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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL
FINANCIAL REPORT
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED
September 30, 2018
Officials Issuing Report:
Morad Kabiri
City Manager
Katina Hampton
Director of Administrative Services
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introductory Section
Letter of Transmittal i
Principal Officials v
GFOA Certificate of Achievement vi
Organizational Chart vii
Financial Section
Report of Independent Auditors
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis
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Basic Financial Statements:
Government-Wide Financial Statements:
Statement of Net Position 23
Statement of Activities 24
Fund Financial Statements:
Balance Sheet - Governmental Funds 26
Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to the Statement of Net
Position 27
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances -
Governmental Funds 28
Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund
Balances of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities 29
Statement of Net Position - Proprietary Funds 30
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position - Proprietary Funds 32
Statement of Cash Flows - Proprietary Funds 33
Notes to the Financial Statements 35
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Financial Section (continued)
Required Supplementary Information
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances -
Budget and Actual - General Fund 74
Notes to Budgetary Schedule Information 82
Schedule of Changes in the Net Pension Liability and Related Ratios -
Texas Municipal Retirement System - 84
Schedule of City Contributions - Texas Municipal Retirement System - 85
Schedule of Changes in the Total OPEB Liability and Related Ratios -
Texas Municipal Retirement System Supplemental Death Benefits Fund 86
Schedule of Changes in the Total OPEB Liability and Related Ratios -
City of Friendswood Retiree Health Care Plan 87
Other Supplementary Information:
Combining and Individual Fund Statements and Schedules:
Combining Balance Sheet - Nonmajor Governmental Funds 92
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances -
Nonmajor Governmental Funds 94
Schedule of Revenue, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances -
Budget and Actual:
Bond Construction 96
Police Investigation 97
Fire/EMS Donation 98
Court Security and Technology 99
Debt Service 100
1776 Park 101
Sidewalk Installation 102
Park Land Dedication 103
Street Improvement 104
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Table Page
Unaudited Statistical Section:
Net Position by Component 1 108
Changes in Net Position 2 110
Fund Balances of Governmental Funds 3 114
Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds 4 116
Assessed Value and Taxable Value of Property 5 118
Direct and Overlapping Property Tax Rates 6 120
Principal Property Taxpayers 7 121
Property Tax Levies and Collections 8 122
Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type 9 123
Ratio of Net General Bonded Debt Outstanding 10 124
Direct and Overlapping Governmental Activities Debt 11 125
Legal Debt Margin Information 12 126
Pledged Revenue Coverage 13 127
Demographic and Economic Statistics 14 128
Principal Employers 15 129
Full-Time Equivalent City Government Employees by Function/ Program 16 130
Operating Indicators by Function/ Program 17 132
Capital Asset Statistics by Function/ Program 18 134
INTRODUCTORY SECTION
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March 22, 2019
The Honorable Mayor, Members of the City Council, and the Citizens of Friendswood:
The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) of the City of Friendswood for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2018, is hereby submitted. Responsibility for both the accuracy of the data, and the
completeness and fairness of the presentation, including all disclosures, rests with the City. To the best
of our knowledge and belief, the enclosed data are accurate in all material respects and are reported in a
manner designed to present fairly the financial position and results of operations of the various funds and
account groups of the City. All disclosures necessary to enable the reader to gain an understanding of the
City’s financial activities have been included.
The comprehensive annual financial report is presented in three sections: introductory, financial, and
statistical. The introductory section includes a list of principal officials, this transmittal letter, and the
City’s organizational chart. The financial section includes the auditor’s report on the financial statements,
a Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), the basic financial statements, required supplementary
information and combining and individual fund financial statements and schedules. The MD&A, found
immediately following the report of the independent auditor, is a narrative introduction; overview and
analysis required by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). This letter of transmittal is
designed to complement the MD&A and should be read in conjunction with it. The statistical section
includes selected financial and demographic information, generally presented on a multi-year basis.
Management of the City is responsible for establishing and maintaining an internal control structure
designed to ensure that the assets of the City are protected from loss, theft or misuse and to ensure that
adequate accounting data are compiled to allow for the preparation of financial statements in conformity
with generally accepted accounting principles. The internal control structure is designed to provide
reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that these objectives are met. The concept of reasonable assurance
recognizes that: (1) the cost of a control should not exceed the benefits likely to be derived; and (2) the
valuation of costs and benefits requires estimates and judgments by management.
The City Charter requires an annual audit of the financial statements of all of the various funds of the City
by independent certified public accountants. The accounting firm of Whitley Penn LLP has performed
such an audit and their opinion has been included in this report.
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PROFILE OF THE CITY
Established in 1895 as a Quaker colony, the City of Friendswood is rich in heritage. The City was
incorporated in 1960 and chartered a home-rule city under Texas law in 1971. The City operates under a
Council-Manager form of government. Policy-making and legislative authority are vested in a governing
council consisting of the Mayor and six (6) Council Members. The Mayor and Council are responsible,
among other things, for passing ordinances, adopting the budget, appointing board and committee
members and hiring the City Manager, City Attorney, Municipal Judge, and City Secretary. The City
Manager is responsible for carrying out the policies and ordinances of the City Council and overseeing
the day-to-day operations of the City government, and for appointing heads of various departments. The
Mayor and Council are elected on an at-large, non-partisan basis. The Mayor and Council are elected to
serve no more than four consecutive three-year terms.
The City provides a full range of municipal services including public safety (police, fire and emergency
medical), maintenance of streets and infrastructure, sanitation services, maintenance of the treated waste
distribution system and both sanitary and storm sewer collection transmission systems, recreational
activities and cultural events as well as general administrative services.
FACTORS AFFECTING FINANCIAL CONDITION
Location
Encompassing 21 square miles, Friendswood is located in southeast Texas near the Texas Gulf Coast,
between downtown Houston and Galveston, spanning across two counties – northern Galveston County
and southern Harris County. The current estimated population is 41,003. Residents and visitors can access
Friendswood through FM 2351, FM 518, and FM 528 (NASA Parkway). Hobby Airport and Ellington
Airport are located within a 15 minute drive from Friendswood, and Bush Intercontinental Airport is just
45 minutes away. Major sectors of the area’s economic base include aerospace, specialty chemicals,
health care, retail, and tourism.
Community
Friendswood has been nationally recognized as one of the best places to live in the country. With low tax
rates, outstanding public education, and the lowest crime rate in the region, Friendswood is the perfect
place to live, work, and play. The city features beautiful parks and lush landscaping, along with a
championship golf course. Children academically excel via two superior public school systems –
Friendswood ISD and Clear Creek ISD. These attributes perfectly match Friendswood’s affluent resident
base of well-educated, high-income families. More than 50% of residents work in executive, professional,
and managerial positions. The average household income is $140,321 and the median household income
is $100,032.
Business
Friendswood is the perfect choice for many types of commercial enterprises. Target markets include
professional offices, retail, commercial, and light industrial developments. A key City focus is to
encourage redevelopment of the downtown area and development of the City’s panhandle area. City
leaders have approved special tools and incentives to revitalize downtown to promote mixed-use, multi-
story developments with pedestrian streetscapes and other amenities. The City offers competitive business
incentives, including a municipal grant program, tax abatement that includes “green” development,
freeport tax exemption, and downtown development fee waivers. Additionally, the City received a $2
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million EDA grant that provided utilities to serve a large commercial area located at the northeast corner
of the City along FM 2351 near Beamer Road and Interstate 45. This commercial area will provide
opportunities for new construction, employment and sales tax revenue in the City.
Quality Lifestyle
As with any city, the goal is planning for continued quality growth to create a well-balanced community.
Friendswood offers single-family residential housing in pleasant park-like settings, tucked-away from the
busy stream of vehicular traffic. Friendswood is committed to attracting more local enterprises that will
complement and enhance the unique community environment that has been carefully built over the past
100 years; one that has come to be cherished by residents and business owners alike.
LONG TERM PLANNING
Budgeting Controls
The objective of the City’s budgetary controls is to ensure compliance with legal provisions embodied in
the annual appropriated budget approved by Council. The charter requires the City Manager to submit a
proposed budget and an accompanying message to the City Council on or before August 1. The council
shall review and revise as deemed appropriate prior to general circulation for the public hearing. The
Public Notice and Hearing must be posted in the city hall and published in the official newspaper. The
budget must be adopted by the 15th of September or as soon thereafter as practical. The City legally adopts
annual budgets for the General, Special Revenue and Debt Service Funds. Annual and project budgets
are also adopted for the Proprietary and Capital Projects Funds, respectively.
The level of budgetary control; that is, the level at which expenditures cannot legally exceed the
appropriated amount, is established by department within a fund. The City also maintains an encumbrance
accounting system as one technique of accomplishing budgetary control. Encumbrances lapse at fiscal
year end, but can be re-appropriated through a budget amendment the following fiscal year. The City
Manager is authorized to transfer budgeted amounts between departments within any fund, but revisions
that increase the total expenditures of any fund must be approved by Council.
Multi-Year Financial Planning
A Multi-Year financial plan (MYFP) was developed in 2006. Originally, staff was directed to develop a
plan to forecast the City’s financial condition through 2020, the projected build-out date. The first version
of this plan was drafted and later reduced in scope to a five year projection.
The MYFP is based on the City’s strategic planning efforts, including the Comprehensive Land Use Plan,
Vision 2020 and the Capital Improvements Plan. Departmental operational plans funding requirements
to provide programs and services are included in the MYFP as well. Funding needs and available
resources, both current and alternative revenue enhancements, are identified. Expenditures are projected
based on departmental needs assessments and are organized based on “one-time” and “on-going”
expenditures. In collaboration with Council, the plan is updated at least annually and serves as the basis
of budget development.
Relevant Financial Policies
As part of the annual budget process, the City adopts Financial Management Policy Statements that
establish a framework for fiscal decision making and that ensure that financial resources are available to
meet the present and future needs of its citizens. These statements provide guidelines for financial
planning and management, addressing every major financial function and process.
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Most importantly, the Financial Management Policy requires that the City maintain the General Fund
unassigned fund balance at a minimum of 90 days of prior year audited operating expenditures. Any
unassigned funds after the fiscal year-end audit will be allowed to accumulate to build this 90-day reserve.
After the General Fund has gathered sufficient resources, additional unassigned funds will be allowed to
accumulate for future General Fund capital improvements.
The Financial Management Policy also requires the minimum working capital in the Water and Sewer
Fund be 90 days of prior year audited operating expenditures. Any unrestricted funds after the fiscal year-
end audit will be allowed to accumulate to build this 90-day reserve. After these funds have gathered
sufficient resources, additional unrestricted funds will be allowed to accumulate in working capital for
future utility /operating fund capital improvements.
Awards
The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) awarded a Certificate of Achievement for
Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Friendswood for its comprehensive annual financial
report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017. This was the thirty-first consecutive year that the
City has received this prestigious award. In order to be awarded a Certificate of Achievement, the City
published an easily readable and efficiently organized comprehensive annual financial report. This report
satisfied both generally accepted accounting principles and applicable legal requirements.
A Certificate of Achievement is valid for a period of one year only. We believe that our current
comprehensive annual financial report continues to meet the Certificate of Achievement program’s
requirements and we are submitting it to the GFOA to determine its eligibility for another certificate.
Acknowledgements
The preparation of the comprehensive annual financial report was made possible by the dedicated service
of the entire staff of the Administrative Services Department. Each member of the department has my
sincere appreciation for the contributions made in the preparation of this report.
In closing, I also express my thanks to the Mayor, members of the City Council and the City Manager for
their leadership, interest and support in conducting the financial operations of the City in a responsible
and progressive manner.
Sincerely,
Katina Hampton
Director of Administrative Services
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS
September 30, 2018
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Elected Officials Position Term Expires
Mike Foreman Mayor May 2021
Steve Rockey Council Member - Position No. 1 May 2021
Sally Branson Council Member - Position No. 2 May 2020
Trish Hanks Council Member - Position No. 3 May 2021
Robert J. Griffon Council Member - Position No. 4 May 2019
John H. Scott Council Member - Position No. 5 May 2020
Carl W. Gustafson Council Member - Position No. 6 May 2019
Key Staff Position
Morad Kabiri City Manager
Steven Rhea Assistant City Manager
Katina Hampton Director of Administrative Services
Terry Byrd Fire Marshal/Emergency Management Coordinator
Patrick Donart Director of Public Works
Melinda Welsh City Secretary
James Toney Director of Parks and Recreation
Robert B. Wieners Police Chief
Mary K. Fischer City Attorney
James W. Woltz Judge - Municipal Court
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ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
City of Friendswood, Texas
Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the governmental activities, business-type
activities, the aggregate discretely presented component units, each major fund, and the aggregate
remaining fund information of City of Friendswood, Texas (the “City”), as of and for the year ended
September30, 2018, andthe related notes to the financial statements, which collectively comprise the City’s
basic financial statements as listed in the table of contents.
Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in
accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes
the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair
presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit. We did not audit
the financial statements of West Ranch Management District, which is a discretely presented component
unit. Those financial statements were audited by other auditors whose report thereon has been furnished to
us, and our opinion , insofar as it related to the amounts included for the West Ranch Management District,
is based soled on the report of the other auditors. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing
standards generally accepted in the United States ofAmericaand the standards applicable to financial audits
contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment
of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making
those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair
presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the
circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal
control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness
of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. The financial
statements of the West Ranch Management District were not audited in accordance with Government
Auditing Standards.
The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
City of Friendswood, Texas
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We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our
audit opinions.
Opinions
In our opinion, based on our audit and the report of the other auditors, the financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the governmental activities,
business-type activities, the aggregate discretely presented component units, each major fund, and the
aggregate remaining fund information of the City, as of September 30, 2018, and the respective changes in
financial position and, where applicable, cash flows thereof for the year then ended in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Emphasis of Matters
As discussed in Notes 1 and 10 to the financial statements, the City adopted the provisions of Government
Accounting Standards Board (“GASB”) Statement No. 75, Accounting and Financial Reporting for
Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pensions, as of September 30, 2018. Our opinion is not modified with
respect to this matter.
Other Matters
Required Supplementary Information
Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that the management’s
discussion and analysis on pages 8 through 19, budgetary comparison information on pages 74 through 83,
pension system supplementary information and other post-employment benefit supplementary information
on pages 84 through 87, be presented to supplement the basic financial statements. Such information,
although not a part of the basic financial statements, is required by the Governmental Accounting Standards
Board, who considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the basic financial
statements in an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited
procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards generally
accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management about the methods
of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with management’s responses
to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we obtained during our audit of the
basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide any assurance on the information
because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient evidence to express an opinion or provide
any assurance.
Other Information
Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming opinions on the financial statements that collectively
comprise the City’s basic financial statements. The introductory section, combining and individual
nonmajor fund financial statements, budgetary schedules, and statistical section, are presented for purposes
of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements.
The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council
City of Friendswood, Texas
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The combining and individual nonmajor fund financial statements and budgetary schedules are the
responsibility of management and were derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and
other records used to prepare the basic financial statements. Such information has been subjected to the
auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and certain additional procedures,
including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other
records used to prepare the basic financial statements or to the basic financial statements themselves, and
other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States
of America. In our opinion, the combining and individual nonmajor fund financial statements and
budgetary schedules are fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the basic financial statements as
a whole.
The introductory and statistical sections have not been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the
audit of the basic financial statements and, accordingly, we do not express an opinion or provide any
assurance on them.
Other Reporting Required By Government Auditing Standards
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated March 22, 2019,
on our consideration of the City's internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance
with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose
of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and
compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on internal control over financial
reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with
Government Auditing Standards in considering the City’s internal control over financial reporting and
compliance and has been issued under separate cover.
Houston, Texas
March 22, 2019
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
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As management of the City of Friendswood, Texas (“the City”), we offer readers of the City’s financial
statements this narrative overview and analysis of the financial activities of the City for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2018. Please read this information in conjunction with the basic financial statements that
follow this section.
Financial Highlights
Some of the City’s financial highlights for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018 include:
The assets and deferred outflows of resources of the City exceeded its liabilities and deferred
inflows of resources at the close of the most recent fiscal year by $119,946,620.
The City’s total net position increased during the year by $118,198 from operations. The City
implemented Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 75 (GASB 75), and which
contributed to a prior period adjustment of negative $1,020,176.
Unrestricted net position is $19,868,962
Program revenues of $19,395,077 reduced the net cost of the City’s functions to be financed from
the City’s general revenues to $27,857,841.
Overview of the Financial Statements
This discussion and analysis is intended to serve as an introduction to the City’s basic financial statements.
The basic financial statements are comprised of three components: 1) government -wide financial
statements, 2) fund financial statements, and 3) notes to the financial statements. This report also includes
supplementary information intended to furnish additional detail to support the basic financial statements
themselves.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (continued)
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Government-wide Financial Statements
The government-wide financial statements report information for the City as a whole. These statements
include transactions and balances relating to all assets, including infrastructure capital assets. These
statements are designed to provide information about cost of services, operating results, and financial
position of the City as an economic entity. The Statement of Net Position and the Statement of Activities,
which appear first in the City’s financial statements, report information on the City’s activities that enable
the reader to understand the financial condition of the City. These statements are prepared using the accrual
basis of accounting, which is similar to the accounting used by most private-sector companies. All of the
current year’s revenues and expenses are taken into account even if cash has not yet changed hands.
The Statement of Net Position presents information on all of the City’s assets and deferred outflows of
resources and liabilities and deferred inflows of resources with the difference reported as net position. Over
time, increases or decreases in the net position may serve as a useful indicator of whether the financial
position of the City is improving or deteriorating. Other non-financial factors, such as the City’s property
tax base and the condition of the City’s infrastructure, need to be considered in order to assess the overall
health of the City.
The Statement of Activities presents information showing how the City’s net position changed during the
most recent fiscal year. All changes in net position are reported as soon as the underlying event giving rise
to the change occurs, regardless of the timing of related cash flows – the accrual method rather than
modified accrual that is used in the fund level statements.
Both of the government-wide financial statements distinguish functions of the City that are principally
supported by taxes and intergovernmental revenues (governmental activities) from functions that are
intended to recover all or significant portion of their costs through user fees (business-type activities).
Governmental activities – Most of the City’s basic services are reported here including general
government (mayor and council, city secretary, city manager, and administrative services); public
safety (police, volunteer fire department and fire marshal); public works (streets and drainage);
community development (engineering, building inspection and planning and zoning); community
services (parks, facility operations and community activities) and library. Interest payments on
the City’s debt are also reported here. Property tax, sales tax, franchise taxes, municipal court
fines and permit fees finance most of the activities.
Business-type activities – Services involving a fee for those services, which include the City’s
water and sewer system are reported here.
Component Units – activities include activities of the West Ranch Management District and Friendswood
Downtown Economic Development Corporation.
Fund Financial Statements
A fund is a self-balancing set of accounts that is used to maintain control over resources that have been
segregated for specific activities or objectives. The City uses fund accounting to ensure and demonstrate
compliance with finance-related legal requirements. The City uses two fund types – governmental and
proprietary.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (continued)
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Governmental Funds
Governmental funds are used to account for essentially the same functions reported as governmental
activities in the government-wide financial statements with the exclusion of internal service fund activity.
However, unlike the government-wide financial statements, governmental funds focus on near-term inflows
and outflows of spendable resources, as well as on balances of spendable resources available at the end of
the fiscal year. Such information may be useful in evaluating the City’s near-term financing requirements.
Because the focus of the governmental funds is narrower than that of the government -wide financial
statements, it is useful to compare the information presented for governmental funds with similar
information presented for governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements. By doing
so, the reader may better understand the long-term impact of the government’s near-term financial
decisions. Both the governmental fund balance sheet and the governmental statement of revenues ,
expenditures, and changes in fund balances provide a reconciliation to facilitate this comparison between
governmental funds and governmental activities.
The City maintains ten governmental funds. Information is presented separately in the governmental funds
balance sheet and the governmental fund statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance
for the General Fund and Bond Construction Fund which are considered to be major funds. The other eight
funds are combined into a single, aggregated presentation. Individual fund data for each of these non-major
governmental funds is provided in the form of combining statements found in this report.
Proprietary Funds
The City maintains two types of proprietary funds: enterprise and internal service funds. Enterprise funds
are used to report the same functions presented as business-type activities in the government-wide financial
statements. The City uses an enterprise fund to account for its operation in water distribution and
wastewater collection/treatment along with its water and wastewater impact fees, and water construction
projects. Management would note that trash collection services are provided by a third party contract.
Internal service funds are an accounting device used to accumulate and allocate costs internally among the
City’s various functions. The City uses an internal service fund to account for fleet management services.
Because these services predominately benefit governmental rather than business-type functions, they have
been included within the governmental activities in the government-wide financial statements.
Notes to the Financial Statements
The notes to the financial statements provide additional information that is essential to a full understanding
of the data provided in the government-wide fund financial statements. The notes are the last section of the
basic financial statements.
Other Information
In addition to the basic financial statements and accompanying notes, this report also presents certain
Required Supplementary Information (“RSI”). The RSI includes a schedule of funding progress for the
City’s other post-employment healthcare benefits and two schedules related to the City’s pension with the
Texas Municipal Retirement System (“TMRS”). The City adopts an annual appropriated budget for its
General Fund. Budgetary comparison schedules have been provided in RSI to demonstrate compliance
with this budget. RSI can be found after the basic financial statements.
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (continued)
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The combining statement and individual fund schedules that further support the information in the financial
statements are presented immediately following the required supplementary information.
GOVERNMENT-WIDE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS
Statement of Net Position
As noted earlier, net position may serve over time as a useful indicator of a government’s financial position.
For the City, assets and deferred outflows of resources exceed liabilities and deferred inflows of resources
by $119,946,620 as of September 30, 2018 in the primary government, which is a decrease in the City’s
overall financial position compared to the prior year.
The largest portion of the City’s net position (79.5%) reflects its investments in capital assets (e.g., land,
buildings and improvements, machinery and equipment, infrastructure, water and sewer system,
construction in progress and water rights); less any debt outstanding used to acquire those assets. The City
uses these capital assets to provide services to citizens; consequently these assets are not available for future
spending. Although the City’s investment in its capital assets is reported net of related debt, it should be
noted that the resources needed to repay this debt must be provided from other resources, since the assets
themselves cannot be used to liquidate these liabilities.
The following table reflects the condensed Statement of Net Position.
City of Friendswood's Net Position
Governmental Activities Business Type Activities Totals
2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017
Current and other assets 26,380,091$ 26,832,792$ 16,558,162$ 17,861,201$ 42,938,253$ 44,693,993$
Capital assets 98,051,133 102,145,795 60,852,047 61,387,988 158,903,180 163,533,783
Total assets 124,431,224 128,978,587 77,410,209 79,249,189 201,841,433 208,227,776
Deferred outflows of resources 2,526,225 4,824,499 1,131,793 1,464,777 3,658,018 6,289,276
Total assets and deferred
outflows of resources 126,957,449 133,803,086 78,542,002 80,713,966 205,499,451 214,517,052
Long-term liabilities 44,331,338 49,063,412 35,757,863 38,436,834 80,089,201 87,500,246
Other Liabilities 1,832,500 3,192,407 1,212,658 1,989,388 3,045,158 5,181,795
Total Liabilities 46,163,838 52,255,819 36,970,521 40,426,222 83,134,359 92,682,041
Deferred inflows of resources 2,138,179 849,565 280,293 136,848 2,418,472 986,413
Net position:
Net investment in capital
assets 68,320,682 72,631,192 27,088,280 29,305,429 95,408,962 101,936,621
Restricted 4,085,999 2,534,312 582,697 260,703 4,668,696 2,795,015
Unrestricted 6,248,751 5,532,198 13,620,211 10,584,764 19,868,962 16,116,962
Total net position 78,655,432$ 80,697,702$ 41,291,188$ 40,150,896$ 119,946,620$ 120,848,598$
A portion of the primary government’s net position, $4,668,696 or 3.9%, represents resources that are
subject to external restrictions on how they may be used. These restrictions include monies accounted for
in special revenue funds for which the use is legally restricted and capital project funds. The remaining
balance of unrestricted net position, $19,868,962 or 16.6%, may be used to meet the City’s ongoing
obligations to citizens and creditors.
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The following table provides a summary of the City’s changes in net position.
