CITY OF MESA, AZ COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED | JUNE 30, 2020 DISTRICT MAP COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2020 District 5 District 1 District 4 District 2 District 3 District 6 Mayor John Giles Vice Mayor Mark Freeman – District 1 Councilmember Jeremy Whittaker – District 2 Councilmember Francisco Heredia – District 3 Councilmember Jen Duff – District 4 Vice Mayor David Luna – District 5 Councilmember Kevin Thompson – District 6 Chris Brady, City Manager Kari Kent, Assistant City Manager John Pombier, Assistant City Manager Prepared by: Financial Services Department P.O. Box 1466 Mesa, Arizona 85211-1466 (480) 644-2275 www.mesaaz.gov FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED | JUNE 30, 2020 Citizens of Mesa Mayor and City Council City Clerk City Court CITY MANAGER City Attorney City Auditor Advisory Boards DeeAnn Mickelsen Matt Tafoya Chris Brady Jim Smith Jennifer Ruttman and Committees Economic Development Bill Jabjiniak Assistant City Manager Assistant City Manager Kari Kent John Pombier Development Services Deputy City Manager/ Police Department Christine Zielonka Chief Financial Officer Deputy City Manager Deputy City Manager Ken Cost - Interim Michael Kennington Scott J. Butler Natalie Lewis Energy Resources Fire & Medical Department Office of Management Transit Falcon Field Frank McRae Mary Cameli and Budget Jodi Sorrell Corinne Nystrom Candace Cannistraro Engineering Mayor and City Council Arts & Culture Information Technology Beth Huning Financial Services Support Cindy Ornstein Travis Cutright Irma Ashworth Parks, Recreation & Mesa Counts on College Library Fleet Services Community Facilities Business Services Heather Wolf Pete Scarafiotti Marc Heirshberg Ed Quedens Grants Community Services Human Resources Transportation Enterprise Resource Ruth Giese Teri Overbey RJ Zeder Planning (ERP) Federal and State Affairs Downtown Coordination, Public Information & DMA Water Resources Communications Jake West Steve Wright U.S. Conference of Mayors/ National League of Cities Environmental Management & Regional Initiatives, Sustainability Maricopa Association of Scott Bouchie Governments INTRODUCTORY SECTION COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT 2020 MESA CARES SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Exhibit Page SECTION I – INTRODUCTORY SECTION Table of Contents I Letter of Transmittal V Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting X SECTION II - FINANCIAL SECTION Independent Auditors’ Report 1 Management’s Discussion and Analysis 4 Basic Financial Statements Government-wide Financial Statements Statement of Net Position A-1 16 Statement of Activities A-2 17 Fund Financial Statements Governmental Funds Financial Statements Balance Sheet A-3 19 Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Net Position A-4 20 Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances A-5 21 Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances of Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities A-6 22 Proprietary Funds Financial Statements Statement of Net Position A-7 23 Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position A-8 25 Statement of Cash Flows A-9 27 I TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Exhibit Page Notes to the Financial Statements Note 1 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 29 Note 2 – Reconciliation of Governmental Fund Financial Statements to Government-wide Financial Statements 38 Note 3 – Fund Balance 45 Note 4 – Pooled Cash and Investments 46 Note 5 – Accounts Receivable and Due from Other Governments 51 Note 6 – Interfund Receivables, Payables and Transfers 53 Note 7 – Capital Assets 54 Note 8 – Long-term Obligations 57 Note 9 – Refunded, Refinanced and Defeased Obligations 70 Note 10 – Self-Insurance Internal Service Fund 72 Note 11 – Commitments and Contingent Liabilities 73 Note 12 – Net Position 73 Note 13 – Enterprise Activities Operations Detail 74 Note 14 – Joint Ventures 74 Note 15 – Pensions and Other Postemployment Benefits 77 Note 16 – Subsequent Events 92 Required Supplementary Information Schedule of the City’s Proportionate Share of Net Pension Liability Cost-Sharing Pension Plan B-1 93 Schedule of Changes in the City’s Net Pension/OPEB Liability and Related Ratios Agent Plans B-2 95 Schedule of City Pension Contributions B-3 100 Notes to Pension Plan Schedules 104 Schedule of Changes in the City’s Total OPEB Liability B-4 103 Budgetary Comparison Schedule (Non-GAAP Basis) – General Fund B-5 104 Notes to Budgetary Comparison Schedules 107 II TABLE OF CONTENTS (Continued) Exhibit Page Combining Statements Non-Major Governmental Funds Combining Balance Sheet C-1 108 Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances C-2 112 Internal Service Funds Combining Statement of Net Position