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From YouTube: Committee on Labor and Civil Service 12-6-2018
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The Committee on Labor and Civil Service of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Thursday, December 6, 2018 to hear testimony on the following item:
180991 An Ordinance amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," to modify the terms of Plan 16, to change certain contribution rates, and to make technical amendments; all under certain terms and conditions.
Committee on Labor and Civil Service
Chair: Councilwoman Cherelle Parker (9th District)
Vice Chair: Councilman Brian O’Neill (10th District)
A
Purpose
of
this
public
hearing
is
to
hear
testimony
on
build
number
one:
eight,
zero,
nine
nine
one
I
recognize
that
a
quorum
of
the
committee
members
are
present
to
my
left
is
council
woman
Helen
to
my
right
is
council,
woman,
Maria,
quinones,
Sanchez
and
Councilman
Allen
Don
I
want
to
ask
any
of
the
council
members
who
are
present.
Do
you
have
any
opening
remarks?
B
C
Morning,
councilman
Parker
and
members,
Smitty
I'm
Rob
du
Bois
and
I'm.
The
finance
director
and
I'm
here
today
to
testify
in
support
of
bill
number
one
809
91,
which
will
adjust
pension
reforms
in
place
for
deputy
sheriff's
and
Register
of
Wills
employees
to
make
them
consistent
with
the
pension
reforms
passed
last
spring
for
all
other
municipal
plant
employees,
pension
reforms
were
implemented
before
deputy
sheriff's
in
register
register
wills
as
a
result
of
their
2017
arbitration
award.
C
After
that
award
was
issued,
the
city
reached
agreements
with
dc47,
which
included
significant
pension
reform,
and
subsequent
legislation
was
passed
to
enact
those
reforms
for
DC's,
47
and
33
employees
who
were
exempt
from
civil
service
and
employees
who
are
in
civil
service,
but
not
represented
by
a
union
in
November.
The
city
and
deputy
sheriffs
and
register
wills
reached
a
memorandum
of
agreement
to
adjust
their
pension
reforms
to
match
those
in
place
for
all
other
municipal
plant
employees.
C
If
this
bill
is
passed,
it
would
modify
contribution
rates
for
those
employees
and
change
their
stack
hybrid
plan
for
new
hires.
Under
the
tiered
contribution
system,
employees
with
higher
salaries
would
make
larger
additional
contributions
to
the
pension
fund.
The
increase
would
range
from
0.5
percent
for
employees
who
make
over
50,000
to
2.75
percent
for
employees
who
make
over
a
hundred
thousand
stacked
hybrid
places,
a
$65,000
cap
on
pensionable
earnings
for
newly
hired
employees.
C
Both
changes
would
be
effective,
January,
1st
2019,
the
additional
contributions
increase,
the
funds
assets
and
the
stacked
hybrid
plan
provides
retirement
security
for
employees,
while
also
reducing
the
plans
liabilities
over
time.
Both
changes
improve
the
long-term
health
of
the
plan.
That
concludes
my
testimony.
Testimony
and
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
Thank.
A
You
a
mr.
de
boeuf
for
the
record.
The
chair
recognizes
the
presence
of
a
councilman
talbin,
Berger
and
Councilman
green
mr.
du
Bois.
I
just
want
to
walk
through
some
of
what
you
described
in
your
testimony
as
being
the
pension
reform
that
the
city
of
Philadelphia
has
been
able
to
achieve
through
collective
bargaining.
That
is,
that
is
the
increased
employee,
the
increased
contributions
that
employees
are
making
to
the
pension
fund
that
that
can't
that
$65,000
cap
for
the
defined
benefit
portion
of
their
pensions
and
the
stacked
hybrid.
A
That's
what
we
what
we
described
it
as
tell
me
if
you
will,
because
it's
according
to
your
testimony,
we're
talking
about
dc33,
dc47
and
now
as
a
result
of
this
legislation,
it
will
be
deputy,
sheriff's
and
Register
of
Wills
employees,
but
I.