City of Friendswood's Changes in Net Position
Governmental Activities Business Type Activities Totals
2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017
Revenues
Program Revenues:
Charges for services 2,287,138$ 2,737,415$ 12,183,711$ 12,295,441$ 14,470,849$ 15,032,856$
Operating grants and
contributions 4,924,228 2,591,025 - - 4,924,228 2,591,025
Capital grants and
contributions - 219,808 - - - 219,808
General Revenues:
Property taxes 17,608,094 17,270,647 - - 17,608,094 17,270,647
Sales and alcohol taxes 7,965,662 6,482,367 - - 7,965,662 6,482,367
Franchise taxes 1,617,121 1,661,654 - - 1,617,121 1,661,654
Investment earnings 321,468 187,001 200,449 141,978 521,917 328,979
Miscellaneous 263,245 157,638 - - 263,245 157,638
Total revenues 34,986,956 31,307,555 12,384,160 12,437,419 47,371,116 43,744,974
Expenses
General government 5,734,611 5,128,399 - - 5,734,611 5,128,399
Public safety 17,538,040 15,861,719 - - 17,538,040 15,861,719
Public works 6,267,824 4,429,664 - - 6,267,824 4,429,664
Community development 945,701 1,495,001 - - 945,701 1,495,001
Parks and recreation 4,554,114 3,459,053 - - 4,554,114 3,459,053
Library services 1,210,207 1,215,683 - - 1,210,207 1,215,683
Water and sewer - - 9,019,197 8,502,218 9,019,197 8,502,218
Interest on long-term debt 953,509 953,146 1,029,715 1,086,278 1,983,224 2,039,424
Total Expenses 37,204,006 32,542,665 10,048,912 9,588,496 47,252,918 42,131,161
Increase (decrease) in net position
before transfers (2,217,050) (1,235,110) 2,335,248 2,848,923 118,198 1,613,813
Transfers 1,554,849 1,358,744 (1,554,849) (1,358,744) - -
Change in net position (662,201) 123,634 780,399 1,490,179 118,198 1,613,813
Net position - beginning 80,697,702 80,574,068 40,150,896 38,660,717 120,848,598 119,234,785
Prior period adjustments (1,380,069) - 359,893 - (1,020,176) -
Net position - ending 78,655,432$ 80,697,702$ 41,291,188$ 40,150,896$ 119,946,620$ 120,848,598$
Governmental Activities
Governmental activities decreased the City’s net position by $662,201 from operations. Key elements of
this change are as follows:
Property taxes continue to be the City’s largest revenue source. Property tax revenue increased
by $337,447 due to new construction within the City.
Sales and alcohol tax revenue remained strong during fiscal year 2018, providing a 22.88%
increase for the year, from $6.5 million to $8.0 million. This increase is primarily a result of
repeal of the telecommunications sales tax exemption and first full year of additional ½ cent sales
tax.
Operating grants and contributions increased $2.3 million from prior year, primarily due to FEMA
assistance due to flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey during the prior fiscal year.
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Total expenses increased $4.7 million from the prior year. The largest increase was in Public
Works ($1.8 million). This increase is related to increased depreciation charged to this department
as a result of reclassification of assets between departments in the current fiscal year. Public Safety
expenses increased $1.7 million primarily due to one-time expenditures resulting from Hurricane
Harvey.
Charges for
services
6%
Operating grants
and contributions
14%
Property taxes
50%
Sales and alcohol
taxes
23%
Franchise taxes
5%
Investment
earnings
1%
Miscellaneous
1%
Governmental Activities -Revenues
General
government
15%
Public safety
47%
Public works
17%
Community
development
3%
Parks and
recreation
12%
Library services
3%
Interest on long-term debt
3%
Governmental Activities -Expenses
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Business-Type Activities
Business-type activities increased the City’s net position by $780,399. Key elements of this change are as
follows:
Revenues decreased by $53,259 or 0.4%; resulting from a decline in impact fees due to less new
home construction. Expenses increased $460,416 or 4.8% due to salary and associated benefits
and additional water and sewer operational costs.
FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CITY’S FUNDS
As noted earlier, fund accounting is used to demonstrate and ensure compliance with finance-related legal
requirements.
Governmental Funds
The focus of the City’s governmental funds is to provide information on near-term inflows, outflows and
balances of spendable resources. Such information is useful in assessing the City’s financing requirements.
In particular, unassigned fund balance may serve as a useful measure of the City’s net resources available
for spending at the end of the year.
At the end of the current fiscal year, the City’s governmental funds reported combined ending fund balance
of $23,614,337. Approximately 38.33% of this amount ($9,052,000) is unassigned fund balance; however,
$6.5 million is set aside for the 90-day operating reserve, as set forth in the City’s financial policies.
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The remaining $14,562,337 is nonspendable, restricted, committed, or assigned as follows:
1.68%-Nonspendable
Prepaid items 147,948$
Notes receivable 223,662
Permanent fund 24,307
395,917$
42.08%-Restricted
Public education and government channels 631,971$
Debt service 59,046
Municipal court operations 227,528
Public safety operations 343,632
Capital projects 8,674,518
9,936,695$
17.91%-Assigned
Purchases on order 2,483,656$
Capital projects 746,069
Galveston County Bond
Project/Friendswood Lakes Blvd 1,000,000
4,229,725$
The General Fund is the chief operating fund of the City. At the end of the current fiscal year, total fund
balance reached $14.285 million of which unassigned fund balance of the General Fund was $9.1 million.
As a measure of the General Fund’s liquidity, it may be useful to compare both unassigned and total fund
balance to total fund expenditures. Unassigned fund balance represents 28.8% of total General Fund
expenditures, while total fund balance represents 45.4% percent of that same amount. At year end, the
City’s operating reserve was $6.5 million, representing 21% of total General Fund expenditures.
Key differences between last year’s General Fund activity and this year’s include:
$3.3 million increases in total revenues – sales tax increased due to the repeal of the
telecommunications sales tax exemption and federal grant money received as a result of Hurricane
Harvey.
$2.7 million increase in total expenditures – salary merit increases and associated benefits, and
several one-time expenditures incurred as a result of the flooding in the prior year.
Fund balance in the Bond Construction Fund decreased $836,942. This decrease was a result of capital
expenditures of $951,509 offset by investment earnings of $114,567.
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Proprietary Funds
The City’s proprietary funds financial statements provide the same type of information found in the
government-wide financial statements, but in more detail.
At the end of the year, unrestricted net position was $13,620,211 for the Water and Sewer Fund. The total
increase in the net position of the Water and Sewer Fund was $780,399 from operations. The City
implemented GASB 75 and has a correction of an error in accounting for capital assets, which resulted in
a positive prior period adjustment of $359,893. Other factors concerning the finances of this fund have
already been addressed in the discussion of the City’s business-type activities.
Unrestricted net position of the Internal Service Fund was $536,477. The net position of the Internal Service
Fund increased by $533,890 resulting from lease revenue from the City’s participating funds and insurance
proceeds related to Hurricane Harvey exceeding depreciation expense. A prior period adjustment related
to capital asset accounting resulted in a negative amount of $186,083.
General Fund Budgetary Highlights
The City made revisions to the original appropriations approved by the City Council. Budgeted revenues
increased by $4,100,235 or 16.5% and expenditures were increased by $9,660,246 or 36.0%.
Total revenues were above budget by $586,166. The more significant variances are detailed below:
$376,781 below budget in property taxes due to fewer of the property values under protest at the
time of budget development becoming taxable than projected.
$632,610 above budget in sales taxes due to the repeal of the telecommunications sales tax
exemption.
$163,955 above budget in intergovernmental revenue primarily as a result of funds received from
local school districts for providing additional security immediately following a nearby school
shooting.
Total expenditures of the General Fund were $5,026,150 below the final expenditure budget. The more
significant variances are detailed below:
$726,656 - below budget in general government expenditures as a result of payroll vacancies and a
decrease in other services and charges (legal, contract, consulting, etc.).
$404,329 - below budget in public works due to payroll vacancies, decrease in streets and drainage
repairs and a decrease in supplies and other services and charges.
$400,726 - below budget in parks and recreation expenditures due to decrease in other services and
charges as a result of funds not being spent in current year that were appropriated for rental of
facilities.
$3,179,689 - below budget in capital improvements due to projects either not being started or
completed in the current fiscal year. These projects are primarily related to streets and drainage.
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Capital Assets
The City’s investment in capital assets (net of accumulated depreciation) for its governmental and business-
type activities as of September 30, 2018 is $158,903,180. The investment in capital assets include land,
buildings and improvements, machinery and equipment, infrastructure, water and sewer system, water
rights and construction in progress.
Major capital events during the year included the following:
Rehabilitation of six major streets within Friendswood city limits: Friendswood Link/Whispering
Pines, Mary Ann Drive, Shadowbend Avenue, Townes Road, Winding Road and Woodlawn
Avenue. The total cost of all six projects was approximately $8.9 million.
Completion of Water Plant #2 and #7 Replacement. The total cost of both projects was
approximately $3.35 million.
Completion of Lift Station #3 and #8 Rehabilitation. The total cost of both projects was
approximately $2.14 million.
The City purchased 24 new vehicles for Public Safety and Public Works, including 2 high water
rescues vehicles. Most of these vehicles were replacements for vehicles lost in Hurricane Harvey.
The total cost for all vehicles was approximately $813,000.
The portable radios for the City’s Police Department were replaced with new radios which was
approximately $485,000.
The following major projects are in Construction in Progress at the end of fiscal year 2018:
Blackhawk Blvd Phase II, Old City Park Restrooms and Pavilion, Stevenson Park Pool Restrooms,
Old City Park Parking Lot, Lift Station #23 Rehabilitation, Blackhawk Wastewater Treatment
Plant – 3rd Clarifier addition, and a 42’ Southeast Transmission Water Line Phase I.
2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017
Land 25,759,306$ 25,805,161$ 319,473$ 319,473$ 26,078,779$ 26,124,634$
Buildings and improvements 23,283,754 37,698,577 397,877 335,681 23,681,631 38,034,258
Equipment and furniture 4,832,980 4,132,484 2,738,486 256,788 7,571,466 4,389,272
Infrastructure 41,660,541 24,075,329 31,505,264 29,326,598 73,165,805 53,401,927
Water rights - - 19,716,695 19,716,695 19,716,695 19,716,695
Construction in progress 2,514,552 10,434,244 6,174,252 11,432,753 8,688,804 21,866,997
98,051,133$ 102,145,795$ 60,852,047$ 61,387,988$ 158,903,180$ 163,533,783$
City of Friendswood's Capital Assets
Governmental Activities Business-type Activities Totals
More detailed information on the City’s capital assets is presented in Note 4 to the financial statements.
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Debt Administration
At the end of the current fiscal year, the City had a total bonded debt, premiums and capital lease obligation
of $69,512,455.
2018 2017 2018 2017 2018 2017
General obligation bonds 31,545,000$ 33,320,000$ 26,425,000$ 28,360,000$ 57,970,000$ 61,680,000$
Revenue bonds - - 5,290,000 5,515,000 5,290,000 5,515,000
Premium on bond issuance 2,520,657 2,747,806 2,940,493 3,156,862 5,461,150 5,904,668
Capital leases 791,305 668,284 - - 791,305 668,284
34,856,962$ 36,736,090$ 34,655,493$ 37,031,862$ 69,512,455$ 73,767,952$
Governmental Activities Business-type Activities Totals
City of Friendswood's Outstanding Debt
The City’s General Obligation and Revenue Bonds bond ratings are listed below:
Standard
& Poor's
General Obligation Bonds AA+
Revenues Bonds AA-
More detailed information about the City’s outstanding debt can be found in Note 5 to the financial
statements.
Economic Factors and Next Year’s Budgets and Rates
Friendswood continues to experience moderate growth. The City’s current population is estimated to be
41,003. Friendswood is expected to reach build out with an estimated population of 57,000. The City is
continuing to focus on economic development initiatives, including the revitalization of downtown and a
large residential and commercial development called West Ranch. The West Ranch residential
development is currently under way, with commercial construction scheduled to follow as the area’s
residential population growth.
The City’s largest single source of revenue in the General Fund continues to be ad valorem taxes. The
adopted budget for fiscal year 2019 has a tax rate of $0.5324 per $100 of taxable value. This rate consists
of a maintenance and operations (M&O) tax rate of $0.4372 and an interest and sinking (debt service) tax
rate of $0.0952. The rate was set based on a net assessed value of $3,374,237,059. This is a decrease of
$46,594,112 from certified taxable values for tax year 2017. The City’s financial management policy sets
the guideline to maintain the fund balance and net position of the various operating funds at levels sufficient
to protect the City’s creditworthiness as well as its financial position from unforeseeable emergencies.
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The City’s second largest source of revenue in the General Fund is sales tax. The City anticipates an
increase in this revenue stream from the prior year and has adjusted the budget from $5,717,840 to
$6,294,492. The franchise fees budget is decreased from $1,709,283 to $1,675,966 and the budget for
license and permits has been increased from $841,816 to $849,000. If all projections are accurate, the total
General Fund unassigned fund balance net of the 90 day operating requirement ($6.5 million) is estimated
to be approximately $7.3 million at September 30, 2019.
Water revenues are budgeted at $7,079,811 which is an increase of $178,860 in revenues, or 2.6 percent.
Sewer revenues are budgeted at $5,194,823 which is an increase of $296,897 or 6.1 percent. Water and
Sewer Fund net position, net of the 90 day operating requirement ($1.7 million), is projected to be $8.6
million at the end of fiscal year 2019.
Pursuant to the City’s financial management policy, funds in excess of the 90-day operating reserve are
designated for future capital improvements.
Requests for Information
The financial report is designed to provide our citizens, customers, investors, and creditors with a general
overview of the City’s finance and to show the City’s accountability for the money it receives. If you have
questions about this report or need additional information, contact Administrative Services, P.O. Box 1288,
Friendswood, Texas 77549-1288, or call Katina Hampton at 281-996-3221, or email
khampton@ci.friendswood.tx.us.
Separately issued financial statements for the West Ranch Management District can be obtained by writing
to: West Ranch Management District, a Component Unity of the City of Friendswood, c/o Allen Boone
Humphries LLP, 3200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 2600, Houston, Texas 77027.
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
September 30, 2018
Governmental
Activites
Business-type
Activities Total
West Ranch
Management
District
Friendswood
Downtown EDC
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 4,770,478$ 2,955,578$ 7,726,056$ 4,892,556$ 116,447$
Investments 18,090,131 7,400,440 25,490,571 - 291,653
Receivables, net of allowances
Taxes 2,130,620 - 2,130,620 8,700 95,810
Customer accounts 573,488 2,363,623 2,937,111 - -
Other 11,061 - 11,061 57 -
Accrued interest 23,040 15,774 38,814 - 537
Due from other governments 409,663 - 409,663 8,250 -
Prepaid items 147,948 41,159 189,107 309 -
Notes receivable 223,662 - 223,662 - -
Working capital deposit - 389,080 389,080 - -
Restricted cash equivalents - 3,392,508 3,392,508 - -
Capital Assets:
Non-depreciable 28,273,858 26,210,420 54,484,278 6,839,035 -
Depreciable, net 69,777,275 34,641,627 104,418,902 399,166 -
Total Capital Assets 98,051,133 60,852,047 158,903,180 7,238,201 -
Total Assets 124,431,224 77,410,209 201,841,433 12,148,073 504,447
Deferred Outflows of Resources
Deferred loss on issuance of refunding bonds 346,095 891,729 1,237,824 12,762 -
Deferred outflow of resources for pensions 2,077,186 224,761 2,301,947 - -
Deferred outflow of resources for OPEB 102,944 15,303 118,247 - -
Total Deferred Outflows of Resources 2,526,225 1,131,793 3,658,018 12,762 -
Total Assets and Deferred
Outflows of Resources 126,957,449 78,542,002 205,499,451 12,160,835 504,447
Liabilities
Accounts payable 872,891 545,075 1,417,966 60,842 -
Accrued liabilities 691,032 56,586 747,618 - -
Retainage payable 36,026 2,528 38,554 4,251 -
Accrued interest 88,469 95,183 183,652 390,444 -
Customer deposits 131 513,286 513,417 - -
Due to other governments 143,951 - 143,951 - -
Noncurrent liabilities:
Due within one year 2,345,237 2,231,650 4,576,887 800,000 -
Due in more than one year 33,277,454 32,507,093 65,784,547 22,930,510 -
Net pension liabiliy 7,183,284 788,885 7,972,169 - -
Total OPEB liability 1,525,363 230,235 1,755,598 - -
Total Liabilities 46,163,838 36,970,521 83,134,359 24,186,047 -
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Deferred gain on issuance of refunding bonds - 39,420 39,420 - -
Deferred Inflows of resources for pensions 2,138,179 240,873 2,379,052 - -
Total Deferred Inflows of Resources 2,138,179 280,293 2,418,472 - -
Net Position
Net investment in capital assets 68,320,682 27,088,280 95,408,962 234,147 -
Restricted for:
Public education and government channels 631,971 - 631,971 - -
Debt service - 407,562 407,562 1,861,188 -
Municipal court operations 227,528 - 227,528 - -
Economic development - - - - 504,447
Public safety operations 343,632 - 343,632 - -
Community development - nonexpendable 24,307 - 24,307 - -
Capital projects 2,858,561 175,135 3,033,696 22,705 -
Unrestricted 6,248,751 13,620,211 19,868,962 (14,143,252) -
Total Net Position 78,655,432$ 41,291,188$ 119,946,620$ (12,025,212)$ 504,447$
See notes to the financial statements.
Primary Government Component Units
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Net (Expense) Revenue and Changes in Net Position
Functions/Programs Expenses
Charges for
Services
Operating
Grants and
Contributions
Primary government
Governmental Activities:
General government 5,734,611$ 861,271$ 17,500$
Public safety 17,538,040 868,761 4,877,296
Public works 6,267,824 213,042 -
Community development 945,701 - -
Parks and recreation 4,554,114 344,064 29,432
Library services 1,210,207 - -
Interest on long-term debt 953,509 - -
Total Governmental Activities 37,204,006 2,287,138 4,924,228
Business-type Activities:
Water and sewer 10,048,912 12,183,711 -
Total Business-type Activities 10,048,912 12,183,711 -
Total Primary Government 47,252,918$ 14,470,849$ 4,924,228$
Component Units
West Ranch Management District 2,078,325$ -$ -$
Friendswood Downtown EDC 336,497 - -
Total Component Units 2,414,822$ -$ -$
General revenues:
Taxes:
Property taxes
Franchise and other taxes
Sales taxes
Interest
Miscellaneous
Transfers
Total general revenues and transfers
Change in net position
Net Position - beginning
Change in accounting principles
Net Position - beginning, as restated
Net Position - ending
See notes to the financial statements.
Program Revenue
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Net (Expense) Revenue and Changes in Net Position
Governmental
Activities
Business-
type
Activities Total
West Ranch
Management
District
Friendswood
Downtown
EDC
(4,855,840)$ -$ (4,855,840)$ -$ -$
(11,791,983) - (11,791,983) - -
(6,054,782) - (6,054,782) - -
(945,701) - (945,701) - -
(4,180,618) - (4,180,618) - -
(1,210,207) - (1,210,207) - -
(953,509) - (953,509) - -
(29,992,640) - (29,992,640) - -
- 2,134,799 2,134,799 - -
- 2,134,799 2,134,799 - -
(29,992,640) 2,134,799 (27,857,841) - -
(2,078,325) -
- (336,497)
(2,078,325) (336,497)
17,608,094 - 17,608,094 2,292,105 -
1,617,121 - 1,617,121 - -
7,965,662 - 7,965,662 - 523,283
321,468 200,449 521,917 12,721 -
263,245 - 263,245 5,500 -
1,554,849 (1,554,849) - - -
29,330,439 (1,354,400) 27,976,039 2,310,326 526,927
(662,201) 780,399 118,198 232,001 190,430
80,697,702 40,150,896 120,848,598 (12,257,213) 314,017
(1,380,069) 359,893 (1,020,176) - -
79,317,633 40,510,789 119,828,422 (12,257,213) 314,017
78,655,432$ 41,291,188$ 119,946,620$ (12,025,212)$ 504,447$
Primary Government Component Units
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
BALANCE SHEET
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
September 30, 2018
General Fund
Bond
Construction
Total
Nonmajor
Governmental
Funds
Total
Governmental
Funds
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 3,682,113$ -$ 923,785$ 4,605,898$
Investments 9,219,121 6,150,856 2,307,942 17,677,919
Receivables, net of allowance:
Taxes receivables 1,803,234 - 327,386 2,130,620
Customer accounts 519,037 - 2,715 521,752
Other receivables 59,224 - 3,573 62,797
Accrued interest 17,329 - 4,915 22,244
Due from other governments 409,663 - - 409,663
Note receivable 223,662 - - 223,662
Prepaid items 147,948 - - 147,948
Total Assets 16,081,331$ 6,150,856$ 3,570,316$ 25,802,503$
Liabilities, Deferred Inflows and Fund Balances
Liabilities:
Accounts payable 569,689$ 300,174$ 35,430$ 905,293$
Accrued liabilities 617,627 - - 617,627
Due to other governments 145,144 - - 145,144
Customer deposits 131 - - 131
Retainage payable - 34,725 - 34,725
Total Liabilities 1,332,591 334,899 35,430 1,702,920
Deferred Inflows of Resources:
Unavailable revenue 463,434 - 21,812 485,246
Total Deferred Inflows of resources 463,434 - 21,812 485,246
Fund Balances:
Nonspendable:
Prepaid items 147,948 - - 147,948
Notes receivable 223,662 - - 223,662
Permanent fund - - 24,307 24,307
Restricted:
Public education and government channels 631,971 - - 631,971
Municipal court operations - - 227,528 227,528
Debt service - - 59,046 59,046
Public safety operations - - 343,632 343,632
Capital projects - 5,815,957 2,858,561 8,674,518
Assigned:
Purchases on order 2,483,656 - - 2,483,656
Capital projects 746,069 - - 746,069
Galveston County Bond Project/Friendswood
Lakes Blvd 1,000,000 - - 1,000,000
Unassigned 9,052,000 - - 9,052,000
Total Fund Balances 14,285,306 5,815,957 3,513,074 23,614,337
Total Liabilities, Deferred Inflows of
Resources,
and Fund Balances 16,081,331$ 6,150,856$ 3,570,316$ 25,802,503$
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
RECONCILIATION OF THE GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS BALANCE SHEET
TO THE STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
September 30, 2018
Total fund balance, governmental funds 23,614,337$
Amounts reported for governmental activities in the Statement of Net Position are different because:
Capital assets used in governmental activities are not current financial resources and therefore are
not reported in this fund financial statement, but are reported in the governmental activities of the
Statement of Net Position.97,015,592
The assets and liabilities of certain internal service funds are not included in the fund financial
statement, but are included in the governmental activities of the Statement of Net Position. 1,572,018
Some liabilities are not due and payable in the current period and are not included in the fund
financial statement, but are included in the governmental activities of the Statement of Net Position.
Bonds and certificates of obligation payable (31,545,000)
Capital leases payable (791,305)
Compensated absences (765,729)
Accrued interest payable (88,469)
Unamortized premium on bonds (2,520,657)
Unavailable revenues in the governmental fund statements is recognized as revenue in the
government-wide financial statements.485,246
Deferred loss on refunding 346,095
Certain other long-term assets and liabilities are not available to pay current period expenditures and
therefore are not reported in this fund financial statement, but are reported in the governmental
activities of the Statement of Net Position.
Net pension liability (7,183,284)
Total OPEB liabilty (1,525,363)
Deferred outflows and inflows of resources related to the net pension liability (60,993)
Deferred outflows and inflows of resources related to the total OPEB liability 102,944
Net Position of Governmental Activities in the Statement of Net Position 78,655,432$
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
General Fund
Bond
Construction
Total
Nonmajor
Governmental
Funds
Total
Governmental
Funds
Revenues
Property taxes 14,487,465$ -$ 3,177,173$ 17,664,638$
Sales taxes 6,395,814 - 1,569,848 7,965,662
Franchise fees and other 1,617,121 - - 1,617,121
Fines and forfeitures 669,847 - 287,824 957,671
Permits and fees 1,518,956 - 47,700 1,566,656
Intergovernmental 4,398,836 - - 4,398,836
Investment earnings 166,817 114,567 32,409 313,793
Donations 162,324 - 233,686 396,010
Miscellaneous 181,017 - - 181,017
Total Revenues 29,598,197 114,567 5,348,640 35,061,404
Expenditures
Current:
General government 5,428,291 - 12,597 5,440,888
Public safety 16,642,647 - 226,284 16,868,931
Public works 2,157,277 - - 2,157,277
Community development 985,309 - - 985,309
Parks and recreation 3,505,652 - 5,494 3,511,146
Library services 1,200,512 - - 1,200,512
Debt service:
Principal - - 2,137,284 2,137,284
Interest and other charges - - 1,145,400 1,145,400
Capital outlay 1,511,693 951,509 152,336 2,615,538
Total Expenditures 31,431,381 951,509 3,679,395 36,062,285
Excess (deficiency) of revenues over
(under) expenditures (1,833,184) (836,942) 1,669,245 (1,000,881)
Other Financing Sources (Uses)
Insurance recoveries 725,304 - - 725,304
Transfers in 1,402,989 - - 1,402,989
Transfers out (47,000) - - (47,000)
Sale of capital assets 9,135 - - 9,135
Issuance of capital lease 485,305 - - 485,305
Total Other Financing Sources (Uses)2,575,733 - - 2,575,733
Net change in fund balances 742,549 (836,942) 1,669,245 1,574,852
Fund balances - beginning 13,542,757 6,652,899 1,843,829 22,039,485
Fund balances - ending 14,285,306$ 5,815,957$ 3,513,074$ 23,614,337$
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
RECONCILIATION OF THE STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES, AND CHANGES IN FUND
BALANCES OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS TO THE STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Net change in fund balances - total governmental funds:1,574,852$
Amounts reported for Governmental Activities in the Statement of Activities are different because:
Governmental funds report outlays for capital assets as expenditures because such outlays use
current financial resources. In contrast, the Statement of Activities reports only a portion of
the outlay as expense. The outlay is allocated over the assets' estimated useful lives as
depreciation expense for the period.
