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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFinancial Reports - 1987-* 418y C�� Certified Public Accountants TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS General Purpose Financial Statements and Supplementary Schedule Year Ended June 30, 1987 (With Auditors' Report Thereon) TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS General Purpose Financial Statements and Supplementary Schedule Year Ended June 30, 1987 Table of Contents Page Independent Auditors' Report on General Purpose Financial Statements 1-2 General Purpose Financial Statements: Combined Balance Sheet - All Fund Types and Account Group 3-4 Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Equity - All Governmental Fund Types and Expendable Trust Funds 5 Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - Budgetary Basis 6 Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Fund Equity - Mansfield Electric Department, Pension Trust Fund and Nonexpendable Trust Funds 7 Combined Statement of Changes in Financial Position - Mansfield Electric Department, Pension Trust Fund and Nonexpendable Trust Funds 8 Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements 9-25 Supplementary Schedule: Schedule of Cash Balances 26 Certified Public Accountants Peat Marwick Main & Co. One Boston Place Telephone 617 723 7700 Telecopier 617 723 6864 Boston, MA 02108 Telex 617 443 0082 PMMBOST INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT To the Board of Selectmen Town of Mansfield, Massachusetts: We have audited the general purpose financial statements of the Town of Mansfield, Massachusetts as of and for the year ended June 30, 1987, as listed in the accompanying table of contents. These general purpose financial statements are the responsibility of the Town's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these general purpose financial statements based on our audit. We did not audit the financial statements of Mansfield Electric Department, which are as of and for the year ended December 31, 1986. Those financial statements were audited by other auditors whose report thereon has been furnished to us and our opinion expressed herein, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for Mansfield Electric Department, is based solely upon the report of the other auditors. The other auditors were not able to perform auditing procedures to determine the propriety of the original cost of utility plant in service, since the accounting records supporting the original cost of utility plant in service were destroyed in a fire, and they were unable to satisfy themselves regarding the original cost of utility plant in service by means of other auditing procedures. We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards for financial audits contained in the Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities and Functions, issued by the U.S. General Accounting Office. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the general purpose financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the general purpose financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. The Town has not maintained records of and, therefore, a general fixed assets accompanying general purpose financial accepted accounting principles. the cost of their general fixed assets account group is not presented in the statements as required by generally 1 Member Firm of Klymeld Peal Marwick Goerdeler 'M.. To the Board of Selectmen Town of Mansfield, Massachusetts Page Two As described in note 6, the Town does not provide for pension costs in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. In our opinion, based upon our audit and the report of the other auditors, except that the omission of a general fixed asset group of accounts results in a incomplete presentation and, except for the effects of such adjustments, if any, that would have been recorded had the Town provided for pension costs, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as discussed in the preceding paragraphs, and had the scope of work performed by the other auditors regarding the original cost of utility plant in service been sufficient to enable them to express an opinion on the general purpose financial statements of the Mansfield Electric Department which are as of December 31, 1986, the general purpose financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Town of Mansfield, Massachusetts at June 30, 1987, and the results of its operations and the changes in financial position of its proprietary and similar trust fund types for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. 