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From YouTube: Fiscal Focus Pittsburgh Press Conference - 2/4/15
Description
Through Fiscal Focus Pittsburgh, users can create, analyze, and download customized reports based on the financial data for the current budget or up to the current month. Mayor William Peduto, Controller Michael Lamb, Councilwoman Natalia Rudiak, and City Council Budget Director Bill Urbanic explain this new tool and how it will help the city and its residents in the coming months and years.
A
One
of
my
responsibilities
is
to
hold
and
present
produce
the
final
budget
of
the
city
and
I'm
constantly
looking
for
ways
to
be
able
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
good
presentation
of
the
budget
that
the
residents
can
actually
read
it.
So
I've
been
looking
for
different
things
for
for
many
years
at
a
conference
back
in
2013,
I
ended
up
smelling
cookies
and
it
was
fresh
baked
cookies.
Anybody
in
between
classes,
so
I
go
to
get
the
cookies
and
say
no,
I
better
wait
till
after
class.
A
A
People
can
go
in
and
actually
see,
firsthand
and
manipulate
the
data
in
the
budget,
and
I
I
have
other
people
here,
they're
going
to
help
to
present
that
and
explain
that
a
little
bit
better
than
I.
This
morning
we
have
councilwoman
natalia
rudiak
who
helped
bring
this
to
the
table.
We
have
controller
lamb
who
helps
with
the
implementation
of
this,
and
we
have
mayor
peduto.
This
took
the
cooperation
of
all
three
entities
to
be
able
to
produce
this
and
put
this
out.
A
B
Thanks
bill,
and
before
I
say
anything,
I
just
want
to
thank
and
and
also
congratulate
bill
urbanic.
This
is
something
that
started
several
years
ago.
He
talks
about
it
as
just
bringing
back
knowledge
that
he
had
from
a
conference,
which
is
why
we
go
to
these
conferences,
but
it
was
really
not
just
that
knowledge,
but
the
commitment
of
seeing
it
through
without
him
leading
this.
B
It
wouldn't
have
happened,
and
it
was
through
the
combined
efforts
of
our
offices
that
we
understood
that
knowledge
is
power
that
giving
people
the
opportunity
to
have
these
tools
can
get
them
not
only
more
engaged
in
city
government,
but
also
give
them
the
ability
to
see
how
their
tax
dollars
are
being
spent.
So
what
is
opengov?
B
B
In
other
words,
we
want
to
go
line
by
line
department
by
department
and
look
at
every
position
and
then
see
how
we
could
sort
of
change
things
around
and
what
it
would
look
like
and
be
able
to
get
the
numbers
for
it
and
see
where
we'd
have
to
add
subtract,
and
we
couldn't
do
it
because
the
budget
was
in
pdf
form,
so
matt
had
to
spend
countless
hours
entering
every
line
item
every
single
budgeted
position
of
the
city
into
a
database.
So
we
had
something
to
work
with
those
days
are
now
gone?
B
Not
only
can
you
get
that
information
now,
but
you
can
use
it
and
manipulate
it.
You
can
look
at
what
the
estimated
budget
was
and
compare
it
to
what
the
actual
budget
was.
You
can
go
and
back
to
2012
2013
2014
in
our
estimated
budget
for
2015
and
look
at
departments
and
see
how
spending
may
have
changed.
You
can
get
all
that
information
and
put
it
into
a
pie
chart
or
a
graph
chart
or
whatever
type
of
information
you
want
to
see.
B
So
you
can
actually
visualize
it,
and
you
can
use
that
to
help
to
understand
how
your
tax
dollars
are
being
spent
open.
Gov
gives
the
power
of
what
used
to
be
in
a
big
book,
our
budget
to
the
people
in
a
platform
that
they
can
use
to
get
the
information
that
they
want
and
not
information
coming
from
government,
but
information
coming
directly
from
them.
B
Her
legislation
last
last
year
won
accolades
for
around
the
country
for
being
one
of
the
most
transparent
operating
systems
for
a
city
government
and
now,
with
open
government
she's
able
to
push
that
a
little
bit
further
in
able
to
get
information
to
people
that
they
can
actually
use.
