REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RUTH F. QUINTO, CPA, Assistant City Manager/Interim Finance Director/Controller
Office of the Mayor & City Manager/Finance Department
BY: YVONNE DEDMORE, Assistant Finance Director/Controller
Finance Department
SUBJECT
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HEARING to adopt Resolution designating and authorizing certain Finance Officers of the City of Fresno to deposit and withdraw funds into and out of the Local Agency Investment Fund ("LAIF") in the custody of the State Treasurer
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the JPFA Board of Directors (the "Board") adopt the attached Resolution authorizing the investment of monies in the Local Agency Investment Fund ("LAIF"), and designating and authorizing the following Finance Officers of the City to conduct investment transactions with LAIF on behalf of the JPFA: Controller/Finance Director/(ex-officio) Treasurer, the Assistant Controller, the Finance Department Administrative Manager, Principal Accountant, and the Treasury Officer.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On October 25, 1988, the Board adopted the By-Laws of the JPFA (the "By-Laws"), which designate the Treasurer of the City of Fresno as the Treasurer and Controller of the JPFA ("Treasurer and Controller"). Responsibilities of the Treasurer and Controller of the JPFA include signing checks and various investment and commercial banking documents, and providing verbal instruction as required for the prudent financial administration and safekeeping of JPFA funds and property. In order to accomplish these tasks, it is necessary for the Treasurer and Controller to delegate some duties to responsible City of Fresno Finance Department employees. Pursuant to Section IV.D(7) of the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement by and between the City of Fresno and Redevelopment Agency of the City of Fresno, now the City of Fresno as Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Fresno, as amended on November 1, 1991 (the "Joint Powers Agreement"), t...
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