenditures.
Proprietary Funds
The City’s proprietary funds provide the same type of information found in the
government- wide Financial Statements, but in more detail.
As of June 30, 2012, the Water/Wastewater Fund has net assets of $48.4 million, of
which $8.4 million is unrestricted. The fund’s net assets increased $2.8 million during the
year as explained on page 29. At June 30, 2012, the Electric Fund has net assets
of $117.7 million, of which $25.6 million is unrestricted. This fund experienced an
increase in net assets of $8.5 million during the year as explained on page 29.
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General Fund Budgetary Highlights
During this fiscal year, the City Council amended the budget two times. These budget
amendments or supplemental appropriation ordinances were primarily for the following
purposes:
1. To amend the grant budgets, reserve accounts for the actual results of
the prior fiscal year and to re-appropriate budget balances for ongoing capital
projects.
2. To amend all carried forward budget balances for the major operating funds
from the prior fiscal year, as well as program revenues and expenses based
on the analyses provided by a mid-year review.
The General Fund financials in the Governmental Funds Balance Sheet (page 39) and
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental
Funds (page 41) 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
(page 94-95).
The Governmental Capital Projects Fund – Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balances-Budget to Actual is included in Part D-Required
Supplementary Information (Page 96).
The Final General Fund Budget incorporated the following changes to the Original
Budget. The Budget Balance carried forward from the prior fiscal year was higher by
$0.2 million than was projected. Receipts had a net increase of approximately $0.4
million. The most significant increases were attributed to permits and other licenses,
transfer tax, court of chancery fees and municipal street aid revenues totaling
approximately $0.9 million. The most significant reductions of revenue were in interest
earnings, business licenses, property taxes, trash fees and civil traffic penalties totaling
approximately $0.5 million.
Expenditures were revised to reflect an aggregate increase of $0.5 million. Transfers
to fund the OPEB Unfunded Liability and capital projects fund accounted for most of the
increased budget expense with slight increases in recreation, life safety, streets and
sanitation operations budgets. The net result of these changes was a $0.1 million
decrease in the revised budget balance over the Original Budget Balance (on a non-
GAAP basis).
Actual revenues and other financing sources met the final budgeted amounts in the
General Fund for the current fiscal year. The more significant shortfalls were in
interfund services, municipal street aid and civil traffic penalties and were offset by police
extra duty, transfer tax, and public safety grants revenues netting $0.1 million over
budgeted revenues. Expenditures were approximately $1.0 million under budget as a
result of several operating departments experiencing personnel savings and landfill fees
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in the sanitation division. The General Fund budget balance carry forward was $1.1
million higher than budgeted as 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 $51.7 million and $135.7 million, respectively, in a variety of capital assets and
infrastructure, as reflected in the following schedule, which represents a net increase
of $11.4 million for governmental activities and a net increase of $1.4 million for the
proprietary funds since the end of last fiscal year (presented in millions of dollars).
Additional detailed data for all capital assets of the City is presented in the Notes to the
Basic Financial Statements in Note 4.
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Depreciable Assets, Net
Buildings $ 7.3 $ 7.0 $ - $ - $ 7.3 $ 7.0
Equipment 1.8 1.7 - - 1.8 1.7
Vehicles 1.7 1.5 - - 1.7 1.5
General infrastructure 20.7 20.6 - - 20.7 20.6
Utility, plant, buildings, and
infrastructure - - 127.2 130.5 127.2 130.5
Other 0.5 0.2 - - 0.5 0.2
Non-depreciable Assets
Land 3.9 3.9 1.6 1.6 5.5 5.5
Construction in progress 4.4 16.8 5.5 3.6 9.9 20.4
$ 40.3 $ 51.7 $ 134.3 $ 135.7 $ 174.6 $ 187.4
A summary of debt outstanding at June 30, 2011 and 2012 is as follows which represents
an increase of $3.7 million for the governmental funds and $0.7 million for the proprietary
funds, since the end of last year (presented in millions of dollars):
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
2011 2012 2011 2012 2011 2012
Non-current liabilities
Liability for compensated absences $ 2.6 $ 2.3 $ 0.9 $ 0.8 $ 3.5 $ 3.1
Bonds (net of discount/issuance cost) 1.5 2.1 37.9 38.9 39.4 41.0
OPEB obligation 7.8 11.2 0.6 0.4 8.4 11.6
$ 11.9 $ 15.6 $ 39.4 $ 40.1 $ 51.3 $ 55.7
Additional detailed data for all debt of the City is presented in the Notes to the
Basic Financial Statements in Note 5.
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
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cannot exceed 5% of assessed value of real property within the City boundaries. The
City has used 1.38% of its debt limit.
Economic Factors and Next Year’s Budgets and Rates
The City is expecting the recent trends in housing a n d e co n o m i c gro wt h t o re -
m a in s t a gn a t e . The City developed the fiscal year 2013 budget with the following
changes over fiscal year 2012.
• All temporary positions eliminated
• All vacant positions from 2012 were reviewed. Only those considered critical were
budgeted to be filled, resulting in a reduction of 14 positions
• No pay increases for City employees except where contractually required
• No increases in expenditures unless required by contract or known rate increases
• Negotiations with the collective bargaining units to include a 15% across the board
cost sharing on all health care plans
• Change the transfer policy for the Utility transfers to the General Fund from a
percentage of revenue to a fixed dollar amount to reduce the volatility in General
Fund revenues. The fixed dollar amounts were kept in line with the current dollar
amounts.
• Kept the transfer to the Governmental Capital Project Fund at a level to finance
critical projects or purchases
• Funded the Worker’s Compensation self-insurance fund
• Increased Sanitation fees to fully cover cost of Sanitation division and landfill fees;
this increase covered what would have been a $0.6 million shortfall in the required
8% budget balance requirement for the General Fund.
These actions were incorporated in the budgets across all major funds, even though the
General Fund was the only fund experiencing a budgetary shortfall.
As stated above the governmental capital budgets included critical vehicle replacements
and the continuation of our one major project, the Dover Anchor Library, currently
estimated to cost $20 million. The sources of funding for the Dover Anchor Library
project include a State of Delaware matching grant of 50%, committed fund balance –
Library Construction, a capital campaign of the Dover Library Foundation, and other
grants and donations.
Water and Wastewater growth is also expected to remain level to the prior year due to
slow residential and commercial growth. The City continues towards making major
upgrades in the water and wastewater systems to replace aging infrastructure and
improve water quality and inflow/infiltration. Water rates and wastewater rates will
remain the same as the prior fiscal year. Operational expenses are projected to remain
at the prior year levels other than the changes as highlighted above.
To finance the capital investment plan for the water and wastewater utilities the City
is using a combination of low interest loans provided by the State of Delaware for public
utility projects, impact fees and operating funds of $2.9 million. Capital projects have
been prioritized in order of criticality. The City continues to maintain competitive water
and wastewater rates within the State of Delaware.
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During fiscal year 2012, the City contracted with Burns & McDonnell to update the
Electric Cost of Service study so as to incorporate into the budget lower rates due to
the decline in power supply cost. This resulted in an overall revenue decrease of
12% for the Electric Utility. The utility rates were reduced by class of customer
ranging from 9% to 16%. The Electric Fund will also be utilizing a $5.4 million transfer
from the rate stabilization reserve in order to maintain the required budget balance.
The City anticipates less than one percent growth in the electric utility for the same
reasons as discussed for the water and wastewater utilities. Operational expenses are
projected to decrease as a result of the overall changes to the fiscal year 2013
budget as described above. Capital improvements are planned to be financed with
existing capital reserves and a $3.5 million transfer from operating income.
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. Donna Mitchell,
Controller/Treasurer at 302-736-7018 (TTY/TDD Operator 1-800-855-1155).
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PART - C
BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
S GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
S FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
S NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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The City of Dover
Statement of Net Assets
June 30, 2012
Governmental Business-Type
Activities Activities Total
Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 2,895,605 $ 8,010,528 $ 10,906,133
Investments 4,022,628 23,978,366 28,000,994
Receivables, net 2,785,509 7,492,888 10,278,397
Internal balances 463,832 (463,832) -
Due from other governments 300,491 - 300,491
Inventory, at cost 146,562 3,931,323 4,077,885
Prepaid items 54,368 15,459 69,827
Restricted cash and cash equivalents 857,292 8,521,813 9,379,105
Restricted investments 18,136 26,746,829 26,764,965
Net pension/OPEB assets 263,076 1,409,473 1,672,549
Land and construction in progress 20,718,301 5,202,899 25,921,200
Capital assets, net of depreciation 31,009,638 130,528,414 161,538,052
Total assets 63,535,438 215,374,160 278,909,598
Liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 3,701,738 6,232,357 9,934,095
Unearned revenue 801,533 285,867 1,087,400
Customer deposits - 1,904,431 1,904,431
Other 121,215 748,397 869,612
Non-current liabilities
Due within one year 1,429,065 3,059,437 4,488,503
Due in more than one year 2,936,874 36,648,343 39,585,216
Due in more than one year - OPEB 11,179,542 407,997 11,587,539
Total liabilities 20,169,967 49,286,829 69,456,796
Net Assets:
Invested in capital assets net of
related debt 49,642,124 98,303,263 147,945,387
Restricted for:
Capital construction 38,479 33,836,315 33,874,794
Public Safety 190,520 - 190,520
Other purposes 253,781 - 253,781
Unrestricted (6,759,433) 33,947,753 27,188,320
Total Net Assets $ 43,365,471 $ 166,087,331 $ 209,452,802
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Statement of Activities
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
Net (Expenses) Revenue and
Program Revenue Changes in Net Assets
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 $ 2,002,538 $ (822,211) $ 4,043,168 $ 66,576 $ - $ 2,929,417 $ - $ 2,929,417
Public safety 17,638,304 - 4,803,827 1,196,392 - (11,638,085) - (11,638,085)
Public works 8,625,613 (490,441) 1,903,623 664,036 290,246 (5,277,267) - (5,277,267)
Library and recreation 2,377,363 - 632,824 283,927 6,002,057 4,541,445 - 4,541,445
Community and economic development 773,208 - - 443,120 - (330,088) - (330,088)
Central services 1,315,984 (846,599) - - - (469,385) - (469,385)
Financial administration 2,986,473 (1,839,949) - - - (1,146,524) - (1,146,524)
Other post-employment benefits 6,534,630 - - - - (6,534,630) (6,534,630)
Interest charges 90,161 - - - - (90,161) - (90,161)
Total governmental activities 42,344,274 (3,999,200) 11,383,442 2,654,051 6,292,303 (18,015,278) - (18,015,278)
Business type activities -
Water/wastewater 10,174,421 894,186 13,775,833 - 441,285 - 3,148,511 3,148,511
Electric 74,520,659 3,105,014 93,529,401 - - - 15,903,728 15,903,728
Total business type activities 84,695,080 3,999,200 107,305,234 - 441,285
Total Primary Government $ 127,039,354 $ - $ 118,688,676 $ 2,654,051 $ 6,733,588 $ (18,015,278) $ 19,052,239 $ 1,036,961
General revenues
Taxes
Property taxes 11,050,198 - 11,050,198
Transfer taxes 1,373,103 - 1,373,103
Earnings on investments 141,925 630,420 772,345
Total general revenues 12,565,226 630,420 13,195,646
Transfers 8,300,796 (8,300,796) -
Total general revenues and transfers 20,866,022 (7,670,376) 13,195,646
Changes in net assets 2,850,744 11,381,863 14,232,607
Net assets beginning 40,514,727 154,705,468 195,220,195
Net assets ending $ 43,365,471 $ 166,087,331 $ 209,452,802
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Governmental Funds Balance Sheet
June 30, 2012
Other Total
General Governmental Governmental
Fund Funds Funds
Assets:
Cash and Cash Equivalents $ 2,428,006 $ - $ 2,428,006
Restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents 99,528 757,764 857,292
Investments 3,412,604 - 3,412,604
Restricted Investments 18,136 - 18,136
Receivables, net
Accounts 2,380,970 114,476 2,495,446
Taxes 270,499 - 270,499
Due from Other Funds
Charges 650,228 135,697 785,925
Due from Other Governments - 300,491 300,491
Prepaid Items 30,019 13,099 43,118
Inventory, at cost 146,562 - 146,562
Total Assets $ 9,436,552 $ 1,321,527 $ 10,758,079
Liabilities:
Accounts Payable $ 2,828,599 $ 398,858 $ 3,227,457
Deferred Revenue 1,473,133 162,503 1,635,636
Due to Other Funds
Charges 144,726 176,262 320,988
Other 121,215 - 121,215
Total liabilities 4,567,673 737,623 5,305,296
Fund Balances:
Non-spendable 198,175 13,099 211,274
Restricted 83,356 399,424 482,780
Committed 920,475 - 920,475
Assigned 658,890 171,381 830,271
Unassigned 3,007,983 - 3,007,983
Total fund balances 4,868,879 583,904 5,452,783
Total liabilities and fund balances $ 9,436,552 $ 1,321,527 $ 10,758,079
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Reconciliation of Governmental Fund Balances
To Government-Wide Net Assets
June 30, 2012
Total fund balances for governmental funds (Page 39) $ 5,452,783
Total net assets reported for governmental activities in the statement of net
assets is different because:
Capital assets used in governmental activities are not current financial resources
and, therefore, are not reported in the funds. 51,727,939
Other assets are not available to pay for current period expenditures and,
therefore, are deferred in the funds. 834,103
The net pension asset resulting from contributions in excess of the annual
required contribution (police and employee) is not a current financial resource,
and, therefore, is not reported in the governmental funds.
Police Pension Plan $ 198,350
General Pension Plan 64,726 263,076
An internal service fund (page 44) is used by the City to charge the cost of the
workers' compensation fund. The net assets of the internal service fund are
included in governmental activities in the statement of net assets. 633,051
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 assets.
Compensated absences represent amounts accrued for sick leave for those
employees who are vested and accrued vacation for all employees.
The net OPEB obligation resulting from contributions less than the
annual required contribution (general) is not a use of current
financial resources, and therefore, is not reported in the governmental
funds.
Current-
General Obligation Bonds $ (420,000)
Compensated Absences (1,009,065)
(1,429,065)
Long-Term-
General Obligation Bonds, net of discount $ (1,665,815)
Compensated Absences (1,271,059)
Net OPEB Obligation (11,179,542)
(14,116,416) (15,545,481)
Total net assets of governmental activities (Page 37) $ 43,365,471
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
Other Total
General Governmental Governmental
Fund Funds Funds
Revenues
Fines $ 684,012 $ 518,603 $ 1,202,615
Library revenue- general 53,101 - 53,101
Library revenue county reimbursement 422,721 - 422,721
Licenses and permits 2,816,866 - 2,816,866
Sanitation fees and rebates 1,903,623 - 1,903,623
Recreation - 44,522 44,522
Miscellaneous services 3,939,634 660 3,940,294
Property taxes 11,089,429 - 11,089,429
Transfer taxes - 1,373,103 1,373,103
Grants received 6,865,165 2,044,593 8,909,758
Court of Chancery fees 863,220 - 863,220
Investment income 116,870 535 117,405
Total revenues 28,754,641 3,982,016 32,736,657
Expenditures
Current:
General government 1,093,772 - 1,093,772
Library services 13,219,138 299,431 13,518,569
Public safety and law enforcement 16,478,602 523,017 17,001,619
Public works 1,649,460 424,601 2,074,061
Recreational services 827,230 - 827,230
Streets and sanitation services 3,280,165 - 3,280,165
Financial administration 902,009 - 902,009
Garage and stores 503,036 - 503,036
Insurance 198,241 - 198,241
Retiree health care 1,614,241 - 1,614,241
Employee pension 1,545,000 - 1,545,000
Community and economic development 216,803 556,405 773,208
Street lights 986,430 - 986,430
Debt Service:
Principal retirement 275,000 - 275,000
Interest and fiscal charges 52,734 - 52,734
Bond issuance costs 27,255 - 27,255
Total expenditures 42,869,116 1,803,454 44,672,570
Excess (deficiency) of revenues over (under) expenditures (14,114,475) 2,178,562 (11,935,913)
Other financing sources and uses
Proceeds from sale of bonds 851,500 - 851,500
Transfers in 10,956,297 2,907 10,959,204
Transfers out (2,907) (2,655,501) (2,658,408)
Total other financing sources and uses 11,804,890 (2,652,594) 9,152,296
Net change in fund balances (2,309,585) (474,032) (2,783,617)
Fund balances at beginning of year 7,760,608 1,057,936 8,818,544
Prior Period Adjustment - Deferred Revenue (582,144) - (582,144)
Fund balances at beginning of year - Restated 7,178,464 1,057,936 8,236,400
Fund balances at end of year $ 4,868,879 $ 583,904 $ 5,452,783
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
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, 2012
Net change in fund balances--total governmental funds (Page 41) $ (2,783,617)
The change in net assets reported for governmental activities in the statement of activities is
different because:
Governmental fund reports capital outlays as expenditures. However, in the statement of
activities the cost of those 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 $ 13,927,289
Loss on assets transferred in and not fully depreciated (45,880)
Current Year depreciation and amortization (2,492,608) 11,388,801
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 assets. 275,000
Changes in other assets are not available to pay for current period expenditures and therefore
are deferred in the funds. (457,816)
The issuance of long-term debt (e.g., bonds, leases) provides current financial resources to
governmental funds, while the repayment of the principal of long-term debt consumes the current
financial resources of governmental funds. Neither transaction, however, has any effect on net
assets. Also, governmental funds report the effect of issuance costs, premiums, discounts, and
similar items when debt is first issued, whereas these amounts are deferred and amortized in the
statement of activities. This amount is the net effect of these differences in the treatment of long-
term debt and related items.
Amortization of 2003 Bond Issuance costs $ (10,172)
2012 Library Construction Loan Proceeds (851,500) (861,672)
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.
Decrease in compensated absences $ 306,544
Increase in net pension asset - Police Plan (337,461)
Increase in net pension asset - General Pension Plan (21,236)
Increase in net OPEB obligation - General Fund (3,354,153) (3,406,306)
An internal service fund is used by the City to charge the costs of workers' compensation
insurance to individual funds. The change in net assets 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. (1,303,646)
Change in net assets of governmental activities (Page 38) $ 2,850,744
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Statement of Net Assets - Proprietary Funds
June 30, 2012
Enterprise Funds Governmental
Water/ Electric Activities -
Wastewater Revenue Internal
Fund Fund Total Service Fund
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,571,836 $ 6,438,692 $ 8,010,528 $ 467,599
Investments 6,999,674 16,978,692 23,978,366 610,024
Receivables, net 855,506 6,637,382 7,492,888 19,564
Due from other funds-charges 72 24,590 24,662 -
Inventory 67,789 3,863,534 3,931,323 -
Prepaid items 477 14,982 15,459 11,250
Total current assets 9,495,354 33,957,872 43,453,226 1,108,437
Non-current assets:
Restricted assets
Cash 1,432,327 7,089,486 8,521,813 -
Investments 3,911,530 22,835,299 26,746,829 -
Net pension/OPEB asset 201,122 1,208,351 1,409,473 -
Land and construction in progress 2,955,819 2,247,080 5,202,899 -
Capital assets, net of depreciation 42,544,676 87,983,738 130,528,414 -
Total non-current assets 51,045,474 121,363,954 172,409,428 -
Total assets 60,540,828 155,321,826 215,862,654 1,108,437
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued expenses 470,654 5,761,703 6,232,357 475,386
Due to other funds - charges 128,396 360,098 488,494 -
Deferred revenue - 285,867 285,867 -
Accrued interest payable 118,370 630,027 748,397 -
Customer deposits - 1,904,431 1,904,431 -
Revenue bonds payable 687,230 2,110,000 2,797,230 -
Liability for compensated absences 81,961 180,247 262,207 -
Total current liabilities 1,486,611 11,232,373 12,718,983 475,386
Non-current liabilities:
Net OPEB Obligation 407,997 - 407,997 -
Revenue bonds payable 10,178,124 25,885,025 36,063,149 -
Liability for compensated absences 102,374 482,819 585,194 -
Total non-current liabilities 10,688,495 26,367,844 37,056,340 -
Total liabilities 12,175,106 37,600,217 49,775,323 475,386
Net Assets
Invested in capital assets, net of related debt 36,067,468 62,235,795 98,303,263 -
Restricted for capital construction 3,911,530 29,924,785 33,836,315 -
Unrestricted 8,386,724 25,561,029 33,947,753 633,051
Total net assets $ 48,365,722 $ 117,721,609 $ 166,087,331 $ 633,051
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and
Changes in Fund Net Assets- Proprietary Funds
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
Enterprise Funds Governmental
Water/ Electric Activities -
Wastewater Revenue Internal
Fund Fund Total Service Funds
Operating Revenues
Charges for services $ 11,481,030 $ 91,947,980 $ 103,429,010 $ -
Miscellaneous services/income 2,294,803 1,581,421 3,876,224 564,887
Total operating revenues 13,775,833 93,529,401 107,305,234 564,887
Operating Expenses
Water/wastewater services 7,637,920 - 7,637,920 -
General administrative 1,041,868 5,223,149 6,265,017 1,769,964
Power supply - 58,929,133 58,929,133 -
Transmission/distribution - 3,023,566 3,023,566 -
Engineering - 1,163,379 1,163,379 -
Metering - 205,791 205,791 -
Systems operations - 498,063 498,063 -
Utility tax - 1,548,209 1,548,209 -
Depreciation 1,603,159 4,783,444 6,386,603 -
Contractual services - - - 31,100
Taxes - - - 24,337
Retirees healthcare 383,765 1,015,731 1,399,496 -
Self insurance-workers' compensation - - - 67,652
Total operating expenses 10,666,712 76,390,465 87,057,177 1,893,053
Operating income 3,109,121 17,138,936 20,248,057 (1,328,166)
Non-operating Revenues (Expenses)
Interest earned:
Operating funds 43,089 120,876 163,965 -
Reserve funds 66,519 348,640 415,159 19,987
Net increase in fair value of investments 6,096 45,200 51,296 4,533
Interest and fiscal charges (403,597) (1,283,174) (1,686,771) -
Gain on sale of assets 1,702 47,966 49,668 -
Total non-operating revenue (expenses) (286,191) (720,492) (1,006,683) 24,520
Income before contributions and transfers 2,822,930 16,418,444 19,241,374 (1,303,646)
Contractor contributions - infrastructure 441,285 - 441,285 -
Transfers out (424,508) (7,876,288) (8,300,796) -
Change in net assets 2,839,707 8,542,156 11,381,863 (1,303,646)
Total net assets--beginning 45,526,015 109,179,453 154,705,468 1,936,697
Total net assets--ending $ 48,365,722 $ 117,721,609 $ 166,087,331 $ 633,051
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Statement of Cash Flows - Proprietary Funds
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
Enterprise Funds Governmental
Water Electric Activities -
Wastewater Revenue Internal
Fund Fund Total Service Fund
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Receipts from customers $ 13,847,970 $ 94,594,624 $ 108,442,594 $ -
Payments to suppliers (including purchased power) (7,773,310) (65,156,443) (72,929,753) (101,532)
Payments to employees (1,795,746) (4,380,958) (6,176,704) -
Payments of personnel related costs (730,933) (1,482,394) (2,213,327) 24,528
Internal activity--payments from (to) other funds (23,539) - (23,539) (27,430)
Other receipts (payments) including claims paid (417,882) (2,889,132) (3,307,014) (941,397)
Net cash provided by operating activities 3,106,560 20,685,697 23,792,257 (1,045,831)
Cash Flows from Noncapital
Financing Activities
Transfers out (424,508) (7,876,288) (8,300,796) -
Net cash used by noncapital financing activities (424,508) (7,876,288) (8,300,796) -
Cash Flows from Capital and
Related Financing Activities
Acquisition and construction of capital assets (4,114,070) (3,194,082) (7,308,152) -
Proceeds from capital debt 3,249,161 - 3,249,161 -
Bond issuance costs (59,222) - (59,222) -
Principal paid on revenue bond maturities (388,009) (2,060,000) (2,448,009) -
Interest paid on capital debt (253,649) (1,287,479) (1,541,128) -
Net cash used by capital and related financing activities (1,565,789) (6,541,561) (8,107,350) -
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Interest on investments 43,089 120,876 163,965 -
Redemption of investment securities - - - 974,491
Purchase of investment securities (4,116,308) (8,395,453) (12,511,761) 24,520
Interest on restricted cash 66,519 348,640 415,159 -
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities (4,006,700) (7,925,937) (11,932,637) 999,011
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (2,890,437) (1,658,089) (4,548,526) (46,820)
Balances--beginning of the year 5,894,600 15,186,267 21,080,867 514,419
Balances--end of the year $ 3,004,163 $ 13,528,178 $ 16,532,341 $ 467,599
Reconciliation of operating income to net cash provided
(used) by operating activities:
Operating income (loss) $ 3,109,121 $ 17,138,936 $ 20,248,057 $ (1,328,166)
Adjustments to reconcile operating income to net cash
provided by operating activities:
Depreciation expense 1,603,159 4,783,444 6,386,603 -
Changes in assets and liabilities
(Increase)/decrease in receivables 52,127 895,194 947,321 (15,564)
(Increase)/decrease in due from other funds 20,010 1,995 22,005 500
(Increase)/decrease in inventory 32,349 154,195 186,544 -
(Increase)/decrease in prepaid items 708 369,943 370,651 56,402
Increase/(decrease) in accounts payable and accrued expenses (1,499,370) (1,462,579) (2,961,949) 240,997
Increase/(decrease) in deferred revenue - 91,845 91,845 -
Increase/(decrease) in due to other funds (18,539) (51,100) (69,639) -
Increase/(decrease) in customer deposits - 76,189 76,189 -
Increase/(decrease) in liability for compensated absences (13,523) 7,261 (6,262) -
Increase/(decrease) in NPO/NPA for Pension (167,391) (1,139,972) (1,307,363) -
Increase/(decrease) in NPO/NPA for OPEB (12,091) (179,654) (191,745) -
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities $ 3,106,560 $ 20,685,697 $ 23,792,257 $ (1,045,831)
Non-cash investing, capital and financing activities:
Change in fair value of investments $ 6,096 $ 45,200 $ 51,296 $4,533
Capital contributions - infrastructure 441,285 - 441,285 -
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets
June 30, 2012
Pension OPEB
Trust Trust Agency
Funds Fund Funds
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,462,787 $ 748,815 $ 453,410
Investments at fair value - Mutual Funds 31,273,526 10,165,607 -
Receivables - - 54,854
Prepaid items - - 3,140
Total assets 32,736,313 10,914,422 511,404
Liabilities
Accounts payable - 1,250 56,270
Due to agencies - - 455,134
Total liabilities - 1,250 $ 511,404
Net Assets held in trust for retirement benefits $ 32,736,313 $ 10,913,172
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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The City of Dover
Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
Pension OPEB
Trust Trust
Funds Fund
Additions:
Net investment income/(loss) $ (39,822) $ 236,936
City's contribution- payroll based 354,034 1,068,895
City's contribution- lump sum 2,883,900 4,512,845
Employee contribution 279,092 -
State insurance premium tax proceeds 561,772 -
Other 11,519 63,571
Total additions to net assets 4,050,495 5,882,247
Deductions:
Benefit payments 4,736,089 1,974,870
General administration 31,405 42,192
Refund of pension contribution 109,354 -
Total deductions from net assets 4,876,848 2,017,062
Changes in net assets (826,353) 3,865,185
Net assets - beginning 33,562,666 7,047,987
Net assets - ending $ 32,736,313 $ 10,913,172
See accompanying notes to financial statements
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
INDEX
1. FINANCIAL REPORTING ENTITY ............................................................................ 51
A. THE CITY ............................................................................................................................................... 51
B. REPORTING ENTITY................................................................................................................................ 51
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES.................................................................. 52
A. BASIS OF PRESENTATION ....................................................................................................................... 52
B. BASIS OF ACCOUNTING AND MEASUREMENT FOCUS ................................................................................ 54
C. CAPITAL ASSETS AND LONG-TERM LIABILITES ......................................................................................... 55
D. BUDGET PROCEDURES........................................................................................................................... 55
E. MAJOR TRANSFERS ............................................................................................................................... 56
F. INVENTORIES AND PREPAID ITEMS .......................................................................................................... 57
G. CASH AND INVESTMENTS ........................................................................................................................ 57
H. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE......................................................................................................................... 57
I. RESTRICTED ASSETS ............................................................................................................................. 57
J. UNBILLED SERVICE RECEIVABLES ........................................................................................................... 57
K. BOND ACCOUNTS/ISSUANCE COSTS ....................................................................................................... 58
L. FUND EALANCES AND NET ASSETS ......................................................................................................... 58
M. ESTIMATES ............................................................................................................................................ 58
3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS .............................................................................. 59
A. CASH IN BANK AND CASH EQUIVALENTS.................................................................................................. 59
B. INVESTMENTS ........................................................................................................................................ 59
4. CAPITAL ASSETS .................................................................................................... 62
5. LONG-TERM OBLIGATIONS .................................................................................... 64
A. SUMMARY OF BONDED INDEBTEDNESS BY ISSUE ..................................................................................... 64
B. STATUS AS OF JUNE 30, 2009 – GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS ............................................................... 64
C. CHANGE IN LONG-TERM DEBT ................................................................................................................ 65
D. DEBT SERVICE REQUIREMENTS .............................................................................................................. 67
E. BOND DISCOUNTS/ISSUANCE COST UNAMORTIZED .................................................................................. 69
6. RESTRICTED ASSETS ............................................................................................. 69
7. FUND BALANCES AND NET ASSETS .................................................................... 70
8. PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT-DEFERRED REVENUE ......................................... 71
9. PROPERTY TAXES ................................................................................................... 71
10. INTERFUND RECEIVABLES, PAYABLES AND TRANSFERS ............................... 72
A. DUE TO/FROM OTHER FUNDS – CHARGES AND ALLOCATIONS .................................................................. 72
B. INTERFUND TRANSFERS ......................................................................................................................... 72
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11. RENTAL INCOME ..................................................................................................... 73
12. MATERIAL COMMITMENTS ..................................................................................... 73
13. FORWARD CONTRACTS ......................................................................................... 74
14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS ........................................................................................... 75
15. INSURANCE .............................................................................................................. 76
A. HEALTH INSURANCE - STATE OF DELAWARE ............................................................................................ 76
B. W ORKERS’ COMPENSATION FUND - SELF-INSURANCE ............................................................................. 76
C. OTHER THAN HEALTH OR W ORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE ........................................................... 76
16. COMPENSATED ABSENCES................................................................................... 76
17. OTHER POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS ............................................................... 77
18. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN ....................................................................... 80
19. RETIREMENT PLANS ............................................................................................... 81
A. DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN ............................................................................................................... 81
B. DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS ....................................................................................................................... 81
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
1. FINANCIAL REPORTING ENTITY
A. The City
The City of Dover 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, 2012.
