2009
New Hackensack Fire District
Town of Wappinger
County of Dutchess
Audit Report
December 31,2009
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Table of Contents
Statements Of Financial Transactions
Exhibit
Balance Sheet
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures
Statement of Cash Flows
Notes to Financial Statements
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ROBERT G. SHEPHEARD JR., C.P.A., P.C.
Certified Public Accoulltallt
488 FREEDOM PLAINS RD., SUITE 139
POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12603
Robert G. Shepheard Jr., C.P.A
Dwight Townsend, Enrolled Agent
Phone: (845) 485-3000
Fax: (845) 485-3257
Board of Fire Commissioners
New Hackensack Fire District.
217 Myers Comers Road
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of the New Hackensack Fire District as of December 31,
2009 and the related statements of revenues and expenditures and cash flows for the year then ended. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the organization's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating
the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the New Hackensack Fire District as of December 31, 2009, and the results of its operations and its
cash flows for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America.
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Robert G. Shepheard Jr. CPA P.c.
June 28, 2010
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;.ssets
Cash - Checking
Cash - Money Market Funds
Cash - Certificates of Deposit
- ::tal Assets
_aoilities
Accounts Payable
= ..;-;d Balance
_' :"!restricted
~estricted
-::al Fund Balance
-:::al Liabilities and Fund Balance
New Hackensack Fire District
Balance Sheet
December 31,2009
Exhibit A
Reserve Funds
General Land and
Fund Apparatus BuildinQ Repairs Total
$ (45,722) $ - $ 322,144 $ - $ 276,422
557,545 84,835 21,154 663,534
743,224 763,888 1,507,112
$ 511,823 $ 828,059 $1,086,032 $ 21,154 $2,447,068
$ 3,025 $ - $ - $ - $ 3,025
$ 231,701 $ - $ - $ - $ 231,701
277,097 828,059 1,086,032 21,154 2,212,342
$ 508,798 $ 828,059 $1,086,032 $ 21,154 $2,444,043
$ 511,823 $ 828,059 $1,086,032 $ 21,154 $2,447,068
See Accountant's Letter
Robert G. Shepheard Jr. CPA P.C.
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New Hackensack Fire District
Statement of Revenues and Expenditures
F or the Year Ended December 31, 2009
Exhibit B
Reserve Funds
General Buildings
Revenues Fund Apparatus & Grounds Repairs Total
Real Property Taxes $1,020,672 $ - $ - $ - $ 1,020,672
Interest Income 3,569 12,718 12,913 225 29,425
Transfers From Other Funds 180,000 180,000
Other Revenues 100,067 89,500 189,567
Total Revenues $1,124,308 $ 282,218 $ 12,913 $ 225 $1,419,664
Expenditures
Personal Services $ 109,949 $ - $ - $ - $ 109,949
Fire Equipment 61,707 566,278 627,985
Fire - Contractual Expenditures 295,131 295,131
Employee Benefits 146,112 146,112
Transfers To Other Funds 180,000 180,000
Total Expenditures $ 792,899 $ 566,278 $ - $ - $1,359,177
Excess Revenues over Expenditures $ 331 ,409 $ (284,060) $ 12,913 $ 225 $ 60,487
Fund Balance, January 1, 2009 177,389 1,112,119 1,073,119 20,929 2,383,556
Fund Balance, December 31,2009 $ 508,798 $ 828,059 $1,086,032 $ 21,154 $ 2,444,043
See Accountant's Letter
Robert G. Shepheard Jr. CPA P.C.
New Hackensack Fire District
Statement of Cash Flows
For the Year Ended
December 31,2009
Exhibit C
Reserve Funds
General Buildings
Fund Apparatus & Grounds Repairs Total
Cash Flows from Operatina Activities
Excess Revenue over Expenditures $ 331 ,409 $ (284,060) $ 12,913 $ 225 $ 60,487
Increase ( Decrease) in:
Accounts Payable (400) (400)
Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities $ 331,009 $ (284,060) $ 12,913 $ 225 $ 60,087
Net Increase ( decrease) in Cash $ 331,009 $ (284,060) $ 12,913 $ 225 $ 60,087
Cash, January 1, 2009 180,814 1,112,119 1,073,119 20,929 2,386,981
Cash, December 31,2009 $ 511,823 $ 828,059 $1,086,032 $ 21,154 $2,447,068
See Accountant's Letter
Robert G. Shepheard Jr. CPA P.C.
Exhibit D
New Hackensack Fire District
Notes to Financial Statements
For The Year Ended December 31, 2009
Note 1
Basis Presentation
?rior to 2006, the Fire District maintained its records on a single-entry cash basis of accounting, as prescribed
=/ the State Comptroller in the Uniform System of Accounts for Fire Districts. Due to recent legislation as
e"1acted by the Office of the State Controller, the Fire District is required to maintain its financial records and
-S:Jort its financial activity using a modified accrual basis of accounting, with one exception, as stated below:
1. A general fixed assets group of accounts, used to record the fixed assets of the
district, is not maintained.
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--e:istrict's accounting system is organized on a fund basis. Each fund is an independent fiscal
e-: ::,' designed to provide for an accounting of resources available to the district, the purpose of
,'.~:h is to provide services to the general public in accordance with specific regulations,
-ss:'"':tions and limitations. A description of the types of funds used herein follows:
1. General Fund - is used to account for all transactions of the district
except those required to be segregated or otherwise restricted by law.
2. Reserve Fund - are used for specific purposes as establised by the
Board of Commissioners, Le., Fire Apparatus Additions and Building and
Ground Improvements.
Se-.'ice Award Proqram
--e fire district retains a program administrator for its service award program. As of December 31,2009,
:-s service award program had assets and liabilities of $ 624,029.
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--e fire district elected to appropriate $277,097 in the General Fund for the purchase of a tanker truck in 2010.
--'S amount is shown as restricted on the Balance Sheet.
See Accountant's Letter
Robert G. Shepheard Jr. CPA P.C.