Don't
think
that
residents
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
understand
the
historic
nature
of
what
we
just
achieved.
A
When
we
talk
about
dc47,
we're
talking
about
our
social
workers,
our
librarians
and
our
probation
officers,
and
then
we're
talking
about
our
deputy
sheriffs
and
our
register
of
will
employees
along
with
exempt
and
non-rem
employees
who
have
all
contributed
more
and
helped
through
their
efforts
to
do
what
I
call
is
share
in
the
shared
in
the
sacrifice
of
attempting
to
reduce
the
unfunded
liability,
strengthen
the
fiscal
stance
of
our
pension
fund
while
trying
to
balance
retirement
security.
Tell
me
if
you
will
and
I
think
you've
been
around
I.
Don't
want
people
to
think
I.
A
A
In
decades,
so
and
I
want
to
note
for
the
record,
for
the
benefit
of
the
listening
audience,
that
we
are
talking
about
11,000
city
workers,
and
you
hurt
me
just
to
describe
them
from
dc33
4,000
from
dc47
400
from
the
deputy,
sheriff's
and
Register
of
Wills
and
approximately
4,000.
Those
are
exempt
and.
A
Non-Representative
Philadelphia
are
making
contributions
that
they
negotiated,
not
that
this
council
legislated,
but
that
they
negotiated
through
collective
bargaining
to
balance
the
interests
of
their
retirement
security,
along
with
the
city's
fiscal,
health
and
I.
Don't
think
that
our
city,
our
administration,
and/or
the
workers
who
we
just
acknowledged
that
they
get
enough
recognition
for
noting
that
the
fiscal
health
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
is
just
as
important
to
them
as
it
is
to
others,
because
all
we
constantly
hear
about
is
this
6.1
billion
dollars
of
unfunded
liability
because
we're
45%
funded,
but
what
we
just
negotiated.
A
It
will
put
the
city
of
Philadelphia
on
the
path
to
improve
in
the
fiscal
health
of
our
pension
fund
and
I.
Just
wanted
to
note
that,
for
the
somebody
in
here
is
saying
charelle,
why
did
you
just
walk
through
that
very
lengthy
process
of
telling
us
who
the
workers
are
in
33
47
and
in
all
of
the
others,
I
noted,
because
those
workers,
unlike
all
who
benefit
from
being
paid
by
the
city
of
Philadelphia-
and
this
is
very
important
to
note-
they
are
required
by
law,
to
live
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
A
So
this
this
this
this
constituency
that
we're
referencing
this
is
the
constituency
they
own
homes
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia
they're,
the
people
who
will
help
us
stabilize
to
Philadelphia
neighborhoods
and
they
don't
have
the
luxury
of
deciding
whether
or
not
they
can
you
know
live
here,
do
everything
that
they
do
here
or
whether
or
not
they
cross
City,
Line,
Avenue,
Cheltenham
Avenue
or
to
go
over
to
the
county.
They
have
to
be
residents
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
so
mr.
Deveaux
I
want
to
thank
you
so
very
much
for
your
testimony
and
answer
there.
A
C
A
A
B
A
Has
been
moved
in
properly?
Second
to
that
bill
number
one:
eight,
zero,
nine
nine
one
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation
and
further
move
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
of
this
bill
at
the
next
session
of
council.
All
those
in
favor
of
the
motion
will
signify
by
saying
aye
aye
those
opposed
the
eyes
have
it,
and
the
motion
carries
bill
number
one:
eight,
zero!
Nine!
A
Nine
one
will
be
reported
from
this
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation,
with
the
request
that
the
rules
of
council
be
suspended
to
permit
first
reading
at
the
next
session
of
council.
This
concludes
the
business
of
the
Committee
on
labor
and
civil
service
for
today.
Thank
you
all
very
much
for
your
attendance.