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CITY OF LA PORTE <br />Interoffice Memorandum <br />TO <br />: Chuck Engelken, Councilmember <br />Daryl Leonard, Councilmember <br />Tommy Moser, Councilmember <br />Jay Martin, Councilmember <br />Dottie Kaminski, Councilmember <br />Corby Alexander, City Manager <br />Traci Leach, Assistant City Manager <br />FROM <br />:Michael Dolby, Director of Finance <br />Shelley Wolny, Treasurer <br />DATE <br />: October 16, 2014 <br />SUBJECT <br />:Quarterly Investment Report <br />For the fourth quarter of the 2014 fiscal year, the City’s investment portfolio yield averaged 0.29%, which <br />is above the average yield of our benchmarkat 0.05% (see graph below). The average yield for the year <br />was 0.23%. The City’s investment portfolio exceeded the benchmark by an average of 16 basis points for <br />the year, which equates to approximately $72,611in additional earnings for the year. Our benchmark <br />isthe 6-month T-Billrate.Thetotalinterest earned for the 201fiscal yearfor all funds is $127,538 <br />which exceeds the projected budget of $109,872 by nearly $18,000. <br />City vs. Benchmark <br />0.35% <br />0.30% <br />0.25% <br />0.20% <br />0.15% <br />0.10% <br />0.05% <br />` <br />0.00% <br />Portfolio YieldBenchmark <br />th <br />At September 30,the City’s portfoliototaled $53,771,873 and consisted of 25%in Texpool, 42% in <br />Agency Notes and 33% in Logic. The portfolio remains proportionately spread between the two <br />investment pools and agenciesto maintain adequate liquiditywhile pursuing opportunities for to optimize <br />yield.Staff will continue to focus on laddering and diversifying the portfolio through the purchase of <br />agenciesto strengthen returns. <br />1 <br /> <br />