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The criteria, as established by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, for inclusion of organizations and activities in the oversight entity's general purpose financial statements are selection of governing authority, designation of management, ability to significantly influence operations, accountability over fiscal matters and scope of public service. The inclusion of organizations and activities in the Town's general purpose financial statements does not affect their separate legal standing. In addition to the routine operations of the Town itself, the following entity is included in the Town's general purpose financial statements: The Mansfield Electric Department ("Department") under the direction of the Board acting as the Mansfield Electric Commission, which appoints the Mansfield Electric Department Manager, functions as an autonomous entity. The Town processes all bill payments, borrowings and debt repayments for the Department which provides the funds for these payments and repayments. All funds are collected by the Town and the Department's cash is in the custody of the Town of Mansfield Treasurer and is commingled with other Town funds. (2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (a) Basis of Presentation The financial condition and results of operations of the Town's funds are presented as of and for the year ended June 30, 1987, except for the Mansfield Electric Department which is presented as of and for the year ended December 31, 1986. The accounting policies of the Town conform with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), except that the Town does not maintain, and therefore does not report, a general fixed asset account group and does not provide for retirement costs in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Such departures from GAAP are permissible under the Massachusetts Uniform Municipal Accounting System. (b) Fund Accounting Transactions are recorded in the funds and account group described below. The operations of each fund are accounted for with a set of self -balancing accounts that comprise its assets, liabilities, fund equity, revenues, and expenditures and other financing sources and uses. Transactions between funds within a fund type, if any, have been eliminated. The funds and account group are organized into four categories as follows: (Continued) 9 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements Governmental Fund Types Governmental Funds are those through which most governmental functions are financed. The acquisition, use and balances of expendable financial resources and the related liabilities are accounted for through governmental funds. The measurement focus is on determination of changes in financial position, rather than on net income. The governmental fund types are as follows: General Fund - This fund is the general operating fund of the Town. It is used to account for all financial resources except those required to be accounted for in other funds. Special Revenue Funds - These funds are used to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources (other than expendable trusts and capital projects) that are legally restricted to expenditures for specified purposes. Additionally, the Water and Sewer Department operations are accounted for as Special Revenue Funds. Capital Projects Funds - These funds are used to account for financial resources to be used for the acquisition or construction of major capital facilities (other than those financed by proprietary funds and trust funds). Such resources are derived principally from proceeds of general obligation bonds and from federal and state grants. Proprietary Fund Types These funds are used to account for activities operated in a manner similar to a private business enterprise where periodic determination of revenues, expenses, and net income is needed. Fiduciary Fund Types Fiduciary Funds are used to account for assets held in a trustee capacity (Trust Funds) or as an agent (Agency Funds) for individuals, private organizations, other governmental units, and/or other funds. Trust funds include expendable trust funds and nonexpendable trust funds. Account Group The general long-term obligations account group is used to establish control and accountability for general long-term obligations of the Town. (Continued) 10 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements (c) Basis of Accounting Governmental fund types and expendable trust funds are accounted for on the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded in the accounting period when susceptible to accrual (i.e., both measurable and available). Available means expected to be collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. In applying this principle, the Town accrues as revenue the amount of property taxes due to the Town prior to year end and collected within 60 days after the end of its fiscal year; all other revenues, except revenue from expenditure driven grants (see below), and investment income which is accrued as earned, are recorded when cash is received. Expenditures, other than interest on long-term debt, judgements and claims, sick and vacation pay and pension costs, which are expended when due, are recorded in the accounting period that the liability is incurred. Under the modified accrual basis of accounting, capital outlay and principal payments on long-term debt are recorded as expenditures when purchased