Capital outlay 2,615,538
Depreciation expense (6,278,935)
Governmental funds do not present revenues that are not available to pay current obligations.
In contrast, such revenues are reported in the Statement of Activities when earned.
Unavailable property tax revenue (800,249)
Governmental funds report proceeds from long-term debt as current financial resources. In
contrast, the Statement of Activities treats such issuance of debt as a liability. Governmental
funds report repayment of long-term debt principal as an expenditure, In contrast, the Statement
of Activities treats such repayments as a reduction in long-term liabilities.
Debt service principal 2,137,284
Proceeds from capital leases (485,305)
Contributions are treated as expenditures in the fund based financial statements, but are treated
as reductions in the City's net pension/OBEB liability in the statement of net position. This
amount is the difference between contributions and net pension/OPEB expense (revenue) for
the current fiscal year.
Pension (30,183)
OPEB (94,497)
Some expenses reported in the statement of activities do not require the use of current financial
resources and these are not reported as expenditures in governmental funds:
(Increase) decrease in accrued interest 6,827
(Increase) decrease in compensated absences (46,487)
Amortization of deferred loss on refunding (42,085)
Amortization of premium on bonds 227,149
Internal service fund is used by management to charge the cost of fleet management to
indivdual funds. The change in net position of the intenal service fund is included in the
governmental activities in the statement of activities.553,890
Change in net position of governmental activities (662,201)$
See notes to the financial statements.
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STATEMENT OF NET POSITION
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
September 30, 2018
Business-Type
Activities Enterprise
Fund
Governmental
Activities
Water and Sewer Internal Service
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents 2,955,578$ 164,580$
Investments 7,400,440 412,212
Accounts receivable, net of allowance:
Customer accounts 2,363,623 -
Accrued interest 15,774 796
Prepaids and other assets 41,159 -
Restricted cash equivalents 3,392,508 -
Total current assets 16,169,082 577,588
Non-current assets
Working capital deposit 389,080 -
Capital assets:
Land 319,473 -
Construction in progress 6,174,252 -
Water rights 19,716,695 -
Buildings and improvements 683,906 -
Machinery and equipment 7,218,247 3,252,017
Water and sewer systems 63,640,402 -
Accumulated depreciation (36,900,928) (2,216,476)
Total non-current assets 60,852,047 1,035,541
Total Assets 77,410,209 1,613,129
Deferred Outflows of Resources
Deferred outflows - pension related 224,761 -
Deferred outflows - OPEB related 15,303 -
Deferred loss on bond refunding 891,729 -
Total Deferred Outflows of Resources 1,131,793 -
Total Assets and Deferred
Outflows of Resources 78,542,002 1,613,129
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STATEMENT OF NET POSITION (continued)
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
September 30, 2018
Business-Type
Activities Enterprise
Fund
Governmental
Activities
Water and Sewer Internal Service
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Accounts payable 545,075 41,111
Accrued liabilities 56,586 -
Accrued interest 95,183 -
Customer deposits 513,286 -
Retainage payable 2,528 -
Compensated absences 16,650 -
Bonds and other long-term debt payable 2,215,000 -
Total Current Liabilities 3,444,308 41,111
Non-current Liabilities
Compensated absences 66,600 -
Net Pension liability 788,885 -
Total OPEB liability 230,235 -
Bonds and other long-term debt payable 32,440,493 -
Total Non-current Liabilities 33,526,213 -
Total Liabilities 36,970,521 41,111
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Deferred gain on issuance of refunding bonds 39,420 -
Deferred inflows of resources for pensions 240,873 -
Total Deferred Inflows of Resources 280,293 -
Total Liabilities and Deferred Inflows of Resources 37,250,814 41,111
Net Position
Net investment in capital assets 27,088,280 1,035,541
Restricted for capital projects 175,135 -
Restricted for debt service 407,562 -
Unrestricted 13,620,211 536,477
Total Net Position 41,291,188$ 1,572,018$
See notes to the financial statements.
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENSES AND CHANGES IN NET POSITION
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Business-Type
Activities
Enterprise Fund
Governmental
Activities
Water and Sewer Internal Service
Operating Revenues
Charges for services 12,086,801$ 380,684$
Miscellaneous 96,910 277,013
Total Operating Revenues 12,183,711 657,697
Operating Expenses
Personnel services 2,156,316 -
Sewer operations 1,653,459 -
Water purchases 1,554,202 -
Repairs and maintenance 798,427 -
Supplies 128,801 -
Other services and charges 914,088 -
Depreciation 1,813,904 294,029
Total Operating Expenses 9,019,197 294,029
Operating income 3,164,514 363,668
Non-Operating Revenues (Expenses)
Investment income 200,449 7,675
(Loss) on disposal of capital assets - (16,313)
Interest expense (1,029,715) -
Total Non-Operating Revenues
(Expenses)(829,266) (8,638)
Income before transfers 2,335,248 355,030
Transfers in - 198,860
Transfers out (1,554,849) -
Change in net position 780,399 553,890
Total Net Position - beginning as
originally reported 40,150,896 1,204,211
Change in accounting principles 359,893 (186,083)
Net position - beginning 40,510,789 1,018,128
Total Net Position - ending 41,291,188$ 1,572,018$
See notes to the financial statements.
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COMBINING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Business-Type
Activities
Enterprise Fund
Governmental
Activities
Water and Sewer Internal Service
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash received from customers 12,343,579$ 657,697$
Receipts from interfund charges for fleet management
Cash payments to suppliers for goods and services (5,573,622) 41,111
Cash payments to employees for services (2,333,755) -
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 4,436,202 698,808
Cash flows from noncapital financing activities
Transfer in from other funds - 198,860
Transfers out to other funds (1,554,849) -
Net cash provided (used) by noncapital
financing activities (1,554,849) 198,860
Cash flows from capital and related
financing activities
Acquisition and construction of property,
plant and equipment (1,213,652) (510,263)
Repayment of debt (2,376,369) -
Interest paid on debt (1,034,399) -
Net cash provided (used) by capital and
related financing activities (4,624,420) (510,263)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of investments (1,723,348) (412,212)
Investment income 200,786 6,879
Net cash provided (used) by investing activities (1,522,562) (405,333)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents (3,265,629) (17,928)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning 9,613,715 182,508
Cash and cash equivalents, ending 6,348,086$ 164,580$
Reconciliation of Total Cash and cash equivalents
Current assets - cash and cash equivalents 2,955,578$ 164,580$
Restricted assets - cash and cash equivalents 3,392,508 -
6,348,086$ 164,580$
See notes to the financial statements.
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COMBINING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
PROPRIETARY FUNDS
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Business-type
Activities -
Enterprise Funds
Governmental
Activities
Water and Sewer Internal Service
Reconciliation of operating income to net cash
provided (used) by operating activities:
Operating income (loss)3,164,514$ 363,668$
Adjustments to reconcile operating
income to net cash provided (used)
by operating activities:
Depreciation 1,813,904 294,029
Change in assets, deferred inflows and outflows, and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in customer receivable 6,496 -
Decrease (increase) in prepaids and other assets 1,436 -
Decrease (increase) in deferred outflow for pensions 268,163 -
Decrease (increase) in deferred outflow for OPEB (15,303)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable (723,529) 41,111
Increase (decrease) in other liabilities (55,412) -
Increase (decrease) in customer deposits 6,895 -
Increase (decrease) in deferred inflows for pensions 146,477 -
Increase (decrease) in total OPEB liabily 230,235 -
Increase (decrease) in net pension liability (411,210) -
Increase (decrease) in compensated absences 3,536 -
Total adjustments 1,271,688 335,140
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 4,436,202$ 698,808$
See notes to the financial statements.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The City of Friendswood, Texas (“the City”) was incorporated on October 15, 1960. The City charter
provides for a City County-City manager form of government. The Mayor and six Council members are
elected from the City at large serving three-year terms. The City Council is the principal legislative body
of the City. The City Manager is appointed by a majority vote of the City Council and is responsible to the
Council for the administration of all the affairs of the City. The City Manager is responsible for law
enforcement, appointment and removal of department directors and employees, supervision and control of
all City departments, and preparation of the annual budget. The Mayor resides at meetings of the City
Council and can vote. The City provides the following services: public safety, streets, parks and recreation,
library, water and sewer, sanitation, planning and zoning, building inspection, code enforcement, and
general administrative services.
A. Reporting Entity
The City is an independent political subdivision of the State of Texas governed by an elected six- member
Council and Mayor and is considered a primary government. As required by generally accepted accounting
principles, these financial statements have been prepared based on considerations regarding the potential
for inclusion of other entities, organizations, or functions as part of the City’s financial reportin g entity.
Based on these considerations, the West Ranch Management District and Friendswood Downtown
Economic Development Corporation have been included in the City’s reporting entity as discretely
presented component units. Additionally, as the City is considered a primary government for financial
reporting purposes, its activities are not considered a part of any other governmental or other type of
reporting entity.
Consideration regarding the potential for inclusion of other entities, organizations, or functions in the City’s
financial reporting entity is based on criteria prescribed by general accepted accounting principles. These
same criteria are evaluated in considering whether the City is a part of any other governmental or other type
of reporting entity. The overriding elements associated with prescribed criteria considered in determining
that the City’s financial reporting entity status is that of a primary government are that it has a separately
elected governing body; it is legally separate; and it is financial independent of other state and local
governments. Additional prescribed criteria under generally accepted accounting principles include
considerations pertaining to organizations for which the primary government is financially accounta ble;
and considerations pertaining to other organizations for which the nature and significance of the relationship
with the primary government are such that exclusion would cause the reporting entity’s financial statements
to be misleading or incomplete.
The West Ranch Management District (“the District”), a discretely presented component unit, was created
under Section 59, Article XVI of the Texas Constitution added by an Act of the 79th Legislature of the State
of Texas, effective June 17, 2005, in accordance with the Texas Water Code, Chapter 54. The District
operates in accordance with Chapters 3837, Texas Special District Local Laws Code, Chapters 49 and 54
of the Texas Water Code and Chapter 375 of the Texas Local Government Code, and is subject to the
continuing supervision of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The District was created to
promote and encourage employment and the public welfare within the District. The affairs of the District
are managed by a Board of Directors composed of persons appointed by the City Council. The City is
financially accountable for the District because City Council must approve any debt issuances. Complete
financial statements from the component may be obtained at the District’s administrative office.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
A. Reporting Entity (continued)
The Friendswood Downtown Economic Development Corporation (“FDEDC”) was incorporated August
1, 2016 as a nonprofit economic development corporation under the Development Corporation Act. The
citizens of Friendswood voted to pass a one- half cent sales tax dedicated to support and enhance the welfare
and prosperity of the citizens of the City and of this State by promotion of economic development and
growth by encouraging the development of new business enterprises and the retention or expansion of
existing business enterprises. To serve this purpose, the Corporation shall have the authority and power of
a Type B corporation to undertake projects as described in Subchapter C of Chapter 501 of the Local
Government Code and Chapter 505 of the Local Government Code, including undertaking projects as
authorized by law, including but not limited to projects to promote new or expanded business enterprises
in the downtown area as defined by the City of Friendswood Downtown District Map, including but not
limited to streets, targeted infrastructure, paved sidewalks, pedestrian amenities including lighting, benches,
signage, and other related public improvements, and the maintenance and operations expenses for any of
the above-described projects. A separate governing board oversees FDEDC, which is appointed by
Friendswood City Council, and consists of members of City Council, City’s management, and individuals
from the community. The City can remove appointed board members and approves the FDEDC’s budget.
The FDEDC is reported as a discretely presented component unit because the governing body is not
identical to the governing body of the City, the FDEDC does not solely serve the City, and the City has the
ability to impose its will on FDEDC. Complete financial statements of the FDEDC may be obtained by
contacting FDEDC’s administration office.
B. Government-Wide and Fund Financial Statements
The government-wide financial statements (i.e., the statement of net position and the statement of activities)
report information on all activities of the primary government and its component unit. For the most part,
the effect of interfund activity has been removed from these statements. Governmental activities, which
normally are supported by taxes and intergovernmental revenue, are reported separately from business-type
activities, which rely to a significant extent on fees and charges for support. Likewise, the primary
governmental is reported separately from certain legally separate component units for which the primary
government is financial accountable.
The statement of activities demonstrates the degree to which the direct expenses of a given function or
segment are offset by program revenue. Direct expenses are those that are clearly identifiable with a
specific function or segment. Program revenue includes 1) charges to customers or applicants who
purchase, use, or directly benefit from goods, services, or privileges provided by a given function or
segment, and 2) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operations or capital requirements
of a particular function or segment. Taxes and other items not properly included among program revenue
are reported instead as general revenue.
Separate financial statements are provided for governmental funds and proprietary funds. Major individual
governmental funds and major individual enterprise funds are reported as separate column s in the fund
financial statements.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
C. Measurement Focus, Basis of Accounting, and Financial Statement Presentation
The government-wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus
and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon as they are both measurable
and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are collectible within the current period
or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the government
considered revenue to be available if collected within 60 days of the end of the current fiscal period.
Expenditures generally are recorded when a liability is incurred, as under accrual accounting. However,
debt service expenditures, as well as expenditures related to compensated absences and claims and
judgements, are recorded only when payment is due.
Property taxes, franchise taxes, sales taxes, and interest associated with the current fiscal period are all
considered to be susceptible to accrual and, accordingly, have been recognized as revenue of the current
fiscal period. All of revenue items are considered to be measureable and available only when cash is
received by the City.
The City reports the following major governmental funds:
The General Fund is the City’s primary operating fund. It accounts for all financial resources of the general
government, except those required to be accounted for in another fund.
The Bond Construction Fund is used to account for the construction of public facilities, and park, street
and drainage improvements that are funded by the proceeds from Permanent Improvement Bonds.
Other governmental funds is a summarization of all the non-major governmental funds.
The City reports the following major enterprise fund:
The Water and Sewer Fund is used to account for the activities of the City’s water and wastewater
operations.
Additionally, the City reports the following fund type:
The Internal Service Fund is used to account for fleet management services provided to other departments
of the City on a cost reimbursement basis.
As a general rule, the effect of interfund activity has been eliminated from the government -wide financial
statements. Exceptions to this general rule are charges between the City’s water and sewer function and
various other functions of the government. Elimination of these charges would distort the direct costs and
program revenue reported for the various functions concerned.
Proprietary funds distinguish operating revenues and expenses from nonoperating items. Operating
revenues and expenses generally result from providing services and producing and delivering goods in
connection with a proprietary fund’s principal ongoing operations. The principal operating revenues of the
Water and Sewer enterprise fund and of the City’s internal service fund are charges to customers for sales
and services. Operating expenses for the enterprise fund and internal service fund include the cost of sales
and services, administrative expenses, and depreciation on capital assets. All revenue and expenses not
meeting this definition are reported as nonoperating revenue and expenses.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
D. Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows and Net Position/Fund Balance
Cash and Investments
Cash and investments include cash on hand, deposits with financial institutions, short -term investments in
a state-managed public funds investment pool account (TexPool), and a privately managed public funds
investment pool (Texas Class). Other investments consist mainly of U.S. government treasury bills,
treasury notes and other U.S. government obligations. Restricted cash and investments are assets restricted
for specific use. Restricted includes cash deposits with financial institutions and investment pools.
The City maintains a pooled cash and investments account for all funds of the City. Each fund’s positive
equity in the pooled cash account is presented as “cash and investments” in the financial statements.
Negative equity balances are reclassified and are reflected as interfund accounts payable. Interest income
and interest expense are allocated monthly to each respective individual fund based on their representative
fund balances.
The City’s cash and cash equivalents are considered to be cash on hand, demand deposits, and short -term
investments with original maturities of three months or less from the date of acquisition.
Investments for the City are reported at fair value, except for the position in investment pools. The City’s
investment in pools are reported at the net asset value per share (which approximates fair value) even though
it is calculated using the amortized cost method.
TexPool and Texas Class have a redemption notice period of one day and may redeem daily. The
investment pool’s authority may only impose restrictions on redemptions in the event of a general
suspension of trading on major securities markets, general banking moratorium or national state of
emergency that affects the pool’s liquidity.
Property Taxes
All trade and property tax receivables are shown net of an allowance for uncollectible accounts.
Management estimates an allowance for trade accounts receivable based on past experience, historical
losses, and other pertinent factors.
The City’s property taxes are levied annually in October on the basis of the Appraisal District’s assessed
values as of January 1 of that calendar year. Appraised values are established by the Appraisal District at
market value and assessed at 100% of appraised value less exemptions. The City’s property taxes are billed
and collected by Galveston County. Such taxes are applicable to the fiscal year in which they are levied
and become delinquent with an enforceable lien on property on February 1 of the subsequent calendar year.
Property taxes are prorated between operations and debt service based on rates adopted for the year of the
levy. For the current year, the City levied property taxes of $0.52735 per $100 of assessed valuation that
were prorated between operations and debt service in the amounts of $0.43235 and $0.09500, respectively.
The resulting tax levies were approximately $14.5 and $3.2 million for operations and debt service,
respectively, based on a total taxable valuation of approximately $3.5 billion for the 2017 tax year.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
D. Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows and Net Position/Fund Balance (continued)
Property Taxes (continued)
West Ranch Management District bond resolutions require that the District levy and collect an ad valorem
debt service tax sufficient to pay interest and principal on bonds when due. During the year ended August
31, 2018, the District levied an ad valorem debt service tax at the rate of $0.0800 per $100 of assessed
valuation, which resulted in tax levy of $365,889 on the taxable valuation of approximately $457.4 million
for the 2017 tax year.
Interfund Receivables/Payables
Activity between funds that are representative of lending/borrowing arrangements outstan ding at the end
of the fiscal year are referred to as either “due to/from other funds” (i.e., the current portion of interfund
loans”). All other outstanding balances between funds are reported as “due to/from other funds.” Any
residual balances outstanding between the governmental activities and business-type activities are reported
in the government-wide financial statements as “internal balances.”
Prepaid Items
Certain payments to vendors reflect costs applicable to future accounting periods and are recorded as
prepaid items in both government-wide and fund financial statements. The City applies the consumption
method in accounting for prepaid items in the governmental funds.
Restricted Assets
Certain proceeds of the City’s enterprise fund revenue bonds, as well as certain resources set aside for their
repayment, are classified as restricted assets on the balance sheet because their use is limited by applicable
bond covenants.
Contract with West Ranch Management District
The District approved a contract with the City effective August 15, 2005, as amended. Under the terms of
the contract, the District is to pay for construction of water distribution, sanitary sewer, drainage,
transportation, education and recreation facilities to serve the District.
The District shall be the owner of the system until the system is completed, approved by the City and
conveyed to it, at which time ownership will vest in the City. The District will own and operate these
facilities to serve the District. Pursuant to the contract, the District shall have a security interest therein
until all bonds issued by the District are retired.
Capital Assets
Capital assets, which include property, plant, equipment, infrastructure, and water rights, are reported in
the applicable governmental or business-type activities columns in the government- wide financial
statements. The City defines capital assets as assets with an initial, individual cost of more than $5,000 and
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
D. Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows and Net Position/Fund Balance (continued)
Capital Assets (continued)
an estimated historical cost if actual historical cost is not available. Donated capital assets are recorded at
acquisition cost, which is the price that would be paid to acquire an asset with equivalent service potential
at the acquisition date. The City’s water rights have an indefinite life.
The cost of normal maintenance and repairs that do not add to the value of the asset or materially extend
assets’ lives are not capitalized.
The City’s property, plant and equipment are depreciated using the straight-line method over the following
useful lives:
Buildings and improvements 20-50 years
Machinery and equipment 5 - 10 years
Infrastructure 40-50 years
Water and sewer system 40-50 years
The West Ranch Management District’s capital assets are depreciated using the straight-line method over
estimated useful lives of 10 to 45 years.
Compensated Absences
The City’s employees earn vacation and sick leave, which may either be taken or accumulated, up to certain
amounts, until paid upon resignation or retirement. All vacation and sick leave pay is accrued when
incurred in the government-wide and proprietary fund financial statements. A liability for these amounts
is reported in the governmental funds only if they have matured, for example, as a result of employee
resignations and retirements.
Long-term Debt
In the government-wide financial statements and proprietary fund types in the fund financial statements,
long-term debt and other long-term obligations are reported as liabilities in the applicabl e governmental
activities, business-type activities, or proprietary fund type statement of net position. Bond premiums and
discounts are deferred and amortized over the life of the bonds using the straight -line method, which
approximates the effective interest method. Bonds payable are reported net of the applicable bond premium
or discount. Bond issuance cost are expenses in the period incurred.
Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources
In addition to assets, the statement of financial position and/or balance sheet will sometimes report a
separate section for deferred outflows of resources. This separate financial statement element, deferred
outflows of resources, represents a consumption of net position that applies to a future period(s) and so will
not be recognized as an outflow of resources (expense/expenditure) until then. The City has the following
items that qualify for reporting in this category.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
D. Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows and Net Position/Fund Balance (continued)
Deferred Outflows/Inflows of Resources (continued)
Deferred loss on refunding debt – A deferred loss on refunding results from the difference in the
carrying value of refunded debt and its reacquisition price. This amount is deferred and amortized over
the shorter of the life of the refunded or refunding debt.
Deferred outflows of resources for pension - Reported in the government-wide financial statement of
net position, this deferred outflow results from pension plan contributions made after the measurement
date of the net pension liability and the results of 1) differences between projected and actual earnings
on pension plan investments; 2) changes in actuarial assumptions; 3) differences between expected and
actual actuarial experiences and 4) changes in the City’s proportional share of pension liabilities. The
deferred outflows of resources related to pensions resulting from City contributions subsequent to the
measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the net pension liability in the next fiscal year.
The deferred outflows resulting from differences between projected and actual earnings on pension
plan investments will be amortized over a closed five year period. The remaining pension related
deferred outflows will be amortized over the expected remaining service lives of all employees five
year period.
Deferred outflows of resources for other post-employment benefits (OPEB) - Reported in the
government wide financial statement of net position, these deferred outflows result from OPEB plan
contributions made after the measurement date of the total OPEB liability and the results of changes in
assumptions and other inputs. The deferred outflows of resources resulting from City contributions
subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the total OPEB liability in the
next fiscal year. The other OPEB related outflow will be amortized over the expected remaining service
lives of all employees (active and inactive employees) who are provided with OPEB benefits.
In addition to liabilities, the statement of financial position and/or balance sheet will sometimes report a
separate section for deferred inflows of resources. This separate financial statement element , deferred
inflows of resources, represents an acquisition of net position or balance sheet that applies to a future
period(s) and so will not be recognized as an inflow of resources (revenue) until that time.
Deferred inflows of resources for unavailable revenues - Reported only in the governmental funds
balance sheet, unavailable revenues arise under the modified accrual basis of accounting. These
amounts are deferred and recognized as an inflow of resources in the period that the amounts become
available.
Deferred inflows of resources for pension - Reported in the government wide financial statement of net
position, these deferred inflows result primarily from changes in actuarial assumptions. These pension
related deferred inflows will be amortized over the expected remaining service lives of all employees
(active and inactive employees) that are provided with pensions through the pension plan.
Deferred inflows of resources for gain on issuance of refunding bonds - Reported in the government
wide financial statement of net position, these deferred inflows result primarily from differences from
the carrying value of refunded debt and its reacquisition price. This amount is deferred and amortized
over the shorter of the life of the refunded or refunding debt.
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
D. Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows and Net Position/Fund Balance (continued)
Pension
For purposes of measuring the net pension liability, pension related deferred outflows and inflows of
resources, and pension expense, City specific information about its Fiduciary Net Position in the Texas
Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) and additions to/deductions from TMRS’s Fiduciary Net Position
have been determined on the same basis as they are reported by TMRS. For this purpose, plan contributions
are recognized in the period that compensation is reported for the employee, which is when contributions
are legally due. Benefit payments and refunds are recognized when due and payable in accordance with
the benefit terms. Investments are reported at fair value.
Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB)
The City provides its retirees the opportunity to maintain health insurance coverage by participating in the
City’s insurance plan. The City reports the total liability for this plan on the government -wide and
proprietary fund financial statements. The actual cost recorded in the governmental fund financial
statements is the cost of the health benefits incurred on behalf of the retirees less the premiums collected
from the retirees. Information regarding the City’s total liability for this plan is obtained through a report
prepared by Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company, the City’s third-party actuary, in compliance with GASB
Statement No. 75, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pensions.
Additionally, the City participates in a defined-benefit group-term life insurance plan, both for current and
retired employees, administered by the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS). The City reports the
total liability for this plan on the government-wide and proprietary fund financial statements. Information
regarding the City’s total OPEB liability is obtained from TMRS through a report prepared for the City by
TMRS’ consulting actuary, Gabriel Roeder Smith & Company, in compliance with GASB Statement No.
75.
Fund Balance
The governmental fund financial statements present fund balances based on classifications that comprise a
hierarchy that is based primarily on the extent to which the City is bound to honor constraints on the specific
purposes for which amounts in the respective governmental funds can be spent. The classifications used in
the governmental fund financial statements are as follows:
Non-spendable – includes amounts that cannot be spent because they are either not in spendable form,
or, for legal or contractual reasons, must be kept intact. This classification includes prepaid items ,
note receivable and the fund balance of the City’s permanent fund.
