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From YouTube: FY2021 Budget Hearings - May 19, 2020 (Full)
Description
Committee of the Whole hearing to consider the following items relating to the FY2021 Municipal Budget:
Bill Nos. 200285, 200286, 200287, 200288, 200289, 200290, 200291, and 200292 & Resolution No. 200307
Departments on the agenda: Finance Dept, Commerce Dept.
More details: www.phlcouncil.com/budget2021
A
We're
going
to
get
started
now,
let's
read
it
briefs,
quick
as
required
by
law.
The
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
public
hearing
as
follows.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
City
Council
committees
are
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
Microsoft
teams
to
make
these
remote
hearings
possible
instruction
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
enquiring
legal
intelligencer.
A
It
can
also
be
found
on
phl
council
comm
I,
now
note
that
the
hours
come
mister
stick.
Would
you
please
call
the
roll
to
take
attendance
members
that
are
in
attendance?
Will
please
indicate
it's
your
present
when
your
name
is
called
also
this
sailor,
that's
who
to
make
sure
that
the
feet
for
channel
64
is
it.
This
comes
on
as
a
result
of
multiple
words
being
spoken.
A
G
I
A
A
Before
we
dive
into
what
I'm
sure
will
be
a
very
informative
session,
I'd
like
to
say
a
few
words
about
today's
process,
the
corona
virus
pandemic
has
changed
the
world,
and
that
includes
this
council.
So
we're
not
in
the
same
room
and
to
be
honest,
I
really
don't
like
that.
I
miss
my
god,
I
miss
my
colleagues,
but
you
know
right
now
requires
that
we
keep
our
distance,
but
we
have
a
job
to
do
and
with
this
technology
that
our
our
team
has
just
installed.
A
Let
us
do
it
in
a
way
that
allows
the
public
to
watch
and
participate.
This
new
environment
comes
with
some
new
limits,
our
which
I
want
to
emphasize
to
you.
Our
budget
schedule
is
more
compressed
and
in
past
years,
and
the
massive
damage
to
our
economy
calls
back
over
19
required
that
the
administration
throw
out
the
original
proposed
budget
and
prepared
brand-new
one
which
we
didn't
receive
until
earlier
this
month.
So
we
had
less
time
in
these
hearings
than
we're
used
to
a
lot
less
time,
and
we
need
to
be
mindful
of
that.
A
So
out
of
respect
for
each
other,
each
of
us
need
to
be
as
direct
as
possible
in
our
questions
and
then
briefed
in
our
comments
and
we're
actually
as
those
individuals
from
the
administration
that
respond
the
respondents
directly
as
possible.
Also
so
we
can
get
in
as
many
enquiries
as
possible
so
because
of
the
one
o'clock
briefing
every
day
as
a
result
of
man's
briefing.
As
you
know,
we're
being
asked
to
conclude
our
session
by
12:30.
A
So
therefore,
we're
really
asking
us
to
expedite
our
questions
and
response
before
we
lose
our
television
feed,
because
under
the
sunshine
law
we
are
required
to
have
live
feed
and
my
television
feed,
so
we
have
a
lot
to
cover.
So,
let's
get
started
this
is
he
public
hearing
committee
regarding
bills
number
two:
zero:
zero:
two,
eight
five:
two:
zero
zero:
two:
eight
six:
two:
zero
zero:
two:
eight:
seven:
two:
zero
zero:
two:
eight
eight:
two:
zero
zero:
two:
eight:
nine:
two:
zero
zero.
Two.
Now
two
zero
zero.
A
B
Nineteen
1500
of
the
Philadelphia
code
entitled
wage
in
their
profits
tax
by
revising
certain
tax
rates
under
certain
terms
and
conditions.
Bill
number:
two:
zero:
zero:
two
ninety-two
in
ordinance
amending
chapter
nineteen
dash
1300,
the
Philadelphia
code
entitled
real
estate
taxes
to
eliminate
the
discount
for
early
payment
of
real
estate
taxes,
all
under
certain
terms
and
conditions.
B
Resolution
number
two:
zero:
zero:
three:
zero
seven
resolution
providing
for
an
approval
by
the
Council
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia;
a
revised
five-year
financial,
plain
plan
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
covering
fiscal
years
2021
through
2025,
and
incorporating
proposed
changes
with
respect
to
fiscal
year
2020,
which
is
to
be
submitted
by
the
mayor
to
the
Pennsylvania
intergovernmental
cooperation
Authority.
Pursuant
to
the
intergovernmental
cooperation
agreement
authorized
by
the
in
ordinance
of
this
council,
approved
by
the
mayor
on
January
3
1992
bill
number
one:
five,
six,
three:
a
buying
between
the
city
and
the
authority,
Thank.
A
A
2021
through
fiscal
2026
before
you
begin
to
hear
testimony
from
the
witnesses
we
have
for
today,
everyone
who
has
been
invited
to
the
meeting
to
testify
should
be
aware
that
the
public
hearing
is
being
recorded
because
the
hearing
is
public
participants
and
the
viewers
had
no
reason
to
expect
any
level
of
privacy
by
continuing
them
to
be.
In
this
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
recognizing
members
for
the
questions
of
comments
they
have
for
witnesses.
A
I
will
know
for
the
record
at
this
time
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
and
then
assault
team
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
particular
purpose.
Today,
our
lineup
will
include
testimony
from
finance,
department
and
commerce,
the
finance
department.
You
will
talk
about
tax
bills,
budget
revenue,
treasurer
sinking,
fund
pensions
and
OTO,
OPA
I'm.
