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The Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, at 9:30 AM to hear testimony on the following items:
200406 Resolution authorizing the Committee on Fiscal Stability and Intergovernmental Cooperation to hold quarterly hearings that include monthly reporting requirements, to discuss the fiscal position and overarching social impact goals of the City, including and as related to the Five Year Plan and the reporting requirements set forth in the Quarterly City Manager’s Report (“QCMR”) and as submitted to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (“PICA”).
B
Are
now
live?
Thank
you
good
morning,
this
hearing
is
called
to
order.
I
recognize
the
presence
of
a
quorum
of
the
committee
members
and
members
of
the
committee
in
attendance
are
as
follows:
vice
chair
councilmember,
ryan,
o'neill,
council
member
kendrick,
brooks
council
member
mark
squilla,
council,
member
helen
ginn,
council,
member
kathy,
gilmore,
richardson
and
council
member
david
o.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
This
is
the
public
hearing
of
the
committee
on
fiscal
responsibility
and
intergovernmental
cooperation.
B
B
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city,
council
committees
are
currently
meeting
remotely
we're
using
microsoft
teams
to
make
these
remote
hearings
possible
instructions
for
how
the
public
may
view
and
offer
public
testimony
at
public
hearings
of
council
committees
are
included
in
the
public
hearing,
notices
that
are
published
in
the
daily
news,
inquirer
and
legal
intelligence
are
prior
to
the
hearings
and
can
also
be
found
on
phl
counsel,
dot
com.
The
clerk
will
now,
please
read
the
title
of
the
resolution
before
this
committee
today.
B
B
Today,
we're
going
to
walk
through
the
most
recent
quarterly
city
managers
report
to
discuss
the
ups
and
downs
of
the
quarter
and
compare
how
we're
doing
today
to
how
we
thought
we'd
be
doing
when
we
forecasted
this
we'll
also
discuss
how
things
are
going
with
recovery
spending
and,
lastly,
we'll
finish
up
with
some
great
work
by
the
pew
charitable
trust
that
the
work
they're
doing
is
to
provide
measurement
or
economic
recovery
and
growth
in
the
wake
of
coven,
it's
great
to
see
outside
organizations
stepping
up
to
provide
objective
viewpoints
of
our
city's
economic
health.
B
So,
let's
get
started.
Mr
burback,
please
call
the
first
panel
of
witnesses.
E
Okay
good
morning,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
chair
dominant
members
of
the
committee,
rob
dubo,
I'm
here
to
testify
on
resolution.
2004
6.,
I'm
joined
by
ashley,
dovianko
and
ahn
from
the
recovery
office
and
sadia
satar
and
helen
lawhead
from
budget
and
we'll
be
tag
teaming.
The
presentation
sadia.
If
you
can.
E
Okay,
so
on
slide
three
thanks:
we
give
a
high
level
overview
of
where
we
are
where
we
were
through
the
first
quarter
in
terms
of
revenues
expenses
and
our
fund
balance.
E
So
revenues
at
777
million
dollars
came
in
really
almost
exactly
where
we
projected
just
about
2
million
less,
but
27
million
dollars
less
than
at
the
same
quarter
a
year
ago,
and
the
expense
side
came
in
at
1.37
billion.
E
That
is
consistent
with
original
projections,
but
150
million
more
than
last
year's
first
quarter,
and
I
should
say
those
numbers-
you
know
look
scarily
different,
but
the
reason
is
because
a
lot
of
our
expenditures
come
out
up
front
and
we'll
see
that
as
we
go
into
more
detail
department
by
department.
E
So
what
does
that
mean
for
our
fund
balance?
We're
now
projecting
that
we'll
end
the
year
at
about
134
million,
which
is
47
million
more
than
in
the
adopted
budget?
However,
it's
still
only
2.6
percent
of
revenues
and
that's
far
below
our
internal
goal
of
6.8
percent
and
then
even
further
below
the
17
percent
recommended
by
the
government
finance
officers
association.
E
Where
the
gfoa
says
we
should
be
in
the
year
that
just
ended
fy
21,
we
ended
up
at
298
million,
which
is
at
the
low
end
of
our
internal
target
and
and
again
well
below
where
the
gfoa
says
we
should
be.
We
are
projecting
that
that
fund
balance
will
drop
in
22
to,
as
I
said
before,
only
about
two
and
a
half
percent,
and
you
know
why
fund
balance
is
important
is
because
you
need
a
cushion
for
when
things
go
wrong,
and
I
think
that
was
one
of
the
big
lessons
of
the
pandemic.
E
The
year-end
projection
is
about
5
billion,
that's
less
than
in
the
target
budget,
and
we're
going
to
keep
monitoring
those
revenues
throughout
the
year
to
see
whether
they
have
to
be
adjusted
further,
and
the
next
slide
goes
revenue
item
by
revenue
item
to
look
at
how
the
first
quarter
compared
to
what
we
anticipated.
E
E
E
Last
year
was
in
a
bit
of
an
anomaly
because
of
everything
that
was
going
on
with
covid,
but
while
we're
higher
than
last
year,
we
are
about
five
million
lower
than
where
we
were
two
years
ago
in
the
last
pre-covered
year,
and
essentially,
even
with
where
we
were
in
fy
19.
It's
important
to
note
that
back
in
f118,
we
had
600
more
employees
and
then
also
the
base
pay
that
we're
working
off
was
lower
than
because
of
pay
raises.
E
Now,
since
that
time
then
next
slide,
let's
take
a
little
deeper
look
at
our
obligations.
E
We
had,
as
you
know,
have
concluded
collective
wine
agreements
with
both
dc
33
and
dc
47,
and
received
an
arbitration
award
for
its
fraternal
order
of
police
over
our
five-year
plan.
Those
labor
agreements
in
award
added
about
620
million
dollars
in
costs,
we've
put
aside,
estimates
for
remaining
contracts
with
firefighters,
correctional
officers,
a
couple
of
other
units
and
for
exams
and
non-reps
about
288
million,
assuming
that
those
agreements
and
awards
are
similar
to
what
was
in
3347
in
fop,
we
did
better
in
fy
21
than
we
anticipated.
E
Our
revenue
forecasts
incorporate
what
happened
in
21
and
a
higher
higher
base,
but
our
economist
did
not.
We
should
be
adjusting
our
growth
assumptions
and
we
will
continue
to
monitor
that
and
you'll
see
as
we
propose
a
new
five-year
plan.
We'll
have
done
a
deeper
dive
into
what
changes
we
need
to
make
there
new
costs,
and
we
talked
about
that
before.
F
Good
morning,
chairman
dom
and
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
sadia
satar
and
I
am
deputy
budget
director
for
the
budget
office.
I
appreciate
being
here
to
represent
to
talk
today
about
the
city.
Sleep
usage,
as
you
can
see.
As
of
september
30th
of
2021,
our
leave
usage
for
the
quarter
was
at
a
medium
level
of
20.3
percent.
It
is
higher
than
where
we
ended
on
fiscal
year
21
in
quarter,
one
where
we
were
at
12
percent,
but
it
is
lower
than
where
we
ended
fiscal
year.
F
20
quarter,
one
at
23.7
percent,
which
was
of
course
the
last
pre-covered
year.
There
still
remain
concerns
with
some
public
safety
agencies,
public
facing
agencies,
in
particular,
streets,
sanitation,
division,
police's
uniform
staff
and,
of
course,
prison
staff
with
regards
to
leave
usage,
and
we
believe
that
the
main
drivers
of
leave
usage,
of
course
include
coveted
and
non-covet-specific
factors.
As
far
as
covet-specific
factors
are
concerned,
they
are
related
to
employees,
health
and,
of
course,
the
need
to
take
care
of
their
kids
and
family
members
and
the
need
to
quarantine
and
isolate
as
well.
F
Next
slide.
Please
here
is
a
chart
representing
the
city's
full-time
positions
as
of
september
30th
of
this
year.
You
can
see
that
when
we
adopted
the
budget,
we
have
budgeted
for
about
31
033
positions
where
we
are
now
is
about
twenty
seven
thousand
positions,
so
we
are
about
four
thousand
positions
under
budget.