Restricted – includes fund balance amounts that are constrained for specific purposes which are
imposed by providers, such as creditors or amounts restricted due to constitutional provision or
enabling legislation. This classification includes retirement of long-term debt, construction
programs, City ordinances, and other federal and state grants.
Committed – includes fund balance amounts that are constrained for specific purposes that are
internally imposed by the City through formal act ion in an open meeting of the highest level of
decision making authority. Committed fund balance is reported pursuant to resolution passes by the
City Council.
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
D. Assets, Liabilities, Deferred Outflows/Inflows and Net Position/Fund Balance (continued)
Fund Balance (continue)
Assigned – includes fund balance amounts that are self-imposed by the City to be used for particular
purpose. Fund balance can be assigned by the City Council or the City Manager, pursuant to the
City’s fund balance policy. At September 30, 2018, the City’s assigned fund balance included
amounts assigned for encumbrances.
Unassigned – includes residual positive fund balance within the general fund which has not been
classified within the other above mentioned categories. Unassigned fund balance may also include
negative balances for any governmental fund if expenditures exceed amounts restricted, committed,
or assigned for those specific purposes.
When both restricted and unrestricted fund balances are available for use, it is the City’s policy to use
restricted fund balance first, then unrestricted fund balance. Furthermore, committed fund balances are
reduced first, followed by assigned amounts and then unassigned amounts when expenditures are incurred
for purposes for which amounts in any of those unrestricted fund balance classifications are available.
The City has established a minimum fund balance policy whereby the City’s unassigned general fund
balance will be maintained at levels sufficient to protect the City’s creditworthiness, as well as its financial
position, from unforeseeable emergencies. The City will strive to maintain the unassigned general fund
balance at a minimum of 90 days of prior year audited operating expenditures.
Net Position
Government-Wide Financial Statements:
The Statement of Net Position includes the following categories of net position:
Net investment in capital assets – the component unit of net position that reports the difference
between capital assets less both the accumulated depreciation and the outstanding balance of debt,
net of premiums and discounts, that is directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or
improvement of these capital assets.
Restricted – Net position is reported as restricted when there are limitations imposed on its use either
through the enabling legislation adopted by the City or through external restrictions imposed by
creditors, grantors, or laws or regulations of other governments.
Unrestricted – the difference between assets, deferred outflows and inflows, and liabilities that are
not reported in any of the classifications above.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles,
requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosures of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual amounts could differ materially from
those estimates.
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Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)
E. Implementation of New Accounting Standards
In the current fiscal year, the City implemented the following new standards. The applicable provisions of
these new standards are summarized below. Implementation is reflected in the financial statements and the
notes to the financial statements.
GASB Statement No. 75, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefits Other Than
Pensions. This Statement replaces the requirements of Statement 45 and requires governments to report a
liability on the face of the financial statements for the OPEB that they provide. Statement 75 requires
governments in all types of OPEB plans to present more extensive note disclosures and required
supplementary information (RSI) about their OPEB liabilities. Among the new note disclosures is a
description of the effect on the reported OPEB liability of using a discount rate and a healthcare cost trend
rate that are one percentage point higher and one percentage point lower than assumed by the government.
The new RSI includes a schedule showing the causes of increases and decreases in the OPEB liability and
a schedule comparing a government’s actual OPEB contributions to its contribution requirements.
GASB Statement No. 85, Omnibus 2017. This Statement establishes accounting and financial reporting
requirements for blending component units, goodwill, fair value measurement and application, and
postemployment benefits (pensions and other postemployment benefits).
GASB Statement No. 86, Certain Debt Extinguishment Issues. This Statement establishes standards of
accounting and financial reporting for in-substance defeasance transactions in which cash and other
monetary assets acquired with only existing resources—that is, resources other than the proceeds of
refunding debt—are placed in an irrevocable trust for the purpose of extinguishing debt. This Statement
also amends accounting and financial reporting requirements for prepaid insurance associated with debt
that is extinguished, whether through a legal extinguishment or through an in substance defeasance,
regardless of how the cash and other monetary assets were acquired. Finally, this Statement establishes an
additional disclosure requirement related to debt that is defeased in substance, regardless of how the cash
and other monetary assets were acquired.
The following standards have been issued, but have not been implemented as not yet effective.
GASB Statement No. 83, Certain Asset Retirement Obligations. This Statement establishes criteria for
determining the timing and pattern of recognition of a liability and a corresponding deferred outflow of
resources for asset retirement obligations.
GASB Statement No. 84, Fiduciary Activities. This Statement establishes standards of accounting and
financial reporting for fiduciary activities.
GASB Statement No. 87, Leases. This Statement establishes standards of accounting and financial reporting
for leases by lessees and lessors.
GASB Statement No. 89, Accounting for Interest Cost Incurred before the End of a Construction Period.
This Statement establishes accounting requirements for interest cost incurred before the end of a
construction period.
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Note 2. Cash and Investments
Under provisions of state and local statutes, the City’s investment policies, and provisions of the City’s
depository contracts with an area financial institution, the City is authorized to place available deposits and
investments in the following:
1. Obligations of the U.S., it’s agencies and instrumentalities;
2. Certificates of Deposit issued by state and national banks or savings or loan associations
domiciled in this state that are guaranteed or incurred by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or collateralized in accordance with Section 2256.010, the Texas Government
Code, in face amounts not to exceed $100.000;
3. No-load money market mutual funds; and
4. TexPool, Lone State Investment Pool and Texas CLASS.
The City Council has adopted a written investment policy regarding the investments of its funds as defined
by the Public Funds Investment Act of 1995 (Chapter 2256, Texas Government Code). The investments
of the City are in compliance with the Council’s investment policies. The City did not have any derivative
investment products during the current year. All significant legal and contractual provisions for investments
were complied with during the year.
At September 30, 2018, the carrying amount of the City and Friendswood Economic Development
Corporation’s deposits was $7,842,503 and the bank balance of $8,269,655.
As of September 30, 2018, the City and Friendswood Economic Development Corporation held the
following investments.
Reported Weighted
Value of Average
Investments Maturity (Days)
Investment pools:
TexPool 2,518,040$ 32
Texas CLASS 15,740,033 66
Total investment pools 18,258,073
Debt Securities:
Federal Farm Credit Bonds 1,992,148 123
Federal Home Loan Bank Bonds 1,988,649 257
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation 3,475,549 193
Federal National Mortgage Association 3,460,313 322
Total debt securities 10,916,659
Total investments 29,174,732$
The City categorizes its fair value measurements within the fair value hierarchy established by generally
accepted accounting principles. The hierarchy is based on the valuation inputs used to measure the fair
value of the asset. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets; Level 2 inputs are
significant other observable inputs; and Level 3 inputs are significant unobservable inputs.
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Note 2. Cash and Investments (continued)
The City has the following recurring fair value measurements as of September 30, 2018:
Fair Value /
Amortized
Cost
Level 1
Inputs
Level 2
Inputs
Level 3
Inputs
Investment Securities:
Federal Farm Credit Bank 1,992,148$ -$ 1,992,148$ -$
Federal Home Loan Bank 1,988,649 - 1,988,649 -
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.3,475,549 - 3,475,549 -
Federal National Mortgage Assoc.3,460,313 - 3,460,313 -
Total Investment Securities 10,916,659$ -$ 10,916,659$ -$
The City invests in Texas Local Government Investment Pool (TexPool), which was created under the
Interlocal Cooperation Act, Texas Government Code Ann. Chapter 791 and the Texas Public Funds
Investment Act. The Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company (“the Trust”) is trustee of TexPool and
is a limited purpose trust company authorized pursuant to Texas Government Code Ann. Section 404.103
for which the Texas State Comptroller is sole officer, director and shareholder. The advisory board of
TexPool is composed of members appointed pursuant to the requirements of the Texas Public Funds
Investment Act.
The City invests in Texas CLASS Investment Pool which was established in 1996 pursuant to the Texas
Public Funds Investment Act. The pool is governed by a 7-member board of trustees, who are elected by
pool participants. The Cutwater Investor Services Corp. serves as the pools program administrator and
Wells Fargo Bank Texas, NA, serves as custodian.
Interest Rate Risk. In accordance with its investment policy, the City manages its exposure to declines in
fair values by structuring the investment portfolio so that securities mature to meet cash requirements for
ongoing operations and invest operating funds primarily in short-term securities.
Custodial Credit Risk. In the case of deposits, this is the risk that in the event of a bank failure, the City’s
deposits may not be returned. State statutes require that all deposits in financial institutions be fully
collateralized by U.S. Government obligations or its agencies and instrumentalities or direct obligations of
Texas or its agencies and instrumentalities that have a fair value of not less than the principal amount of
deposits. As of September 30, 2018, all of the City’s cash deposits with financial institutions were
collateralized with securities held by the pledging financial institution in the City’s name.
Credit Risk
Credit Risk. It is the City’s policy to limit its investments to investment types with an investment quality
rating not less than A or its equivalent by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization. The City’s
investments as of September 30, 2018, were rated as follows:
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Note 2. Cash and Investments (continued)
Credit Risk (continued)
Credit Quality
Investment Type:Rating Rating Agency
Investment Pools:
Texas CLASS AAAm Standard & Poor's
TexPool AAAm Standard & Poor's
Debt Securities:
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.Aaa Moody's Investor Service
Federal Home Loan Bank Aaa Moody's Investor Service
Federal Farm Credit Bank Aaa Moody's Investor Service
Federal National Mortgage Association Aaa Moody's Investor Service
Note 3. Receivables and Deferred Inflows of Resources
Receivables as of September 30, 2018 for the City’s individual major funds and nonmajor funds in the
aggregate and the Internal Service Fund including the applicable allowances for uncollectible accounts, are
as follows:
Proprietary
General Nonmajor
Water and
Sewer Total
Receivables:
Property taxes 230,993$ 38,830$ -$ 269,823$
Penalties and interest 138,251 20,535 - 158,786
Sales tax 1,163,713 287,429 - 1,451,142
Franchise taxes 390,992 - - 390,992
Customer accounts 242,287 3,451 2,642,782 2,888,520
Court fines 1,619,640 - - 1,619,640
Other 59,224 3,573 - 62,797
Gross receivables 3,845,100 353,818 2,642,782 6,841,700
Less: allowance for
uncollectibles (1,463,605) (20,144) (279,159) (1,762,908)
Net total receivables 2,381,495$ 333,674$ 2,363,623$ 5,078,792$
Governmental Funds
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Note 3. Receivables and Deferred Inflows of Resources (continued)
Governmental funds reported deferred inflows of resources in connection with receivables for revenue that
is not considered to be available to liquidate liabilities of the current period. At the end of the current fiscal
year, the various components of deferred inflows of resources for unavailable revenues reported in the
governmental funds were as follows:
Deferred Inflows
of Resources
General Fund:
Delinquent property taxes 22,298$
Property tax penalties and interest 93,053
Court fines 323,928
Grants 16,210
Miscellaneous 7,945
Total General Fund 463,434
Nonmajor funds:
Delinquent property taxes 4,239
Property tax penalties and interest 13,821
Court fines 3,752
Total nonmajor funds 21,812
Total governmental funds 485,246$
On June 1, 2015, The City Council approved the purchase of a fire truck for the Friendswood Volunteer
Fire Department for $483,364. This purchase is supported with a repayment agreement whereby the
Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department has agreed to repay the City $72,000 per year for the first six
years, with a final payment of $65,000. The City set an initial interest rate of 1% with an option to increase
should interest rates rise significantly. The balance of the note receivable at September 30, 2018 is
$223,662.
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Note 4. Capital Assets
Capital assets activity for the primary government for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, is as
follows:
Governmental activities
Beginning
Balance Increases
Reclassification
/Decreases Ending Balance
Capital assets, not being depreciated:
Land 25,805,161$ 28,822$ (74,677)$ 25,759,306$
Construction in progress 10,434,244 958,724 (8,878,416) 2,514,552
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 36,239,405 987,546 (8,953,093) 28,273,858
Capital assets, being depreciated:
Buildings and improvements 55,471,627 - (15,500,470) 39,971,157
Machinery and equipment 15,587,425 2,376,909 (4,097,609) 13,866,725
Infrastructure 68,751,444 - 23,582,600 92,334,044
Total capital assets, being depreciated 139,810,496 2,376,909 3,984,521 146,171,926
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Buildings & improvements (17,773,050) (1,811,631) 2,897,278 (16,687,403)
Machinery and equipment (11,454,941) (1,244,075) 3,665,271 (9,033,745)
Infrastructure (44,676,115) (3,517,259) (2,480,129) (50,673,503)
Total accumulated depreciation (73,904,106) (6,572,965) 4,082,420 (76,394,651)
Total capital assets - being depreciated 65,906,390 (4,196,056) 8,066,941 69,777,275
Governmental capital assets, net 102,145,795$ (3,208,510)$ (886,152)$ 98,051,133$
Business-type activities
Beginning
Balance Increases
Reclassification
/Decreases Ending Balance
Capital assets, not being depreciated:
Land 319,473$ -$ -$ 319,473$
Water rights 19,716,695 - - 19,716,695
Construction in progress 11,432,753 856,135 (6,114,636) 6,174,252
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 31,468,921 856,135 (6,114,636) 26,210,420
Capital assets, being depreciated:
Buildings and improvements 589,624 - 94,282 683,906
Machinery and equipment 1,213,530 - 6,004,717 7,218,247
Water and sewer system 63,267,248 - 373,154 63,640,402
Total capital assets, being depreciated 65,070,402 - 6,472,153 71,542,555
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Buildings and improvements (253,943) (19,757) (12,329) (286,029)
Machinery and equipment (956,742) (292,570) (3,230,449) (4,479,761)
Water and sewer system (33,940,650) (1,501,577) 3,307,089 (32,135,138)
Total accumulated depreciation (35,151,335) (1,813,904) 64,311 (36,900,928)
Total capital assets - being depreciated 29,919,067 (1,813,904) 6,536,464 34,641,627
Business-type capital assets, net 61,387,988$ (957,769)$ 421,828$ 60,852,047$
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Note 4. Capital Assets (continued)
Capital assets activity for the discretely presented component units is as follows:
Component Unit
Beginning
Balance Increases
Reclassification
/Decreases Ending Balance
Capital assets, not being depreciated:
Land 6,821,433$ 17,602$ -$ 6,839,035$
Total capital assets, not being depreciated 6,821,433 17,602 - 6,839,035
Capital assets, being depreciated:
Water production and distribution facilities 483,467 - - 483,467
Total capital assets, being depreciated 483,467 - - 483,467
Less accumulated depreciation for:
Water production and distribution facilities (73,556) (10,745) - (84,301)
Total accumulated depreciation (73,556) (10,745) - (84,301)
Total capital assets - being depreciated 409,911 (10,745) - 399,166
Component Unit capital assets, net 7,231,344$ 6,857$ -$ 7,238,201$
Depreciation
Depreciation expense was charged to functions/programs of the City as follows:
Depreciation
Expense
Primary government
Governmental activities:
General government 260,219$
Public safety 895,341
Public Works 4,078,138
Community services 1,045,238
Capital assets held by the City's internal service
fund are charged to the various functions based on
their usage 294,029
Total Governmental activities 6,572,965
Business-type activities:
Water and sewer 1,813,904
Total Business-type activities:1,813,904
Total primary government 8,386,869$
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Note 4. Capital Assets (continued)
Construction commitments
The City has active construction projects as of September 30, 2018. At year end, the City’s commitments
with contractors were as follows:
Projects
Construction
Commitment
Construction
in Progress
Remaining
Commitment
Governmental funds:
Parks Maintenance Building 8,305$ 5,403$ 2,902$
Blackhawk Boulevard Phase II 5,100,525 1,239,938 3,860,587
Old City Park Restrooms & Pavilion 33,500 24,218 9,282
Stevenson Park Pool Restrooms 3,931 3,931 -
Old City Park Parking Lot 402,075 95,498 306,577
Inprovements Other Park (Renwick)477,356 477,356 -
Brittany Bay (aka Friendswood Lakes Blvd)654,358 654,358 -
Old City Pary Survey 13,850 13,850 -
6,693,900 2,514,552 4,179,348
Enterprise funds:
Blackhawk Boulevard Phase II 425,973 50,565 375,408
Lift Stations #23 - Crazy Horse 217,160 138,867 78,293
Blackhawk WWTP 3rd Clarifier 5,886,950 5,886,950 -
43" Southeast Transmission Water Line Phase 1 97,870 97,870 -
6,627,953 6,174,252 453,701
Total Commitments 13,321,853$ 8,688,804$ 4,633,049$
The remaining commitment amounts were encumbered at year end. The encumbrances and related
appropriation lapse at the end of the fiscal year, but they are re -appropriated and become a part of the
subsequent year’s budget because performance under the executory contract is expected in the next year.
Note 5. Long-term Debt
The City issues a variety of long-term debt instruments in order to acquire and/or construct major capital
facilities and equipment for governmental and business-type activities. These instruments include general
obligation bonds, certificates of obligation, revenue bonds, and capital leases. These debt obligations are
secured by either future tax revenue, water and sewer system revenue, or liens on property and equipment.
Debt obligations that are intended to be repaid from water and sewer system revenue have been recorded
as business-type activities. All other long-term obligations of the City are considered to be governmental
type activities.
Federal Arbitrage
General obligation bonds, combination tax and revenue bonds, and certificates of obligation are subject to
the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 related to arbitrage and interest income tax regulations
under those provisions.
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Note 5. Long-term Debt (continued)
Bonds Payable and Certificates of Obligation
The following schedule summarizes the terms of the City’s general obligation bonds, combination tax and
revenue bonds, and certificates of obligation outstanding and their corresponding allocations to the
governmental and business-type activities at September 30, 2018:
Original Issue Final Interest Governmental Business-Type
General Obligation Bonds:Amount Maturity Rates Activities Activities
2010A Permanent Improvement 3,460,000$ 2035 1.0 - 4.75%2,610,000$ -$
2010B Permanent Improvement
and Refunding 5,460,000 2021 1.0 - 4.0%- 1,810,000
2012 General Obligation Refunding 8,890,000 2026 2.0 - 3.5%5,865,000 -
2014 General Obligation Refunding 8,805,000 2028 2.0% - 4.0%2,220,000 5,805,000
2015 General Obligation Refunding 9,595,000 2030 2.0% - 3.0%8,325,000 -
2016 General Obligation Permanent
Improvement and Refunding 19,095,000 2031 2.0% - 5.0%7,120,000 9,850,000
2016A General Obligation Refunding 9,765,000 2034 2.0% - 4.0%- 8,960,000
2017 General Obligation Bonds 5,605,000 2031 2.0% - 4.0%5,405,000 -
Total general obligation bonds 31,545,000 26,425,000
Revenue Bonds:
2016 Waterworks and Sewer System 5,735,000 2036 2.0% - 4.0%- 5,290,000
Total 31,545,000$ 31,715,000$
Annual debt service requirements for the City’s bonds and certificates of obligation are as follows:
Fiscal Year Principal Interest Principal Interest Total
2019 1,815,000$ 1,083,831$ 2,215,000$ 1,112,250$ 6,226,081$
2020 1,855,000 1,042,281 2,275,000 1,053,500 6,225,781
2021 1,995,000 991,231 2,335,000 992,850 6,314,081
2022 2,150,000 927,606 1,905,000 935,225 5,917,831
2023 2,215,000 860,319 1,960,000 880,475 5,915,794
2024-2028 12,255,000 3,118,854 10,930,000 3,262,575 29,566,429
2029-2033 8,890,000 728,132 8,235,000 1,014,275 18,867,407
2034-2038 370,000 17,813 1,860,000 82,200 2,330,013
31,545,000$ 8,770,067$ 31,715,000$ 9,333,350$ 81,363,417$
Governmental Activities Business-type Activities
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Note 5. Long-term Debt (continued)
Bonds Payable and Certificates of Obligation (continued)
Changes in the City’s long-term liability activity for the year ended September 30, 2018, are as follows:
Beginning
Balance Additions Reductions
Ending
Balance
Due Within
One Year
Primary Government
Governmental activities:
General obligation bonds 33,320,000$ -$ (1,775,000)$ 31,545,000$ 1,815,000$
Premium on bond issuance 2,747,806 - (227,149) 2,520,657 -
Capital lease 668,284 485,305 (362,284) 791,305 377,091
Compensated absences 719,242 819,451 (772,964) 765,729 153,146
Governmental activity
Long-term liabilities 37,455,332$ 1,304,756$ (3,137,397)$ 35,622,691$ 2,345,237$
Beginning
Balance Additions Reductions
Ending
Balance
Due Within
One Year
Business-type activities:
Revenue bonds 5,515,000$ -$ (225,000)$ 5,290,000 230,000$
General obligation bonds 28,360,000 - (1,935,000) 26,425,000 1,985,000
Premium on bond issuance 3,156,862 - (216,369) 2,940,493 -
Compensated absences 65,571 97,183 (79,504) 83,250 16,650
Business-type activity
Long-term liabilities 37,097,433$ 97,183$ (2,455,873)$ 34,738,743$ 2,231,650$
Total Primary government 74,552,765$ 1,401,939$ (5,593,270)$ 70,361,434$ 4,576,887$
The compensated absences, net pension liability and total OPEB liabilities attributable to the governmental
activities will be liquidated primarily by the General Fund.
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Note 5. Long-term Debt (continued)
West Ranch Management District
The following schedule summarizes the terms of the West Ranch Management District’s general obligation
bonds at July 31, 2018:
Amounts Interest Range of Callable
General Obligation Bonds:Outstanding Rates Maturities Date *
Series 2010 6,055,000$ 3.25% - 5.25%2018 - 2040 September 1, 2020
Road Series 2010A 1,630,000 3.50% - 5.00%2018 - 2040 September 1, 2020
Series 2012A 3,110,000 3.50% - 4.10%2027 - 2040 September 1, 2020
Road Series 2013 1,030,000 2.00% - 3.00%2018 - 2028 September 1, 2021
Series 2013 1,195,000 3.00% - 5.00%2018 - 2040 September 1, 2021
Road Series 2014 2,085,000 2.00% - 3.75%2018 - 2040 September 1, 2022
Series 2015 5,315,000 1.30% - 4.125%2018 - 2030 September 1, 2023
Series 2016 2,080,000 3.00% - 4.00%2031 - 2040 September 1, 2024
Refunding Series 2016 1,135,000 2.00% - 4.00%2018 - 2040 September 1, 2024
Total general obligation bonds 23,635,000$
* Or any date thereafter, callable at par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.
Annual debt service requirements for the District’s bonds are as follows:
Fiscal Year Principal Interest Total
2019 800,000$ 928,016$ 1,728,016$
2020 830,000 907,460 1,737,460
2021 850,000 883,383 1,733,383
2022 885,000 856,611 1,741,611
2023 910,000 827,740 1,737,740
2024-2028 5,105,000 3,605,920 8,710,920
2029-2033 5,260,000 2,498,752 7,758,752
2034-2038 5,260,000 1,412,682 6,672,682
2039-2041 3,735,000 252,789 3,987,789
23,635,000$ 12,173,353$ 35,808,353$
The District’s bonds are payable from the proceeds of an ad valorem tax levied upon all property within the
District subject to taxation, without limitation as to rate or amount.
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Note 5. Long-term Debt (continued)
West Ranch Management District (continued)
Changes in the discretely presented component units’ long-term liabilities for the year end July 31, 2018,
are as follows:
West Ranch Management District
Beginning
Balance Increase Decrease
Ending
Balance
Due Within
One Year
Component Unit
General obligation bonds 24,430,000$ -$ (795,000)$ 23,635,000$ 800,000$
Discount on bonds (430,464) - 13,460 (417,004) -
Premium on bonds 111,271 - (8,357) 102,914 -
Developer advances 40,000 - - 40,000 -
Due to developer 369,600 - - 369,600 -
Total 24,520,407$ -$ (789,897)$ 23,730,510$ 800,000$
A developer of the District has advanced $40,000 to the District for operating expenses. The District has
agreed to pay these amounts, plus interest, to the extent approved by the Commission from the proceeds of
future bond sales. These amounts have been recorded in the financial statements as long-term liabilities.
The District is currently unable to estimate when bonds will be issued to pay this liability.
The developer of the District has constructed underground utilities on behalf of the District. The District’s
engineer estimates reimbursable costs for completed projects are $369,600. The District has agreed to
reimburse the developers for these amounts, plus interest, to the extent approved by the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality from the proceeds of future bond sales. These amounts have been recorded in
the financial statements as long-term liabilities.
Defeasance of Bonds
The City defeased certain bonds by placing the proceeds of new bonds in an irrevocable trust to provide
future debt service payments on the old bonds. Accordingly, the trust account assets and liabilities for the
defeased bonds are not included in the City’s financial statements. On September 30, 2018, the City has
no bonds considered defeased that were outstanding.
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Note 5. Long-term Debt (continued)
Capital Leases
The City has entered into capital lease agreements in order to purchase machinery and equipment for public
works, police and fire departments. The assets acquired through these lease agreements are as follows:
Asset
Governmental
Activities
Machinery and equipment 949,270$
Less: accumulated depreciation (138,849)
Total 810,421$
The following is a summary of future lease payments due on this machinery and equipment:
Fiscal Year Amount
2019 377,091$
2020 179,053
2021 179,053
2022 104,181
Minimum lease payments 839,378
Less amount representing interest (48,073)
Total 791,305$
Pledged Revenues
On February 1, 2016, the City issued $5,735,000 in Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series
2016. These bonds represent special obligations of the City and are payable solely from a first lien on and
pledge of the net revenues of the City’s waterworks and sanitary sewer system. The proceeds of the bonds
were and are to be used to finance sanitary sewer and waterworks system extensions and improvements.
