HomeMy WebLinkAboutVillage of Mount Prospect - Public Financial ReportVILLAGE OF
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS
Popular Annual Financial Report
For the Year Ended December 31, 2020
We are pleased to submit a summarized version of our Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,
called PAFR or Popular Annual Financial Report. This report summarizes the financial activities
that have taken place during the fiscal year 2020. The PAFR is not intended to replace the
Village’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report which may be found at the Village’s website
by clicking here. Instead, the PAFR is crafted to provide a simplified version of the Village’s
financial activities, even for the audience without any finance or accounting background.
The presented financial information is abstracted from the audited financial statements for the
fiscal year 2020 and conforms to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and other
applicable standards required by the Government Accounting Standard Board. The analysis
presented in the PAFR provides a brief insight into the operating activities, capital projects,
summarized financial data, and trends.
It is the Village’s priority to provide meaningful and transparent financial information and
proactively work to enhance its financial reporting. We hope that the PAFR will provide a snapshot
of the Village’s economic strengths, challenges and opportunities, and clean and unqualified
audit opinion.
Introduction
Letter from the Village Manager
Michael J. Cassady,
Village Manager
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
About the Village
Statement of Net Position
Revenues & Expenditures
General Fund
Water Fund &
Levee 37 Project
Completed Projects
(Police and Fire Construction)
Police & Fire Pension Funds
Tax Analysis
Contact Us
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The mission of the Village of Mount Prospect is to
advance our community’s collective quality of life and
potential through adaptive leadership and leading-
edge service delivery.
Population
55,127
Median Income
$73,652
Median Property
Value
$321,700
Median Age
39.6
Total Work Force
Village-wide
27,937
Mission/Purpose Statement
About our Village
Demographics/COVID-19 Update
Snapshot
The Village of Mount Prospect is proud to introduce the first
Popular Annual Financial Report, published for residents.
This report is meant to present the financial status of the
Village in an easy-to-understand format, so the Village
maintains a high level of transparency with both internal
and external stakeholders. 2020 was unique due to the
impacts that COVID-19 has had on many local
governments. In Mount Prospect specifically, sales tax
decreased due to the stay-at-home orders implemented
throughout the country. However, Mount Prospect
approaches the future optimistically with
outperforming revenue and flexible, conservative budget
policies in place that allow government employees to
continue working, large construction projects to reach
their conclusion, and pension plans for first
responders to be funded far above average. All of this
progress through a global pandemic highlights a successful
contingency plan put in place to benefit all residents, staff,
and visitors of Mount Prospect.
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Figures are
presented in
millions Governmental
Activities
Business-Type
Activities
Total Primary
Government
Assets 2020 201920202019 2020 2019
Current Liabilities
Noncurrent Assets
Deferred Inflows of Resources
Deferred Outflows of Resources
Total Assets and Deferred Outflows
Liabilities
Total Liabilities and Deferred Inflows
Net Position
Current and Other Assets
Capital Assets
Investments in Capital Assets
Restricted
Unrestricted (Deficit)
Total Net Position
86.8 114.1 20.8 23.3 107.6 137.4$
111.0 88.1 39.8 38.4 150.8 126.5
10.5 13.1 1.8 2.6 12.3 15.7
208.3 215.3 62.4 64.3 270.7 279.6
12.8 17.9 1.9 2.2 14.7 20.1
207.7 229.4 21.7 22.7 229.4 252.1
46.1 35.4 0.9 0.3 47.0 35.7
266.6 282.7 24.5 25.2 291.1 307.9
26.5 31.6 20.6 33.2 47.1 64.8
5.8 8.7 --5.8 8.7
(90.6)(107.7)17.3 5.9 (73.3)(101.8)
(58.3)(67.4)37.9 39.1 (20.4)(28.3)
Statement of Net Position
What is the Statement of Net Position?
The Statement of Net Position provides a picture of
the Village’s assets, liabilities, and deferred
inflows/outflows of resources, with the difference
reported as net position. Over time, increases or
decreases in net position may serve as a useful
indicator of whether the Village’s financial position is
improving or deteriorating. Listed below is the Village
of Mount Prospect’s Statement of Net Position as of
December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2020.
