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105–857 District of Columbia Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1999 S. HRG. 105±857 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED FIFTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H.R. 4380/S. 2333 AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND OTHER ACTIVITIES CHARGEABLE IN WHOLE OR IN PART AGAINST THE REVENUES OF SAID DISTRICT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1999, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Council of the District of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority Office of the Mayor Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 46±093 cc WASHINGTON : 1999 For sale by the U.S. Government Printing Office Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office, Washington, DC 20402 ISBN 0±16±058095±1 1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TED STEVENS, Alaska, Chairman THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania DANIEL K. INOUYE, Hawaii PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico ERNEST F. HOLLINGS, South Carolina CHRISTOPHER S. BOND, Missouri PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont SLADE GORTON, Washington DALE BUMPERS, Arkansas MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky FRANK R. LAUTENBERG, New Jersey CONRAD BURNS, Montana TOM HARKIN, Iowa RICHARD C. SHELBY, Alabama BARBARA A. MIKULSKI, Maryland JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire HARRY REID, Nevada ROBERT F. BENNETT, Utah HERB KOHL, Wisconsin BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL, Colorado PATTY MURRAY, Washington LARRY CRAIG, Idaho BYRON DORGAN, North Dakota LAUCH FAIRCLOTH, North Carolina BARBARA BOXER, California KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas STEVEN J. CORTESE, Staff Director LISA SUTHERLAND, Deputy Staff Director JAMES H. ENGLISH, Minority Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LAUCH FAIRCLOTH, North Carolina, Chairman KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON, Texas BARBARA BOXER, California TED STEVENS, Alaska, (ex officio) ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia (ex officio) Professional Staff MARY BETH NETHERCUTT (II) C O N T E N T S WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1998 Page Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority ....................... 1 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1998 Council of the District of Columbia ........................................................................ 105 Office of the Mayor .................................................................................................. 113 Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority ....................... 125 (III) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1998 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:20 a.m., in room SD±124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Lauch Faircloth (chairman) presiding. Present: Senator Faircloth. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORITY STATEMENTS OF: DR. CAMILLE CATES BARNETT, CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICER DR. ANDREW F. BRIMMER, CHAIRMAN ANTHONY A. WILLIAMS, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OPENING STATEMENT OF LAUCH FAIRCLOTH Senator FAIRCLOTH. Good morning. I am delighted to see all the friends and people who are going to make the city of Washington work here this morning. I am sorry to be a little late. We had an SBA meeting which I felt I had to attend. We have a distinct capa- bility in the Senate of scheduling all committee hearings on the same morning at the same time. I do not know how we work it out, but we have been able to do so. The hearing is called to order. This is the first hearing this year of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the District of Columbia. I want to welcome Dr. Brimmer, Tony Williams, and Dr. Barnett. We thank you for being here this morning, and I thank you for what you are doing. PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING MANAGEMENT REFORM The reason for this morning's hearing is to review the progress being made in implementing the management reforms called for by legislation which I insisted be a part of last year's rescue plan for the District of Columbia. Dr. Barnett, as you know, that legislation led to the creation of the position of Chief Management Officer, and I think the city is lucky to have someone with your qualifications to accept that role. Tony Williams has done a tremendous job working at the direc- tion of Dr. Brimmer and the rest of the Control Board in getting (1) 2 control of the city's finances. That was one step on the road to re- covery for the Nation's Capital. The rest is really going to be up to you, Dr. Barnett. OVERHAUL OF THE WAY THE CITY DELIVERS SERVICES Congress and the American people and certainly I do want this city to succeed, and what is needed is a complete overhaul of the way the city delivers services to its citizens. We need professional management that can clean, repair, and do the ordinary functions of the city, like issuing drivers licenses, and many of the things other cities deliver on a proper and regular basis that we have failed to do here for so many years. Dr. Barnett, it is a tall order, but I want you to know we expect the job to be done. Congress and, I think, everybody will support you, but there have been enough hand wringing and excuses as to why things simply do not happen. There is no one in this Con- gressÐand I am sure in the entire city or the administration of the cityÐthat does not want to see this to be the finest capital in the world, as it should be. Certainly there is no dissension in the direc- tion in which we are moving. It is just a question of how we are going to get there. NUMBER OF CITY EMPLOYEES For years the District's agencies have been drifting in a sea of mismanagement. This city has roughly 35,000 municipal employees for a population of 529,000. There are simply too many employees for a city of this size. Hopefully, this is going to change under the new Chief Management Officer, and certainly a lot of it will change because duties the city has been performing, like the prisons, will be moving to the Federal Government. But that is entirely too many people for a city of this size to be employing. While Congress last year provided a rescue package for the Dis- trict, quality of life services such as recordkeeping, public safety, health, street repair, trash collection, and the public school system are still in serious condition and still in need of much, much, much improvement. Just last month the District audit revealed that 20 former Dis- trict employees who had died have been receiving pension checks. The District still cannot account for its employees whether they are dead or alive. DELAY IN SCHOOL OPENING Last September, despite a pledge that all public schools would open on schedule, the opening was delayed due to incomplete re- pairs. Now, I am totally in sympathy with General Becton, and the city administrators in thinking that the judge that delayed the school opening for minor roof repairs was totally wrong. That sim- ply is not the way business is conducted anywhere at any time. No- body wants to endanger the children, but a hole in the roof is no reason to close the school. We cannot, and the Congress will not, allow the District school children to be penalized by another delay. I have talked to General 3 Becton, and he has assured me that the schools will be ready to open at opening time next August. POLICE DEPARTMENT RUN BY COMMITTEE The Police Department is being run by a committee, which is not the best way to run a police department. The memorandum of un- derstanding for the Police Department was set up to study what was wrong with the Department. We have learned that the District of Columbia has more police per capita than almost any major city, but the large majority of them are sitting behind desks. Just recently we heard the Acting Police Chief, whom I think is doing a good job, has three chauffeurs of her own. For this type of thing to be going on is absolutely ludicrous. There is no reason for the Police Chief to have one chauffeur, much less three. CRIME RATE The crime rate is still too high. The District reported over 300 homicides last year. The police force has a deplorable record of ap- prehending killers. The D.C. medical examiner is often unable to determine how or why people die. Citizens complain that not enough police officers have been as- signed to the patrol service areas, and I think they are right in complaining. I will be carefully reviewing the first quarterly report on the 83 patrol service areas that is due Congress at the end of this month. This provision was included in the fiscal year 1998 appropriations bill at my insistence so we can monitor crime reduction in the Dis- trict's neighborhoods. We are also aware of the embarrassing circumstances surround- ing the resignation of Chief Soulsby. The District's residents and the thousands of citizens who visit our Capital each year deserve better. SURPLUS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1997 Last year the District projected a $74 million deficit at the end of fiscal year 1997. Today the District's Chief Financial Officer, Tony Williams, reports a surplus for fiscal year 1997 of $185.9 mil- lion. This is the good news, but until District citizens can feel and see the effects of the surplus through a better quality of life and city services, the District will continue to have its problems. We need to improve the services to the city. Today we are going to hear from three key figures in the District: Dr. Andrew Brimmer, Chairman of the Control Board; Dr. Camille C. Barnett, the District's new Chief Management Officer; and Mr.
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