The outstanding revenue bonds have a final maturity of March 1, 2036 and the City has commitment
revenues each year the bonds are outstanding. At September 30, 2018, the remaining principal on the series
2016 bonds was $5,290,000. Interest and principal payments for the fiscal year were $179,650 and
$225,000, respectively. Net pledge revenue in 2018 produced 192 percent of the current debt service
requirement.
Note 6. Interfund Balances and Transfers
Due to/from Other Funds
The City had no interfund receivable or payable balances at September 30, 2018.
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Note 6. Interfund Balances and Transfers (continued)
Interfund Transfers
The composition of interfund transfers for the year ended September 30, 2018, is as follows:
Transfer In Transfer Out Amount Purpose
General Fund Water and Sewer 1,402,989$ Budgeted annual transfer for indirect water and sewer
costs by the General Fund.
Vehicle Replacment Fund General fund 47,000 Vehicle replacement due to Hurricane Harvey
Vehicle Replacment Fund Water and Sewer 151,860 Vehicle replacement due to Hurricane Harvey
1,601,849$
Note 7. Employee Retirement System
Texas Municipal Retirement System
Plan Description and Provisions
The City participates as one of 883 plans in the nontraditional, joint contributory, hybrid defined benefit pension
plan administered by the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS). TMRS is an agency created by the State
of Texas and administered in accordance with the TMRS Act, Subtitle G, Title 8, Texas Government Code (the
TMRS Act) as an agent multiple-employer retirement system for municipal employees in the State of Texas.
The TMRS Act places the general administration and management of the System with a six-member Board of
Trustees. Although the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoints the Board, TMRS is not
fiscally dependent on the State of Texas. TMRS’s defined benefit pension plan is a tax-qualified plan under
report (CAFR) that can be obtained at www.tmrs.com.
All eligible employees of the City are required to participate in TMRS.
Benefits Provided
TMRS provides retirement, disability, and death benefits. Benefit provisions are adopted by the governing body
of the City, within the options available in the state statutes governing TMRS.
At retirement, the benefit is calculated as if the sum of the employee’s contributions, with interest, and the city-
financed monetary credits with interest were used to purchase an annuity. Members may choose to receive their
retirement benefit in one of seven actuarially equivalent payments options. Members may also choose to receive
a portion of their benefit as a Partial Lump Sum Distribution in an amount equal to 12, 24, or 36 monthly
payments, which cannot exceed 75% of the member’s deposits and interest.
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Note 7. Employee Retirement System (continued)
The City has approved an annually repeating (automatic) basis monetary credit referred to as an updated service
credit (USC) which is a theoretical amount which takes into account salary increases or plan improvements. If
at any time during their career an employee earns a USC, this amount remains in their account earning interest
at 5% until retirement. At retirement, the benefit is calculated as if the sum of the employee's accumulated
contributions with interest and the employer match plus employer-financed monetary credits, such as USC, with
interest were used to purchase an annuity. Additionally, City provides on an annually repeating (automatic) basis
cost of living adjustments (COLA) for retirees equal to a percentage of the change in the consumer price index
(CPI).
A summary of plan provisions for the City are as follows:
Employee deposit rate: 7%
Matching ratio (City to employee): 2 to 1
Years required for vesting: 5
Service retirement eligibility: Vested at age 60 or 20 years at
any age
Updated Service Credit: 100% Repeating
Annuity increase to retirees 50% of CPI; Repeating
Supplement death benefit – active
Employees and retirees
Yes
Employees covered by benefit terms
At the December 31, 2017 valuation and measurement date, the following employees were covered by
the benefit terms:
Inactive employees or beneficiaries currently receiving benefits 115
Inactive employees entitled to but not yet receiving benefits 109
Active employees 210
434
Contributions
The contribution rates for employees in TMRS are either 5%, 6%, or 7% of employee gross earnings, and the
City matching percentages are either 100%, 150%, or 200%, both as adopted by the governing body of the City.
Under the State law governing TMRS, the contribution rate for each City is determined annually by the
consulting actuary, using the Entry Age Normal (EAN) actuarial cost method. The actuarially determined rate
is the estimated amount necessary to finance the cost of benefits earned by employees during the year, with an
additional amount to finance any unfunded accrued liability.
Employees for the City were required to contribute 7.0% of their annual gross earnings during the fiscal year.
The contribution rates for the City were 15.47% and 15.95% in calendar years 2017 and 2018, respectively. The
City’s contributions to TMRS for the year ended September 30, 2018, were $2,288,842 and were equal to the
required contributions.
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Note 7. Employee Retirement System (continued)
Net Pension Liability
The City’s Net Pension Liability (NPL) was measured as of December 31, 2017, and the Total Pension
Liability (TPL) used to calculate the Net Pension Liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of that
date.
Actuarial Assumptions
The Total Pension Liability in the December 31, 2017 actuarial valuation was determined using the following
actuarial assumptions:
Actuarial cost method: Entry age normal
Amortization method: Level percentage of payroll, closed
Remaining amortization period: 28 years
Asset valuation method: 10 year smoothed market; 15% soft corridor
Inflation: 2.5%
Salary increases: 3.5% to 10.5% including inflation
Investment rate of return: 6.75%
Salary increases were based on a service-related table. Mortality rates for active members, retirees, and
beneficiaries were based on the gender-distinct RP2000 Combined Healthy Mortality Table with Blue Collar
Adjustment with male rates multiplied by 109% and female rates multiplied by 103% and projected on a fully
generational basis with scale BB to account for future mortality improvements. For disabled annuitants, the
gender-distinct RP2000 Disabled Retiree Mortality Table is used, with slight adjustments.
Actuarial assumptions used in the December 31, 2017 valuation were developed primarily from the actuarial
investigation of the experience of TMRS over the four year period from December 31, 2010 to December 31,
2014. They were adopted in 2015 and first used in the December 31, 2015 actuarial valuation. The
postretirement mortality assumption for healthy annuitants and Annuity Purchase Rate (APRs) are based on
the Mortality Experience Investigation Study covering 2009 through 2011 and dated December 31, 2013. In
conjunction with these changes first used in the December 31, 2013 valuation, the System adopted the Entry
Age Normal actuarial cost method and a one-time change to the amortization policy. Assumptions are
reviewed annually. No additional changes were made for the 2017 valuation.
The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments is 6.75%. The pension plan’s policy in
regard to the allocation of invested assets is established and may be amended by the TMRS Board of Trustees.
Plan assets are managed on a total return basis with an emphasis on both capital appreciation as well as the
production of income, in order to satisfy the short-term and long-term funding needs of TMRS.
The long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was determined using a building-block
method in which best estimate ranges of expected future real rates of return (expected returns, net of pension
plan investment expense and inflation) are developed for each major asset class. These ranges are combined
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Note 7. Employee Retirement System (continued)
Actuarial Assumptions (continued)
to produce the long-term expected rate of return by weighting the expected future real rates of return by the
target asset allocation percentage and by adding expected inflation. The target allocation for each major asset
class are summarized in the following table:
Target
Allocation
Long-Term
Expected
Real Rate of
Return
(Arithmetic)
Domestic Equity 17.5%4.55%
International Equity 17.5%6.10%
Core Fixed Income 10.0%1.00%
Non-Core Fixed Income 20.0%3.65%
Real Return 10.0%4.03%
Real Estate 10.0%5.00%
Absolute Return 10.0%4.00%
Private Equity 5.0%8.00%
Total 100.0%
Discount Rate
The discount rate used to measure the Total Pension Liability was 6.75%. The projection of cash flows used
to determine the discount rate assumed that employee and employer contributions will be made at the rates
specified in statue. Based on that assumption, the pension plan’s Fiduciary Net Position was projected to be
available to make all projected future benefit payments of current active and inactive employees. Therefore,
the long-term expected rate of return on pension plan investments was applied to all periods of projected
benefit payments to determine the Total Pension Liability.
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Note 7. Employee Retirement System (continued)
Changes in the Net Pension Liability
Increase (Decrease)
Total Pension
Liability
Plan
Fiduciary Net
Position
Net Pension
Liability
Balance at 12/31/2016 70,456,301$ 58,455,358$ 12,000,943$
Changes for the year:
Service Cost 2,505,392 - 2,505,392
Interest (on the Total Pension
Liability)4,755,782 - 4,755,782
Difference between expected and
actual experience (60,180) - (60,180)
Benefit payments, including
refunds of employee contributions (2,505,921) (2,505,921) -
Contributions – employer - 2,182,093 (2,182,093)
Contributions – employee - 987,399 (987,399)
Net investment income - 8,104,390 (8,104,390)
Administrative Expense - (41,987) 41,987
Other - (2,127) 2,127
Balance at 12/31/2017 75,151,374$ 67,179,205$ 7,972,169$
Sensitivity of the Net Pension Liability to Changes in the Discount Rate
The following presents the net pension liability (asset) of the City, calculated using the discount rate of
6.75%, as well as what the City’s net pension liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate
that is 1-percentage-point lower (5.75%) or 1-percentage-point higher (7.75%) than the current rate:
1% Decrease in
Discount Rate
(5.75%)
Current Single Rate
Discount Rate
(6.75%)
1% Increase in
Discount Rate
(7.75%)
City's net pension liability 18,607,900$ 7,972,169$ (744,106)$
Pension Plan Fiduciary Net Position
Detailed information about the pension plan’s Fiduciary Net Position is available in a separately -issued
TMRS financial report. That report may be obtained on the Internet at www.tmrs.com.
Pension Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources Related
to Pensions
For the year ended September 30, 2018, the City recognized a pension expense of $2,289,902.
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Note 7. Employee Retirement System (continued)
At September 30, 2018, the City reported deferred outflows and inflows of resources related to pensions
from the following sources:
Deferred
Outflows of
Resources
Deferred
Inflows of
Resources
Difference in expected and actual
economic experience 219,127$ 648,282$
Changes in actuarial assumptions 341,012 -
Difference between projected and
actual investment earnings - 1,730,770
Contributions subsequent to the
measurement date 1,741,808 -
Total 2,301,947$ 2,379,052$
$1,741,808 reported as deferred outflows of resources related to pension resulting from contributions
subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the net pension liability for the
year ending September 30, 201 9. Other amounts reported as deferred outflows and inflows of resources
related to pensions will be recognized in pension expenses as follows:
Net deferred
outflows (inflows) of
resources
2019 (82,253)$
2020 (119,689)
2021 (774,289)
2022 (842,682)
Total (1,818,913)$
Note 8. Post Employee Benefits Other Than Pensions
TMRS Supplemental Death Benefits Fund
Benefit Plan Description
The City’s single-employer defined benefit group-term life insurance plan is operated by the Texas
Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) via the Supplemental Death Benefits Fund (SDBF). The City
elected, by ordinance, to provide group-term life insurance coverage to both current and retired
employees. The City may terminate coverage under and discontinue participation in the SDBF by
adopting an ordinance before November 1 of any year to be effective the following January 1.
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Note 8. Post Employee Benefits Other Than Pensions (continued)
The death benefit for active employees provides a lump -sum payment approximately equal to the
employee’s annual salary (calculated based on the employee’s actual earnings, for the 12 -month period
preceding the month of death); retired employees are insured for $7,500; this coverage is another post-
employment benefit (OPEB). As the SDBF covers both active and retiree participants, with no
segregation of assets, the SDBF is considered to be an unfunded OPEB plan (i.e. no assets are
accumulated).
Membership in the plan as of the measurement date of December 31, 2017 was as follows:
Inactive employees currently receiving benefits 85
Inactive employees entitled to but not yet receiving benefits 31
Active employees 210
Total 326
Contributions
Contributions are made monthly based on the covered payroll of employee members of the participating
member city. The contractually required contribution rate is determined annually for each city (currently
0.21% of covered payroll). The rate is based on the mortality and service experience of all employees
covered by the SDBF and the demographics specific to the workforce of the city. There is a one -year
delay between the actuarial valuation that serves as the basis for the employer contribution rate and the
calendar year when the rate goes into effect. The funding policy of this plan is to assure that adequate
resources are available to meet all death benefit payments for the upcoming year; the intent is not to
prefund retiree term life insurance duri ng employees’ entire careers. As such, contributions are utilized
to fund active member deaths on a pay -as-you-go basis; any excess contributions and investment income
over payments then become net position available for benefits.
Discount Rate
The TMRS SDBF program is treated as unfunded OPEB plan because the SDBF trust covers both active
employees and retirees and the assets are not segregated for these groups. Under GASB Statement No.
75, the discount rate for an unfunded OPEB plan should be based on 2 0-year tax-exempt AA or higher
Municipal Bonds. Therefore, a discount rate of 3.31% based on the 20 Year Bond GO Index published
by bondbuyer.com is used as of the measurement date of December 31, 2017. At transition, GASB
Statement No.75 also requires tha t the total OPEB liability as of the prior fiscal year end be estimated
based on the 20 Year Bond GO Index as of the prior fiscal year end. The actuary has estimated the total
OPEB liability, as of December 31, 2016, using a discount rate of 3.78%.
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Note 8. Post Employee Benefits Other Than Pensions (continued)
TMRS Supplemental Death Benefits Fund (continued)
Actuarial Assumptions
The City’s total OPEB liability was measured at December 31, 2017 and was determined by an actuarial
valuation as of that date using the following actuarial assumptions:
Valuation Date: December 31, 2017
Methods and Assumptions:
Inflation: 2.50%
Salary Increases: 3.50% to 10.50%, including inflation
Discount rate*: 3.31%. The discount rate was based on the Fidelity Index’s “20 -
Year Municipal GO AA Index” rate as of December 31, 2017.
Retirees’ share of benefit related costs: $0
Administrative expenses: All administrative expenses are paid through the Pension Trust
and accounted for under reporting requirements under GASB
Statement No. 68.
Mortality rates – service retirees: RP2000 Combined Mortality Table with Blue Collar
Adjustment with male rates multiplied by 109% and female rates
multiplied by 103% and projected on a fully generational basis
with scale BB.
Mortality rates – disabled retirees: RP2000 Combined Mortality Table with Blue Collar Adjustment
with male rates multiplied by 109% and female rates multiplied
by 103% with a 3 year set-forward for both males and females.
The rates are projected on a fully generational basis with scale
BB to account for future mortality improvements subject to the
3% floor.
*The discount rate was based on the Fidelity Index’s “20 -Year Municipal GO AA Index” rate as of
December 31, 2017.
Note: The actuarial assumptions used in the December 31, 2017 valuation were based on the results of
an actuarial experience study for the period December 31, 2010 to December 31, 2014.
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Note 8. Post Employee Benefits Other Than Pensions (continued)
TMRS Supplemental Death Benefits Fund (continued)
Changes in the Total OPEB Liability
Service cost 26,788$
Interest 20,384
Changes of benefit terms -
Difference between expected
and actual experience of the total OPEB liability -
Changes of assumptions 49,777
Benefit payments (5,640)
Net change in total OPEB liability 91,309
Total OPEB liability - beginning 528,674
Total OPEB liability - ending 619,983$
Ending total OPEB liability is as of December 31, 2017. Changes of assumptions reflect a change in the
discount rate from 3.78% as of December 31, 2016 to 3.31% as of December 31, 2017.
Sensitivity Analysis
The following presents the total OPEB liability of the employer, calculated using the discount rate of
3.31%, as well as what the City’s total OPEB liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate
that is 1 percentage point lower (2.31%) or 1 percentage point higher (4.31%) than the current rate. Note
that the healthcare cost trend rate does not affect the total OPEB liability, so sensitivity to the healthcare
cost trend rate is not shown.
1% Decrease to
2.31%
Current Discount
Rate Assumption
3.31%
1% Increase
to 4.31%
748,997$ 619,983$ 520,845$
OPEB Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources Related to
OPEB Activity
For the year ended September 30, 2018, the City recognized OPEB expense of $55,061.
As of September 30, 2018, the City reported deferred outfl ows of resources related to OPEB from the
following sources:
Deferred Outflows
of Resources
Deferred Inflows
of Resources
Changes assumptions 41,888$ -$
Contributions subsequent to
the measurement date 4,426 -
Total 46,314$ -$
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Note 8. Post Employee Benefits Other Than Pensions (continued)
TMRS Supplemental Death Benefits Fund (continued)
The $4,426 reported as deferred outflows of resources related to OPEB resulting from City contributions
subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the total OPEB liability in the
year ending September 30, 2019.
Amounts currently reported as deferred outflows of resources related to OPEB, excluding contributions
subsequent to the measurement date, will be recognized in OPEB expense as follows:
Fiscal Year
Net deferred
outflows (inflows)
of resources
2019 7,889$
2020 7,889
2021 7,889
2022 7,889
2023 7,889
Thereafter 2,443
Total 41,888$
Retiree Health Care Plan (RHCP)
Plan Description
The City’s defined benefit OPEB plan, City of Friendswood Retiree Health Care Plan (RHCP), provides
OPEB through an implicit healthcare premium for retirees for all permanent full-time employees of the
City. RHCP is a single-employer defined benefit OPEB plan administered by the City. At this time, no
assets are accumulated in a trust to fund the future requirements of the RHCP.
Benefits provided
RHCP provides access to post retirement employees by offering a “blended premium” structure, that is, the
overall health care premiums for active employees and non-Medicare retirees, are stated in terms of a single
“blended premium”. The difference between the underlying retiree claims and the blended overall health
care premium is referred to as an “implicit” subsidy. Because the underlying claims costs for a non-
Medicare retiree are on average higher than the blended premium, there is a positive implicit subsidy for
the non-Medicare retirees.
Employees covered by benefit terms. At December 31, 2016, the following employees were covered by the
benefit terms:
Retirees and beneficiaries 6
Inactive, nonretired members 0
Active members 195
Total 201
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Note 8. Post Employee Benefits Other Than Pensions (continued)
Retiree Health Care Plan (RHCP) (continued)
Total OPEB Liability
The City’s total OPEB liability of $1,135,615 was measured as of December 31, 2017, and was determined
by an actuarial valuation as of December 31, 2016.
Actuarial assumptions and methods
The total OPEB liability in the December 31, 2016 actuarial valuation was determined using the following
actuarial assumptions and other inputs, applied to all periods included in the measurement, unless otherwise
specified:
Valuation Date: December 31, 2016
Methods and Assumptions:
Actuarial Cost Method: Individual Entry-Age
Discount Rate: 3.31%
Inflation: 2.50%
Salary Increases: 3.50% to 10.50%, including inflation
Demographic Assumptions: Based on the experience study covering the four year period
ending December 31, 2014 as conducted for the Texas Municipal
Retirement System (TMRS)
Mortality: For healthy retirees, the gender-distinct RP2000 Combined
Healthy Mortality Tables with Blue Collar Adjustment are used
with male rates multiplied by 109% and female rates multiplied
by 103%. The rates are projected on a fully generational basis by
scale BB to account for future mortality improvements.
Health Care Trend Rates: Initial rate of 7.50% declining to an ultimate rate of 4.25% after
15 years.
Participation Rates: It was assumed 20% of employees retiring at age 50 or over would
choose to receive retiree health care coverage.
Other Information:
Notes: The discount rate changed from 3.81% as of December 31, 2016
to 3.31% as of December 31, 2017.
Discount Rate
Because the RHCP is unfunded or pay-as-you go, the discount rate is based on 20-year tax-exempt AA or
higher Municipal Bonds or 3.31% as of the measurement date of December 31, 2017 based on the 20 Year
Bond GO Index published by bondbuyer.com.
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Note 8. Post Employee Benefits Other Than Pensions (continued)
Retiree Health Care Plan (RHCP) (continued)
Changes in the Total OPEB Liability
Service cost 44,637$
Interest 39,497
Changes of benefit terms -
Difference between expected
and actual experience of the total OPEB liability 4,573
Changes of assumptions 51,765
Benefit payments (38,414)
Net change in total OPEB liability 102,058
Total OPEB liability - beginning 1,033,557
Total OPEB liability - ending 1,135,615$
Ending total OPEB liability is as of December 31, 2017. Changes of assumptions reflect a change in the
discount rate from 3.81% as of December 31, 2016 to 3.31% as of December 31, 2017.
Sensitivity of the total OPEB liability to changes in the discount rate
The following presents the plan’s total OPEB liability, calculated using a discount rate of 3.31%, as well
as what the plan’s total OPEB liability would be if it were calculated using a discount rate that is one percent
lower or one percent higher:
1% Decrease to
2.31%
Current Discount
Rate Assumption
3.31%
1% Increase
to 4.31%
1,247,193$ 1,135,615$ 1,034,660$
Sensitivity of the total OPEB liability to changes in the healthcare cost trend rates
The following presents the plan’s total OPEB liability, calculated using the assumed trend rates as well as
what the plan’s total OPEB liability would be if it were calculated using a trend rate that is one percent
lower or one percent higher:
1% Decrease
Current
Healthcare Cost
Trend Rate
Assumption 1% Increase
996,924$ 1,135,615$ 1,300,483$
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Note 8. Post Employee Benefits Other Than Pensions (continued)
Retiree Health Care Plan (RHCP) (continued)
OPEB Expense and Deferred Outflows of Resources and Deferred Inflows of Resources Related to
OPEB
For the year ended September 30, 2018, the City recognized OPEB expense of $89,932.
At September 30, 2018, the City reported deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources
related to OPEB from the following sources:
Deferred Outflows
of Resources
Deferred Inflows
of Resources
Differences between expected
and actual experience 4,102$ -$
Changes assumptions 46,438 -
Contributions subsequent to
the measurement date 21,393 -
Total 71,933$ -$
The $21,393 reported as deferred outflows of resources related to OPEB resulting from City contributions
subsequent to the measurement date will be recognized as a reduction of the total OPEB liability in the year
ending September 30, 2019.
Amounts currently reported as deferred outflows of resources related to OPEB, excluding contributions
subsequent to the measurement date, will be recognized in OPEB expense as follows:
Fiscal Year
Net deferred
outflows (inflows)
of resources
2019 5,798$
2020 5,798
2021 5,798
2022 5,798
2023 5,798
Thereafter 21,550
Total 50,540$
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Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies
Southeast Water Purification Plant
The City has entered into a contract with the City of Houston for construction, operating and maintaining a
water purification plant known as Southeast Water Purification Plant. The City’s pro rata share of the actual
pumping construction costs is 1.33 percent.
The City began receiving water from the plant on October 15, 1990. The City is billed on a monthly basis
for the actual gallons of water received times the City’s pro rata share of actual costs. At the end of each
quarter, the City of Houston computes the total operation and maintenance expenses for the quarte r just
ended, recalculates the cost per one thousand gallons, and adjusts previous billings on the next invoice.
The relationship of the parties is of a fiduciary character, no partnership or joint venture is created by this
contract.
Blackhawk Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility
On December 12, 1974, the City entered into an agreement with Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority to
construct the Blackhawk Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility. The Blackhawk Wastewater Treatment
Facility was constructed in the early 1980s and is a regional wastewater treatment plant serving MUD 55,
Baybrook MUD 1, City of Houston and the City of Friendswood. The plant has a capacity of 9.25 million
gallons per day (MGD) and is operated and maintained by Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.
Friendswood is the majority owner having 52.465% or 4.853 MGD of its capacity.
As a part of the contract with Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority, the City and all participants pay their
share of operational costs and expenses (direct and indirect) incurred monthly at the Blackhawk Wastewater
Treatment Facility based upon actual flows. This includes the maintenance of the plant and the creation
and maintenance of reasonable reserves for repairs and other contingencies. Capital expen ditures on the
other hand shall be the responsibility of all participants based upon their purchased capacity in the plant.
For Friendswood, that equates to 52.465% for capital projects identified and approved at the plant.
Federal and State Programs
The City recognizes grant monies received as reimbursement for costs incurred in certain federal and state
programs it administers as revenue. Amounts received or receivable from grantor agencies are subject to
audit and adjustment by grantor agencies. Any disallowed claims, including amounts already collected,
may constitute a liability of the applicable funds. The amount, if any, of expenditures which may be
disallowed by the grantor cannot be determined at this time although the City expects such amounts, if any,
to be immaterial.
Risk Management
The City is exposed to various risks of loss related to torts; theft of, damage to, and destruction of assets;
errors and omissions; injuries to employees; and natural disasters. The City’s risk management program
encompasses obtaining property and liability insurance through Texas Municipal League (TML), an
Intergovernmental Risk Pool. The City has not had any significant reduction in insurance coverage and the
amounts of insurance settlements have not exceeded insurance coverage for any of the last three years. The
participation of the City in TML is limited to payment of premiums. During the year ended September 30,
2018, the City paid premiums to TML for provision of various liabil ity, property and casualty insurance.
The City has various deductible amounts ranging from $500 to $5,000 on various policies.
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Note 9. Commitments and Contingencies (continued)
The City also provides workers’ compensation insurance on its employees through TML. Workers’
compensation is subject to change when audited by TML. At year-end, September 30, 2018, the City
believed the amounts paid on workers’ compensation would not change significantly from the amounts
recorded.