Sorry,
mr.
sip,
the
first
person
who
testified
from.
K
K
Collectively,
our
officers
are
responsible
for
a
range
of
functions,
including
tracking,
the
city,
spending,
processing
payments
and
payroll
monitoring
grants
allocating
the
city's
precious
resources,
analyzing
performance
against
budget,
implementing
new
financial
and
HR
systems,
ensuring
the
accuracy
of
property
data
accurately
assessing
properties,
collecting
revenue
and
managing
relief
programs
managing
the
city's
debt
portfolio
and
cache
and
ensuring
that
the
city
retirees
receive
their
benefits
in
a
fiscally
prudent
manner.
You've
received
a
written
testimony
from
all
the
agencies
in
the
Finance
Group
those
testimonies
detail
their
specific
budget
request
for
the
year
and
describe
what.
K
K
K
Faced
a
six
hundred
and
forty
nine
million
dollar
budget
cap
in
FY
21,
no
one
wants
to
have
to
cut
services
and
no
one
wants
to
increase
taxes,
but
to
close
that
that
gap
we
had
to
do
both
before
doing
that
to
minimize
the
impact
on
Philadelphia
residents,
businesses
and
employees.
We
use
the
reserves
we
had
built
up
over
time
in
an
attempt
to
build
up
a
buffer
against
an
economic
downturn.
This
addressed
about
a
third
of
the
problem
there,
meaning
two-thirds
of
the
gap
had
to
come
from
spending
reductions
and
revenue
increases
with
businesses.
K
Closed
yeah
can
like
impact
of
Kovich
19
is
resulted
in
layoffs,
business
closures
across
industry
sectors
and
with
even
those
not
yet
impacted,
feeling
great
uncertainty
in
that
kind
of
environment.
There
are
limited
options
for
seeking
revenues
and
given
the
constraints,
plus
our
desire
to
preserve
as
many
services
as
possible
for
philadelphians
administration
proposed
living
changes
to
revenues
totaling
about
50
million
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
That's
a
nine
percent.
K
That
means
that
nine
percent
of
revenue
loss
came
from
from
revenue
in
hand,
in
other
words,
the
administration
closed
90%
of
the
gap
before
turning
to
revenue
increases
and
only
turned
to
have
decreases,
to
avoid
even
more
crippling
service
cuts
that
could
be
laid
out
in
the
in
the
testimony
some
of
the
details
of
each
of
the
changes.
But
since
you
have
a
testimony,
I
won't
go
through
each
of
those.
K
A
K
A
All
right,
I
mean
I
need
to
have
good
answer
today
before
we
finish
this
testimony,
that's
very
important
but
probably
need
more
support,
but
unfortunately,
we'll
probably
have
more
people
in
poverty
as
the
pandemic.
So
it
part
is
our
priorities,
but
that's
not
a
priority.
I,
don't
know
what
else
is
and
there's
a
direct
correlation
to
poverty,
as
it
relates
to
other
issues
that
we
are
spending
money
on.
So
you
know
the
question
is:
do
you
do
you
support
the
front
side
to
assist
you
on
the
back
side
based
on
individuals
being
in
poverty?
A
A
There's
a
question
with
respect
to
when
I
actually
asked
this
yesterday.
I
didn't
necessarily
ask
the
question,
but
I
referenced
it
this
issue
about
the
non-resident
wage
tax,
and
you
know,
as
you
know
and
I'm
sure
you
all
heard
from
a
number
of
individuals
and
legislators
from
outside
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
who
represent
those
individuals
who
live
outside,
will
work
in
the
city
and
has
some
conversation
with
a
number
of
individuals
who
represent
certain
aspects
of
businesses.
A
People
are
now
working
to
move
and
they
told
me
that
having
to
pay
the
wage
tax
generally
was
a
disincentive
to
some
degree,
but
they've
accepted
that,
and
now
this
issue
about
having
an
additional
ways
tax
in
their
words,
burden
placed
on
them
as
they
make
decisions
about
whether
or
not
they'd
move
those
services
and
those
workers
back
into
the
city.
This
will
not
be
a
beneficial
determinant
as
we
relate
so
that
those
decisions
on
whether
or
not
they
break
goes
back
in.
If
you
are
given
any
thought
to
enter,
have
you
had
conversations?
We.
K
Did
give
thought
to
that
and
we
understood
that
for
everything
we
were
doing
there
were
trade
offs.
In
that
there
were,
you
know
there
were
pros
and
cons
to
everything.
That's
for
the
reason
we
tried
to
keep
that
reduction
as
small
as
possible.
I
think
it's
about
a
maybe
a
1.6
percent
increase,
so
it's
a
relatively
small
increase
that
played
an
important
part
in
in
closing
our
gap,
but
we
definitely
think
about
trying
to
keep
that
as
small
as
possible
so
as
not
to
provide
a
further
disincentive
for
working
the
city
where.
K
A
decision
to
propose
that
we
had
a
free
thing
with
the
business
community
as
we
put
the
final
touches
on
the
best,
but
we
didn't
we
didn't.
We
didn't
ask
their
opinion
before
we
did
it
in
their
opinion.
Now,
I'm
part
of
the
reason
is
because
we
had
to
redo
the
budget
and
find
650
million
dollars
in
basically
three
weeks,
so
the
kind
of
process
that
we
usually
want
to
go
through.
We
didn't
really
have
a
chance
to
go
through
when
putting
this
together.
