02-26-18 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE TEXAS CLASS GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT POOL; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. WHEREAS, the Public Funds Investment Act, Texas Government Code, Section 2256.001 et seq. (the “Act”), requires the governing body of each local government in this State to adopt investment policies in accordance with the terms of the Act; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the City Council (the “Governing Body”) of the City of La Porte (the “Local Government”) has previously reviewed and adopted an investment policy (the “Policy”) that provides in part that the funds of the local government will be invested in investments permitted by the Act in order to: (i) invest only in investments legally permitted under Texas law; (ii) minimize risk by managing portfolio investments so as to preserve principal and maintain a stable asset value; (iii) manage portfolio investments to ensure that cash will be available as required to finance operations; and (iv) maximize current income to the degree consistent with legality, safety and liquidity; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Policy and the Act, the Local Government has appointed Michael Dolby, Director of Finance, (the “Investment Officer”) to act as the investment officer of the Local Government; and WHEREAS, the Act provides that funds under the control of a Local Government may be invested through investment pools meeting the standards of Section 2256.016 of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Local Government has received and reviewed the Information Statement, dated October 1, 2013 (the “Information Statement”), of Texas Cooperative Liquid Assets Securities System, an investment pool administered by Public Trust Advisors, LLC, (the “Program”), which sets forth the information required by Section 2256.016(b) of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Local Government has determined that the investments proposed to be acquired by the Program are of a type that are permitted by the Act and are consistent with the Policy; and WHEREAS, the Local Government has determined that an investment in the Program will assist the Local Government in achieving the goals set forth in the Policy, and will tend to preclude imprudent investment activities arising out of investment transactions conducted between the Local Government and the Program; and WHEREAS, the Local Government understands that the Program operates through the Sixth Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of August 16, 2013 (the “Trust Agreement”), which provides the terms on which the Program will operate and the rights of the participants in the Program and sets forth the responsibilities of Public Trust Advisors, LLC, as the