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Our Position:
The Village’s combined net position for the primary government increased from a
negative $28.3 million to a negative $20.4 million. The net increase of $7.9
million is mainly attributable to intergovernmental revenues including income tax,
use tax, ambulance billing fees and governmental grants, as well as reduced
operating expenditures. Large contributors of expenses include the completion of
the construction of the new Police and Fire headquarter buildings in 2020.
Village Revenues
Village Expenditures
Revenue and Expenditures
Figures from 2020 Comprehensive Financial Report
Figures from 2020 Comprehensive Financial Report
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Government funds are used to account for basic
functions of the Village. These include police,
fire, public works, community development, and
general government operations. Expenditures
explain where the money goes; they may be
used to pay for assets or goods and services
obtained, regardless of when the expense
is actually paid. Total expenditures of the
Village of Mount Prospect are summarized below.
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Charges for Services
Operating Grants/ Contributions
Capital Grants/Contributions
Business-Type Activities
Taxes
Intergovernmental & Interest
Miscellaneous
Total Revenues
10,843,974
2,962,935
1,348,000
16,836,905
For a comprehensive report on all Village revenues and expenditures, please see the Village's
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
Revenues are monies earned or received
by the Village from external sources
such as taxes, fees for services, fines,
grants, and other sources. The
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
details all revenue earned in 2020.
Due to the pandemic, the Village’s sales tax
and other locally collected taxes were
impacted, but all the shortfalls from the
state sales tax, home rule sales tax, and
other locally collected taxes were offset by
outperforming revenues including income
tax, use tax, ambulance billing fees, and
government grants.
General Government
Public Safety
Highways & Streets
Health
Welfare
Culture & Recreation
Long-Term Debt
Water & Sewer
Parking7,778,670
40,594,163
12,769,508
4,785,802
$1,884,331
181,061
4,271,762
18,033,170
225,412
Total Expenditures $90,523,879
31,600,945
30,803,051
2,123,895
$ 96,680,348
Underperforming Revenues Compared to 2019
General Fund
The General Fund of the Village supports the core services provided daily to residents. These
include Police, Fire, Public Works, Community Development, Human Services, Finance and
other essential services. The fund relies on taxes, service charges, licenses and permits,
fines and forfeitures, interest and other funding sources to maintain its function. Village
policy requires the Village to maintain 20% - 30% of the subsequent year’s expenditures so
there is an adequate reserve to prevent future risk. At the end of 2020, the General Fund
fund balance finished the fiscal year at 32% due to outperforming revenues throughout
the pandemic. Below is a representation of the revenues and expenditures of the General
Fund throughout 2020, and which revenues outperformed and underperformed.
Revenues Expenditures
Overview
Outperforming Revenues Compared to 2019
Income Tax
Use Tax
Charges for Services
State Sales Tax
Home Rule Sales Tax
License, Permit, and Fees
Ambulance Billing Fees 536.0%
23.7%
25.0%
2.1%1.9%
10.2%
6.2%
Water & Sewer Fund
Overview
The Village maintains one major enterprise fund, the Water and Sewer Fund, which is used to
pay for the activities of the water and sewer operations. The Village operates sewerage lift and
relief stations, wastewater collection systems, and the water distribution system. Displayed
below are the revenues and expenditures of the Water & Sewer Fund. For exact figures
pertaining to the Water & Sewer Fund's revenues and expenditures, please view the
Village's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
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The Village successfully secured $1,300,000 in grant funding for the construction of storm water
detention and associated storm mainline pipe upsizing in the Newton subdivision tributary to the
Des Plaines River. The project was approved in FY 2019 and was significantly completed in FY
2020.
Levee 37 Project
The Village of Mount Prospect has completed the Levee 37 Project to improve
infrastructure and assist in flood control. The location of this Levee is Burning Bush Trails.
Water & Sewer Fund Revenue Water & Sewer Fund Expenditures
Completed Projects
Police and Fire Construction
The decision to relocate both Police and Fire headquarters ties back to a space needs study
conducted in 2018 which determined that the existing Police section of the facility, built in
1993, was functionally inadequate due to space constraints, operational changes,
accessibility, and the impact of technology.