or when due, respectively. Revenues related to expenditure driven grants, where monies must be expended for the specific purpose or project before any amounts are earned, are recognized when expenditures are recorded. Proprietary type funds and nonexpendable trust funds follow the full accrual method of accounting. (d) Accrued Sick and Vacation Employees, including those of the Mansfield Electric Department, are granted sick leave and vacation in varying amounts. Unused sick leave accumulates for non -union employees to one hundred forty-three (143) days and for union employees to a maximum number of days as specified in their respective union contracts. Upon the termination, retirement or death of an employee, all unused accumulated sick leave is cancelled. Vacation pay does not accumulate from year to year, but may be taken as a payment with the approval of the Town Manager and the Board. Upon the termination, retirement or death of an employee, an amount equivalent to his unused vacation for the year would be paid. Therefore, all amounts of sick leave and vacation costs are due and payable in the current fiscal year. (e) Deferred Revenue Deferred revenue is recognized for receivables, which are measurable but not available to finance current operations. (Continued) 11 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements (f) Encumbrances and Continuing Appropriations Encumbrance accounting, under which purchase orders, contracts and other commitments for expenditure of funds are recorded to reserve that portion of the applicable appropriation, is employed in the Governmental Fund Types as a significant aspect of budgetary control. Unencumbered appropriations which are carried over to the ensuing fiscal year are reported as "continuing appropriations." Continuing appropri- ations represent amounts appropriated for specific programs or projects which were not completed during the fiscal year. Encumbrances and continuing appropriations are reported as a reservation of fund balance in the accompanying balance sheet because they do not constitute expenditures or liabilities. Encumbrances and continuing appropriations are combined with expenditures for budgetary comparison Purposes (see note 4). (g) General Fixed Assets Generally accepted accounting principles require the Town to maintain a general fixed asset group of accounts. No such accounts are required to be maintained under the Massachusetts Uniform Municipal Accounting System. Assets purchased are appropriately recorded as expenditures of the acquiring fund, except for the Department where such. assets are capitalized. The provision for depreciation of the Department utility plant is computed on a straight-line basis at Si of the cost of utility plant in service at the beginning of the year, exclusive of land and land rights. Under Commonwealth of Massachusetts General Law, the Department may change its depreciation rate only with the approval of the Department of Public Utilities. The accounting records supporting the service were destroyed in a fire at are necessary to assure that: original cost of utility plant in the Town Hall in 1970. The records Utility plant in service is fairly presented in the Department's balance sheet, Depreciation expense is properly computed, and Net income does not exceed a maximum amount permitted by the General Laws of the Commonwealth, which maximum is a function of utility plant in service. (Continued) 12 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements The Mansfield Electric Department maintains a depreciation fund into which cash in an amount equivalent to annual depreciation expense is transferred each year. Cash in the fund may be used only to pay for additions to utility plant or to repay debt issued to finance utility plant additions. (h) Total (Memorandum Only) Columns on General Purpose Financial Statements Total (memorandum only) columns on the general purpose financial statements are presented to aggregate financial data of the fund types and account group. No consolidating or eliminating entries were made in arriving at the totals; thus, they do not present consolidated information. (i) Mansfield Electric Department - Rates The Department is subject to regulation by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities with respect to its rates. (3) Property Taxes Real and personal property taxes are based on values assessed as of each January 1 and are normally due on the subsequent November 1 and May 1. By law, all taxable property in the Commonwealth must be assessed at 100% of fair cash value. Taxes due and unpaid after the respective due dates are subject to interest and penalties. The Town has an ultimate right to foreclose on property for which taxes have not been paid. Property taxes levied are recorded as receivables in the fiscal year of the levy. Property tax revenues are recorded in accordance with the modified accrual basis of accounting described in note 2. A statewide tax limitation statute known as "Proposition 2-1/2" limits the property tax levy to an amount