(1) The Director of Finance, City Treasurer, and City Controller are
authorized to invest, in the name of the City, money in the City Treasury which
is not required for immediate use, in any of the following;
(a) Bonds
or notes of the United States Government;
(b) United States Treasury
obligations, including Strips; receipts indicating an undivided interest in such
United States Treasury obligations; and stripped coupons held under book-entry
with the New York Federal Reserve Bank;
(c) United States Agency
obligations;
(d) Collateralized certificates of
deposit;
(e) Bankers Acceptances, Eurodollar deposits, and Euro
certificates of deposit which are collateralized;
(f) Commercial paper
rated MIG1 or A1+ by Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s,
respectively;
(g) General obligation bonds of corporations rated "AA"
or better by Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s, with a maturity of
two (2) years or less;
(h) Collateralized Mortgage Obligations and
Passthrough Securities which are rated "AA" or better by Moody’s or
Standard & Poor’s or are collateralized with securities which meet the
City’s own investment criteria as set forth in this section, with a
maturity of two (2) years or less;
(i) Money market mutual funds, as
defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(j) Repurchase
agreements which are collateralized either through actual delivery of eligible
collateral or through segregation of collateral by a depository which is holding
the counterparty’s securities, provided such collateral meets the
City’s own investment criteria as set forth in this section;
or
(k) Obligations of the Commonwealth or any municipality or other
political subdivision of the Commonwealth, registered or otherwise as to
principal and interest, with a maturity of two (2) years or
less.
(l) Promissory notes issued by the United States Treasury
certified Community Development Financial
Institutions.
[31] (2) The
Director of Finance, City Treasurer, and City Controller are further authorized
to sell or have redeemed any obligations so
purchased.
[32] (3) The
provisions of this Section are intended to supersede the Act of April 2, 1947,
P.L. 51, 53 P.S. §§ 4558, 4559.