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 Accounting
Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). The criterion
used is that set forth by Statement of Governmental Accounting Standards number 14,
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.
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2. 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:
A. Basis of Presentation
Government-wide Statements: The statement of net assets 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.
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
to 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, 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 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, 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 govern-
mental funds are aggregated and reported as non-major funds.
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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.
Electric Revenue Fund
This fund incorporates all transactions related to the generation, transmission and
distribution of electricity. The City has contracted with both PACE Global 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 triennially to insure sufficient
reserves for claims for the Workers’ Compensation Fund.
Special Revenue Funds
The City has ten 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, and the Other Post Employment Benefit Trust. The
activity of these plans is accounted for in the Basic Financial Statements.
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 three agency
funds.
The City acts as the receiving and paying agent for the Downtown Dover Partnership,
Fourth of July Celebration Committee, and Dover Library Foundation.
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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 for which they are levied provided
they are “available”- i.e., they are collected in the current period or are expected to be
collected soon enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities of 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.
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. 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 fund. Principal
operating revenue for proprietary funds is charges to customers for sales and services.
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.
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As permitted by GASB Statement No. 20, with regards to its Enterprise funds the City
has elected to apply all applicable GASB pronouncements and all FASB Statements
and interpretations, Accounting Principles Board (APB) Opinions and Accounting
Research Bulletins (ARB) issued on or before November 30, 1989, unless they conflict
with or contradict GASB pronouncements.
C. 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 assets are
shown at a fair market value as of the date of donation. 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 4 - 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.
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 - 50 years
Improvements 10 - 20 years
Equipment 5 - 15 years
Vehicles 4 - 7 years
D. 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, Community Development Block Grant Fund
(Federal), State Department of Transportation Grants Fund (Community Trans-
portation), and Library Grants Fund.
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The General Governmental Capital Project 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.
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 budget and actual schedules (in the legal budget format (non-GAAP), adopted by
the City) for the General Fund, the City’s major governmental fund, are presented in the
Required Supplementary Information Section of this report. The Governmental Capital
Project Fund is budgeted as part of the General Fund and is also presented in the
Required Supplementary Information Section of this report. The budget and actual
schedules of the other funds are presented in the supplementary information section of
this report because they are “not required.”
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 major operating funds of the City are required to
maintain an 8% minimum ending budget balance expressed as a percentage of
operating revenues excluding the beginning budget balance.
E. Major Transfers
The Electric Revenue Fund and Water/Wastewater Fund annually transfer a budgeted
portion of their revenues to the General Fund. In this fiscal year transfers were also
made from the Realty Transfer Tax Fund, Municipal Street Aid Fund, Electronic Red
Light Safety Program (ERLSP) Fund, State Department of Transportation (D.O.T.)
Fund, and Police Grant Fund 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.
All transfers between the General Fund and the non-major governmental funds are
netted in the government-wide financial statements.
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F. 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 expenses
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.
G. Cash and Investments
The City's cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, demand deposits,
certificate of deposits and short-term investments with original maturities of three
months or less from the date of acquisition. Investments consist of United States
Government and its agencies notes and bonds, corporate bonds and common stocks
and open-end mutual funds. The fair value of investments is determined by current
market value.
H. 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 $150,863
Water/Wastewater Fund 103,234
Electric Revenue Fund 426,651
I. 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, 2012 total $36,144,070 including cash and cash
equivalents of $9,379,105 and $26,764,965 in investments. Of this amount, $875,428
is attributed to governmental activities and $35,268,642 is attributable to business-type
activities.
J. 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
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the end of the fiscal year. Billing information which is unreported by June 30, 2012, by
the operating departments is billed and accounted for in the month the information is
received.
K. Bond Accounts/Issuance Costs
In governmental funds, bond discounts and issuance costs are recognized in the
current period. Bond discounts and issuance costs for Proprietary Funds and in the
government-wide financial statements are deferred and amortized over the term of the
bonds using the straight-line method. Bond discounts and issuance costs are
presented as a reduction of the face amount of bonds payable.
L. Fund Balances and Net Assets
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:
• Non-spendables are 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.
• Restricted are amounts that can be spent only for specific purposes because of
the City Charter, the City Code, state or federal laws, or externally imposed
conditions by grantors or creditors.
• Committed are amounts that can be used only for specific purposes determined
by a formal action, either a City ordinance or resolution, which is approved by
City Council majority vote the highest level of decision-making authority.
• Assigned are amounts that are designated by city management for a particular
purpose but are not spendable until a budget ordinance is passed or there is a
majority vote approval (for capital projects or debt service) by City Council.
• Unassigned fund balance represents the amount available for appropriation.
The city considers restricted, committed, or assigned amounts to have been spent
when a related expenditure is incurred. Proprietary funds report net assets in three
categories:
1) invested in capital assets net of related debt;
2) restricted net assets; and
3) unrestricted net assets.
Fund balances and net assets are further explained in Note 7.
M. 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.
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3. DEPOSITS AND INVESTMENTS
A. Cash in Bank and Cash Equivalents
Custodial credit risk – deposits. The bank collateralizes the City of Dover’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 either full faith and credit obligations of
the United States Government or fixed rate obligations of agencies or instruments of
the United States Government. The Custodian holds the Collateral in a separately
designated pledge account in the name of the City.
On June 30, 2012, the carrying amount of unrestricted cash totaled $10,906,133 and
the bank cash balances totaled $10,547,880. The carrying amount of restricted cash
totaled $9,379,105 and the bank cash balances on restricted accounts totaled
$9,370,862. The restricted deposits are held by the City for bond related transactions,
special purpose operating and capital grants. Fiduciary fund deposits of $2,665,012
are excluded.
B. Investments
The City Council has adopted an investment policy which is reviewed every two years
and updated as needed for best practices. The Pension Boards have their own distinct
investment policy over the Pension Trust funds since the objectives differ from those of
the City. The City investments are segregated from the Pension Trust investments for
clarity. As of June 30, 2012, the City had the following investments:
i. Investments Held by Third Party Custodian
Investment Type Fair Value (Years)
Government-Wide:
Fixed income securities:
U.S. Government Treasuries $ 11,413,942 2.68
U. S. Government Agencies 22,740,188 2.53
Municipal Obligations 1,868,408 3.40
Corporate Bonds 15,412,983 1.86
Certificate of Deposit 3,270,380 1.06
Fair Value of fixed income securities 54,705,901
Portfolio weighted average maturity 2.31
Other investments:
Money Market Mutual Funds & Certificate of Deposit 36,900
Equity Stock and Other 23,158
Total Other Investments 60,058
Total Government-Wide Investments $ 54,765,959
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 to a
maximum maturity of 10 years from the date of purchase. For most other securities,
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the maximum maturity is five years from the date of purchase. Short-term cash flow
balances are invested up to one year.
The investments are held in the City’s name at a third party custodian.
Credit risk: The City’s investment policy is to apply 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.
As of June 30, 2012, the City’s fixed income and short-term investments had the following
risk characteristics as compared to the Standard’s & Poor’s:
Authorized Investments Policy Minimum Rating Category Portfolio Ratings Percent Allocation
U.S. Government N/A AAA 20.86%
U.S. Government Agency N/A AAA 41.57%
Certificates of Deposit and Short-Term A-1 Short-Term A-1+ 5.98%
Time Deposits Long-Term AA Long-Term AA-
Corporate Debt Issued by a US Corporation
Commercial Paper A-1 N/A
Corporate Notes/Bonds AA AA- to AAA 28.17%
Repurchase Agreements Short-Term A-1 N/A
Long-Term AA
Registered Investment Companies
AAAm AAAm
(money market funds)
Municipal Obligations AA AA- to AAA 3.42%
Concentration of credit risk: The City has sector and issuer limitations on its investment
portfolio as follows:
Authorized Investments Sector and Issuer Restrictions
U.S. Government Up to 100% per sector
U.S. Government Agency Up to 100% per sector
Certificates of Deposits and Time Deposits Up to 25% per sector; 5% per issuer
Corporate Debt
Commercial Paper Up to 25% per sector; 5% per issuer
Corporate Notes/Bonds Up to 50% per sector; 5% per issuer
Repurchase Agreements Up to 25% per sector
Registered Investment Companies
Up to 25% per sector
(money market funds)
Municipal Obligations Up to 30% per sector; 5% per issuer
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ii. Investments Held for Employee Post Retirement Benefits
Investment Type Fair Value (Years)
Other Postemployment Benefits (OPEB) and Pension Funds
(Trustee held):
Corporate Bonds - OPEB Trust $ 3,148,635 4.85
Short-term corporate bond open-end mutual funds 7,061,875 2.70
Intermediate-term corporate bond open-end mutual funds 3,649,672 6.50
Fair value of fixed income investments 13,860,182
Portfolio weighted average maturity 4.68
Other investments:
Domestic equity open-end mutual funds 17,302,430
International equity open-end mutual funds 10,276,521
Fair value of other investments 27,578,951
Total fair value OPEB and pension funds $ 41,439,133
The Pension Trust and OPEB Trust have their investments exclusively in open-end mutual
funds, with limits on its investments as follows:
Authorized Investments Target% Benchmark
Domestic Equities:
Large Value 14.00% S&P 500 Value
Mid-Cap Value 9.00% MSCI US Mid Cap 450 Index USD
Large Growth 12.70% S&P 500 Growth
Small Value 5.00% S&P 600 Value
Global Equities:
World Stock 18.10% MSCI AC World Index NS USD
International
Foreign Large Value 6.50% MSCI EAFE Large Value NR USD
Fixed Income
Short Term Bonds 11.10% Barclays US Govt/Credit 1-3 YR TR USD
Intermediate Term Bonds 21.90% Barclays US Govt/Credit 5-10 YR TR USD
Cash & Cash Equivalents 2.00% BofA ML 3-month T-bill total return index
Custodial credit risk-investments: For an investment, this 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, it is the City’s policy to have its investments held at a third party
custodian in the City’s name.
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4. CAPITAL ASSETS
A summary of the Capital asset activity for the year ended June 30, 2012 is presented
below:
Beginning Ending
Balance Increases Decreases Balance
Governmental activities:
Capital assets, not being depreciated
Land $ 3,958,887 $ - $ - $ 3,958,887
Construction in progress 4,353,219 12,406,195 - 16,759,414
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 8,312,106 12,406,195 - 20,718,301
Capital assets, being depreciated:
Buildings 10,941,377 - - 10,941,377
Furniture and fixtures 180,350 - - 180,350
Equipment 6,945,986 278,938 259,270 6,965,654
Vehicles 4,701,285 311,855 335,481 4,677,659
Lights 614,531 - - 614,531
Improvements other than buildings 38,768,648 930,301 2,234 39,696,715
Books and audio visuals 8,115 - - 8,115
D.R.M.O. police equipment 46,701 - 46,701 -
Total capital assets, being depreciated 62,206,993 1,521,094 643,686 63,084,401
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Buildings (3,660,115) (256,721) - (3,916,836)
Furniture and fixtures (163,669) (6,296) - (169,965)
Equipment (5,104,771) (388,680) 246,002 (5,247,449)
Vehicles (2,998,303) (483,338) 305,103 (3,176,538)
Lights (445,230) (9,952) - (455,182)
Improvements other than buildings (17,753,036) (1,347,621) - (19,100,657)
Books and audio visuals (8,136) - - (8,136)
D.R.M.O. police equipment (46,701) - 46,701 -
Total accumulated depreciation (30,179,961) (2,492,608) 597,806 (32,074,763)
Total capital assets, being depreciated, net 32,027,032 (971,514) 45,880 31,009,638
Governmental activities capital assets, net $ 40,339,138 $ 11,434,681 $ 45,880 $ 51,727,939
(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 424,809 981,729 617,524 789,014
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 1,882,875 981,729 617,524 2,247,080
Capital assets, being depreciated
Buildings 17,383,566 73,062 - 17,456,628
Production 63,408,937 1,201,462 - 64,610,399
Transmission 32,558,944 625,968 78,164 33,106,748
Distribution 59,824,248 956,948 100,831 60,680,365
Administration 1,551,280 82,737 - 1,634,017
Vehicles 622,236 48,238 30,378 640,096
Total capital assets, being depreciated 175,349,211 2,988,415 209,373 178,128,253
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Buildings (10,992,065) (408,243) - (11,400,308)
Production (39,931,442) (1,485,180) - (41,416,622)
Transmission (9,206,982) (1,173,393) 35,821 (10,344,554)
Distribution (23,817,302) (1,563,452) 58,487 (25,322,267)
Administration (1,102,778) (93,767) - (1,196,545)
Vehicles (435,188) (59,409) 30,378 (464,219)
Total accumulated depreciation (85,485,757) (4,783,444) 124,686 (90,144,515)
Total capital assets, being depreciated, net 89,863,454 (1,795,029) 84,687 87,983,738
Total electric revenue fund capital assets, net 91,746,329 (813,300) 702,211 90,230,818
Water/Wastewater Fund
Capital assets, not being depreciated
Land 163,240 - - 163,240
Construction in progress 5,052,761 3,778,547 6,038,729 2,792,579
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 5,216,001 3,778,547 6,038,729 2,955,819
Capital assets, being depreciated
Plant, wells, pumping stations, and storage 15,645,634 72,866 - 15,718,500
Distribution mains, hydrants, and accessories 16,828,436 845,137 - 17,673,573
Sewage plant mains, and pumping stations 25,868,143 5,712,426 - 31,580,569
Vehicles and equipment 4,441,025 186,903 49,073 4,578,855
Total capital assets, being depreciated 62,783,238 6,817,332 49,073 69,551,497
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Plant, wells, pumping stations, and storage (6,382,895) (325,902) - (6,708,797)
Distribution mains, hydrant, and accessories (5,470,117) (340,275) - (5,810,392)
Sewage plant mains, and pumping stations (10,514,667) (650,294) - (11,164,961)
Vehicles and equipment (3,085,056) (286,688) 49,073 (3,322,671)
Total accumulated depreciation (25,452,735) (1,603,159) 49,073 (27,006,821)
Total capital assets, being depreciated, net 37,330,503 5,214,173 - 42,544,676
Total water/wastewater fund capital assets, net 42,546,504 8,992,720 6,038,729 45,500,495
Business-type activities capital assets, net $ 134,292,833 $ 8,179,420 $ 6,740,940 $ 135,731,313
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Depreciation expense was charged to functions/ programs of the primary government
as follows:
Governmental activities:
General government $ 17,029
Central services 96,352
Public safety 459,138
Public works 1,644,731
Library and recreation 199,014
Financial administration 76,344
Total depreciation expense - governmental activities $ 2,492,608
5. LONG -TERM OBLIGATIONS
A. Summary of Bonded Indebtedness by Issue
Original Remaining Interest Maturity Arbitrage Purpose
Governmental Activities
2003 General Obligation Bonds $3,430,000 $1,275,000 3.870% 7/1/04 - 7/1/16 No Refunding of '92 &'95 issues
2012 General Obligation Bonds $4,700,000 $851,500 2.600% 5/25/13 - No Construction of New Library, Street Paving
5/25/32 Program, Installation of City Hall Sprinkler System
Business Type Activities
Water/Wastewater Bonds
2000 State of Delaware - $750,000 $365,083 3.600% 10/1/00 - 4/1/20 No Wastewater Pump Station # 7 - Leipsic
Revolving Loan Fund - Municipal
Revenue
2003 Revenue Bonds $7,980,000 $2,610,000 3.790% 7/1/04 - 7/1/23 Yes Complete refund 1986B Series; partial refunding
1993 and 1993A Series; expansion and upgrades
of water and sanitary sewer systems
2009 State of Delaware - $5,581,059 $5,581,059 2.000% 12/1/12 - No Pump station replacements/upgrades and sanitary
Revolving Loan Fund - Municipal 12/1/31 sewer main relining
Revenue
2010 State of Delaware - $2,404,017 $2,354,745 2.470% 4/1/12 - 10/1/30 No Water quality improvements and main
Revolving Loan Fund - Municipal replacements
Revenue
2011 State of Delaware - $765,060 $65,822 2.000% Est. 12/31/31 No Construction in progress - Pump station
Revolving Loan Fund - Municipal replacements/upgrades and sanitary sewer main
Revenue relining; Maturity date will be set at project
completion
(Coverage ratio on Water/Wastewater Bonds requires net revenues to be at least 1.2 times the maximum annual debt service)
Electric Revenue Bonds
2010 Revenue Bonds $8,810,000 $7,140,000 1.777% 7/1/11 - 7/1/15 Yes Complete refund 2004 Series
2008 Revenue Bonds $22,200,000 $21,080,000 4.810% 7/1/09 - 7/1/33 Yes Expansion and upgrades of electric system
(Coverage ratio on Electric Bonds requires net revenues to be at least 1.25 times the maximum annual debt service)
B. Status as of June 30, 2012 – General Obligation Bonds
Long-term indebtedness of the City of Dover consists of the following general purpose
General Obligation Bonds:
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2003 Series $1,275,000
2012 Series 851,500
$2,126,500
The 2012 Series General Obligation Bonds represent proceeds from drawdowns on a
bank qualified loan during the construction period of the projects financed. The projects
financed by the approved issue of $4.7 million are expected to be completed in Fiscal
Year 2013. The City has a forward rate commitment at 2.6% which expires May 23,
2013. The total General Obligation Bonds outstanding amount includes $420,000
payable within one year based on estimates of the 2012 Series debt amortization.
C. Change in Long-Term Debt
The following tables summarize the debt transactions for the year ended June 30,
2012:
i. General Long-Term Debt
Balance Balance Payable within
Item 7/01/11 Additions Reductions 6/30/12 one Year
Compensated Absences $ 2,586,668 $ 1,323,135 $ 1,629,679 $ 2,280,124 $ 1,009,065
General Obligation Bonds 1,550,000 851,500 275,000 2,126,500 420,000
OPEB Obligation 7,825,389 3,354,153 - 11,179,542 -
Sub-total of General
Long-Term Debt $ 11,962,057 $ 5,528,788 $ 1,904,679 $ 15,586,166 $ 1,429,065
(a) During fiscal year 2012 the City issued General Obligation Bonds through a bank
qualified loan with PNC Bank for capital projects. The projects included a new
Dover Public Library and several street re-pavement projects. The amount of the
bond is $4.7 million. The loan is set up for the City to draw down the funds as
capital expenses are paid. The City pays interest only during the construction
period, which is capitalized with the asset. Upon completion of the financed
projects, the City will receive a twenty-year amortization schedule for the principal
and interest payments. The capital projects associated with this bond are expected
to be completed in fiscal year 2013. The estimated annual payment of $196,500
including interest is anticipated for FY13, and estimated annual payments of
$334,200 are expected to begin in FY14.
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ii. Enterprise Funds Debt
Water/Wastewater Fund
Balance Balance Payable within
Item 7/01/11 Additions Reductions 6/30/12 one Year
Compensated Absences $ 197,858 $ 120,094 $ 133,617 $ 184,335 $ 81,961
Revenue Bonds-Water and
Wastewater 2,910,000 - 300,000 2,610,000 310,000
State of Delaware Municipal
Revenue Bond - Wastewater 403,820 - 38,737 365,083 40,144
State of Delaware Municipal
Revenue Bond - Wastewater 4,321,209 1,259,850 - 5,581,059 236,604
State of Delaware Municipal
Revenue Bond - Water 480,528 1,923,489 49,272 2,354,745 100,482
State of Delaware Municipal
Revenue Bond - Wastewater (a) - 65,822 - 65,822 -
OPEB Obligation 575,388 - 167,391 407,997 -
Sub-total of Water/
Wastewater Fund $ 8,888,803 $ 3,369,255 $ 689,017 $ 11,569,041 $ 769,191
(a) During fiscal year 2011 the City issued revenue bonds through the State of
Delaware Revolving Fund Loan program for Wastewater projects. The amount of
the Wastewater Bond is $765,060. The loan program is set up for the City to draw
down the funds as capital expenses are paid. The City pays interest only during the
construction period, which is capitalized with the asset. Upon completion of the
financed projects, the City will receive a twenty-year amortization schedule for the
principal and interest payments. The capital projects associated with this bond are
expected to be completed in fiscal year 2013. Estimated annual payments of
$54,000 for Wastewater are expected to begin in FY14.
iii. Enterprise Funds Debt
Electric Revenue Fund
Balance Balance Payable within
Item 7/01/11 Additions Reductions 6/30/12 one Year
Compensated Absences $ 655,804 $ 271,042 $ 263,780 $ 663,066 $ 180,247
Revenue Bonds 30,280,000 - 2,060,000 28,220,000 2,110,000
Sub-total of Electric
Revenue Fund 30,935,804 271,042 2,323,780 28,883,066 2,290,247
Sub-total of Enterprise
Fund Debt 39,824,607 3,640,297 3,012,797 40,452,107 3,059,438
Grand Totals of
Long-Term Debt $ 51,786,664 $ 9,169,085 $ 4,917,476 $ 56,038,273 $ 4,488,503
The revenue and general obligation bonds payable as shown in the statement of net
assets are net of unamortized bond discount and issuance costs as follows:
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Unamortized
As Shown Bond Balance
Fund Above Discounts Sheet
General $ 2,126,500 $ 40,685 $ 2,085,815
Water/Wastewater 10,976,709 111,355 10,865,354
Electric 28,220,000 224,975 27,995,025
Total $ 41,323,209 $ 377,015 $ 40,946,194
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, 2012.
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:
Fiscal 2003 General Obligation Bonds
Year Principal Interest Total
2013 $285,000 $42,738 $327,738
2014 295,000 32,440 327,440
2015 220,000 22,950 242,950
2016 230,000 14,285 244,285
2017 245,000 4,900 249,900
Total $1,275,000 $117,313 $1,392,313
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ii. Business-type Activities
Water/Wastewater Fund
Fiscal 2003 Revenue Bonds 2000 Municipal Revenue Bonds 2009 Municipal Revenue Bonds 2010 Municipal Revenue Bonds
Year Principal Interest Principal Interest Principal Interest Principal Interest
2013 $310,000 $95,572 $40,144 $12,785 $236,604 $110,444 $100,482 $60,807
2014 320,000 84,052 41,601 11,326 241,360 105,688 103,121 58,168
2015 330,000 71,512 43,113 9,815 246,211 100,837 105,831 55,459
2016 155,000 65,468 44,679 8,250 251,160 95,888 108,611 52,679
2017 160,000 59,068 46,301 6,626 256,208 90,840 111,464 49,825
2018 165,000 52,302 47,984 4,946 261,358 85,690 114,392 46,897
2019 175,000 44,866 49,727 3,202 266,611 80,437 117,397 43,892
2020 180,000 37,126 51,534 1,397 271,970 75,078 120,481 40,808
2021 190,000 28,766 - - 277,437 69,611 123,646 37,643
2022 200,000 19,764 - - 283,013 64,035 126,895 34,395
2023 210,000 10,106 - - 288,702 58,346 130,228 31,061
2024 215,000 - - - 294,505 52,543 133,649 27,640
2025 - - - - 300,424 46,624 137,160 24,129
2026 - - - - 306,463 40,585 140,764 20,526
2027 - - - - 312,623 34,425 144,461 16,828
2028 - - - - 318,906 28,142 148,257 13,033
2029 - - - - 325,316 21,732 152,151 9,138
2030 - - - - 331,855 15,193 156,148 5,141
2031 - - - - 338,526 8,522 79,606 1,039
2032 - - - - 171,807 1,718 - -
Total $2,610,000 $568,602 $365,083 $58,347 $5,581,059 $1,186,378 $2,354,745 $629,106
Electric Revenue Fund Total
Fiscal 2008 Revenue Bonds 2010 Revenue Bonds Business-type
Year Principal Interest Principal Interest Activities
2013 $410,000 $1,006,954 $1,700,000 $253,100 $4,336,892
2014 430,000 986,454 1,740,000 219,100 4,340,870
2015 450,000 964,954 1,810,000 166,900 4,354,631
2016 475,000 942,454 1,890,000 94,500 4,183,688
2017 695,000 918,704 - - 2,394,036
2018 730,000 883,954 - - 2,392,523
2019 765,000 847,454 - - 2,393,586
2020 800,000 815,706 - - 2,394,100
2021 840,000 781,706 - - 2,348,809
2022 880,000 746,006 - - 2,354,107
2023 925,000 707,506 - - 2,360,949
2024 970,000 665,881 - - 2,359,218
2025 1,015,000 622,231 - - 2,145,568
2026 1,065,000 576,555 - - 2,149,892
2027 1,120,000 527,300 - - 2,155,637
2028 1,175,000 475,500 - - 2,158,837
2029 1,230,000 416,750 - - 2,155,087
2030 1,290,000 355,250 - - 2,153,587
2031 1,355,000 290,750 - - 2,073,443
2032 1,420,000 223,000 - - 1,816,525
2033 1,485,000 152,000 - - 1,637,000
2034 1,555,000 77,750 - - 1,632,750
Total $21,080,000 $13,984,819 $7,140,000 $733,600 $56,291,739
The preceding tables do not include the final payment schedule for the 2011 State
Revolving Loan in the Water/Wastewater Fund and the 2012 General Obligation Bond
which will be issued upon completion of the capital related projects; nor do they include
compensated absences.
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E. Bond Discounts/Issuance Cost Unamortized
The following adjustments were made to the bond discounts/issuance cost for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2012:
Additions
Balance (Reductions) Amortized Balance
7/1/2011 FY 2012 FY 2012 6/30/2012
General Fund GO Bonds $ 50,857 $ - $ 10,172 $40,685
Discounts/Issuance Cost
Water/Wastewater Bonds 202,173 (59,222) 31,596 111,355
Discounts/Issuance Cost
Electric Revenue Bonds 246,554 - 21,579 224,975
Discounts/Issuance Cost
6. RESTRICTED NET ASSETS
In the government-wide financial statements the restricted net assets of the governmental
activities and business type activities are as follows:
Governmental Activities
Grants-capital construction These represent the State DOT and $38,479
Garrison Oak grants reported in the non-
major special revenue funds.