F
This
is
a
decrease
of
two
hundred
or
point
seven
percent
full-time
positions
from
fiscal
year,
twenty-one
year
and
actuals
and
as
a
decrease
of
a
thousand
fifty-two
full-time
positions
from
this
time
last
year,
and
that
includes
about
186
826
positions
in
the
general
fund
next
slide,
something
that
we
also
show
in
the
qcmr
is
our
performance.
Measures
for
programs
about
109
performance
measures
are
reported
in
the
court.
In
the
quarterly
city
managers
report
for
the
first
quarter
of
fiscal
year
22
we
reported
about
73
measures
being
on
track
or
meeting
or
exceeding
their
targets.
F
Unfortunately,
we
also
report
that
33
measures
will
not
be
meeting
or
exceeding
their
targets
next
slide
in
the
qcmr.
We
divide
performance
measures
into
key
functional
areas.
These
include
public
safety,
health
and
human
services,
children
and
family
services,
commerce,
planning
and
development,
transportation
and
infrastructure.
As
well
as
operational
support
and
the
agencies
that
kind
of
meet
those
key
functional
areas
are
listed
below,
as
I
mentioned,
we
have
about
73
measures
that
are
meeting
or
exceeding
their
targets.
Here
are
two
examples
that
are
meeting
or
exceeding
their
targets
for
the
department
of
licenses
and
inspections.
F
The
demolitions
reform
measure
is
exceeding
its
target,
having
already
performed
108
demolitions
a
year
to
date
in
fiscal
year,
22
for
homeless
services,
a
measure
that
is
meeting
or
exceeding
its
target
is
households
provided
homeless
prevention
assistance.
As
you
can
see,
our
target
is
1400
households
from
ohs,
and
the
department
has
already
provided
assistance
to
about
314
households
in
the
city.
F
F
On-Time
trash
collection
continues
to
not
meet
its
target.
Similarly,
with
the
recycling
rate
that
has
also
not
met
its
fiscal
year,
22
target
as
of
yet
and
another
example,
is
the
free
library
where
we
see
team
program
attendance
still
not
meeting
pre-covert
levels.
So,
as
you
can
see,
in
fiscal
year,
20
quarter
one
we
had
about
16
304
teens
participate
in
these
programs
and
unfortunately,
as
of
the
end
of
this,
the
first
quarter
of
this
fiscal
year
under
3
000
have
attended
so
far
next
slide.
F
We
also
wanted
to
give
you
a
snapshot
of
where
we
were
when
we
ended
last
month,
which
is
october.
I
know
that
rob
just
spoke
to
you
all
about
how
we
ended
the
first
quarter,
but
we
also
wanted
to
give
you
a
snapshot
of
how
we
ended
in
october.
So
as
of
the
end
of
october,
we
have
about
a
completed
about
33.3
percent
of
our
fiscal
year.
The
general
fund
spending
year
to
date
has
been
about
34.3.
F
That
accounts
for
about
8.3
percent
of
obligations
are
439
million
in
spending
just
from
the
general
fund
alone,
and
here
is
a
chart
showing
you
where
that
funding
is
coming
from.
So
in
class
100
we
were
projected
to
spend
279
million
dollars
in
october.
We've
spent
about
309
so
about
30
million
over
projections
in
class
200
were
about
55
million
under
projections
class
3
400
about
4
million
under
projection
and
class
500
and
other
classes
about
almost
5
million
over.
F
Next
slide,
please
here's
a
good
graph
kind
of
showing
you
which
departments
are
spending
about.
You
know
I'm
sorry
department's
year-to-date
obligations
as
a
percentage
of
their
total
appropriations,
and
we
like
to
show
departments
of
adopted
budgets
about
five
million
dollars
or
more
so
you
can
see
that
you
know
for
departments
as
we
are
around
33.3
over
the
fiscal
year.
Commerce
has
spent
about
80,
and
I
know
this
includes
a
big
expenditure
in
class
200
as
well
to
the
convention
center.
F
F
Spending
through
october
includes
a
look
at
class
100
spending
in
city
departments
of
adopted
budgets
of
5
million
or
more
again,
you
know,
we've
talked
a
lot
about
it
over
time,
being
a
factor
in
public
facing
departments,
streets
being
one
of
them
street
sanitation
to
be
exact
and
streets
continue
to
overspend
in
its
class
100,
along
with,
of
course,
parks
and
rec,
and
other
departments
such
as
the
d.a
of
course,
as
you're
all
aware,
in
the
mid-year
transfer,
we
did
fix
the
structural
deficit
in
class
100
in
the
da's
office,
so
we
hope
to
remedy
that
moving
forward.
F
I
believe
that
concludes
this
portion
of
the
fiscal
stability
hearing.
I
am.
We
can
turn
it
over
to
ashley
unless
you
have
some
questions.
B
I
do
have
some
questions
I
don't
know.
Should
we
wait
for
all
the
panel
palace
to
present
that
we
can
ask
the
questions?
Maybe
sounds
good
okay,
so
I
guess
our
next
panelist
is
harvey
rice
from
pica.
G
So
I
will
ask
for
the
next
slide
so
we're
going
to
include,
as
I
said,
american
rescue
plan
funding
and
local
fiscal
recovery
funds
and
then
talk
a
little
bit
about
relief
to
recovery
and
some
of
our
next
steps,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
on
to
present
on
the
american
rescue
plan.
So
far
next
slide,
please.
D
D
So
so
far
the
city
has
received
14
million
in
funding
from
cdc
for
vaccination
related
activities,
42
million
in
home
funds
from
a
hud
for
homelessness
assistant,
48
million
in
elc
funds
from
cdc
for
testing
85,
which
must
be
used
on
school
opening,
school
reopening
activities,
58
million
in
emergency
rental
assistance
from
the
u.s
treasury
and
1.39
billion
in
the
corona,
various
local
fiscal
recovery
funds
from
the
u.s
treasury-
and
this
is
one
of
the
funds
that
is
most
flexible
and
so
far
the
city
has
received
50
of
that
amount
and
another
50
percent
will
be
sent
to
the
city
in
about
a
year,
which
is,
I
think,
about
july,
of
next
year
time
and
besides
the
american
rescue
plan,
the
city
has
been
engaging
with
fema
to
apply
for
fema
public
assistance
funding
and
those
funding
are
primarily
for
covered
and
vaccine
related
activities.
D
And
particularly
for
rental
assistance
nationally,
there
are
about
21.5
billion
dollars
in
the
american
rescue
plan
for
emergency
rental
assistance,
of
which
philadelphia
has
received
58
million
million
in
funding,
and
that's
in
addition
to
the
104
million
that
the
city
has
received
through
the
u.s
treasury
and
the
commonwealth
from
the
consolidated
prohibition
of
probation
act
of
2021,
the
american
I'm
sorry,
the
emergency
mental
assistant
program
started
in
may
2020
to
provide
support
for
tenants
and
landlords
affected
by
the
covet-19
pandemic
and
since
then
city
has
provided
over
156
million
in
support
to
over
19
000
household,
with
the
household
in
central
north,
lower
north
east
west
and
southwest
of
philadelphia
representing
the
highest
area
of
rental
assistance
distribution.
D
The
link
on
the
slide
here,
ptl
philrentasis.org
sorry,
is
the
the
the
entry
point
for
applicants
and
also
provide
really
great
data
points
of
how
many
applicants
the
city
has
received
and
how
much
funding
have
gone
through
and
and
who
and
that
dashboard
has
been
updated.
Weekly
next
flight.
Please.
D
It
allows
for
the
u.s
treasury
and
the
commonwealth
to
engage
in
reallocation
of
unused
fund
from
jurisdiction
that
have
not
distributed
that
distribute
less
than
65
of
their
initial
allocation.
So
through
that
process
the
city
has
received
an
additional
29
point:
four
million
from
the
carbon
wealth,
and
that
is
about
that.
29.4
million
is
enough
for
about
five
to
six
weeks
of
rental
assistance.
D
It's
important
to
note
that,
although
the
city
has
received
tremendous
support
from
the
american
rescue
plan
and
the
consolidated
act,
there's
still
a
continuing
need
for
the
rental
assistant
and
based
on
the
number
of
unduplicated
pending
applications
that
the
city
has
received.