equal to 2-1/2% of the value of all taxable property in the Town. A secondary limitation is that no levy in a fiscal year may exceed the preceding year's allowable tax levy by more than 2-1/2%, plus taxes levied on certain property newly added to the tax rolls. Certain Proposition 2-1/2 taxing limitations can be overridden by a Town -wide referendum vote. (4) Budgetary Basis of Accounting The Town must establish its property tax rate each year so that the resulting property tax levy will comply with the limits required by Proposition 2-1/2 and also constitute that amount which will equal the sum of (a) the aggregate of all annual appropriations for expenditures and transfers, plus (b) a provision for the prior fiscal year's deficits, if any, less (c) the aggregate of all non -property tax revenue and transfers projected to be received by the Town, including available surplus funds. (Continued) 13 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements The budgets for all departments and operations of the Town, except that of public schools, are prepared under the direction of the Town Manager. The School Department budget is prepared by the School Committee. Original and supplemental appropriations are acted upon by Town Meeting Vote. The Town budget as presented in the Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - Budgetary Basis was developed as follows: Budgeted expenditures: Operations Transfers to other funds Total budgeted expenditures To be funded as follows: Budgeted revenue Budgeted transfers from other funds Available surplus Total funding $ 17,532,917 443,007 $ 17.975.924 $ 16,625,600 402,311 948,013 $ 7.975.924 The Town's General Fund budget is prepared on a basis other than generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). The "actual" results column of the Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - Budgetary Basis is presented on a "budget basis" to provide a meaningful comparison with the budget. The major differences between the budget and GAAP bases are that: (a) Budgeted revenues are recorded when cash is received, except for real estate and personal property taxes, which are recorded as revenue when levied (budget), as opposed to when susceptible to accrual (GAAP); (b) Encumbrances and continuing appropriations are recorded as the equivalent of expenditures (budget) as opposed to a reservation of fund balance (GAAP); (c) Water and Sewer Fund operations and Revenue Sharing are presented in separate funds (GAAP) rather than as a component of the General Fund (budget). In addition, there are certain differences in classifications between revenues, expenditures and transfers. (Continued) 14 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements The following reconciliation summarizes the differences between budget and GAAP basis accounting principles for the year ended June 30, 1987: Other financing sources Revenue Expenditures (uses), net As reported on a budgetary basis $ 16,571,041 16,941,404 (63,608) Adjustment of property tax revenues to a modified accrual basis 63,579 - - Reclassification of Federal Revenue Sharing Funds to Special Revenue Funds - (297,769) (297,769) Reclassification of Water and Sewer Fund operations to Special Revenue Funds Adjustment for encumbrances and continuing appropriations As reported on a GAAP basis (5) Deposits (1,461,894) (1,535,062) - - (252,604) - $ 15.172.726 14 855.969 (361.377) State and local statutes place certain limitations on the nature of deposits available to the Town. Deposits (including demand deposits, term deposits and certificates of deposit) in any one financial institution may not exceed certain levels within collateral ization by the financial institutions involved. In addition, the Town's Pension Trust Fund has additional investment powers, most notably the ability to invest in common stocks, corporate bonds and other specified investments. The Town maintains deposits in several financial institutions. Of the total amount of bank recorded deposits at year end of $1,503,435, $445,328 was covered by federal depository insurance and the remainder of $1,058,107 was uninsured and uncollateralized. (Continued) 15 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements (6) Employees' Retirement Systems The Town participates in a multi -employer contributory retirement system administered by the Bristol County Retirement System (System), that is partially funded by employee contributions. The System operates a pension cost sharing arrangement. The System covers substantially all Town employees, except the public school teachers, who are eligible for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System. The System is currently subject to benefit provisions and financing requirements set forth in Chapter 32 of the Massachusetts General Laws, as amended. The Town's contribution (pension cost) to the System was $384,552. Annual contributions to the retirement system are determined on an overall pooled basis for participating employers on a pay-as-you-go basis by the Commonwealth's Public Employees