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6.A. - Page 70 of 191 CITY OF REDWOOD CITY NOTES TO THE BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2019 NOTE 1— SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) F. Cash and Cash Equivalents, Continued The City participates in an investment pool managed by the State of California titled Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) which has invested a portion of the pooled funds in Structured Notes and Asset - Backed Securities. LAIF's investments are subject to credit risk with the full faith and credit of the State of California collateralizing these investments. In addition, these Structured Notes and Asset -Backed Securities are subject to market risk as to the change in interest rates. Cash equivalents are considered amounts in demand deposits and short-term investments with a maturity date within three months of the date acquired by the City and are presented as "Cash and Investments" in the accompanying Basic Financial Statements. For purposes of the statement of cash flows, cash equivalents are defined as investments with original maturities of 90 days or less, which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash. The City considers all pooled cash and investments (consisting of cash and investments and restricted cash and investments) held by the City as cash and cash equivalents because the pool is used essentially as a demand deposit account from the standpoint of the funds. The City also considers all non -pooled cash and investments (consisting of cash with fiscal agent and restricted cash and investments held by fiscal agent) as cash and cash equivalents because investments meet the criteria for cash equivalents defined above. G. Inventories and Prepaid Items Inventories are stated at moving average cost. The cost is recorded as expenditure at the time an individual inventory item is consumed. As inventories must be maintained at a certain level, an amount for inventories is recorded as non -spendable in the general fund balances. Consequently, these non -spendable fund balance amounts are not available for appropriation. General fund inventories consist of stationery. Equipment services fund inventory consists of tires, batteries, testing equipment, automotive parts, and small tools. Under the consumption method, certain payments to vendors reflect costs applicable to future accounting periods and are recorded as prepaid items in both government -wide and fund financial statements. The cost of prepaid items is recorded as expenditures/expenses when consumed rather than when purchased. H. Property Taxes Property taxes attach as an enforceable lien on property as of January 1, and are collected for a 12 month period effective July I by the San Mateo County tax collector. Taxes are billed once a year in late October and are payable in two equal installments due by December 10 and April 10 of the following year. The taxes not paid by those dates are subject to a penalty of 10%. In September of 1993, the County of San Mateo Board of Supervisors adopted the "Teeter Plan" for secured property taxes. Under the Teeter Plan, the state law allows the county to advance to the cities all property taxes billed, regardless of whether the taxes have been paid. The county then is entitled to keep all penalties and interest accruing on delinquent taxes. Property taxes on unsecured taxable property are not affected by this change. 42 77