Grants-public safety These represent the Police grants, 190,520
ERLSP grant and Substance Abuse
Prevention grant in the special revenue
type funds.
Other Purposes These represent all other funds reported 253,781
in the special revenue type, except the
grants reserved for capital construction
and public safety. Also included is an
endowment from Mary Elizabeth Paton
and patronage stocks.
Total Restricted Net Assets $482,780
Business Type Activities
Net restricted assets for construction purposes - expendable
Water/Wastewater Restrictions on investments $3,911,530
imposed by bond covenants
Electric Restrictions on investments 29,924,785
imposed by bond covenants
$33,836,315
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7. FUND BALANCES & NET ASSETS
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 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 the government’s highest level of
decision-making authority. 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.
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 and
the City’s matching funds for grant related projects. Also, included are donated assets to
be used for law enforcement purposes. The constraints placed on assigned fund balances
are implemented through internal processes such as a budget ordinance or motion of City
Council. Therefore, they do not have the same restrictive nature of a restricted fund
balance.
Unassigned fund balance is the residual amount that has not met the criteria for the
aforementioned classifications. The unassigned fund balance is available for expenditures
as they are incurred.
The composition of the City fund balances is as follows:
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Other
General Governmental
Fund Funds Total
Fund balances:
Nonspendable:
Inventory & Prepaids $ 176,581 $ 13,099 $ 189,680
Patronage Stock 16,594 - 16,594
Library Endowment 5,000 - 5,000
Subtotal Nonspendable: 198,175 13,099 211,274
Restricted for:
Library Endowment Interest 1,542 - 1,542
Verizon cable franchise 81,814 - 81,814
Highway resurfacing - 17,908 17,908
ERLSP - 100 100
Realty Transfer Tax - 100 100
CDBG - 4,156 4,156
CDBG- State for ADA Improvements - 3,931 3,931
Garrison Oak Master Plan - 20,571 20,571
Substance Abuse Prevention - 18,015 18,015
Municiple Street Aid - 132,230 132,230
Library Grants - 30,008 30,008
Police Grants - 172,405 172,405
Subtotal Restricted for: 83,356 399,424 482,780
Committed to:
Contingency 721,193 - 721,193
Parkland 199,282 - 199,282
Subtotal Committed to: 920,475 - 920,475
Assigned to:
Capital Assets 641,761 - 641,761
Police Investigations 17,129 - 17,129
Highway resurfacing - 171,381 171,381
Subtotal Assigned to: 658,890 171,381 830,271
Unassigned 3,007,983 - 3,007,983
Total fund balances $ 4,868,879 $ 583,904 $ 5,452,783
8. PRIOR PERIOD ADJUSTMENT – DEFERRED REVENUE
During the year ended June 30, 2012 management performed an analysis on deferred
revenue balances and identified $0.6 million of additional deferred revenue that relates to
prior years. As a result the prior period fund balances have been adjusted for this change.
9. 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 is in charge of 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 June
Taxes billed July 1
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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
There are no material delinquent property taxes as of June 30, 2012.
10. INTERFUND RECEIVABLES, PAYABLES AND TRANSFERS
The composition of interfund balances as of June 30, 2012 is as follows:
A. Due to/from other funds – Charges and Allocations
Receivable Fund Payable Fund Amount
General Fund Non-major governmental funds $176,262
Water/ Wastewater Fund 112,763
Electric Revenue Fund 360,098
Internal Service Fund 1,105
Water/ Wastewater Fund General Fund 72
Electric Fund General Fund 8,957
Water/Wastewater Fund 15,633
Non-Major Governmental Funds General Fund 135,697
Total $810,587
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.
B. Interfund Transfers
Transfers In -
General Fund
Transfers Out
Non-major governmental funds $2,655,501
Water/ Wastewater Fund 424,508
Electric Revenue Fund 7,876,288
Total $10,956,297
Transfers are generally made for the purpose of providing operating capital or debt
service subsidies to the receiving fund in accordance with City policy.
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11. RENTAL INCOME
The City has two lease agreements that are recorded as miscellaneous revenue in the
General Fund. The first lease is with an individual for agricultural use of the Garrison Farm
which generated $34,390 in rental income. The second lease is with LS Power – White
Oak Solar Energy LLC, for electric generation use of the Garrison Farm which generated
$55,688 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. At June 30,
2012, the City had leases with three tenants for the remaining space available. Lease
revenue is $193,065 in the Electric Revenue Fund consisting of office space rental of
$146,565, substation rental of $30,000 and pole rentals of $16,500.
The City maintains several water tower leases for a group of telecommunications
companies. These are recorded as revenue of the Water/Wastewater Fund and total
$313,101 in the current fiscal year.
12. MATERIAL COMMITMENTS
A. The City budgets monies to assist the volunteer fire company with payments on two
pieces of firefighting equipment. During fiscal year 2012, City Council approved the
replacement of Ladder #1. The first installment in the amount of $145,614 is
scheduled for July 15, 2012. The final installment of $123,893 for Engine #5 was
paid in October 2011. The apparatus payments are budgeted as expenditures in the
Governmental Capital Projects Fund budget.
The payments are as follows:
Ladder #2 $ 92,901
Ladder #1 145,614
B. The City entered into a five-year management contract with The Energy Authority
effective July 1, 2011 to provide a market-based approach for power supply
management. The Energy Authority manages energy purchases and utilizes the
City’s generating assets to provide a level of rate stability as necessary to mitigate
the effects of rising and volatile energy prices. The Energy Authority also provides
oversight of the plant operator contract and monitors their performance. The
contract provides for $996,000 in management fees to be paid monthly.
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 in fiscal year 2010 through
June 30, 2013. The City has incorporated the budgets and financial activity of the
plant 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 performance incentive
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based on budget and plant performance. The fiscal year 2012 annual cost for
management and the incentive is $359,000 and is included in the plant-operating
budget.
D. The City completed the design and engineering phase of the new Dover library early
in fiscal year 2011. The City entered into a manager at risk construction contract
with the EDIS Company of Wilmington, Delaware in the amount of $16.7 million and
an architectural/engineering contract with Holzman Moss Bottino of New York, New
York in the amount of $2.6 million the remaining balances on the contracts are $4.1
million and $.1 million respectively. Construction of the project started in May 2011
and the building was completed in September 2012. The contractors are currently
completing landscaping and punch list items. Once all items have been completed
the City will make application for LEED certification.
E. The City is the guarantor on a $1.3 million loan held by the Downtown Dover
Partnership. The loan is secured by a parcel in the downtown business district that
the Downtown Dover Partnership is marketing for its redevelopment initiative. The
interest on the loan is paid monthly from rental receipts the Partnership receives
from its current tenants in the property. The principal is a balloon payment due in
July 2013.
13. 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 authorize 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 for financial hedges in
determining if they would be beneficial to mitigate market and credit risk.
Under the Procedures the City will not extend credit to any potential counterparty that
has a credit rating below investment grade (defined as BBB as rated by Standard &
Poor’s or Baa2 as rated by Moody’s). 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.
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Credit risk is mitigated through the use of 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 market-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.
Counterparty Credit Risk ($000’s)
Maxim um Am ount
of Loss due to
Credit Credit Line Diversification
Counterparty Credit Risk w /o Collateral Description
Rating Lim it Availability Requirem ent
Respect to
Collateral ($)
No Collateral if exposure under
Barclays Bank, PLC A $15,000 $12,025 $2,975 N/A
specified threshold
No Collateral if exposure under
BP Energy Company BBB+ $15,000 $15,000 $0 N/A
specified threshold
Up to $10,000 is guaranteed by
Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc BBB $30,000 $18,730 $11,270 N/A
Constellation Energy/Group, Inc.
No Collateral if exposure under
DB Energy Trading, LLC A $15,000 $10,705 $4,295 N/A
specified threshold
No Collateral if exposure under
EDF Trading North America, LLC A- $18,000 $17,755 $245 N/A
specified threshold
No Collateral if exposure under
specified threshold in the event
Integrys Energy Services, Inc BBB+ $10,000 $2,632 $7,368 N/A
of potential default, performance
from counter party is required
Up to $15,000 is guaranteed by
Macquarie Energy, LLC A $15,000 $13,589 $1,411 N/A
Macquarie Bank Limited
No Collateral if exposure under
Morgan Stanley Capital Group, Inc BBB+ $10,000 $9,238 $762 N/A
specified threshold
No Collateral if exposure under
NextEra Energy Pow er Marketing, LLC A- $10,000 $4,830 $5,170 N/A
specified threshold
No Collateral if exposure under
Public Service Electric and Gas Company BBB $1,000 $1,000 $0 N/A
specified threshold
No Collateral if exposure under
Sempra Energy Trading BBB+ $15,000 $15,000 $0 N/A
specified threshold
14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On February 27, 2012 City Council approved up to $6 million of cash contributions or debt
financing for transportation and utility infrastructure projects on the City’s Garrison Oak
Technical Park. The projects are in support of the Garrison Energy Center, LLC and/or
affiliates of Calpine Corporation. The Garrison Energy Center is also supported by the
State Economic Development Office. The Center will house a 618 MW combined cycle
power plant to be built in two phases (309 MW per phase). Calpine was successful with
bidding the first phase unit into the latest PJM auction and will have the unit placed in
service by June 2015. Calpine has a lease option for the acreage needed while completing
their due diligence and obtaining the necessary permits for the project. The City is in
negotiations with Calpine on the long-term lease agreement. This project is expected to
bring several economic benefits to the City of Dover, Kent County and the State of
Delaware.
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15. 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware. Pre-determined premiums consisting of the
City and employee contributions are subsequently paid out 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 the records. The City maintains a fund
balance to cover any incurred but not reported claims.
The City’s actuary will be completing an updated valuation in fiscal year 2013. As of
June 30, 2012, there is $474,281 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, 2012. The City received $534,000 in fiscal year 2012 for insurance reimbursements
and amounts covered under the umbrella policy.
During fiscal year 2012 the City incurred a workers compensation claim as the result of
an accident involving two of our electric line crew workers. One of the workers received
3rd degree burns and received treatment in a specialized medical facility for burn
patients and subsequent physical therapy. The cost of this claim, which was still open,
as of June 30 is $1.2 million. The City’s umbrella policy has covered all cost over the
$500,000 retention threshold.
Workers’ Compensation activity is as follows:
2012 2011
Claims payable beginning of year $170,509 $296,189
Claims incurred 1,769,964 161,880
Payment of claims (1,466,192) (287,560)
Claims payable end of year $474,281 $170,509
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 capital losses (See Note 7). There have been no significant reductions or
settlements exceeding coverage in the past five fiscal years.
16. COMPENSATED ABSENCES
The City grants a specific number of vacation days with pay to its employees. Upon
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termination or retirement, an employee is paid for accumulated vacation days. The City
also grants one paid sick day per month to all employees with the exception of employees
covered by the International Brotherhood of Electric Workers (IBEW) contract. The IBEW
employees are granted eleven sick days per year. Employees hired on or before July 1,
2004 accumulate sick days, payable upon retirement, at a maximum of 130 days for less
than 25 years of service or 150 days for more than 25 years of service. Employees hired
after July 1, 2004 will be permitted to be paid in full for a maximum of 100 days of accrued
sick leave upon retirement. No accrued sick leave is paid when an employee is
terminated.
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.
17. 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 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.
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, 2012:
Retirees and beneficiaries receiving benefits 252
Terminated plan members entitled to but not yet receiving the benefits 14
Active eligible plan members 331
Total 597
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. The IUE-CWA/Dover Organization of
Employees (DOE) union employees hired after July 1, 1994 are not eligible for post-
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retirement medical benefits if they elect early retirement. The eligibility provisions are as
follows:
• Age 55 with 10 years of continuing service, or
• If hired May 1, 1994 or later, Age 55, and whose attained age
plus years of continuous service is equal to or greater than 80, or
• If hired before May 1, 1994, 25 years of continuous service, or has
attained the age of 50 years and completed 20 years of continuous service
Spouse and Survivor Coverage:
Spouse and survivor coverage are both available under any of the plan options with similar
retiree contributions with one exception. The International Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers (IBEW) collective bargaining agreement does not include spouse and survivor
coverage.
Employer and Employee Contributions:
Currently, the City of Dover contributes 100% of individual coverage for the type of
coverage they choose. The City also contributes 75% of the amount over the individual
premium for dependent care coverage. The employee contributes 25% of the amount over
the individual premium for dependent care coverage.
The City has begun contract negotiations with its three collective bargaining units in fiscal
year 2012. The contract for the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #15 was approved. As of
July 1, 2012 the contract includes a provision for 15% employee contributions for all health
care plans, including the individual coverage. The same provision was implemented for
non-bargaining (management) employees as well effective July 1, 2012. The City is still in
negotiations with the IUE/DOE collective bargaining unit and the IBEW with the same
provision.
The City of Dover funds the other postemployment 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, including $1.7 million in ad hoc contributions, are as follows:
General Government $ 2,534,572
Water/Wastewater Fund 635,227
Electric Revenue Fund 2,475,512
Total Benefit Provided $ 5,645,311
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
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benefits, which is not actuarially determined. The City contributed $1,727,249 toward the
OPEB Trust unfunded liability for fiscal year 2012 as also noted above.
Annual OPEB Cost and Net OPEB Obligation/ (Asset)
The City’s annual OPEB cost is calculated based on the ARC of the employer, an amount
actuarially determined in accordance with GAAP. The ARC represents a level of funding
that, if paid on an ongoing basis, is projected to cover normal cost each year and amortize
any unfunded actuarial liabilities over a period of thirty years. Amounts “required” but not
actually set aside to pay for these benefits are accumulated as part of the net OPEB
obligations. The following table shows the components of the City’s annual OPEB cost for
the year, the amount actually contributed to the plan, and the City’s net OPEB obligation:
Water/
Governmental Wastewater Electric Fund
Total Activities Fund Activities Activities
Annual Required contribution $7,653,379 $6,002,522 $476,203 $1,174,654
Interest on OPEB obligation 446,182 406,920 29,920 9,342
Adjustment to annual required contribution (570,959) (520,717) (38,287) (11,955)
Annual OPEB Cost 7,528,602 5,888,725 467,836 1,172,041
Employer Contributions (5,645,311) (2,534,572) (635,227) (2,475,512)
Increase/(decrease) in net OPEB obligation 1,883,291 3,354,153 (167,391) (1,303,471)
Net OPEB obligation (asset) at beginning of year 8,580,431 7,825,389 575,388 179,654
Net OPEB obligation (asset) at end of year $10,463,722 $11,179,542 $407,997 ($1,123,817)
The City’s annual OPEB cost, the percentage of annual OPEB cost contributed to the plan,
and the net OPEB obligation thru fiscal year 2012 are as follows:
Percentage
Fiscal Year Annual of Annual Net
Ended OPEB OPEB Cost OPEB
June 30 Cost Contributed Obligation
2010 $5,891,130 28.4% $4,268,060
2011 7,625,628 43.5% 8,580,431
2012 7,528,602 75.0% 10,463,722
The City did not meet its funding obligation for Fiscal Year 2012. In 2009 the City elected
a ten-year phase-in plan to achieve the appropriate funding level. During this time the City
will be researching alternative benefit plan options to reduce the AAL and ARC.
Funded Status and Funding Progress
As of June 30, 2012, the most recent interim actuarial valuation date, the plan was 8.4%
funded. The actuarial accrued liability for benefits was $83.5 million, and the actuarial
value of assets was $7.1 million, resulting in an unfunded actuarial accrued liability (UAAL)
of $76.4 million for the primary government. The covered payroll (annual payroll of active
employees covered by the plan) was $18.5 million, and the ratio of the UAAL to the
covered payroll was 414%.
The schedules of funding progress, presented as required supplementary information
(RSI) following the notes to the financial statements, present multiyear trend information
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regarding whether the actuarial values of plan assets are increasing or decreasing over
time relative to the AALs for benefits.
Actuarial valuations of an ongoing plan involve estimates of the value of reported amounts
and assumptions about the probability of occurrence of events far into the future.
Examples include assumptions about future employment, mortality, and the healthcare
cost trend. Amounts determined regarding the funded status of the plan and the annual
required contributions of the employer are subject to continual revision as actual results
are compared with past expectations and new estimates are made about the future.
Actuarial Methods and Assumptions
Projections of benefits for financial reporting purposes are based on the substantive plan
(the plan as understood by the employer and the OPEB plan members) and include the
types of benefits provided at the time of each valuation and the historical pattern of sharing
of benefit costs between the employer and plan members to that point. The actuarial
methods and assumptions used include techniques that are designed to reduce the effects
of short-term volatility in actuarial accrued liabilities and the actuarial value of assets,
consistent with the long-term perspective of the calculations.
The June 30, 2012 interim actuarial valuation projected the liabilities from the 7/1/10
actuarial valuations for one year using a roll-forward method. Investments are valued at
market rates. The actuarial assumptions included a 5.2% investment rate of return, which
is a blended rate of the expected long-term investment returns on plan assets and on the
City’s own investments calculated based on the funded level of the plan at the valuation
date, and an initial medical trend rate of 7.1% with an ultimate rate of 5.5%. The discount
rate is 5.2% is representative of the ten-year phase-in plan. The UAAL is being amortized
as a level dollar amount over 30 years based on an open group using a 3.5% rate of salary
increase. The inflation assumption is 2.75% and a real GDP growth assumption of 1.9%.
18. 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 firm
for the Deferred Compensation Plan with Nationwide Retirement Solutions.
In May 1994, the City offered to employees the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan 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. Currently, the ICMA 457 Deferred Compensation Plan has assets of
$6,251,143 (market value) as of June 30, 2012, with 150 employees participating. The
Nationwide plan has assets of $2,889,298 (market value) as of June 30, 2012 with 34
employees participating. 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
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another plan the employer and employee benefits upon separation of service. Withdrawals
prior to age 59½ could be subject to penalty.
Employees who select the defined benefit plan or the defined contribution 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, 2012, there are 334
employees eligible to enroll in the 457 Deferred Compensation Plan.
19. RETIREMENT PLANS
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 choice for pension
benefits. The contribution and funding requirements of the plan are established by the
City and may be 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.
The City provides a 3% match of the employees required contribution to the 401a Plan,
and up to an additional 3% to the 401a Plan for a potential total contribution of 6%, if the
employee contributes up to an additional 3% to their 457 Plan (see note 17 – Deferred
Compensation). 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 elect 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, 2012, there were 93 eligible full-time employees in the 401a plan. The
City contributed a total of $238,068 on wages of approximately $3.6 million and
employees contributed $127,950 to the 401a Money Purchase Plan and $175,098 to the
457 ICMA Deferred Compensation Plan and $35,387 to the Nationwide Deferred
Compensation Plan. The market value of the 401a plan assets totaled $3,155,528 as of
June 30, 2012.
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, and State of
Delaware County and Municipal Police Pension Plan. The City of Dover Police Pension
Plan, a single employee 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 full-time permanent employees, other
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than police officers. 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 and administers 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. As of June 30, 2012 there were no outstanding
payables. Separate pension fund financial statements for each plan have not been
issued.
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 with the terms of each plan. Investment management and
consultant fees are paid from the Pension Trusts Funds. All actuarial costs are paid
from other City funds.
The City’s total payroll for all eligible full-time regular employees for the year ended June
30, 2012, was $23.3 million. Of this amount $14.5 million in total payroll earnings was
reported to and covered by the two active defined benefit pension plans.
i. City of Dover Police Pension Plan
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. 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, 2012, there are 48 retirees and beneficiaries
receiving benefits.
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
requirement for employer normal cost.
Fully vested employees who have completed 20 to 25 years of continuous service
are entitled to annual benefits equal to 2 ½% of their average earnings for each year
of continuous service. The maximum benefit is 62 ½% of average earnings. An
employee may not work longer than 25 years of continuous service or past the first
of the month following his or her attainment of age 55. With the written consent of
the participant and the Chief of Police, a participant’s retirement may be deferred on
an annual basis beyond his normal retirement to 60 years of age. 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.
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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.
If an employee terminates before becoming vested in the plan, his/her total
contribution is refunded with interest compounded annually. Interest is based on
prime.
The plan investments are managed by the City of Dover Police Pension Board which
is established in the City Code.
The State contributes to the City of Dover Police Pension Plan on behalf of the City.
The State assesses a .25% surcharge on insurance policies issued in the state.
Each year this amount is allocated to the municipalities in Delaware in direct ratio to
the number of officers employed. For the year ended June 30, 2012, the State
contributions totaled $561,772. The State also provides 75% for the annual cost of
living increase (COLA) granted to police retirees on January 1 each year. These
amounts are included as Grants received revenue and Public Safety and Law
Enforcement expenditures in the General Fund.
The legally defined liability for the City of Dover Police Pension Plan is the full
amount required to pay the current year’s total benefits. The City has met this
liability for the current fiscal year. An interim actuarial valuation report as of June 30,
2012 in accordance with GASB Statement 25 and 27 has been completed. The
City’s actuary is Milliman of Wayne, PA.
The annual required contribution (ARC) conforms to the entry age normal cost
method as defined in Statement 25.
During the past year, the City contributions combined with the State insurance tax
proceeds did not exceed the calculated annual pension cost and has resulted in a
reduction of the overall net pension asset (NPA). The Governmental Activities
accumulated value of contributions, deficiencies, or excesses over required
contributions of $263,076, of which $198,350 is attributed to the Police Pension Plan
is as follows:
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Governmental
Activities
Annual required contribution $979,132
Interest on net pension asset (37,507)
Adjustment to annual required contribution 64,110
Annual pension cost 1,005,735
Contributions (668,274)
(Increase)/decrease in net pension asset 337,461
Net pension obligation (asset) at beginning of year (535,811)
Net pension obligation (asset) at end of year ($198,350)
There have been no significant changes affecting benefits during the valuation
periods shown in the preceding table.
The following summarizes activity for this plan for the past three years:
Annual Percentage NPO (Asset)
Pension Cost Contributed End of Year
2010 $877,820 60% ($1,030,844)
2011 1,128,669 56% (535,811)
2012 1,005,735 66% (198,350)
Funded Status and Funding Progress
As of June 30, 2012, the most recent interim actuarial valuation date, the plan was
58.5% funded. The actuarial accrued liability for benefits was $19.7 million, and the
actuarial value of assets was $11.6 million, resulting in an unfunded actuarial
accrued liability (UAAL) of $8.2 million for the primary government. There are no
active officers, therefore there is no covered payroll or ratio of the UAAL to cover
payroll.
In Fiscal year 2011, the actuarial valuation included a change in the investment
return assumption from 7.5% to 7.0% and the postretirement mortality table. These
changes increased the unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability (AAL) by $1.9 million
and the Annual Required Contribution (ARC) by $.23 million.
The schedules of funding progress, presented as required supplementary
information (RSI) following the notes to the financial statements, present multiyear
trend information about whether the actuarial values of plan assets are increasing or
decreasing over time relative to the AALs for benefits.
The funding requirement for fiscal year 2011-2012 for this plan is presented below:
1. Employer’s Contribution $95,000 Lump sum contribution as
Additional Lump Sum actuarially determined to
fund the unfunded liability
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2. State of Delaware Contributions $573,274 Surcharge on insurance
premiums and COLA
3. Annual Pension Cost $1,005,735 Actuarially computed using
entry age cost method
4. Net Pension Asset $198,350 As of June 30, 2012
The net pension asset is a result of matching funds that the State of Delaware
provides (75%) for the annual cost of living increase granted to police retirees on
January 1 of each year. The July 1, 2011 valuation takes into account the January
1, 2011 COLA and the State contribution.
Actuarial methods and significant assumptions:
Interim valuation date July 1, 2011
Actuarial cost method Entry age cost method
Amortization method Level percentage of projected payroll
Remaining amortization period 13 years
Amortization Period Closed
Asset valuation method Current market value
Actuarial Assumptions:
Investment rate of return 7.0%
Discount rate 7.0%
Projected salary increases none, no remaining active participants
Includes inflation at none, no remaining active participants
Automatic Cost of Living (retirees) 2.0%
ii. City of Dover General Employee Pension Plan
The City of Dover General Employee Pension Plan started on July 1, 1967, under
the authority of the City 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. The contribution and funding requirements of the plan are established by the
City and may be amended by the City. 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. At the present time, 149 employees
and 194 retirees participate in the plan, while 93 employees are enrolled in the
defined contribution plan, which began July 1, 2000. Current membership in the
General Employee Pension Plan as of June 30, 2012, is comprised of the following:
Retired and beneficiaries currently receiving benefits 194
Active employees: Fully Vested 81
Non-Vested 68
Deferred Vested: 14
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
requirement for employer normal cost. For the year ended June 30, 2012, payroll
earnings of $8.0 million were reported to and covered by this plan.
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An employee hired before May 1, 1994 is eligible for normal retirement benefits
under this plan: when he/she attains 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 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 benefit continues to the 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, reduced by one-half of one percent for each month the
benefit commences prior to the age 65.
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. If an employee terminated before becoming vested in the plan,
they are eligible to withdraw this total contribution with interest compounded
annually.
The plan investments are managed by the City of Dover Employees’ Pension Board
which is established in the Code. The City Council must authorize changes to the
City Code. The rate of the City contribution is determined by the actuarial study.
The Pension Board of Trustees does not issue a separate comprehensive annual
financial report, and the City of Dover General Employee Pension Plan is included in
the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report as a Pension Trust.
The legally defined liability for the City of Dover General Employee Pension Plan is
the full amount required to pay the current year's total benefits. The City has met
this liability for the current fiscal year. An actuarial interim valuation report as of July
1, 2012 has been completed in accordance with GASB Statements No. 25 and 27.
The City's actuary is Milliman of Wayne, PA.
The annual required contribution (ARC) conforms to the aggregate entry age cost
method as defined in Statement 25. During the past year, the City contributions did
not exceed the calculated annual pension cost and have resulted in an increase of
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the overall net pension asset (NPA), defined as the accumulated value of
contributions, deficiencies, or excesses over required contributions of $350,382.
The Governmental Activities have a net pension asset of $263,076 of which
$190,350 is attributed to the City of Dover Police Pension Plan and $64,726 is
attributed to the General Pension Plan as indicated in the table below. The
Business-Type Activities have a net pension asset of $285,656 of which $201,122 is
attributed to the Water/Wastewater Fund and $84,534 is attributed to the Electric
Revenue Fund as included in the following table.
Governmental Wastewater Electric Fund
Total Activities Fund Activities Activities
Annual required contribution $3,130,022 $1,686,462 $257,039 $1,186,521
Interest on net pension obligation (24,036) (6,017) (13,232) (4,787)
Adjustment to annual required contribution 29,938 7,495 16,481 5,962
Annual pension cost 3,135,924 1,687,940 260,288 1,187,696
Contributions made (3,142,934) (1,666,704) (272,379) (1,203,851)
(Increase)/decrease in net pension asset (7,010) 21,236 (12,091) (16,155)
Net pension obligation (asset) at beginning of year (343,372) (85,962) (189,031) (68,379)
Net pension obligation (asset) at end of year ($350,382) ($64,726) ($201,122) ($84,534)
There have been no significant changes affecting benefits provided by the Plan
during the valuation periods shown in the preceding table.
The following summarizes activity for this plan for the past three years:
Annual Percentage NPO (Asset)
Pension Cost Contributed End of Year
2010 $2,568,198 88% ($147,468)
2011 3,151,824 106% (343,372)
2012 3,135,924 100.2% (350,382)
On May 1, 1994, a deferred compensation option was offered to employees in
lieu of participation in the General Employee Pension Plan, and at that time 41
employees elected to switch to the deferred compensation plan. (See Note 18 –
Deferred Compensation Plan)
Effective September 29, 2009 the City Council voted to close the General
Employee’s Pension plan to new hires.
Funded Status and Funding Progress
As of June 30, 2012, the most recent interim actuarial valuation date, the plan was
40.1% funded. The actuarial accrued liability for benefits was $53.5 million, and the
actuarial value of assets was $21.5 million, resulting in an unfunded actuarial
accrued liability (UAAL) of $32.0 million for the primary government. The covered
payroll (annual payroll of active employees covered by the plan) was $8.0 million,
and the ratio of the UAAL to the covered payroll was 400%.