We
estimated
that
household
needs
a
total
of
159
million.
In
addition,
in
additional
funds
to
be
able
to
clear
the
current
rent
in
the
utility
arrears
next
slide.
Please
now
I'm
going
to
turn
over
to
ashley
del
bianco
to
talk
more
about
the
coronavirus,
local
fiscal
recovery
funds.
G
So
I'd
like
to
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
coronavirus,
local
fiscal
recovery
funding-
and
this
is
the
more
specific
funds
directed
as
part
of
the
american
rescue
plan
directly
to
the
city
as
part
of
overall
relief
to
state
local,
territorial
and
tribal
governments.
You'll
see
that
as
part
of
the
american
rescue
plan
that
included
350
billion
dollars
worth
of
this
type
of
more
flexible
relief
for
local
governments.
As
on
mentioned
earlier,
the
funding
comes
in
two
tranches.
G
We
have
50
that
we
received
within
60
days
of
the
enactment
which
fell
within
last
year's
fiscal
year
and
carries
through
to
this
year's
fiscal
year,
and
we
also
are
entitled
to
additional
funding,
because
we
are
both
a
metro
city
and
county.
So
you'll
see
that
our
combined
figure
here
is
for
a
total
of
1.395
billion
dollars.
Next
slide,
please.
G
Something
to
really
emphasize
here
is
that,
while
the
coronavirus,
local
fiscal
recovery
funds
were
intended
to
help
us
as
state
and
local
government
to
assess
the
negative
consequences
of
the
pandemic
and
to
recover,
it
is
possible
to
use
these
funds
for
revenue
replacement,
and
that
is
in
fact,
what
the
city
of
philadelphia
is
doing
with
our
funding.
It
is
not
enough
funding,
despite
how
helpful
it
is.
It
is
not
enough
to
get
us
back
to
where
we
were
pre-pandemic.
G
When
you
look
at
the
figures
here,
you'll
see
that
our
projected
fiscal
year
budget
gap
over
the
five-year
plan
is
1.5
billion
dollars,
whereas
we're
receiving
1.4
billion
dollars
from
clfrf
funding.
So
it's
not
enough
to
fully
fund
our
our
gap,
but
we
are
using
these
funds
for
revenue
replacement.
G
G
They
were
able
to
show
us
that
in
this
fiscal
year,
our
budget
shortfall
compared
to
other
cities,
philadelphia,
is
actually
only
exceeded
by
detroit
in
the
amount
of
budget
shortfall
that
we
projected
for
2021
calendar
year,
and
this
is
based
on
their
analysis
of
fiscal
year,
2020
expenditures,
so
the
chart
there
represents
pew's
research
and
you'll
see
the
significant
gap
that
we
have,
and
why
is
it
that
philadelphia
is
faring
worse
than
most
other
cities
in
large
part?
As
you
know,
there
is
a
heavy
reliance
on
income
taxes
or
our
wage
tax.
G
Excuse
me
in
relation
to
property
taxes,
and
we
have
been
exceptionally
affected
by
the
fact
that
our
non-residents
during
the
pandemic
were
not
contributing
fully
their
portion
of
the
wage
tax
because
they
were
not
resident
in
the
city
at
that
time
and
lastly,
we
had
limited
reserves.
They
certainly
helped
us,
as
rob
pointed
out,
to
have
some
reserves,
but
as
rob
was
discussing
earlier,
our
fund
balance
is
not
particularly
high,
and
so
we
were
more
impacted
by
these
shortfalls
in
revenue
next
slide.
Please.
G
With
that
said,
the
american
rescue
plan
and
its
funding,
which
is
very
crucial,
will
help
us
to
comparatively
do
well
in
relation
to
our
five-year
plan
goals.
With
the
funding
of
the
american
rescue
plan,
coronavirus,
local
fiscal
relief
funding,
we're
able
to
avoid
layoffs,
we
will
not
necessarily
be
looking
at
tax
or
fee
increases.
G
Returning
funding
to
the
cultural
fund,
allocating
funding
for
the
citizen,
police
oversight,
commission
and
covering
debt
service
enabled
to
enabling
us
to
pave
additional
roadways
without
the
funding
you
can
see
on
the
other
side
of
the
screen.
Some
of
the
highlights
here
would
have
been
that
we
had
a
450
million
dollar
gap
projected
in
fy
22,
and
all
of
these
things
would
have
probably
resulted
if
we
did
not
have
american
rest.
G
In
significant
layoffs
and
or
significant
tax
increases,
and
we
would
have
had
a
lot
of
difficulty
being
able
to
provide
those
critical
services
described
next
slide,
please
so
clf
rf
and
the
five-year
plan.
What
does
it
mean
for
us
we're
treating
the
funding
from
the
american
rescue
plan
as
flexible
revenues?
These
funds
will
be
going
directly
to
the
general
fund
and
it
will
mostly
fill
the
gap
that
was
created
by
the
pandemic.
We
are
not
using
it
to
target
specific
programmatic
spending.
G
G
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
for
you
some
of
the
other
key
funding
sources
to
track
in
pennsylvania.
As
noted,
the
american
rescue
plan
provided
local
and
state
funds,
and
so
the
state
funding
from
clfrf
is
noted
here
at
7.3
billion
dollars.
G
We
are
anticipating
from
what
we
hear
that
that
could
be
used
to
balance
the
commonwealth's
budget
in
the
similar
vein
as
to
what
we're
doing
in
terms
of
using
it
for
revenue
replacement.
G
There
is
additionally,
a
pennsylvania
capital
projects
fund
that
will
be
enabling
additional
critical
capital
projects
in
a
whole
range
of
areas,
as
outlined
here,
including
education,
health
and
other
remote
service
options.
We
also
can
be
looking
at
350
million
dollars
across
the
state
for
a
pennsylvania,
homeowner
assistance
fund.
This
is
definite.
This
is
different
than
rental
assistance.
This
is
directly
for
homeowners
and
will
assist
with
mortgage
delinquencies
and
defaults,
and
it
can
be
used
for
mortgage
payments,
homeowners,
insurance,
utility
payments
and
other
specified
purposes
as
part
of
the
plan.
G
So
is
there
there's
flexibility
there
as
well,
that
again
is
administered
by
the
state
and,
lastly,
a
significant
effort
to
support
small
businesses.
The
state
is
receiving
207
million
dollars
for
the
state
small
business
credit
initiative,
which,
as
the
title
suggests,
it
will
be
extending
credit
to
small
businesses
similar
to
the
relief
programs
that
were
set
up
during
the
pandemic
itself.
G
So
we
wanted
to
take
one
last
moment
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
lessons
learned
and
next
steps
related
to
coronavirus,
relief
and
recovery.
So
one
of
the
things
that
you
will
have
noted
throughout
this
is
the
theme
of
critical
and
timely
support
from
the
federal
and
state
and
local
funding
sources.
This
has
allowed
the
city
to
stand
up
very
quickly.
Some
effective
relief
programs,
these
included
small
business,
supports
rental
assistance,
as
described
and
direct
public
health
and
public
safety
programs
responding
to
the
pandemic
for
vulnerable
residents.
G
But
it
also
can
have
benefits
to
help
us
in
terms
of
the
program
design
and
the
the
tools
that
were
used
to
communicate
and
track
applications
for
other
programs
that
we're
doing
the
arp
surprises
provides
the
city
with
enough
funding
to
support
those
core
services,
and
it
will
allow
us
to
avoid
painful
cuts.
G
G
G
We
want
to
be
thinking
about
how
we
move
from
recovery,
from
relief
into
recovery
and
expanding
our
vision
for
what
that
looks
like
and
not
returning
to
business
as
usual,
so
in
in
some
of
our
participatory
budgeting
processes
and
other
processes.
Those
are
opportunities
for
us
to
do
so
in
our
office
of
recovery
and
grants.
We
continue
to
provide
direct
management
of
our
federal
and
state
funding,
and
we
also
will
be
continuing
to
work
with
our
colleagues
in
finance
and
across
the
different
city
departments
to
make
best
use
of
those
resources.
