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6.1. B. - Page 60 NOTE 1— SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES �CONTINUED� • Interest Rate Risk • Credit Risk o Overall o Custodial Credit Risk o Concentrations of Credit Risk In addition, other disclosures are specified including use of certain methods to present deposits and investments, highly sensitive investments, credit quality at year-end, and other disclosures. In accordance with GASB Statement No. 31, Accounting and Financial Reporting for Certain Investments and for External Investment Pools, highly liquid market investments with maturities of one year or less at time of purchase are stated at amortized cost. All other investments are stated at fair value. Market value is used as fair value for those securities for which market quotations are readily available. 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 marl<et risl<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 a bove. G. Inventories and Prepaid Items Inventories are stated at moving average cost. The cost is recorded as an 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 nonspendable in the general fund balances. Consequently, these nonspendable fund balance amounts are not available for appropriation. General fund inventories consist of stationery and postage. Equipment services fund inventory consists of tires, batteries, testing equipment, automotive parts, and small tools. 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. 34