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portfolio and match investments with future cash requirements and invest operating funds in <br />shorter, more liquid securities and investments. <br />LIQUIDITY The City's investment portfolio will remain sufficiently liquid to enable the City to meet <br />operating requirements that might be reasonably anticipated. Liquidity shall be achieved by <br />matching investment maturities with forecasted cash flow requirements and by investing in <br />securities with active secondary markets. Because all possible cash demands cannot be <br />anticipated, a portion of the portfolio will be invested in shares of money market mutual funds or <br />local government investment pools that offer same day liquidity. <br />PUBLIC TRUST All participants in the investment process shall seek to act responsibly as <br />custodians of the public trust. Investment Officials shall avoid any transaction that might impair <br />public confidence in the City's ability to govern effectively. The governing body recognizes that in <br />a diversified portfolio, occasional measured losses due to market volatility are inevitable, and <br />must be considered within the context of the overall portfolio's investment return, provided that <br />adequate diversification has been implemented. <br />YIELD (Optimization of Interest Earnings) The City's cash management portfolio shall be designed <br />with the objective of regularly meeting or exceeding the average rate of return on U.S. Treasury <br />Bills at a maturity level comparable to the City's weighted average maturity in days. The <br />investment program shall seek to augment returns above this threshold consistent with risk <br />limitations identified herein and prudent investment principles. <br />INVESTMENT STRATEGY The City maintains a commingled portfolio for investment purposes <br />which incorporates the specific uses and the unique characteristics of the funds in the portfolio. <br />The investment strategy has as its primary objective assurance that anticipated liabilities are <br />matched and adequate investment liquidity provided. The City shall pursue conservative portfolio <br />management strategy. This may be accomplished by creating a laddered maturity structure with <br />some extension for yield enhancement. The maximum dollar weighted average maturity of 2 <br />years or less will be calculated using the stated final maturity date of each security. <br />IV. RESPONSIBILITY AND CONTROL <br />Oversight Responsibility for the investment activity of the City of La Porte shall rest with the Fiscal <br />Affairs Committee and the City Manager. They will designate investment officer(s), receive and <br />review quarterly reporting, approve and provide for investment officer training, approve <br />broker/dealers, and review and adopt the Investment Policy and Strategy at least annually. <br />DELEGATION Management responsibility for the investment program is hereby delegated to the <br />Director of Finance, who shall establish written procedures for the operation of the investment <br />program, consistent with this investment policy. Such procedures shall include explicit delegation <br />of authority to persons responsible for investment transactions. <br />SUBORDINATES All persons involved in investment activities will be referred to as "Investment <br />Officers." No person shall engage in an investment transaction except as provided under the <br />terms of this policy and the procedures established by the Director of Finance. The Director of <br />Finance shall be responsible for all transactions undertaken, and shall establish a system of <br />controls to regulate the activities of Subordinate Investment Officers. All investment officers, <br />