A
Do
you
have
data
on
who
actually
parks
in
these
Lots,
because
I
think
in
the
testimony
yesterday
remember
the
administration
reference,
some
relationship
to
the
minority
population
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia,
utilizing
parking
lots
and
a
number
of
cars
that
they
had
and
I
didn't
quite
get
the
connection,
because
I
thought
the
most
of
the
parking
particularly
downtown
garages
were
not
most,
but
it's
significantly
used
by
people
outside
of
the
city.
I.
N
N
To
understand
you
know
who
may
be
affected
by
this,
and
so
we
looked
at
data
around
just
the
availability
of
a
car
whatsoever,
not
necessarily
connecting
that
to
who
parks
in
the
garage,
but
who
even
has
a
car
to
be
parked.
There
was
significant
racial
disparities
in
terms
of
car
availability
by
household
by
race,
in
Philadelphia,
with
white
households
having
almost
double
the
amount
of
car
availability,
and
we
can
share
the
figures
from
that
plan
and
so
when
trying
to
figure
out
who
might
be
parking
because
we
don't
have
that
data.
N
You
don't
have
a
car
you're
unlikely
to
be
paying
the
parking
tax,
and
so
that's
where
we
saw
that
there
were
gaps
in
disparities.
So
who
is
more
likely
to
be
parking,
obviously
folks
with
cars?
And
then
we
also
look
at
where
the
parking
happens.
You
know
and
the
largest
parking
tax
receipts
are
from
Center
City,
second
largest
from
the
airport
third
largest
in
University
City,
and
then
obviously
those
are
areas
where
we
think
there's
a
real
mix,
then
of
Philadelphians
and
folks
from
outside
the
city.
Coming
in
to
Clark
yeah.
A
N
Thinking
is
that
Philadelphians,
particularly
those
without
cars,
would
not
be
as
affected
by
an
increase
in
the
parking
tax,
because
they're
more
likely
to
take
public
transit
or
have
alternative
transportation
needs.
So
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how,
in
all
of
the
bad
choices
before
us,
for
different
taxes
and
revenue
enhancements,
which
ones
would
be
the
lightest
on
folks,
particularly
community
low
income
philadelphians,
because
they
do.
You
know
Philadelphia.
That.
H
You
saved
me
some
time
because
you
actually
touched
on
my
first
two
questions
and
so
I
heard
both
Marissa
and
Rob's
response.
But
I
just
want
to
note
for
the
record
that
I
too
have
concerns
relative
to
many
of
our
larger
firms
in
the
city
who
they've
been
resistant
to
the
employees
working
from
home
in
the
past,
but
now
they've
gotten
a
little
taste
of
it
and
they
know
what
it's
like
and
the
sky
didn't
fall
in
and
in
fact
they
could
look
at
things
like
their
utility
calls.
H
Have
they
have
decreased,
printing
cost
could
have
decreased
and
in
other
words,
we
have
to
be
very
mindful
that
many
employees
could
begin
to
say
guess
what
we're
gonna,
let
more
of
you
begin
to
work
from
home
and
with
the
wage
tax
being
the
largest
revenue
generator
for
the
city
of
Philadelphia
and
our
general
fund
revenues
I
just
really
X
that,
while
we're
working
through
this
process
I
know
our
colleagues
will
keep
that
in
mind.
The
next
thing
I
wanted
the
state
to
follow
up
on
the
council.
H
Presidents,
questions
about
the
parking
tax,
I
just
needed
to
and
I
don't
need.
You
to
answer
it
because
I
heard
your
response
to
him,
but
our
parking
rate
is
already
higher
than
our
other
peer
cities.
In
addition
to
that,
I
want
us
to
think
about
where
we
are
in
this
phase
in
our
economy,
when
we
have
fewer
people
who
are
first
driving
to
the
city
for
work,
but
in
addition
to
that
all
of
the
entertainment
and
the
tourism
reasons
that
people
would
have
to
come.
H
You
know,
I
will
be
listening
very
carefully
to
see
how
we
think
that
if
we
raise
the
parking
brake,
it
could
bring
in
that
additional
of
sixteen
point:
nine
million
dollars
next
round.
I
want
you.
If
you
will
to
talk
about
what
I
believe
is
a
very
important
and
that's
other
retirement
security
for
our
workers
here
in
Philadelphia
and
I
want
to
start
with
some
good
news.
H
I
was
really
pleased
to
hear
that
our
pension
fund
have
received
an
award
from
GF
OAS
of
the
government
financial
office
association
for
excellence
in
government
finance,
and
it's
with
that
in
my
Rock
that
I
know,
the
city
has
worked
very
hard
over
the
past
four
few
years.
To
show
up
the
pension
system
give
us
a
snapshot
of
the
current
health
of
the
pension
system
and
but
a
new
threats,
that
of
because
of
coke
unfunded
liability.
H
K
And
then
I'll
probably
turn
it
over
to
Randy
Ollie
to
supplement
what
I
would
I
say.
Thank
you
for
mentioning
the
award.
The
board
was
very
proud
of
that,
and
it
represents
work
that
we've
all
done:
the
or
administration
our
Union
City
Council,
the
state
legislature
or
when
you
were
chair,
the
delegation
to
fund
the
work
of
it
19
had
gotten
much
healthier
than
had
been.
We
have
consistently
made
our
assumptions
more
conservative,
and
even
while
that
was
happening,
our
funded
percent
was
going
up.
K
If
that
said,
it's
obviously
never
a
good
thing
when
the
market
does
what
it
did
once
it
vacuum
in
March
that
has
led
to
losses
throughout.
You
know
throughout
the
country
where
the
pension
fund,
those
losses,
the
last
update
I,
saw,
were
in
the
three
to
four
percent
range,
so
obviously
not
where
we
want
to
be,
but
not
as
bad
as
it
could
have
been.
