Note 9 - Business Segment Information

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 9. Business Segment Information

Avalon’s reportable segments include waste management services and golf and related operations. In determining the segment information, Avalon considered its operating and management structure and the types of information subject to regular review by its “chief operating decision maker.” Using the criteria of ASC 280 Segment Reporting, Avalon’s reportable segments include waste management services and golf and related operations. Avalon accounts for intersegment net operating revenues as if the transactions were to third parties. The segment disclosures are presented on this basis for all periods presented.

Avalon’s primary business segment, the waste management services segment, provides hazardous and nonhazardous brokerage and management services to industrial, commercial, municipal and governmental customers, captive landfill management for an industrial customer, construction mats and salt water injection well operations.

The golf and related operations segment includes the operations of golf courses, country clubs and related facilities, a hotel and travel agency. Revenue for the golf and related operations segment consists primarily of membership dues, greens fees, cart rentals, room rentals, merchandise sales, tennis, spa services and food and beverage sales. Revenue related to membership dues are recognized proportionately over twelve months. The unrecognized or deferred revenues relating to membership dues at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were $2.6 million and $2.3 million, respectively.

Avalon does not have significant operations located outside the United States and, accordingly, geographical segment information is not presented.

For the three months ended March 31, 2015, one customer accounted for approximately 7.8% of Avalon’s consolidated net operating revenues and 10.0% of the waste management service segment’s net operating revenues. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, no one customer accounted for 10% of Avalon’s consolidated net operating revenues.

The accounting policies of the segments are consistent with those described for the consolidated financial statements in the summary of significant accounting policies. Avalon measures segment profit for internal reporting purposes as income (loss) before taxes.

Business segment information including the reconciliation of segment income before taxes to income (loss) before taxes is as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2015			2014
Net operating revenues from:
Waste management services:
External customer revenues	$	8,370		$	7,830
Intersegment revenues		-			-
Total waste management services		8,370			7,830
Golf and related operations:
External customer revenues		2,330			2,153
Intersegment revenues		26			19
Total golf and related operations		2,356			2,172
Segment operating revenues		10,726			10,002
Intersegment eliminations		(26	)		(19	)
Total net operating revenues	$	10,700		$	9,983
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Waste management services	$	179		$	508
Golf and related operations		(601	)		(498	)
Segment income (loss) before taxes		(422	)		10
Corporate interest expense		(1	)		-
Corporate other income, net		8			8
General corporate expenses		(797	)		(710	)
Loss before income taxes	$	(1,212	)	$	(692	)

	March 31,			December 31,
	2015			2014
Identifiable assets:
Waste management services	$	18,776		$	19,381
Golf and related operations		39,239			36,449
Corporate		45,224			44,613
Subtotal		103,239			100,443
Elimination of intersegment receivables		(45,740	)		(42,599	)
Total	$	57,499		$	57,844

In comparing the identifiable assets at March 31, 2015 with those at December 31, 2014, the decrease in identifiable assets of the waste management services segment of $0.6 million is primarily due to a decrease in accounts receivable partially offset by an increase in intersegment transactions, which are eliminated in consolidation. Accounts receivable decreased due to lower net operating revenues of the waste brokerage and management services business in the first quarter of 2015 compared with the fourth quarter of 2014. Net operating revenues of the waste management brokerage and management services business were $8.4 million in the first quarter of 2015 compared with $11.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2014. The increase in identifiable assets of the golf and related operations segment of $2.8 million is primarily due to the renovation and expansion of The Avalon Inn. The increase in corporate identifiable assets is primarily due to an increase in intersegment transactions partially offset by a decrease in cash and cash equivalents as a result of monies expended for the construction on The Avalon Inn.