Retirement Administration ("PERA") and is an estimate of pensions actually payable during an accounting period. Under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), annual pension cost is a measure of the future retirement benefits earned by employees during an accounting period. Annual provisions for pension cost under GAAP (based upon an actuarial valuation of the plan and amortization of the unfunded past service cost over a reasonable future period) may be substantially higher than amounts provided under the present pay-as-you-go method. In addition to the amount determined by PERA, the Town has established its own program of setting aside funds in a trust fund to meet future pension obligations. The Town contributed $100,000 to the fund in 1987 for advance funding of future obligations. Accumulated plan benefits and related assets as of January 1, 1983 (the latest date such information is available) are presented below: Vested benefits $ 4,379,805 Nonvested benefits 17,268 Total actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits 4,397,073 Net assets available for benefits, at market 2,142,172 Excess of accumulated plan benefits over net assets $ 2.254.901 The assumed rate of return used in determining the actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits was 7.5%. (Continued) 16 mm c o o m u u O m o o .00i Y m m y m m p ti O N O CC N N O v N a L O u O O N� A N N N O � C O O� .COi p O O O O O O •� u o y m S a0 V N O O in u y ro C �G in in G u 'r � w a m .+ ro V ro M M M C N a y m m n E ❑. N 4 N O O O N j0 u u u q a O H a RQ M !3 N O• W d •O m w y • F y N O N C y z N 3 U O Y Q y G N •� a N O •N u O u U 4 ] Z C rn 8 a• H � m N F O N m p H a ] C O N ro O m ro W ro 8 B N 4J M CO o 's a ago m S y i O a O ti O O N M u A Y N ro O s a Y u 4 N W•O m a O U m N 3 N 3 C v N s C o O H m n TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements (7) General Long —Term Obligations (Continued) The annual requirements to amortize all general obligation bonds payable outstanding as of June 30, 1987, including interest, are as follows: Principal Interest Total Year ending June 30, 1988 $ 840,200 392,178 1,232,378 1989 612,200 347,915 960,115 1990 602,200 309,457 911,657 1991 517,100 269,454 786,554 1992 482,100 235,152 717,252 Thereafter 3.127.500 1.600.393 4.727.893 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has approved school construction assistance to the Town. The assistance program which is administered by the School Building Assistance Bureau (SBAB) provides resources for future debt service of general obligation school bonds outstanding. These resources are subject to annual appropriation by the state legislature and the Town's compliance with certain reporting requirements. During 1987, the Town received $123,728 of such assistance. Assuming satisfactory audit results and annual appropriations by the State legislature, $206,387 will be received for fiscal year 1988 and $118,545 will be received annually for fiscal years 1989 through 1992. The Town is subject to a dual level general debt limit; the normal debt limit and the double debt limit. Such limits are equal to 5% of the valuation of taxable property in the Town as last equalized by the Commonwealth's Department of Revenue. Debt may be authorized up to the normal debt limit without state approval. Authorizations under the double debt limit, however, require the approval of the Commonwealth's Emergency Finance Board. Additionally, there are many categories of general obligation debt which are exempt from the debt limit but are subject to other limitations. Authorized and unissued debt at June 30, 1987 is as follows: Water Projects II $ 150,000 Waste water treatment plant 26,660,000 High school roof 680,000 Airport 30,000 Highway garage 200,000 $ 27.720.000 (Continued) TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements (7) General Long -Term Obligations (Continued) As of June 30, 1987, the Town may issue approximately $40,706,000 additional general obligation debt under the normal debt limit. The Town has approximately $5,448,300 of debt exempt from the debt limit. The Town pays assessments which include debt service payments to other local governmental units providing services within the Town's boundaries (commonly referred to as overlapping debt). The primary overlapping debt relates to the Southeast Regional School District (District) and Bristol County. The following summary sets forth the long-term debt of each entity at June 30, 1987, the estimated share of such debt being serviced by the Town and the total of its share of estimated indirect debt. Long -Term Town's Debt Town's Estimated Outstanding Estimated Indirect (Unaudited) Share Debt District $ 675,000 6.39% $ 43,133 Bristol County 5,865,000 5.75% 337,238 (8) Temporary Borrowings Under state law and by authorization of the Board of Selectmen, the Town is authorized to borrow on a temporary basis to fund the following: o Current operating costs prior to the collection of revenues through issuance of revenue or tax anticipation notes (RAMS or