H
Thank
you
good
morning,
chairperson,
dom
and
members
of
the
city
council,
fiscal
stability
and
intergovernmental
cooperation
committee.
My
name
is
harvey
rice,
I'm
the
executive
director
of
the
pennsylvania,
intergovernmental
cooperation
authority,
the
state
oversight
agency
for
the
city
of
philadelphia.
H
H
Before
I
start
my
testimony,
I
would
like
to
first
thank
you
all
the
city
council
members
for
supporting
the
pending
legislation
in
harrisburg
to
extend
pica
beyond
its
schedule.
Expiration
date.
H
As
you
know,
along
with
city
council,
pica
has
been
an
integral
part
of
the
city's
fiscal
recovery
and
continues
stability
since
the
early
1990s,
when
pika
was
adopted,
extending
pica
would
continue
this
partnership
to
ensure
philadelphia's
fiscal
stability
going
forward
as
requested,
I
did
not
prepare
a
powerpoint
presentation
today.
Instead,
I
will
highlight
important
components
of
the
qcmr.
H
As
you
know,
the
city
recently
received
an
fop
arbitration
award
and
negotiated
cut
labor
contracts
with
astony
district
council
33
and
district
council
47..
As
such,
the
city's
five-year
plan,
which
was
approved
in
july
by
the
by
the
pika
board,
was
needed
to
be
revised
to
include
the
cost
of
these
labor
contracts.
H
That
cost
was
approximately
618
million
dollars.
The
city
submitted
the
revised
plan
to
pica
on
october
29
2021
after
review
and
evaluation.
The
pika
board
unanimously
approved
the
revised
plan
last
week
and
accordingly,
the
qcmr
submitted
was
submitted
on
november
15th
of
last
week,
and
this
reflects
the
revised
plan
projections
going
forward
here
are
some
of
the
points
highlights.
I
would
like
to
point
out
the
21-year
end
front.
Balance
is
now
estimated
at
219
million
dollars,
almost
220
million
higher
than
previously
projected,
which
was
78.7
million
dollars.
H
However,
while
it's
higher
than
in
the
original
plan,
it
only
represents
2.5
of
the
total
obligations,
far
below
the
city's
own
target
of
six
to
eight
percent
and
and
also
far
below
the
efoa's
recommend
of
17.
H
If
you
looked
at
the
six
to
eight
percent
by
the
city's
target,
we
should
have
366
million
dollars
in
the
fund
balance
and
if
you
adhere
to
the
gfoa's
recommendation,
that
would
be
almost
900
million
dollars
in
the
fund
balance.
So
we
are
significantly
low
and
if
you
look
at
the
new
revised
plan,
while
it,
the
fund
balance,
has
increased
through
for
the
years
the
last
year,
it's
precariously
low
at
66
million
dollars.
H
So
another
highlight
the
qcmr
projects,
a
recession
and
reopening
reserve
of
for
fy
22
of
42.5
million
dollars
and
a
labor
reserve
for
future
labor
costs,
because
there's
some
unions
that
smaller
unions
that
haven't
been
negotiated
yet
and
and
also
the
firefighters
hasn't
been
arbit,
has
been
arbitrated
but
is
being
voted
on
now
and
and
so
there's
27.7
million
dollars
in
fy
22
and
also
reserves.
H
Throughout
the
revised
plan,
the
arpa
fund
usage
in
the
in
was
decreased
in
the
revised
plan
for
fy22
from
575
million
to
250
million.
This
difference
is
projected
to
be
used
in
latter
years
of
the
revised
plan.
Overtime
cost.
As
you
know,
pika
has
been
very
concerned
about
the
increasing
overtime
costs
they've
been
increasing
every
year
since
2011,
since
pike
has
been
monitoring
it,
it
reprojects
at
185.4
million
about
the
same
level
as
fiscal
year
2021.
H
However,
this
represents
a
decrease
of
about
22
million
from
fiscal
year
20,
which
is
the
last
year
prior
to
the
pandemic,
and
to
even
to
to
emphasize
that
and
give
you
a
a
good
picture.
H
When
we
presented
last
week
to
the
board
the
four
months
overtime
cost
for
for
july
august
september
and
october
for
fy22,
we
compared
it
not
only
to
fy21,
because
that
that
was
a
nominal
year,
but
to
fy
2020,
and
we
there
was
a
10
million
dollar
decrease
in
four
months
from
fy20
to
fy22,
for
overtime
cost.
So,
and
I
know
we're
talking
about
the
qcmr,
but
when
you
look
at
I,
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
highlight
of
the
revised
plan.
H
This
revised
plan
has
contributions
to
the
bsr
in
the
fiscal
year
25.
in
the
in
the
original
plan.
There
was
no
contribution
in
any
of
the
years
to
the
bsr.
Why
we'd
like
to
see
it
increase
to
more
years
of
of
deposits
in
the
bsr
we're
happy
to
see
that
in
the
revised
plan,
one
of
the
fiscal
years
there's
a
there's
a
contribution
to
the
bsr?
B
I
Hi,
thank
you
very
much.
I
I'm
going
to
share
my
screen
and
make
sure
you
can
all
see
it.
B
I
Wonderful,
so
thank
you
very
much
for
this
opportunity,
councilman,
dom
and
and
city
council
members.
I
am
tom
ginsberg
of
the
pew
charitable
trust,
philadelphia,
research
and
policy
initiative.
We
conduct
nonpartisan
independent
research
and
engage
with
officials
on
key
issues
facing
philadelphia.
I
Last
month
we
launched
our
interactive
dashboard
on
businesses
and
jobs
in
philadelphia.
The
free
dashboard
makes
it
possible
for
policy
makers,
business
representatives
and
anybody
else
to
monitor
the
financial
health
of
establishments
as
it
changes
every
quarter
or
month,
based
on
constantly
changing
credit
bureau
and
government
data
on
tens
of
thousands
of
businesses.
I
I
The
answers
in
this
data
can
provide
some
insights
for
legislative
and
regulatory
initiatives
and
programs
such
as
pandemic
relief
by
our
count,
federal
state
and
local
governments,
distributed
at
least
three
billion
dollars
in
covet
relief
loans
and
grants
to
philadelphia
firms.
Last
year,
the
dashboard
can
give
a
window
on
those
phones,
funds
impact
in
the
past
and
the
needs
going
forward.
I
I'm
going
to
give
you
a
few
snapshots
here,
although
the
tool
is
far
more
comprehensive
than
I
can
show
you
here,
the
dashboard
has
slide
nine
charts
that
are
updated,
monthly
or
quarterly,
such
as
delinquency
on
paying
bills,
bankruptcy
filings,
consumer
spending
of
small
businesses.
It
also
has
two
reference
charts
showing
pre-pandemic
conditions.
I
They
include
city-wide
percentages
of
businesses
owned
by
black
hispanic
asian
and
white
owners.
Again,
these
two
reference
charts
are
from
before
the
pandemic.
The
latest
solid
data
that
that
was
available
for
unfortunately,
current
comprehensive
current
demographic
data
on
business
owners
is
pretty
much
non-existent.
I
We
are
looking
at
potential
ways
of
generating
this
data,
although
it's
still
theoretical
I'm
going
through,
showing
you
the
charts
quickly
breeze
through
them.
To
give
you
a
sense
of
how
comprehensive
this
is.
Those
are
the
pre-pandemic
charts
at
the
bottom
and
then
I
will
drill
down
a
little
more
into
what
some
of
them
say.
When
you
go
to
the
dashboard
you'll
see
the
first
charts
you'll
see
come
from
experian
credit
bureau.
I
I
Overall.
These
show
that
business
health
is
improving,
but
modestly,
so
the
first
chart
you'll
see
delinquency
on
bills,
this
tracks
the
share
of
establishments
paying
their
bills
31
days
or
more
late
about
six
percent.
In
the
last
period,
q3
six
percent
were
moderately
or
severely
delinquent,
that's
a
little
better
than
earlier
in
this
year,
but
it's
still
worse
than
last
year,
the
earlier
line
when
it
was
somewhat
flat,
which
coincided
with
a
lot
of
those
government
infusions
I
mentioned
earlier.
I
Financial
stability-
this
is
experience
composite
measure
of
future
default
risk.
