Sarasota County Comprehensive Annual Financial Report 2020

Table of Contents 4
Introductory Section 11
Letter of Transmittal 12
Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 2019 20
Sarasota County Government Organizational Chart 22
Financial Section 24
Independent Auditor's Report 26
Management's Discussion and Analysis 30
Basic Financial Statements 44
Government-wide Financial Statement: 46
Statement of Net Position 46
Statement of Activities 48
Fund Financial Statement: 50
Governmental Funds: 50
Balance Sheet - Governmental Funds 50
Reconciliation of Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to the Statement of Net Position 52
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Governmental Funds 54
Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances to the Statement of Activities 56
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual - General Fund 58
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual - Emergency Services Special Revenue Fund 60
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual - Capital Revenue Programs Special Revenue Fund 61
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual - Federal, State and Local Grants Special Revenue Fund 62
Proprietary Funds: 64
Statement of Net Position - Proprietary Funds 64
Reconciliation of the Proprietary Funds Statement of Net Position to the Statement of Net Position 68
Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Net Position - Proprietary Funds 70
Reconciliation of the Proprietary Funds Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Net Position to the Statement of Activities 72
Statement of Cash Flows - Proprietary Funds 74
Fiduciary Funds: 78
Statement of Fiduciary Net Position - Fiduciary Funds 78
Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position - Fiduciary Funds 79
Notes to the Financial Statements 81
NOTE 1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES 81
NOTE 2. STEWARDSHIP, COMPLIANCE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY 98
NOTE 3. CASH AND INVESTMENTS 99
NOTE 4. RECEIVABLES 107
NOTE 5. INTERFUND RECEIVABLES, PAYABLES, AND TRANSFERS 107
NOTE 6. CAPITAL ASSETS 109
NOTE 7. LONG-TERM DEBT 113
Non-self-supporting Revenue Bonds 113
Notes Payable from direct borrowings – Governmental Activities 116
Debt Obligations 122
Changes in Long-term Liabilities 125
NOTE 8. LEASE OBLIGATIONS 126
NOTE 9. LANDFILL CLOSURE AND POSTCLOSURE CARE COST 126
NOTE 10. RISK MANAGEMENT 126
NOTE 11. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS 128
NOTE 12. DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN 138
NOTE 13. POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS (OTHER THAN PENSIONS) 138
NOTE 14. CONTINGENCIES 144
NOTE 15. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS 144
NOTE 16. DEFICIT FUND BALANCES 145
NOTE 17. TAX ABATEMENT 147
Required Supplementary Information 149
Schedule of Changes in the County's Net OPEB Liability and Related Ratios 150
Schedule of Contributions for the County's OPEB Trust Fund 151
Schedule of Changes in the Sheriff's Net OPEB Liability and Related Ratios 153
Schedule of Proportionate Share of Net Pension Liability - Florida Retirement System Pension Plan 154
Schedule of Contributions - Florida Retirement System Pension Plan 160
Governmental Funds Financial Statements: 167
Nonmajor Governmental Funds: 169
Combining Balance Sheet - Nonmajor Governmental Funds 172
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Nonmajor Governmental Funds 174
Special Revenue Funds: 176
Subcombining Balance Sheet - Nonmajor Special Revenue Funds 176
Subcombining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Nonmajor Special revenue Funds 182
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Transportation Special Revenue Fund 189
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Building and Zoning Special Revenue Fund 189
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Tourist Development Special Revenue Fund 190
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Franchise Utilities Special Revenue Fund 191
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Mosquito Control Special Revenue Fund 192
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Grants in Aid Special Revenue Fund 193
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Environmental Resources Special Revenue Fund 194
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Gifts, Donations and Recreation Special Revenue Fund 195
Improvements Districts Special Revenue Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Fund 196
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Court Improvements Special Revenue Fund 197
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Street Lighting Districts Special Revenue Fund 198
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Arts in Public Places Special Revenue Fund 199
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Economic Development Special Revenue Fund 200
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Moving Violation Surcharge Special Revenue Fund 201
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Law Enforcement Special Revenue Fund 202
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Sheriff's Special Revenue Fund 203
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget to Actual - Clerk's Special Revenue Fund 205
Debt Service Funds: 206
Subcombining Balance Sheet - Nonmajor Debt Service Funds 206
Subcombining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Nonmajor Debt Service Funds 210
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Limited Ad Valorem Tax Series 2005 Fund 214
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Bank Term Loans Debt Service Fund 215
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Commercial Paper Debt Service Fund 216
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2010 Fund 217
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Communications Services Tax Series 2010 Fund 218
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Second Guaranteed Entitlement Series 2013 Fund 219
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Infrastructure Sales Surtax Series 2014A, Series 2015 and Series 2018 Fund 220
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2017 Fund 221
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2018A Fund 222
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2018B Fund 223
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2019 and Series 2020 Fund 224
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2019A Fund 225
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2019B Fund 226
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2019C Fund 227
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Budget and Actual - Capital Improvement Series 2020 Fund 229
Capital Projects Funds: 230
Subcombining Balance Sheet - Nonmajor Capital Projects Funds 230
Subcombining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Nonmajor Capital Projects Funds 232
Permanent Fund: 234
Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual - Library Endowments Fund 234
Internal Service Funds: 236
Combining Statement of Net Position - Internal Service Funds 238
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Net Position - Internal Service Funds 240
Combining Statement of Cash Flows - Internal Service Funds 242
Fiduciary Funds: 246
Combining Statement of Fiduciary Net Position - Agency Funds 248
Combining Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position - Agency Funds 250
Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency: 252
Balance Sheet - Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency 252
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance - Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency 253
Notes to Financial Statements - Englewood Community Redevelopment Agency 254
