Adopted FY2017 2018 Operating & Capital Budget

Objective - Something to be accomplished in specific, well-defined, and measurable terms and that is achievable within a specific time frame.

Obligations - Amounts which the City legally may be required to meet out of its resources. They include not only actual liabilities, but also encumbrances not yet paid.

Operating Expenses - The cost for personnel, materials, and equipment required for a department to function.

Operating Revenue - Funds that the City receives as income to pay for ongoing operations. It includes such items as taxes, fees from specific services, interest earnings, and grant revenues. Operating revenues are used to pay for day-to-day services.

Other Post Employment Benefits – An accounting and financial reporting provision of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) requiring government employers to measure and report the liabilities associated with other (than pension) postemployment benefits (or OPEB) such as post-retirement medical, pharmacy, dental, vision, life, long-term disability and long-term care benefits that are not associated with a pension plan.

Outsource - The practice of contracting out a service to a private entity.

Pay-as-you-go Basis - A term used to describe a financial policy by which capital outlays are financed from current revenues rather than through borrowing.

Performance Measure - Indicators that show the amount of work that is accomplished, the efficiency with which tasks were completed, and the effectiveness of a program.

Program - A group of related activities performed by one or more organizational units for the purpose of accomplishing a function for which the government is responsible.

Proprietary Funds – Funds used to account for all assets, liabilities, equities, revenues, expenses, and transfer relating to the primary government’s business activities. The City maintains two different types of proprietary funds including 1) enterprise funds (public utilities, refuse, and stormwater) and 2) internal service funds (fleet, information technology, and risk management).

Rating Agency – An agency which assesses the creditworthiness of bond issuers, such as the City of Suffolk, which issues bonds to assist in financing capital improvement projects. There are three primary rating agencies including Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s, and Fitch.

Reassessment Impact - The effective change of the real estate tax burden as a result of the newly assessed value of real property.

Refuse Fund – The fund accounts for the provision of solid waste disposal and recycling services to City residents, as well as landfill post closure requirements.

Reserve - An account used either to set aside budgeted revenues that are not required for expenditure in the current budget year or to earmark revenues for a specific future purpose.

Revenue - Sources of income that finances the operations of city government.

Risk Management Fund – The fund accounts for the funding and payment of auto, personal liability, general liability, health insurance, and worker’s compensation claims against the City exclusive of the School Board employees. Charges to other funds are based on estimated claims for the year.

Risk Stabilization Reserve – Funding set aside in a special fund by the City for the payment of expenses associated with general liability, health insurance, and worker’s compensation. The City has established a 340