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Acceptance of Quarterly Investment Report for the quarter ended December 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 this report for the quarter ended December 31, 2019 and each has signed the report.
At December 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) $ 24,587,081
Money Market Accounts 2,114,217
Certificates of Deposit 42,630,135
TexPool 19,268,812
TexSTAR 13,691,991
Texas CLASS 9,663,884
Total Book Value $111,956,120
Working with the City's investment advisor, the City has diversified the portfolio during the last few years with current investments of $44,744,352 in various depository banks through money market accounts and certificates of deposit. At the end of the quarter, these investments represent about 40.0 percent of the portfolio.
These depository investments are earning between 1.75% and 3.05%. Comparatively, rates in the investment pools averaged 1.7372%, 1.6777%, and 1.7556% for the quarter in TexPool, TexSTAR, and Texas CLASS, respectively. While the new depository investments have increased...
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