During the year ended September 30, 2018, employees of the City were covered by a health and dental
insurance plan. The City pays 90% of the monthly premium of employees choosing individual coverage
only. The City pays 70% of the monthly premium for employees choosing to cover themselves and their
dependents.
Note 10. Prior Period Adjustment
In the current fiscal year, the City implemented GASB Statement No. 75, Accounting and Financial
Reporting for Postemployment Benefits Other Than Pension. As a result, the beginning net position of the
City’s governmental activities, business-type activities and enterprise water and sewer fund have been
restated on the Statement of Activities to reflect the total OPEB liability and deferred outflow of resources
related to OPEB contributions made after the prior measurement date as follows:
Governmental
Activities
Business-type
Activities
Enterprise -
Water and
Sewer
Internal
Service Fund
Beginning Net Position (as previously
reported)80,697,702$ 40,150,896$ 40,150,896$ 1,204,211$
Change in accounting principles
Net OPEB obligation (GASB 45)807,232 139,306 139,306 -
Net OPEB liabilty (GASB 75)(1,356,520) (205,711) (205,711) -
OPEB contributions made after
the measurement date 28,598 4,470 4,470 -
Correction of error
Capital asset (859,379) 421,828 421,828 (186,083)
(1,380,069) 359,893 359,893 (186,083)
Beginning Net Position (as
restated)79,317,633$ 40,510,789$ 40,510,789$ 1,018,128$
Note 11. Subsequent Events
In preparing the financial statements, the City has evaluated events and transactions for potential
recognition or disclosure through March 22, 2019, the date on which the financial statements were available
to be issued. In December 2018, the City issued Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series
2018 in the amount of $20,170,000. The bonds will be used to make certain system extensions and
improvements, to fund a deposit to the Reserve Fund and to pay costs of issuance of the Bonds.
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SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL (WITH VARIANCES)
GENERAL FUND
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Variance with
Final budget -
Actual Positive
Original Final Amounts (Negative)
Revenues
Property taxes 14,864,246$ 14,864,246$ 14,487,465$ (376,781)$
Sales and alcohol taxes 5,763,204 5,763,204 6,395,814 632,610
Franchise taxes 1,709,283 1,715,075 1,617,121 (97,954)
Fines and forfeitures 682,605 682,605 669,847 (12,758)
Permits and fees 1,519,332 1,531,832 1,518,956 (12,876)
Intergovernmental 267,991 4,234,881 4,398,836 163,955
Investment earnings 88,043 88,043 166,817 78,774
Donations 10,000 123,453 162,324 38,871
Miscellaneous 7,092 8,692 181,017 172,325
Total Revenues 24,911,796 29,012,031 29,598,197 586,166
Expenditures
General government:
Mayor and council - governing body:
Supplies and maintenance 4,211 6,313 6,272 41
Other services and charges 52,866 108,159 64,297 43,862
Total governing body 57,077 114,472 70,569 43,903
Mayor and council - city attorney:
Personnel services 189,018 229,319 214,173 15,146
Supplies 300 1,100 889 211
Other services and charges 18,600 17,800 1,856 15,944
Total city attorney 207,918 248,219 216,918 31,301
City manager - administration:
Personnel services 703,566 923,223 832,724 90,499
Supplies 17,755 24,283 18,579 5,704
Other services and charges 64,889 194,316 54,906 139,410
Total administration 786,210 1,141,822 906,209 235,613
City manager - economic development:
Personnel services 174,277 174,277 171,549 2,728
Supplies 6,000 5,915 3,441 2,474
Other services and charges 74,080 87,935 56,581 31,354
Total economic development 254,357 268,127 231,571 36,556
City secretary - municipal clerk:
Personnel services 317,126 312,626 311,233 1,393
Supplies 5,558 5,893 5,727 166
Other services and charges 17,722 16,277 11,848 4,429
Total municipal clerk 340,406 334,796 328,808 5,988
Budgeted Amounts
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BUDGET AND ACTUAL (WITH VARIANCES)
GENERAL FUND (continued)
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Variance with
Final budget -
Actual Positive
Original Final Amounts (Negative)
General government (continued):
City secretary - election services:
Personnel services 7,980 7,980 3,460 4,520
Supplies 6,477 10,048 9,709 339
Repairs and maintenance 525 580 555 25
Other services and charges 12,554 10,668 9,519 1,149
Total election services 27,536 29,276 23,243 6,033
City secretary - records management:
Personnel services 122,450 130,050 130,049 1
Supplies 944 2,894 522 2,372
Other services and charges 30,440 26,360 23,074 3,286
Total records management 153,834 159,304 153,645 5,659
Administrative services - finance:
Personnel services 844,155 853,193 828,722 24,471
Supplies 8,580 12,279 10,626 1,653
Other services and charges 84,412 94,159 73,314 20,845
Total finance 937,147 959,631 912,662 46,969
Administrative services - other admin:
Other services and charges 243,502 243,502 180,821 62,681
Total other admin 243,502 243,502 180,821 62,681
Administrative services - municipal court:
Personnel services 422,753 382,737 366,286 16,451
Supplies 5,050 8,409 6,060 2,349
Other services and charges 25,636 23,636 18,398 5,238
Total municipal court 453,439 414,782 390,744 24,038
Administrative services - human resources:
Personnel services 434,149 344,572 336,699 7,873
Supplies 12,400 11,686 4,609 7,077
Other services and charges 83,302 100,772 79,486 21,286
Total human resources 529,851 457,030 420,794 36,236
Administrative services - insurance:
Other services and charges 178,013 178,013 169,349 8,664
Total insurance 178,013 178,013 169,349 8,664
Budgeted Amounts
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SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL (WITH VARIANCES)
GENERAL FUND (continued)
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Variance with
Final budget -
Actual Positive
Original Final Amounts (Negative)
General government (continued):
Administrative services - risk management:
Personnel services 122,373 131,032 131,033 (1)
Supplies 11,420 20,751 16,382 4,369
Other services and charges 29,257 19,926 16,612 3,314
Total risk management 163,050 171,709 164,027 7,682
Administrative services - information technology:
Personnel services 551,545 559,927 492,073 67,854
Supplies 41,950 296,366 268,381 27,985
Repairs and maintenance 70,800 71,426 58,102 13,324
Other services and charges 474,588 506,545 440,375 66,170
Total information technology 1,138,883 1,434,264 1,258,931 175,333
Total general government 5,471,223 6,154,947 5,428,291 726,656
Public Safety:
Police department - administration:
Personnel services 801,234 801,234 800,554 680
Supplies 31,746 34,444 16,636 17,808
Repairs and maintenance 26,500 7,732 2,176 5,556
Other services and charges 115,836 108,836 93,627 15,209
Total administration 975,316 952,246 912,993 39,253
Police department - communications:
Personnel services 1,101,746 1,104,449 1,104,448 1
Supplies 9,700 9,700 4,820 4,880
Repairs and maintenance 35,934 35,934 28,211 7,723
Other services and charges 76,082 73,560 53,073 20,487
Total communications 1,223,462 1,223,643 1,190,552 33,091
Police department - patrol:
Personnel services 4,989,505 4,982,712 4,975,286 7,426
Supplies 273,877 339,685 302,636 37,049
Repairs and maintenance 176,285 143,936 135,060 8,876
Other services and charges 303,890 310,590 302,489 8,101
Total patrol 5,743,557 5,776,923 5,715,471 61,452
Police department - patrol - DOT program:
Personnel services 100,832 116,966 116,967 (1)
Supplies 4,729 4,729 4,232 497
Repairs and maintenance 1,000 2,128 2,128 -
Other services and charges 14,297 13,169 8,643 4,526
Total patrol - DOT program 120,858 136,992 131,970 5,022
Budgeted Amounts
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BUDGET AND ACTUAL (WITH VARIANCES)
GENERAL FUND (continued)
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Variance with
Final budget -
Actual Positive
Original Final Amounts (Negative)
Public Safety (continued):
Police department - criminal investigation:
Personnel services 1,571,502 1,626,916 1,626,916 -
Supplies 49,211 54,398 42,856 11,542
Repairs and maintenance 34,360 22,193 20,688 1,505
Other services and charges 90,075 91,746 86,706 5,040
Total criminal investigation 1,745,148 1,795,253 1,777,166 18,087
Police department - animal control:
Personnel services 288,566 318,226 318,224 2
Supplies 30,399 33,510 31,734 1,776
Repairs and maintenance 5,400 9,200 7,847 1,353
Other services and charges 92,473 45,803 38,020 7,783
Total animal services 416,838 406,739 395,825 10,914
Friendswood Volunteer Fire Department -
fire administrations:
Other services and charges 1,619,298 1,619,298 1,620,288 (990)
Total fire administration 1,619,298 1,619,298 1,620,288 (990)
Fire marshal - administration:
Personnel services 636,473 640,876 632,940 7,936
Supplies 20,700 24,200 17,288 6,912
Repairs and maintenance 8,555 8,555 6,616 1,939
Other services and charges 36,986 33,486 24,519 8,967
Total administration 702,714 707,117 681,363 25,754
Fire marshal - emergency management:
Personnel services 92,737 92,737 89,838 2,899
Supplies 26,282 138,186 135,264 2,922
Repairs and maintenance 3,725 5,725 5,589 136
Other services and charges 51,200 47,003 40,362 6,641
Total emergency management 173,944 283,651 271,053 12,598
Fire marshal - storm:
Supplies - 123,106 121,918 1,188
Repairs and maintenance - 1,688 1,447 241
Other services and charges - 3,852,971 3,822,601 30,370
Total storm - 3,977,765 3,945,966 31,799
Total public safety 12,721,135 16,879,627 16,642,647 236,980
Budgeted Amounts
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BUDGET AND ACTUAL (WITH VARIANCES)
GENERAL FUND (continued)
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Variance with
Final budget -
Actual Positive
Original Final Amounts (Negative)
Public Works:
Administration:
Personnel services 302,471 303,438 302,463 975
Supplies 3,040 91,502 19,906 71,596
Other services and charges 13,460 17,865 10,474 7,391
Total administration 318,971 412,805 332,843 79,962
Streets:
Personnel services 809,538 809,538 635,833 173,705
Supplies 88,460 102,788 96,472 6,316
Repairs and maintenance 133,800 115,946 91,515 24,431
Other services and charges 419,070 434,070 432,704 1,366
Total streets 1,450,868 1,462,342 1,256,524 205,818
Drainage:
Personnel services 329,314 329,820 269,189 60,631
Supplies 11,130 12,130 10,117 2,013
Repairs and maintenance 50,500 40,000 28,693 11,307
Other services and charges 18,636 44,136 13,786 30,350
Total drainage 409,580 426,086 321,785 104,301
Capital projects administration:
Personnel services 228,255 229,299 229,293 6
Supplies 5,582 8,817 6,880 1,937
Repairs and maintenance 4,500 4,500 894 3,606
Other services and charges 21,736 17,757 9,058 8,699
Total capital projects administration 260,073 260,373 246,125 14,248
Total public works 2,439,492 2,561,606 2,157,277 404,329
Community development:
Administration:
Personnel services 227,259 263,880 263,062 818
Supplies 4,350 4,730 4,079 651
Other services and charges 12,050 13,010 8,658 4,352
Total administration 243,659 281,620 275,799 5,821
Budgeted Amounts
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BUDGET AND ACTUAL (WITH VARIANCES)
GENERAL FUND (continued)
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Variance with
Final budget -
Actual Positive
Original Final Amounts (Negative)
Community development (continued):
Planning and zoning:
Personnel services 275,237 269,358 269,128 230
Supplies 1,300 1,300 834 466
Repairs and maintenance 450 450 - 450
Other services and charges 31,370 30,410 14,652 15,758
Total planning and zoning 308,357 301,518 284,614 16,904
Inspection and code enforcement:
Personnel services 384,669 392,856 392,858 (2)
Supplies 11,193 12,093 10,110 1,983
Repairs and maintenance 2,975 3,857 2,456 1,401
Other services and charges 40,747 32,915 19,472 13,443
Total inspection and code enforcement 439,584 441,721 424,896 16,825
Total community development 991,600 1,024,859 985,309 39,550
Parks and recreation:
Administration:
Personnel services 244,091 248,361 248,359 2
Supplies 4,500 4,680 4,154 526
Repairs and maintenance 30,425 27,667 26,627 1,040
Total drainage 279,016 280,708 279,140 1,568
Recreation programs:
Personnel services 245,997 251,773 251,764 9
Supplies 25,850 18,632 17,771 861
Other services and charges 69,428 82,842 78,182 4,660
Total recreation programs 341,275 353,247 347,717 5,530
July 4th program:
Personnel services 27,937 33,098 33,097 1
Supplies 4,275 5,071 5,071 -
Other services and charges 64,050 69,975 69,933 42
Total July 4th program 96,262 108,144 108,101 43
Summer day camp program:
Personnel services 70,995 75,477 75,477 -
Supplies 15,450 16,085 15,904 181
Other services and charges 41,150 34,489 31,667 2,822
Total summer day camp program 127,595 126,051 123,048 3,003
Budgeted Amounts
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SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL (WITH VARIANCES)
GENERAL FUND (continued)
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Variance with
Final budget -
Actual Positive
Original Final Amounts (Negative)
Parks and recreation (continued):
Keep Friendswood Beautiful committee:
Supplies 12,900 17,352 17,204 148
Repairs and maintenance 12,000 4,677 4,648 29
Other services and charges 42,150 55,223 55,223 -
Total Keep Friendswood Beautiful committee 67,050 77,252 77,075 177
Stevenson Park pool:
Personnel services 62,261 60,549 49,188 11,361
Supplies 17,550 20,642 20,641 1
Repairs and maintenance 7,843 4,246 3,892 354
Other services and charges 27,858 26,475 21,995 4,480
Total Stevenson park pool 115,512 111,912 95,716 16,196
Senior activity center:
Personnel services 172,688 179,402 179,401 1
Supplies 12,790 11,816 10,264 1,552
Repairs and maintenance 2,000 1,000 857 143
Other services and charges 13,106 15,616 13,961 1,655
Total senior activity center 200,584 207,834 204,483 3,351
Park operations:
Personnel services 641,877 637,348 616,441 20,907
Supplies 106,824 83,671 82,875 796
Repairs and maintenance 149,500 207,070 204,912 2,158
Other services and charges 551,410 562,337 522,341 39,996
Total parks operations 1,449,611 1,490,426 1,426,569 63,857
Facility operations:
Supplies 31,000 32,782 29,140 3,642
Repairs and maintenance 156,580 176,301 158,942 17,359
Other services and charges 525,446 941,721 655,721 286,000
Total facility operations 713,026 1,150,804 843,803 307,001
Total parks and recreation 3,389,931 3,906,378 3,505,652 400,726
Library:
Administration:
Personnel services 1,037,121 1,037,248 1,023,783 13,465
Supplies 154,469 176,002 153,485 22,517
Repairs and maintenance 840 840 240 600
Other services and charges 23,625 21,410 20,006 1,404
Total administration 1,216,055 1,235,500 1,197,514 37,986
Budgeted Amounts
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BUDGET AND ACTUAL (WITH VARIANCES)
GENERAL FUND (continued)
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Variance with
Final budget -
Actual Positive
Original Final Amounts (Negative)
Library (continued):
Board:
Supplies - 3,232 2,998 234
Total board - 3,232 2,998 234
Total library 1,216,055 1,238,732 1,200,512 38,220
Capital improvements:
Other services and charges - 70,014 70,014 -
Capital outlay 567,849 4,621,368 1,441,679 3,179,689
Total capital improvements 567,849 4,691,382 1,511,693 3,179,689
Total Expenditures 26,797,285 36,457,531 31,431,381 5,026,150
Excess (deficiency) of revenues over
expenditures (1,885,489) (7,445,500) (1,833,184) 5,612,316
Other Financing Sources (Uses)
Insurance recoveries - 357,410 725,304 367,894
Sale of capital assets - 5,905 9,135 3,230
Issuance of capital lease - 485,305 485,305 -
Transfers in 1,402,989 1,620,500 1,402,989 (217,511)
Transfers out - (47,000) (47,000) -
Total Other Financing Sources (Uses)1,402,989 2,422,120 2,575,733 153,613
Net change in fund balances (482,500) (5,023,380) 742,549 5,765,929
Fund balances - beginning 13,542,757 13,542,757 13,542,757 -
Fund balances - ending 13,060,257$ 8,519,377$ 14,285,306$ 5,765,929$
Budgeted Amounts
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Budgetary Information
The City’s Code of Ordinances establishes the following framework for the preparation and format of the
City’s annual budget:
Content
The budget shall provide a complete financial plan of all City funds and activities and, except as required
by law or this Charter, shall be in such form as the City Manager deems desirable or the Council may
require. The budget shall begin with a clear general summary of its contents; shall show in details all
estimated income, the proposed property tax levy, and all proposed expenditures for the ensuing fiscal
years, including debt service and an itemized estimate of the expense of conducting each Department of the
City. The proposed budget expenditures shall not exceed the total of estimated income. It shall also include,
in separate sections:
1) Tax levies, rates and collections for the preceding five years.
2) The amount required for interest on the City’s debts, for sinking fund and for maturing serial
bonds.
3) The total amount of outstanding City debts, with a schedule of maturities on bond issues.
4) Anticipated net surplus of deficit for the ensuing fiscal year of each utility owned or operated by
the City and the proposed method of its disposition, subsidiary budgets for each such utility giving
detailed income and expenditure information shall be attached as appendices to the budget.
5) A capital program, which may be revised and extended each year to indicate capital improvements
pending or in process of construction or acquisition, and shall include the following items which
shall be attached as appendices to the budget:
a) A summary of proposed programs;
b) A list of all capital improvements which are proposed to be undertaken during the five fiscal
years next ensuing, with appropriate supporting information as to the necessity for such
improvements;
c) Cost estimates, method of financing and recommended time schedules from each such
improvement and
d) The estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to bid constructed or
acquired.
6) Such other information as may be required by the Council.
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Submission
On or before the first day of August of each year, the City Manager shall submit to the Council a proposed
budget and an accompanying message. The Council shall review the proposed budget and revise as deemed
appropriate prior to general circulation for public hearing.
Public Notice and Hearing
The Council shall post in the City Hall and publish in the official newspaper a general summary of their
proposed budget and a notice stating:
1) The times and places where copies of the message and budget are available for inspection by the
public; and
2) The time and place, not less than ten nor more than 30 days after such publication, for a public
hearing on the budget.
Amendment Before Adoption
After the public hearing, the Council may adopt the budget with or without amendment. In amending the
budget, it may add or increase programs or amounts and may delete or decrease any programs or amounts,
except expenditures required by law or for debt service or for estimated cash deficit, provided that no
amendment to the budget shall increase the authorized expenditures to an amount greater than the total of
estimated income plus funds available from prior years.
If the Council fails to adopt an annual budget before the start of the fiscal year to which it applies,
appropriations of the last budget adopted shall be considered as adopted for the current fiscal year on a
month to month, pro rata basis, until the annual budget is adopted. Adoption of the budget shall require an
affirmative vote of at least a majority of all members of the Council. Adoption of the budget shall constitute
appropriations of the amounts specified therein as expenditures from the funds indicated.
Amendments After Adoption
At any time during the fiscal year, the City Manager may transfer part or all of any unencumbered
appropriation balance among programs within a department, division, or office, and, upon written request
by the City Manager, the Council may be by ordinance transfer part or all of any unencumbered
appropriation balance from one department, office, or agency to another
No appropriation for debt service may be reduced or transferred and no appropriation may be reduced below
any amount required by law to be appropriated or by more than the amount of the unencumbered balance
thereof. The City Council made supplemental budgetary appropriation changes during the fiscal year. The
reported budgetary data has been revised for these amendments legally authorized during the year.
Excess of Expenditures over Appropriations
For the year ended September 30, 2018, there were no expenditures that exceeded appropriations for the
City.
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2017 2016 2015 2014
A. Total pension liability
1. Service Cost 2,505,392$ 2,334,817$ 2,204,299$ 2,018,353$
2. Interest (on the Total Pension Liability) 4,755,782 4,435,987 4,317,394 4,084,392
3. Difference between expected and actual experience (60,180) 366,687 (1,032,789) (736,093)
4. Changes of assumptions - - 847,469 -
5. Benefit payments, including refunds of employee
contributions (2,505,921) (2,464,107) (2,256,734) (2,005,311)
6. Net change in total pension liability 4,695,073 4,673,384 4,079,639 3,361,341
7. Total pension liability – beginning 70,456,304 65,782,920 61,703,281 58,341,940
8. Total pension liability – ending 75,151,377 70,456,304 65,782,920 61,703,281
B. Plan fiduciary net position
1. Contributions – employer 2,182,093 2,037,849 1,998,038 1,867,782
2. Contributions – employee 987,399 923,896 886,669 829,598
3. Net investment income 8,104,390 3,672,583 79,202 2,868,842
4. Benefit payments, including refunds of employee
contributions (2,505,921) (2,464,107) (2,256,734) (2,005,311)
5. Administrative Expense (41,987) (41,467) (48,239) (29,949)
6. Other (2,127) (2,234) (2,383) (2,462)
7. Net change in plan fiduciary net position 8,723,847 4,126,520 656,553 3,528,500
8. Plan fiduciary net position – beginning 58,455,358 54,328,838 53,672,285 50,143,785
9. Plan fiduciary net position – ending 67,179,205 58,455,358 54,328,838 53,672,285
C. Net pension liability (A.9 – B.9) 7,972,172$ 12,000,946$ 11,454,082$ 8,030,996$
D. Plan fiduciary net position as a percentage of the
total pension liability 89.39%82.97%82.59%86.98%
E. Covered-employee payroll 14,098,997$ 13,198,512$ 12,653,842$ 11,851,396$
F. Net position liability as a percentage of covered
employee payroll 56.54%90.93%90.52%67.76%
Note: Ten years of data should be presented in this schedule but data was unavailable prior to 2014.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN NET PENSION LIABILITY AND RELATED RATIOS
TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Last Four Measurement Years
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF CITY CONTRIBUTIONS
TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM
Last Five Fiscal Years
2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Actuarially required contributions 2,255,270$ 2,161,617$ 2,100,698$ 1,960,652$ 1,847,375$
Contributions in relation to the
actuarially required contributions 2,255,270 2,161,617 2,100,698 1,960,652 1,847,375
Contribution deficiency (excess)-$ -$ -$ -$ -$
City's covered-employee payroll 14,385,208$ 13,986,135$ 13,525,613$ 12,423,310$ 11,781,281$
Contributions as a percentage of
covered-employee payroll 15.68%15.46%15.53%15.78%15.68%
Note: Ten years of data should be presented in this schedule but data was unavailable prior to 2014.
Notes to Schedule of Contributions
Valuation Date: Actuarially determined contribution rates are calculated as of December 31
and become effective in January 13 months later.
Methods and Assumptions Used to Determine Contribution Rates:
Actuarial Cost Method Entry Age Normal
Amortization Method Level Percentage of Payroll, Closed
Remaining Amortization
Period
28 years
Asset Valuation Method 10 Year smoothed market; 15% soft corridor
Inflation 2.50%
Salary Increases 3.50% to 10.50% including inflation
Investment Rate of Return 6.75%
Retirement Age Experience-based table of rates that are specific to the City's plan of benefits.
Last updated for the 2015 valuation pursuant to an experience study of the
period 2010 - 2014
Mortality RP2000 Combined Mortality Table with Blue Collar Adjustment with male
rates multiplied by 109% and female rates multiplied by 103% and projected
on a fully generational basis with scale BB
Other Information: There were no benefit changes during the year.
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2017
Service cost 26,788$
Interest 20,384
Changes of benefit terms -
Difference between expected and actual experience -
Changes of assumptions 49,777
Benefit payments (5,640)
Net change in total OPEB liability 91,309
Total OPEB liability - beginning 528,674
Total OPEB liability - ending 619,983$
Covered payroll 14,098,997$
Total OPEB liability as a percentage of covered payroll 4.40%
Notes to the Required Supplementary Information
Amounts presented are for each measurement year, which end the preceding
December 31 of the City's fiscal year end.
Total OPEB liability is calculated using a new methodology and will be presented
prospectively in accordance with GASB 75.
Ten years of data should be presented in this schedule but data was unavailable
prior to 2017.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN THE TOTAL OPEB LIABILITY AND RELATED RATIOS
TEXAS MUNICIPAL RETIREMENT SYSTEM SUPPLEMENTAL DEATH BENEFITS FUND
Last Measurement Year
Notes to Required Supplementary Information:
Changes of assumptions:
Changes of assumptions and other inputs reflect the effects of changes in the discount rate each period.
The following are the discount rates used in each period:
2017 3.31%
2016 3.81%
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2018
Service cost 44,637$
Interest 39,497
Changes of benefit terms -
Difference between expected and actual experience 4,573
Changes of assumptions 51,765
Benefit payments (38,414)
Net change in total OPEB liability 102,058
Total OPEB liability - beginning 1,033,557
Total OPEB liability - ending 1,135,615$
Covered payroll 12,035,859$
Total OPEB liability as a percentage of covered payroll 9.44%
Notes to the Required Supplementary Information
Total OPEB liability is calculated using a new methodology and will be presented
prospectively in accordance with GASB 75.