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In fiscal year 2011 the actuarial valuation included changes in the investment return
assumption from 7.5% to 7.0%, decrease in the salary increase from 4.5% to 4.0%,
postretirement mortality table and changes in the retirement, turnover, and disability
assumptions. These changes increased the unfunded Actuarial Accrued Liability
(AAL) by $4.1 million and the Annual Required Contribution (ARC) by $0.2 million.
The amortization of the unfunded AAL has been extended from a 15 year level
percent of pay to a 25 year level dollar amortization (closed plan).
The schedules of funding progress, presented as required supplementary
information (RSI) following the notes to the financial statements, present multiyear
trend information about whether the actuarial values of plan assets are increasing or
decreasing over time relative to the AALs for benefits.
The funding requirement for fiscal year 2011-2012 for this plan is as follows:
1. Employee As required by the City Code
3.5% of
Contribution and the plan provisions
payroll
($279,092)
2. Employer’s 4.67% Actuarially determined
Contribution Plus percent of payroll for current
July 2011– June 2012 $2.8 million normal cost ($3,142,934)
3. Annual Pension Actuarially computed using entry
$3,135,924
Cost age cost method
4. Net Pension Asset $350,382 As of June 30, 2012
Actuarial Methods and significant assumptions:
Interim Valuation date July 1, 2012
Actuarial cost method Aggregate entry age cost method
Amortization method Level percentage of projected payroll
Remaining amortization period 24 years
Amortization Period Closed
Asset valuation method Current market value
Actuarial Assumptions:
Investment rate of return 7.0%
Discount rate 7.0%
Projected salary increases 4.0%
Includes inflation at 3.5%
iii. State of Delaware Police Pension Plan
The City participates in the State of Delaware “County and Municipal Police Pension
Plan” for 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. This is a cost–sharing multiple-employer defined
benefit pension plan. The State of Delaware enacted legislation to provide for the
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plan and is responsible for setting benefits, contributions and amending plan
provisions. This is a contributory plan with the employee contributing 7% of gross
salary, exclusive of overtime. For the year ended June 30, 2012, $6.5 million in
payroll earnings were reported to and covered by this plan.
The City’s contribution percentages were 13.70%, 13.9% and 14.53% for the fiscal
years ended June 30, 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively. The City’s contributions
to the plan for years ending June 30, 2010, 2011 and 2012 were $788,000,
$848,349 and $940,562 and were equal to the required contributions for each year.
These contributions cover the City’s total liability for funding, as determined by the
State of Delaware’s actuary. The City does not have any unfunded liability in this
plan.
The pension plan is managed by the State of Delaware Board of Pension Trustees.
The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Delaware Public Employees
Retirement System can be obtained from the Office of Pensions, 680 Silver Lake
Boulevard, Dover, Delaware, 19904-2402 or at www.delawarepensions.com .
As of June 30, 2012 city membership in this plan is comprised of the following:
Retired and beneficiaries currently receiving benefits 34
Active employees: Fully Vested 10 years 45
Non-Vested 47
The State of Delaware County and Municipal Police Pension Plan provides benefits
equal to 2½% of final average monthly compensation multiplied by years of service
up to 20 years inclusive, plus 3.5 % of final average monthly compensation multiplied
by years of service above 20 years. Vesting occurs after 10 years of credited
service. Retirement is at age 62 with 10 years of service, when age plus credited
service (but not less than 10 years) equals 75, or 20 years of service.
Disability benefits paid to a participant who is totally disabled in the performance of
duty are 75% of final average compensation plus 10% for each dependent not to
exceed 25% for all dependents. Partial disability benefits for duty-related or ordinary
disability are calculated the same as a service pension (subject to maximum and
minimum limitations).
If a retired participant dies, the eligible survivor receives 50% of the monthly benefit.
If an active employee dies, the survivor receives 50% of the monthly benefit that the
employee would have received at age 62.
Assets of the plan are managed by many investment firms approved by the State
Pension Board. Details are available from the State Pension Office, Dover,
Delaware at: www.delawarepensions.com.
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FINANCIAL SECTION
PART - D
REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
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Services to Our Residents and Customers
Animal Control Enforcement
Beautification
Building
Inspections City
Elections
Community Development/Housing
Community Policing
Economic
Development
Electricity
Emergency Preparedness
Fire
Protection
Leaf
Collection
Library
Parks
Planning &
Zoning Police
Protection
Recreation
Street Maintenance/Cleaning
Snow Removal
Trash Collection
Bulk Trash Collection
Tree Maintenance & Management
Water/Sewage Service
The City also Offers
Historic Preservation
Parking
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CITY OF DOVER
GENERAL FUND
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
Budget and Actual (Non-GAAP Basis)
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Working Capital $ 3,322,305 $ 3,561,837 $ 3,561,837 $ -
REVENUES:
Fines & Police Revenue 579,000 579,000 545,119 (33,881)
911 Fee 60,000 60,000 63,337 3,337
Interest Earnings 215,900 80,000 53,175 (26,825)
Library Revenues - General 64,189 64,200 53,101 (11,099)
Library Revenues - County Reimb. 370,811 385,800 422,721 36,921
Business Licenses 1,523,675 1,475,000 1,470,097 (4,903)
Permits & Other Licenses 934,000 1,370,300 1,346,769 (23,531)
Miscellaneous Revenues 165,750 165,750 103,027 (62,723)
Police Extra Duty Fees 300,000 300,000 600,310 300,310
Property Taxes 11,133,367 10,983,400 11,037,920 54,520
Bid Revenue 51,821 51,800 51,509 (291)
Recreations Revenue 152,000 130,000 112,480 (17,520)
Franchise Fees 520,000 540,000 568,240 28,240
Transfer Tax 900,000 1,229,500 1,373,208 143,708
Trash Fees 2,050,000 1,966,000 1,903,623 (62,377)
Garrison Farm Rent 87,000 62,000 92,878 30,878
Court of Chancery Fees 690,000 819,800 863,220 43,420
Intrafund Service Receipts Water/Wastewater 988,393 930,000 894,186 (35,814)
Intrafund Service Receipts Electric 3,370,778 3,270,800 3,105,015 (165,785)
Grants:
Homeland Security Grant - 104,676 163,490 58,814
Police Related 60,000 60,000 166,014 106,014
Recreation - Watershed Coordinator - 35,383 35,382 (1)
State Grant Trail Maintenance - - 8,358 8,358
Miscellaneous Grants - 79,873 72,835 (7,038)
Police Pension Grant 620,000 593,500 561,772 (31,728)
Capital School District Revenue 73,500 - 73,496 73,496
Transfer from Municipal Street Aid 526,814 659,200 527,042 (132,158)
Transfer from Civil Traffic Penalties 1,000,000 720,000 518,638 (201,362)
Transfer from Water/Wastewater Fund 424,508 424,508 424,508 -
Transfer from Electric Fund 7,876,288 7,876,288 7,876,288 -
Total Revenues 34,737,794 35,016,778 35,087,758 70,980
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCE & REVENUES $ 38,060,099 $ 38,578,615 $ 38,649,595 $ 70,980
(continued)
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(continued)
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
EXPENDITURES:
Tax Assessor $ 213,175 $ 190,275 $ 185,959 $ 4,316
Fire 684,725 684,725 660,923 23,802
Library 1,159,087 1,159,087 1,101,111 57,976
Recreation 789,701 823,144 827,230 (4,086)
Planning Commission 422,781 422,781 378,319 44,462
Public Inspections 553,907 552,907 550,099 2,808
Life Safety 449,226 471,996 499,389 (27,393)
Code Enforcement 284,489 286,589 271,381 15,208
Economic Development 223,717 223,717 216,803 6,914
Police 13,386,407 13,386,407 13,610,736 (224,329)
Streets 782,810 899,755 866,986 32,769
Sanitation 2,330,976 2,405,949 2,086,218 319,731
Allocated Expenditures:
Human Resources 384,758 384,758 264,148 120,610
Customer Services 928,112 928,112 899,998 28,114
City Manager 622,127 645,027 638,570 6,457
Information Technology 685,871 690,871 717,142 (26,271)
Finance 852,283 852,283 792,269 60,014
Public Services-Administration 472,692 472,692 332,513 140,179
Facilities Management 952,693 952,693 842,424 110,269
Central Services 693,339 693,339 612,473 80,866
Vehicle Maintenance 695,422 695,422 737,162 (41,740)
City Clerk 296,393 296,393 251,291 45,102
Mayor 81,154 81,154 79,696 1,458
Council 120,699 120,699 106,407 14,292
Grounds Maintenance 979,922 994,122 964,964 29,158
Insurance 550,000 550,000 516,254 33,746
Retiree Benefits 1,374,709 1,374,709 1,374,709 -
Subtotal 30,971,175 31,239,606 30,385,174 854,432
Debt Service - Principal and Interest 327,270 327,270 327,734 (464)
Transfer to OPEB Unfunded Liability - 239,532 239,532 -
Transfer to Capital Asset Reserve 200,000 200,000 200,000 -
Transfer to Capital Fund for Projects 623,847 770,607 638,847 131,760
Transfer to Police Pension Fund 620,000 620,000 561,772 58,228
Transfer to Uncollectibles trash and other 10,000 10,000 10,000 -
Transfer to CDBG - - 2,907 (2,907)
Appropriation to Pension Fund 1,545,000 1,545,000 1,545,000 -
Street Lights 960,000 960,000 986,430 (26,430)
Total Expenditures 35,257,292 35,912,015 34,897,396 1,014,619
Budget Balance - Working Capital 2,802,807 2,666,600 3,752,199 (1,085,599)
Total Budget Balance & Expenditures $ 38,060,099 $ 38,578,615 $ 38,649,595 $ (70,980)
Budget Balance - Working Capital $ 3,752,199
Perspective and GAAP (Non-GAAP) Differences:
Escrows not included in fund balance 7,248
Fair value of investment adjustment (3,132)
Deferred Revenues - Non-spendable (571,751)
Inventory & Prepaids - Non-spendable (176,581)
Unassigned Fund Balance $ 3,007,983
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CITY OF DOVER
GOVERNMENTAL CAPITAL PROJECTS FUND
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
Budget & Actual (Non-GAAP Basis)
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Working Capital $ 195,191 $ 256,392 $ 256,392 $ -
Beginning Balance - Library Project - 100,962 100,962 -
REVENUES:
State Grant for Library Project 5,597,505 6,864,900 6,002,057 (862,843)
Bond Proceeds 2,000,000 - - -
Library Gifts/Donations - 1,500,000 2,415,500 915,500
Library Bond Issue 2,334,889 2,460,500 851,500 (1,609,000)
Library Construction Loan - 275,000 - (275,000)
Investment Income 10,900 10,900 10,560 (340)
Income from Sale of Assets - 41,700 39,958 (1,742)
Homeland Security Grant - - 23,870 23,870
Miscellaneous Receipts - 68,000 68,000 -
Transfer from Library Construction Reserve 3,262,615 2,590,800 2,594,860 4,060
Transfer from General Fund 623,847 770,600 638,847 (131,753)
Total Revenues 13,829,756 14,582,400 12,645,152 (1,937,248)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCE & REVENUES $ 14,024,947 $ 14,939,754 $ 13,002,506 $ (1,937,248)
EXPENDITURES:
Fire $ 244,820 $ 257,720 $ 258,456 $ (736)
Library 11,195,009 13,767,100 12,118,028 1,649,072
Police 65,000 65,000 62,338 2,662
Recreation 30,000 30,000 - 30,000
Streets 1,230,027 356,460 206,338 150,122
Sanitation 136,500 120,624 120,624 -
Information Technology 6,400 14,703 14,330 373
Loan Issuance Costs - - 27,254 (27,254)
Subtotal 12,907,756 14,611,607 12,807,368 1,804,239
Transfer to Capital Asset Reserve - 39,100 39,100 -
Total Expenditures 12,907,756 14,650,707 12,846,468 1,804,239
Budget Balance - Working Capital 1,117,191 263,985 241,187 22,798
Budget Balance - Library Project - 25,062 (85,149) 110,211
Budget Balance & Expenditures $ 14,024,947 $ 14,939,754 $ 13,002,506 $ 1,937,248
Budget Balance - Working Capital $ 156,038
Perspective and GAAP (Non-GAAP) Differences:
Deferred Revenue - non-spendable (10,393)
Fair value of investment adjustment (2,351)
Assigned to Capital assets 498,467
Committed to Parks & Recreation improvements 199,282
Total Fund Balances $ 841,043
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NOTES TO REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
1. GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETS
A. 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. 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. The
City considers the beginning fund balance an item of revenue for budgetary
purposes.
The Governmental Capital Project Fund is a section of the General Fund to provide
for separate budgets to cover the planning and control of capital items for the
governmental programs. The City prepares its budget for the Governmental
Capital Projects Fund revenue on a modified accrual basis. Encumbrances are
established when purchase orders are issued and accounted for as a reservation of
fund balance at year-end. The budget is amended in the subsequent year for the
outstanding encumbrances of the prior year. The financial transactions of this fund
are included in the governmental financial statements of the General Fund. Fund
balance is included in assigned fund balances for Capital Assets at the end of each
fiscal year.
i. General Fund: Actual revenues were higher than the final budget by
$170,829 mainly as a result of increased transfer taxes, Library revenues,
extra duty police, Court of Chancery fees, rents, and public safety grants.
Several of the increases were offset by decreases in police fines, trash fees,
interfund service receipts, State Municipal Street Aid funds, and civil traffic
penalties. Expenditures were lower than budget by $1,014,619 across
several functions as a result of personnel reductions through attrition. The
police expenditures exceeded their budget as a result of increase extra duty
work which is offset by the increased revenue. The net result is an increase of
$1,185,448 to the General Fund ending fund balance.
ii. Governmental Capital Projects Fund: Actual revenues were lower than the
final budget by ($1,947,641) primarily attributed to timing of State
reimbursements and City financing due to delayed construction of the New
Library Building. The timing of Library donations were over budget by
$915,500 for the same reason. Expenditures were lower than budget also as
a result of the delayed starting of construction on the new library. The net
result is an increase of $143,402 to the Governmental Capital Projects
Fund ending fund balance. The net balance includes a negative ($95,542) for
the library project which is a result of timing and will be cleared when the
library is completed in fiscal year 2013.
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B. Budget Amendments
During this fiscal year, the City Council amended the budget two times. These
budget amendments or supplemental appropriation ordinances were primarily
for the following purposes:
1. To amend the grant budgets, reserve accounts for the actual results of
the prior fiscal year and to re-appropriate budget balances for ongoing capital
projects.
2. To amend all carried forward budget balances for the major operating funds
from the prior fiscal year, as well as program revenues and expenses based
on the analyses provided by a mid-year review.
2. PENSION PLANS
A. Police Pension Plan
Police Pension Fund
Required Supplementary Information
Schedule of Funding Progress
Actuarial Unfunded Unfunded as
Valuation Plan Accrued Accrued a Percent of
Date Assets Liability Liability Funded Ratio Payroll Payroll
7/1/05 $ 11,944,213 $ 17,850,795 $ 5,906,582 66.9% $ 65,745 8984.1%
7/1/06 12,471,057 17,532,104 5,061,047 71.1%
7/1/07 13,950,322 17,589,169 3,638,847 79.3%
7/1/08 12,500,417 17,615,785 5,115,368 71.0%
7/1/09 10,188,899 17,651,507 7,462,608 57.7%
7/1/10 10,378,602 19,849,553 9,470,951 52.3%
The unfunded actuarial accrued liability for this plan is being amortized over 30 years
beginning July 1, 1994, 13 of which remain as of July 30, 2012 with payments
increasing at 3½% per year. Investment gains or losses are spread over five years.
The amortization period is closed. The City completed an interim valuation as of July 1,
2011. The next full valuation will be completed in fiscal year 2013.
Police Pension Fund
Required Supplementary Information
Schedule of Employers’ Contribution
Year Ended Annual Required Percentage
June 30 Contribution Contributed
2007 $485,055 154%
2008 358,807 201%
2009 520,505 139%
2010 786,436 63%
2011 1,082,956 44%
2012 * 979,132 68%
* Annual Required Contributions for fiscal year 2012 are assumed
to equal approximately the same amount as the prior year
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B. Employee Pension Plan
General Employee Pension Fund
Required Supplementary Information
Schedule of Funding Progress
Actuarial Unfunded Unfunded as
Valuation Plan Accrued Accrued a Percent of
Date Assets Liability Liability Funded Ratio Payroll Payroll
7/1/05 $16,277,640 $39,860,241 $23,582,601 40.8% $7,380,629 319.5%
7/1/06 15,712,605 41,103,526 25,390,921 38.2% 7,612,121 333.6%
7/1/07 17,616,172 42,335,142 24,718,970 41.6% 8,006,103 308.8%
7/1/08 19,381,391 43,800,212 24,418,821 44.2% 8,716,361 280.1%
7/1/09 19,880,033 45,525,384 25,645,351 43.7% 8,786,981 291.9%
7/1/10 19,963,426 52,462,693 32,499,267 38.1% 8,256,751 393.6%
The unfunded actuarial accrued liability for this plan is being amortized over 25 years
beginning July 1, 2010, 24 of which remain as of June 30, 2011, with payments
increasing at 3 1/2% per year. Investment gains or losses are spread over five years.
The amortization period is closed. The City utilizes the level percentage of projected
payroll method to amortize the unfunded liabilities.
Employee Pension Plan
Required Supplementary Information
Schedule of Employer’s Contribution
Year Ended Annual Required Percentage
June 30 Contribution Contributed
2007 $2,231,594 124%
2008 2,269,802 128%
2009 2,356,529 106%
2010 2,564,767 89%
2011 3,149,493 106%
2012 * 3,130,022 109%
* Annual Required Contributions for fiscal year 2012 are assumed
to equal approximately the same amount as the prior year
3. OTHER POSTEMPLOYMENT PLAN
The following information presents additional information related to funding status and
progress of Other Postemployment Benefits. It is intended to help readers assess the
individual plans’ funding status on a going-concern basis and assess progress made in
accumulating sufficient assets to pay benefits when due.
The amount shown below as actuarial accrued liability is a measure of the difference
between the actuarial present value of future plan benefits, and the actuarial present value
of future normal cost.
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OPEB Trust
Schedule of Funding Status and Progress
(3) (6)
Unfunded UAAL
(2) Actuarial as a
(1) Actuarial Accrued (4) % of
Actuarial Actuarial Accrued Liabilities Funded (5) Covered
Valuation Value of Liability (UAAL) Ratio Covered Payroll
Date Assets (AAL) (2) – (1) (1)/(2) Payroll (3)/(5)
7/1/2008 $ -0- $64,297,063 $64,297,063 0.0% $18,162,177 354%
7/1/2009 4,761,141 64,812,543 60,051,402 7.3% 18,797,853 319%
7/1/2010 4,882,375 83,518,121 78,635,746 5.8% 18,292,104 430%
Valuation Date July 1, 2011
Actuarial Cost Method Projected Unit Credit
Amortization Method Level Dollar Amount Open
Remaining Amortization Period 29 years
Asset Valuation Method Market Value
Actuarial Assumptions:
Investment Rate of Return 5.20%
Discount Rate 5.20%
Rate of Salary Increases 3.50%
Ultimate Rate of Medical inflation 5.50%
Initial Rate of Medical Inflation 7.10%
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FINANCIAL SECTION
PART - E
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
S COMBINING FUND STATEMENTS
S BUDGETARY SCHEDULES
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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 provides housing to
low or moderate-income persons as well as public housing rehabilitation and community
policing. Combined with the CDBG Fund is the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
(NSP) that provides low interest loans for low to moderate-income families.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SPECIAL REVENUE
FUNDS (continued)
GIRLS CIRCLE, GAMES AND YOUTH CONNECTIONS GRANT
The City of Dover, in coordination with Aid in Dover, received three grants from the
Criminal Justice Council for programs called Girls Circle, GAMES and Youth
Connections. The programs provide youth programming for at-risk girls and boys.
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 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 Light 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.
GARRISON OAK TECHNOLOGY PARK
The State of Delaware Economic Development office appropriated funds to the City for
infrastructure improvement to the Garrison Oak property.
