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From YouTube: Committee on Appropriations 4-19-2018
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The Committee on Appropriations of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Thursday, April 19, 2018 to hear testimony on the following item:
180264 An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Grants Revenue Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Committee on Appropriations
Chair: Councilwoman Maria D. Quiñones-Sánchez (7th District)
Vice Chair: Councilman Kenyatta Johnson (2nd District)
B
C
My
name
is
Anna
Adams
and
I'm
budget
director
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia
I'm
joined
at
the
table
by
Sarah
de
wolf
who's.
The
deputy
budget
director
I
appear
before
you
today
to
offer
testimony
on
bill
number
one.
Eight,
oh
two,
six
four
with
an
amendment
to
include
additional
funds
for
the
department
of
Prisons
to
cover
the
costs
associated
with
a
recent
correctional
officer
award
transferred
from
the
Civil
Service
Commission
reserved
for
future
labor
costs
build
number
one
802.
C
Six
four
provides
for
a
transfer
from
within
general
fund
and
the
grants
revenue
fund
to
the
general
fund.
The
audence
is
needed
to
cover
appropriations
to
various
city
agencies
to
address
other
areas
where
funds
are
being
realigned
or
shortages
have
occurred
in
the
general
fund
$9,000,
so
the
officers
inspector
general
for
contracted
services.
This
amount
is
fully
offset
by
an
internal
transfer
of
$9,000
2.5
million
to
the
office
of
chief
administrative
officer
to
support
costs
related
to
the
parking
amnesty
program.
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Sixty
five
thousand
for
it
to
the
procurement
department
for
space
reconfiguration,
which
is
fully
offset
by
an
internal
transfer;
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
free
library
to
increase
over
time
due
to
a
staffing
shortage.
Twenty
point:
two
million
for
the
Civil
Service
Commission
for
potential
costs
of
future
lab
labor
agreements,
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
office
of
property
assessment
for
full
funding
of
current
employees.
One
hundred
and
forty
thousand
eight
hundred
and
ten
dollars
to
the
Register
of
Wills
resulting
from
the
FOP
arbitrated
bonus
and
wage
increase.
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Two
point:
four
million
dollars
to
the
sheriff
computed
of
composed
of
eight
hundred
and
forty
one
thousand
for
the
recent
arbitration
award,
a
million
dollars
to
fully
fund
payroll
charges
and
six
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
hire
additional
deputy
sheriff
offices
and
administrative
support
offset
by
increased
revenues.
I
respectfully
request
that
you
report
this
amended
bill
out
of
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation
and
I
further
request
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
so
as
to
permit
first
reading
in
the
next
session
of
council.
C
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E
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Believe
we
also
got
some
funding
from
the
states
which
also
help
so
there's
some.
That
is
borne
by
some
things,
that
weren't
cost
that
we
could
either
charge
the
DNC
C
or
the
Department
of
Justice.
But
we
did
get
some
reimbursement
in
the
state,
so
I
can
see
if
I
can
get
you
the
amount
that
was
formed
by
the
general
fund.
I
think
it
would
be
fairly
small,
but
we
can
get
you
get.
B
E
I
really
think,
with
the
32
percent
reduction
in
the
population,
we
didn't
need
to
look
at
that
budget
at
at
least
carve
out
15%
in
savings.
At
this
point,
because
I
was
told
consistently,
massive
savings
can't
occur
until
we
close
a
prison.
Well
now
we
closed
a
prison,
so
those
savings
should
occur.
Thanks.
Okay,
thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
Thank
you
country.
Thank.
A
You
before
the
chair
recognizes
Cal
Simon
Heenan
as
it
relates
to
these
special
events,
and
this
is
the
conversation
that's
going
to
come
up
as
we
talk
to
parks
and
recs
and
others
I
think
it's
important
to
delineate
the
expenses
from
the
different
departments,
both
on
overtime
and
straight
time.
Okay,
because
I
think
one
of
the
things
is
one
is
what
we
get
paid
back
for.
But
the
other
thing
is
that
this
money
does
go
to
the
general
fund
and
and
the
different
departments
don't
get
those
hours
back
loaded
in
that's.
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But
we
may
end
up
putting
aside
funds
in
the
managing
directors
office,
for
which
we'll
pay
directly
for
kind
of
transferring
out
of
the
departments
and
kind
of
managing
it
and
essentially
in
the
managing
directors
office,
so
that
they
can
allocate
overtime
and
straight
time
to
departments
which
will
get
reimbursed.
That
way,
which
may
actually
end
up
being
a
cleaner
way
of
understanding,
what's
happening
with
special
events
and
we're
still
going
through
that
process
to
understand.
If
we
did
that,
how
would
it
work
and
what's
the
amount
of
money
that
would
be
transferred,
I
think.