This
is
a
forward-looking
indicator,
lower
the
line
the
worse
here,
the
higher
the
better.
It
moves
very
incrementally
this
line.
This
is
the
average
score,
but,
and
you
can
see
it
has
been
sloping
upward
slightly
and
that's
positive
credit
on
I'm
sorry,
balancing
credit
accounts.
This
is
the
median
amount
owed
to
creditors
or
lenders.
This
is
a
sign
of
business
growth
or
risk,
or
both
notice.
The
slope
was
still
heading
upward
as
of
september,
the
last
period
shown
even
with
the
ppp
loans
being
forgiven.
I
I
You
can
use
these
filters
to
slice
by
industry
2
and
here
I'm
going
to
switch
and
show
hospitality,
leisure
and
hospitality,
which
includes
restaurants,
hotels,
entertainment,
recreation,
venues
and
the
like.
Typically,
these
sector
itself
is
more
volatile
than
the
other
sectors,
but
you
can
see
here
how
much
is
worse.
I
It's
been
on
delinquency
on
the
left
chart,
although
there
is
a
glimmer
of
hope
in
the
september
dip
there
right
at
the
end,
contrast
that
to
the
professional
there's,
the
dip,
the
the
professional
scientific
and
technical
sector,
its
share
has
essentially
been
flat.
You
see
on
the
left
there
and
staying
low
while
its
credit
balances
have
been
high
and
hovering
high
over
the
over
the
city
average.
I
We
can
also
filter
down
to
specific
zip
codes.
The
dashboard
gives
you
a
map,
as
you
see
there,
on
the
right
to
visualize
the
differences
by
zip
code.
This
is
looking
at
delinquency
on
bills.
In
september
center
city
east's
share
of
bills,
I'm
showing
center
city
east
here
the
share
of
businesses
that
were
late
on
their
bills,
which
had
been
spiking
up,
started
to
come
back
down
to
the
city-wide
average.
This
may
have
been
related
to
business
activity.
Picking
up
this
past
summer
through
after
that
rough
first
18
months,.
I
On
jobs,
the
dashboard
shows
the
percentage
lost
or
gained
since
2019,
since
in
most
cases
since
the
same
month
in
2019
by
sector,
total
employment
in
september
was
still
about
8.2
percent
there
below
september
2019,
two
years
earlier,
the
level
that's
the
level
where
it's
sort
of
stuck.
Now
you
see
that
line
is
sort
of
flat.
In
fact,
we
just
got
october
data
yesterday,
it's
not
posted
yet
on
the
site,
but
it
remains
also
still
about
eight
percent
below
for
october
filtering
down
to
indus
industry
sectors
on
jobs.
I
I
That
was
a
whirlwind
through
the
tool.
It
literally
has
hundreds
of
permutations
for
you
to
explore
many
of
them
new
every
month
to
help
you,
your
staff
and
any
interested
stakeholders
understand
this
study,
we're
happy
to
provide
more
detailed
briefings
and
we'll
we'll
be
setting
them
up,
and
I
thank
you
very
much
for
your
time
and
look
forward
to
your
questions.
B
Oh,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
So
that's
a
great
tool.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
pew
for
that
tool.
That's
really
very
impressive.
I
would
like
to
recognize
at
this
time
my
council
members
have
joined
councilmember,
isaiah,
thomas
council,
member,
cindy
bass
and
council
member
jimmy
gautier.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
So
I
have
several
questions.
I
know
that
I
believe
councilmember
kim
and
councilmember.
B
Gilmore
richardson
have
a
question,
but
let
me
start
off
by
asking
our
finance
director
rob
devoe.
The
big
question
for
me
is
of
the
1.5
billion
dollars
that
we
will
be
short
over
the
next
five
years.
Can
you
tell
me
three
or
four
the
biggest
reasons
why,
for
example,
wage
taxes?
How
much
in
wage
taxes
consists
of
that
1.5
billion
and
any
other
taxes
that
you
could
share
with
us.
E
Yeah
and
just
go
back
to
that
slide
so
that
1.5
billion
was
where
we
were
before
we
received
the
the
american
rescue
plan
money,
so
we're
not
facing
that
kind
of
gap
now,
but
looking
back
at
what
caused
it
yeah,
the
big
thing
was
a
drop
in
in
revenues
and
wage
tax
was
a
big
part
of
that,
including
the
hit
to
the
non-resident
forcing
the
wage
tax.
Since,
if
you're
non-resident
and
you're
required
to
work
from
home,
you
don't
have
to
pay
it.
E
I
think
that's,
probably
the
the
biggest
single
driver
of
the
decrease,
but
all
of
our
taxes
were
projected
to
be
lower
than
where
they
were
before
the
pandemic.
But
though,
and
the
wage
taxes
were
the
single
biggest
hit
because
it's
our
single
biggest
tax,
but
if
we're
looking.
B
At
this-
and
let's
just
say
for
a
moment,
thank
god
we're
receiving
the
1.5
billion,
but
if
we're
not
going
to
receive
the
1.5
billion,
if
a
god
forbid,
another
pandemic
happens,
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
the
1.5
billion
was
wage
tax
gap,
500
million
700
million.
So
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
what
we
need
to
address
going
forward.
E
Yeah,
so
we
can
get
you
the
the
dollar
contribution,
but
that
wage
tax
hit
was
the
biggest
portion
of
it,
and
you
know
if
you
went
to
that
chart
in
in
ashley's
presentation
from
q.
That
shows
what
happened
to
us
compared
to
other
places.
You
know
the
reason
that
our
hit
was
so
much
bigger
was
because
we
were
relying
on
sensitive
taxes
like
the
waste
checks,
and
you
know
rob.
I
love.
B
B
While
we
have
over
sixty
percent
of
the
jobs
we
created
the
last
ten
years
paid
less
than
35
000.
Those
were
the
jobs
that
were
affected
by
hospitality
and
other
problems
in
that
economy,
so
we
can
figure
out
how
to
create
higher
paying
jobs
in
the
long
term.
We'll
have
a
much
more
stable
city.
I
think
that's
what
other
cities
have
done
when
you
look
at
that
pew
report
of
the
shortages
in
the
budget.
B
B
E
B
So
basic
question
I
was
noticing
I
think
you
highlighted
on
the
qcmr.
I
think
it
was
the
streets
department
that
had
a
pretty
low
percentage
of
performance.
I
think
it
was
like
56
percent,
and
I
also
noticed
that,
on
the
on
the
budgeting
area,
it
seemed
like
streets
went
over
budget
and
I'm
just
wondering
what
we
can
do
to
help
and
support
our
streets
department
to
improve
in
that
area,
because
that's
like
a
basic
service
that
people
of
the
city
expect.
E
Yeah
and
I
think
council
did
something
to
help
in
the
transfer
ordinance
where
we've
provided
additional
staffing
for
streets.
I
think
what's
happened
because
of
the
increase
in
tonnage
and
the
increase
in
leakage
that
saudi
talked
about
we've
had
some
challenges
collecting
all
trash
and
without
that
overtime
goes
up,
costs
go
up.
I
think,
with
that
money
that
we
added
to
the
transfer
ordinance
they'll
be
better
able
to
to
collect
trash.
B
Who's
in
charge
in
that
department
of
looking
at
every
possible
new
technology
to
make
us
more
efficient
to
help
the
streets
department
do
their
job.
E
Yeah
and
I
think
it's
a
few
people
depending
on
on
where
you're
looking
you
know
so,
for
example,
we're
we're
looking
at
moving
to
led
lights,
so
people
think
rick
montenez
is
the
person
who's.
Looking
at
that
on
the
sanitation
side,
it
would
be
heads
of
sanitation.
Looking
at
you
know
the
best
possible
ways
to
to
deliver
that
service,
and
I
know
their
administrative
section
led
by
chris
newman,
also
constantly
looking
at
ways
to
improve
efficiency,
and
you
know
to
to
deliver
their
service
at
the
lowest
cost
possible.
B
Another
question
I
had
is
on
the
performance
measures.
I
noticed
that
with
73
measures
were
on
track,
which
is
good
and
33
measures.
I
guess
need
to
improve,
who
works
with
those
departments
to
help
them
improve
and
achieve
their
goals.