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, 2012
MUNICIPAL CDBG/NSP GIRLS CIRCLE, STATE SUBSTANCE GARRISON REALTY
POLICE LIBRARY STREET HOUSING GAMES & Y.C. D.O.T. ABUSE ERLSP OAK TECH. TRANSFER
GRANTS GRANTS AID GRANTS GRANT GRANTS PREV. GRANT PARK TAX TOTALS
ASSETS:
Cash $ 135,709 $ 56,891 $ 100 $ 17,244 $ - $ 507,386 $ 18,313 $ 100 $ 21,921 $ 100 $ 757,764
Receivables 114,256 220 - - - - - - - - 114,476
Due from other Funds-temporary advances - - - - - - 2,633 - - - 2,633
Due from other funds-charges - - 132,130 2,907 - 660 - - - 135,697
Prepaid items 1,384 - - 8,110 - - 3,605 - - - 13,099
Due from other governments - - - 36,384 7,994 224,334 2,143 29,636 - - 300,491
TOTAL ASSETS $ 251,349 $ 57,111 $ 132,230 $ 64,645 $ 7,994 $ 732,380 $ 26,694 $ 29,736 $ 21,921 $ 100 $ 1,324,160
LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE:
Liabilities:
Vouchers Payable $ 64,361 $ 27,103 $ - $ 39,600 $ 5,361 $ 256,009 $ 5,074 $ - $ 1,350 $ - $ 398,858
Deferred Revenue 4,644 - - 2,907 - 154,952 - - - - 162,503
Due to other funds-charges 8,555 - - 5,941 - 132,130 - 29,636 - - 176,262
Due to other funds-temporary advances - - - - 2,633 - - - - - 2,633
Total Liabilities 77,560 27,103 - 48,448 7,994 543,091 5,074 29,636 1,350 - 740,256
Fund Balances:
Nonspendable 1,384 - - 8,110 - - 3,605 - - - 13,099
Restricted 172,405 30,008 132,230 8,087 - 17,908 18,015 100 20,571 100 399,424
Assigned - - - - - 171,381 - - - - 171,381
Total Fund Balances 173,789 30,008 132,230 16,197 - 189,289 21,620 100 20,571 100 583,904
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND
FUND BALANCES $ 251,349 $ 57,111 $ 132,230 $ 64,645 $ 7,994 $ 732,380 $ 26,694 $ 29,736 $ 21,921 $ 100 $ 1,324,160
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CITY OF DOVER
SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS
COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN UNRESERVED FUND BALANCES
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
MUNICIPAL CDBG/NSP GIRLS CIRCLE, STATE SUBSTANCE GARRISON REALTY
POLICE LIBRARY STREET HOUSING GAMES & Y.C. D.O.T. ABUSE PREV. ERLSP OAK TECH. TRANSFER
GRANTS GRANTS AID GRANTS GRANT GRANTS GRANT PARK TAX TOTALS
REVENUES:
Grants received $ 449,860 $ 281,967 $ 659,172 $ 338,732 $ 35,162 $ 245,857 $ 33,843 $ - $ - $ - $ 2,044,593
Recreation revenue - - - - - - 44,522 - - - 44,522
Police fines - - - - - - - 518,603 - - 518,603
Transfer taxes - - - - - - - - - 1,373,103 1,373,103
Miscellaneous revenue - - - - - 660 - - - - 660
Investment income (loss) 149 - 2 - - 209 - 34 29 112 535
TOTAL REVENUES 450,009 281,967 659,174 338,732 35,162 246,726 78,365 518,637 29 1,373,215 3,982,016
EXPENDITURES:
Program expenditures 523,011 299,431 4 402,982 35,162 424,597 73,071 - 45,190 6 1,803,454
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 523,011 299,431 4 402,982 35,162 424,597 73,071 - 45,190 6 1,803,454
Excess (deficiency) of revenues over
expenditures (73,002) (17,464) 659,170 (64,250) - (177,871) 5,294 518,637 (45,161) 1,373,209 2,178,562
Other financing sources (uses):
Operating transfers-in - - - 2,907 - - - - - - 2,907
Operating transfers-out (168,613) - (527,042) - - (68,000) - (518,637) - (1,373,209) (2,655,501)
Excess (deficiency) of revenues and other
financing sources over expenditures & other
uses (241,615) (17,464) 132,128 (61,343) - (245,871) 5,294 - (45,161) - (474,032)
FUND BALANCE
AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 415,404 47,472 102 77,540 - 435,160 16,326 100 65,732 100 1,057,936
FUND BALANCE
AT END OF YEAR $ 173,789 $ 30,008 $ 132,230 $ 16,197 $ - $ 189,289 $ 21,620 $ 100 $ 20,571 $ 100 $ 583,904
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POLICE GRANTS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE - BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ 415,404 $ 415,404 $ 415,404 $ -
Interest earned - - 149 149
Grants received: CJC 35,876 35,876 169,561 133,685
Grants received: BYRNE/JAG 136,931 136,931 147,410 10,479
Grants received: Cops Hiring recovery program 155,485 155,485 72,395 (83,090)
Grants received: Federal Forfeiture Funds - - 60,494 60,494
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE $ 743,696 $ 743,696 $ 865,413 $ 121,717
EXPENDITURES:
CJC grant expense $ 35,876 $ 35,876 $ - $ (35,876)
EIDE grant expense 30,032 30,032 - (30,032)
SALLE grant expense 72,537 72,537 - (72,537)
SLEAF grant expense 49,654 49,654 - (49,654)
BYRNE/JAG grant expense - - 147,410 147,410
Federal Forfeiture grant expense - - 221,711 221,711
Cops Hiring recovery expense - - 72,395 72,395
Photo equipment & supplies - - 20,150 20,150
Police equipment & program supplies - - 16,897 16,897
Computer software - - 1,449 1,449
Technology equipment - - 36,042 36,042
Training - - 21,120 21,120
Extra duty overtime - - 154,450 154,450
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $ 188,099 $ 188,099 $ 691,624 $ (503,525)
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 555,597 $ 555,597 $ 173,789 $ (381,808)
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LIBRARY GRANTS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE - BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ 16,336 $ - $ 47,472 $ 47,472
Grants received: State 259,801 310,635 281,967 (28,668)
Grants received: Federal 2,750 1,500 - (1,500)
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 278,887 312,135 329,439 17,304
EXPENDITURES:
Program expenditures/supplies 41,935 22,482 29,305 6,823
Office Supplies - 8,899 8,899 -
Printing/duplicating - 5,933 5,933 -
Postage - 500 44 (456)
Books 119,216 112,053 111,870 (183)
Furniture - 4,907 19,884 14,977
Audio visual supplies 55,000 70,000 68,368 (1,632)
Training/conference/food/travel 5,000 2,915 3,156 241
Office equipment repairs - - 2,386 2,386
Contractual services 18,650 4,150 2,250 (1,900)
Computer hardware 20,000 78,796 45,836 (32,960)
Program expenditures/supplies: Federal 2,750 1,500 1,500 -
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 262,551 312,135 299,431 12,704
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 16,336 $ - $ 30,008 $ 30,008
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MUNICIPAL STREET AID FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE-BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ 100 $ 102 $ 102 $ -
Grant received 526,814 659,200 659,172 (28)
Interest earned 100 - 2 2
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 527,014 659,302 659,276 (26)
Other financing uses:
Operating transfers-out (526,814) (659,202) (527,046) 132,156
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 200 $ 100 $ 132,230 $ 132,130
CITY OF DOVER
HOUSING PROGRAMS - CDBG & NSP
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE-BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance CDBG $ - $ - $ (34,345) $ (34,345)
Beginning balance NSP - - 71,356 71,356
Federal grant received 263,195 311,825 268,368 (43,457)
Revenues from General Fund - - 2,907 2,907
Revenue from NSP - - 110,653 110,653
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 263,195 311,825 418,939 107,114
EXPENDITURES:
Federal program expenditures 263,195 311,825 230,986 80,839
NSP program expenditures - - 171,756 (171,756)
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 263,195 311,825 402,742 (90,917)
CDBG BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ - $ - $ 5,944 $ (5,944)
NSP BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR - - 10,253 (10,253)
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STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION GRANTS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN
UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE - BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
REVENUES:
Beginning balance $ 312,651 $ 435,200 $ 435,160 $ (40)
Grants received: State 1,900,000 168,200 245,857 77,657
Miscellaneous revenues - - 660 660
Interest earned 2,800 500 209 (291)
TOTAL REVENUES & BEGINNING BALANCE 2,215,451 603,900 681,886 77,986
EXPENDITURES:
Program expenditures Grant Related 2,200,000 300,000 271,888 (28,112)
Program expenditures City Appropriated - - 152,709 (152,709)
TOTAL EXPENDITURES 2,200,000 300,000 424,597 (124,597)
Other financing sources (uses):
Operating transfers-in - 131,800 - (131,800)
Operating transfers-out - - 68,000 68,000
BALANCE CARRIED TO NEXT YEAR $ 15,451 $ 435,700 $ 189,289 $ (246,411)
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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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WATER/WASTEWATER FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Water $ 2,385,027 $ 2,567,172 $ 2,567,172 $ -
Beginning Balance - Wastewater 1,741,242 1,929,346 1,929,346 -
Beginning Balance - Kent County Treatment Fee (1,757,484) (1,243,243) (1,243,243) -
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES 2,368,785 3,253,275 3,253,275 -
REVENUES:
Water fees 4,603,400 4,700,000 4,707,918 7,918
Wastewater fees 3,756,700 3,756,700 3,722,985 (33,715)
Wastewater adjustment 3,090,900 3,050,700 3,050,127 (573)
Groundwater adjustment 1,386,900 1,239,000 1,290,968 51,968
Miscellaneous services 58,000 58,000 104,634 46,634
Water tank space rent 307,600 307,600 313,101 5,501
Interest earnings 27,800 27,800 31,889 4,089
Sewer Impact Fees 323,000 323,000 277,400 (45,600)
Water Impact Fees 357,000 357,000 308,700 (48,300)
Total Revenues 13,911,300 13,819,800 13,807,722 (12,078)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES & REVENUES $ 16,280,085 $ 17,073,075 $ 17,060,997 $ (12,077)
EXPENSES:
Water services $ 382,655 $ 382,655 $ 395,587 $ (12,932)
Engineering & inspection 622,230 622,230 507,921 114,309
Water construction 440,088 409,988 347,698 62,290
Water treatment plant 1,543,114 1,543,114 1,447,678 95,436
Wastewater services 959,735 959,735 878,066 81,669
Kent County sewer fees 4,235,400 3,600,000 3,724,238 (124,238)
Intrafund service fee 1,228,596 1,228,596 1,050,391 178,205
Retirees health care 190,830 190,830 190,830 -
OPEB Unfunded Liability - 372,417 372,417 -
Pension Trust Contribution 228,400 228,400 228,400 -
Debt Service - Water 320,853 320,853 251,510 69,343
Debt Service - Wastewater 416,083 416,083 456,429 (40,346)
Inventory/Fixed Asset Writeoffs 10,000 10,000 10,000 -
Transfer to Contingency Reserve 8,000 8,000 8,000 -
Transfer to Capital Asset Reserve- Water 100,000 100,000 100,000 -
Transfer to Capital Asset Reserve- Wastewater 300,000 300,000 300,000 -
Transfer to Water Improvement & Extension Fund 750,000 2,750,000 2,750,000 -
Transfer to Wastewater Improvement & Extension Fund 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 -
Transfer to General Fund from Water 238,842 238,842 238,842 -
Transfer to General Fund from Wastewater 185,666 185,666 185,666 -
Transfer to Impact Fee Reserve-Water 36,147 36,147 171,777 (135,630)
Transfer to Uncollectible Reserve 5,000 5,000 5,000 -
Total Expenses 13,201,639 15,908,556 15,620,450 288,106
Budget Balance - Water 2,738,400 865,100 1,075,793 (210,693)
Budget Balance - Wastewater 1,855,130 852,962 991,140 (138,178)
Budget Balance - Kent County Treatment Fee (1,515,084) (553,543) (626,386) 72,843
Total Budget Balances - Working Capital 3,078,446 1,164,519 1,440,547 (276,028)
TOTAL BUDGET BALANCES & EXPENSES $ 16,280,085 $ 17,073,075 $ 17,060,997 $ 12,078
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WATER/WASTEWATER IMPROVEMENT & EXTENSION FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance -Water $ 1,139,872 $ 1,537,774 $ 1,537,774 $ -
Beginning Balance -Wastewater 303,476 339,673 339,673 -
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES 1,443,348 1,877,447 1,877,447 -
REVENUES:
State Loan Fund-Water 2010 - 1,923,489 1,923,489 -
State Loan Fund-Wastewater 2009 1,800,000 1,259,850 1,325,671 65,821
State Loan Fund-Wastewater 2011 - 765,060 - (765,060)
Income from Sale of Assets - - 1,703 1,703
Interest earnings - - 28,308 28,308
Transfer from Water Fund 750,000 2,750,000 2,750,000 -
Transfer from Wastewater Fund 1,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 -
Transfer from Impact Fee Reserve 262,840 867,032 760,270 (106,762)
Total Revenues 3,812,840 9,565,431 8,789,441 (775,990)
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES & REVENUES $ 5,256,188 $ 11,442,878 $ 10,666,888 $ (775,990)
EXPENSES:
Water $ 766,240 $ 3,086,468 $ 2,362,179 $ 724,289
Wastewater 3,404,900 4,217,976 1,799,541 2,418,435
Water Treatment Plant 22,900 22,900 22,898 2
Water Construction 30,100 30,100 29,985 115
Total Expenses 4,224,140 7,357,444 4,214,603 3,142,841
Budget Balance - Water 1,070,632 3,071,795 3,811,206 (739,411)
Budget Balance - Wastewater (38,584) 1,013,639 2,641,079 (1,627,440)
Total Budget Balances - Working Capital 1,032,048 4,085,434 6,452,285 (2,366,851)
TOTAL BUDGET BALANCES & EXPENSES $ 5,256,188 $ 11,442,878 $ 10,666,888 $ 775,990
0 0 0 0
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ELECTRIC REVENUE FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUE AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Working Capital $ 11,867,003 $ 12,292,573 $ 12,292,573 $ -
REVENUES:
Direct base sales 95,675,500 95,674,800 96,483,053 808,253
Purchased power adjustment (6,012,000) (6,011,300) (6,083,282) (71,982)
Rental income 225,000 225,000 193,065 (31,935)
Miscellaneous services 919,000 850,700 1,142,471 291,771
Utility tax 1,966,100 1,700,000 1,548,209 (151,791)
Green Energy 129,000 129,000 127,581 (1,419)
Interest earned-operating 264,900 150,000 95,708 (54,292)
Transfer from Rate Stabilization 1,000,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 -
Intrafund Services - Water/Wastewater 240,203 240,200 156,204 (83,996)
Total Revenues 94,407,703 93,958,400 94,663,009 704,609
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCE & REVENUE $ 106,274,706 $ 106,250,973 $ 106,955,582 $ 704,609
EXPENSES:
Power Supply & Generation
Power Supply $ 42,047,430 $ 42,047,430 $ 43,265,652 $ (1,218,222)
Power Supply Management 1,170,000 1,170,000 996,000 174,000
Capacity Charges 8,506,512 8,506,512 8,685,938 (179,426)
PJM Charges - Load 15,043,396 15,043,396 10,182,061 4,861,335
Total Power Supply 66,767,338 66,767,338 63,129,651 3,637,687
Plant Operations 5,964,817 5,964,817 5,500,857 463,960
Capacity Credits (7,388,283) (7,388,283) (7,373,701) (14,582)
PJM Credits (1,285,675) (1,285,675) (4,081,759) 2,796,084
Generation Fuels 664,641 664,641 1,582,984 (918,343)
Total Generation (2,044,500) (2,044,500) (4,371,619) 2,327,119
Utility Tax 1,966,100 1,700,000 1,548,209 151,791
Administration 602,715 647,715 654,077 (6,362)
Transmission/Distribution 3,162,026 3,142,026 2,960,426 181,600
Electrical Engineering 1,177,060 1,152,060 986,042 166,018
Systems Operations 473,895 473,895 498,063 (24,168)
Meter Reading 215,208 215,208 205,791 9,417
Contractual Services - Power Supply 115,000 75,000 5,207 69,793
Provision for Uncollectible 150,000 150,000 150,000 -
Retirees Health Care 646,510 646,510 646,510 -
OPEB Trust Contribution 1,115,300 1,688,847 1,688,847 -
Pension Trust Contribution 1,110,500 1,110,500 1,110,500 -
Green Energy Payment to DEMEC 129,000 129,000 127,581 1,419
Interest on Deposits 54,500 54,500 21,297 33,203
Intrafund Service Fees 3,370,778 3,270,800 3,105,015 165,785
Other Appropriations:
Electric Capital Project Fund 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,500,000 -
General Fund 7,876,288 7,876,288 7,876,288 -
Debt Service 3,336,800 3,336,800 3,371,609 (34,809)
Rate Stabilization Fund - 5,000,000 5,000,000 -
Inventory Reserve 175,000 175,000 175,000 -
TOTAL EXPENSES 93,899,518 99,066,987 92,388,494 6,678,493
Budget Balance - Working Capital 12,375,188 7,183,986 14,567,088 (7,383,102)
TOTAL BUDGET BALANCE & EXPENSES $ 106,274,706 $ 106,250,973 $ 106,955,582 $ (704,609)
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CITY OF DOVER
ELECTRIC IMPROVEMENT AND EXTENSION FUND
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES AND EXPENSES
BUDGET (NON-GAAP BASIS) AND ACTUAL
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
VARIANCE
ORIGINAL FINAL POSITIVE
BUDGET BUDGET ACTUAL (NEGATIVE)
Beginning Balance - Working Capital $ 2,561,096 $ 3,175,375 $ 3,175,375 $ -
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES 2,561,096 3,175,375 3,175,375 -
REVENUES:
Transfer from Electric Revenue Fund 3,500,000 3,500,000 3,500,000 -
Interest earnings 38,400 25,000 25,168 168
Income from Sale of Assets - - 10,066 10,066
Transfer from Insurance Reserve 70,730 70,730 70,730 -
Transfer from Depreciation Reserve 300,000 300,000 300,000 -
Total Revenues 3,909,130 3,895,730 3,905,964 10,234
TOTAL BEGINNING BALANCES & REVENUES $ 6,470,226 $ 7,071,105 $ 7,081,339 $ 10,234
EXPENSES:
Power Plant $ 1,810,410 $ 1,897,455 $ 1,455,376 $ 442,079
Transmission/Distribution 648,337 648,337 461,464 186,873
Engineering 1,790,716 1,790,716 1,619,603 171,113
Meter Reading 20,000 20,000 10,280 9,720
Total Expenses 4,269,463 4,356,508 3,546,723 809,785
Budget Balance - Improvement & Extension Fund 2,200,763 2,714,597 3,534,616 (820,019)
Total Budget Balances - Working Capital 2,200,763 2,714,597 3,534,616 (820,019)
TOTAL BUDGET BALANCES & EXPENSES $ 6,470,226 $ 7,071,105 $ 7,081,339 $ (10,234)
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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 schedules are included for public review of budgetary compliance.
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CITY OF DOVER
INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS
WORKER'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE
STATEMENT OF REVENUE, EXPENSES AND
CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
AS OF JUNE 30, 2012 & JUNE 30, 2011
2012 2011
OPERATING REVENUES:
City Contribution $ 24,528 $ 631,636
Insurance Refunds - Excess Ins. & Other 533,979 -
Miscellaneous revenue 6,380 4,577
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE 564,887 636,213
OPERATING EXPENSES:
Program Expenses 1,769,964 161,880
Insurance 67,652 63,125
Self-Insurance Taxes 24,337 34,845
Contractural Services 31,100 31,100
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES 1,893,053 290,950
NET OPERATING INCOME/(LOSS) (1,328,166) 345,263
NON OPERATING REVENUE/(EXPENSE):
Interest Earned 19,987 27,684
Net Increase (Decrease) in Fair Market Value of Investments 4,533 (3,188)
TOTAL NON OPERATING REVENUE/(LOSS) 24,520 24,496
UNRESERVED RETAINED EARNINGS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR 1,936,697 1,566,938
UNRESERVED RETAINED EARNINGS AT END OF YEAR $ 633,051 $ 1,936,697
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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.
DOVER LIBRARY FOUNDATION
The Dover Library Foundation was formed to provide fund raising for the construction of a
new regional library.
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CITY OF DOVER
COMBINING STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
ALL AGENCY FUNDS
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2012
BALANCE BALANCE
JUNE 30, 2011 ADDITIONS DEDUCTIONS June 30, 2012
DOWNTOWN DOVER PARTNERSHIP
ASSETS:
Cash $ 399,231 $ 716,976 $ 860,257 $ 255,950
Receivables 59,641 5,852 10,639 54,854
Prepaid items 829 3,064 829 3,064
Total Assets $ 459,701 $ 725,892 $ 871,725 $ 313,868
LIABILITIES:
Vouchers payable $ 26,686 $ 848,307 $ 825,738 $ 49,255
Deposit payable 7,015 - - 7,015
Due to agencies 426,000 - 168,402 257,598
Total Liabilities $ 459,701 $ 848,307 $ 994,140 $ 313,868
4TH JULY CELEBRATION COMMITTEE
ASSETS:
Cash $ 15,385 $ 33,446 $ 22,935 $ 25,896
Prepaid items 1,597 - 1,597 -
Total Assets $ 16,982 $ 33,446 $ 24,532 $ 25,896
LIABILITIES:
Vouchers payable $ 1,822 $ 21,112 $ 22,934 $ -
Due to agencies 15,160 10,736 - 25,896
Total Liabilities $ 16,982 $ 31,848 $ 22,934 $ 25,896
DOVER LIBRARY FOUNDATION
ASSETS:
Cash $ 1,472,451 $ 368,338 $ 1,669,225 $ 171,564
Prepaid items - 76 - 76
Total Assets $ 1,472,451 $ 368,414 $ 1,669,225 $ 171,640
LIABILITIES:
Vouchers payable $ 936 $ 3,649 $ 4,585 $ -
Due to agencies 1,471,515 - 1,299,875 171,640
Total Liabilities $ 1,472,451 $ 3,649 $ 1,304,460 $ 171,640
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BALANCE BALANCE
JUNE 30, 2011 ADDITIONS DEDUCTIONS JUNE 30, 2012
TOTAL-ALL AGENCY FUNDS
ASSETS:
Cash & Investments $ 1,887,067 $ 1,118,760 $ 2,552,417 $ 453,410
Receivables 59,641 5,852 10,639 54,854
Prepaid items 2,426 3,140 2,426 3,140
Total Assets $ 1,949,134 $ 1,127,752 $ 2,565,482 $ 511,404
LIABILITIES:
Vouchers payable $ 29,444 $ 873,068 $ 853,257 $ 49,255
Deposit payable 7,015 - - 7,015
Due to agencies 1,912,675 10,736 1,468,277 455,134
Total Liabilities $ 1,949,134 $ 883,804 $ 2,321,534 $ 511,404
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FIDUCIARY FUND TYPES
PENSION TRUST FUNDS
POLICE PENSION TRUST
This fund accounts for pension transactions of sworn, uniformed police officers hired prior
to September 1, 1982. This pension plan is now closed to new police officers. Pensions
and benefits to the police retirees are paid from this fund. The trust fund investments are
managed by an outside investment manager.
EMPLOYEES’ PENSION TRUST
This fund incorporates transactions related to the retirement system for all employees, with
the exception of sworn, uniformed police officers and new employees hired after
September 29, 2009. This fund accounts for the costs of the management of funds.
These costs are paid to an outside investment manager. The resources are provided by
contributions from the City, interest earnings and employee’s contributions of 3.5% of
payroll, exclusive of unscheduled overtime.
OPEB TRUST
This fund provides retirement medical coverage to pensioners and their eligible
dependents in the City of Dover defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans.
The resources are 100% of individual health insurance coverage for the employee and
75% of the amount over the individual premium for dependent care coverage and the
employee contributes 25% of the amount over the individual premium for dependent care
coverage.
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The City of Dover, Delaware
Combining Statement of Pension Trust Fund Net Assets
June 30, 2012
Police General
Pension Pension Totals
ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 601,329 $ 861,458 $ 1,462,787
Investments at fair value - Mutual Funds 10,086,398 21,187,128 31,273,526
Net assets held in trust for pension benefits $ 10,687,727 $ 22,048,586 $ 32,736,313
The City of Dover, Delaware
Combining Statement of Changes in Pension Trust Fund Net Assets
For the Year Ended June 30, 2012
Police General
Pension Pension Totals
Additions
Net investment income/loss $ (34,831) $ (4,991) $ (39,822)
City's contribution - payroll based - 354,034 354,034
City's contribution - lump sum 95,000 2,788,900 2,883,900
Employee contribution - 279,092 279,092
State contributions 561,772 - 561,772
Other 11,502 17 11,519
Total Additions to Net Assets 633,443 3,417,052 4,050,495
Deductions
Benefit payments 1,486,211 3,249,878 4,736,089
General administration 13,256 18,149 31,405
Refund of pension contribution - 109,354 109,354
Total Deductions From Net Assets 1,499,467 3,377,381 4,876,848
Change in net assets (866,024) 39,671 (826,353)
Net assets - beginning 11,553,751 22,008,915 33,562,666
Net assets - ending $ 10,687,727 $ 22,048,586 $ 32,736,313
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SECTION
THIS SECTION 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.
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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
Net Assets by Component
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Governmental Activities
Invested in capital assets, net of related debt $ 19,554,571 $ 21,824,685 $ 23,343,787 $ 27,056,161 $ 29,709,046 $ 35,255,463 $ 35,752,624 $ 35,742,504 $ 38,839,995 $ 49,642,124
Restricted 1,002,363 1,852,754 2,023,096 887,235 1,591,678 1,602,932 1,758,470 1,250,342 1,774,167 482,780
Unrestricted 5,423,283 4,067,810 7,431,716 11,590,341 13,849,061 15,155,125 9,536,614 4,820,682 (99,435) (6,759,433)
Total governmental activities net assets 25,980,217 27,745,249 32,798,599 39,533,737 45,149,785 52,013,520 47,047,708 41,813,528 40,514,727 43,365,471
Business-type activities
Invested in capital assets, net of related debt 73,946,422 81,968,635 82,878,764 89,089,027 89,289,351 101,154,934 91,471,776 96,660,480 97,270,906 98,303,263
Restricted 39,568,228 36,010,001 32,620,056 33,801,000 29,762,946 23,758,183 34,372,050 31,302,487 34,148,330 33,836,315
Unrestricted 8,253,229 4,831,263 11,569,305 11,859,329 14,371,418 16,263,139 18,614,907 19,318,633 23,286,232 33,947,753
Total business-type activities net assets 121,767,879 122,809,899 127,068,125 134,749,356 133,423,715 141,176,256 144,458,733 147,281,600 154,705,468 166,087,331
Primary government
Invested in capital assets, net of related debt 93,500,993 103,793,320 106,222,551 116,145,188 118,998,397 136,410,397 127,224,400 132,402,984 136,110,901 147,945,387
Restricted 40,570,591 37,862,755 34,643,152 34,688,235 31,354,624 25,361,115 36,130,520 32,552,829 35,922,497 34,319,095
Unrestricted 13,676,512 8,899,073 19,001,021 23,449,670 28,220,479 31,418,264 28,151,521 24,139,315 23,186,797 27,188,320
Total primary government net assets $ 147,748,096 $ 150,555,148 $ 159,866,724 $ 174,283,093 $ 178,573,500 $ 193,189,776 $ 191,506,441 $ 189,095,128 $ 195,220,195 $ 209,452,802
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Table 2
City of Dover
Changes in Net Assets
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Expenses
Governmental activities:
General government $ 1,710,749 $ 1,426,396 $ 905,382 $ 836,668 $ 1,472,104 $ 1,384,276 $ 1,855,983 $ 1,510,308 $ 1,248,124 $ 1,180,327
Public safety 11,131,850 12,319,713 12,533,566 13,879,609 14,509,849 15,120,737 15,929,187 16,357,692 16,848,343 17,638,304
Public Works 4,029,404 4,536,928 4,547,747 4,493,296 4,791,235 4,355,206 7,539,463 7,115,319 6,257,946 8,135,172
Library and recreation 1,512,396 1,371,944 1,706,743 1,309,601 1,875,872 2,108,664 2,417,236 2,265,205 2,731,492 2,377,363
Community and economic development 392,101 545,899 711,743 600,907 639,545 497,914 724,555 2,228,744 1,173,546 773,208
Central services 48,032 297,857 236,451 447,877 552,042 586,274 550,886 544,611 599,498 469,385
Financial administration 241,609 1,902,719 1,582,911 1,774,380 1,588,425 1,425,074 2,557,465 2,353,180 2,463,426 1,146,524
Other post-employment benefits - - - - - - 2,441,541 2,843,480 6,142,627 6,534,630
Interest on long-term debt 249,661 224,155 129,352 118,130 106,815 82,657 87,491 78,581 75,397 90,161
Total governmental activities expenses 19,315,802 22,625,611 22,353,895 23,460,468 25,535,887 25,560,802 34,103,807 35,297,120 37,540,399 38,345,074
Business-type activities
Water and Sewer 8,789,932 9,291,404 8,678,186 9,263,236 9,846,771 10,387,198 11,196,913 11,971,445 10,912,722 11,068,607
Electric 52,380,785 53,387,490 56,384,796 58,620,196 88,297,987 88,442,048 94,475,940 90,940,056 90,296,244 77,625,673
Total business-type activities 61,170,717 62,678,894 65,062,982 67,883,432 98,144,758 98,829,246 105,672,853 102,911,501 101,208,966 88,694,280
Total primary government expenses 80,486,519 85,304,505 87,416,877 91,343,900 123,680,645 124,390,048 139,776,660 138,208,621 138,749,365 127,039,354
Program Revenues
Governmental activities:
Charges for services:
General government 524,342 1,117,648 1,209,067 1,428,996 1,683,817 1,603,935 1,426,972 1,307,296 1,503,243 4,043,168
Public safety 3,000,136 2,956,135 3,684,792 4,487,028 4,499,315 4,571,911 4,358,641 4,309,516 4,682,687 4,803,827
Public works 1,080,356 1,083,894 1,081,064 1,253,313 1,312,328 1,334,492 1,396,801 1,340,729 2,173,434 1,903,623
Library and recreation 434,149 443,925 447,948 549,959 1,100,412 788,875 715,404 650,283 632,861 632,824
Operating grants and contributions 1,683,806 2,090,106 2,267,722 3,156,369 3,108,545 2,511,244 2,758,194 3,813,842 5,032,926 2,654,051
Capital grants and contributions 717,603 1,154,728 1,983,669 500,103 790,612 647,724 1,090,838 169,130 856,338 6,292,303
Total governmental activities program revenues 7,440,392 8,846,436 10,674,262 11,375,768 12,495,029 11,458,181 11,746,850 11,590,796 14,881,489 20,329,796
(Continued)
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Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Expenses
Business-type activities
Charges for services:
Water and Sewer 10,541,804 10,454,520 10,804,685 12,224,877 11,819,643 12,158,812 11,319,027 11,531,595 14,033,678 13,775,833
Electric 59,578,543 59,476,870 63,303,032 68,005,332 87,014,071 96,858,790 101,420,982 100,278,474 101,902,619 93,529,401
Capital Contributions - 211,390 368,740 272,000 705,572 2,078,040 - 392,855 997,750 441,285
Total business-type activities program revenues 70,120,347 70,142,780 74,476,457 80,502,209 99,539,286 111,095,642 112,740,009 112,202,924 116,934,047 107,746,519
Total primary government program revenues 77,560,739 78,989,216 85,150,719 91,877,977 112,034,315 122,553,823 124,486,859 123,793,720 131,815,536 128,076,315
Net (expense)/revenue:
Governmental activities (11,875,410) (13,779,175) (11,679,633) (12,084,700) (13,040,858) (14,102,621) (22,356,957) (23,706,324) (22,658,910) (18,015,278)
Business-type activities 8,949,630 7,463,886 9,413,475 12,618,777 1,394,528 12,266,396 7,067,156 9,291,423 15,725,081 19,052,239
Total primary government net revenue (expense) (2,925,780) (6,315,289) (2,266,158) 534,077 (11,646,330) (1,836,225) (15,289,801) (14,414,901) (6,933,829) 1,036,961
General Revenues and Other Changes in Net Assets
Governmental activities:
Property taxes 7,076,050 7,183,124 7,370,318 8,792,652 9,032,995 9,557,982 10,075,401 10,029,584 10,904,908 11,050,198
Transfer taxes 2,663,963 1,627,172 2,379,548 3,048,064 3,008,371 3,515,422 1,197,425 867,692 1,461,983 1,373,103
Gain (loss) on sale of capital assets - - 3,750 - - - - - - -
Investment earnings 254,510 97,171 332,853 640,381 1,230,540 726,683 585,264 268,748 137,218 141,925
Transfers 5,440,923 6,636,740 6,611,024 6,338,741 5,385,000 7,166,269 5,533,055 7,306,120 8,856,000 8,300,796
Total governmental activities 15,435,446 15,544,207 16,697,493 18,819,838 18,656,906 20,966,356 17,391,145 18,472,144 21,360,109 20,866,022
Business-type activities:
Gain (loss) on sale of capital assets - 16,213 (13,264) (127,477) - - - - - -
Investment earnings 2,152,263 198,661 1,312,098 1,528,672 2,664,831 2,652,414 1,748,376 837,564 554,787 630,420
Transfers (5,440,923) (6,636,740) (6,611,024) (6,338,741) (5,385,000) (7,166,269) (5,533,055) (7,306,120) (8,856,000) (8,300,796)
Total business-type activities (3,288,660) (6,421,866) (5,312,190) (4,937,546) (2,720,169) (4,513,855) (3,784,679) (6,468,556) (8,301,213) (7,670,376)
Total primary government 12,146,786 9,122,341 11,385,303 13,882,292 15,936,737 16,452,501 13,606,466 12,003,588 13,058,896 13,195,646
Change in Net Assets
Government activities 3,560,036 1,765,032 5,017,860 6,735,138 5,616,048 6,863,735 (4,965,812) (5,234,180) (1,298,801) 2,850,744
Business-type activities 5,660,970 1,042,020 4,101,285 7,681,231 (1,325,641) 7,752,541 3,282,477 2,822,867 7,423,868 11,381,863
Total primary government $ 9,221,006 $ 2,807,052 $ 9,119,145 $ 14,416,369 $ 4,290,407 $ 14,616,276 $ (1,683,335) $ (2,411,313) $ 6,125,067 $ 14,232,607
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Table 3
City of Dover
Fund Balances of Governmental Funds
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Modified accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
General Fund
Reserved $ 689,233 $ 720,698 $ 1,099,450 $ 2,158,007 $ 2,023,169 $ 528,145 $ 709,817 $ 315,580 $ - $ -
Unreserved 4,682,483 3,729,125 4,156,574 6,515,829 7,046,831 9,387,795 8,305,396 7,242,323 - -
Non-spendable - - - - - - - - 191,567 198,175
Restricted - - - - - - - - 85,070 83,356
Committed - - - - - - - - 3,484,203 920,475
Assigned - - - - - - - - 614,559 658,890
Unassigned - - - - - - - - 3,385,209 3,007,983
Total General Fund 5,371,716 4,449,823 5,256,024 8,673,836 9,070,000 9,915,940 9,015,213 7,557,903 7,760,608 4,868,879
All other governmental funds
Special revenue funds
Unreserved 805,171 2,119,882 2,984,929 2,829,793 5,248,929 5,180,097 881,332 872,309 - -
Non-spendable - - - - - - - - 4,203 13,099
Restricted - - - - - - - - 764,512 399,424
Assigned - - - - - - - - 289,221 171,381
Total all other governmental funds 805,171 2,119,882 2,984,929 2,829,793 5,248,929 5,180,097 881,332 872,309 1,057,936 583,904
Total fund balances $ 6,176,887 $ 6,569,705 $ 8,240,953 $ 11,503,629 $ 14,318,929 $ 15,096,037 $ 9,896,545 $ 8,430,212 $ 8,818,544 $ 5,452,783
NOTE
The fiscal years prior to 2011 show fund balances as they were classified and reported prior to GASB 54.
