Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 1 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Room 400, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, April 19, 2017 10:24 a.m. PRESENT: COUNCIL PRESIDENT DARRELL L. CLARKE COUNCILWOMAN CINDY BASS COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE L. BLACKWELL COUNCILMAN ALLAN DOMB COUNCILMAN BILL GREEN COUNCILMAN WILLIAM K. GREENLEE COUNCILWOMAN HELEN GYM COUNCILMAN BOBBY HENON COUNCILMAN KENYATTA JOHNSON COUNCILMAN CURTIS JONES, JR. COUNCILMAN DAVID OH COUNCILWOMAN CHERELLE L. PARKER COUNCILWOMAN MARIA D. QUINONES-SANCHEZ COUNCILWOMAN BLONDELL REYNOLDS BROWN COUNCILMAN MARK SQUILLA COUNCILMAN AL TAUBENBERGER BILLS: 170195, 170196, 170197 RESOLUTIONS: 170213 STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 2 1 - - - 2 COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLARKE: Good morning. 3 We are going to start. 4 This is the Public Hearing of the 5 Committee of the Whole regarding Bills No. 6 170195, 170196, 170197 and Resolution No. 7 170213. 8 Mr. Stitt, please read the titles of the 9 resolutions and bills. 10 THE CLERK: Bill No. 170195: An 11 Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the 12 six Fiscal Years 2018-2023 inclusive. 13 Bill No. 170196: An Ordinance to adopt 14 a Fiscal 2018 Capital Budget. 15 Bill No. 170197: An Ordinance adopting 16 the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2018. 17 Resolution No. 170213: Resolution 18 providing for the approval by the Council of 19 the City of Philadelphia of a Revised Five 20 Year Financial Plan for the City of 21 Philadelphia covering Fiscal Years 2018 22 through 2022, and incorporating proposed 23 changes with respect to Fiscal Year 2017, 24 which is to be submitted by the Mayor to the STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 3 1 Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation 2 Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to the 3 Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement, 4 authorized by an ordinance of this Council 5 approved by the Mayor on January 3, 1992 6 (Bill No. 1563-A), by and between the City 7 and the Authority. 8 COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLARKE: Thank you, 9 Mr. Stitt. 10 Today we continue the Public Hearing of 11 the Committee of the Whole to consider the 12 bills read by the clerk that constitute 13 proposed operating and capital spending 14 measures for Fiscal 2018, a Capital Program, 15 and a forward looking capital plan for 16 Fiscal 2018 through Fiscal 2023. Today we 17 will hear testimony from the following 18 departments: The Controller's Office, 19 Aviation, Sheriff and City Commissioners. 20 Mr. Stitt, the first person to testify 21 is? 22 THE CLERK: Alan Butkovitz. 23 (Witness approaches Table.) 24 COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLARKE: Good morning. STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 4 1 MR. BUTKOVITZ: Good morning. 2 COUNCIL PRESIDENT CLARKE: How are you? 3 MR. BUTKOVITZ: President Clarke, City 4 Council, I'm City Controller Alan Butkovitz. 5 I'm here today to testify on the 6 Controller's Fiscal Year 2018 Operating 7 Budget. I'm joined by my First Deputy City 8 Controller Bill Rubin, Pre-Audit Deputy John 9 Thomas, Post-Audit Deputy Christy Brady as 10 well as our Administrative Services Director 11 Andrea Rose. 12 The Mayor's proposed Fiscal Year 2018 13 Operating Budget for the City Controller's 14 Office includes a general fund appropriation 15 of $9.2 million. I would like to once again 16 this year publicly thank all of our 17 employees who continue to provide 18 exceptional service to the citizens of 19 Philadelphia. They are to be commended and 20 congratulated for the work highlighted in my 21 testimony. 22 This year the Post-Audit Unit audited 23 all 42 City Department agencies as well as 24 issued performance and/or special reports STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 5 1 that included the PICA Five Year Plan 2 Report, the Mayor's Fund for Philadelphia 3 Review of Marathon Reserves, Office of Human 4 Resources Tuition Program. In addition, 5 this unit completed the independent 6 auditor's reports of the comprehensive 7 annual financial reports and the schedule of 8 financial assistance for both the City and 9 School District of Philadelphia. These 10 reports provide recommendations to safeguard 11 assets, enhance financial management and 12 strengthen internal accounting controls. 13 I would also like to note that our 14 office was recently recognized by the 15 Association of Local Government Auditors 16 with the Distinguished Knighton Award for 17 the Post-Audit's performance audit of the 18 Philadelphia Fire Departments Brownouts and 19 Rotation Policies. This audit found the 20 policies implemented by the Nutter 21 Administration jeopardized public safety by 22 reducing the response rate for arriving on 23 scene at a fire emergency. 