Department: Management and Budget
Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director, Office of Management and Budget
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Policy
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Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of the Harris County Financial Management Products Policy.
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Background and Discussion:
The policy sets guidelines for the use of financial management products such as interest rate swaps and other similar transactions in connection with certain outstanding debt of the County. In compliance with the policy, it is reviewed and submitted to court annually.
The policy included the following changes:
* Added market access risk to liquidity risk in paragraph 2B (v)
* Replaced number of ratings in the Counterparty selection criteria paragraph C (i)(ii)(iii) from two to one
* Included swap advisor in paragraph 3B (ix)
* In paragraph 4A, Section 4s(h)(5 was replaced with 7 U.S. Code Section 6s(h)(5)
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