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Table 4
City of Dover
Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Modified accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Revenues
Fines $ 650,004 $ 619,493 $ 1,117,440 $ 1,759,979 $ 1,314,246 $ 1,262,180 $ 1,323,041 $ 1,418,354 $ 1,665,496 $ 1,202,615
Library revenue 334,702 333,157 346,652 451,705 989,006 517,697 514,458 465,387 444,455 475,822
Licenses and permits 1,934,820 2,017,287 2,251,091 2,465,845 2,689,348 2,916,749 2,599,948 2,424,768 2,417,363 2,816,866
Sanitation fees and rebates 1,080,356 1,083,894 1,081,064 1,253,313 1,293,399 1,333,436 1,396,801 1,340,729 2,173,434 1,903,623
Recreation - - - - 12,793 34,111 47,079 36,100 44,292 44,522
Miscellaneous services 1,039,303 988,511 916,244 996,174 1,367,960 1,351,160 1,278,251 1,247,096 1,480,845 3,940,294
Taxes 9,740,013 8,810,296 9,749,866 11,840,716 12,041,366 13,073,404 11,272,826 10,897,276 12,366,891 12,462,532
Grants 2,396,409 3,244,834 2,812,082 3,919,800 4,550,607 3,148,194 3,513,365 4,482,259 5,551,175 8,909,758
Court of Chancery fees - 559,260 710,380 792,280 929,120 883,880 738,240 675,390 766,340 863,220
Investment income 226,165 95,127 315,642 603,451 1,154,829 638,782 513,873 237,631 112,722 117,405
Total revenues 17,401,772 17,751,859 19,300,461 24,083,263 26,342,674 25,159,593 23,197,882 23,224,990 27,023,013 32,736,657
Expenditures
General government 698,081 693,874 902,139 836,419 1,000,622 1,319,774 1,661,742 1,525,854 1,348,911 1,093,772
Library services 1,021,282 1,132,413 1,144,289 1,162,301 1,253,300 1,391,974 2,150,585 1,951,347 4,369,578 13,518,569
Public safety 10,671,475 11,755,081 12,432,257 13,922,271 15,055,746 15,068,451 15,680,044 15,948,298 16,139,953 17,001,619
Public works 1,696,969 2,864,345 2,478,911 3,340,643 2,551,962 2,928,236 3,219,659 2,504,061 2,535,060 2,074,061
Recreational services 482,936 486,789 617,624 705,241 1,452,987 2,699,725 869,134 746,868 834,124 827,230
Streets and sanitation services 2,971,180 2,957,758 2,711,775 3,242,649 3,018,222 3,675,282 3,279,188 3,181,025 3,383,465 3,280,165
Engineering services 56,703 225,658 253,299 289,208 314,728 - - - - -
Financial administration 391,721 597,973 687,450 725,963 829,002 1,055,619 1,009,240 895,570 866,314 902,009
Garage and stores 545,371 382,851 418,710 417,202 402,915 486,966 491,450 526,286 490,113 503,036
Insurance 128,127 203,997 168,430 153,202 165,584 176,947 199,643 197,723 203,343 198,241
Retiree health care lump sum 456,025 541,715 590,587 645,457 736,286 758,185 3,265,857 1,006,397 1,297,509 1,614,241
Employee pension unfunded liability 140,910 - - - 402,204 134,775 - - 1,544,978 1,545,000
Street lights 465,923 470,110 534,682 545,426 624,243 917,438 937,013 956,860 968,562 986,430
Community and economic development 392,101 545,899 711,743 600,907 639,545 497,914 724,555 2,228,744 1,173,546 773,208
Miscellaneous 296,914 - 16,000 - - - - - - -
(Continued)
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(Table 4 - Continued Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds)
Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Expenditures
Debt service
Principal 637,960 668,341 490,171 464,480 368,384 350,000 365,000 260,000 270,000 275,000
Interest 249,661 217,374 121,350 107,959 96,644 87,468 77,319 68,410 65,225 52,734
Other charges (Issuance of debt) - 122,387 - - - - - - - 27,255
Total expenditures 21,303,339 23,866,565 24,279,417 27,159,328 28,912,374 31,548,754 33,930,429 31,997,443 35,490,681 44,672,570
Excess of revenues
over(under) expenditures (3,901,567) (6,114,706) (4,978,956) (3,076,065) (2,569,700) (6,389,161) (10,732,547) (8,772,453) (8,467,668) (11,935,913)
Other financing sources (uses)
Bond proceeds - 3,430,000 - - - - - - - 851,500
Transfers in 6,499,751 8,249,757 8,965,067 8,850,767 8,316,722 12,369,176 12,683,925 9,156,575 12,420,329 10,959,204
Transfers out (1,053,828) (1,928,012) (2,354,043) (2,512,026) (2,931,722) (5,202,907) (7,150,870) (1,850,455) (3,564,329) (2,658,408)
Payments to refunded bond escrow agent - (3,244,281) - - - - - - - -
Capital leases 84,377 - - - - - - - - -
Sale of capital assets - - 3,750 - - - - - - -
Total other financing sources (uses) 5,530,300 6,507,464 6,614,774 6,338,741 5,385,000 7,166,269 5,533,055 7,306,120 8,856,000 9,152,296
Net change in fund balances $ 1,628,733 $ 392,758 $ 1,635,818 $ 3,262,676 $ 2,815,300 $ 777,108 $ (5,199,492) $ (1,466,333) $ 388,332 $ (2,783,617)
Debt service as a percentage of
noncapital expenditures 4.89% 4.70% 2.76% 2.42% 1.83% 1.62% 1.42% 1.05% 1.11% 1.15%
Capital outlay included in total
expenditures (1) $ 3,159,696 $ 2,425,801 $ 2,084,385 $ 3,523,649 $ 3,554,679 $ 4,559,625 $ 2,698,627 $ 2,434,391 $ 5,296,536 $ 13,927,288
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
Governmental Activities Tax Revenues by Source
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(accrual basis of accounting)
Fiscal Property Transfer
Year Tax Tax Total
2003 $7,076,050 $2,663,963 $9,740,013
2004 7,183,124 1,627,172 8,810,296
2005 7,370,318 2,379,548 9,749,866
2006 8,792,652 3,048,064 11,840,716
2007 9,032,995 3,008,371 12,041,366
2008 9,557,982 3,515,422 13,073,404
2009 10,075,401 1,197,425 11,272,826
2010 10,029,584 867,692 10,897,276
2011 10,904,908 1,461,983 12,366,891
2012 11,050,198 1,373,103 12,423,301
NOTES
1. Property Tax rate $.3378 of 100% assessed value (See Table 6 for tax rates)
includes payments in lieu of taxes, farm land roll back and penalties.
2. Transfer Taxes equal 1.5% of the real property sales value.
3. Assessed value by major component not available. (See Table 6 for
total assessed 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
Less: Total Taxable Direct
Fiscal Total Assessed Exempt Total Taxable Estimated Value to Total Tax
Year Value Properties Assessed Value Actual Value Assessed Value Rate
2003 $2,209,978,500 $504,226,700 $1,705,751,800 $2,209,978,500 77.18% $ 0.4110
2004 2,576,251,900 841,436,800 1,734,815,100 2,576,251,900 67.34% 0.4110
2005 2,605,638,000 841,290,300 1,764,347,700 2,605,638,000 67.71% 0.4110
2006 3,146,043,800 618,735,300 2,527,308,500 3,146,043,800 80.33% 0.3300
2007 3,516,580,775 618,433,400 2,898,147,375 3,516,580,775 82.41% 0.3300
2008 3,406,762,915 616,277,700 2,790,485,215 3,406,762,915 81.91% 0.3300
2009 4,124,562,920 1,225,269,600 2,899,293,320 4,124,562,920 70.29% 0.3300
2010 4,139,869,700 1,232,858,580 2,907,011,120 4,139,869,700 70.22% 0.3300
2011 4,363,518,360 1,226,879,300 3,136,639,060 4,363,518,360 71.88% 0.3378
2012 4,469,369,160 1,300,061,400 3,169,307,760 4,469,369,160 70.91% 0.3378
Source: Tax Assessor's Office, City of Dover.
NOTES
1. There is no tax on personal properties. Therefore, no figures are presented.
2. In 2003 the City changed assessed values to 100% of estimated actual values from 60%. In
doing so, the tax rate was lowered from $ .685 to $ .411. Had the tax rate been rolled back to a
revenue nuetral rate, the rate would have been $ .3310. The revised rate represents an $ .08
increase.
3. In 2005, the City property values were reassessed, effective for tax year 2006. The tax rate was
lowered from $ .411 to $ .330. Had the tax rate been rolled back to a revenue nuetral rate, the
rate would have been $ .310. The revised rate represents a $ .02 increase.
4 In 2010, the City property values were reassessed, effective for tax year 2011. The tax rate was
increased from $ .330 to $ .3378. Had the tax rate been rolled back to a revenue nuetral rate, the
rate would have been $ .3108. The revised rate represents a $ .027 rate increase.
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Table 7
City of Dover, Delaware
NOTES Property Tax Rates - All Direct and Overlapping
Governments with the Capital School District
1. Section 48 of the City of (Per $100 of Assessed Value)
Dover charter provides Last Ten Fiscal Years
that the amount of money
to be raised through
property taxes shall not
exceed 2% of the total
taxable assessment. Direct Overlapping
City Capital Vo-Tech Total
2. Kent County Property Fiscal of Kent School School Direct &
tax rates reflect the 1987 Year Dover County District District Overlapping
reappraisal of properties
in Kent County. 2003 $ 0.411 $ 0.250 $ 1.120 $ 0.087 $ 1.868
2004 0.4110 0.250 1.173 0.0870 1.921
3. The City of Dover changed 2005 0.4110 0.250 1.403 0.0887 2.153 *
from 60% of assessed value 2006 0.3300 0.250 1.459 0.1180 2.157 *
to 100% and accordingly 2007 0.3300 0.250 1.534 0.1160 2.230 *
lowered the tax rate in 2003. 2008 0.3300 0.250 1.480 0.1219 2.182
2009 0.3300 0.310 1.543 0.1219 2.305
4. The City of Dover reassessed 2010 0.3300 0.310 1.769 0.1304 2.539
property values and "rolled 2011 0.3378 0.300 1.832 0.1351 2.605
back" the tax rate in 2006. 2012 0.3378 0.300 1.832 0.1351 2.605
Sources: Tax Assessor's Office - City
Receiver of Taxes Office - Kent County
* Corrected Capital School District & Vo-tech tax rates
Property Tax Rates - FY 2011
All Direct & Overlapping Governments
0.135
0.338
0.300
1.832
City of Dover Kent County Capital School Vo-Tech School
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Table 8
City of Dover, Delaware
Principal Tax Payers
Current Year and Nine Years Ago
PERCENTAGE PERCENTAGE
OF TOTAL OF TOTAL
2012 TAXABLE 2003 TAXABLE
ASSESSED ASSESSED ASSESSED ASSESSED
TAX PAYERS VALUATION RANK VALUATION VALUATION RANK VALUATION
Dover Downs Prop, Inc. $146,847,600 1 4.63% $79,751,500 1 4.68%
Dover Mall LP/Dover Commons 80,921,800 2 2.55% 45,018,200 2 2.64%
Dover Medical Center 27,270,100 3 0.86% 0 - -
Dover South Coast Partnership 25,035,100 4 0.79% 9,777,500 9 0.57%
Kraft-General Foods Corp. 19,565,300 5 0.62% 31,425,800 3 1.84%
Robino Bay Court Plaza 14,400,000 6 0.45% 3,955,800 - 0.23%
Millers Dover Downs 13,463,600 7 0.42% 2,779,300 - 0.16%
G & I VA Dover Country Club LLC 13,176,500 8 0.42% 4,316,500 - 0.25%
McKee Road Business Park LLC 12,774,400 9 0.40% 8,821,700 - 0.52%
Multi-Residental-M LLC 12,396,200 10 0.39% 0 - 0.00%
Del-Homes Catalog Group 0 - - 9,241,600 10 0.54%
Dover Wipes 0 - - 21,992,100 4 1.29%
K.W. Lands/Sheraton/Hampton 0 - - 9,987,300 8 0.59%
Playtex Apparel Inc. 0 - - 11,382,900 7 0.67%
Energizer(was Playtex Products Inc.) 0 - - 14,241,800 5 0.83%
Woodmill Capital Advisors LLC 0 - - 12,367,200 6 0.73%
$365,850,600 11.54% $265,059,200 15.54%
Source: Tax Assessor's Office, City of Dover
Total taxable assessed valuation for current year is 3,169,307,760
In 2003 the City changed assessed values to 100% of estimated actual
values from 60%. 1,705,751,800
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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
2003 $ 6,842,874 $ 6,724,009 98.3% $ 118,865 $ 6,842,874 100.00%
2004 7,011,906 6,941,843 99.0% 70,063 7,011,906 100.00%
2005 7,109,977 6,941,217 97.6% 168,750 7,109,967 100.00%
2006 8,287,536 8,081,411 97.5% 206,125 8,287,536 100.00%
2007 8,448,462 8,242,898 97.6% 204,732 8,447,630 99.99%
2008 9,074,777 8,937,384 98.5% 135,399 9,072,783 99.98%
2009 9,512,522 9,206,158 96.8% 296,166 9,502,324 99.89%
2010 9,525,034 9,314,327 97.8% 202,280 9,516,607 99.91%
2011 10,481,734 10,166,681 97.0% 236,992 10,403,673 99.26%
2012 10,549,631 10,280,930 97.5% 310,787 10,591,717 100.40%
Source: City of Dover Assessor & Customer Service Reports.
PROPERTY TAXES LEVIED
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
12
11
10
9
8
7
Millions
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
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
Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Governmental Activities Business-type Activities
General Water/Sewer Electric Total Percentage
Fiscal Obligation Capital Revenue Revenue Capital Primary of Personal Per
Year Bonds Leases Bonds Bonds Leases Government Income Capita Population
2003 $ 4,100,000 $ 554,217 $ 8,803,629 $ 24,085,000 $ 393,030 $ 37,935,876 5.9% $ 1,154 33,829
2004 3,805,000 313,035 9,759,511 22,830,000 309,915 37,017,461 5.7% 1,116 33,829
2005 3,475,000 152,864 8,429,336 22,535,000 161,836 34,754,036 5.3% 1,037 33,829
2006 3,140,000 - 7,053,065 20,680,000 68,892 30,941,957 4.7% 914 34,288
2007 2,795,000 - 5,660,657 18,950,000 - 27,405,657 4.1% 807 35,197
2008 2,445,000 - 5,007,072 17,170,000 - 24,622,072 3.7% 690 35,200
2009 2,080,000 - 4,332,268 37,530,000 - 43,942,268 6.3% 1,200 36,359
2010 1,820,000 - 3,641,199 35,270,000 - 40,731,199 5.7% 1,112 36,627
2011 1,550,000 - 8,115,557 30,280,000 - 39,945,557 4.9% 1,070 37,341
2012 2,126,500 - 10,976,709 28,220,000 - 41,323,209 5.0% 1,132 36,492
Source: City of Dover Financial Records
Population Source: Delaware Population Consortium Annual Population Projections
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Table 11
City of Dover, Delaware
Ratio of Net General Obligation Bonded Debt
To Assessed Value and Net Bonded Debt Per Capita
Last Ten Fiscal Years
Ratio
of Net Net
Bonded Bonded
Gross Net Debt To Debt
Fiscal Assessed Bonded Bonded Assessed Per
Year Population Value Debt Debt Value Capita
2003 32,043 $ 1,705,751,800 $ 4,100,000 $ 4,100,000 0.24% $ 127.95
2004 32,043 1,734,815,100 3,805,000 3,805,000 0.22% 118.75
2005 32,043 1,764,347,700 3,475,000 3,475,000 0.20% 138.95
2006 32,043 2,527,308,500 3,140,000 3,140,000 0.12% 97.99
2007 32,043 2,898,147,375 2,795,000 2,795,000 0.10% 87.23
(2)
2008 32,043 2,790,485,215 2,445,000 2,445,000 0.09% 76.30
(2)
2009 32,043 2,879,943,320 2,080,000 2,080,000 0.07% 64.91
(2)
2010 32,043 2,907,011,120 1,550,000 1,550,000 0.05% 48.37
(2)
2011 36,047 3,136,639,060 1,550,000 1,550,000 0.05% 43.00
(2)
2012 36,047 3,169,307,760 2,126,500 2,126,500 0.07% 58.99
Source: City of Dover Financial Records, Tax Assessor’s Office and Planning's Census information.
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
Year Principal Interest Service Expenditures(1) Expenditures
2003 $ 465,000 $ 223,543 $ 688,543 $ 20,214,952 3.41%
2004 485,000 200,740 685,740 26,084,149 2.63%
2005 330,000 110,371 440,371 27,912,865 1.58%
2006 335,000 103,718 438,718 30,169,206 1.45%
2007 345,000 96,232 441,232 34,651,840 1.27%
2008 350,000 87,468 437,468 35,703,156 1.23%
2009 365,000 77,319 442,319 33,766,292 1.31%
2010 260,000 68,410 328,410 32,786,465 1.00%
2011 270,000 65,225 335,225 38,898,945 0.86%
2012 275,000 52,263 327,263 47,743,864 0.69%
Source: City of Dover Financial Records.
NOTES
1. The General Expenditures include all operating items, capital items and debt service.
(See Table 9)
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Table 13
City of Dover, Delaware
Computation of Direct and Overlapping Debt
with the Capital School District
June 30, 2012
Percentage Amount
Net Debt Applicable to Applicable to
Jurisdiction Outstanding City of Dover City of Dover
City of Dover $ 4,542,503 100% $ 4,542,503
Kent County (1) 49,496,091 6% 2,969,765
Capital School District (2) 68,776,850 -
TOTAL $ 122,815,444 $ 7,512,268
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 $49,496,091 at June 30, 2012.
Although, Kent County's bonds are general obligation bonds, $44,273,719 is
payable from the Kent County Sewer Fund(s) or other committed sources.
2. Capital School District: As of June 30, 2012 the net outstanding debt was
$68,776,850. Percentage and amount applicable to the City is not available.
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Table 14
City of Dover, Delaware
Computation of Legal Debt Margin
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(amounts expressed in thousands)
Fiscal Year
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Debt Limit $ 426,438 $ 433,704 $ 441,087 $ 631,827 $ 724,537 $ 697,621 $ 144,965 $ 144,341 $ 155,838 $ 156,429
Net (Taxable) Assessed Value on Books 1,705,752 1,734,815 1,764,348 2,527,309 2,898,147 2,790,485 2,899,293 2,886,826 3,116,765 3,128,586
Total Net Debt applicable to limit 4,100 3,805 3,475 3,140 2,795 2,445 2,080 1,820 1,550 2,127
Legal debt margin $ 422,374 $ 429,899 $ 437,612 $ 629,848 $ 721,742 $ 695,176 $ 142,885 $ 142,521 $ 154,288 $ 154,302
Total Net Debt applicable to limit
as a percentage of debt limit 0.97% 0.89% 0.79% 0.50% 0.39% 0.35% 1.46% 1.28% 1.00% 1.38%
Legal Debt Margin Calculation for Fiscal Year 2012
Net (Taxable) Assessed Value on Books $ 3,128,586
Debt Limit - 5 Percent of Total Assessed Value $ 156,429
DEBT
(For which the City's full faith and credit has been pledged)
Gross Bonded Debt 2,127
LEGAL DEBT MARGIN $ 154,302
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
2003 $ 59,737,571 $ 46,611,778 $ 13,125,793 $ 1,170,000 $ 1,480,203 $ 2,650,203 4.95%
2004 59,611,552 47,393,103 12,218,449 1,255,000 1,380,002 2,635,002 4.64%
2005 63,467,514 51,505,300 11,962,214 1,335,000 1,115,728 2,450,728 4.88%
2006 68,377,892 53,839,945 14,537,947 1,855,000 910,256 2,765,256 5.26%
2007 87,606,858 83,006,505 4,600,353 1,730,000 859,048 2,589,048 1.78%
2008 97,354,991 82,132,360 15,222,631 1,780,000 828,076 2,608,076 5.84%
2009 101,562,292 89,853,449 11,708,843 1,840,000 1,753,447 3,593,447 3.26%
2010 100,316,323 86,089,451 14,226,872 2,260,000 1,716,134 3,976,134 3.58%
2011 102,734,764 84,195,802 18,538,962 2,370,000 1,609,192 3,979,192 4.66%
2012 93,650,277 71,607,021 22,043,256 2,060,000 1,260,054 3,320,054 6.64%
Source: City of Dover Financial Records.
NOTES
1. Coverage required by the bond resolution is 1.25%. 5. In August 2004, the City issued Electric Revenue refunding
bonds in the amount of $22,535,000 to refund the
2. Calculation of gross revenue for fiscal year 2012 is as outstanding Electric Revenue Bonds Series 1990 and
follows: Electric Revenue Refunding Bonds Series 1993.
Gross Revenue:
Operating Revenues $ 93,529,401 6. In July 2008, the City issued Electric Revenue bonds in the
Interest Earned-Operating Funds 120,876 amount of $22,200,000. Fiscal year 2009 includes $1,026,999
Total Gross Revenue $ 93,650,277 of interest related to this bond issue.
3. Direct operating expenses do not include 7. In November 2011, the City issued Electric Revenue
depreciation expense. Refunding Bonds in the amount of $8,810,000 to refund the
2004 Series. This refunding reduced the principal payable
4. Figures presented in this table compare the net revenue by $2,620,000.
available for debt service to the debt service
requirements of the same fiscal year.
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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
2003 $ 10,604,052 $ 7,180,175 $ 3,423,877 $ 1,472,412 2.33%
2004 10,101,660 7,608,196 2,493,464 1,553,713 1.60%
2005 10,619,688 7,223,283 3,396,405 1,553,713 2.19%
2006 12,372,563 7,805,396 4,567,167 1,551,228 2.94%
2007 12,294,847 8,242,898 4,051,949 797,748 5.08%
2008 11,594,402 8,763,407 2,830,995 797,748 3.55%
2009 11,067,901 9,510,814 1,557,087 797,708 1.95%
2010 11,204,911 10,319,728 885,183 416,423 2.13%
2011 13,758,048 9,222,105 4,535,943 416,423 10.89%
2012 13,647,145 9,063,553 4,583,592 966,838 4.74%
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 that are still under construction. Once these projects are completed, debt
service requirements will increase.
3. Direct operating expenses do not include depreciation expense for coverage purposes
as per the bond indenture.
4. In October 2003, the City issued Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds in the amount of
$7,980,000. These bonds were issued to fully defease Water and Wastewater Revenue
Bond Series 1986 B and to partially defease Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond
Series 1993 and Series 1993 A and to provide approximately $1,600,000 for future
capital projects.
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Table 17
City of Dover
Demographic and Economic Statistics
Last Ten Calendar Years
Per Capita
Personal Personal Median School Unemployment
Year Population Income Income Age Enrollment Rate
2003 33,179 $ 645,165,655 $ 19,445 32.9 6,670 4.3%
2004 33,511 651,621,395 19,445 32.9 6,886 3.9%
2005 33,858 658,368,810 19,445 32.9 6,882 3.2%
2006 33,962 660,391,090 19,445 32.9 6,956 2.9%
2007 34,735 675,422,075 19,445 32.9 6,973 3.8%
2008 36,107 702,100,615 19,445 32.9 6,977 5.7%
2009 36,627 712,212,015 19,445 32.9 6,996 10.2%
2010 36,627 712,212,015 19,445 32.9 7,117 10.2%
2011 36,560 818,158,759 22,697 31.3 7,185 9.9%
2012 36,492 828,258,924 22,697 33.2 6,984 9.3%
Population Source: City Count
Personal Income Source: Estimation based on Population times Per Capita Personal Income
Per Capital Personal Income and Median Age Sources: American Community Survey 2006-2010 Dover, DE
School Enrollment Source: includes kindergarten through 12th grade.
Unemployment Rate Source: Delaware Department of Labor Statistics adjusted yearly average
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Table 18
City of Dover, Delaware
Major Employers
Current Year and Nine Years Ago
2012 2003
Percentage of Number of Percentage of
Name Numbers of Total City Employees Total City
Employees Rank Employment 06/30/2003 Rank Employment
Dover Air Force Base (1) 6,400 1 32.2% 8,595 1 30.3%
State of Delaware 4,500 2 22.7% 8,791 2 31.5%
Bayhealth Medical Center (2) 3,123 3 15.7% 2,527 3 8.9%
Dover Downs Co., Inc. 1,495 4 7.5% 1,200 6 4.2%
(3)
Dover Mall LP 1,000 5 5.0% 3,200 4 11.7%
Capital School District 881 7 4.4% 809 8 2.9%
Delaware State University 958 6 4.8% 1,150 7 4.1%
Kraft Foods Inc. 604 8 3.0% 621 9 2.2%
Energizer Personal Care (Playtex Products) 496 9 2.5% 1,105 5 3.9%
City of Dover 405 10 2.0% 375 13 1.3%
19,862 28,373
Source: City Economic Development Office
NOTES
1. Dover Air Force Base total includes active duty, reservists and civilian employees.
2. Number of employees working in Kent County.
3. Figures estimated by Employer.
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Table 19
City of Dover
Full-time Equivalent City Government Employees by Function
Last Ten Fiscal Years
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009* 2010 2011 2012
Assessor 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.0 3.0
Central Services 7.0 7.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 6.0
City Clerk 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
City Manager 3.0 3.0 3.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Customer Services 16.0 16.0 16.0 14.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 15.0 14.0
Delaware Prevention Network 2.0 2.0 1.0 - - - - - - -
Facilities Management 12.0 13.0 13.0 12.0 12.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 12.0
Finance 7.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0
Fire 5.5 5.5 5.5 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
Fleet Maintenance 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0 6.0
Human Resources 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0
Information Technology 7.0 7.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 5.0
Library 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 17.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 17.5 12.0
Mayor 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Parks and Recreation 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 6.0
Police Civilian 30.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0
Police Law Enforcement 81.0 85.0 87.0 90.0 91.0 93.0 93.0 90.0 91.0 93.0
Public Services, Administration 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0
Public Services, Inspections 14.0 14.5 14.5 15.0 15.0 16.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0
Public Services, Life Safety - - - - - - 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.0
Public Services, Economic Development - - - - - - 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
Public Services, Weed and Seed 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 - - - - - -
Planning 2.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 5.0 5.0
Code Enforcement - - - - - - 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.0
Community Development 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
Public Works, Grounds Maintenance 15.0 15.0 15.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 15.0 14.0
Public Works, Sanitation 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 13.0 12.0 13.0
Public Works, Streets 13.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0
Public Works E & I 2.0 3.0 3.0 - - - - - - -
General Fund Total 271.5 277.5 281.5 283.5 288.0 298.5 301.5 298.5 289.0 279.0
Public Utilities, Electric Administration 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Public Utilities, Electric Engineering 21.5 18.5 19.5 20.5 20.5 12.5 12.5 12.5 10.0 10.0
Public Utilities, Electric System OPS - - - - - 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Public Utilities, Electric Meter Reading 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 3.0 3.0
Public Utilities, Electric Transmission and Distribution 31.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 28.0 28.0 28.0 25.0 25.0
Emergency Preparedness 1.0 - - - - - - - - -
Electric Tree Trimmers 5.0 - - - - - - - - -
Electric Fund Total 66.5 55.5 56.5 57.5 57.5 54.5 53.5 53.5 47.0 47.0
Public Utilities, Construction 10.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 6.0 6.0
Public Utilities, Wastewater Engineering - - - 3.0 3.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 6.0
Public Utilities, Wastewater T & D 9.5 9.5 9.5 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 9.0 10.0
Public Utilities, Water T & D 9.5 4.5 4.5 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0
Public Utilities, Water Treatment Plant 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0
Water Meter Reading 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 - -
Water/Wastewater Fund Total 38.0 31.0 31.0 36.0 37.0 42.0 42.0 42.0 35.0 36.0
Total Full-Time Equivalents 376.0 364.0 369.0 377.0 382.5 395.0 397.0 394.0 371.0 362.0
Source: City of Dover Budget
* Per Revised Budget
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Table 20
City of Dover, Delaware
Operating Indicators and Capital Assets Used in Operations
Last Ten Fiscal Years
June 30, 2003 June 30, 2004 June 30, 2005 June 30, 2006 June 30, 2007 June 30, 2008 June 30, 2009 June 30, 2010 June 30, 2011 June 30, 2012
Date of Incorporation Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829 Feb. 16, 1829
Land area - Acres 14,406.68 14,571.35 14,714.60 14,674.58 14,914.27 14,904.90 14,904.90 14,909.33 14,909.33 14,909.33
Land area - Square Miles 22.5104 22.7677 22.991 22.929 23.303 22.586 22.586 23.29 23.29 23.29
Total Miles of Street 149.1 150.69 152.96 153.76 155.62 159.62 159.62 159.62 158.94 162.81
City Maintained Miles of Streets 89.75 91.34 93.61 94.41 96.27 100.27 100.27 100.27 101.59 103.46
State Maintained Miles of Streets 59.35 59.35 59.35 59.35 59.35 59.35 59.35 59.35 57.35 59.35
Population-U. S. Census data 32,043 32,043 32,043 32,043 32,043 32,043 32,043 32,043 36,047 36,047
Population-City Count 33,829 33,829 33,829 34,288 35,197 35,200 36,359 36,627 37,341 36,492
Registered Voters 19,850 18,259 18,714 19,502 19,084 20,181 21,897 21,897 21,454 21,454
Electric Utility:
Generating Units 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Co-Generating Unit 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
Generating Capacity 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 176 mw 176 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw
Co-Generating Capactiy 0 mw 0 mw 16 mw 16 mw 16 mw 16 mw 16 mw 16 mw
175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 175 mw 192 mw 192 mw 191 mw 191 mw 191 mw 191 mw
Area of Service 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi. 68 sq. mi.