K
H
I
You
so
yes,
the
so
just
a
couple
of
numbers.
After
the
after
the
markets
increase
yesterday,
we
are
largely
flat
on
the
fiscal
year.
So
we
are.
We
are
not
on
the
fiscal
year,
lousy
flat
and
that's
a
rough
estimate.
The
unfunded
liability,
which
you
asked
them,
asked
about
actually
decreased
this
past
fiscal
year
and
five
by
two
point:
two
four
percent.
So
that's
two
consecutive
years
where
the
unfunded
liability,
due
largely
to
the
Rev
revenue
recognition
policy
that
Rob
alluded
to
that
council
helped
implement.
I
We
reduced
about
two
point,
one
percent
and
then
two
point
two
four
percent
in
the
last
two
fiscal
years:
that's
because
the
additional
contributions
by
the
city
by
the
employees
and
the
additional
sales
tax
revenue
is
dedicated
to
paying
down
the
unfunded
liability
as
opposed
to
reducing
the
city's
contribution,
so
that
that
that's
a
very
good
thing.
The
funding
level
did
go
up
to
forty
nine
point,
seven
percent
from
forty
six
point:
eight
percent!
That's
it!
That's
almost
a
three
percent
increase.
I
H
I
H
F
N
Good
morning
again,
so
yet
for
the
wage
tax,
what
we
did
was
obviously
looked
at.
You
know
what
would
happen.
You
know
if
we
made
no
changes
both
to
the
non-resident
rate
as
well
as,
if
folks,
just
sort
of
continue
to
be
where
they
normally
were,
and
that
led
to
projecting
some
decreases
for
FY
21,
when
we
then
factored
in
the
fact
that
a
portion
of
the
folks
that
are
able
to
work
remotely
may
continue
to
permanently
work
remotely,
as
well
as
the
impact
of
putting
in
an
increase
on
the
non-resident
side.
N
We
basically
increased
the
deploying
by
another
30%,
so
we
made
it
30%
worse
for
FY
21,
to
sort
of
reset
the
base
low
and
then
from
there
once
the
sort
of
impact
you
know
what
made
that
decision.
We
don't
think
that
the
you
know
that
will
continue
to
compound
over
time,
we're
just
starting
from
a
lower
place
and
then
grow
up
again
from
there
as
the
economy
improves,
so
basically
to
account
for
those
two
things.
N
F
Yeah,
okay,
so
what
my
point
was
that?
Don't
you
think
that
will
continue
to
exasperate
over
time
as
more
and
more
businesses
start
to
hear
about
the
benefits
of
their
employees
working
from
home
in
the
suburbs?
And
when
you
have
to
concern
that
physical
distancing
as
opposed
to
being
a
one-time
situation,
it
could
be
a
growing
and
growing
scenario,
especially
as
you
have
suburban
office
location
to
the
suburbs
to
the
city.
F
N
F
The
concern
is
the
messages,
since
the
messages
says
that
we're
going
to
increase
on
the
not
risen.
We
expect
for
the
increase
things
like
parking
tax.
The
real
estate
tax
and
I
send
the
message
to
the
citizens
in
the
city
of
Adelphia
and
also
those
who
work
in
the
city
but
live
outside
the
city
known
a
couple
years.
We're
gonna
have
to
deal
with
the
pike
text.
The
council
president
already
talked
about
a
General
Assembly,
has
some
concerns
about
this
increase
on
the
resident
wage
tax.
N
F
F
F
But
you've
already
baked
the
tax
is
in
going
forward.
So
I'll
come
back
in
that
question
a
little
bit
later
and
if
my
time
is
almost
up
two
other
things
I
know
we're
talking:
creasing
real
estate
taxes
I
believe
we
have
an
interim
person
in
as
the
head
of
all
of
the
property
assessment
assessment.
Again
a
problem
for
a
number
of
years.
In
addition
to
the
implementation
of
cameras,
been
a
challenge,
any
cameras
up
and
running.
How
can
we
tell
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
Philadelphia
we're
going
to
end?
F
K
We
also
do
have
cam
in
place
which
make
the
process
more
efficient
next
year
and
part
of
the
process
this
year,
we're
hiring
an
outside
firm
to
order
our
process
as
we
go
along,
so
they
think
we're
doing
something.
It
doesn't
make
sense.
We
will
alter
the
process
as
we're
doing
it
anything
that
will
help
improve
the
process.
This
year.
I
know
the
counts
present
even.
K
O
O
O
E
Thank
You,
council,
president
and
good
morning,
everyone
I
just
want
to
let
go
of
my
colleagues,
council,
president
Clark
and
also
council
council
Councilman
green.
My
concern
is
several
concerns,
but
one
of
them
is
the
messaging
that
we're
sending
and
I'm
gonna
give
you
this
example:
I,
don't
think
there'll
be
a
restaurant
in
the
city
that
will
open
up
after
this
pandemic
and
charge
a
higher
price
to
customers
coming
into
their
restaurant
and
I'm.
E
Not
sure
the
city
should
be
charging
more
for
you
coming
into
the
city
is
the
same
concept
in
my
in
my
opinion,
but
having
said
that,
I
have
a
few
quick,
specific
questions.
What
is
that
the
overtime
controls
it
says
in
the
reports?
According
to
the
quarterly
city
manager's
reports,
since
fiscal
year
17,
the
administration
has
added
two
thousand
two
hundred
and
twenty
two
new
employees
to
general
fund
expenses.