TANS). o Capital project costs incurred prior to obtaining permanent financing through issuance of bond anticipation notes (BANS). o Federal and state aided capital projects and other program expenditures prior to receiving reimbursement through issuance of Federal and state aid anticipation notes (FANs and SANs). Temporary loans are general obligations of the Town and carry maturity dates which are limited by statute. Interest expenditures for temporary borrowings were approximately $262,000 and are accounted for in the General Fund. At June 30, 1987, $700,000 of 4.67% BANS were outstanding and $80,000 of FANS with rates ranging from 5.30% to 5.80%. (Continued) 19 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements (9) Fund Deficits The Sewer Fund had a deficit equity balance of $227,919 as of June 30, 1987. The deficit in this fund will be eliminated through future collections of user charges. (10) Interfund Receivable and Payable Balances Individual fund interfund receivable and payable balances at June 30, 1987 were: Fund Special Revenue: Sewer Capital Projects: Wastewater Treatment Plant Interfund Interfund Receivables Payables $ - 332,353 $ 332,353 - (Continued) 20 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements (11) Operating Transfers Operating transfers constitute the transfer of resources from the fund that receives the resources to the fund that utilizes them. Operating transfers during the year were as follows: Transfers In (Out) Special Capital Expendable Nonexpendabie General Revenue Projects Trusts Trusts Purpose of operating transfer: Ambulance receipts $ 45,250 (45,250) - - - Library aid 6,727 (6,727) General government services 50,334 (50,334) - - - Cover revenue deficit (21,992) 21,992 - - - Scholarship fund (2,000) - - - 2,000 Capital projects - (36,800) 36,800 - - Stabilization (425,000) - - 425,000 - Federal revenue sharing (12,096) 12,096 - - - Adult education program (2,600) 2,600 $ (12) Contingencies Numerous lawsuits are pending or threatened against the Town, which arose from the ordinary course of operations, including actions commenced and claims asserted against it for property damage and personal injury, breaches of contract, condemnation proceedings and other alleged violations of law. The Town receives significant financial assistance from numerous federal and state agencies in the form of grants and entitlements. Expenditures of funds under these programs require compliance with the grant agreements and are subject to audit procedures prescribed under the Single Audit Act of 1984. Any disallowed expenditures resulting from such audits become a liability of the Town. The outcome of lawsuits and any findings with respect to disallowed expenditures is not expected to materially affect the financial condition of the Town. (13) Reporting Change During the year, the Town changed its accounting reporting for the Sewer Fund from a Proprietary Fund Type to a Governmental Fund Type. The Sewer Fund's current year activity has been accounted for in the Special Revenue and Capital Projects Funds and the Long -Term Debt Group of Accounts. (Continued) 21 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements (14) Power Sales Agreements The Department is a participant in the Massachusetts Municipal wholesale Electric Company ("MMWEC"), a public corporation of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. MMWEC is a coordinating and planning agency for the development of the bulk power supply requirements of its members and Project Participants. tMKWEC is authorized to purchase ownership interests in, and to issue revenue bonds to finance, generating units ("Projects"). MMWEC sells the capability of each of its Projects to its members and other utilities (Project Participants) under Power Sales Agreements. The Power Sales Agreement for each Project requires each Project Participant to pay its share of MMWEC's costs related to the Project which includes debt service on bonds issued by MMWEC to finance the Project plus 10% of debt service to be paid into a Reserve and Contingency Fund. In addition, MMWEC has entered into long—term take or pay power purchase contracts for which it has corresponding resale agreements with certain of its members and other utilities. The Project and power purchase contract amounts are payable from each Participant's electric system revenue and are required to be made whether or not the Project is completed, the unit is operating and notwithstanding the suspension or interruption of output of the unit. A substantial portion of MMWEC's construction program is its 11.59% ownership interest in the Seabrook project being constructed by New Hampshire Yankee (NH Yankee), currently a division of Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSNH). NH Yankee, upon receipt of regulatory approval, is to be established as an independent entity to construct and operate the Seabrook station on behalf of the joint owners. Seabrook Unit No. 1 construction has been completed. Seabrook joint owners have authorized NH Yankee to begin the sale