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Acceptance of Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
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Summary: Chapter 2, Administration, Article VII (Finance), All of Division 2 (Investment Policy), Section 2-274 Reporting, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Deer Park, requires the Investment Officers to prepare and submit to City Council an investment report no less than on a quarterly basis. This requirement is in compliance with the Texas Public Funds Investment Act, V.T.C.A., Government Code Ch. 2256 as amended (the "Act"). The City's Investment Officers have worked with the Investment Advisor to prepare and have signed this report for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
At March 31, 2019, all City funds were held in various depository accounts or in accounts at TexPool, TexSTAR, or Texas CLASS which are local government investment pools authorized by the Investment Policy. All three pools continue to maintain their AAAm rating by Standard & Poor's, which is the highest rating a local government investment pool can achieve.
Cash and investment activity included on the attached report is summarized below:
Cash in Wells Fargo (Depository Bank) $ 10,475,516
Money Market Accounts 2,077,645
Certificates of Deposit 43,497,518
TexPool 25,368,738
TexSTAR 23,747,800
Texas CLASS 6,395,595
Total Book Value $111,562,812
Working with the City's investment advisor, the City has diversified the portfolio during the last few years with current investments of $45,575,163 in various depository banks through money market accounts and certificates of deposit. At the end of the quarter, these investments represent about 40.9 percent of the portfolio.
These depository investments are earning between 2.30% and 3.05%. Comparatively, rates in the investment pools averaged 2.4009%, 2.4112%, and 2.4195% for the quarter in TexPool, TexSTAR, and Texas Class, respectively. The City continues to review and evaluate investment opportunities for safet...
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