A
Another
thing
we
need
to
stop
doing
events,
you
know,
I
know
we
have
the
Eagles
of
Villanova,
and
all
of
that
my
concern
is
that
there
is
a
perception
that
we
have
put
all
this
money,
particularly
in
Parks
and
Rec,
and
we
don't
week
until
we
get
some
sort
of
delineation
yeah
all
these
events.
You
know
a
week
before
the
Eagles,
nothing
got
done
in
Parks
and
Rec
everything
you
know
and
I
had
some
emergencies,
including
roof
and
some
other
stuff.
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F
We
have
a
long
day
ahead
of
us,
so
just
a
couple,
quick
questions
and
you
know
midterm
transfers
or
a
midterm
transfer,
asuras,
usually
they're
for
specific,
for
specific
reasons
to
get
us
through
the
rest
of
the
fiscal
year
and
some
of
these
midterm
transfers
are
reflected
in
it.
In
the
proposed
five-year
plan.
Yeah.
B
C
Exactly
right,
so
if
you,
if
you
have
noticed
in
the
in
the
mayor's
budget,
we
talked
about
additional
funds
for
police
and
fire.
We
start
those
in
FY
18
in
this
video.
So
you
see
that
throughout
the
plan
so
that
this
will
now
become
the
base,
but
mostly
for
the
personnel
costs
and
police
and
fire.
So.
C
F
C
F
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
do
separate
their
videos
because
fire
for
the
first
time
you
know
we're
really
focusing
in
on
a
less
you
know
with
the
new
commissioner
who's,
you
know
very
budget
savvy
is,
you
know,
has
submitted
a
rightful
and
appropriate
budget
request
over
the
last
two
years.
Yes,.
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F
Well,
one
of
the
questions
then
I
don't
need
necessarily
the
Commissioner,
although
I
want
to
recognize
he's
in
the
real
hello
Commissioner.
Your
request
is
or
appropriate,
I
see
here
when
the
on
the
EMS
and
platoon
realignment
is
that
the
realignment
of
paramedics
and
the
firefighters,
all
the
for
all
for
off
scheduling.
That's.
C
F
Because
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
there's
a
narrative
and
a
story
to
tell
with
some
of
these
requests
in
your
budget
proposals
with
realigning
the
paramedics
with
the
you
know,
firefighter
put
them,
you
know,
that's
scheduling,
so
talk
about
that
real,
quick
and
restoring
physicians
and
the
battalions
and
fit
also
is
important
and
that
all
goes
to
in
a
request
of
not
just
a
fire
department,
but
the
administration
and
council.
You
know,
actually
you
know
working
together
and
ascend
to
sing.
You
know
achieving
the
same
goal.
H
G
You
know
the
the
investments
that
were
proposed
and
Council
supported
were
really
part
of
sort
of
an
on-ramp
for
us
in
terms
of
helping
to
bring
the
fire
department
up
to
a
point
where
all
of
our
lines
of
business
could
address
still
increasing
service
demand
and
also
start
meeting
national
standards
in
a
way
that
we
were
not
able
to
before.
So
we
are
again
thanks
to
all
of
our
great
partners.
We
are.
G
We
are
on
that
ramp
and
a
couple
of
things
that
you
mentioned
and
I
think
we'll
have
a
lot
more
to
talk
about
on
May
1st,
we'll
be
prepared
to
talk
in
detail
on
any
of
the
items
in
the
519
proposed
budget.
The
ones
you
mentioned,
specifically
the
shift
schedule
realignment,
is
pretty
important.
That's
putting
our
all
of
our
single
role,
EMS
providers
on
the
same
work
schedule
as
our
firefighters,
many
of
whom
are
also
EMS
providers
at
the
EMT
basic
level.
You
know
that
just
makes
good
sense
from
a
management
standpoint.
G
Right
now
we
have
10
to
12
different
work
schedules,
depending
on
how
you
account
this
will
put
the
bulk
of
our
work
force
on
the
same
work
schedule.
It
allow
us
to
be
more
efficient,
use
one
chain
of
command.
So
again,
that's
kind
of
a
basic
management
concept
that
we
haven't
been
able
to
take
advantage
of.
For
the
past
few
years,
we've
essentially
been
working
through
bifurcated
chains
of
command,
so
this
makes
a
lot
of
sense
from
an
efficiency
and
effectiveness
standpoint.
G
You
know
when
you
see
our
firefighters
and
paramedics
working
side
by
side
on
the
on
the
frontlines.
You
can't
tell
that
they're
operating
under
separate
chains
of
command,
so
it
just
makes
sense
from
an
effectiveness
standpoint.
You
know
we
think
it
makes
sense
from
an
efficiency
standpoint
as
well.
