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Indian River County, Florida Notes To Financial Statements Year Ended September 30, 2010 NOTE 1— SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES — Continued C. Basis of Presentation — Continued 2. Proprietary Major Funds — Continued County Building Fund — The County Building Fund accounts for revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities associated with the County building permit and inspection program. 3. Other Fund Types: Internal Service Funds — Internal Service Funds account for Fleet Management, Self Insurance and Geographic Information Systems services provided to other departments of the County on a cost reimbursement basis. Agency Fund - The Agency Fund is used to account for assets held in a custodial capacity by the County for other governmental units, other funds, individuals and businesses. Examples include payroll deductions, self insurance premiums, and developer escrow funds. Other Postemployment Benefits Trust Fund — The Other Postemployment Benefits Trust Fund accounts for activities of the Trust, which accumulates resources for health insurance benefit payments for current retirees and for current employees upon their retirement. Contributions are recorded when earned and benefit payments and refunds when incurred within each year. 4. Non-current Governmental Assets/Liabilities: GASB Statement 34 requires non-current governmental assets, such as land and buildings, and non- current governmental liabilities, such as general obligation bonds and capital leases, be reported in the governmental activities column in the government -wide statement of net assets. D. Assets, Liabilities, and Net Assets or Equity 1. Cash and Cash Equivalents Cash and cash equivalents include deposits and all highly liquid investments with maturities of ninety days or less when purchased. The County maintains a cash and investment pool that is available for use by all funds. Earnings from the pooled investments are allocated to the respective funds based on applicable cash participation by each fund. The investment pool is managed such that all participating funds have the ability to deposit and withdraw cash as if they were demand deposit accounts. Therefore, all balances representing participants' equity in the investment pools are classified as cash and cash equivalents for financial statement purposes. In addition, longer-term investments are held by several of the County's funds and are reported as restricted cash on these statements. Cash and cash equivalents of the constitutional officers are maintained in separate accounts, but have been combined with the Board's cash and cash equivalents for financial statement purposes. 50