F
Yes,
I'd
be
happy
to
take
that
question
councilmember,
so
we
track
measures
on
a
quarterly
basis,
as
well
as
during
the
budget
process
and
my
unit
in
the
budget
office
and
working
with
our
budget
director
marissa
waxman.
We
work
with
departments
directly
to
see
how
their
measures
are
on
a
quarterly
basis.
Should
they
have
any
revisions.
We
note
those
we
actually
just
sent
harvey
and
gus
and
pika
a
document
that
shows
how
targets
have
changed
for
certain
departments.
You
know
that
we
adopted
the
budget
created
the
proposed
budget
in
march
of
this
year.
F
Things
have
changed
since
we
you
know
since
then,
so
we
actually
keep
pica
apprised
of
any
changes
in
target
levels
as
well,
but
departments
come
to
us
should
they
have
any
changes,
they
propose
changes
in
their
measures
so
that
they
are
accurately
representing
how
each
program
in
the
city
is
performing,
and
we
then
make
sure
that
we
stay
on
top
of
that
and
we
help.
B
Yeah,
I
guess
my
question.
I
appreciate
that,
but
my
question
maybe
is
more
driven
by
operational
people.
It
can
make
it
more
efficient.
In
other
words,
if
we
have
a
department,
that's
not
performing
well
may
not
be
their
fault.
It
may
be
that
they
have
the
wrong
tools
to
do
their
job
and
who
can
come
in
and
help
them
with
the
tools
to
become
more
efficient.
J
Thank
you
so
much,
mr
chairman,
and
I
appreciate
these
hearings.
As
always,
so
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
one
thing,
because
it
did
get
brought
up
with
rob
the
key
issue
around
the
wage
and
income
tax
is
not
so
much
the
amount
of
money
that
somebody
earns,
but
actually,
where
they
reside.
Is
that
correct?
J
E
There
are
two
issues,
one
of
which
you're
correct
is
that
for
people
who
live
outside
the
city
but
work
in
the
city,
if
they
are
not
they're
directed
to
work
outside
the
city,
they
don't
have
to
pay
the
wage
tax
for
that
day
and
we've
estimated
that
that
will
be
about
a
15
hit
to
the
wage
tax,
so
that
yeah,
that's
a
that's
a
big
part
of
what's
happening.
There's
some
also,
you
know
just
declining
jobs
and
that
decline
in
jobs
also
translates
into
a
hit
to
the
wage
tax.
J
So
the
one
of
the
key
things
that,
as
you
noted
for
residents
of
the
city
who
have
jobs
elsewhere,
that
they
they
do
not
have
to
pay
the
wage
tax.
Is
that
correct
if
they
work
outside
of
the
city.
E
J
So
I
think
the
clarity,
though,
that
we're
trying
to
emphasize
is
that
if
people
live
in
philadelphia,
the
wage
tax
issue
can
be
addressed,
and
one
of
the
questions
is
about
the
importance
of
livability
growing
the
residential
base
and
making
it
clear
that
residents,
no
matter
where
they
may
work,
pay
the
wage
tax
and
those
jobs,
even
though
they
may
be
high
paying.
If
those
residents
don't
live
in
the
city,
it
doesn't
actually
matter
if
they
are
not
working
inside
of
the
city.
J
You
know,
or
those
jobs
in
this
particular
case
are
able
to
be
done
at
home.
Then
they
don't
pay
the
wage
tax.
So
it's
not
necessarily
the
the
the
salary
level
of
the
job.
It's
about
it's.
The
importance
is
either
the
business
and
the
business
workers
have
to
be
in
physically
in
philadelphia
or
they
must
reside
in
philadelphia.
E
Yeah
and
just
want
to
clarify
one
thing:
it's
if
they
are
directed
to
work
at
home,
if
they
work
at
home
by
choice,
they
still
have
to
rate
away
checks
all
right.
J
Thank
you
very
much.
You
know
one.
I
wanted
to
thank
the
administration
for
highlighting
the
eviction
diversion
rent
assistance
program.
You
know
that
has
been,
I
think,
one
of
the
city's
most
successful
and
certainly
nationally
lauded
efforts
in
the
pandemic,
and
I
think
what
was
rightly
noted
was
that
in
a
time
of
crisis
we
actually
invested
in
our
internal
capacity.
J
We
strengthened
up
the
technological
aspects
to
make
the
phl
rent
assist
portal
and
the
website
more
accessible,
quicker
and
more
streamlined
with
other
entities
so
that
we
could
move
the
money
faster.
You
know
the
I
think
we
were
able
to
distribute
the
latest
rent
assist
dashboard.
I
know
you
are
using.
Other
numbers
shows
us
having
distributed
over
220
million
dollars
to
almost
36
000
households,
most
of
them
landlords
since
may
of
2020.
So
I
think
that's
significant.
J
G
J
So
you
know
one
of
the
areas
that
we
and
I
appreciate
that
we're
tracking
this
money,
because
I
think
it's
incredibly
important
to
families
and
to
the
health
of
our
city,
but
we
appreciate
you
know
the
support
and
tracking
and
advocating
for
the
federal
reallocation
of
unused
funds
from
jurisdictions
that
have
distributed
less
than
65
of
the
initial
allocations.
This
was
a
big
push.
This
is,
you
know,
sort
of
what
didn't
happen
in
that
early
phase,
and
it
got
reallocated
by
the
state
to
the
department
of
prisons
or
department
of
corrections.
J
Rather
I'm
sorry,
and
so
you
know
now
we
have
a
chance
to
ensure
that
municipalities
and
jurisdictions
that
have
overwhelming
need
are
able
to
access
them.
You
know
a
certain
time
after
it's
our
understanding
that
the
vast
majority
of
jurisdictions
have
not
distributed
65
or
more
of
the
of
the
allocation.
Do
you
know
if
that's
true
or
not,
statewide.
G
At
a
state
level,
that's
a
that's
a
good
question
that
I
don't
have
a
full
answer
for
I
can
see
if
I
can
get
more
information
on
it.
What
I
will
say
is
that
not
very
many
jurisdictions
received
direct
local
funding
from
the
state,
so
so
philadelphia
was
one
one
among
only
a
few
counties
that
received
a
direct
local
allocation
and
a
lot.
In
the
majority
of
cases,
the
state
itself
was
overseeing
the
distribution
into
jurisdictions.
G
You
mean
for
the
reallocation
of
state
funds.
Yes,
our
understanding
is.
We
have
received
our
full
reallocation
at
this
point.
The
state
did
prioritize
going
through
that
process
for
those
entities
that
a
were
successful
in
distributing
at
least
65
percent
and
b
that
were
receiving
direct
local
distributions.
G
It
is
not
our
understanding
that,
beyond
the
29
million
dollars,
we
have
received
from
the
reallocation
process
that
we
would
receive
additional
state
reallocations.
Okay,.
J
All
right,
thank
you.
One
of
my
questions
is
about
the
p
pennsylvania
capital
projects
fund
and
about
the
275
279
million
in
there.
As
you
know,
there's
been
a
lot
of
talk
about
aging
school
buildings
and
the
fact
that,
in
september
of
this
year,
I
think
when
sla
bieber
had
to
close
down,
because
there
were
no
functioning
bathrooms
in
the
entire
school,
it
was
the
12th
school
in
two
years
to
actually
close
there's
a
heavy
and
huge
need
to
remediate
and
modernize
our
schools.
G
Sure
my
understanding
is
that
school
and
education
capital
projects
are
eligible.
My
understanding
would
be,
though,
that
basically,
these
funds
would
have
the
same
criteria
as
capital
project
funding.
Typically
does
they
have
not
expanded
the
criteria?
So
if,
in
fact,
the
short
answer
is
if
the
type
of
projects
that
you're
thinking
of
or
describing
fall
within
the
existing
grant
eligibility
process,
which
I
believe
they
do,
but
I'm
not
certain-
have
not
having
read
the
capital
projects
fund
eligibility
closely
recently,
you
know,
I
know
school
facilities
in
general
are
eligible.
J
Okay
and
you
don't
have
a
sense
of
how
that
money
is
being
disbursed
or
no,
I
think
the
application
process
and
is:
is
it
done
by
city
governments
by
private
entities?