E
We've
been
told
every
year
that
new
hires
would
help
alleviate
the
overtime
expenditures,
but
the
administration
has
spent
almost
100
million
more
than
a
budgeted
for
overtime.
Now
we're
faced
with
the
unprecedented
revenue
shortfalls.
What
is
this
administration's
plan
to
rein
in
these
overtime
expenditures
and
control
the
spending
so.
K
There
are
in
the
budget,
there
are
some
specific
areas
of
overtime
reduction,
so,
for
example,
Police
Department
is
showing
production
in
overtime,
I'm,
a
booth
fire
department,
there's
also
showing
reduction
in
overtime,
and
you
know
they
they
will
monitor
over
time.
They'll
make
sure
that
any
overtime
that's
used
is
needed.
Not
all
overtime
is
bad.
Overtime
can
be
an
effective
management
tool,
but
I
mean
you're
right
that
it
has
to
be
monitored
and
we
have
to
make
sure
it's
used
appropriately.
N
Additional
things
that
I
would
like
to
note
in
that
increase
is
that
we
have
also
been
shifting
class
100
staff
labor
costs
from
the
capital
budget
to
the
operating
budget.
That
accounts,
for
some
of
that,
which
is,
we
believe,
a
really
good
fiscal
practice
that
we
shouldn't
be
using
money
that
we
borrow
and
pay
interest
on
for
today's
salaries.
We
want
to
really
focus
that
on
the
infrastructure,
investments,
and
so
that's
also
coming
into
play.
When
you
look
at
the.
N
E
E
Another
question
on
efficiencies
and
effectiveness
that
should
be
one
of
our
goals
in
this
budget,
so
we
haven't
heard
a
ton
about
where
investments
and
efficiencies
have
been
made
to
offset
some
longer
term
cost
or
improve
performance
understanding.
Your
office's
involvement
in
performance
through
the
cucm
are:
can
you
kind
of
explain
where
the
administration
plans
to
invest
in
efficiencies
in
our
operations
that
could
result
in
spending
reductions
in
fiscal
year,
21
or
22,
and
any
idea
what
that
anticipated
savings
might
be.
N
What
we
can
do
is
definitely
get
back
to
you
with
some
core
examples.
Some
of
the
sometimes
you
don't
want
to
waste
a
crisis,
and
so
a
number
of
things
that
we're
looking
at
are
processes
that
used
to
be
paper
driven
in
person
that
are
not
happening
electronically
remotely,
and
so
those
are
areas
where
we're
finding
some
opportunities
for
efficiencies
within
the
oit
budget.
N
The
different
sort
of
software's
that
were
being
used
by
different
departments
and
figure
out
what
things
were
sort
of
built
into
some
packages
that
we
already
have
access
to
citywide
and
make
sure
that
those
are
being
used
consistently
and
down.
Some
may
be
standalone,
software's
and
so
we're
looking
for
those
efficiency
improvements
where
we
can
standardize
our
technology
use,
as
well
as
some
of
the
steps
in
processes.
N
E
K
E
D
D
D
K
So
the
municipal
liquidity
fund
is
really
an
alternate
way
of
doing
cash
borrowings
to
even
Agra
cash
during
the
year.
So
we
did
not
actually
had
to
do
any
cash
flow
borrowings
for
the
last
few
years,
because
our
cash
position
was
very
strong.
There's
a
very
strong
likelihood
we'll
to
have
a
cash
borrowing
this
year
and
the
liquidity
facility
has
a
set
price
interest
rate
price
that
you
have
to
pay
to
use
it.
We
will
see
whether
we
can
do
better
than
that
price
in
the
market,
and
if
we
can,
we
won't
use
this
facility.
P
Thank
you,
rob
no
I
think
you
covered
the
main
points
in
terms
of
the
liquidity
facility.
You
know
again
it's
not
on
so
W
bar.
If
you
will
or
access
to
different
types
of
spending,
it
really
is
just
a
cash
flow.
Even
out
for
the
city
and
to
Rob's
point.
We
have
access
to
the
capital
markets.
Now
the
facility.
D
K
So
we
do
borrow
regularly
for
our
capital
needs.
We
don't
borrow
for
operating
for
a
number
of
reasons,
including
that
then,
why
about
having
to
pay
that
debt
service
off
over
the
long
term
for
a
cluster,
including
right
away?
So
if
you
have
a
debt
that
you're
paying
off
while
you're
not
getting
the
benefit,
it
also
increases
our
fixed
costs
and
our
fixed
costs
are
already
really
high.
So
we
don't
want
to
increase
those
and
because
of
how
negatively
that
markets
look
at
borrowing
to
cover
operations.
K
P
I
mean
generally
the
markets,
not
just
investors,
but
also
the
rating
agencies.
I
will
look
at
borrowing
for
operations,
I
say
that's
not
a
best
practice,
and
so
what
could
tend
to
happen
is
anytime.
We
are
borrowing
in
the
bond
market.
Investors
really
pay
attention
to
what
we're
borrowing
for
and
if
it's
not
considered
essential
in
terms
of
capital
expenditures,
then
it
will
certainly
want
to
receive
a
higher
return
on
those
types
of
bonds
in
rating
agencies.
P
They
look
at
that
again
as
a
bad
practice
and
could
potentially
you
never
know
when
a
rating
action
will
come,
particularly
when
you're
talking
about
an
environment
where
our
overall
fund
balance
has
will
likely
dip
to
less
than
2%.
We
certainly
don't
want
to
trigger
Iranian
actions,
which
will
have
a
negative
effect
on
all
future
parlance
until
our
credit
rating
can
be
restored.
