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From YouTube: Committee on Appropriations 4-12-2021
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The Committee on Appropriations of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Monday, April 12, 2021, at 1:00 PM, in a remote manner using Microsoft® Teams to hear testimony on the following item:
210226 An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2021 from the General Fund, the Council to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, for the purpose of further implementing Council’s “New Normal Jobs Initiative” and adjusting Council’s internal appropriations.
A
Thank
you
so
very
much
good
afternoon.
Everyone
and
thank
you
to
my
council,
colleagues
and
everyone
joining
us.
I
understand
that
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
public
hearing.
This
is
the
committee
on
appropriations
meeting
today,
monday
april
12th
to
consider
an
appropriations
to
the
new
normal
budget
of
city
council.
A
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city,
council
committees
are
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
the
microsoft
teams
to
make
these
remote
hearings
possible
instructions
for
how
the
public
may
view
and
offer
public
testimony
and
public
hearings
of
council
committees
are
included
in
the
public
hearings
notice
that
are
published
in
the
daily
news.
Inquirer
and
legal
intelligence
are
prior
to
the
hearings
and
can
also
be
found
on
phillycounsel.com.
A
I
note
that
the
hour
has
come
and
we
will
begin
our
council
committee
eric.
Will
you
please
call
the
role
to
make
to
make
to
insure
attendance
members
that
are
in
attendance?
Will
please
indicate
that
you
are
present
when
your
name
is
called
also,
please
say
a
few
words
when
responding
so
that
your
image
could
be
displayed
on
screen
when
you
speak
eric
captain.
A
A
A
Thank
you
before
we
begin
to
hear
testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
for
today.
Everyone
who's,
been,
I
invited
to
the
meeting
to
testify,
should
be
aware
that
this
is
a
public
hearing
and
which
is
being
recorded
because
the
hearing
is
public.
Participants
and
viewers
have
no
reasonable
expectation
of
privacy
by
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you're
consenting
to
be
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
for
questions
or
comments
they
have
for
the
witnesses.
A
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft
teams
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
purpose
before
we
call
our
first
panel.
Are
there
any
comments
from
council
members?
A
I
know
that
the
new
normal
jobs
program
with
this
budget
has
been
a
compilation
of
many
conversations
with
council
and
council
priorities
in
this
recovery
and
in
response
to
some
of
the
challenges
in
the
city.
So
we
only
have
today
as
a
registered
panel,
we
have
one
person
eric.
Would
you
please
call
the
first
panel
to
testify
this
afternoon
on
bill
number
two,
one:
zero,
two,
two
six.
A
Before
charmaine
gets
gets
started
to
to
testify,
I
just
want
to
thank
her
and
all
of
the
work
of
the
urban
affairs
coalition.
I
know
if
those
of
you
who
know
charmaine
during
this
time
of
year,
she
is
always
talking
jobs,
job
jobs,
young
people,
jobs,
jobs,
jobs
and
that's
what
she
will
do
this
afternoon.
A
E
E
You
very
much
thank
you
all
and
for
being
here
today
to
council
member
keonis
sanchez
for
chairing
this
wonderful
effort
and
all
of
the
hard
work
that
went
into
making
sure
that
philadelphia's,
teens
and
workers
I
had
additional
opportunities.
I
really
appreciate
that
and
the
hard
work
of
the
appropriations
committee,
as
well
as
all
the
other
members
of
council
who
are
here
with
us
today.
E
As
I
said,
my
name
is
charmaine
matlock
turner,
I'm
the
president
and
ceo
of
the
urban
affairs
coalition,
and
I
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
comment
on
council's
ordinance
to
transfer
appropriations
for
fiscal
year
21
for
the
purpose
of
further
implementing
council's
new
normal
jobs.
Initiative.
Uac
has
been
a
trusted
community
partner
for
50
years.
More
than
80
area
non-profits
and
social
entrepreneurs
are
part
of
the
uac
family
of
programs.
E
We
work
every
day
to
end
homelessness,
find
paths
and
bridges
to
self-sufficiency,
support
quality,
education,
help
youth
plan,
their
futures
and
so
much
more.
We
believe
in
a
multi-faceted
approach
to
achieving
self-sufficiency,
and
we
have,
over
the
years
seen
friends,
family
and
neighbors,
succeed
and
move
on
to
productive
and
fulfilling
lives.
E
Summer.