So
with
that,
mr
urbanic.
A
C
C
One
of
the
things
that
we
really
tried
to
do
was
open
the
window
on
city
finances,
and
so
we
started
that
with
with
open
book
pittsburgh
and
looking
at
the
contractual
relationships
and
the
and
the
political
contributions
in
the
city,
then
we
we
started
the
paffer,
which
is
the
public
financial
report,
so
to
make
our
financial
data
more
readily
available
and
understandable
to
people,
and
as
we
were
doing
that,
we
started
thinking
about
okay.
Now,
how
can
we
actually
look
at
the
actual
spending?
That's
going
on?
C
This
is
not
just
this,
isn't
just
taking
the
the
budget
book
and
giving
you
a
nice
picture
of
it.
This
is
an
actual
look
at
comparative
spending
year
to
year
month
to
month,
so
that
you
can
actually
see
where
we
compare
to
per
budget,
but
also
where
we
compare
to
as
to
prior
years,
so
so
that
data
that
we
generate
every
month
now
will
now
be
presented
in
a
way
that
you'll
be
able
to
look
at
it
graphically
to
see
real
spending
and
as
again
on
a
monthly
basis.
You
can
compare
month.
C
You
know,
year
to
date,
numbers
with
prior
years.
You
can
look
at
what
we
did
in
2014
versus
what
we
did
in
2013
or
what
we
did
in
2014
versus
what
we
did
to
budget.
All
of
those
kind
of
that
data
were
presented
in
a
graphic
way
that
again
opens
opens.
The
doors
opens
the
windows
of
city
to
city
finance,
to
people
who
want
to
know,
particularly
you
guys
in
the
media,
who
always
have
a
lot
of
questions
about
how
things
are
working
where
we
are.
C
So
again,
a
lot
of
thanks
all
the
way
around
to
mayor
peduto
and
his
administration,
to
councilman,
rudiak
and
city
council
and
to
in
our
office
again
andrew
dewitt
mark
jester,
who
did
a
great
job
in
helping
to
bring
this
together
and
and,
of
course,
brooke
simmons
is
here
from
the
from
open
gov
to
talk
about
that
as
well,
and
just
show
you
and
demonstrate
for
you
what
a
great
tool
this
can
be
so
again,
everyone.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
it.
Thanks.
A
Excellent
in
order
to
make
this
happen,
you
needed
a
champion,
and
we
have
a
great
champion
in
city
council.
My
finance,
chair,
councilwoman,
natalia
rudiak,
her
belief
in
open,
gov
and
making
sure
that
the
residents
get
the
data
they
need
is
is
paramount
in
making
this
happen.
Her
belief
in
this
project,
too,
has
made
this
come
to
fruition
natalia
and,
as
the
controller
said
brook,
simmons
is
going
to
come
up
right
after
and
give
you
a
demonstration.
D
D
Mayor
peduto
talked
about
the
the
pdf
budget
and
I'm
sure
many
in
the
media
have
gone
on
and
to
download
those
large
pdf
documents
that
were
and
still
difficult
to
read,
let
alone
analyze.
So
opengov
is
going
to
turn
all
of
that
on
its
head.
It's
going
to
provide
a
user-friendly
interface
to
view
and
compare
budget
items
and
departmental
spending
down
to
the
smallest
budget
categories
that
we
track.
D
One
thing
that
hasn't
been
mentioned
is
that
opengov
also
has
a
social
component
too,
so
you
can
download
or
share
the
charts
that
you
create
to
facebook
or
twitter.
You
can
email
them.
You
can
even
submit
questions
to
city
administrators
directly
through
the
site,
so
the
tool
really
has
an
amazing
ability
to
start
and
support
public
conversations
about
government
spending.
D
So
again,
I
would
argue
that
if
our
goals
are
honest,
budgeting
and
responsible
spending,
we
have
nothing
to
hide
and
nothing
to
lose.