P
Absolutely
so
you're
in
a
euro,
we
are
constantly
monitoring
our
entire
debt
portfolio,
which
is
roughly
you
know,
between
eight
and
nine
billion
currently,
and
so
we
Seve
refund
analysis
on
almost
monthly
basis
to
take
advantage
of
opportunities
from
a
from
a
refunding
perspective.
So
before
called
it,
there
were
a
lot
of
really
attractive
refunded
opportunities
from
a
taxable
perspective.
Our
cents
called
it
on
tax-exempt
and
taxable
rates
of
very
odd
canal.
So
that's
really
preventing
us
from
doing
some
of
the
refunded
who
would
have
otherwise
done,
but
over
over
the
last.
P
You
know
four
years
we
have
really
on.
You
know,
try
to
refund
as
new
bonds
as
we
can
in
a
marketplace,
and
so
again
we
continue
to
monitor
that
on
a
on
a
pretty
you
know,
monthly
basis
are
for
opportunities
to
refund
our
certain
there's
a
process
when
we
think
about
refunding
and
we
continuously
go
through
it
and
we
monitor
on
a
regular
basis,
and
that
includes
with
our
financial
advisors,
as
well
as
our
investment
banks
in
New
York.
L
Thank
You
council
president
I,
want
to
thank
the
council
president
for
highlighting
the
discussion
around
the
poverty
plan
and
the
importance
of
that
process
where
we
talked
about
investing
in
people
and
not
in
in
efficient
programs
and
so
I
we'll
wait
anxiously
as
we
had
allocated
25
million
dollars
to
the
initiation
of
new
strategies
where
100
plus
subject
experts
participated
in
a
process
that
how
do
we
support
people
and
meet
them
where
they
are
so
I?
Look
forward
to
that
discussion.
L
I
also
want
to
echo
the
sentiments
of
council
and
Parker,
as
it
relates
to
the
wage
and
the
parking,
and
you
know
the
assumption
that
we're
gonna
get
a
hundred
percent
of
a
parking
of
a
new
tax.
Given
the
climate
of
people
learn
to
work
from
home
and
given
the
social
distancing
requirements
that
businesses
will
have,
you
know
the
unlikelihood
of
people
are
going
to
come
back
for
five
days,
and
so,
as
we
look
at
these
revenue,
projections
and
I
know
it's
still
early
in
this
process.
L
You
know
how
is
that
going
to
impact
the
out
of
county
workers,
and
our
downtown
is
is
something
that
that
that
we
are
all
interested
in
in
doing
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
Actually
about
six
weeks
ago,
I
had
asked
a
Robin
Department
for
a
series
of
analysis
around
Burt
and
others.
I
was
told
as
early
as
as
late
as
this
morning
that
I
would
get
that
information
and
I
was
hopeful,
because
that
information
was
going
to
help
inform
some
of
the
questions.
L
I
have
around
the
massive
decrease
of
Burt
and
I
haven't
gotten
the
data
yet,
and
so,
when
I
get
the
data
council
president
Clark,
we
may
have
to
ask
the
administration
to
come
back
because,
as
we
look
at
small
businesses
and
businesses
in
the
quarter,
I'm
particularly
concerned
about
how
we're
projecting
out
their
return
to
to
recovery.
But
that
said,
we
don't
have
money,
and
we
saw
that
in
the
amount
of
investments
that
we
made
to
the
small
business
fund,
that
we're
not
going
to
have
enough.
L
Can
the
administration
speak
to
what
is
going
to
be
the
changes
in
our
collection
strategies
so
that
we
can
help
people
navigate
crisis
to
recovery,
particular
small
businesses
who
still
have
to
pay
taxes,
both
property
taxes?
Now
we're
asking
them
for
additional
trash
fee
money
and
they're,
not
even
there.
So
tell
me
what
the
collection
strategy
is
going
to
be
for
the
next
six
months
to
a
year
and
how
we're
gonna
help
people
comply
and
meet
those
obligations
for
small
businesses.
Sure.
N
Hi,
thank
you.
I
just
wanted
to
make
sure
that
we
share
that.
We
didn't
assume
that
there
was
no
elasticity
or
no
change
in
the
parking
tax
base
based
on
obviously
what's
going
on
generally
in
the
economy,
as
well
as
the
changes
that
we
are
making.
So
we
had
gotten
projections
in
from
the
city's
economists
about
what
they
would
anticipate,
but
we
would
see,
and
that
we
did
was.
N
We
went
further
than
that,
particularly
for
our
FY
20
projects,
ins
to
really
reduce
those
parking
tax
revenues,
and
so
we
built
from
a
much
lower
base
when
we
put
when
we
anticipated
an
increase
in
rate.
So
we're
certainly
not
assuming
that
we'll
get
a
hundred
percent
of
you
know
if
we
just
increase
the
rate
and
assume
the
same
base,
and
so
we
did
adjust
our
revenue
assumptions
for
all
the
different
levers
that
are
in
play.
Right
now,.
O
First,
Councilwoman
I
just
want
to
apologize
for
the
delay
on
that
data
request,
but
you
will
have
that
information
on
today.
It
just
took
us
a
little
longer
to
get
it
together
and
when
I've
got
out
to
you
I'm
in
terms
of
of
the
collection
strategy,
you
know
we're
watching
things
closely.
We
know
that
this
map
businesses
are
really
challenged
through
this
time.
O
Most
of
our
focus
right
now
has
been
on
really
bringing
services
back
up
within
the
revenue
department,
so
that
were
there
to
hear
the
concerns
of
tax
payers
and
be
able
to
work
with
them.
