Estimated revenues and appropriation expenditures in the budget of each fund shall be classified in conformity with the accounting system prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. Revenues shall be classified separately by source. Expenditures shall be departmentalized by appropriate functions and activities within each fund and shall be classified within the following categories: 1. Salaries and wages, which may include expenses for salaries, wages, per diem allowances and other forms of compensation; 2. Employee benefits paid to any officer or employee for services rendered or for employment. Employee benefits may include employer contributions to a retirement system, insurance, vacation allowances, sick leave, terminal pay or similar benefits; 3. Operating expenses, which may include materials and supplies, articles and commodities which are consumed or materially altered when used, such as office supplies, operating supplies and repair and maintenance supplies, and all items of expense to any persons, firm or corporation rendering a service in connection with repair, sale or trade of such articles or commodities, such as services or charges for communications, transportation, advertising, printing or binding, insurance, public utility services, repairs and maintenance, rentals, miscellaneous items and all items of operating expense to any person, firm or corporation rendering such services; 4. Other charges consisting primarily of conduit type payments, such as charity, food and clothing, claims and damages, death benefits, grants and subsidies, reimbursements for food stamp distribution, and similar payments; 5. Capital outlays, which may include outlays which result in acquisition of or additions to fixed assets purchased by the county, including land, buildings, improvements other than buildings, and all construction, reconstruction, appurtenances or improvements to real property accomplished according to the conditions of a contract, machinery and equipment, furniture and autos and trucks; and 6. Debt service, which may include outlays in the form of debt principal payments, periodic interest payments, paying agent's fees, or related service charges for benefits received in part in prior fiscal periods as well as in current and future fiscal periods.
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