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Cafr Final 2016 City of Birmingham, Alabama Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended June 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page(s) INTRODUCTORY SECTION Officials of the City of Birmingham, Alabama 1 Letter of Transmittal 2-8 Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting 9 Organization of the City of Birmingham 10 FINANCIAL SECTION Independent Auditor's Report 11-13 Management's Discussion and Analysis 14-24 Basic Financial Statements: Government-wide Financial Statements: Statement of Net Position 25-26 Statement of Activities 27 Fund Financial Statements: Balance Sheet - Governmental Funds 28 Reconciliation of Governmental Fund balance Sheet 29 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances­ 30 Governmental Funds Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities 31 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances­ Budget and Actual, General Fund 32 Statement of Net Position-Proprietary Funds 33-34 Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net Assets- Proprietary Funds 35-36 Statement of Cash Flows-Proprietary Funds 37 Statement of Fiduciary Net Position 38 Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position 39 Combining Statement of Net Position-Nonmajor Component Units 40 Combining Statement of Activities-Nonmajor Component Units 41 Notes to the Financial Statements 42-97 Required Supplementary Information Schedule of Changes in Net Pension Liability and Related Ratios - Pension Pia., 98-100 Schedule of Employer Contributions - Pension Plans 101-102 Schedule of Funding Progress - OPEB 103 Other Supplementary Information Combining Statement of Fiduciary Net Position - Pension Trust 104 Combining Statement of Fiduciary Changes - Pension Trust 105 Schedule of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances- Budget and Actual, General Fund 106 Combined Balance Sheet-Non major Governmental Funds 107 Combining Balance Sheet - Nonmajor Governmental Funds 108-113 Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances - Nonmajor Governmental Funds 114 Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances - Nonmajor Governmental Funds 115-119 City of Birmingham, Alabama Comprehensive Annual Financial Report For the Fiscal Year Ended June 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS STATISTICAL SECTION Financial Trends Net Position by Components for Last Nine Fiscal Years 120 Changes in Net Position for Last Nine Fiscal Years 121-122 Fund Balances for Last Nine Fiscal Years 123-124 Changes in Fund Balances for Last NineFiscal Years 125 Revenue Capacity Sales and Use Tax Revenues 126 Sales and Use Tax Revenues to Total Taxes 127 Debt Capacity Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type for Ten Fiscal Years 128 Ratios of General Bonded Debt Outstanding for Last Ten Fiscal Years 129 Assessed Value and Estimated True Value of All Taxable Property 130 Direct and Overlapping Debt for Last Seven Fiscal Years 131 Property Taxes-Direct and Overlapping Governments 132 Estimated Legal Debt Margin 133-134 Property Taxes Levied and Collected 135 Principal Property Taxpayers 136 Demographic and Economic Information Demographic and Economic Statistics for Last Ten Fiscal Years 137 Principal Employers - Current Fiscal Year and Prior Ten Years Ago 138 Metropolitan Birmingham Employers - By Industry 139 Operating Information Full-time Equivalent City Government Employees by Function/Program 140 Capital Asset Statistics by Function/Program 141 E911 Call Center Statistics 142 Permit Valuations and Counts 143 Police Department Statistics 144 Municipal Court Statistics 145 Debt Service Schedules 146-166 INTRODUCTORY SECTION • List of City Officials • Finance Director's Letter of Transmittal • Certificate of Achievement- Government Finance Officers Association • City of Birmingham Organization Chart This page intentionally left blank. OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF BIRMINGHAM MAYOR WILLIAM A. BELL, SR. CITY COUNCIL Johnathan Austin, President, District #5 Steven W. Hoyt President Pro-Tern, District #8 LaShunda Scales, District #1 Kim Rafferty, District #2 Valerie A. Abbott, District #3 William Parker, District #4 Sheila Tyson, District #6 Jay Roberson, District #7 Marcus Lundy, District #9 DEPARTMENT HEADS AUDITORiUM ........................................................................................................................................... Kevin Arrington, Director CITY CLERK ............................................................................................................................................... Lee Frazier, City Clerk CITY COUNCIL .................................................................................................................... Cheryl A. Kidd, Council Administrator COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................................................... John Colon, Director EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT ........................................................................................................................Cedric Roberts, Director FINANCE ...................................................................................................................................... J. Thomas Barnett, Jr., Director FIRE ..................................................................................................................................................... Charles E. Gordon, Chief HUMAN RESOURCES ....................................................................................................................................... Peggy Polk, Director INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES ....................................................................................................... Srikanth Karra, Director LAw ..................................................................................................................................... Ralph D. Cook, Acting City Attorney MAYOR'S OFFICE ......................................................................................................................Jarvis Patton, Chief of Operations MUNICIPAL COURT ........................................................................................................................Andra Sparks, Presiding Judge PLANNING, ENGINEERING AND PERMITTING ..................................................................................................... Andre Bittas, Director POLICE ..............................................................................................................................................................A.C. Roper, Chief PUBLIC WORKS ............................................................................................................................... M. Stephen Fancher, Director TRAFFIC ENGINEERING ............................................................................................................ Gregory Dawkins, Traffic Engineer BOARD DIRECTORS ARLINGTON ................................................................................................................................................ Steve Moode, Director LIBRARy ............................................................................................................................................. Sandi Lee, Interim Director MUSEUM OF ART ........................................................................................................................................ Gail Andrews, Director PARKS AND RECREATION ............................................................................................................................. Kevin Moore, Director SLOSS FURNACES .................................................................................................................................... John W. Nixon, Director SOUTHERN MUSEUM OF FLIGHT ........................................................................................................ .Dr. Brian J Barsanti, Director 1 This page intentionally left blank. I A-100 CITY HALL 710 NORTH 20TH STREET BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA 35203-2227 WILLIAM A. BELL, SR. TELEPHONE (205) 254-2205 BETTYE W. GRIGGS MAYOR FAX (205) 254-2937 DEPUTY DIRECTOR J. THOMAS BARNETT, JR. BARBARA D. MCGRUE FINANCE DIRECTOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR November 23, 2016 To the Mayor City Council Members Citizens of the City of Birmingham The City of Birmingham's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report ("CAFR") for fiscal year 2016, is hereby submitted. This report represents the official comprehensive publication of the City's financial position at June 30, 2016. Responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, and fairness of the data, including all disclosures, rests with management of the City of Birmingham. The basis of reliance for the financial statements is a comprehensive framework of internal control. Because the cost of internal control should not exceed anticipated benefits, the objective is to provide reasonable, rather than absolute, assurance that the statements are free of any material misstatements. In compliance with the City's Mayor-Council Act, the submitted financial statements were subjected to an independent audit. Banks, Finley, White & Co. has issued an unqualified opinion on the City of Birmingham's financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2016. Their report is located at the front of the financial section of the CAFR. Additionally, the City of Birmingham is responsible, as a recipient of federal and state assistance, for maintaining
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