Youth
employment,
one
of
the
closest
loves
to
my
heart.
The
urban
affairs
coalition,
has
led
the
initiative
to
provide
summer
employment
for
youth
for
more
than
50
years
from
fill
a
job
which
I
know
many
of
you
know
about
to
today's
work,
ready
in
partnership
with
the
philadelphia
youth
network
and
philadelphia
works.
Uac
formed
the
summer
youth
employment
cabinet
five
years
ago
to
drive
ongoing,
fundraising,
support
with
government,
the
private
sector
and
citizens
through
our
committees.
E
Employment
opportunities
for
young
philadelphians
ages,
12
to
24
are
not
only
critical
to
the
strength
of
philadelphia's
workforce,
but
also
are
critical
to
the
next
generation
of
philadelphians
as
they
develop
career
awareness,
learn
on-the-job
skills
and
hone
their
leadership.
Skills
philadelphia
was
the
first
and
I
want
to
say
this
proudly
was
the
first
city
in
the
nation
to
pivot
during
the
pandemic
last
summer
to
support
our
teams.
The
city-wide
program
provided
6
000
young
people
with
a
summer.
Employment
alternate
experience
from
virtual
to
safely
distance
in-person
experiences.
E
The
summer
youth
employment
program
will
employ,
with
your
help
and
support
and
ongoing
advocacy,
8
000
12
to
24
year
olds
through
the
city-wide
youth
employment
system.
The
summer
youth
employment
program
will
continue
this
summer
because
of
the
year-round
work
of
the
cabinet
and
because
of
the
tremendous
work
and
leadership
coming
from
you
city
council.
Thank
you
so
much.
E
This
day
is
also
very
special
for
this
hearing.
Councilwoman
keone
sanchez
today
kicks
off
summer
jobs
week
from
april
12th
to
april
16th.
We
will
be
sending
out
a
lot
of
special
messages
to
the
community
about
the
importance
of
this
program,
and
so
this
this
hearing
date
was
just
absolutely
perfect.
We
will
share
information
with
council
members
so
that
you
can
share
it
with
your
constituents
to
again
get
the
entire
city
of
philadelphia
excited
about
summer,
youth,
employment.
E
E
B
E
Okay,
thank
you
have
been
working
with
us
to
seek
additional
funds
from
the
commonwealth
of
pennsylvania
to
make
sure
we
reach
our
goal,
and
the
city
has
definitely
put
down
a
strong
marker
to
say
to
the
commonwealth,
let's
close
the
gap.
So
thank
you
so
very
very
much.
The
other
thing
I
do
will
just
want
to
touch
on
that
is
included
in
the
ordinance
is
the
work
that
we're
doing
to
make
sure
that
every
philadelphian,
who
is
ready,
willing
and
able
and
looking
and
wants
to
get
connected
to
work,
a
real
opportunity
to
do
that.
E
Through
the
pipeline
philly
platform,
which
will
be
available
on
your
phone
on
your
computer,
we
are
going
to
make
sure
that
jobs
that
are
available
in
philadelphia
are
easily
accessible
to
those
in
communities
who
are
looking
for
work
so
pipeline
philly
will
also
be
enforcing
and
clearly
articulating
the
standards
of
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
in
its
platform
to
make
sure
that
we
are
opening
these
opportunities
to
everyone
in
our
city.
So
thank
you
for
your
support
of
this
initiative
at
the
50
dollar
level.
E
We
expect
that
we
will
begin
the
first
part
of
this
work
in
the
late
spring,
so
just
in
closing,
in
these
unprecedented
times,
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
you
and
just
appreciate
the
fact
that
you
consistently
hear
the
voices
and
concerns
of
the
community.
We
know
that
we
can
get
philadelphians
back
to
work.
We
know
that
philadelphians
want
to
work,
and
we
know
that
philadelphians
can
make
a
tremendous
contribution,
whether
they
are
teens
or
whether
or
not
they
are
seniors.
A
C
E
Working
in
non-profits,
including
working
for
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
department
of
recreation
and
other
spaces,
gives
them
an
opportunity
to
begin
to
sort
of
understand
what
the
world
of
work
looks
like
as
they
gain
experience.
We
really
are
looking
for
private
sector
experiences
for
them
to
get
connected
to,
and
so
whether
it's
something
in
technology,
energy,
education,
it
could
be
a
range
of
experiences.