The
cost
of
that
is
due
to
the
fact
that
firefighters
are
subject
to
the
Federal
Fair
Labor
Standards,
Act,
firefighter
exemption
and
the
single
role
EMS
providers
are
not
so
that's
the
cost
of
going
to
that
schedule.
G
F
When
you
come
in,
you
know
for
your
budget
hearings
I
just
this
is
a
large
part
of
you
know.
The
midterm,
transfer
and
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
everybody
knew
that
they
were
separate,
and
this
really
helps
you
know
from
a
management
perspective,
get
things
moving.
You
know,
prior
to
your
your
schedule,
hearing
you
know
in
front
of
the
City
Council.
So
yes,.
G
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A
H
A
H
A
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C
Report
we
we
have
that
there
are
in
FY
18.
As
of
the
end
of
December.
We
had
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
thirty
four
positions
filled
and
then
I
believe
that
we're
budgeted
to
two
thousand
three
hundred
and
twenty
five,
so
we're
a
little
short
or
about
ninety
one
positions
short
as
at
the
end
of
December,
but
I
think
there
may
have
been
some
and
some
increases
since
then,
but
I
haven't
got
that
latest
number
in
front
of
me,
but
like
we
can
get
that
to
you.
So.
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So
in
by
the
the
year-end,
actual
number
of
positions
in
prisons
was
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
eighty
six
positions,
so
that
was
kind
of
the
end
of
June
30th
to
FY
15
and
then
in
FY
16.
It
was
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
eighty
nine
positions
at
the
end
of
FY
17.
It
was
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
seventy
seven
positions
and
they're.
Currently
it's
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
eighty
five
positions.
E
C
E
E
C
H
That
will
be
correct.
Currently
we
have
we
started
off
before
depopulate
in
the
house
of
correction.
We
started
off
with
about
a
16
percent
vacancy
rate.
The
vacancy
rate
has
come
down
some
at
this
point
because,
as
we
depopulate
the
house
of
correction,
we
closed
posts
within
the
house
of
correction,
causing
a
post
matrix
to
be
lower,
causing
a
vacancy
rate
to
be
lower
at
the
currently.
E
You
in
charge
of
the
budgets
for
the
prison
system,
no
I'm,
not
okay,
but
it
hits
the
point
that
anyone
would
ask
this
question
how
in
2015
you
have
8200
people,
you
have
2286,
we
have
5,400
now
32
percent
less
and
we
have
twenty
to
thirty
four
heading
and
you
want
to
increase
it.
How
is
that
possible.
E
All
about
dollars,
I'm
talking
about
the
number
of
staff,
the
people
there
should
be.
You
have
to
answer
it
today.
I
would
like
to
see
a
plan
from
your
department
to
cut
the
overhead
15
percent.
That's
a
minimal.
We
reduce
population
32
or
closing
a
prison
that
plan
should
be
set
in
place.
I'll
leave
you
with
that
Michael
okay.thank
after
this
maybe
I'd
like
to
meet
with
some
of
the
people
prison
Department
and
talk
about
that.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
I
enjoyed
the
curve,
encourage
the
prison
Department
to
invite
the
councilman
up
and
so
there's
a
greater
understanding
about
how
many
people
per
room
and
some
of
the
challenges
historically
that
we've
had
about
overpopulation
in
certain
wings
that
create
some
of
the
dilemma
that
we
have
right,
and
so
let
me
encourage
that.
Otherwise,
our
prison
budget
discussion
is
going
to
be
long
because
he's
gonna
have
every
question
and
I
think
it's
important.
It's
an
important
discussion,
councilman
doll.
A
E
Six
hours
it
was
a
six
hour
tour
like
Gilligan's
Island
right
it
was
a
six
hour.
Tour
and
I
saw
every
prison
spoke
to
many
of
the
people
there
and,
in
fact,
out
of
that
and
all
I'm
sponsoring
to
coda
by
kids
classes,
one
for
the
kids
under
18
teach
coding
and
one
for
adults,
so
I
get
all
that,
but
I
still
I'm
not
giving
up
on
this.
So
just
letting
you
know.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Okay.
Thank.
A
A
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
very
much
I
think
it's
huge
again.
We've
had
the
discussion
around
performance-based
budgeting.
You
know
what
it
means
in
terms
of
how
do
we
create
efficiencies
reinvestments
around
the
budget,
so
I
encourage
you
and
look
forward
to
that
conversation.
Anyone
else
in
a
panel
have
any
questions
any
additional
testimony,
Anna
that
you
want
to
share
it.
No
seeing
none
the
Committee
on
Appropriations
will
now
go
into
its
public
meeting.
There
was
an
amendment
that
was
circulated
this
this
morning.