O-2010-3292 banking service agreement with Amegy Bank for (5) year term beginning November 1, 2010

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5. Stop Payments: The City desires an automated stop payment process. Please describe what options are available, any time deadlines and the pricing. The City will have the ability to create Stop Payments online through Amegy Connect. The stop pay must be placed by 4:00 pm CST in order to be effective same day. 6. Returned items: The City will require that returned items be automatically re- deposited the first time. Agree. 7. Wire Transfers: The City will require the Bank to periodically wire funds out of the accounts to various vendors, paying agents, and brokers upon telephone instructions or wire transfers completed online. Wire transfers in will be made for sale of securities, interest payments and receipts from various governmental agencies. The city requires that wires be released the same business day if information is provided by the established deadline. Notification of wire transfers shall be made by written confirmation mailed to the City on the same day of the transaction. Please describe the process of online wire initiation, back up procedure, security, time deadlines, and the options available and pricing. Amegy Bank of Texas recommends that the City utilize the wire transfer offering within AmegyConnect. You can either create a one-time payment from a payment type or select a batch template. When creating a Wire payment you can select from various payment types, and enter the data that meets you needs. Once the City selects a payment type, the system displays the Create Payment page that is appropriate for the payment type. This page includes sections for inputting payment, ordering customer, beneficiary, additional, and options information. When done completing this page, The City can preview, and then submit, the payment. From that point the system is automated and the wire request goes through a series of automated reviews, as long as the wire meets those guidelines it is then released immediately to the Federal Reserve and then forwarded to the beneficiary BanI<. There is no delay in wire processing as long as the wire transfer is received by: Federal Tax Payments - 3:30 p.m. CST Drawdown - 4:30 p.m. CST International - 4:00 p.m. CST Domestic - 4:30 p.m. CST In addition to PC wires the City has the ability to initiate wires through: Telephone Wire users are given a pin number to use when initiating and approving phone wires. Users will call the Amegy wire room to initiate or approve wire and pin number will be required. User fax in request to Amegy Bank wire room. A phone call is then placed to client to obtain PIN of the approver and confirm fax details. 16