Substations 16 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15
High Peak Load 165 mw 163 mw 160 160 176 mw 175 mw 155.656 mw 164.082 mw 162.6 mw 172 mw
Customers:
Residential 17,636 17,757 17,867 18,297 18,807 19,075 19,635 19,827 19,730 19,804
Commercial 2,836 2,915 2,813 3,280 3,535 3,602 3,096 3,141 3,140 3,103
Primary 30 33 32 32 38 38 41 41 42 43
Vapor Lights Only 874 874 867 867 872 880 850 843 820 811
69 KV Industrial 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
Municipal- Total number of meters 149 148 149 149 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total Customers Sales $ $56,599,722 $57,151,810 $60,170,424 $63,844,353 $83,109,810 $94,037,212 $99,642,490 $93,195,907 $99,513,157 $91,947,980
Total Customers Sales kWh 748,260,252 741,523,091 731,635,019 736,810,231 734,072,008 731,024,065 719,949,121 711,907,207 711,907,207 725,244,000
PowerSupply
$ $36,222,102 $37,675,178 $39,628,388 $41,871,486 $70,800,844 $68,831,697 $74,928,897 $72,695,602 $69,616,078 $77,079,848
kWh 778,715,700 780,677,900 767,750,050 781,466,220 788,824,000 770,997,000 751,171,000 751,250,000 768,254,000 725,244,000
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) 100 100 100 100 100 100 80 120 100 100
Equipment 15 15 11 14 14 18 14 14 14 15
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June 30, 2003 June 30, 2004 June 30, 2005 June 30, 2006 June 30, 2007 June 30, 2008 June 30, 2009 June 30, 2010 June 30, 2011 June 30, 2012
Parks and Recreation:
Major Parks 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Small Parks 23 23 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 24
Police Department:
Station 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Substation 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uniformed Personnel 81 85 87 88 90 92 92 90 93 93
Automobiles 60 74 79 71 66 66 66 66 67 78
Motorcycles 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7
Motor Boats 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Bicycles 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 12
Specialty Vehicles 7 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Trailers 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2
Public Library:
Books 93,340 97,820 101,631 111,496 120,203 119,392 121,312 138,931 103,091 93,050
Audiovisual Materials (VCRs, DVDs, 6,725 9,823 10,138 7,171 11,507 11,917 15,356 15,572 14,409 15,265
CDs, Cassettes, Recorded Books)
Members 43,185 46,318 48,626 39,202 37,036 37,587 39,354 36,534 33,466 32,717
Magazines Subscriptions 289 359 359 359 359 287 193 201 178 217
Newspapers 10 12 12 12 15 29 19 19 19 11
Circulation of Books 327,310 348,269 398,842 398,666 400,336 408,827 428,633 375,632 400,130 407,611
Electronic Downloads - - - - - - - - - 2,635
Water Utility:
Supply - Wells 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
Storage Tanks 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Total Storage Capacity (gallons) 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000 3,750,000
Water Mains (miles) 165 175 185 miles 176 miles 176 miles 196 miles 215.7 miles 215.7 miles 215.7 miles 217.5 miles
Average Daily Gallons Pumped 5,168,536 5,149,613 4,898,000 5,218,000 4,721,174 4,974,526 4,429,115 4,474,063 4,656,334 4,405,923
Peak Daily Gallons 8,194,800 7,400,000 8,421,000 8,358,000 8,672,000 9,278,000 8,058,000 6,756,000 8,620,000 8,620,000
Water Gallons - Pumped 1,890,466,700 1,879,000,000 1,788,000,000 1,904,666,300 1,869,585,000 1,815,702,000 1,616,627,000 1,633,033,000 1,699,562,000 1,608,161,895
Number of Metered Customers 10,999 11,150 11,625 11,764 11,962 13,229 13,375 13,863 12,330 12,385
Number of New Connections 173 298 475 139 198 284 146 488 0 55
Wastewater Utility:
Pumping Stations 34 34 34 38 42 42 42 42 42 40
Wastewater Mains 152 miles 155 miles 160 miles 185 miles 185 miles 185 miles 185 miles 185 miles 185 miles 186.87 miles
Average Daily Gallons 5,131,076 5,708,000 5,127,000 4,241,798 4,631,172 4,202,974 4,115,281 5,389,524 4,230,586 4,379,033
Peak Daily Gallons 7,000,000 7,000,000 5,983,000 Not Measured Not Measured Not Measured Not Measured Not Measured Not Measured Not Measured
Total Annual Gallons 1,872,843,000 2,083,000,000 1,871,000,000 1,548,256,115 1,722,795,930 1,538,796,919 1,502,077,732 1,965,547,000 1,544,249,000 1,598,347,045
Number of New Connections 133 250 350 Not Available Not Available Not Available 146 488 0 55
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 $3,803,967 $3,769,635 $3,791,254 $4,289,413 $4,250,634 $4,203,972 $4,070,523 $4,274,966 $4,945,385 $4,707,918
Wastewater Fees $2,532,802 $2,521,499 $2,719,577 $2,605,428 $2,619,013 $2,589,539 $2,351,885 $3,015,856 $3,694,020 $3,722,985
Wastewater Adjustment $2,778,521 $2,743,359 $2,611,290 $3,865,683 $3,854,100 $4,109,166 $3,733,644 $3,100,547 $3,058,656 $3,050,127
Sources: Various City departments
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Table 21
City of Dover, Delaware
Schedule of Insurance
as of June 30, 2012
PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
1. Property-
Blanket Building and Contents - $10,000 Deductible $139,113,899
Real and Personal Property (all risks of physical loss or damage)
including property of other City Departments. $100,000,000
Earthquake $2,000,000
$50,000 Deductible
Flood (all scheduled locations except if located in Flood Zones: A, B/shaded X, V & D) $2,000,000
$50,000 Deductible
Blanket Business Earnings & Expense $100,000
Electronic Data Processing $1,674,830
$1,000 Deductible
2. Inland Marine-
Miscellaneous Scheduled
Scheduled Equipment ($1,000 Deductible) $9,885
Unlisted Items (Maximum any one item $5,000) $100,000
Employee Tools ($250 tool deductible [Maximum any one item $18,000]) $115,423
Leased or Rented Equipment (Maximum any one item $100,000) $100,000
New Acquired Equipment $250,000
Rental Cost (per item) $5,000
Loss to any one Replacement Item $100,000
Scheduled Property - Bikes & Boat $16,000
Flood Deductible $1,000
3. General Liability-
Each Event $1,000,000
General Total Limit $3,000,000
Personal Injury Each Person $1,000,000
Advertising Injury Each Person $1,000,000
Medical Expenses $0
Sewer Back-Up - (resulting from negligence) $0 Deductible $1,000,000
Failure to Supply Services - Water $1,000,000
Statutory Cap Limits of Coverage Endorsement
Delaware Personal Injury Statutory Cap Limit $300,000
Delaware Advertising Injury Statutory Cap Limit $300,000
Delaware Bodily Injury & Property Damage Statutory Cap Limit $300,000
4. Automobile-
Liability $1,000,000
Personal Injury Protection $300,000
Uninsured Motorist $1,000,000
Underinsured Motorist $1,000,000
Comprehensive - $500 Deductible-Specified Vehicles
Collision - $1,000 Deductible-Specified Vehicles
(Physical Damage Applies to Police & Specified Electric & Sanitation Trucks)
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
Comprehensive & Collision Deductible $250
Statutory Cap Limits of Coverage Endorsement
Delaware Statutory Cap Limit $300,000
5. Employee Benefit Plans Administration Liability - Claims Made
Total Limit $3,000,000
Each Employee Limit $1,000,000
Deductible $1,000
Law Enforcement Liability - Occurrence
Total Limit $3,000,000
Each Wrongful Act $1,000,000
Deductible $5,000
Statutory Cap Limits of Coverage Endorsement
Delaware Statutory Cap Limit $300,000
6. Public Entity Management Liability - Claims Made
Retroactive Date: 7/1/96
Total Limit $3,000,000
Each Wrongful Act Limit $1,000,000
Deductible $25,000
7. Employment Practices Liability - Claims Made
Retroactive Date: 7/1/96
Total Limit $5,000,000
Each Wrongful Employment Practice Offense Limit $5,000,000
Deductible $25,000
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PROTECTION
TYPE OF COVERAGE LIMIT IN DOLLARS
8. Crime
Employee Theft Per Loss ($500 Deductible) $500,000
Employee Theft Per Loss $500,000 excess of $500,000
Forgery or Alteration ($1,000 Deductible) $100,000
Inside the Premises-
Theft of Money & Securities ($500 Deductible) $35,000
Inside the Premises ($500 Deductible) $25,000
Outside the Premises ($500 Deductible) $30,000
Computer Fraud ($1,000 Deductible) $100,000
Money Orders and Counterfeit Paper Currency ($1,000 Deductible) $100,000
Faithful Performance Coverage
9. Boiler and Machinery Insurance (Excluding Power Plants)
Coverage Limit Property Limit
Deductible $10,000
Expediting Expenses $250,000
Hazardous Substance $250,000
Ammonia Contamination $250,000
Spoilage $250,000
10. Umbrella
General Total Limit $4,000,000
Products & Completed Work:
Total Limit $4,000,000
Personal Injury $4,000,000
Advertising Injury $4,000,000
Each Event Limit $4,000,000
Deductible Per 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 Liability $1,000,000
12. Pollution Liability (Includes 2 Underground Storage Tanks & 2 Power Plants)
Retroactive Date: 4/1/97
Each Pollution Event Limit $5,000,000
Aggregate Policy Limit $10,000,000
Deductibles $5,000 on UST's
and McKee Run & VaSant Power Plants Deductibles $25,000
13. EXCESS WORKER'S COMPENSATION
Employers Liability Limit $1,000,000
Specific Limit: ($500,000 Retention) Statutory
Aggregate Limit: $1,000,000
14. WORKER'S COMPENSATION - TPA SERVICES Annual Premium $22,500 N/A
15. TRAVEL ACCIDENT POLICY
Principal Sum (Covered positions specified) $100,000
Deductible $0
16. BOND-SELF INSURED WORKER'S COMPENSATION
STATE OF DELAWARE
LIMIT $750,000
17. BOND PUBLIC OFFICIALS BOND
Treasurer - Limit $100,000
City Clerk-Assistant Treasurer - Limit $100,000
18. Power Plants - Property & Boiler & Machinery
Limit per Occurrence $100,000,000
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 $100,000
Except: $350,000 per occurrence
$100,000 per Occurrenceas respects Transit
In respect of Time Element loss (Extra Expenses: 45 days per Occurrence
72 hours per Occurrence in respect of Service interruption
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ACTION FORM
PROCEEDING: Legislative, Finance & Administration Committee
DEPARTMENT OF ORIGIN: Planning & Inspections DATE SUBMITTED: January 3, 2013
PREPARED BY: Ann Marie Townshend, AICP, Director of Planning & Community Development
SUBJECT: Revisions to the Airport Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ)
REFERENCE: Appendix B – Zoning, Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 22 Airport Environs Overlay
Zone (AEOZ)
RELATED PROJECT: N/A
REVIEWED BY: N/A
EXHIBITS: Ordinance #2013-01; Ordinance #2013-02; Map Entitled “Airport Environs Overlay Zone
(AEOZ) – 2013 Amendments”
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: N/A AMOUNT BUDGETED: N/A
FUNDING SOURCE (Dept./Page in CIP & Budget): N/A
TIME TIMETABLE: First Reading on January 28, 2013; Public Hearing before the Planning Commission
on February 19, 2013; Public Hearing and Final Action by City Council on March 11, 2013.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends that the proposed ordinances be forwarded to the City
Council with a favorable recommendation.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
In 2001, the City of Dover adopted the Airport Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ) to ensure that development of
lands surrounding the Dover Air Force Base, specifically within the zones identified by the Air Force as the
Noise Zones, Clear Zone, and Accident Potential Zones, proceeds in a manner that protects the public health,
safety and welfare, as well as the viability of the Dover Air Force Base. The overlay zone works in conjunction
with the underlying zoning district of each property to ensure that development in these areas is compatible with
the noise and other aspects of the Dover Air Force Base flight paths.
The AEOZ was based upon the maps and text provided by the Dover Air Force Base in their Air Installation
Compatible Use Zone (AICUZ) study. In 2010, the Dover Air Force Base released an updated AICUZ study,
which includes revised noise contours. The City of Dover Planning Office has used this updated information to
update the City’s AEOZ.
The adoption of the amended AEOZ is being processed as a Comprehensive Rezoning (Appendix B – Zoning,
Article 10 – Planning Commission, Section 5 – Amendments, Subsection 5.4), as the rezoning is the result of a
formal study by the Dover Air Force Base. The Planning Office sent 685 letters to affected property owners and
held a public workshop on November 8, 2012 to answer questions. Some properties will be removed from the
AEOZ Noise Zones as a result of the rezoning; others will remain in the AEOZ Noise Zones, but the boundary
locations on their properties will change. There is no change to the Accident Potential Zones or Clear Zone
proposed.
The proposed amendments also include an amendment to the text of the Zoning Ordinance relating to the
AEOZ. These changes are primarily housekeeping changes, and are directly related to the AICUZ study
provided by the Dover Air Force Base.
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Proposed changes to the AEOZ
CITY OF DOVER
ORDINANCE #2013-01
1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN COUNCIL MET:
2
3 That Appendix B – Zoning, Article 3 – District Regulations, Section 22 Airport Environs Overlay
4 Zone (AEOZ) be amended by deleting the text shown in red bold strikethrough and inserting the
5 text in blue bold italics as follows:
6
7 Sec[tion] 22. Airport environs overlay zone (AEOZ).
8 22.1 Purpose and intent.
9 The airport environs overlay zone (AEOZ) is expressly intended to protect the public health,
10 safety, and welfare by identifying areas impacted by high levels of aircraft noise, and the
11 potential for aircraft accidents associated with airport operations, by regulating land use and the
12 construction of buildings within such areas. The AEOZ is further intended to preserve and
13 promote the integrity of the mission of Dover Air Force Base (DAFB) as a matter of local,
14 regional and national importance, by regulating development and land use within the specific
15 areas surrounding DAFB, and to protect DAFB from encroachment of incompatible land uses.
16 The AEOZ shall serve as an overlay zone that applies additional standards and requirements to
17 properties located therein.
18
19 (a) The AEOZ is based on information provided by the Dover Air Force Base’s Air
20 Installation Compatible Use Zone Study Update. The City shall work with the Dover Air
21 Force Base to update the provisions of this section as needed.
22 (b) In case of conflicting standards and requirements, the more stringent standards and
23 requirements shall apply. Uses prohibited by the underlying zoning designations of the
24 properties within the AEOZ shall not be permitted by this section.
25 22.2 Definitions.
26 (1) (a) Air installations compatible use zones (AICUZ): is a department of defense program to
27 achieve compatibility between air installations and neighboring communities.
28 (2) (b) Airport environs: is the geographic area that is affected by airport air traffic operations and
29 defined on the basis of those areas immediately impacted by aircraft noise of the 65 decibels
30 (dBs) and greater noise exposure areas as delineated by the current and approved DAFB air
31 compatibility use zone study. This area is represented as the airport environs overlay zone
32 (AEOZ).
33 (3) (c) Day-night average A-weighted sound level (DNL): is a cumulative aircraft noise index
34 which estimates the exposure to aircraft noise and relates the estimated exposure to an expected
35 community response; a 24-hour energy average sound level expressed in decibels (dBs), with a
36 ten-decibel penalty applied to noise occurring between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
37 (4) (d) DNL contour: is an isoline linking together a series of points of equal cumulative noise
38 exposure based on Ldn metric. Such contours are developed based on aircraft flight patterns,
39 number of daily aircraft operations by type of aircraft and time of day, noise characteristics of
40 each aircraft, and typical runway usage patterns.
41 (5) (e) Decibel (dB) : is a unit of measure of sound pressure or intensity.
42 (6) (f) Ldn metric: is the average equivalent A-weighted sound level during a 24-hour day,
43 obtained by adding ten decibels to the hourly noise levels measured during the night (10:00 p.m.
44 to 7:00 a.m.).
45 (g) SLUCM: Standard Land Use Coding Manual, U.S. Department of Transportation.
46 22.3 Accident potential zones and noise zones. The AEOZ is comprised of two basic regulatory
47 components: accident potential zones and noise zones. This section establishes three accident potential
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48 zones and four noise zones. The boundaries of each of these zones are delineated on the City of Dover
49 zoning map and are further described as follows:
50 (a) Accident potential zones:
51 (1) Clear zone (CZ) is that area immediately adjoining the end of a runway and which
52 extends outward from the edge of the runway a distance of 3,000 feet and which is 3,000
53 feet in width )(1,500 feet to either side of the centerline of the airport runway);
54 (2) Accident potential zone I (APZ I) is that area immediately adjoining the outer edge of
55 the CZ and which extends outward from the boundary of the CZ a distance of 5,000 feet,
56 and which is 3,000 feet in width (1,500 feet to either side of the centerline of the
57 airport runway); and
58 (3) Accident potential zone II (APZ II) is that area immediately adjoining the outer edge
59 of the APZ I and which extends outward from the boundary of the APZ I a distance of
60 7,000 feet, and which is 3,000 feet in width.
61 (b) Noise zones:
62 (1) Noise zone A (DNL A) is that area within and bounded by DNL contour lines of
63 between 65 decibels and 69 decibels of noise pressure.
64 (2) Noise zone B (DNL B) is that area within and bounded by DNL contour lines of
65 between 70 decibels and 74 decibels of noise pressure.
66 (3) Noise zone C (DNL C) is that area within and bounded by DNL contour lines of
67 between 75 decibels and 79 decibels of noise pressure.
68 (4) Noise zone D (DNL D) is that area within and bounded by DNL contour lines of 80
69 decibels and subject to noise pressure of 80 decibels and greater.
70 22.4 Exemptions. The following uses and structures are exempt from compliance with the provisions of
71 this article section:
72 (a) Additions to existing one-family dwellings. Additions to existing one-family dwellings may
73 be permitted when all other applicable zoning district bulk requirements are met.
74 (b) Additions to existing commercial non-residential buildings. Additions to existing
75 commercial buildings limited to a maximum additional floor area of 3,000 square feet for
76 buildings designed and intended for human occupancy, and unlimited floor area for
77 additions to buildings primarily used for storage, warehousing and other uses not designed
78 or intended for human occupancy as a primary use.
79 (1) Additions to existing non-residential buildings designed for human occupation
80 shall be limited to a maximum increase of 50% of the floor area.
81 (2) Additions to existing non-residential buildings designed for storage, warehousing
82 and other uses not designed or intended for human occupancy as a primary use are
83 unlimited in floor area.
84 (c) Temporary uses. Temporary uses [which] include but are not limited to public gatherings,
85 celebrations and outdoor entertainment events are permitted, so long as the period of operation
86 does not exceed five days.
87 (d) Temporary structures. Temporary buildings and structures such as tents, pavilions, bleachers,
88 etc., that are not used for residential purposes, and which meet said applicable requirements as
89 contained within this zoning ordinance [appendix] are permitted, so long as such uses and
90 associated structures are constructed incidental to a permitted use.
91 (e) Agricultural uses, operations and structures. Agricultural uses, operations, and
92 buildings and associated nonresidential structures, and lands in agricultural production.
93 (f e) Accessory uses and structures. Accessory uses and structures incidental to a permitted
94 principal structure or use.
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95 22.5 Land use and development standards. Any building or portion thereof constructed or placed within
96 the AEOZ after the effective date of this section shall, and comply[ing] with the following standards:
97 (a) Unless specifically exempted under [sub]section 22.4 above, land uses shall be permitted or
98 prohibited in accordance with [sub]section 22.6, land use compatibility table.
99 (b) Proposed structures situated within noise zones A through D shall be constructed with noise
100 attenuation features to achieve the minimum interior noise level reductions specified by building
101 type in [sub]section 22.6, land use compatibility table.
102 (c) In APZ I and APZ II, no structure may be erected over 60 feet in height, regardless of zoning
103 district bulk regulations of the individual zoning district.
104 (d) All building permit applications for construction of new buildings or building additions not
105 exempted under section 22.4, within AEOZ shall be accompanied by a written statement from a
106 licensed architect or engineer, which lists all construction materials to be used and the resultant
107 interior noise level reductions to be achieved. The written analysis provided by the engineer or
108 architect shall demonstrate that the proposed construction will achieve compliance with the
109 minimum required interior noise level reductions specified in [sub]section 22.6, land use
110 compatibility table.
111 22.6 Land use compatibility table.
112 TABLE INSET:
LAND USE COMPATIBILITY TABLE
Airport Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ)
AEOZ Zones
Noise Zones Accident Potential Zones
Land Use
A B C D
CZ APZ 1 APZ II
65-69 dB 70-74 dB 75-79 dB 80 + dB
Single, Two, and Multifamily Y1 Y1 Y1 Y1 N N Y5
Manufactured Housing Y1 Y1 Y1 Y1 N N N
RESIDENTIAL
Hotels, Motels, and Lodges Y2 Y3 N N N N N
All Other
Y1 Y1 N N N N N
Residential
Retail Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
Business Services Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
Personal Services Y Y2 N N N N N
Professional
Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
NONRESIDENTServices
IAL
Professional Offices Y Y2 N N N N N
All Other
Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
Commercial
Manufacturing, Warehousing,
Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
Distribution
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Parking Facilities Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
All Other Industrial Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
Hospitals, Nursing Homes Y2 Y3 N N N N N
Other Medical
Y Y3 Y3 N N N Y 3,4
Facilities
Educational
Y2 Y3 N N N N N
Facilities
Houses of Worship, Public Assembly Y2 Y3 N N N N N
Government
Y Y3 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
Facilities
Parks & Recreation Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N Y 3,4 Y 3,4
ALL OTHER USES Y Y2 Y3 Y3 N6 Y 3,4 Y 3,4
114 Y Land use permitted
115 N Land use prohibited
116 1 Interior noise level reduction of 25 db is required in subdistrict A, 30 db in subdistrict B, 35 db in
117 subdistrict C, and 40 db in subdistrict D.
118 2 Interior noise level reduction of 25 db is required for all areas where the public is received, office
119 areas, noise-sensitive areas, or where the normal noise level is low.
120 3 Interior noise level reduction of 30 db is required for all areas where the public is received, office
121 areas, noise-sensitive areas, or when the normal level is low.
122 4 Structures not exceeding 60 feet in height within APZ I and II.
123 5 Single-family dwellings with a gross density of no more than one unit to the acre.
124 6 Agricultural uses not prohibited by [subsection] 22.8.
Land Use Compatibility Table Accident Potential Noise Zones in DNL dBA
Zones
SLUCM Name Clear APZ I APZ II A B C D
No. Zone 65-69 70-74 75-79 80+
10 Residential
11 Household units
11.11 Single units; detached N N Y5, 12 Y1,12 Y2 N N
11.12 Single units; semidetached and attached N N N Y1 Y2 N N
11.31 Apartments N N N Y1 Y2 N N
12 Group quarters N N N Y1 Y2 N N
13 Residential hotels N N N Y1 Y2 N N
14 Mobile home parks or courts N N N N N N N
15 Transient lodgings N N N Y1 Y2 Y5 N
16 Other residential N N N Y1 Y2 N N
20 Manufacturing
Food & kindred products;
21 N N Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
manufacturing
22 Textile mill products; manufacturing N N Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
Apparel and other finished products
23 made from fabrics, leather, and similar N N N Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
materials; manufacturing
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Lumber and wood products (except
24 N Y5,9 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
furniture); manufacturing
25 Furniture and fixtures; manufacturing N Y5,9 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
26 Paper & allied products; manufacturing N Y5,9 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
Printing, publishing, and allied
27 N Y5,9 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
industries
Chemicals and allied products;
28 N N N Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
manufacturing
Petroleum refining and related
29 N N Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
industries
30 Manufacturing
Rubber and misc. plastic products,
31 N N N Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
manufacturing
Stone, clay and glass products
32 N N Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
manufacturing
33 Primary metal industries N N Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
Fabricated metal products;
34 N N Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
manufacturing
Professional, scientific, and controlling
instruments; photographic and optical
35 N N N Y1 Y2 Y3 N
goods; watches and clocks
manufacturing
39 Miscellaneous manufacturing N Y5,9 Y5,9 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
Transportation, Communications and
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Utilities
41 Railroad, rapid rail transit and street
N N Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
railroad transportation
42 Motor vehicle transportation N Y Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
43 Aircraft transportation N Y10 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
44 Marine craft transportation N Y10 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
45 Highway & street right-of-way N Y Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
46 Automobile parking N Y10 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
47 Communications N Y10 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 N
48 Utilities N Y10 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
Other transportation communications
49 N Y10 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 N
and utilities
50 Trade
51 Wholesale trade N Y5 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
52 Retail trade-building materials,
N Y5 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
hardware and farm equipment
53 Retail trade-general merchandise N N Y5 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
54 Retail trade-food N N Y5 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
Retail trade-automotive, marine craft, Y2 Y3
55 N Y5 Y5 Y1 N
aircraft and accessories
56 Retail trade-apparel and accessories N N Y5 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
Retail trade-furniture, home furnishings
57 N N Y5 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
and equipment
Retail trade-eating and drinking
58 N N N Y1 Y2 Y3 N
establishments
59 Other retail trade N N Y5,9 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
60 Services
61 Finance, insurance and real estate N N Y5,9 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
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services
62 Personal services N N Y5,9 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
62.4 Cemeteries N N Y11 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
63 Business services N Y5,9 Y5,9 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
64 Repair services N Y5,9 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4
65 Professional services N N Y5,9 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
65.1 Hospitals, nursing homes N N N Y1 Y2 N N
65.1 Other medical facilities N N N Y1 Y2 Y3 N
66 Contract construction services N Y5,9 Y Y1 Y2 Y3 N
67 Governmental services N N Y5,9 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
68 Educational services N N N Y1 Y2 N N
69 Miscellaneous services N N Y5 Y1 Y2 Y3 N
Cultural, Entertainment and
70
Recreational
71 Cultural activities (including churches) N N N Y1 Y2 N N
71.2 Nature exhibits N N Y Y1 N N N
72 Public assembly N N N Y1 N N N
72.1 Auditoriums, concert halls N N N Y1 Y2 N N
72.11 Outdoor music shell, amphitheaters N N N N N N N
72.2 Outdoor sports arenas, spectator sports N N N Y6 Y6 N N
73 Amusements N N Y9 Y1 Y2 N N
74 Recreational activities (including golf
N N Y Y Y N N
courses, riding stables, water recreation)
75 Resorts and group camps N N N Y1 Y2 N N
76 Parks N Y9 Y9 Y Y N N
Other cultural, entertainment and
79 N N N Y2 Y3 N N
recreation
80 Resources Production and Extraction
81 Agriculture (except livestock) Y8 Y Y Y7 Y7 Y8 Y8
81.5 to
Livestock farming and animal breeding N Y Y Y7 Y7 N N
81.7
82 Agricultural related activities N Y Y Y7 Y7 N N
83 Forestry activities and related services N Y Y Y7 Y7 N N
84 Fishing activities and related services N N N N N N N
N Mining activities and related services N N N N N N N
Other resources production and
89 N N N N N N N
extraction
125
126 Y - (Yes) - Land use and related structures are compatible without restriction.
127 N - (No) - Land use and related structures are not compatible and are prohibited.
128 Yx - (yes with restrictions) - Land use and related structures generally compatible; see notes 1-12.
129 NLR - (Noise Level Reduction) - NLR (outdoor to indoor) to be achieved through incorporation of
130 noise attenuation measures into the design and construction of the structures.
