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RESOLUTION NO. 70-2005
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE INVESTMENT POLICY FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2005-06
WHEREAS, the City Treasurer desires approval of changes to the Investment Policy; and
WHEREAS, annual certification of the Investrnent Policy provides prudent financial
oversight.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco that the City Council hereby approves the changes to the Investrnent Policy, attached
hereto as Exhibit A.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City
Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the nnd day of June 2005 by
the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Richard A. Garbarino, Pedro Gonzalez and Karyl Matsumoto,
Mavor Pro Tern loseph A. Fernekes and Mavor Raymond L. Green
NOES:
None.
ABSTAIN:
None.
ABSENT:
None.
A TIEST:
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Exhibit A to Reso 70-2005
City of South San Francisco Investment Policy
June 22, 2005
INTRODUCTION:
The following staternent is intended to provide guidelines for the "Prudent Person Standard" of
investrnent of the City's ternporary idle cash and to outline the policies for an effective cash
rnanagernent systern.
Investrnents shall be rnade with judgrnent and care which persons of prudence and intelligence
exercise in the management of their own affairs considering safety of principal as well as probable
incorne to be derived.
The City's cash rnanagernent systern's goal is to accurately rnonitors and forecasts revenues and
expenditures enabling the City to invest funds to the fullest extent possible. The City Treasurer
atternpts to obtain the highest yield possible as long as investrnents rneet the criteria established for
safety and liquidity. This investrnent policy applies all City funds except retirernent, pension, or
bond funds.
The investment policies and practices of the Treasurer of the City of South San Francisco are based
upon federal, state, and local laws as well as prudent rnoney managernent. The prirnary objectives
of these policies are, in priority order:
1. To assure cornpliance with all federal, state, and local laws governing the investrnent
of rnonies.
2. To rnaintain the principal of the City's investrnents.
3. To remain sufficiently liquid to rneet all expenses.
4. After safety and liquidity are assured, to generate the maximurn arnount of
investrnent incorne within the parameters of this staternent of investment policy.
TREASURER'S INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES:
1. SAFETY OF PRINCIPAL is the foremost objective of the investment policy. The
Treasurer shall seek to ensure that capital losses are avoided with each investrnent
transaction. The objective is to mitigate credit risk (the loss due to failure of the
security issuer or broker) and interest rate risk (the rnarket value of the security in the
portfolio will fall due to changes in general interest rates).
2. LIQUIDITY is the second rnost important objective of the investment policy. It is
important that a portion of the portfolio contain investments, which can be easily
liquidated with minirnal, or no risk to principal and/or interest. The longest maturity
of any investrnent shall be five years. The portfolio shall be structured so that
sufficient funds are readily available to rneet all reasonably anticipated operating
expenses.
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3. YIELD is the interest earned by the City Treasurer on rnonies invested. The City's
fund shall be designed to attain a rnarket-average rate of return (defined as the
average return on a three rnonth U.S. treasury bill) through various economic cycles.
Yield will be considered only after the basic requirernents of safety, liquidity, and
credit quality have been met.
AUTHORIZED INVESTMENTS:
The City is governed by the California Government Code, Section 53600 et. seq. Within the
context of these lirnitations, the following investrnents are authorized:
U.S. TREASURY SECURITIES for which the faith and credit of the U.S. are pledged for
the payrnent of principal and interest.
OBLIGATIONS ISSUED BY AGENCIES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
including the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), the Federal Farm
Credit Bank System (FFC), the Federal Horne Loan Bank Board (FHLB), the Federal
National Mortgage Association (FNMA), the Federal Horne Loan Mortgage Corporation
(FHLMC), and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TV A).
BANKER' S ACCEPTANCES are bills of exchange or tirne drafts drawn on and accepted
by a commercial bank, which are eligible for purchase by the Federal Reserve System.
There is a time limit (180 days) and a 20% limit of surplus money, which rnay be invested in
bankers' acceptances by rnunicipalities. No rnore than $5.0 rnillion rnay be invested in any
one institution.
COMMERCIAL PAPER rnust be of prirne quality of the highest rating (PI by Moody's or
Al by Standard and Poors). Eligible paper is limited to corporations organized and
operating within the U.S. and having total assets of at least $500,000,000. There are also
limitations as to the percent (15%) of the portfolio, the time of investrnent (270 days), and
the dollar amount invested in anyone bank or corporation ($3.0 rnillion).
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT are not really considered investrnents in the true sense of
the word. They allow the City Treasurer to select the exact amount, the day of maturity, as
well as the exact depository. (There are penalties for withdrawal of funds prior to the
original maturity date.) Since time deposits are not liquid, no rnore than 20% shall be
invested in this type of investment for longer than one year. Any investrnent over the
$100,000 FDIC insurance shall be collateralized at 110% with United States Treasuries. No
more than $5.0 million may be placed in anyone institution.
REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (Repos) allow a purchase of securities by a local agency;
by agreement, the seller will repurchase the securities on or before a specified date and for a
specified arnount. The rnaturity should not exceed ninety days. Repos should only be
purchased when a purchase agreement is executed with a bank in which the underlying U.S.
Treasuries pledged as security shall have a rnarket value of at least 102% of the funds
borrowed.
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THE LOCAL AGENCY INVESTMENT FUND is a pooled fund managed by the state
treasurer whose permitted investments are identified in the governrnent code. L.A.I.F.
provides for deposits up to a rnaxirnum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000). L.A.I.F.
offers high liquidity as deposits and withdrawals can be wired to and from South San
Francisco on the sarne day, provided the request is made before 10:00 A.M. No rnaxirnum
limit for LAIF is set by this investrnent policy.
THE SAN MATEO COUNTY INVESTMENT FUND established for the benefit of local
agencies, is a pooled fund rnanaged by the San Mateo County Treasurer. Various county
monies due local agencies are deposited in the fund rather than forwarded to the local
agencies in check form.
MUTUAL FUNDS are shares of beneficial interest issued by diversified rnanagernent
companies, as defined by Section 23701 M of the Revenue and Taxation Code. To be
eligible for investrnent, these funds rnust strive to rnaintain a net asset value of $1.00 per
share at all times and:
a) Attain the highest ranking in the highest letter and numerical rating provided by
not less than two of the three largest nationally recognized rating services; or
b) Have an investrnent advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange
Cornmission with not less than five years experience investing in the securities
and obligations, and with assets under rnanagernent in excess of five hundred
million dollars; and
c) Invest solely in those securities and obligations authorized by Sections 53601
and 53635 of the California Governrnent Code. Where the City's Investment
Policy rnay be rnore restrictive than the State Code, the Policy authorizes
investments in rnutual funds that shall have minirnal investment in securities
otherwise restricted by the City's Policy. Minimal investrnent is defined as less
than 5 percent of the rnutual fund portfolio.
Mutual fund investrnents shall not exceed 20% of the portfolio, with no rnore than 10% of the
portfolio invested with anyone institution.
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES issued by corporations organized and operating within the United
States or by depository institutions licensed by the United States or any state and operating
within the United States. Notes eligible for investrnent under this subdivision shall be rated
in a rating category of "A" or its equivalent or better by a nationally recognized rating
service (Standard and Poors or Moody's). Purchases of medium-term notes may not exceed
10 percent of the agency's surplus rnoney nor to be invested for longer than five years. No
rnore than $2.0 million rnay be invested in a single issuer corporation.
DEPOSITORY SERVICES
Monies rnust be deposited in state or national banks, state or federal savings and loan associations,
or state or federal credit unions in the state of California. The rnonies may be in inactive deposits,
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active deposits, or interest-bearing active deposits. The deposits in any institution cannot exceed
the amount of the bank's or savings and loan's paid up capital and surplus.
The bank, savings and loan, or federal credit union must secure the active and inactive deposits with
eligible governrnent securities having a rnarket value of at least 110% of the total an10unt of the
deposits.
QUALIFIED DEALERS AND INSTITUTIONS
Except for transactions with the State and County investment pools, the City shall transact
investrnent business only with banks, savings and loans, and with investment securities dealers as
defined in Govemrnent Code Section 53601.5:
"The purchase by a local agency of any investment authorized pursuant to Section
53601 or 53601.1, not purchased directly from the issuer, shall be purchased either
from an institution licensed by the state as a broker-dealer, as defined in Section
25004 of the Corporations Code, or frorn a rnernber of a federally regulated
securities exchange, frorn a national or state-chartered bank, frorn a federal or state
association (as defined by Section 5102 of the Financial Code) or from a brokerage
firm designated as a prirnary government dealer by the Federal Reserve bank."
The City Treasurer shall investigate institutions that wish to do business with the City in order to
determine if they are adequately capitalized, rnake markets in securities appropriate to the City's
needs. Specifically, in order to achieve these objectives:
The Treasurer shall establish a list of qualified securities dealers, and shall obtain a certification
submitted by all financial institutions with which the City has an investrnent relationship on an annual
basis. The certification shall state that the institution has reviewed the City's investrnent rnanagernent
plan and that it will:
. Exercise due diligence in monitoring the activities of its officers and ernployees engaged in
transactions with the City.
. Ensure that all of its officers and ernployees offering investrnents to the City are trained in
the precautions appropriate to public sector investments.
In order to be qualified for use by the City, a qualifying institution rnust have:
a) At least three years experience operating with California rnunicipalities. In
addition, individual traders or agents representing a dealer must have a rninimum
of one year of experience operating with California rnunicipalities;
b) An inventory of trading securities of at least $10 rnillion.
