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16 <br /> Fiscal Year Total Debt Total Assessed Value Debt to AV Ratio <br /> 2007 $ 221,943,769 12,330,315,189 1.80% <br /> 2008 216,588,249 12,581,220,279 1.72% <br /> 2009 233,904,488 12,820,237,558 1.82% <br /> 2010 222,843,717 15,538,736,056 1.43% <br /> 2011 214,713,340 15,689,990,180 1.37% <br /> 2012 225,599,381 15,899,136,125 1.42% <br /> 2013 210,585,038 16,075,973,471 1.31% <br /> 2014 214,322,108 16,632,360,368 1.29% <br /> 2015 207,784,411 16,501,943,134 1.26% <br /> 2016 190,805,417 16,778,182,392 1.14% <br /> 1 Note:Total Debt includes all County Debt including Enterprise Fund debt. <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Best Practices for Unassiqned General Fund Balance <br /> 4 ➢ The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of U.S. and Canada: <br /> 5 • Updated the Best Practice on unassigned general fund balances in 200 <br /> 6 • At a minimum an unassigned general fund balance of no less than 2 months of <br /> 7 regular general fund operating revenues or operating expenditures <br /> 8 • Equates to 16.7% of either general fund operating revenues or operating <br /> 9 expenditures <br /> 10 <br /> 11 Appropriate Use of Unassiqned Fund Balance <br /> 12 ➢ The essential uses of General Fund reserves: <br /> 13 • Mitigate risk attributed to revenue shortfalls or unanticipated non-recurring <br /> 14 expenditures <br /> 15 • Provide a financial bridge during recessions or weak economic conditions <br /> 16 • Use for natural disasters and emergencies <br /> 17 • Cash Balance cushion <br /> 18 <br /> 19 Audited Unassiqned Fund Balance as a Percent of Expenditures—General Fund (qraph) <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Unassiqned Fund Balance as % of Expenditures <br />