Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurements (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Financial Instruments and Fair Value Measurments

Financial Assets that are Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

	At March 31, 2014								At September 30, 2013
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Financial assets:
Cash	$	36,512	$	-	$	-	$	36,512	$	35,839	$	-	$	-	$	35,839
Investments in money market funds		10,078		-		-		10,078		2,950		-		-		2,950
Investments in reverse repurchase agreements		10,075		-		-		10,075		9,767		-		-		9,767
Equity securities		9,502		-		-		9,502		8,285		-		-		8,285
Total financial assets	$	66,167	$	-	$	-	$	66,167	$	56,841	$	-	$	-	$	56,841

Estimated Fair Values of Financial Instruments

		At March 31, 2014				At September 30, 2013
	Fair Value Hierarchy Level	Estimated Fair Value		Carrying Cost		Estimated Fair Value		Carrying Cost
Assets:
Notes receivable from municipalities	2		15,782		14,978		6,718		8,114
Liabilities:
Short-term borrowings	2		(21,000)		(21,000)		-		-
Long-term debt, including current portion	2		(621,175)		(584,000)		(588,297)		(550,000)