of all salvagable components and equipment from Seabrook Unit No. 2 and to return the construction permit for Unit No. 2 to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. MMWEC's $65,500,000 investment in Unit No. 2 was charged as a loss on cancelled units at year end 1984. A 40—year operating license for Seabrook Unit No. 1 was issued on October 17, 1986 by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), subject to several conditions. The license allows project manager NH Yankee to load fuel and conduct a series of pre —operational tests, including checks of the reactor coolant system and tests involving water flow and control rod movement in the reactor core. During these tests the reactor will be loaded with its full complement of fuel, but no fission reaction will take place and no power will be generated. Fuel loading began on October 22, 1986 and was completed on October 29, 1986. The "zero —power" tests are currently underway. (Continued) 22 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements Before proceeding with low -power testing at Seabrook, during which the plant can be tested at up to 5 percent power, license conditions dictate that the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) of the NBC must first render a decision on NH Yankee's request for low -power testing authority. Subsequent to the unsuccessful appeal by the Massachusetts Attorney General of the approval of zero -power testing without submission of proposed emergency response plans, the NRC, as a matter of policy and law, is determining whether such submission should be required prior to approval of low -power testing. The NRC and ASLB decisions are expected in early 1987, at which point the NRC's Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation will evaluate the ASLB ruling and decide whether to allow Seabrook to proceed with low -power testing. Another license condition requires the resolution of off -site emergency response planning issues prior to NRC authorization to proceed with full -power testing and commercial operation. At present, NH Yankee is pursuing a number of different options in its effort to resolve emergency planning issues. Among the options are development of a utility -sponsored emergency plan for the six Massachusetts communities involved and a possible change in emergency planning requirements for the project. One such change, for which application approval was filed with the NRC in December 1986, involves reducing from 10 miles to 1 mile the emergency response zone around the Seabrook plant. It is not known yet which option will be chosen or what the effect will be on the schedule for commercial operations of Unit No. 1. Prior to the September 20, 1986 rejection of emergency plans for Massachusetts by Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, Unit No. 1 was scheduled for commercial operation in Spring 1987. Other conditions on the operating license include a standard set of conditions placed on all NRC licenses. These outline such factors as compliance with all technical specifications for plant operation. Other events have occurred affecting MMWEC and the Seabrook project in general. Such events include legal challenges by certain Project Participants and others of the validity of their Power Sales Agreements with MMWEC and unfavorable decisions and orders by regulatory bodies in Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts such as disallowance of recovery of some Seabrook project costs, disengagement from or disposal of respective shares of the Seabrook project and strict limitations on future Seabrook financing. On November 28, 1986, a Vermont Superior Court judge ruled that the Power Sales Agreements between MMWEC and several consumer -owned utilities in Vermont are valid under Vermont law. The ruling rejects contentions by the Vermont Department of Public Service, Vermont Electric Cooperative and the Village of Stowe Water and Light Department that the contracts were invalid and there - (Continued) 23 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements fore not binding agreements. The ruling has been appealed. Regarding the financing limitations, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) in April 1985, denied the request of Massachusetts investor -owned utilities for financing authority to complete Unit No. 1 unless they agreed to arrangements that would effectively shift the risk of further investment in Seabrook from the ratepayers to their stockholders. In the case of MMWEC, since it has no stockholders to whom to shift the risk, long-term financing authority was denied outright by the DPU. In September 1986, MMWEC replaced $120 million of 364-day Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes (BANS) due October 17, 1986, with $110 million of 364-day BANS at an average annual rate of 14.08% to fund MMWEC's share of Seabrook construction costs for its Nuclear Project No. 4 and Project No. 6, to fund interest on BANS and to fund a portion of the 1986 and 1987 interest on Project No. 6 outstanding debt. The