HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 047-91 InvestPolicy RESOLUTION NO. 47 - 91
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
SETTING FORTH THE INVESTMENT POLICY FOR THE
CITY OF DUBLIN FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991-92
WHEREAS, the City has a fiduciary responsibility to maximize the
productive use of assets entrusted to its care and to invest and
manage those public funds prudently; and
WHEREAS, the General Law City of Dublin operates its pooled idle
cash under the prudent man's rule; and
WHEREAS, the City shall strive to make investments that benefit
the local area; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit A sets forth the details of the Investment
Policy for the City of Dublin and is incorporated as a part of this
Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Dublin does hereby adopt the Investment Policy for Fiscal Year
1991-92.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 10th day of June, 1991, by the
following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Burton, Jeffery, Howard, Moffatt and
Mayor Snyder
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST~C~~~C~
EXHIBIT 'A'
CITY OF DUBLIN
STATEMENT
OF
INVESTMENT POLICY AND STRATEGY
CITY OF DUBLIN
STATEMENT OF INVESTNENT POLICY
INTRODUCTION:
The availability of cash on a short term basis in the City of
Dublin treasury offers an opportunity for an amount of revenue to
be generated by a prudent investment program. A growing number of
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investment ins ruments makes it imperative that the City
establish a policy for managing its investment portfolio.
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Understanding that he first concern of any of this City's
investments must be the safety of principal and the second is to
provide additional earnings, the following investment policy is
hereby authorized:
POLICY:
Realizing that the Treasurer's first obligation is to retain
sufficient cash to pay existing debts, it is the policy of the
t e maximum amount of idle cash
City of Dublin to invest h
available to the City in order to generate interest earnings to
supplement other City revenue sources. The investment program. is
subject to the following parameters presented in their order of
importance.
1, Safety: The first priority for the investment program
shall be the safety of the principal amount invested.
Speculation or risky investment media will be avoided
Government and ~;nc and repurchase
quality investment
available in terms of safety and li uidity.
Certificates of deposit (negotiable and
non-negotiable), and savings accounts must be
insured by FDIC, SAIF, or collateralized. Bankers
acceptances must be secured by the irrevocable
primary obligation of the accepting domestic bank.
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The Local Agency Investment Fund she 1 be
considered as a proper investment for safety
inasmuch as the State Treasurer of California is
the State Elected Officer responsible for that
investment portfolio. Commercial paper of 'prime'
quality from a domestic corporation having total
assets in excess of five hundred million dollars
and an 'A' rating or higher shall be considered as
a safe investment. Only money market account that
have ]00~ of their assets invested in Federal
Notes, and Federal Bills shall be considered safe.
2. Liquidfry - Spacing Maturity. Investments must be
care ully coordinated with the City's periodic cash
needs. It is urgent that current available cash not be
assigned to an investment with a time commitment which
will result in the shortage of cash for either
operations or capita7 purposes at some future time.
The need for liquidfry will take precedence over the
higher rates of 7nterest often offered with longer term
investments.
Basic considerations for 7iquidity shall included:
Host of the investment listed in Paragraph #1 are
highly liquid (there is a ood secondary market
for selling the investments~, with the exception
of certificates of deposits held by banks and
savings and loans. Maturities of Certificates of
Deposits shall be selected to anticipate cash
needs, thereby avoiding the need for 'forced
liquidation.
3. Maximum Earnings. After exercising maximum safety in
investment instruments and responsible spacing of
maturity, every effort shall then be made to obtain the
highest earnings from investments of City money within
the limits prescribed by State Law for local government
investments.
Basic considerations for earnings maximization:
The City shall len then its maturities when rates
are fallin and s~orten maturities when rate are
rising. T~e City shall attempt to take advantage
of imperfections in the market where a security s
price is out of line with other similar investment
always keeping an eye toward safety.
The Treasurer shall comply with the reportin procedures and
format as provided by AB I07I enacted into ~aw SeRtember I7,
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1984. Though the investment policy will be reviewe annually,
unless changes are required the policy will continue as written
into future years.