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Aug 20, 2026

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Trust Funds Shift Toward U.S. Bonds

Published Aug 20, 2026

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Briefing

Jun 22, 2026

Trust funds shift investments and pause initiatives

Commissioners approved trades moving investments from the underperforming BIZD exchange-traded fund into energy pipeline and high-dividend, lower-volatility funds, while suspending further work on proposed investment-parameter changes and an external OPEB portfolio manager. The board also approved $547.96 in Library Trust Fund expenditures and recorded $14,940 in trust-fund revenue.

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Briefing

May 13, 2026

Trust board keeps investment allocations unchanged

The Commissioners decided not to change investment allocations after reviewing market risks, including inflation, rising bond yields, concentrated U.S. equity performance, and data-center investment concerns. As of April 30, the four listed accounts held a combined market value of approximately $22.0 million.

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Briefing

Apr 13, 2026

Trust funds shift from healthcare to energy

The Commissioners approved selling Vanguard’s healthcare-sector ETF and buying an energy-pipeline ETF across four town-related portfolios. The trades involved selling 1,018 shares of VHT and buying 5,312 shares of AMLP, which the minutes say offers a yield of nearly 8%. The Library Trust Funds also approved $510.61 in expenditures.

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Briefing

Mar 20, 2026

Trust Funds Shift Toward U.S. Bonds

The Commissioners decided to sell international-equity holdings and move the proceeds into investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds across four accounts, including the OPEB and library funds. The trades involved selling 9,784.149 shares of the IQLT ETF and buying 8,260 shares of the IGIB ETF.

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Briefing

Feb 25, 2026

Trust funds shift to lower-volatility ETF

The Commissioners replaced the SUSL equity ETF with Invesco’s SPHD ETF across four portfolios to seek higher income and lower volatility. The trades bought 14,410 SPHD shares and sold 6,222 SUSL shares; SPHD’s cited 30-day SEC yield was 4.39%, compared with 0.98% for SUSL.

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