Ten years of data should be presented in this schedule but data was unavailable
prior to 2017.
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF CHANGES IN THE TOTAL OPEB LIABILITY AND RELATED RATIOS
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD RETIREE HEALTH CARE PLAN
Last Measurement Year
Methods and Assumptions Used to Determine Contribution Rates:
The demographic assumptions are based on the assumptions that were developed for the defined benefit
plan in which the City participates (TMRS). The assumptions are based on the experience study covering
the four year period ending December 31, 2014 as conducted for the Texas Municipal Retirement System
(TMRS).
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COMBINING AND INDIVIDUAL
STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES
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NONMAJOR
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
The Special Revenue Funds are used to account for specific revenue sources (other than major capital projects)
that are legally restricted to expenditures for specified purposes.
Police Investigation Fund – This fund is used to account for revenues that are restricted to police
investigation expenditures.
Fire/EMS Donation Fund – This fund accounts for revenues that are restricted for Fire/EMS capital
outlays and debt repayments.
Court Security and Technology Fund – This fund accounts for revenues that are restricted for court
technology and building security. In 1999, the state legislature authorized a court technology and
court security fee for municipal court fines.
Debt Service Funds are used to account for the accumulation of resources that are restricted, committed,
or assigned for the repayment of principal and interest on long-term obligations of the governmental funds.
Debt Service Fund – is used to account for the accumulation of resources for the payment of general
long-term debt principal, interest and related costs.
The Permanent Fund is used to report resources that are legally restricted to the extent that only earnings, not
principal, may be used for purposes that support the City’s programs.
1776 Park Fund – This fund is used to account for assets held by the City in a trustee capacity and the
earnings benefit this City Park.
Capital Projects Funds are used to account for the acquisition and construction of major capital facilities.
Sidewalk Installation Fund – This fund is used to account for receipts from developers to install sidewalks
in neighborhood developments.
Park Land Dedication Fund – This fund is used to account for receipts from developers to build or
enhance neighborhood and community parks.
Street Improvement Fund – This fund is used to record sales tax revenue collected for City’s streets
maintenance and improvements.
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
COMBINING BALANCE SHEET
NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
September 30, 2018
Police
Investigation
Fires/EMS
Donation
Court
Security
and
Technology Debt Service
Assets
Cash and cash equivalents 88,016$ 19,558$ 64,881$ 10,424$
Investments 217,936 48,986 162,499 26,108
Receivables, net of allowance:
Taxes receivable - - - 39,957
Customer accounts - 2,715 - -
Other receivables - - 3,573 -
Accrued interest 392 158 327 617
Total Assets 306,344$ 71,417$ 231,280$ 77,106$
Liabilities and Fund Balances
Liabilities:
Accounts payable 34,129$ -$ -$ -$
Total Liabilities 34,129 - - -
Deferred Inflows of Resources:
Unavailable revenue - - 3,752 18,060
Total Deferred Inflows - - 3,752 18,060
Fund Balances:
Nonspendable:
Permanent fund - - - -
Restricted:
Municipal court operations 227,528 -
Debt service - - - 59,046
Public safety 272,215 71,417 - -
Capital projects - - - -
Total Fund Balances 272,215 71,417 227,528 59,046
Total Liabilities, deferred
inflows of resources, and fund
balances 306,344$ 71,417$ 231,280$ 77,106$
Special Revenue Funds
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Permanent Capital Projects Funds
1776 Park
Sidewalk
Installation
Park Land
Dedication
Street
Improvement
Total
Nonmajor
Governmental
Funds
6,925$ 7,567$ 70,467$ 655,947$ 923,785$
17,339 18,951 173,234 1,642,889 2,307,942
- - - 287,429 327,386
- - - - 2,715
- - - - 3,573
43 40 398 2,940 4,915
24,307$ 26,558$ 244,099$ 2,589,205$ 3,570,316$
-$ -$ 1,301 -$ 35,430$
- - 1,301 - 35,430
- - - - 21,812
- - - - 21,812
24,307 - - - 24,307
- - - - 227,528
- - - - 59,046
- - - - 343,632
- 26,558 242,798 2,589,205 2,858,561
24,307 26,558 242,798 2,589,205 3,513,074
24,307$ 26,558$ 244,099$ 2,589,205$ 3,570,316$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
COMBINING STATEMENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES
AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES
NONMAJOR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Police
Investigation
Fires/EMS
Donation
Court
Security and
Technology Debt Service
Revenues
Property taxes -$ -$ -$ 3,177,173$
Sales taxes - - - -
Fines and forfeitures 262,274 - 25,550 -
Permits and fees - - - -
Donations - 233,686 - -
Investment earnings 1,986 1,475 2,522 6,815
Total Revenues 264,260 235,161 28,072 3,183,988
Expenditures
Current:
General government - - 12,597 -
Public safety 56,673 169,611 - -
Parks and recreation - - - -
Debt service:
Principal - 60,146 - 2,077,138
Interest and other - 5,658 - 1,139,742
Capital outlay 40,792 - - -
Total Expenditures 97,465 235,415 12,597 3,216,880
Net change in fund balances 166,795 (254) 15,475 (32,892)
Fund balances - beginning 105,420 71,671 212,053 91,938
Fund balances - ending 272,215$ 71,417$ 227,528$ 59,046$
Special Revenue Funds
95
Permanent
1776 Park
Sidewalk
Installation
Park Land
Dedication
Street
Improvement
Total
Nonmajor
Governmental
Funds
-$ -$ -$ -$ 3,177,173$
- - - 1,569,848 1,569,848
- - - - 287,824
- - 47,700 - 47,700
- - - - 233,686
363 305 1,737 17,206 32,409
363 305 49,437 1,587,054 5,348,640
- - - - 12,597
- - - - 226,284
- - 5,494 - 5,494
- - - - 2,137,284
- - - - 1,145,400
7,925 - 103,619 - 152,336
7,925 - 109,113 - 3,679,395
(7,562) 305 (59,676) 1,587,054 1,669,245
31,869 26,253 302,474 1,002,151 1,843,829
24,307$ 26,558$ 242,798$ 2,589,205$ 3,513,074$
Capital Projeects Funds
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
BOND CONSTRUCTION
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Investment earnings -$ -$ 114,567$ 114,567$
Total Revenues - - 114,567 114,567
Expenditures
Capital outlay 6,464,476 4,945,794 951,509 3,994,285
Total Expenditures 6,464,476 4,945,794 951,509 3,994,285
Net change in fund balances (6,464,476) (4,945,794) (836,942) 4,108,852
Fund balances - beginning 6,652,899 6,652,899 6,652,899 -
Fund balances - ending 188,423$ 1,707,105$ 5,815,957$ 4,108,852$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
POLICE INVESTIGATION
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Fines and forfeitures -$ -$ 262,274$ 262,274$
Investment earnings 320 320 1,986 1,666
Total Revenues 320 320 264,260 263,940
Expenditures
Current:
Public safety - 62,632 56,673 5,959
Capital outlay - 40,793 40,792 1
Total Expenditures - 103,425 97,465 5,960
Net change in fund balances 320 (103,105) 166,795 269,900
Fund balances - beginning 105,420 105,420 105,420 -
Fund balances - ending 105,740$ 2,315$ 272,215$ 269,900$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
FIRE/EMS DONATION
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Donations 230,000$ 230,000$ 233,686$ 3,686$
Investment earnings 225 225 1,475 1,250
Total Revenues 230,225 230,225 235,161 4,936
Expenditures
Current:
Public safety 95,168 95,168 169,611 (74,443)
Debt service:
Principal 129,398 129,398 60,146 69,252
Interest and other charges 5,659 5,659 5,658 1
Total Expenditures 230,225 230,225 235,415 (5,190)
Net change in fund balances - - (254) (254)
Fund balances - beginning 71,671 71,671 71,671 -
Fund balances - ending 71,671$ 71,671$ 71,417$ (254)$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
COURT SECURITY AND TECHNOLOGY
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Fines and forfeitures 32,000$ 32,000$ 25,550$ (6,450)$
Interest income 1,500 1,500 2,522 1,022
Total Revenues 33,500 33,500 28,072 (5,428)
Expenditures
Current:
General government 34,909 34,909 12,597 22,312
Capital outlay - 10,000 - 10,000
Total Expenditures 34,909 44,909 12,597 32,312
Net change in fund balances (1,409) (11,409) 15,475 26,884
Fund balances - beginning 212,053 212,053 212,053 -
Fund balances - ending 210,644$ 200,644$ 227,528$ 26,884$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
DEBT SERVICE
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Property taxes 3,243,073$ 3,243,073$ 3,177,173$ (65,900)$
Investment earnings 5,000 5,000 6,815 1,815
Total Revenues 3,248,073 3,248,073 3,183,988 (64,085)
Expenditures
Debt service:
Principal 4,035,051 2,100,051 2,077,138 22,913
Interest and other charges 2,147,253 1,151,378 1,139,742 11,636
Total Expenditures 6,182,304 3,251,429 3,216,880 34,549
Excess (deficiency) of revenues over
expenditures (2,934,231) (3,356) (32,892) (29,536)
Other Financing Sources
Transfers in 2,930,875 - - -
Total Other Financing Sources 2,930,875 - - -
Net change in fund balances (3,356) (3,356) (32,892) (29,536)
Fund balances - beginning 91,938 91,938 91,938 -
Fund balances - ending 88,582$ 88,582$ 59,046$ (29,536)$
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SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
1776 PARK
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Investment earnings 200$ 200$ 363$ 163$
Total Revenues 200 200 363 163
Expenditures
Capital outlay - 21,777 7,925 13,852
Total Expenditures - 21,777 7,925 13,852
Net change in fund balances 200 (21,577) (7,562) 14,015
Fund balances - beginning 31,869 31,869 31,869 -
Fund balances - ending 32,069$ 10,292$ 24,307$ 14,015$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
SIDEWALK INSTALLATION
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Investment earnings 120$ 120$ 305$ 185$
Total Revenues 120 120 305 185
Expenditures
Current:- - - -
Total Expenditures - - - -
Net change in fund balances 120 120 305 185
Fund balances - beginning 26,253 26,253 26,253 -
Fund balances - ending 26,373$ 26,373$ 26,558$ 185$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
PARK LAND DEDICATION
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Permit and fees 42,000$ 42,000$ 47,700$ 5,700$
Investment earnings 620 620 1,737 1,117
Total Revenues 42,620 42,620 49,437 6,817
Expenditures
Current:
Parks and recreation 7,580 7,580 5,494 2,086
Capital outlay 124,863 296,927 103,619 193,308
Total Expenditures 132,443 304,507 109,113 195,394
Net change in fund balances (89,823) (261,887) (59,676) 202,211
Fund balances - beginning 302,474 302,474 302,474 -
Fund balances - ending 212,651$ 40,587$ 242,798$ 202,211$
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SCHEDULE OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES -
BUDGET AND ACTUAL
STREET IMPROVEMENT
For the Year Ended September 30, 2018
Original
Budget Final Budget
Actual
Amounts
Variance with
Final Budget -
Positive
(Negative)
Revenues
Sales taxes 1,382,192$ 1,382,192$ 1,569,848$ 187,656$
Investment earnings 500 500 17,206 16,706
Total Revenues 1,382,692 1,382,692 1,587,054 204,362
Expenditures
Capital outlay 2,322,429 1,700,000 - 1,700,000
Total Expenditures 2,322,429 1,700,000 - 1,700,000
Net change in fund balances (939,737) (317,308) 1,587,054 1,904,362
Fund balances - beginning 1,002,151 1,002,151 1,002,151 -
Fund balances - ending 62,414$ 684,843$ 2,589,205$ 1,904,362$
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STATISTICAL SECTION
(Unaudited)
This part of the City of Friendswood’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.
Contents Pages
Financial Trends 108
These schedules contain trend information to help the reader
understand how the government’s financial performance and
well-being have changed over time.
Revenue Capacity 118
These schedules contain information to help the reader assess the
government’s most significant local revenue source, the property
tax.
Debt Capacity 123
These schedules present information to help the reader assess the
affordability of the government’s current levels of outstanding
debt and the government’s ability to issue additional debt in the
future.
Demographic and Economic Information 128
This schedule offers demographic and economic indicators to
help the reader understand the environment within which the
government’s financial activities take place.
Operating Information 132
These schedules contain service and infrastructure data to help the
reader understand how the information in the government’s
financial report relates to the services the government provides
and 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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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
NET POSITION BY COMPONENT
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Accrual Basis of Accounting)
2018 2017 2016 2015
Governmental Activities
Net investment in capital assets 68,320,682$ 72,631,192$ 73,588,484$ 73,611,490$
Restricted 4,085,999 2,534,312 1,405,907 1,179,764
Unrestricted 6,248,751 5,532,198 5,579,677 5,901,505
Total governmental activities net
position 78,655,432$ 80,697,702$ 80,574,068$ 80,692,759$
Business-type activities
Net investment in capital assets 27,088,280$ 29,305,429$ 28,322,718$ 26,628,714$
Restricted 582,697 260,703 99,006 27,468
Unrestricted 13,620,211 10,584,764 10,238,993 12,040,181
Total business-type activities net
position 41,291,188$ 40,150,896$ 38,660,717$ 38,696,363$
Primary government
Net investment in capital assets 95,408,962$ 101,936,621$ 101,911,202$ 100,240,204$
Restricted 4,668,696 2,795,015 1,504,913 1,207,232
Unrestricted 19,868,962 16,116,962 15,818,670 17,941,686
Total Primary government net
positions 119,946,620$ 120,848,598$ 119,234,785$ 119,389,122$
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Table 1
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
65,404,791$ 65,056,180$ 65,582,783$ 66,580,049$ 70,480,334$ 69,313,348$
653,496 718,275 872,869 922,874 1,977,801 2,461,510
10,798,907 9,565,406 8,828,132 8,227,254 8,447,179 9,892,077
76,857,194$ 75,339,861$ 75,283,784$ 75,730,177$ 80,905,314$ 81,666,935$
24,495,816$ 22,961,547$ 25,618,823$ 26,251,346$ 19,565,756$ 21,122,644$
90,395 176,882 786,600 731,410 593,597 93,526
14,818,104 16,790,183 13,032,798 11,373,311 8,677,882 6,730,812
39,404,315$ 39,928,612$ 39,438,221$ 38,356,067$ 28,837,235$ 27,946,982$
89,900,607$ 88,017,727$ 91,201,606$ 92,831,395$ 90,046,090$ 90,435,992$
743,891 895,157 1,659,469 1,654,284 2,571,398 2,555,036
25,617,011 26,355,589 21,860,930 19,600,565 17,125,061 16,622,889
116,261,509$ 115,268,473$ 114,722,005$ 114,086,244$ 109,742,549$ 109,613,917$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
CHANGES IN NET POSITION
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Accrual Basis of Accounting)
2018 2017 2016 2015
Expenses
Governmental activities:
General government 5,734,611$ 5,128,399$ 4,736,867$ 5,410,643$
Public safety 17,538,040 15,861,719 13,101,691 11,763,659
Community development and public works - - - -
Public works 6,267,824 4,429,664 4,429,482 3,933,288
Community development 945,701 1,495,001 1,577,813 1,406,288
Parks and recreation services 4,554,114 3,459,053 3,080,453 2,869,345
Library services 1,210,207 1,215,683 1,134,859 1,026,967
Interest and fiscal charges 953,509 953,146 862,654 730,614
Total government activities expenses 37,204,006 32,542,665 28,923,819 27,140,804
Business-type activities:
Water and wastewater 10,048,912 8,502,218 7,975,920 7,629,711
Interest and other - 1,086,278 1,642,723 1,524,276
Total business-type activities 10,048,912 9,588,496 9,618,643 9,153,987
Total primary government expenses 47,252,918$ 42,131,161$ 38,542,462$ 36,294,791$
Program Revenues
Governmental activities:
Charges for services:
General government 861,271$ 1,004,968$ 1,002,022$ 807,245$
Public safety 868,761 35,007 28,760 30,275
Community development and public works - - - -
Public works 213,042 242,184 174,568 190,099
Community development - 1,036,741 949,011 843,648
Parks and recreation services 344,064 387,915 286,727 280,046
Library services - 30,600 27,532 33,699
Operating grants and contributions 4,924,228 2,591,025 800,151 660,633
Capital grants and contributions - 219,808 318,657 3,225,672
Total Governmental activities program
revenues:7,211,366 5,548,248 3,587,428 6,071,317
Business-type activities:
Charges for services:
Water and wastewater 12,183,711 12,295,441 11,319,801 11,020,029
Total business-type activities program
revenues 12,183,711 12,295,441 11,319,801 11,020,029
Total primary government
program revenues 19,395,077$ 17,843,689$ 14,907,229$ 17,091,346$
Net (Expense) Revenues
Governmental activities (29,992,640)$ (26,994,417)$ (25,336,391)$ (21,069,487)$
Business-type activities 2,134,799 2,706,945 1,701,158 1,866,042
Total primary government net expense (27,857,841)$ (24,287,472)$ (23,635,233)$ (19,203,445)$
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2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
4,589,795$ 4,679,339$ 4,737,702$ 4,876,064$ 5,145,447$ 5,164,623$
11,236,402 10,800,130 10,736,805 10,548,568 10,175,028 14,929,941
- - - - - 5,292,000
3,921,658 4,385,090 3,738,111 3,517,707 3,853,685 -
1,097,075 1,207,264 1,520,401 1,284,188 1,203,204 -
3,356,587 3,260,931 3,227,731 3,058,313 3,034,523 4,002,165
1,093,043 1,002,801 1,004,303 979,978 979,084 -
630,542 703,275 757,011 871,790 789,652 678,705
25,925,102 26,038,830 25,722,064 25,136,608 25,180,623 30,067,434
7,995,106 7,681,366 6,902,279 6,955,505 6,663,308 6,640,062
1,514,804 1,590,395 1,638,495 1,644,074 2,037,104 1,604,174
9,509,910 9,271,761 8,540,774 8,599,579 8,700,412 8,244,236
35,435,012$ 35,310,591$ 34,262,838$ 33,736,187$ 33,881,035$ 38,311,670$
912,910$ 989,190$ 1,167,619$ 1,158,392$ 1,072,289$ 1,327,484$
31,620 34,944 39,661 39,914 38,438 46,773
- - - - - 602,256
193,064 186,504 171,890 158,858 152,163 -
877,132 825,366 730,211 643,150 550,286 -
315,702 316,047 271,912 267,837 258,030 411,207
36,081 36,686 39,543 43,147 44,313 -
843,995 644,458 648,058 3,150,808 2,819,418 5,755,038
1,202,376 543,763 527,288 - - -
4,412,880 3,576,958 3,596,182 5,462,106 4,934,937 8,142,758
11,117,391 11,462,779 11,258,216 12,726,936 9,854,083 12,028,895
11,117,391 11,462,779 11,258,216 12,726,936 9,854,083 12,028,895
15,530,271$ 15,039,737$ 14,854,398$ 18,189,042$ 14,789,020$ 20,171,653$
(21,502,222)$ (22,461,872)$ (22,126,882)$ (19,674,502)$ (20,245,686)$ (21,924,667)$
1,607,481 2,191,018 2,717,442 4,127,357 1,153,671 3,784,659
(19,894,741)$ (20,270,854)$ (19,409,440)$ (15,547,145)$ (19,092,015)$ (18,140,008)$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
CHANGES IN NET POSITION
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Accrual Basis of Accounting)
2018 2017 2016 2015
General Revenues and Other Changes in Net Position
Governmental activities:
Taxes:
Property taxes 17,608,094$ 17,270,647$ 16,350,101$ 15,574,684$
Sales taxes 7,965,662 6,482,367 5,393,920 5,291,186
Franchise and other taxes 1,617,121 1,661,654 1,779,234 1,726,557
Other - - - -
Investment earnings 321,468 187,001 149,003 79,071
Gain (loss) on disposal of capital assets - 25,999 19,564 -
Miscellaneous 263,245 131,639 128,813 108,306
Transfers 1,554,849 1,358,744 1,397,065 1,226,205
Total governmental activities 29,330,439 27,118,051 25,217,700 24,006,009
Business-type activities:
Investment earnings 200,449 141,978 95,825 49,138
Gain (loss) on disposal of capital assets - - 7,569 -
Miscellaneous - - - 7,839
Transfers (1,554,849) (1,358,744) (1,397,065) (1,226,205)
Total business-type activities (1,354,400) (1,216,766) (1,293,671) (1,169,228)
Total primary government 27,976,039 25,901,285 23,924,029 22,836,781
Change in Net Position
Governmental activities (662,201) 123,634 (118,691) 2,936,522
Business-type activities 780,399 1,490,179 407,487 696,814
Total primary government 118,198$ 1,613,813$ 288,796$ 3,633,336$
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Page 2 of 2
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
14,864,284$ 14,630,961$ 14,165,599$ 13,944,725$ 13,664,765$ 13,481,500$
4,693,484 4,293,794 3,907,577 4,002,740 3,853,161 3,871,995
1,673,615 1,583,258 1,556,556 1,598,407 1,510,794 1,363,221
32,799 24,974 23,356 28,883 28,859 28,859
109,849 88,510 137,202 110,863 93,018 166,492
34,359 43,788 17,601 23,831 33,647 4,320
84,275 78,682 147,457 126,228 131,545 214,484
1,799,344 1,773,982 1,725,141 (5,336,312) 168,276 547,456
23,292,009 22,517,949 21,680,489 14,499,365 19,484,065 19,678,327
40,713 37,565 82,853 55,163 87,056 128,338
- - 7,000 - (182,198) (48,678)
- 35,790 - - - -
(1,799,344) (1,773,982) (1,725,141) 5,336,312 (168,276) (547,456)
(1,758,631) (1,700,627) (1,635,288) 5,391,475 (263,418) (467,796)
21,533,378 20,817,322 20,045,201 19,890,840 19,220,647 19,210,531
1,789,787 56,077 (446,393) (5,175,137) (761,621) (2,246,340)
(151,150) 490,391 1,082,154 9,518,832 890,253 3,316,863
1,638,637$ 546,468$ 635,761$ 4,343,695$ 128,632$ 1,070,523$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
FUND BALANCES OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Modified Accrual Basis of Accounting)
2018 2017 2016 2015
General fund
Reserved -$ -$ -$ -$
Unreserved - - - -
Nonspendable 371,610 434,750 646,778 822,226
Restricted 631,971 667,271 626,229 518,119
Committed - 3,612 685,486
Assigned 4,229,725 2,893,697 2,706,897 2,773,419
Unassigned 9,052,000 9,547,039 9,776,031 8,760,424
Total General Fund 14,285,306 13,542,757 13,759,547 13,559,674
All Other Governmental Funds
Reserved - - - -
Unreserved, reported in:
Special revenue funds - - - -
Capital projects funds - - - -
Permanent fund - - - -
Nonspendable 24,307 31,869 31,721 31,378
Restricted 9,304,724 8,464,859 8,165,349 6,539,985
Unassigned - - (193,750) -
Total Other Governmental Funds 9,329,031 8,496,728 8,003,320 6,571,363
Total Fund Balances of
Governmental Funds 23,614,337$ 22,039,485$ 21,762,867$ 20,131,037$
Note: In 2011, the City implemented GASB 54 which replaced the categories that previously had been
used to classify fund balance. The City did not retroactively apply the provisions of this statement to
previous years fund balance date.
