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INFORMATION ITEM <br />�IaViimio�m <br />Nuumuu�u�i�ulOp��Vl .. <br />muuuuuuuuuu COUNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIY <br />FINANCE AND ADMINISTRA TIVE SERVICES <br />200 South Cameron Street Clarence G. Grier, CPA, CITP, CGMA Phone (919) 245 -2553 <br />Post Office Box 8181 Assistant County Manager — CFO Fax (919) 644 -3324 <br />Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Board of County Commissioners <br />From: Clarence Grier, Assistant County Manager — Chief Finance Officer <br />Date: January 22, 2015 <br />Re: Major Fund Financial Statement for the Six Months Ended December 31, 2014 <br />As part of meeting the periodic financial reporting requirements and providing timelier source information in <br />regards to the financial status of the County, we have developed an interim financial statement that will provide <br />information on the major fund financial status for the six months ended December 31, 2014. The following <br />County funds are considered major funds under the Governmental Accounting Standards Board: <br />The Major funds of the County are as follows: <br />• General Fund <br />• Capital Funds — County Capital and School Capital Funds <br />• Solid Waste Fund <br />• Sportsplex Fund <br />The Major Funds of the County accounted for approximately 86 percent of the total annual revenues of the <br />County. An overview of financial status for each of the major funds is included in the financial statement and as <br />follows: <br />General Fund <br />• Total revenues (revenues and transfers) for the General Fund are $132.6 million for an increase <br />of $5.5 million or 4% over the same period in fiscal year 2013 -14. This revenue increase is <br />mainly due to the timing, billing and collection of Ad Valorem Taxes and Intergovernmental <br />Revenues. Total revenues collected are 69% of the amended budget for the current fiscal year. <br />• Total expenditures (expenditures and transfers) for the General Fund are $89.3 million for an <br />increase of $3.2 million or 3% over the same period in the previous year. General Fund <br />Expenditures increased due to increased expenditures for Human Services and Education. Total <br />expenditures are 45% of the budget for the fiscal year. <br />• Revenues and net transfers are more than expenditures by $43.8 million representing a 7% <br />increase over the same period in the previous fiscal year. <br />