Are
we?
How
are
we
applying
well.
G
G
J
Okay,
thank
you
and
then
for
pew.
You
know
I
wanted
to
thank
you
for
your
report
and
as
well.
You
know,
one
of
the
biggest
concerns
obviously
is
what's
happening
with
small
businesses
in
the
city
of
philadelphia,
the
number
of
jobs
at
small
businesses.
I
think,
as
you
noted
in
q1
down
17,
seems
to
have
declined
the
most
when
you're
looking
at
job
loss
by
employer
size.
I'm
curious
whether
this
matches
trends
in
other
cities
nationally.
J
Is
it
better
or
worse,
it's
not
great,
either
way
it's
just
kind
of
getting
an
understanding
of
of
what's
happening
and
how
we
can
best
support
small
businesses
here
in
philadelphia,
because
I
don't
think
we're
doing
nearly
enough.
I
Yeah
hi,
the
the
dashboard
itself,
doesn't
compare
to
other
places
or
other
cities.
It's
just
looking
just
at
philadelphia.
So
as
far
as
the
dashboard
goes
we're
just
looking
just
at
the
city
other
data,
and
we
can
see
other
data
on
any
on
an
ongoing
basis.
Certainly
job
jobs
declined
everywhere
nationwide
slightly.
There
would
be
differences
from
one
from
one
city
from
one
metro
area
to
another.
I
The
the
national
data
comes
out
about
a
month
or
two
before
the
local
data,
and
we
have
seen
in
the
national
numbers
also
an
uptick
nationally
how
that
differs
from
one
city
to
another.
I
have
not
looked
at,
but
but
we
can
see
that
it
looks
like
in
the
latest
numbers
that
just
came
out
yesterday
that
we
are
following
some
of
that
trend
here
too
we're
seeing
some
of
that
uptick
here
in
certain
sectors.
I
Some
sectors
like
hospitality
generally
are
low
and
have
and
and
and
recreation
venues.
Those
remain
significantly
low
below
their
pre-pandemic
levels.
Some
of
the
others
have
never
really
dipped
much
below
and
and
a
few
of
them
are
actually
above
where
they
were
pre-pandemic.
One
of
them
is
a
professional
scientific.
Like
I
highlighted,
I
think
the
information
sector
also
stayed
pretty
solid,
but
that's
that's
the.
J
We
may
follow
up
with
you
and
I
assume
some
of
it
we'll
take
a
look
at
the
dashboard
a
little
bit
more
closely
about
the
breakdown
of
small
business,
job
loss
or
growth
by
sector.
I
think,
would
be
really
helpful
and
hopefully
inform
some
of
our
work
as
we
look
at
the
next
budget
cycle
in
terms
of
addressing
that
area,
in
particular,.
J
And
then
I
just
wanted
to
clarify
going
back
to
the
reallocation
of
rent
assistance
money.
If
I
could
just
for
clarification,
I
I
think
that
you
had
mentioned
state
reallocation,
but
I
was
asking
about
federal
treasury
reallocation.
G
Sorry,
the
federal
treasury
reallocation
process
is
is
just
getting
underway.
My
understanding
is
that
federal
treasury
is
going
to
do
this
in
two
tranches.
First,
they
will
look
at
reallocation
of
federal
funding
to
the
states
from
states
that
have
not
fully
spent
down
their
funding.
So
that's
process.
One
process
two
is
then
distributing
to
jurisdictions
who
have
been
successful
from
those
other
jurisdictions
that
have
not.
G
The
only
thing
we've
been
asked
to
do
thus
far
is
to
certify
the
spending
that
we
have
made
on
the
federal
rental
assistance
which
we
have
done,
and
we
then
also
need
to
issue
a
formal
request
for
additional
funding,
and
that
is
due
on
the
30th
and
we're
preparing
that
now.
So
there
is
no
other
process
that
we
are
aware
of,
or
that
beyond
giving
us
instructions
as
to
kind
of
those
general
guidelines
about
how
they
will
handle
reallocation.
J
And
that's
the
30th
of
november
yes,
and
do
we
know
how
much
money
is
potentially
do?
Do
we
have
a
sense
of
the
possible
range
of
money
that
could
be
available?
We
do
not
okay,
but
it's
just
re
underscoring
again
that
there
looks
to
be
a
potential
for
two
phases
of
a
federal
reallocation
that
would
extend
the
rent
assistance
to
the
city
of
philadelphia.
I
assume,
based
on
all
the
information
that
we've
got,
that
we're
among
the
most
successful
cities
in
the
nation.
J
J
G
B
Thank
you
councilman
again,
thanks
very
much
great
questions.
I
have
a
few
more
questions.
I
just
wanted
to
ask.
First,
I
wanted
to
recognize
our
commerce
director
mike
rashid
for
being
here.
Thank
you,
director,
rashid,
and
then
I
guess
maybe
rob
you
could
answer
this
one
on
the
fun
balance
or
harvey.
I
think
both
of
you
mentioned
that
our
fund
balance,
if
I
got
it
right,
went
up
about
estimated
220
million
more
than
we
thought
correct.
Yes
and
we're
gonna
end
with
about
290
million.
Is
that
what
I
heard.
E
Yeah,
so
it
looks
like
harvey:
go
ahead,
rv
you
look
like
you're
eager
to
show
up.
H
Well,
revenues
came
in
higher
than
projected
and
the
expenses
obligations
were
lower
than
projected
and
those
were
the
two
major
driving
factors
where
we
had
a
higher
fund
balance
than
projected
in
the
five-year
plan
that
when
we
saw
in
the
revised
five-year
plan,
I
don't
know
rob.
Let's
speak
further
to
that.
B
E
E
So
I
need
some
of
the
big
drivers.
If
anything,
that's
what
you're
looking
for
so
wage
tax
was
higher,
the
sales
tax
was
higher
and
the
bert
was
higher.
So
those
three
together
we're
about
100
million
and
what's
interesting,
is
there
are
a
lot
of
things
that
broke
our
way
by
a
little
and
because
they're
so
big,
they
they
add
up
to
a
lot
and
then
our
our
benefits
came
in
lower
health
benefits.
B
E
Wing
chun
part
of
what
offsets
that
is
moving
some
of
the
federal
money.
H
B
That's
what
you'd
like
to
see
yeah,
let
me
go
back
to
wage
tax
for
a
minute.
I
think
rob
did
you
say
the
projection
of
refunds
was
going
to
be
about
125
million
and
it's
about
110
roughly
you.
E
B
E
So
they
can
continue
to
apply
for
a
refund
and
if
I
get
this
wrong
frank
she'll
jump
in
for
three
years
four
years,
so
we
think
we've
seen
the
the
bulk
of
it.
But
there
is
a
chance
that
you'll
see
some
continuing
continuing
hit
and
you
see
it
use
the
the
big
time
for
people
to
start
looking
for
wage
tax
refunds
is
around
when
their
federal
taxes
are
due.
E
Yes,
I
think
that
will
create
some
strain
for
our
costs.
If
you
know,
as
everything
goes
up,
we
should
probably
see
some
strain
there
may
be
some
offset
to
that.
In
terms
of
you
know,
on
the
on
the
revenue
side,
you
know,
for
example,
if
wages
go
up
right
because
of
inflation,
that
there
should
there
might
be
some
impact
on
on
the
wage
tax.
B
B
Other
question
I
have
is
this
is
just
an
example
of
the
operational
performance
measures
we're
talking
about
the
free
library
and
we've
talked
about
the
team
program
attendance
in
the
chart
and
the
team
program
attendance
for
fiscal
year.
22
was
like
way
down
so
like
is
there
someone
on
that
team?
That
could
say
you
know
what
let's
notify
all
the
philadelphia
high
schools
9th
to
12th
graders
about
the
teen
program
and
make
sure
they're
aware
of
it.
E
B
Other
last
question
I
have
well-
maybe
not
the
last
but
one.
The
last
is
I'm
trying
to
get
your
opinions
on
this.
You
know
I
hear
from
people
all
over
the
city
like
there's
a
shortage
of
employment.