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Table 3
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
-$ -$ -$ -$ 1,731,056$ 686,404$
- - - - 7,399,217 9,185,590
143,201 122,927 99,874 220,151 - -
400,411 281,826 173,015 97,728 - -
- - - - - -
1,421,875 487,201 434,931 1,085,527 - -
10,554,183 9,714,206 9,379,399 7,511,998 - -
12,519,670 10,606,160 10,087,219 8,915,404 9,130,273 9,871,994
- - - - 667,682 1,385,265
- - - - 1,328,145 1,075,343
- - - - - 326,600
- - - - 30,720 30,507
31,241 31,137 31,027 30,869 - -
666,317 995,269 2,184,855 4,162,423 - -
(239,078) - - - -
458,480 1,026,406 2,215,882 4,193,292 2,026,547 2,817,715
12,978,150$ 11,632,566$ 12,303,101$ 13,108,696$ 11,156,820$ 12,689,709$
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
CHANGES IN FUND BALANCES OF GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
Last Ten Fiscal Years
(Modified Accrual Basis of Accounting)
2018 2017 2016 2015
Revenues
Taxes 27,247,421$ 25,509,760$ 23,533,294$ 22,513,317$
Fines and forfeitures 957,671 1,023,556 873,872 907,557
Permits and fees 1,566,656 1,708,357 1,450,939 1,349,264
Intergovernmental 4,398,836 1,763,974 664,427 3,536,980
Investment earnings 313,793 184,127 147,403 77,947
Donations 396,010 434,164 257,724 349,325
Miscellaneous 181,017 165,619 79,435 72,837
Total revenues 35,061,404 30,789,557 27,007,094 28,807,227
Expenditures
General government 5,440,888 4,975,926 4,385,321 5,343,160
Public safety 16,868,931 14,751,381 12,135,956 11,348,346
Community development and public works - - - -
Public works 2,157,277 2,160,152 2,118,572 2,066,349
Community development 985,309 893,663 954,103 925,947
Parks and recreation 3,511,146 3,339,864 3,032,979 2,917,857
Library services 1,200,512 1,172,245 1,096,614 1,036,843
Capital outlay 2,615,538 8,429,200 9,332,400 7,255,229
Debt principal payment 2,137,284 1,813,130 1,570,176 1,272,823
Interest and other charges 1,145,400 1,170,958 921,982 776,340
Total expenditures 36,062,285 38,706,519 35,548,103 32,942,894
Excess of revenues over (under) expenditures (1,000,881) (7,916,962) (8,541,009) (4,135,667)
Other Financing Sources (Uses)
Sale of capital assets 9,135 12,757 2,743 99
Insurance recoveries 725,304 25,999 19,564 39,257
Issuance of capital related debt 485,305 5,605,000 7,345,000 9,595,000
Issuance of capital lease - 756,006 - -
Refunding bonds issued - - - 2,840,000
Payment to refunding escrow agent - - - (3,058,663)
Premium on issuance of debt - 435,074 1,484,593 646,746
Transfers in 1,402,989 1,364,399 1,503,442 1,544,662
Transfers out (47,000) (5,655) (182,503) (318,457)
Total other financing sources (uses)2,575,733 8,193,580 10,172,839 11,288,644
Net change in fund balances 1,574,852$ 276,618$ 1,631,830$ 7,152,977$
Debt service as a percentage of noncapital
expenditures 9.8%9.9%9.2%7.5%
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Table 4
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009
21,335,527$ 20,563,848$ 19,630,172$ 19,592,092$ 19,104,625$ 18,763,998$
860,257 939,380 1,037,880 1,012,592 1,043,126 1,143,102
1,385,898 1,327,918 1,174,013 1,069,845 960,479 966,797
1,791,451 918,641 1,077,890 3,109,645 2,652,037 5,794,303
109,117 87,330 135,483 109,272 90,337 161,106
349,166 363,413 306,119 276,209 280,223 272,911
54,989 84,673 41,410 78,243 81,366 34,448
25,886,405 24,285,203 23,402,967 25,247,898 24,212,193 27,136,665
4,306,143 4,250,320 4,322,631 4,397,858 4,224,384 4,178,062
10,599,575 10,234,811 10,201,010 10,093,964 9,799,372 14,717,404
- - - - - 3,406,881
1,689,987 2,204,176 1,702,119 1,637,237 1,956,479 -
1,092,982 1,207,264 1,520,401 1,284,188 1,208,899 -
2,772,072 2,675,813 2,622,970 2,472,015 2,458,422 3,439,475
1,083,043 1,002,801 1,004,303 979,978 979,084 -
2,500,254 1,942,746 3,705,622 4,254,582 3,799,303 2,489,845
1,668,692 1,721,983 1,562,088 1,065,865 787,590 787,293
662,718 712,822 899,709 1,064,973 773,744 691,638
26,375,466 25,952,736 27,540,853 27,250,660 25,987,277 29,710,598
(489,061) (1,667,533) (4,137,886) (2,002,762) (1,775,084) (2,573,933)
6,325 27,566 9,250 8,992 23,340 -
28,886 48,132 105,502 45,334 50,579 123,707
- - 8,890,000 3,460,000 - -
- 147,318 464,270 - - 1,133,460
- - - 5,460,000 - -
- - (9,425,538) - - -
- - 563,666 317,452 - -
1,799,344 1,973,106 1,970,819 1,235,892 1,512,987 2,098,405
- (199,124) (245,678) (6,573,032) (1,344,711) (1,613,970)
1,834,555 1,996,998 2,332,291 3,954,638 242,195 1,741,602
1,345,494$ 329,465$ (1,805,595)$ 1,951,876$ (1,532,889)$ (832,331)$
9.8%10.0%9.8%8.4%7.0%5.4%
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
ASSESSED VALUE AND TAXABLE VALUE OF PROPERTY
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Unaudited)
Commercial
Fiscal Tax Residential and Industrial Other
Year Year Property Property Property
2009 2008 2,443,040,835$ 271,618,942$ 254,262,180$
2010 2009 2,509,894,027 277,693,532 248,910,248
2011 2010 2,547,883,315 276,080,104 235,256,040
2012 2011 2,584,070,993 280,043,373 230,531,859
2013 2012 2,622,105,658 286,288,277 235,960,049
2014 2013 2,695,532,057 294,316,218 238,127,209
2015 2014 2,850,404,776 300,533,643 237,028,723
2016 2015 3,156,205,930 335,006,408 206,365,157
2017 2016 3,546,622,242 320,646,912 230,805,066
2018 2017 3,795,456,220 222,328,923 376,053,145
Source: Galveston Central Appraisal District, Harris County Appraisal District, and City of Friendswood records.
Note: Property in the City of Friendswood is reassessed once every two years on average. (Source: Galveston Central Appraisal District)
Tax rates per $100 of assessed value.
Residential property includes both single-family and multi-family properties.
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Table 5
Less: Total
Total Exemptions and Total Direct
Assessed Tax Exempt Taxable Tax
Value Property Value Rate
2,968,921,957$ 672,410,955$ 2,296,511,002$ 0.57970
3,036,497,807 695,681,434 2,340,816,373 0.57970
3,059,219,459 703,419,784 2,355,799,675 0.58510
3,094,646,225 706,059,683 2,388,586,542 0.59020
3,144,353,984 710,718,423 2,433,635,561 0.59700
3,227,975,484 724,153,848 2,503,821,636 0.59140
3,387,967,142 761,444,427 2,626,522,715 0.59140
3,697,577,495 776,779,458 2,920,798,037 0.56870
4,098,074,220 977,353,948 3,120,720,272 0.05460
4,393,838,288 894,716,055 3,499,122,233 0.05273
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 6
DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING PROPERTY TAX RATES
LAST TEN FISCAL YEAR
(Unaudited)
(rate per $100 of assessed value)
Fiscal
Year Friendswood Clear Creek Galveston County
Ended Debt Total Independent Independent Drainage Galveston Harris
September 30,General Service Direct School District School District District County County
2009 0.5097$ 0.0700$ 0.5797$ 1.3670$ 1.3600$ 0.1425$ 0.5586$ 0.62998$
2010 0.4997 0.0800 0.5797 1.3670 1.3600 0.1425 0.6186 0.62998
2011 0.5198 0.0653 0.5851 1.3670 1.3600 0.1425 0.6198 0.62998
2012 0.5218 0.0684 0.5902 1.3670 1.3600 0.1400 0.6129 0.62998
2013 0.5307 0.0663 0.5970 1.3670 1.3600 0.1400 0.5999 0.62998
2014 0.5303 0.0611 0.5914 1.3670 1.4000 0.1400 0.5837 0.62998
2015 0.5303 0.0611 0.5914 1.3670 1.4000 0.1350 0.5788 0.62998
2016 0.4972 0.0715 0.5687 1.3670 1.4000 0.1150 0.5612 0.62998
2017 0.4620 0.0840 0.5460 1.3870 1.4000 0.1120 0.5462 0.62998
2018 0.4323 0.0950 0.5273 1.3670 1.4000 0.1080 0.5461 0.62998
Source: Galveston County Tax Assessor/Collector and City of Friendswood records.
Note:Overlapping rates are those of local and county governments that apply to property owners within the City of Friendswood.Not all
overlapping rates apply to all property owners.Overlapping rates for Friendswood Independent School District,Galveston County
Consolidated Drainage District and Galveston County apply only to residents whose property is in Galveston County.Overlapping rates for
Clear Creek Independent School District and Harris County apply only to residents whose property is in Harris County.
City Direct Rates Overlapping Rates
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 7
PRINCIPAL PROPERTY TAX PAYERS
CURRENT YEAR AND NINE YEARS AGO
(Unaudited)
Percentage Percentage
of Total City of Total City
Taxable Taxable
Taxable Assessed Taxable Assessed
Taxpayer Value Rank Value Value Rank Value
Reserve at Autumn Creek LTD 27,948,267$ 1 0.80% -$ -
Texas-New Mexico Power Co. 19,950,663 2 0.57% 11,519,630 1 0.49%
LSREF3 Bravo Houston LLC 14,619,031 3 0.42% - - -
Kroger Co.13,014,186 4 0.37% - - -
Autumn Creek Dev LTD 8,052,120 5 0.23% - - -
A-S 108 Friendswood Crossing LP 7,003,420 6 0.20% - - -
Bay Meadows LLP 6,191,643 7 0.18% - - -
H E Butt Grocery Company 6,191,460 8 0.18% 8,731,630 2 0.37%
PS LPT Properties Investors 5,976,000 9 0.17% - - -
FM 528 Bay Area Blvd LP 5,830,305 10 0.17% - - -
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.- - - 7,874,300 3 0.34%
HCP Friendswood LLC - - - 6,995,240 4 0.30%
Buzbee Family LTD Partnership - - - 6,170,820 5 0.26%
Friendswood Retirement - - - 5,564,197 6 0.24%
MB Friendswood Parkwood - - - 4,638,250 7 0.20%
Kroger Texas L.P.- - - 4,000,010 8 0.17%
Comcast of Houston LLC - - - 3,952,610 9 0.17%
Raton Plaza Shop Cntr Investors LTD - - - 3,800,000 10 0.16%
Total 114,777,095 3.28% 63,246,687 2.71%
All other taxpayers 3,384,345,138 96.72% 2,273,570,490 97.29%
3,499,122,233$ 100.00%2,336,817,177$ 100.00%
Source: Galveston Central Appraisal District and Harris County Appraisal District.
2018 2009
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 8
PROPERTY TAX LEVIES AND COLLECTIONS
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Unaudited)
Collections
Fiscal Year Taxes Levied (adjustments)
Ended for the Percentage in Subsequent Percentage
September 30,Fiscal Year Amount of Levy Years Amount of Levy
2009 13,317,911$ 13,113,928$ 99.12%193,489$ 13,307,417$ 99.92%
2010 13,553,716 13,395,543 99.36%144,333 13,539,876 99.90%
2011 13,738,978 13,608,076 99.47%118,729 13,726,805 99.91%
2012 14,068,660 13,916,558 99.51%138,999 14,055,557 99.91%
2013 14,454,404 14,361,379 99.63%79,298 14,440,677 99.91%
2014 14,747,526 14,656,257 99.38%73,948 14,730,205 99.88%
2015 15,424,948 15,306,943 99.23%96,294 15,403,237 99.86%
2016 16,431,153 16,264,080 98.98%146,171 16,410,251 99.87%
2017 16,994,387 16,922,419 99.58%33,154 16,955,573 99.77%
2018 17,564,995 17,554,220 99.94%- 17,554,220 99.94%
Source: Galveston County Tax Assessor/Collector and City of Friendswood records.
Collected within the
Fiscal Year of the Levy Total Collections to Date
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 9
RATIOS OF OUTSTANDING DEBT BY TYPE
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Unaudited)
General General Certificates Water Total Percentage
Fiscal Obligation Capital Obligation of Revenue Primary of Personal Per
Year Bonds Leases Bonds Obligation Bonds Government Income Capita
2009 15,445,000$ 982,518$ 865,000$ -$ 42,260,000$ 59,552,518$ 0.50%1,582
2010 14,800,000 839,928 - - 42,045,000 57,684,928 0.47%1,516
2011 22,885,000 710,023 - - 35,205,000 58,800,023 0.46%1,579
2012 21,605,000 975,726 - - 34,115,000 56,695,726 0.42%1,498
2013 20,230,000 876,981 - - 32,995,000 54,101,981 0.37%1,410
2014 18,815,000 623,407 - - 31,830,000 51,268,407 0.35%1,318
2015 24,525,285 360,584 9,875,671 - 24,663,416 59,424,956 0.40%1,510
2016 31,768,805 180,408 33,238,357 - 6,109,871 71,297,441 0.46%1,793
2017 36,067,806 668,284 31,160,729 - 5,871,129 73,767,948 0.47%1,818
2018 34,065,657 791,305 29,028,108 - 5,627,385 69,512,455 0.42%1,695
Notes:Details regarding the City's outstanding debt can be found in the notes to the financial statements.
See Table 14 for personal income and population data. These ratios are calculated using personal income and
population for the prior calendar year.
Governmental Activities Business-Type Activities
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 10
RATIOS OF NET GENERAL BONDED DEBT OUTSTANDING
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Unaudited)
General Less Debt Net Percentage of
Fiscal Taxable Obligation Service General Taxable Value Per
Year Population Value Bonds Funds Bonded Debt Property Capita
2009 37,653 2,296,511,002$ 16,438,896$ 952,951$ 14,492,049$ 0.63%385$
2010 38,057 2,340,816,373 14,921,314 545,676 14,254,324 0.61%375
2011 37,247 2,355,799,675 23,293,294 240,869 22,644,131 0.96%608
2012 37,839 2,388,586,542 22,402,761 193,714 21,411,286 0.90%566
2013 38,369 2,433,635,561 20,967,293 134,339 20,095,661 0.83%524
2014 38,911 2,503,821,636 19,491,826 130,147 18,684,853 0.75%480
2015 39,458 2,626,522,715 34,400,956 147,193 34,253,763 1.30%868
2016 39,767 2,920,798,037 65,007,162 159,686 64,847,476 2.22%1,631
2017 40,570 3,120,720,272 67,228,535 115,152 67,113,383 2.15%1,654
2018 41,003 3,499,122,233 63,093,765 407,562 62,686,203 1.79%1,529
Note:Details regarding the City's outstanding debt can be found in the notes to the financial statements.
General Bonded Debt Outstanding
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 11
DIRECT AND OVERLAPPING GOVERNMENTAL ACTIVITIES DEBT
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
Estimated
Estimated Share of
Debt Percentage Overlapping
Governmental Unit Outstanding Applicable Debt
Debt repaid with property taxes
Friendswood Independent School District 91,510,000$ 100.00%91,510,000$
Clear Creek Independent School District 1,027,911,655 2.863%29,430,139
Galveston County 283,313,256 8.490%24,053,295
Harris County 3,075,189,000 0.140%4,311,415
Subtotal, overlapping debt 149,304,849
City direct debt 34,856,962
Total direct and overlapping debt 184,161,811$
Source: Information was obtained from either the governmental unit's website or the finance department of the
governmental unit.
Notes: Overlapping governments are those that coincide, at least in part, with the geographic boundaries of the City.
This schedule estimates the portion of the outstanding debt of those overlapping governments that is borne
by the residents and businesses of the City of Friendswood. The City’s share of the debt of the overlapping
governments is based on the ratio of the assessed value of the City’s own property to that of each of the
other governments. This process recognizes that, when considering the City's ability to issue and repay
long-term debt, the entire debt burden borne by the residents and businesses should be taken into account.
However, this does not imply that every taxpayer is a resident--and therefore responsible for repaying the
debt--of each overlapping government.
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LEGAL DEBT MARGIN INFORMATION
(UNAUDITED)
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As a City Council-City Manager form of government, the City of Friendswood is not limited by law in the
amount of debt it may issue. The City's charter states:
Article 11, Section 5 of the State of Texas Constitution states in part:
"but no tax for any purpose shall ever be lawful for any one year, which shall exceed two and one-half
percent of the taxable property of such city"
The tax rate for fiscal year ended September 30, 2018 is $0.5273 per $100 of assessed valuation with assessed
valuation being 100% of market value.
"In keeping with the Constitution of the State of Texas and not contrary thereto,the City of Friendswood
shall have the power to borrow money on the credit of the City for any public purpose not now or
hereafter prohibited by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas,and shall have the right to issue
all tax bonds,revenue bonds,funding and refunding bonds,time warrants and other evidence of
indebtedness as now authorized or as may hereafter be authorized to be issued by cities and towns by
the laws of the State of Texas."
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 13
PLEDGED-REVENUE COVERAGE
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Unaudited)
Utility Less:Net
Fiscal Service Operating Available Debt Service
Year Charges Expenses Revenue Principal Interest Coverage
2009 12,028,895$ 5,249,388$ 6,779,507$ 215,000$ 1,986,015$ 3.08
2010 9,854,083 5,184,330 4,669,753 215,000 1,904,689 2.20
2011 12,726,936 5,410,497 7,316,439 1,440,000 1,640,437 2.38
2012 11,258,216 5,361,567 5,896,649 1,090,000 1,589,565 2.20
2013 11,462,779 6,113,276 5,349,503 1,120,000 1,548,303 2.00
2014 11,117,391 6,376,510 4,740,881 1,165,000 1,504,006 1.78
2015 11,020,029 6,220,331 4,799,698 1,205,000 1,153,522 2.04
2016 11,319,801 6,361,229 4,958,572 - 481,140 10.31
2017 12,295,441 6,911,675 5,383,766 220,000 184,100 13.32
2018 12,183,711 7,205,293 4,978,418 225,000 179,250 12.32
Notes:Details regarding the City's outstanding debt can be found in the notes to the financial statements.
Operating expenses do not include interest, depreciation or amortization expenses.
Waterworks and Sewer Revenue Bonds
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 14
DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC STATISTICS
LAST TEN CALENDAR YEARS
(Unaudited)
Per
Capita
Calendar Estimated Personal Personal Unemployment
Year Population Income Income Rate
2009 37,653 11,937,436,000$ 41,621$ 6.2%
2010 38,057 12,257,208,000 41,876 7.1%
2011 37,247 12,848,571,000 43,444 6.8%
2012 37,839 13,651,835,000 45,433 5.0%
2013 38,369 14,475,816,000 47,186 4.5%
2014 38,911 14,741,197,000 46,917 3.4%
2015 39,358 14,774,880,000 47,011 3.7%
2016 39,767 15,463,890,000 47,991 4.9%
2017 40,570 15,682,608,000 47,605 4.7%
2018 41,003 16,443,373,000 49,079 4.3%
Sources:Population information was provided from past financial reports. Unemployment rates,
personal income and per capita personal income were obtained from the U.S.
Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics website or the Texas Workforce
Commission website.
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS Table 15
PRINCIPAL EMPLOYERS
CURRENT YEAR AND NINE YEARS AGO
(Unaudited)
Percentage Percentage
Estimated of Total City Estimated of Total City
Employer Employees Workforce Employees Workforce
Friendswood ISD 745 28.82% 692 28.73%
HEB 307 11.88% 349 14.49%
Kroger 296 11.45% 225 9.34%
Clear Creek ISD 269 10.41% 2 177 7.35% 2
City of Friendswood 240 9.28% 233 9.67%
Friendship Haven Nursing Home 149 5.76% 145 6.02%
McDonalds 78 3.02% 80 3.32%
U.S. Post Office 72 2.79% 64 2.66%
Brookdale 70 2.71% - - 1
UTMB 65 2.51% 56 2.32%
Sonic 52 2.01% 62 2.57%
Timber Creek Golf Club 45 1.74% 65 2.70%
Perry & Sons Market and Grille 45 1.74% 42 1.74%
24 Hour Fitness 41 1.59% - - 1
Luna's Mexican Restaurant 41 1.59% - - 1
AAA Blastcote 35 1.35% - - 1
Village on the Park 35 1.35% 40 1.66%
Friendswood Healthcare (Autumn Hills) - - 3 70 2.91%
Emeritus - - 3 69 2.86%
Gary Greene Realtors - - 3 40 1.66%
Total 2,585 100.00% 2,409 100.00%
Source: City Economic Development Division
1 Data was not available for fiscal year 2009.
2 Includes Wedgewood Elementary and Brookside Intermediate.
3 Data was not available for fiscal year 2018.
20092018
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT CITY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Unaudited)
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Function/Program
General Government:
City Attorney - - - - -
City Manager 5.50 5.50 5.50 4.65 4.15
City Secretary 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
Administrative Services 27.20 27.20 27.20 28.20 28.20
Public Safety:
Police 79.40 79.40 80.40 80.40 81.40
Fire marshal and fire 6.10 6.10 6.10 6.10 6.10
Public Works:- 19.00 19.00 19.33 20.33
Community Development:- 17.70 17.70 16.89 16.89
Community Development and
Public Works:36.70 - - - -
Community Services:32.20 18.95 18.95 19.28 19.20
Library - 14.72 14.72 14.72 14.37
Water:10.30 10.30 10.30 10.30 9.30
Sewer:9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 9.00
Total City Employees:211.40 212.87 213.87 213.87 213.94
Full-time Equivalent Employees as of September 30
Source: City of Friendswood Budget Documents
Notes: For 2009, public works and community development were combined. In 2010-2018, they are shown as two separate departments.
Beginning in fiscal year 2010, the fulltime equivalent for Library is shown separate from Community Services. In previous years, the fulltime
equivalent is included with Community Services.
In-house City Attorney added to staff in fiscal year 2015.
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Table 16
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
- 1.00 1.00 1.00 2.10
4.15 4.55 5.40 5.40 5.40
5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00
28.70 28.70 27.70 27.70 27.60
82.40 85.72 86.72 88.72 87.72
6.50 6.60 6.60 6.60 6.60
26.33 25.33 29.00 26.00 27.00
10.89 10.89 11.70 11.70 10.70
- - - - -
19.03 19.63 19.63 20.90 21.90
14.37 14.62 14.62 14.97 14.97
9.30 8.30 8.30 8.30 9.30
9.00 8.00 8.00 11.00 10.00
215.67 218.34 223.67 227.29 228.29
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
OPERATING INDICATORS BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Unaudited)
2009 2010 2011 2012
Function/Program
General Government:
Building permits issued 1,189 984 1,222 1,317
Building inspections conducted 6,673 8,744 9,514 10,486
Police:
Physical arrests 1,794 2,002 1,962 1,885
Parking violations 33 27 82 61
Traffic violations 7,821 7,000 7,291 6,518
Fire Marshal:
Inspections 1,653 1,509 1,444 1,616
Fire:
Emergency responses 2,950 2,737 2,818 2,975
Fires extinguished 102 110 108 86
Parks and Recreation:
Recreation participants 12,283 13,792 13,894 16,068
Facility reservations 1,727 1,451 503 493
Library:
Volumes in collection 94,512 99,880 97,622 125,251
Total volumes borrowed 350,892 356,787 349,223 355,447
Water:
New connections 46 160 173 185
Water main breaks 73 64 516 112
Average daily consumption 4,209 3,408 6,406 4,584
(thousands of gallons)
Peak daily consumption 7,187 7,606 13,698 10,896
Sewer:
Average daily sewage treatment 2,950 3,465 2,787 2,968
(thousands of gallons)
Maximum daily flow 9,537 11,393 10,833 10,777
(thousands of gallons)
Source: Various City departments and prior year CAFRs
Fiscal Year
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Table 17
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
1,469 1,395 1,377 1,865 2,177 2,788
11,470 10,611 12,145 11,026 12,134 14,157
1,601 1,596 1,479 1,464 903 1,145
107 58 63 44 61 15
5,718 5,815 4,540 5,001 3,669 6,785
1,673 1,427 1,512 1,354 1,233 1,139
2,993 3,261 3,258 3,303 3,599 3,720
86 116 78 76 75 80
18,607 15,178 16,153 21,369 20,556 18,299
686 728 1,443 1,444 1,004 2,123
133,865 141,383 133,165 147,726 100,678 102,852
367,948 367,452 350,145 301,158 341,048 348,554
189 193 - 183 137 125
193 149 57 46 44 116
5,577 5,171 4,970 4,963 5,282 5,455
11,505 9,917 12,623 10,472 10,110 9,475
2,956 2,867 3,306 3,382 3,286 3,117
10,401 10,770 11,237 12,188 12,766 10,370
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CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS
CAPITAL ASSET STATISTICS BY FUNCTION/PROGRAM
LAST TEN FISCAL YEARS
(Unaudited)
2009 2010 2011 2012
Function/Program
Police
Stations 1 1 1 1
Patrol units 24 26 26 25
Fire
Stations 4 4 4 4
Public Works
Streets - paved (miles)160 161 162 164
Streets - unpaved (miles)2 2 2 2
Traffic signals 3 3 3 3
Parks and Recreation
Acreage 189 189 189 189
Public Safety:Parks 8 8 8 8
Swimming pool 1 1 1 1
Tennis courts 4 4 4 4
Library 1 1 1 1
Water
Water mains (miles)181 183 184 186
Fire hydrants 1,275 1,305 1,324 1,588
Connections 12,057 12,231 12,476 12,711
Storage capacity 5,993 5,993 7,500 7,500
(thousands of gallons)
Sewer
Sanitary sewers (miles)156 158 159 162
Connections 11,256 11,404 11,563 11,828
Storm sewers (miles)96 98 99 100
Treatment capacity 4,850 4,850 4,850 4,850
(thousands of gallons)
Source: Various City departments and prior year CAFRs.
Fiscal Year
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Table 18
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
1 1 1 1 1 1
26 27 29 31 32 34
4 4 4 4 4 4
165 167 169 172 174 176
2 2 2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 3 3
189 189 232 266 266 266
8 8 8 9 9 9
1 1 1 1 1 1
4 4 4 4 4 4
1 1 1 1 1 1
187 207 209 212 214 216
1,608 1,610 1,631 1,672 1,690 1,707
12,929 13,093 13,289 13,482 13,619 13,744
7,500 8,000 8,100 7,850 7,850 7,850
163 194 195 198 200 202
12,072 12,236 12,407 12,378 12,588 12,721
100 105 106 109 110 112
4,850 12,000 9,250 9,250 9,250 9,250
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