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 255
Note 2. Interfund Receivables, Payables and Transfers 257
Statistical Section 258
Financial Trends: 263
Net Position by Component - Last Ten Fiscal Years 262
Changes in Net Position - Last Ten Fiscal Years 264
Fund Balances, Governmental Funds - Last Ten Fiscal Years 268
Changes in Fund Balances, Governmental Funds - Last Ten Fiscal Years 270
Revenue Capicity 272
Assessed Value and Estimated Actual Value of Taxable Property 272
Direct and Overlapping Property Tax Rates 274
Principal Property Taxpayers 276
Property Tax Levies and Collections 277
Property Value, Construction, and Bank Deposits 278
Special Assessment Billings and Collections 279
Coverage of Guaranteed Entitlement for All Counties by Revenue Sharing Trust Fund Receipts for All Counties 280
Coverage of Guaranteed Entitlement for Sarasota County by Revenue Sharing Trust Funds Receipts for Sarasota County 281
State of Florida and Sarasota County Historical Sales Tax Collections 282
State of Florida and Sarasota County Historical Local Government Half-Cent Sales Tax 283
Sarasota County and Municipalities Percentage Distributions of Statewide Half-Cent Sales Tax Revenues 285
Debt Capacity 286
Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type 286
Ratios of General Bonded Debt Outstanding 288
Direct and Overlapping Governmental Activities Debt 289
Legal Debt Margin Information 290
Pledged-Revenue Coverage 292
Coverage of Maximum Annual Debt Service Requirement by Local Government Half-Cent Sales Tax Revenues 299
Demographic and Economic Statistics Information: 300
Demographic and Economic Statistics 301
Principal Employers 301
Top Ten Manufacturers 302
Miscellaneous Stastistics 303
Operating Information 305
Full-time Equivalent County Government Employees by Function/Program 305
Operating Indicators by Function/Program 306
Capital Asset Statistics by Function/Program 308
Other Supplemental Information Section 310
Summary Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - General Fund 312
Assessed Value of Taxable Property 313
Pro Forma Debt Service Coverage Limited Ad Valorem Tax Bonds, Series 2005, Series 2010 and Series 2014 314
Commercial Paper - Specific Borrowing-General Government 315
Communication Services Tax Revenue Bonds Series 2010, and Communication Services Tax Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2014 and 2015 Continuing Disclosure 316
Infrastructure Sales Surtax Revenue Bonds, 2014, 2015 and 2018 and Infrastructure Sales Surtax Revenue Note, 2020 Continuing Disclosure 317
Pro Forma Debt Service Coverage Second Guaranteed Entitlement Revenue Bonds Series 2013 319
Utility Bond Issue Continuing Disclosure 320
Schedule of Changes in the County's Net OPEB Liability and Related Ratios 328
Schedule of Contributions for the County's OPEB Trust Fund 329
Schedule of Changes in the Sheriff's Net OPEB Liability and Related Ratios 331
General Obligation Bond Issues - Descriptions 333
General Government - Revenue Bonds - Descriptions: 334
Enterprise Fund - Revenue Bonds - Descriptions: 338
General Obligation Bond - Debt Service Requirements to Maturity 340
Summary of Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - General Obligation Bonds 340
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - General Obligation Bonds, Series 2019 341
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - General Obligation Bonds, Series 2020 342
General Government - Revenue Bonds - Debt Service Requirements to Maturity 342
Summary Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Revenue Bonds 343
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Second Guaranteed Entitlement Revenue Bonds, Series 2013 344
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Infrastructure Sales Surtax Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series2014 345
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Infrastructure Sales Surtax Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015 346
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2017 347
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Infrastructure Sales Surtax Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2018 348
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Capital Improvement Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2018A 349
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Capital Improvement Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2018B 350
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2019A 351
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Capital Improvement Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2019B 352
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Capital Improvement Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2019C 353
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2020 354
Enterprise Funds - Revenue Bonds - Debt Service Requirements to Maturity 355
Summary of Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Bonds 355
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011A 356
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2011B 357
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2013 358
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2016A 359
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2016B 360
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2019A 361
Bank Term Loans - Descriptions 362
Utility System and Solid Waste System Notes - Descriptions 364
Bank Term Loans - Debt Service Requirements to Maturity 366
Summary of Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Bank Term Loans 366
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Bank Term Revenue Note, Series 2013A 367
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Bank erm Revenue Note, Series 2014A 368
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Communication Services Tax Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2014 369
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Five-Cent Local Option Fuel Tax Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2014 370
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Bank Term Revenue Note, Series 2014B 371
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Limited Ad Valorem Tax Refunding Bond, Series 2014 372
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Communications Services Tax Tevenue Refunding Note, Series 2015 373
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Infrastructure Sales Surtax Revenue Note, Series 2020 374
Utility System and Solid Waste System Notes - Debt Service Requirements to Maturity 375
Summary Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System and Solid Waste System Notes 375
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2012 376
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Subordinate Utility System Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2012 377
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Utility System Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2015 378
Debt Service Requirements to Maturity - Solid Waste System Revenue Refunding Note, Series 2015 379
Single Audit Grants Compliance Section 381
Independent Auditor's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with GAS 382
Independent Auditors' Report on Compliance for Each Major Federal Program and State Project and on Internal Control Over Compliance Required by the Uniform Guidance and Chapter 10.550, Rules of the Auditor General of the State of Florida 384
Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance 386
Notes to the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards and State Financial Assistance 389
Schedule of Findings and Questioned Costs Federal Awards Program and State Financial Projects 390

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