24 The National Institute for Occupational STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 6 1 Safety and Health, NIOSH, released their 2 findings Monday detailing the horrific 3 details of the incident that surrounded the 4 tragic death of Firefighter Joyce Craig. 5 The NIOSH Report confirmed our findings. 6 And thankfully, the rotation of Brownout 7 policies were ended by the current 8 Administration. 9 The Pre-Audit Division reviewed more 10 than $257 million in Public Works contract 11 invoices over the last year. Through the 12 Pre-Audit's tech units efforts to monitor 13 invoices and to perform construction site 14 visits, we save taxpayers $1.3 million last 15 year by identifying contractors who were 16 billing too much for services and/or not 17 performing the services listed on the 18 invoice. Based on our experience with 19 contract compliance auditing, the Pre-Audit 20 staff participated in meetings with numerous 21 stakeholders regarding the current state of 22 diversity and inclusion in the construction 23 industry. Those stakeholders included but 24 were not limited to several City STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 7 1 Councilmembers such as Councilwoman 2 Blackwell, Councilwoman Quinones-Sanchez, 3 Councilwoman Cindy Bass and Councilman Derek 4 Green along with their staffs, 5 representatives of the Mayor Administration, 6 including the OEO Advisory committees, 7 representatives of the General Building 8 Contractors Association and representatives 9 of the National Association of Minority 10 Contractors. 11 The Fraud and Special Investigation 12 Division managed 104 cases last year, almost 13 doubling the number of cases over the 14 proceeding year. In addition to reports of 15 misconduct, time fraud, vehicle misuse and 16 residency investigations, they produced many 17 reports including the investigations into 18 the City's mail center, an assessment of 19 charter school managers, and a review of the 20 City's performance for responding to pothole 21 repairs. They also played a major role in 22 the follow-up investigation of the Mayor's 23 Fund for Philadelphia. 24 This investigation identified hundreds STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 8 1 of thousands of dollars in questionable 2 spending and resulted in the current 3 Administration implementing some of our 4 recommendations in order to improve 5 accountability and to ensure that the money 6 is used to fund programs that benefit all 7 Philadelphians. 8 The Policy Unit was busy this year with 9 our Retirement Security Initiative which 10 included our report last May, "Retirement 11 Security in Philadelphia: An Analysis of 12 Current Conditions and Paths to Better 13 Outcomes." It analyzed the state of 14 retirement security in Philadelphia, and its 15 impact on the fiscal and economic health of 16 the City. I look forward to working with 17 City Council, particularly Councilwoman 18 Cherelle Parker on this issue going forward. 19 We continue to work on our Anchor 20 Procurement Initiative. We have greatly 21 accelerated and deepened the work of this 22 initiative in partnership with the Commerce 23 Department and our numerous partners among 24 Philadelphia's eds-and-meds institutions. STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 9 1 We particularly thank Councilman Al 2 Taubenberger for his interest in and support 3 for the indoor agricultural project. 4 We continue to monitor tax revenues on a 5 realtime basis through our monthly economic 6 reports. In the very near future, we will 7 be including disaggregated wage tax data in 8 these reports, which will allow policymakers 9 to understand job flow in our City by 10 industry and geography. 11 Finally, on the issue of Criminal 12 Justice Reform, a report is under which will 13 analyze the multi-faceted costs of our cash 14 bail system. We are working with the Public 15 Defender's Association and others in this 16 report. And we thank Councilman Curtis 17 Jones and Kenyatta Johnson for their 18 leadership on this issue. 19 The Community Affairs Unit conducted, 20 financial wellness fairs in five different 21 Councilmanic districts with many more being 22 developed as we speak. I want to thank 23 Councilmembers Brian O'Neill, Bobby Henon, 24 Maria Quinones-Sanchez, Mark Squilla, Jannie STREHLOW & ASSOCIATES, INC. (215) 504-4622 Committee Of The Whole April 19, 2017 Page 10 1 Blackwell, Al Taubenberger and Blondell 2 Reynolds Brown along with their staffs for 3 their participation and commitment to 4 improving the financial wellness for many 5 residents of all ages. 6 In addition to working with City, State 7 and Federal Offices to provide community 8 outreach, we conducted more than 50 senior 9 fraud presentations over the last year.