Various options were considered for both departments as well as for the facility, and it was
determined that relocating both headquarters made the most sense. For Police, it would
allow them the space, accessibility and technological advances they needed. For the Fire
Department, the move would allow for improved response times. It was also determined
that relocating the Police and Fire facilities from the downtown site allowed for
potential redevelopment of prime real estate that was within the Prospect and Main TIF
District.
The total project budget of $10,378,000 included the purchase of the land and existing
building, design fees and soft costs, hard construction costs, project contingencies, and
furniture and fixture purchases. The project was funded through bond sales completed in
2018 and was structured to have zero effect on future tax levies. This was due to
a financing strategy developed by staff and financial consultants, which included
refinancing old debt and using Village reserves and a moderate use of capitalized
interest in the debt service repayment plan.
The Police and Fire Construction projects were funded as capital projects. This capital
project type fund was used to account for the resources and expenditures to construct the
police and fire headquarters. Financing was provided primarily by general obligation bond
proceeds. Total revenues for the year 2020 were $0.1 million. The total construction
expense for 2020 was $13.6 million. The ending fund balance was $44,134; it will be
transferred to the Debt Service Fund in 2021, and the fund will be closed.
New Police HeadquartersNew Fire Station # 13
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Police & Fire Pension Plans
Status and Goals
PoliceFire
Participants in Fire Pension Plan
Participants in Police Pension
Funding Status Funding Status
2019 2020 2020
63.5%64.9%71.2%69.9%
2019
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The Village’s sworn Police Officers
participate in the Police Pension
Employees Retirement System
(PPERS). With participants in 2020
remaining consistent, the Police
Pension Fund's net position
experienced growth in the last two
years as a result of favorable
investment earnings. The amount
of the pension liability that is
funded has grown from 63.5% to
69.9% between 2019 and 2020,
respectively. The Village Plans to
have the Plan 100% funded by
2040.
The Village’s firefighters/
paramedics participate in the
Firefighters’ Pension Employees
Retirement System (FPERS). With participants in 2020 remaining consistent, the Fire Pension
Fund's net position experienced
growth in the last two years as a
result of favorable investment earnings. The amount of the pension liability that is funded
has grown from 64.9% to 71.2%
between 2019 and 2020,
respectively. The Village Plans to have the Plan 100% funded by 2040.
Tax Analysis
Overview
Property Taxes
Property taxes in the Village of Mount
Prospect have consistently been the
largest tax revenue collected. This
revenue is put toward the day-to-day
functions of the Village. The next largest
tax received is from sales, home rule and
use taxes, followed by the per
capita income taxes. The village also
collects many local taxes such as food
and beverage, hotel/motel, municipal
motor fuel and real estate transfer tax.
Each of these taxes help to lower the
property tax that we need to levy each
year.
Taxes Collected by the Village
For a full report of tax revenue collected on
behalf of the Village, please view the
Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
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Property taxes are levied by December of each year by the passage of a Tax Levy
Ordinance. Tax bills are prepared by Cook County and are payable in two installments, on or about March 1 and September 1 of the following year. The County collects such taxes and remits them periodically. The allowance for uncollectible taxes has been stated at 2% of the
tax levy, to reflect actual collection experience. Education receives the largest sum from
property taxes, followed by culture and recreation, then the Village, County and other taxing
bodies.
Contact us
Organization Structure
Board of Trustees
Mayor Paul Wm. Hoefert
Email:
phoefert@mountprospect.org
Email:
afilippone@mountprospect.org
Trustee Agostino S. Filippone
Trustee Terri Gens
Email:
tgens@mountprospect.org
Trustee John J. Matuszak
Email:
jmatuszak@mountprospect.org
Trustee Peggy Pissarreck
Email:
ppissarreck@mountprospect.org
Trustee Richard F. Rogers
Email:
rrogers@mountprospect.org
Trustee Colleen E. Saccotelli
Email:
csaccotelli@mountprospect.org
Village of Mount Prospect
Village Hall - 50 S Emerson St.
Mount Prospect, IL 60056
Information 847.392.6000
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