BANS were issued to bridge the financing gap until regulatory approval of a long-term financing plan is received. MMWEC contemplated paying the BANS from the proceeds of long-term Revenue Bonds (Bonds). A request for long-term financing authority to extinguish the BANS was filed in February 1986 and on January 14, 1987, the DPU authorized long-term financing up to MMWEC's requested amount of $164,500,000. MMWEC is currently analyzing the method and timing of the issuance of the newly authorized amount of financing. Two utilities, Fitchburg Gas & Electric and Vermont Electric Cooperative (0.87% and 0.41% ownership share of the Seabrook project, respectively) have ceased making Seabrook construction payments since May 1985 and February 1986, respectively. Advance payments have been made by five other joint owners to cover the shortfall. Vermont Electric Cooperative, in addition to being a 0.41% direct joint owner in the Seabrook project, is also involved through its 7.2% interest in MMWEC's Project No. 6 and has failed to make its monthly payments of $92,508 to MMWEC since February 1986. In November 1986, Eastern Utilities Associates (EUA), a Massachusetts investor -owned electric utility holding company, purchased the shares of Seabrook owned by Fitchburg Gas & Electric (0.87%), Central Maine Power Company (6.04%), Bangor Hydro -Electric Company (2.17%), Maine Public Service Company (1.46%) and Central Vermont Public Service Corporation (1.59%). The purchases make EUA the third largest Seabrook joint owner. As of December 31, 1986, the total estimated construction cost of MMWEC's Projects under construction was $937,307,000 of which the amount associated with the Department's Power Sales Agreements was $57,403,000. Total construction expenditures amounted to $726,016,000 of which $44,233,000 represented the amount attributable to the Department. It is estimated that $957,346,000 in principal debt obligations will need to be issued by MMWEC to finance the Projects in (Continued) 24 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS . Notes to General Purpose Financial Statements its construction program, of which $58,644,000 is attributable to the Department. Debt issued and outstanding included Power Supply System Revenue Bonds totaling $797,866,000 and 364—day Revenue Bond Anticipation Notes (BANS) in the amount of $110,000,000 due on September 9, 1987. The amount of each attributable to the Power Sales Agreements of the Department is $48,040,000 and $7,321,000, respectively. On bonds which have been issued, the debt service requirement through the year 2018 is $2,064,247,000, of which $159,261,000 is attributable. In addition, MMWEC has expended $389,387,000, and $467,587,000 of bonds are outstanding for Projects in operations, with total debt service of $1,209,357,000. The Department's portion of expenditures, bonds issued and debt service on these Projects is $17,668,000, $20,269,000 and $46,603,000, respectively. The Light Department of the Town of Mansfield has entered into power purchase contracts or Project Power Sales Agreements with MMWEC. Under the above agreements the Department is required to make capacity and/or debt service payments to MMWEC. The aggregate amount of such required payments on bonds outstanding and significant power purchase contracts through MMWEC at December 31, 1986 is shown below. These amounts exclude operating and maintenance expenses and the liability associated with the BANS. Year ending December 31, Annual Cost 1987 $ 7,395,000 1988 8,895,000 1989 7,348,000 1990 7,383,000 1991 7,371,000 Later Fiscal Years 171.103.000 Total $ 2 9.495.000 In addition the Department is also required to pay its share of the operation and maintenance costs of the units. The Department's total payments under the agreements were $2,254,000 for the year ended December 31, 1985 and $2,050,000 for the year ended December 31, 1986. 25 TOWN OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Schedule of Cash Balances June 30, 1987 Non -interest bearing bank accounts: Bank of New England Durfee Attleboro Bank Bank of Boston BayBank/Norfolk Trust Plymouth Home National Bank Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Total non -interest bearing bank accounts Interest -bearing bank accounts: Bank of New England BayBank Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Mansfield Cooperative Bank Total interest -bearing bank accounts Cash and checks on hand Short-term investments Total Treasurer's cash balances Warrants as of June 30, 1987 Cash after warrants Less: Mansfield Electric Department cash and short-term investments at June 30, 1987 Add: Mansfield Electric Department cash and short-term investments at December 31, 1986 Trust funds cash and short-term investments accounted for separately by the Town at June 30, 1987 Total cash and short-term investments balance as shown in general purpose financial statements $ 67,740 9,303 2,541 15,117 8,452 810 103,963 (1,251,244) 101,441 24,222 241,850 (883,731) 525 3,537,769 2,758,526 1,558,916 4,317,442 (312,662) 763,779 2,362,339 .,. OR