We
have
so
much
to
gain
we're
going
to
spend
less
time
fulfilling
right-to-know
requests
we're
going
to
have
a
more
informed
public,
we're
going
to
hear
about
what
we're
doing
right
and
we
will
certainly
hear
about
what
can
be
most
improved.
D
E
Thank
you.
As
bill
mentioned,
I
am
brooke
simmons,
our
representative
from
opengov.
We
are
a
financial
transparency
and
reporting
software
based
out
in
the
bay
area
in
california.
We
work
with
over
250
governments
across
the
nation,
and
I'm
very
excited
to
be
here
today,
because
this
is
one
of
the
best
showings
of
cross-departmental
support
for
open
government
that
I
have
seen
at
any
one
of
our
customers.
The
city
of
pittsburgh
is
one
of
our
largest
customers,
so
we're
excited
to
be
launching
this
to
the
public.
E
E
This
site
is
designed
to
help
you
understand
how
the
city
of
pittsburgh
spends
and
receives
money
when
you
visit
the
site
for
the
first
time,
you'll
be
greeted
by
this
welcome
screen.
This
welcome
screen
links
to
two
help:
menus
a
handy,
how-to
guide
that
provides
a
navigational
overview
of
the
platform,
as
well
as
a
budget
101
guide
to
give
a
short
guide
to
multi-fund
accounting.
E
When
you
land
on
this
default
page
you'll
notice,
the
city
of
pittsburgh
has
pre-set
some
faqs
as
saved
views.
On
the
left
hand
side,
you
can
click
directly
on
these
links
to
learn
more
about
what
revenue
sources
contribute
to
the
city's
general
fund
in
the
grapple
live
update.
To
give
you
the
answer
to
your
question,
you
can
also
click
on
other
state
views
to
get
the
answers
to
your
questions
like
what
are
the
city's
overall
revenues
and
expenses
or
how
does
the
city
divide
up
the
general
fund
among
the
city's
departments?
E
E
E
Opengov's
advanced
filter
tools.
Allow
you
to
analyze
this
data.
Among
many
different
criteria.
Clicking
over
to
the
filter
panel
left
allows
you
to
break
down
this
expense
data
instead
of
by
department
structure,
but
by
expense
type.
Instead
to
analyze
what
kind
of
expenses
the
police
bureau
is
spending
within
the
city.
E
E
E
E
If
you
ever
get
stuck
use
the
help
menu
to
navigate
back
to
the
how
to
welcome
screen
or
budget
101
guides
or
even
contact
the
city
of
pittsburgh
directly,
we're
really
excited
to
be
launching
this
today.
If
you
have
any
additional
questions,
please
feel
free
to
reach
out
to
me
or
anyone
within
the
controller's
office,
but
thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
A
C
Well,
bill
could
probably
answer
this
better,
but
you
know-
and
obviously
it
took
obviously
the
action
of
council
and
we
did
have
a
champion
on
council
and
councilman
and
rudy
act
by
software
yeah.
The
council
council
council
approved
a
contract
with
open
gov
not
to
exceed
twenty
thousand
dollars
fifteen,
and
I
think
the
actual
costs
are
on
fifteen,
which
you
know
working
with
them.
Now
they,
as
I
said
they
host
this,
what
we
do
is
provide
them
the
data.
As
you
know,
our
monthly
reports
are
tweaked
a
little
bit.
C
I
mean
there
are
some
things
that
we
that
we,
you
know
that
are
in
that
monthly
report
that
you
wouldn't
see
here.
You
know
when
we
do
some
transfers
and
some
of
those
kind
of
things,
but
so
we
basically
take
that
data
and
it's
provided
to
to
open
gov.
One
thing
I
will
I
will
note
on
here
is
as
you're
looking
through
this.
Is
this
still
up?
C
Okay,
so
even
on
this,
even
on
what
you're
looking
at
here,
one
of
the
issues
that
we
have
and
something
that
that
director
ashba
is,
is
addressing
right.
Now.
Are
these
city-wide
issues?