E
Before
the
pandemic,
we
were
actually
able
to
put
together
a
job
fair
with
our
summer
teens
and
they
and
their
parents
were
actually
able
to
talk
to
employers
where
they
were
able
to
share
information
and
experience.
So
we
think
that
every
employer
offers
something
special
and
unique,
and
we
can
help
them
design
an
experience
that
will
make
a
high
school
high
schooler
successful.
C
I'm
just
thinking
out
loud
for
myself
that,
due
to
the
pandemic-
and
you
know
this
is
one
area
where
having
offices
opened
and
having
the
mentorship
of
young
people
with
people
in
offices
would
really
be
helpful.
Is
there
anything
we
can
do
to
help
you
to
make
sure
we
have
enough
opportunities
of
jobs
because
of
what's
going
on?
You
know
in
our
city
right
now,
with
the
pandemic.
E
Yes,
absolutely
we
have
reached
out
to
employers
and
the
chamber
as
well.
I
did
a
outreach
virtually
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
with
chamber
members
encouraging
them
to
hire
young
people
and
whether
it's
virtual
or
whether
it's
in
person,
both
of
those
experiences,
are
important
for
young
people.
So,
yes,
any
names.
Any
companies
that
you
know
of
will
be
very
glad
to
reach
out
to
them
and
help
them
join
the
jobs,
jobs,
jobs,
summer,
jobs,
program.
A
Councilman,
thank
you.
The
chair
recognizes
counseling
kenyatta
johnson.
I
was
a
participant
in
the
summer
employment
program
many
moons
ago,
when
I
thought
I
was
gonna,
be
an
accountant
and
that
experience
led
me
not
to
be
an
accountant,
but
I
still
deal
with
numbers:
councilman,
a
council
member
johnson
and
then
council
member
heenan
kj.
You
have
your
hands
on.
Thank
you.
F
I
just
wanted
to
just
one
commend
charmaine
for
all
her
hard
work
and
dedication,
really
when
it
comes
down
to
advocating
for
our
most
precious
resource
here
in
the
city
of
philadelphia
and
that's
our
young
people,
and
so
I
just
commend
you
for
stepping
on
stepping
up
to
the
plate
on
the
front
line.
I
will
be
publicly
advocating
for
as
much
funding
as
we
can
provide
to
you,
as
relates
to
this
upcoming
budget
process.
F
We
know
that
we're
going
to
receive
a
significant
amount
of
covet
19
funding
from
our
federal
government.
For
me,
if
I'm
supporting
our
young
people,
I'm
investing
in
our
young
people
in
terms
of
a
a
school
to
career
pipeline
and
the
work
that
you're
doing
isn't
part
of
that
conversation,
and
I
would
think
that
would
be
totally
unacceptable
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
when
we
talk
about
those
who
are
suffering
most
most
during
the
pandemic
is
john
people
and
families
who
live
in
poor
neighborhoods
across
the
city
of
philadelphia.
F
It's
just
that
simple,
and
so
thank
you
for
your
hard
work
and
your
dedication
I'll
be
advocating
and
making
sure
that
in
this
come
upcoming
budget
process.
That
and
I'm
sure
rest
of
my
colleagues
will
as
well,
but
I
just
want
to
state
it
for
the
record
that
when
we
talk
about
this
significant
amount
of
funding
that
will
be
flowing
to
the
city
of
philadelphia,
this
is
a
part
of
our
strategy.
F
Of
investing
in
our
young
people
will
ultimately
be
the
individuals
who
run
this
city,
and
so
that's
how
we
have
to
look
at
it.
We
should
never
have
been
a
position
where
you
know:
5
000
young
people
apply
for
some
of
the
jobs
and
only
2
000
get
them
no,
not
at
all,
especially
when
we're
very
supportive
of
the
business
community
in
a
variety
of
different
ways,
and
so
this
year
it
should
be
the
year
that
we
do
a
reset
and
make
sure
we're
supporting
our
young
people,
and
so
just
want
to.
E
Thank
you
so
much
councilman
johnson
and
thank
you
for
your
leadership
and
support.
I
remember
speaking
in
south
philadelphia,
it
seemed
like
just
a
couple
months
ago.
I
know
it
was
before
the
pandemic
about
the
importance
of
summer
jobs.
You've
always
been
a
great
advocate
as
well
as
talking
to
you
just
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
as
well.
I
will
certainly
say
that
we
are
absolutely
resetting
the
clock.
