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FINANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: INVESTMENT POLICY
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. ADOPTING the Investment Policy in Attachment B;
B. APPROVING the Financial Institutions Resolution authorizing financial institutions to honor signatures of LACMTA Officials, Attachment C; and
C. APPROVING the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) Resolution authorizing LAIF to honor LACMTA Authorized Signatures, Attachment D; and
D. DELEGATING to the Treasurer or her designees, the authority to invest funds for a one year period, pursuant to California Government Code ("Code") Section 53607.
Issue
ISSUE
Section 53646 of the Code, requires that the Board, on an annual basis and at a public meeting, review and approve the Investment Policy. Section 53607 of the Code, requires that the Board delegate investment authority to the Treasurer on an annual basis.
Section 10.8 of the Investment Policy requires that the Treasurer submit the Financial Institutions Resolutions to the Board annually for approval. The Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) Resolution also requires updating due to staff title changes.
Background
BACKGROUND
Metro's investment policy allows for temporary idle funds to be invested consistent with Board approved investment policy guidelines. The policy is updated on an annual basis and was last updated March 1, 2018.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The Board approves the objectives and guidelines that direct the investment of operating funds. Subsequent to the last approval in March 2018, our investment policy underwent two peer reviews. The first was performed by the Association of Public Treasurers of the United States & Canada (APTUSC). As a result they presented LACMTA with their Investment Policy Certificate of Excellence Award. The second was a peer review performed by the California Municipal Treasurer's Association (CMTA). CMTA determine...
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