7.1. SR 01-09-1995
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**CONSENT AGENDA ITEM 7.1.**
MEMORANDUM
River TO:
FROM:
Mayor & City Council I\.\
Lori Johnson, Finance Director ~W
DATE:
January 9, 1995
SUBJECT: Resolution Designating Official Depositories
Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 118, requires that the City designate a depository or
depositories for deposit of its funds. In past years, the resolution has also included any of
the brokerage firms used by the City. The Statute does not require that information, so
the resolution has been modified to reflect just true financial institutions as specified in
the Statute.
The City will continue to invest with the same brokerage firms it has in the past. Those
firms include:
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Smith Barney Shearson
Dain Bosworth
Prudential Bache
Merrill Lynch
Primevest
4M Fund
It has also been the City's informal policy that no investments are placed with brokerage
firms outside of the State of Minnesota. In light of the recent investment losses many
cities and counties have incurred, it is essential that both the city and broker are well
aware of Minnesota Statutes and what is legal, what is not, what is appropriate and what
is not. The City receives many calls from brokers in the southeast and southwest and
often times the brokers are not familiar at all with Minnesota Statutes. It has been my
policy to indicate to them that the City does not allow for funds to be invested with them.
If the Council does not agree with that policy and would like to make a change, this item
should be discussed at the meeting. If not, staff will proceed as in previous years.
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13065 Orono Parkway · P.O. Box 490. Elk River, MN 55330. (612) 441-7420. Fax: (612) 441-7425
Henry A. Duitsman, Mayor
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RESOLUTION 95 -
A RESOLUTION FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER
A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING DEPOSITORIES OF CITY FUNDS
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk River that the following
named banks are hereby designated as the depositories for the funds of the City of Elk
River, Minnesota:
1. The Bank of Elk River
2. First National Bank of Elk River
3. Metropolitan Federal Bank of Elk River
4. Norwest Bank
5. First Banks
6. Marquette Bank
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Treasurer may recommend that additional
depositories be designated for purposes of investing City funds.
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Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Elk River this 9th day of January,
1995.
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ATTEST:
Sandra A. Thackeray, City Clerk
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