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In addition, cash balances are reconciled daily by non-investment employees and <br />reconfirmed by the City's accounting staff. Accounting staff also verifies investment <br />activities and holdings on a regular basis as part of the FMSA Investment Advisory <br />Committee. The Executive Director for FMSA, at his/her discretion, shall establish a <br />process for annual independent reviews by an external auditor to the extent contemplated <br />by generally accepted auditing standards, during the course of the City’s annual audit. <br />16.0PERFORMANCE STANDARDS <br />The investment portfolio shall be managed to attain a market-average rate of return <br />throughout budgetary and economic cycles, taking into account the City's investment <br />risk constraints,cash flow, and policy towards the pre-payment of specific City debts or <br />contribution servicing obligations (when finically advantageous to the City).Investment <br />return becomes a consideration only after the basic requirements of investment safety <br />and liquidity have been met. Because the investment portfolio is designed to operate on <br />primarily a 'hold-to-maturity' premise, and because of the safety, liquidity, and yield <br />priorities, the performance benchmark that will be used by the Executive Director for <br />FMSA to determine whether market yields are being achieved shall be the average of <br />the monthly LAIF rate and the 12-month rolling average 2-Year Constant Maturity <br />Treasury (CMT) rate. However, since return on investment is the least important <br />objective of the Investment Portfolio, the benchmark will be used only as a reference <br />tool. The reporting of a benchmark does not imply that the City Treasurer will add <br />additional risk to the Investment Portfolio in order to attain or exceed the benchmark. <br />17.0REPORTING <br />Government Code Section 53646(b)(1) previously mandated that annual investment <br />policies and quarterly reports be rendered to the legislative body (for the City of Santa Ana <br />-the City Council). AB 2853 amended Government Code Section 53646 making these <br />requirements permissive rather than mandatory. Although the Annual Statement of <br />Investment Policy and Quarterly Reports to City Council are no longer required, we believe <br />it to be both prudent and in keeping with the spirit of the City’s Sunshine Policy that these <br />documents continue to provided. The Executive Director for FMSA shall therefore <br />continue to render to the City Council an annualStatement of Investment Policy and <br />regular reports to the City Manager and the City Council containing detailed information on <br />all securities, investments, and moneys of the City. The reports will be informally <br />submitted to the City Manager and City Council on a monthly basis and will berendered <br />formally to the City Council on a quarterly basis as part of a scheduled open City Council <br />Meeting agenda within thirty (30) days following the end of each quarter. <br />The report will contain the following information on the funds that are subject to this <br />investment policy: <br />1)Type of investmentand name of issuer; <br />2)Date of maturity; <br />*´«¸ ΐǾ ΑΏΐ9- <br />C¨³¸ ®¥ 3 ­³  ȃ !­­´ « <br />0 ¦¤ 19 <br />3³ ³¤¬¤­³ ®¥ )­µ¤²³¬¤­³ 0®«¨¢¸*´­¤ ΒΏǾ ΑΏ20 <br /> <br />