131
132 NOTES
133 1. Require NLR of 25dB for DNL A.
134 2. Require NLR of 30dB for DNL B.
135 3. Require NLR of 35dB for DNL C.
136 4. Require NLR of 40dB for DNL D.
137 5. Require NLR of noise zone and building location and site planning, and design and use of berms
138 and barriers can help mitigate outdoor exposure, particularly from near ground level sources.
139 Measures that reduce outdoor noise should be used whenever practical in preference to measures
140 which only protect interior spaces.
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141 6. Require NLR of noise zone and special sound reinforcement systems are installed.
142 7. Associated residential uses require NLR of noise zone.
143 8. Structures are not permitted and personnel should wear hearing protection devices.
144 9. Facilities shall be low intensity.
145 10. No Passenger terminals and no major aboveground transmission lines in APZ I.
146 11. Excludes chapels.
147 12. Maximum density of 1 dwelling unit per acre.
148
149 22.7 Design standards.
150 (a) All buildings and structures to be constructed or placed within the AEOZ shall be situated on the
151 portion of the lot that affords the least noise impact to the proposed building or structure, wherever and
152 whenever practicable. Buildings and structures shall be designed and oriented to minimize exposure to the
153 noise source and should take maximum advantage of existing physical features to minimize noise impact.
154 Windows, doors and other building openings shall be located the greatest possible distance away from the
155 noise source.
156 (b) The establishment of active recreation areas such as game fields and playgrounds shall be
157 avoided within noise zones B through D. Landscape buffer plantings and related screening material
158 shall be used whenever practicable to deflect noise away from areas intended for human habitation.
159 22.8 Prohibited uses. In addition to uses prohibited by [sub]section 22.6, land use compatibility table, the
160 following activities are prohibited within the CZ, APZ I and APZ II zones of the AEOZ, including, but
161 not limited to:, :storage of explosives, hazardous or toxic materials/waste; aboveground transmission
162 lines; uses that release into the air any substance which would impair visibility or otherwise interfere with
163 the operation of military aircraft (dust, smoke, etc.); uses that produce light emissions, direct or indirect,
164 which would interfere with pilot vision; and uses that attract birds or water fowl, such as, but not limited
165 to, landfills, wastewater treatment facilities, and associated settling ponds, artificial marshes, dredge spoil
166 materials, sand and gravel dredging operations and open fish farming.
167 (a) Storage of explosives;
168 (b) Hazardous or toxic materials/waste;
169 (c) Aboveground transmission lines;
170 (d) Uses that release into the air any substance which would impair visibility or otherwise interfere
171 with the operation of aircraft (dust, smoke, etc.);
172 (e) Uses that produce light emission, direct or indirect, which would interfere with pilot vision;
173 (f) And uses that attract birds or water fowl, such as, but not limited to, landfills, wastewater
174 treatment facilities, and associated settling ponds, artificial marshes, dredge spoil materials,
175 sand and gravel dredging operations and open fish farming.
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CITY OF DOVER
ORDINANCE #2013-02
1 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE
2 CITY OF DOVER BY CHANGING THE BOUNDARY OF THE AIRPORT ENVIRONS
3 OVERLAY ZONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE 2010 AICUZ STUDY PUBLISHED BY
4 THE DOVER AIR FORCE BASE.
5
6 WHEREAS, the City of Dover adopted the Airport Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ) in 2001 to
7 protect the public health, safety, and welfare by identifying areas impacted by high levels of
8 aircraft noise, and the potential for aircraft accidents associated with airport operations, by
9 regulating land use and the construction of buildings within such areas; and to preserve and
10 promote the integrity of the mission of Dover Air Force Base (DAFB) as a matter of local,
11 regional and national importance, by regulating development and land use within the specific
12 areas surrounding DAFB, and to protect DAFB from encroachment of incompatible land uses;
13 and
14
15 WHEREAS, the Clear Zone, Accident Potential Zones, and Noise Zones identified as the AEOZ
16 on the Zoning Map and in Appendix B – Zoning, Article 3 - District Regulations, Section 22
17 AEOZ are based upon information provided by the Dover Air Force Base.
18
19 WHEREAS, the Dover Air Force Base completed an Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone
20 study in 2010, which changed the noise contours in the noise zones surrounding the Dover Air
21 Force Base, and provided this updated information to the City of Dover; and
22
23 WHEREAS, the City of Dover Planning Office notified all affected property owners and held a
24 public workshop on November 8, 2012, to answer any questions that property owners might have
25 regarding the changes to the AEOZ; and
26
27 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY
28 OF DOVER, IN COUNCIL MET:
29
30 1. That from and after the passage and approval of this ordinance the Zoning Map
31 and Zoning Ordinance of the City of Dover is amended by changing the Airport
32 Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ) in accordance with the map presented to City
33 Council on March 11, 2013 entitled “Airport Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ) –
34 2013 Amendments.”
35
36 SYNOPSIS
37 The proposed ordinance would incorporate the changes to the Air
38 Installation Compatible Use Zone into the Zoning Map as the Airport
39 Environs Overlay Zone (AEOZ).
40
41 Actions History: January 14, 2013 – Introduced at the Legislative, Finance and Administration
42 Committee
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ACTION FORM
PROCEEDING: Legislative, Finance & Administration Committee
DEPARTMENT OF ORIGIN: Planning & Inspections DATE SUBMITTED: January 3, 2013
PREPARED BY: Ann Marie Townshend, AICP, Director of Planning & Community Development
SUBJECT: Revisions to the Vacant Building Ordinance
REFERENCE: Chapter 22 – Buildings and Building Regulations, Article XII – Vacant Buildings
RELATED PROJECT: N/A
REVIEWED BY: Ordinance Reviewed by William Pepper, Deputy City Solicitor
EXHIBITS: Draft Ordinance #2013-03
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: N/A AMOUNT BUDGETED: N/A
FUNDING SOURCE (Dept./Page in CIP & Budget): N/A
TIME TIMETABLE: First Reading on January 28, 2013; Final Action by City Council on February 11,
2013
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends that the proposed ordinance be forwarded to the City
Council with a favorable recommendation.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Vacant buildings detract from community appearance, provide locations for nuisance behaviors, and consume
City staff time in responding to complaints or checking to ensure that vacant buildings are kept secure. A
number of vacant buildings in the City have become locations of arson, due to owners not keeping them
properly secured. The problems caused by vacant buildings have been exacerbated by the economic downturn.
In 2006, Dover City Council adopted the Vacant Building Ordinance to reduce the community nuisance caused
by vacant buildings. In addition to requiring the registration of vacant buildings and requiring that owners of
vacant buildings pay a registration fee, the ordinance also tasks the City with inspecting vacant buildings to
ensure that they are maintained and secured.
The proposed amendments to the Vacant Building Ordinance are primarily housekeeping amendments and will
contribute to clarity and ease of administration. In addition to the proposed housekeeping amendments, the
proposed ordinance includes increased registration fees for vacant non-residential buildings greater than or
equal to 10,000 SF. The current fee schedule fails to provide a disincentive to vacancy, particularly for many of
the large commercial box buildings.
Currently the Planning and Inspections Department devotes one full-time inspector to monitoring, inspecting,
and working with property owners on vacant buildings. So far in Fiscal Year 2013, there has been $27,500 in
vacant building fees collected.
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CITY OF DOVER
ORDINANCE #2013-03
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 XII – Vacant Buildings be
4 amended by deleting the text shown in red bold strikethrough and inserting the text in blue bold
5 italics as follows:
6 ARTICLE XII. - VACANT BUILDINGS
7 Sec. 22-400. - Purpose; applicability; definitions.
8 (a) Purpose. The purpose and intent of this article is to establish a registration and
9 identification program of vacant buildings within the city. Vacant buildings are
10 detrimental to the surrounding buildings and neighborhoods in which they exist. The
11 article is also to ensure the public health, safety and welfare insofar as they are affected
12 by vacant buildings within the city. The health, safety and welfare of the neighborhoods
13 in which vacant buildings are located are of the utmost importance to the city, as is the
14 general community character in which these vacant buildings are located.
15 (b) Applicability. The provisions of this article shall apply to all matters affecting or relating
16 to vacant buildings. Where, in this article, different sections of this Code may specify
17 different requirements, the most restrictive shall govern.
18 (c) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have
19 the meanings ascribe to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly
20 indicates a different meaning.
21 (1) Vacant building means a building, structure, residential structure or a dwelling unit
22 or commercial unit within a building that has been left unoccupied or unattended for
23 three months or more.
24 (2) Actively for sale or lease means the building is being actively marketed through a
25 licensed real estate broker or the owner who is regularly advertising the property in
26 newspapers circulated in and around Dover, it is being offered for sale or lease at a
27 cost of no more than 25 percent over market rate as determined by the city assessor,
28 and the building is in reasonable condition for sale or lease, including but not limited
29 to: no trash has collected inside or outside of the building, the utilities are functional,
30 and it is not being used as storage that is unrelated to the former use.
31 Sec. 22-401. - Monitoring, inspection and condition standards.
32 (a) The building inspector shall inspect any premises in the city for the purpose of enforcing
33 and assuring compliance with the provisions of this article. Upon request of the building
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34 inspector, an owner shall provide access to all interior portions of a vacant building in
35 order to permit a complete inspection.
36 Once a building/structure/unit or residence (hereon after referred to as building) is
37 registered as a vacant building, the vacant building shall be inspected annually for as long
38 as it is considered vacant.
39 (b) The vacant building shall be secured; however the windows and other entrances shall
40 not be boarded or made opaque. the exterior building and premises shall be
41 maintained in accordance with all City of Dover Code requirements.
42 (c) The vacant building shall be in reasonable condition (all utilities shall be functional, there
43 shall be no trash or debris inside or outside the building and it shall not to be used as
44 storage that is unrelated to the former use).
45 Sec. 22-402. - Agent—Responsible person required.
46 (a) Property manager. Any owner of a vacant building, residing outside of the county, shall
47 be required to have a licensed property manager residing or having an office located in
48 the county, or a family member or other designated individual who does not manage any
49 other real estate for a fee and who resides in the county acting as a property manager. The
50 property manager, including family members and designated individuals, shall have
51 charge, care and control of the vacant building, and shall provide access to the vacant
52 building for inspection upon request by the building inspector, within 90 30 days.
53 (b) Corporate or partnership owners. Any corporation or partnership owning a vacant
54 building shall have a designated member, partner, or employee having charge, care and
55 control of the vacant building. The designated member, partner or employee shall reside
56 in or have an office located in the county, or shall be required to have a licensed property
57 manager residing or having an office located in the county, or other designated individual
58 who does not manage any other real estate for a fee, and who resides in the county, acting
59 as a property manager. The property manager, or other designated individuals shall have
60 charge, care and control of the vacant building, and shall provide access to the vacant
61 building for inspection, upon request by the building inspector, within 90 30 days.
62 Sec. 22-403. - Registration and registration fee.
63 (a) Registration of building. There are two ways to register the building as vacant.
64 (1) The owner shall register with the city not later than 30 days after any building in the
65 city becomes vacant, as defined.
66 The registration of the vacant building shall include the site address, the name of the
67 current owner or owners, current address of the owner and of all applicable owners,
68 tax parcel number, proof of insurance on the building, description of the condition of
69 the building, plans for the building (to eliminate the vacancy), the responsible person
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70 or agent and their contact information and any other applicable information. If any
71 information changes the owner is responsible for informing the city of those changes
72 in a timely manner.
73 (2) The building inspector or his designee, shall investigate any property that may be
74 subject to registration. Based upon his findings, the building inspector may register
75 the property as a vacant building subject to this chapter.
76 a. Notice of registration. Within five business days of such registration, the
77 licensing and permitting office shall notify the owners of the registered
78 property by certified mail at their last known address according to the records
79 of the city and Kent County.
80 b. Registration fee.
81 (i) The annual registration fee shall be paid at the time of registration. If
82 the building inspector registers the building as vacant the fee shall be
83 due not later than 30 days after the building is registered as vacant.
84 The annual registration fee will then be due by the 31st of March on
85 the registration anniversary date every year after that as long as it
86 remains vacant. The starting point for counting a building as being
87 vacant will begin on the date of the enactment of this article [June 26,
88 2006].
89 (ii) The registration fee will be prorated for a building when it is first
90 registered as vacant from the date it is registered until the March
91 31 annual fee is due.
92 (iii) The annual fee is as provided for in Appendix F—Fees and Fines.
93 Sec. 22-404. - Violation and penalties.
94 (a) If the registration fee is not paid within 30 days of being due, the owner shall be in
95 violation of this article.
96 (1) A lien can be assessed against the property. Such fees shall be entered in the
97 municipal lien docket as a lien owing the city, and the same may be turned over to the
98 city solicitor for collection.
99 (2) The fee will be assessed to the parcel's tax bill.
100 (3) The fee shall be paid in full prior to the transfer of title.
101 (4) The fee shall be paid in full prior to the issuance of any building permits for the
102 subject building and for any other building that is owned by the owner within the city.
103 a. If the building is taken off of the list during the year the owner is entitled to
104 receive a prorated portion of that year's registration fee.
105 Sec. 22-405. - Exemptions—Types of buildings eligible for exemption status from the
106 registration fee.
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107 (a) The following are exempt from the registration: The building has fire damage. The owner
108 has 90 days to file for a permit to start construction or demolition or it will be determined
109 a vacant property.
110 (b) The following properties shall be registered as vacant, but they are exempt from the
111 registration fee:
112 (1) The building is actively being offered for sale or lease by a licensed real estate
113 agent or broker for a maximum period of three years. After such time this article
114 will be in effect with fourth year fee due. Proof of activity shall fall on the owner
115 to provide. See definition.
116 (2) The owner has obtained a building permit and is progressing in an expedient
117 manner to prepare the premises for occupancy.
118 (3) The property is in probate or where the owner has entered a long term care facility
119 within six months of the building being vacant.
120 (4) The property is undergoing currently environmental cleanup or assessment.
121
122 (c) Failure to register. If the property is registered by City of Dover staff after the property
123 owner has been notified that the building(s) is vacant per definition then the property
124 owner/agent will not be entitled to exemption from fees.
125 Sec. 22-406. - Appeals.
126 (a) An Any appeal of the building inspector's decision must be made in writing within 30
127 days of the decision. The appeal would be heard by the property maintenance code board
128 of appeals.
129 (b) An appeal of the 25 percent over market rate (from the actively for sale or lease
130 definition) can be considered through an appraisal using accepted appraisal standards to
131 determine market rate. The owner has the option of asking the city tax assessor to
132 perform the appraisal or having one performed (using accepted appraisal standards) at
133 their own expense.
134 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED:
135 That Appendix F – Fees and Fines, Chapter 22 – Buildings and Building Regulations, Article XII
136 – Vacant Buildings, be amended
Chapter 22—Buildings and Building Regulations, Article XII—Vacant Buildings
Fines not paid within 14 days of the day the fine was issued, including the day the fine was issued,
shall be automatically doubled in amount.
Sec. Registration and Registration Fees
22-403
Subsec. (a)(2)b.(iii) Registration fee
Residential buildings and non- Buildings vacant one year or less; ..... $250.00
residential buildings <10,000 SF
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Residential buildings and non- Buildings vacant for more than one year $500.00
residential buildings <10,000 SF but less than two years .....
Residential buildings and non- >Buildings vacant for more than two years $1,000.00
residential buildings <10,000 SF but less than five years; .....
Residential buildings and non- Buildings vacant for five years or longer $2,000.00
residential buildings <10,000 SF .....
Non-residential buildings ≥ 10,000 Buildings vacant one year or less; ..... $500.00
SF
Non-residential buildings ≥ 10,000 Buildings vacant for more than one year $1,000.00
SF but less than two years .....
Non-residential buildings ≥ 10,000 >Buildings vacant for more than two $2,000.00
SF years but less than five years; .....
Non-residential buildings ≥ 10,000 Buildings vacant for five years or longer $4,000.00
SF .....
137
138 SYNOPSIS
139 The proposed ordinance is primarily housekeeping and
140 would improve the administration of the Vacant Building
141 Ordinance. In addition, it would set separate, increased fees
142 for vacant commercial properties greater than or equal to
143 10,000 square feet in floor area.
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ACTION FORM
PROCEEDING: Legislative, Finance and Administration Committee
DEPARTMENT OF ORIGIN: Planning & Inspections DATE SUBMITTED: 1/3/13
PREPARED BY: Ann Marie Townshend, AICP, Director of Planning and Inspection
SUBJECT: Amendment to Chapter 22 – Buildings and Building Regulations, Article X – Rental Dwellings to
create a Crime Free Housing program
REFERENCE: N/A
RELATED PROJECT: N/A
REVIEWED BY: Ordinance Reviewed by William Pepper, Deputy City Solicitor
EXHIBITS: Draft Ordinance #2013-04
EXPENDITURE REQUIRED: N/A AMOUNT BUDGETED: N/A
FUNDING SOURCE (Dept./Page in CIP & Budget):
TIME TIMETABLE: First Reading on January 28, 2013; Final Action by City Council on February 11,
2013
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends that the proposed ordinance be forwarded to the City
Council with a favorable recommendation.
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Department of Planning and Inspections has been working cooperatively with the Police Department to
address problem rental properties. The Community Policing Unit works with apartment complexes to
implement a crime free multi-housing program, which includes a seminar for complex managers and a lease
addendum. The program has been successful in helping apartment complex managers address criminal/nuisance
behavior of tenants and guests. In working with the Police Department, the Department of Planning and
Inspections is looking to expand this program to all rental property owners and managers, and require
participation in the program as part of the Rental Dwelling code requirements.
The proposed ordinance adds the requirement that landlords participate in a crime free housing program that
includes participation in a crime free housing seminar offered by the Dover Police Department and including a
crime free housing addendum to leases. In addition, the proposed ordinance allows for prorating of rental permit
fees for permits purchased after the beginning of the permit year.
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CITY OF DOVER
ORDINANCE #2013-04
1 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, IN
2 COUNCIL MET:
3
4 That Chapter 22 – Buildings and Building Regulations, Article X – Rental Dwellings be
5 amended by deleting the text indicated in bold, red strikethrough and inserting the text indicated
6 in bold, blue italics as follows:
7 Division I. Generally
8 Sec. 22-331. - Purpose; applicability; definitions; compliance.
9 (a) Purpose. The purpose and intent of this article is to ensure public health, safety
10 and welfare insofar as they are affected by the continued occupancy and
11 maintenance of dwellings operated for lease to the public. The health, safety and
12 welfare of the occupants of the dwellings are of the utmost importance to the city,
13 as is the general community character in which these dwelling units are located.
14 (b) Applicability. The provisions of this article shall apply to all matters affecting or
15 relating to rental dwellings. Where, in this article, different sections of this Code
16 may specify different requirements, the most restrictive shall govern.
17 (c) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
18 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the
19 context clearly indicates a different meaning:
20 Dwelling unit means a single unit providing complete independent living
21 facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for
22 living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
23 Multiple-family dwellings means dwelling units operated as a group, and
24 located in the same building. This shall include departments,
25 roominghouses, condominium dwelling units, and accessory apartments
26 located within structures principally used for owner occupancy.
27 Rental dwelling means a dwelling unit that is leased for occupancy to a
28 person or persons in exchange for monetary payment or provision of
29 goods or services to the owner of the dwelling unit.
30 Single-family dwellings means dwelling units operated singly, and
31 separated from other units. In general, this definition shall apply to single-
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32 family detached dwellings, including mobile homes, and attached units,
33 including duplexes, and townhouses.
34 (d) Compliance required. No person shall operate, occupy or let to another for
35 occupancy any dwelling which is not in compliance with the International
36 Property Maintenance Code adopted in section 22-221 and all other applicable
37 codes.
38
39 Sec. 22-332. - Inspection required.
40 (a) The code enforcement office, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the
41 International Property Maintenance Code adopted in section 22-221, shall inspect
42 rental dwellings for compliance with the property maintenance code and all other
43 applicable codes to ensure compliance.
44 (b) Following an inspection, the code enforcement office shall issue a letter and/or
45 report of any code violations and provide a timeline for compliance. There shall
46 be no fee for the first followup inspection. Each subsequent reinspection shall be
47 subject to a fee as provided for in Appendix F—Fees and Fines.
48 Sec. 22-333. - Agent required.
49 (a) Property manager. Any owner of a rental dwelling, residing outside of the
50 county, shall be required to have a licensed property manager residing or having
51 an office located in the county, or a family member or other designated individual
52 who does not manage any other rental real estate for a fee and who resides in the
53 county acting as a property manager. The property manager, including family
54 members and designated individuals, shall have charge, care and control of the
55 rental dwelling, and shall provide access to the rental dwelling for inspection,
56 upon request by the building inspector or city planner, within a reasonable time.
57 (b) Corporate or partnership owners. Any corporation or partnership owning a rental
58 dwelling shall have a designated member, partner, or employee having charge,
59 care, and control of the rental dwelling. The designated member, partner or
60 employee shall reside in or have an office located in the county, or shall be
61 required to have a licensed property manager residing or having an office located
62 in the county, or a family member or other designated individual who does not
63 manage any other rental real estate for a fee, and who resides in the county, acting
64 as a property manager. The property manager, family members or other
65 designated individuals shall have charge, care and control of the rental dwelling,
66 and shall provide access to the rental dwelling for inspection, upon request by the
67 building inspector or city planner, within a reasonable time.
68
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69 Secs. 22-334—22-350. - Reserved.
70 Division 2. Permit
71 Sec. 22-351. - Generally.
72 (a) Single-family dwellings. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any single-
73 family rental dwelling without obtaining a permit from the licensing division of
74 the department of planning and inspections in order to determine compliance with
75 the appropriate provisions of this article. The permit shall expire annually on
76 January 31. The fee for the annual permit shall be as provided for in Appendix
77 F—Fees and Fines. The permit fee for rental dwelling permits issued after
78 January 31st will be prorated from the date the permit is issued until the next
79 January 31st.
80 (b) Multiple-family dwellings. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any
81 multiple dwelling without first obtaining an annual permit therefor from the
82 licensing division of the department of planning and inspections in order to
83 determine compliance with the appropriate provisions of this article. The permit
84 shall expire annually on January 31, and the fee for the annual permit shall be as
85 provided for in Appendix F—Fees and Fines. The permit fee for rental dwelling
86 permits issued after January 31st will be prorated from the date the permit is
87 issued until the next January 31st.
88 (c) Late payment penalty. In the event that the permit fee set forth herein is not paid
89 on the date due, then the permittee shall incur a penalty fee as provided for in
90 Appendix F—Fees and Fines until the same is paid.
91 (d) Reinstatement fee. An owner whose permit has been suspended in accordance
92 with section 22-352 shall pay a reinstatement fee as provided for in Appendix F—
93 Fees and Fines.
94 (e) Lien. In the event that the property owner fails to pay said fees within 30 days
95 from the date a notice thereof is mailed to the owner, then such fees shall be
96 entered in the municipal lien docket as a lien owing the city; and the same may be
97 turned over to the city solicitor for collection.
98 (f) Utilities. The owner or occupant of any rental unit shall not be entitled to receive
99 city utilities until the permit fee required in this section is paid in full and city
100 personnel shall refuse to provide sewage, water and electricity to the property
101 until satisfactory proof is furnished that such permit fee has been paid.
102 Sec. 22-352. - Suspension.
103 (a) Grounds; duration. The building inspector shall suspend the permit issued or
104 withhold the permit paid for, pursuant to this division, when he determines that
105 any dwelling or the premises surrounding the dwelling fails to meet the
106 requirements of this chapter or any rule or regulation issued pursuant thereto.
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107 Suspension shall last until the violations have been corrected to the satisfaction of
108 the building inspector, or the suspension shall have been reversed or appealed.
109 (b) Notice of violations. Upon suspending any permit under this section or
110 withholding the permit paid for, the building inspector shall notify the owner of
111 the violations of the applicable code and shall prescribe a period in which the
112 violation shall be corrected.
113 (c) Appeal. Any owner or operator of any dwelling, whose permit to operate the
114 structure is suspended by the building inspector pursuant to the procedures of this
115 section, shall have the right to appeal and notice as provided in section 22-225
116 (d) Effect of appeal. Upon suspension of a permit, or withholding of a permit ordered
117 by the building inspector and upon the permittee serving the city clerk with a
118 notice of appeal pursuant to section 22-225, the permit suspension shall be stayed
119 and an existing permit shall remain in force until the appeal is decided.
120 Secs. 22-353—22-380 370. - Reserved.
121 Division 3. Crime free housing
122 Sec. 22-371. – Crime free housing seminar required.
123 All persons applying for a rental dwelling permit, and all persons administering, managing
124 or controlling the operation of any rental dwelling unit must attend a crime free housing
125 seminar, administered by the Dover police department, within 12 months of issuance of the
126 permit. Each rental permit holder and each rental property manager must attend a seminar
127 every three years. Documentation shall be submitted to the department of planning and
128 inspections and kept on file within the department.
129 Sec. 22-372. – Crime free housing lease addendum.
130 (a) All residential leases shall include a crime free lease addendum, signed by the
131 property owner and tenant, in the following form:
132 In addition to all other terms of the lease, landlord and tenant agree as follows:
133 1. The tenant, any member of the tenant’s household, any guest or any other
134 person associated with the tenant on or near the leased premises:
135 i. Shall not engage in criminal activity, including drug-related criminal
136 activity, on or near the leased premises. “Drug-related criminal
137 activity” means the illegal manufacture, sale, distribution, use, or
138 possession of any illegal or controlled substance defined by Title 16,
139 Chapter 47.
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140 ii. Shall not engage in any act intended to facilitate criminal activity.
141 iii. Shall not permit the dwelling unit to be used for or to facilitate any
142 criminal activity.
143 2. Any activity prohibited by this agreement shall constitute a substantial
144 violation of the lease, material noncompliance with the lease, and grounds for
145 termination of tenancy and eviction.
146 (b) The department of planning and inspections shall provide a template crime free lease
147 addendum.
148 (c) A copy of the signed crime free lease addendum shall be submitted to the city of Dover
149 prior to establishment of utility services to any residential property.
150 Sec. 22-373. – Suspension of Rental Permit.
151 (a) Failure of the property owner to initiate and prosecute with effect eviction
152 proceedings following notification by the City of Dover that the terms of the crime
153 free housing lease addendum have been violated, or failure of the property owner
154 and/or property manager to attend the required crime free housing seminar may be
155 grounds for suspension of the rental permit in accordance with Section 22-352.
156
157 SYNOPSIS
158 The proposed ordinance adds the requirement that landlords
159 participate in a crime free housing program that includes
160 participation in a crime free housing seminar offered by the
161 Dover Police Department and including a crime free housing
162 addendum to leases. In addition, the proposed ordinance
163 allows for prorating of rental permit fees for permits
164 purchased after the beginning of the permit year.
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MEMORANDUM
City of Dover
P.O. Box 475
Dover, Delaware 19903
Phone: 302.736.7010 Fax: 302.736.4217
Date: January 9, 2013
To: Legislative, Finance and Administration Committee
From: Ann Marie Townshend, AICP, Director of Planning & Community Development
RE: Role and Scope of Historic District Zone and Historic District Commission
In recent months, there have been a number of discussions about the role of Dover’s Historic District, and in
particular, the Historic District Commission. Some in the community have faulted the Historic District
Commission with adding roadblocks to projects that would support downtown redevelopment , or with creating
impediments to economic development and growth. Others see the Historic District Commission as important
caretakers of our City’s rich history. Many of the discussions about the Historic District Commission’s role have
taken place in informal venues among property owners, business owners, elected officials, and other stakeholders
in our community. These discussions have not, in recent years, taken place as a public deliberation, bringing
together stakeholders on all sides of the issue to develop a common ground solution that will support economic
growth while preserving the City’s historic character.
Given the various concerns that have been shared by a number of stakeholders, I recommend that the Planning
Office to hold a public workshop (more than one if necessary) by the end of February 2013 to discuss the role and
scope of the Historic District and the Historic District Commission. The Planning Office should report back to the
Legislative, Finance and Administration Committee in March 2013 with clear recommendations on whether and
how the role and scope of the Historic District and/or the Historic District Commission should be modified.