Citywide
pensions,
citywide
benefits
and
obviously
we
want
to
see
that
spread
across
the
departments.
So,
as
we
get
new
budget
line
items
across
departments
for
these,
for
these
costs
to
be
spread
across
those
departments,
this
will
give
you,
I
think,
an
even
better
picture
of
what
we're
of
where
we
are
and
what
we're
doing
departmentally.
C
F
I
I
guess
you
you
you're
looking
for
a
market,
obviously
you're
looking
for
people
citizens
to
to
find
this,
but
I
guess
what
would
be
the
goal
for
the
number
of
people
to
read
this
and
really
benefit
on
this,
and
you
know
how
many
people
do
you
think
are
out
there
that
are
going
to
want
to
access
this.
And
what
is
the
goal?
F
C
Well,
I
I
guess
it's
true
that
we're
looking
for
people,
but
I
think
more
people
are
looking
for
us.
You
know
people
want
this
information
people.
We
get
calls
all
the
time
for
various
questions
about
well
how
much
gets
spent
on
this
and
how
much
gets
spent
on
that
and
how
much
overtime
do
we
have
this
month?
C
C
We
typically
produce
the
monthly
report
around
the
middle
of
the
month,
so
in
the
middle
of
february,
we'll
be
updating
this
with
january's
numbers,
so
you'll
be
able
to
see
what
was
spent
in
january
versus
what
was
budgeted
for
the
2015
budget
versus
what's
been
spent
in
prior
januaries,
and
I
think
it's
a
helpful
tool
for
us.
You
know
to
help
us
keep
on
track
budgetarily,
but
I
think
for
more
importantly,
for
the
for
the
public
to
see
how
their
money
is
being
spent.
C
In
what
categories
and
and
how
much
is,
is
an
important
tool,
obviously,
today
we're
launching
this
in
a
way
because
we
do
want
that
engagement.
We
want
people
involved,
we'll
continue
to
have
on
that.
You
know:
we've
created
a
fiscal
focus,
twitter
page,
so
we'll
we'll
tweet
out
different
graphs
from
time
to
time.
Just
so,
people
can
see
what's
going
on
and
get
people
more
engaged
in
this
process,
but
you
know,
I
think
it's
it's
again
information
presented
in
a
way
that
hasn't
been
presented
before
the
first
year.
We
did
the
popular
financial
report.
C
I
remember
the
prior
administration
criticized
us
for
it,
because
why
would
you
do
that?
Why
would
you
spend
this
money?
And
why
would
you
do
I
mean
we
get
more
questions
about
that
report?
People
call
us
every
year
now
and
say:
hey
when's
it
coming
out
when
we
want
to
see
what's
going
on,
you
know
so,
and
we
don't
do
a
wide
distribution
of
that.
C
You
know
we
just
distribute
that
to
community
groups,
to
you
know,
and
and
so
it's
not
a
huge
distribution,
but
it's
online
and
people
go
online
and
look
at
it
and
they
and
can
see
it.
So
it's.
This
is
the
kind
of
thing
that
will
will
pick
up
more
and
more
users
as
time
goes
on,
and
I
think
it's
something
that
you
guys
will
be
using
more,
maybe
even
more
so
than
the
public,
and
so
so.
C
It's
everything
that
it's
all
all
revenues
and
all
spent
expenditure.
So
you
know,
if
the
you
know,
if
you
want
to
go
in
one
of
the
things
that
that
brooke
showed
you
was
the
revenues
and
you
know
you
can
go
into
those
tax
revenues
and
see.
Where
are
we
in
property
tax?
Where
are
we
on
parking
tax?
Where
are
we
on
amusement
tax?
You
know
you'll
be
able
to
to
do
that,
not
just
on
an
annual
basis
but
month
to
month,
so.
F
C
C
A
Just
to
follow
up
real
quick
on
your
question,
I
think,
besides
the
media,
besides
the
general
public
internally,
some
of
our
managers
may
be
able
to
use
this
data
in
doing
reports,
but
also
harrisburg
other
important
individuals.