It's
only
so
in
this
pandemic,
and
you
know,
things
are
going
to
continue
to
evolve
and
businesses
are
going
to
be
challenged.
O
Collection
strategy
is
going
to
have
to
be
similar.
It's
going
to
have
to
continue
to
evolve
as
we
learn
what
the
needs
of
businesses
and
how
they've
been
affected,
working
on
new
payment
agreement
terms,
and
there
are
specifically
for
composite
affected
businesses,
which
will
give
them
the
ability
to
give
them
the
ability
to
get
back
into
compliance
in
a
relatively
short
time,
with
no
interest
or
penalty,
and
then
those
that
need
land
payment
agreements
for
beneficial
times.
For
those
too.
O
So
really,
we
won't
be
in
a
situation
where
we're
there
to
listen
to
tax
payers
to
hear
what
they
need,
what
they
can
afford
and
what
is
reasonable
for
them
to
be
able
to
do
and
as
a
going
concern
and
to
get
back
into
compliance.
We
realize
this
is
something
that
businesses
have
no
way
to
plan,
for
there
was
no
intent,
you
don't
have
to
pay
their
taxes
and
we
want
to
do
what
we
can
and
be
a
partner
to
help
them
stay
in
business
and
get
back
into
compliance.
L
One
of
the
things
that
I'm
gonna
expect,
as
we
finalize
this
budget,
is
it's
a
little
bit
more
direct,
intentional
transparent
process
around
we.
What
are
we
gonna
waive?
What
penalties
are
not
going
to
be
in
place?
I
mean
we
have
to
change
the
collection
strategy
and
people
need
to
make
decisions
about
whether
they're
gonna,
open
and
knowing
that
is
a
calculation.
You
know
access
to
monthly
payments.
You
know
some
sort
of
OPA
plan
for
for
small
businesses.
L
We're
gonna
have
to
do
all
of
those
plus
plus
plus
and
I
think,
to
the
extent
that
we're
projecting
them
out,
and
we
can
tell
people
that
it's
gonna
help
people
have
a
little
bit
more
confidence
in
the
market
and
coming
back
and
knowing
that
they
can
manage
monthly
expenses.
So
we'll
continue
to
talk
about
about
that.
I
look
forward
to
the
data
and
then
having
a
broader
conversation.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Mr.
president,
Thank.
A
You
Councilwoman,
she
recognizes
compliment
Pierre
Thank.
Q
You
council,
president,
good
morning,
mr.
Duvall
I
support
increasing
the
local
contribution
to
the
school
district
this
year,
but
I
don't
believe
we
should
be
placing
the
burden
of
this
increased
contribution
solely
on
residents
who
are
already
severely
financially
under-resourced,
and
so
I
wanted
to
know.
If
and
coming
up
with
this
budget,
that
the
city
also
consider
temporarily
raising
other
taxes,
such
as
the
gross
receipts
tax
and
using
the
increased
revenue
to
make
a
one-time
contribution
to
the
school
district.
Q
K
Look
at
all
of
our
revenue
sources
and
figure
out
how
to
balance
the
budget
and
to
provide
support
for
the
school
district
on
the
gross
receipts
for
on
the
deburred,
specifically
as
part
of
our
plan.
We've
frozen
reductions
so
we're
generating
additional
revenue
from
the
Berk
over
the
course
of
the
plan,
but
that
money's
staying.
K
We
increase
the
rate,
but
then
that
would
generate
more
money,
but
we
will
also
be
dampening
an
additional
burden
on
our
businesses,
who
are
also
suffering
because
of
what's
going
on
with
kovat
19.
So
that
was
one
of
the
trade-offs
that
we
considered.
You
know
it's
as
with
all
these
things,
I
think
there
are
conversations
about
all
them.
When
we
looked
at
the
pros
and
cons,
we
thought
that
winding
up
with
eliminating
the
reduction
made
more
sense
than
increasing
the
rate
I.
Q
K
So
smaller
businesses
are
are
protected
in
that
the
first
hundred
thousands
already
exempted
homeowners
with
lower
valued
properties
are
also
protected,
because
it
would
because
the
homestead
and
seniors
are
protected
because
of
the
senior
freeze.
So
there
are
relief
measures
on
on
various
taxes
to.
Q
Thank
you,
my
second
question:
can
you
explain
the
rationale
for
setting
aside
twenty
million
dollars
in
the
proposed
budget
for
a
rainy
day?
Should
these
funds
be
used
to
help
the
most
vulnerable
people
now
during
a
time
of
extreme
economic
hardship
that
is
sure
to
continue
into
the
coming
fiscal
year?
Yes,.
K
Sir,
the
reason
that
we
left
that
there
and
we
greatly
reduced
the
amount
that
was
there,
it
was
in
the
50s
before
we
took
it
down
to
20
million.
The
reason
we
left
that
time
line
is
the
uncertainty
around
where
the
economy
is
gonna
go
and
what
will
happen
with
kovat
19,
so
really
were
worried
that
things
could
get
worse
and
that.
Q
If
we
didn't
have
a
cushion
when
things
turned
down,
we
could
really
be
hurt,
so
it
was
really
to
provide
a
cushion
against
the
uncertainty
of
the
current
pandemic.
Is
this
a
place
where
we
could
is
a
city
flexible
on
this,
and
this
is?
Is
this
a
place
where
we
could
potentially
look
for
you
know
our
budget
gap
I?
Think.
I
First
and
foremost,
I
recognize
that
we
are
again
building
a
plane.