C-3 116 Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenses and Changes in Net Position C-4 117 Combining Statement of Cash Flows C-5 118 Supplemental Information Budgetary Comparison Schedules – Other Non-major Funds Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Community Facilities District D-1 119 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Environmental Compliance D-2 120 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Grants and Special Programs D-3 121 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Highway User Revenue D-4 122 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Mesa Housing Authority D-5 123 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Quality of Life Sales Tax D-6 124 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Street Sales Tax D-7 125 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – General Capital Projects D-8 126 Budgetary Comparison Schedule – Streets D-9 127 III TABLE OF CONTENTS (Concluded) Exhibit Page SECTION III – STATISTICAL SECTION Financial Trends Net Position by Components – Last Ten Fiscal Years (Accrual Basis of Accounting) I 128 Changes in Net Position – Last Ten Fiscal Years (Accrual Basis of Accounting) II 130 Fund Balance, Governmental Funds – Last Ten Fiscal Years (Modified Accrual Basis of Accounting) III 136 Changes in Fund Balance, Governmental Funds – Last Ten Fiscal Years (Modified Accrual Basis of Accounting) IV 138 Revenue Capacity Sales Tax Collections by Category – Last Ten Fiscal Years V 140 Direct and Overlapping Sales Tax Rates – Last Ten Fiscal Years VI 142 Debt Capacity Ratios of Outstanding Debt by Type – Last Ten Fiscal Years VII 143 Ratios of General Bonded Debt Outstanding – Last Ten Fiscal Years VIII 144 Direct and Overlapping Governmental Activities Debt IX 145 Legal Debt Margin Information – Last Ten Fiscal Years X 146 Pledged-Revenue Coverage – Last Ten Fiscal Years XI 148 Demographic and Economic Information Demographic and Economic Statistics – Last Ten Fiscal Years XII 151 Principal Employers – Current Year and Nine Years Ago XIII 152 Operating Information Full-Time Equivalent City Government Employees by Function/Program – Last Ten Fiscal Years XIV 153 Operating Indicators by Function/Program – Last Ten Fiscal Years XV 155 Capital Asset Statistics by Function/Program – Last Ten Fiscal Years XVI 157 IV Financial Services Department December 24, 2020 To the Citizens, Honorable Mayor, City Council and City Manager: The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the City of Mesa (the “City”) for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 is hereby submitted. Prepared by the Financial Services Department, this report consists of management’s representations concerning the finances of the City of Mesa. Consequently, management assumes full responsibility for the completeness and reliability of the information presented in this report. To provide a reasonable basis for making these representations, management of the City has established a comprehensive internal control framework that is designed both to protect the government’s assets from loss, theft, or misuse and to compile sufficient reliable information for the preparation of the City’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Because the cost of internal controls should not outweigh their benefits, the City’s comprehensive framework of internal controls has been designed to provide reasonable rather than absolute assurance that the financial statements will be free from material misstatement. As management, we assert that to the best of our knowledge and belief, this financial report is complete and reliable in all material respects. The City’s financial statements have been audited by CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, a firm of licensed certified public accountants. The goal of the independent audit was to provide reasonable assurance that the basic financial statements of the City for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, are free of material misstatement. The independent audit involved examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements; assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management; and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. The independent auditor concluded, based upon the audit, that there was a reasonable basis for rendering an unmodified opinion that the City’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020, are fairly presented in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The independent auditor’s report is presented as the first component of the financial section of this report. The independent audit of the financial statements of the City was part of a broader, federally mandated “Single Audit” designed to meet the special needs of federal grantor agencies.