E
This
year
as
a
summer
employment
cabinet,
we
agreed
that
we
could
increase
the
number
from
last
year
from
6
000
to
8
000
this
year,
but
our
real
goal
is
to
get
to
full
employment.
Even
last
year,
councilman
20
000
young
people
in
the
middle
of
the
pandemic,
applied
or
showed
interest
in
jobs.
We
know
that
they
want
to
work
and
they
want
to
get
connected
and
they
want
to
build
careers.
E
So
next
summer
we
are
really
counting
on
your
leadership
and
the
leadership
of
the
city
to
say
we
want
every
teen
who
wants
a
job
to
have
one
and
that's
between
16
and
18
000
young
people
with
a
price
tag
of
30
million
dollars.
We
think
it's
a
wonderful
and
valuable
contribution
to
make
to
the
next
generation
of
philadelphians.
F
I
second
that
my
first
summer
job
was
was
with
anti-graffiti
networking,
so
got
my
work
in
payments
from
broad
and
lehigh.
That's
great!
I'm
on
board
and
again
yeah.
Look
at
the
crisis
that
our
city
is
in
right.
Now
we
talk
about
the
issue
of
gun
violence.
Right
I'd
be
remiss
if
I
didn't
just
talk
about
how
we're
the
number
one
big
city
when
it
comes
to
poverty,
we're
second
behind
chicago
when
it
comes
to
gun
violence,
and
we
know
it
is
high
areas
of
poverty.
We
see
high
levels
of
gun
violence.
F
So
at
some
point
in
time
we
got
to
do
something
different,
which
is
investment
up
front,
and
so
we
don't
have
to
address
the
ills
that
we're
addressing
now
on
the
back
end,
and
so,
but
I'll
do
more
than
just
talk
about
it.
We
will
be
advocating
and
fighting
for
our
youth
as
we
move
through
this
budget
process.
So
thank
you
charmaine.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
A
D
Whatever,
whatever
it
takes,
because
you
know
one
accommodate
to
sure,
maybe
one
we
I
think
we
are
finally
in
a
place
where
you
know
the
investment
right
that
you
were
just
talking
about
and
managing
it
and
helping
forge
careers.
You
know
for
people
at
all
at
all
sectors.
Right
is
just
quite
amazing,
so
amazing
work,
your
your
written
testimony
is
amazing,
so
I
just
want
to
state
that
for
the
record,
I
have
a
technical
question
for
the
chair.
A
No,
it
is
all
the
money
goes
directly
to
the
apartment
to
the
departments.
If
you
see
the-
and
I
think
we
send
out
the
amendment
that
shows
so
we
had
set
the
money
aside,
that
was
in
our
budget,
so
we're
reallocating
it
to
the
department.
So
it
goes
directly
to
the
program.
So,
as
charmaine
said,
the
1.8
is
going
to
the
summer
employment
cabinet
dhs,
there's
money
going
to
mural
arts
there's
managing
director.
So
it's
going
to
the
departments
where
it
will
go
directly
to
the
program.
A
A
B
E
You
again
councilwoman
keonis
sanchez
until
all
members
of
council
again
this
kicks
off
summer
employment
week.
So
please
talk
about
it.
Share
information,
please
pat
yourself
on
the
back
and
then
start
calling
harrisburg
and
telling
them
to
put
up
the
rest
of
the
money
so
that
8
000
of
philadelphia,
kids
will
what
we
say
will
be
going
to
school
with
the
idea
that
they're
going
to
get
a
diploma
in
philadelphia,
but
they're
also
going
to
have
a
dream
for
their
future.
So
thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
help
and
support.
A
Thank
you
again,
so
you
could
disconnect
our
apologies
council.
Member
kenan
is
having
a
little
bit
of
tech
problems.
Are
you
back
on
councilman
you,
okay,
all
right,
we'll
move
on
so
is
there
anyone
else
here
to
testify
on
this
bill
see
none.
This
will
conclude
our
hearing
and
we
will
now
go
to
our
public
meeting.
There
be
no
questions
or
other
witnesses
to
consider.
A
A
D
A
F
A
D
A
F
A
Thank
you.
The
bill
has
been
moved
and
properly
seconded
that
bill
number
two
one:
zero
two,
two
six
as
amended,
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation
and
further
move
that
the
rules
accounts
will
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
of
this
bill
at
our
next
council
session.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
will
signify.