SAFEKEEPING AND CUSTODY OF SECURITIES
To protect against potential losses caused by the collapse of individual secuntles dealers, all
securities owned by the City, except for investrnents with LAIF, the San Mateo County Investment
Pool, Repurchase Agreements, CD's, mutual funds as authorized in this Policy, or Commercial
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Paper with maturities of ten days or less shall be kept in safekeeping by a trust departrnent of a third
party bank acting as agent for the City under the terms of a custody agreement executed by the bank
and by the City. These funds will be held in the City's narne. All trades will be executed by
delivery vs. payrnent (DVP). This ensures that securities are deposited to the third party safekeeper
prior to release of the City's funds to the broker, for a purchase, and ensures that cash is deposited
with the safekeeper prior to release of the City's security for a sale.
COMPETITIVE PURCHASE AND SALE OF ALLOWED SECURITIES
Except for purchases in LAIF, the County Pool, or with a Mutual Fund otherwise authorized in this
policy, any purchase or sale of individual securities shall be rnade after soliciting at least three
quotes from authorized brokers, either verbally or in writing. The Treasurer shall make the
purchase or sale frorn the broker that offers the highest yield. In the case of a tie of two or more
brokers, the Treasurer shall select by his/her choice. The Treasurer shall rnaintain documentation
relating to investrnent quotes for six months.
COLLA TERALIZA TION
Collateralization is required on two types of investments: certificates of deposit of over $100,000
(CD's) and repurchase agreernents (Repos). The collateralization level rnust be at least 102% for
Repos and 110% for CD's.
ETHICS AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
There is a yearly rnandated Form 700 issued by the state of California whereby all elected officials,
including the City Treasurer, must disclose all personal assets such as stocks, bonds, properties,
business entities, etc., in which said officials rnay be involved and which could create a conflict of
interest with the proper execution of their offices or impair their ability to rnake irnpartial decisions.
INTERNAL CONTROLS
The Treasurer and the Finance Director are responsible for establishing and rnaintaining an internal
control structure designed to ensure that the assets of the entity are protected from loss, theft, or
misuse. The internal control of the structure shall be designed to provide reasonable assurance that
these objectives are rnet.
The Director of Finance shall establish a process for an annual independent review by an external
auditor to assure cornpliance with policies and procedures. The auditor shall meet with the City
Treasurer and propose possible needed changes to the investment policy and/or cornment on the
diversification of the portfolio.
Management responsibility for the investment prograrn is delegated to the elected City Treasurer
who shall be responsible for all investrnent transactions. The Deputy City Treasurer, appointed by
the City Treasurer, acts at the discretion and direction of the City Treasurer.
The City shall establish an investrnent oversight committee. The committee shall consist of the City
Treasurer, the City Manager, the Finance Director, and the Assistant Finance Director as his
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alternate, and an outside investment advisor with which the City does not do business. The purpose
of the committee is to:
· Review the portfolio on a quarterly basis to ensure compliance with the City's
investrnent policy and the requirernents of the State of California.
· Make recommendations to Council to change the investrnent policy where
appropriate.
· Meet as needed to review the investment portfolio as a result of changes in the
marketplace or the economic position of any cornpany or agency that affects the
City's investrnents.
City Treasurer and Finance Director shall rnonitor ratings on Mediurn Term Notes on a rnonthly
basis.
The City Treasurer will report on any recornmendations and/or actions taken by the investrnent
oversight committee in his/her quarterly reports to the City Council.
REPORTING
The Treasurer shall present to the City Council a quarterly report showing the types of investrnents,
institutions of investrnent, dates of maturity, amounts of deposit, current rnarket value for all
securities, rates of interest, and such data as may be required by the City Council. The State of
California will be supplied with yearly reports per the State Code.
WIRE TRANSFER CONFIRMATIONS
Due to the need to preserve segregation of duties and checks and balances, all non-recurring,
outgoing wire transactions initiated by the City Treasurer or a Deputy Treasurer appointed by the
City Treasurer shall be confirmed by the bank with a second person, either a Deputy Treasurer or
within the Finance Departrnent, prior to the cornpletion of that wire transfer. Recurring/repetitive
wire transactions, such as with LAIF, the County Investrnent Pool, or to rneet regular debt service
payments, may be exernpted provided that a list of recurring wire transfers is established with the
bank and that both the City Treasurer and the Finance Director approve the list.
POLICY REVIEW
This investment policy shall be reviewed annually to ensure its consistency with the overall
objectives of safety of principal, liquidity, and yield. The policy should also be relevant to current
law, financial and econornic trends, and should rneet the needs of the City of South San Francisco.
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