Notes to SEFA
Title: Basis of Presentation
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the accompany schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards are reported on the budgetary of accounting.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: N/A
The accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal and State Awards (the “Schedules”) include the federal and state grant activity of the under programs of the federal and state governments for the year ended December 31, 2024. The information in these schedules is presented in accordance with the requirements of the Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (“Uniform Guidance”) and New Jersey's OMB Circular 15-08, Single Audit Policy for Recipients of Federal Grants, State Grants and State Aid. Because the schedules present only a selected portion of the operations of the , they are not intended to and do not present the financial position, changes in fund balance or cash flows of the .
Title: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the accompany schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards are reported on the budgetary of accounting.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: N/A
Expenditures reported on the accompanying Schedules of Expenditures of Federal and State Awards are reported on the cash basis of accounting. Such expenditures are recognized following the cost principles contained in the Uniform Guidance, wherein certain types of expenditures are not allowable or are limited as to reimbursement. Negative amounts, if any, shown on the Schedules represent adjustments or credits made in the normal course of business to amounts reported as expenditures in prior years. Pass-through identifying numbers are presented where available. The Township has elected not to use the 10 percent de minimis indirect cost rate as allowed under the Uniform Guidance.
Title: Relationship to Federal and State Financial Reports
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the accompany schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards are reported on the budgetary of accounting.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: N/A
Amounts reported in the accompanying schedules agree with the amounts reported in the related federal and state financial reports.
Title: State and Loans Outstanding
Accounting Policies: Expenditures reported in the accompany schedules of expenditures of federal and state awards are reported on the budgetary of accounting.
De Minimis Rate Used: N
Rate Explanation: N/A
Currently, the Township is in the process of repaying the NJ Infrastructure Bank loan balances. The Water/Sewer Utility Capital Fund project which relates to the NJ Infrastructure Bank loan is complete. With regard to the General Capital Fund NJ Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres loans, there was $182,790 received and expended in the current year. The first and third projects which they relate to are complete and loan payments commenced in 2017 and will commence in 2025. The third project has not begun and loan payments on the $87,529 loan will tentatively commence in 2025.