B
H
Councilmember
I
asked
that
question
to
my
staff
and
to
our
economist
every
day,
almost
it
I.
I
can't
understand
it
why
the
unemployment
is
so
low,
but
there's
just
there
are
businesses
that
you
know
anywhere.
You
go
they're
looking
for
help
anywhere.
You
go
any
type
of
business,
whether
it's
retail.
K
As
you
know,
I'm
one
of
the
co-chairs
of
ready
set
philly,
which
is
a
city
government
and
business
coalition
that
has
come
together
to
try
to
get
people
back
to
work.
We've
done
surveys
and
studies,
and
you
know,
as
rob
was
saying.
This
is
all
part
of.
What's
called
the
great
the
great
resignation
you
know
nationwide,
but
we
studied
people
here
in
philly
and
the
number
one
reason
that
we
got
from
our
surveys
was
people
felt
what
they
call.
K
Safety
and
security
was
the
number
one
reason
and
and
what
we
did
when
we
delved
into
that
reason:
safety
and
security.
The
number
one
factor
in
safety
and
security
was
the
pandemic
and
safety
coming
to
work
for
those
people,
especially
in
the
hospitality
industry
who
have
to
face
out
to
people
every
day,
but
also
from
working
parents.
K
You
know
who
have
to
send
their
children
to
to
child
care
and
and
the
concerns
of
sending
their
children
to
child
care,
which
seems
to
be
bearing
out
right
now
and
and
then
and
then
also
there
was
there's
the
overall
concern
about
physical
security,
whether
it's
you
know,
gun
violence,
crime
whatever.
That
is
continuing
not
only
in
the
downtown
areas,
but
even
more
so
in
the
neighborhood
areas,
and
so
people
are
just
saying
you
know
I
don't
I
don't
want
to
get
it.
I
don't
want
to
get
out.
K
There
are
articles
that
have
been
written
and
I
read
one
as
recently
as
this
week,
which
says
they
expect
it
to
change.
They
expect
things
to
get
better,
hopefully,
as
the
pandemic
wanes
and
in
child
care.
Some
adjustments
are
made
for
child
care,
but
I
don't
think
we
expect
it
to
happen
very
very
soon.
B
K
No,
we
talked,
we
talked
to
employers
in
the
city
and
they
they
are
being
very
cautious.
Council,
council,
member,
in
terms
of
pushing
people
to
come
back,
they're,
letting
people
and
and
supervisors
make
choices.
Choice
seems
to
be
something
that's
very
important.
You
know
you
don't
want
to
make
people
do
something
they
don't
want
to
do
so.
We
have
a
be
honest
with
you.
We
have
not
heard
any
our
predictions,
we're
just
hopeful.
K
What's
what's
overriding,
the
whole
thing
is
the
pandemic,
and-
and
you
know
I
think,
a
couple
of
weeks
ago
we
would
have
said
things
are
getting
better
with
the
pandemic.
The
numbers
were
going
down,
but
now,
in
the
last
couple
of
weeks
the
numbers
have
come
up,
and
so
we'll
just
have
to
see.
B
Okay,
I
mean
that's
probably
key
to
helping
our
budget
also
getting
all
these
people
back
into
these
jobs,
so
we
can
get
those
wage
taxes
and
other
taxes
paid.
So
all
right.
Well,
thank
you
and
any
other
questions
from
my
colleagues
as
counselors.
K
I'm
sorry,
I'm
sorry
councilman.
If
I
can
just
say
one
thing:
there
is
a
there
is
a
bright
star
on
the
horizon,
which
is
sort
of
immune
to
the
pandemic
and
and
that's
our
bio,
med
and
tech
industry.
Here
in
philadelphia.
As
you
probably
know,
almost
1.4
billion
dollars
is
being
invested
into
that
industry
in
2021.
K
We
have
more
new
starts
in
tech
than
any
other
city,
including
boston,
and
the
good
thing
about
that
industry
with
respect
to
the
pandemic
is
when
you
work
in
a
lab.
You
really
can't
work
remotely
in
a
lab.
You
have
to
come
into
the
lab
and
do
what
you
what
you
want
to
do
and
the
labs
are
being
built
in
west
philadelphia.
West
philadelphia
is
positioned
to
be
the
number
one
gene
and
cell
therapy
center,
not
only
in
the
united
states
but
in
the
whole
world.
B
I'm
fully
aware-
and
we
have
a
great
person
named
jim
wilson
running
that
program.
So
that's
great
news.
Thank
you
for
sharing.
That's
great
is
my
colleague,
councilmember
kathy,
gilmore
rich,
said
she's
having
technical
issues,
I'm
not
sure
she's
able
to
ask
a
question
but
she's
going
to
send
it
in
for
the
record.
Okay,
any
other
questions
from
my
colleagues.
C
A
A
You
know
that
just
the
the
conversation
and
the
analysis
that
was
done,
I
think
it
for
for
many
of
us,
or
at
least
for
me
it
really
did
put
together
some
of
the
things
we
have
been
suspecting
some
of
the
things
we
had
been
thinking-
and
you
know
just
that
there
was
a
thoughtful
analysis
of
this.
It
really
comes
together
and
makes
sense.
So
I
just
really
wanted
to
you
know,
give
kudos
to
that
and
also
to
the
work
that
we
do
here
in
council
around.
A
You
know
making
sure
our
employees
are
safe
and
employment
conditions
matter.
You
know
there's
a
lot
more,
that
we
have
to
do,
but
we
also
have
to
do
more
so
that
people
feel
comfortable
coming
outside
onto
the
streets
of
philadelphia
and
that
they
will
return
to
pre-covet
normalcy,
and
you
know
I
know
that's
going
to
take
some
time,
but
getting
there
is
very,
very
important.
A
It's
important,
not
just
economically,
but
it's
important.
You
know
to
the
psyche,
you
know
for
our
mental
conditions,
and
so
I
just
really
wanted
to
thank
mr
rashid
for
his
analysis
and
really
thank
all
the
speakers.
I
think
it's
been
a
wealth
of
information,
so
thank
you,
mr
chairman,.
B
Oh,
thank
you
councilmember
best
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
each
witness
for
being
here
today.
C
Here,
mr,
yes,
I
can
say
real,
quick
question,
we're
talking
about
the
libraries
and
even
the
streets
department.
Well,
why
are
we
having
such
a
hard
time
filling
those
positions,
since
there
are
carrot,
lists
that
are
available?
E
Yeah,
no,
I
think
we
are
in
the
process
of
where
we're
at
yeah
we're
adding
new
positions.
So
I
don't
think
that's
the
nothing
they're.
E
We're
adding
new
positions
that
we
added
funding
in
the
transfer
ordinance
to
add
new
positions
to
the
streets
department.
C
E
I
think
actually,
the
problem
there's
been
more,
you
know,
absenteeism,
I
don't
think
it's
as
much
a
large
vacancy
rate.
C
C
C
E
Yeah,
I
think
the
library
has
had
problems
filling
positions,
but
I
you
know,
I
know
that
they're
working
with
hr
on
that,
but
I
do
think
that's
been
an
issue
there.
C
Yeah-
and
there
is
a
large
list
so
that
that's
what
makes
me
I
just
seems
like
we're,
really
moving
slow
when
filling
these
spots,
and
I
agree
that
we,
you
know,
could
increase
our
our
sanitation
workers.
Those
guys
are
working,
they've
been
they've,
been
working
through
the
pandemic
and
working
diligently,
and
we
need
more,
especially
since
we're
now
working
with
the
street
cleaning
program.
Is
that
still
moving
forward
as
projected.
E
B
All
right
seeing
none,
I
want
to
thank
every
witness
for
being
here
today,
great
testimony,
great
information.
We
appreciate
your
testimony
today
and
look
forward
to
working
with
you
in
the
future.
I
also
want
to
thank
everybody
who's
tuned
in
today.
I
think
it
was
a
very
good
hearing
and
all
of
you
brought
great
information
to
the
to
the
city
today,
which
is
great
and
lastly,
and
very
importantly,
I
want
to
wish
you
and
all
your
families
a
very
safe
and
happy
thanksgiving
holiday,
and
this
concludes
the
hearing
on
resolution.
200
406.