I
don't
know
how
many
times
we
get
called
by
folks
involved
in
in
in
our
oversight,
whether
it's
the
ica
act,
47
folks,
these
people
now
remotely
be
able
to
have
that
information
and
can
call
up
and
ask
the
question
hey.
G
Yeah
and
if
I
can
chime
in
there,
I
mean
it's
city
council's
role,
to
approve
the
budget
and
essentially
prep
the
budget
every
year.
So
we
as
as
legislators-
and
you
know
myself
as
finance
chair,
look
forward
to
using
this
tool
to
do
comparables
for
year
to
year
and
see
what
the
mayor
sent
us
and
actually
be
able
to
see.
What's
going
on.
C
And
just
look
just
look
at
what
you're
looking
at
right
now,
there's
good
news.
There's
the
good
news
there
we're
we're
doing
a
little
a
little
primer
at
preemie
to
the
to
the
kafir.
You
know
we
we
we
beat
budget,
you
know
we.
We
came
in
under
budget
in
2014.,
so
kudos
to
the
mayor
and
to
council.
For
that.
C
C
Yeah
there
you
go
there,
there's
even
the
numbers
there,
it's
even
better,
so
471
is
the
estimated
actual.
Now
again,
these
haven't
been
audited,
but
that's
that's
basically
where
we
were
at
the
end
of
the
month
of
december
versus
490
versus
461
in
2013..
So
there
you
go
under
budget
nine
million
nine
million.
B
C
Yeah
one
of
the
things
that
we
will
do,
I
think,
as
we
go
on,
is
as
well
right
now
you
can
drill
down
into
the
various
types
you
know
we
want
to
be
able
to
even
go
further.
So
so,
while
you
can
drill
in
saying
in
the
one
we
always
look
at
is
benefits,
you
know
the
person
in
personnel.
You
can
look
at
benefits,
you
can
see
the
benefit
cost.
C
We
want
to
be
able
to
see
even
a
a
lower
level
of
detail,
so
we
can
actually
see
not
just
what's
going
in
to
health
care
versus
pensions
versus
workers
comp.
You
know
we
want
to
be
able
to
see.
You
know
how
much
is
going
to
you
know
how
much
is
going
to
sick
day
buybacks
and
how
much
is
going
to
all
those
various
sub
accounts
within
that
department.
So
we
can
see
all
that.
We
don't
that's
not
in
here
yet,
but
it
will
be
and
so
it'll
it.
A
C
C
Yeah,
so
you
can
actually
see
it's
a
transactional
level.
You
know
those
that
that's
that
kind
of
level
of
detail
on
spending,
so
we're
not
quite
there
yet,
but
you
know
that's
something
that
we
could
pursue
moving
forward
today,
it's
up
online.
Today,
it's
on
the
city
controller's
website,
here
in
the
city,
at
the
city,
focal
focal
fiscal
focus,
pittsburgh
and
you
know,
you'll
be
able
to
pull
it
up
and
play
with
it
and
do
whatever
you
want
to
do
again.
C
Some
of
the
some
of
the
presets
on
the
left
hand
side
here,
you
know
with
some
of
the
questions
of
some
of
the
most
asked
questions
that
we
get,
but
we
encourage
you
go
on
play
with
it.
You
have
questions.
Call
us
if
you
have.
You
know
other
detail
that
you'd
like
to
see
moving
forward.
You
know,
or
maybe
there's
actually
a
way
you
could
do
it
now.
Then
we
can
show
you
how
to
do
that.
C
A
C
Yeah
it's
current
as
of
the
end
of
the
year.
Excuse
me
yeah,
so
so
the
january
month
just
finished
we'll
we,
you
know
we
have
a
35-day
close
on
our
monthlies
so
and
then
we
do
so
a
little
bit
of
analysis
on
that
and
then
it'll
be
dumped
in
so
certainly
by
the
toward
the
middle
of
the
month.
We'll
have
the
data
to
open,
gov
and
it'll,
be
reviewable
by
probably
the
third
week
of
february
you'll
be
able
to
see
january's
information
so.