Why
would
attempting
to
fly-
and
this
is
very
difficult
to
do,
but
Mad
River
on
Main
Street
closed
his
doors
for
good
the
other
day
made
headlines,
and
it
was
a
sad
day
that
was
a
12
year
business,
which,
in
ageing
of
small
businesses,
like
aging
in
dog
years,
you
survived
the
first
three
years,
the
second
three
years.
It's
like
a
miracle,
but
more
and
more
small
businesses
along
commercial
corridors
are
fairly
and
as
we
look
at
this
phenomenon,
I'm
wondering
how
this
impacts.
I
So
I'm
wondering
if,
as
we
some
day
and
I
pray
every
night
about
us,
moving
out
of
the
crisis
into
the
re-establishment
of
economy
and
here's,
why
all
your
project
you're
giving
us
today
won't
matter
if
we
fail
all
of
the
anticipated
revenues,
the
borrowings.
None
of
that
will
matter,
if
is
the
mad
rivers
of
the
world,
if
the,
if
the
the
businesses
that
employ
most
of
the
workers
that
my
colleagues.
I
K
In
terms
of
who's
driving
that
train,
we
have
a
group
that
includes
managing
director
mayor's
chief
of
staff,
health,
commissioner,
the
office
of
emergency
management,
health
and
human
services
folks.
So
we
have
a
group
that
meets
every
day
to
talk
about
where
we
think
the
pandemic
is
going
and
what
that
means
in
terms
of
our
ability
to
to
open
up
I'm.
In
terms
of
our
projections,
we
I'll
turn
that
over
to
Marissa,
as
you
can
talk
about
how
we
built.
N
That
in
alright
thank
you
so
yeah
we
worked
with
IHS
Market,
which
is
a
global
economic,
consulting
firm
to
look
at
sort
of
where
we
are
where
we
think
we're
going,
which
unfortunately
is
down
and
then
coming
back
up,
and
so
the
economic
projections
don't
have
a
date
in
which
we
are
just
entirely
open,
are
entirely
closed,
but
assume
more
of
an
incremental
change,
and
so
some
of
the
stuff
we're
looking
at
is
trying
to
understand
and
constantly
looking
at
honestly,
our
ongoing
collection
rates
for
some
of
our
cancers.
Okay,
so
let.
I
They
need
to
be
X
amount
of
feet
apart.
There
needs
to
be
a
plastic
shield
here,
so
that
not
only
do
small
businesses
get
docked
and
gained
by
us
by
a
forced
closing,
but
you
need
to
think
about
forgiveness
on
interest
and
penalties
right,
because
we
forced
them
to
close
right,
but
also
how
do
I
in
the
new
norm
open
safely,
so
that
I
don't
infect
the
entire
world
council
president,
a
burger
as
he's
big
on
his
burgers
he's
mastered
the
art
of
opening
the
Trump.
I
Could
he
bit
and
pull
off,
but
there
has
to
be
regulations
designed
around
this.
There
has
to
be
standards
for
OSHA
designed
around
this,
and
we
will
have
to
wait
until
we
get
the
memo
from
Trump
to
start
working
on
this
and
I
would
like
that
information
provided
to
the
President
and
council
members,
so
that
we
can
start
to
communicate
that
to
some
of
the
personal
quarters
in
got.
K
J
J
Revenues
will
be
reduced
in
the
amount
of
553
million
dollars
and
that's
an
estimate,
and
my
question
is
in
that
estimate
has:
has
there
been
what
have
the
projections
been
based
on
incentivizing
new
revenues,
in
other
words,
some
of
the
policies
and
practices
that
you're
implementing
to
cover
the
gap?
How
much
of
of
that
has
been
dedicated
to
encouraging
jobs,
return
to
business
startup
businesses,
employers
are
bringing
their
workforce
back
to
the
city.
K
J
My
concern,
obviously
it's
a
concern
is
that
you
have
to
to
balance
the
budget
I
understand
that.
But
these
are
estimates
that
are
being
made
and
it
seems
as
though
there's
also
a
commitment
from
the
administration
to
not
let
go
of
its
prized
projects.
It
wants
to
move
ahead
and
there
has
been
another
idea
that
has
been
discussed
and
I'm
sure
you
discuss
it
among
yourselves,
and
that
is
that,
after
a
pandemic
and
emergency,
that
is
unprecedented.
J
It's
a
good
idea
to
settle
to
stabilize
and
to
assess
what
has
been
damaged
with
it,
which
is
jobs
and
revenues,
and
things
like
raising
taxes
on
people
who
are
already
working
side
of
the
city
who
really
aren't
incentivized
to
come
back
into
the
city.
Even
when
the
governor
lists,
you
know
the
the
restraints
restaurants
are
very
limiting
to
how
they're
going
to
open
how
they're
going
to
serve.
J
All
of
these
type
of
things
suggest
that
there
needs
to
be
an
incentive
to
encourage
new
jobs,
return
to
work.
One
of
the
biggest
things
about
the
city
is
arts
and
culture,
tourism
conventions,
people,
even
our
universities,
and
the
two
things
Ed's
and
meds.
Arts
and
Culture
you
zero
out
arts
and
culture
and
I'm
really
questioning
who
comes
into
this
city.
I
mean
people
come
in
here
to
live.
J
They
choose
to
live
in
Philadelphia
as
opposed
in
New
York
or
LA,
or
New
Orleans,
because
of
the
arts
and
culture
students
choose
to
come
to
university,
Penn
or
direct
solar
temple
because
of
the
environment
because
of
jobs,
job
opportunities.
It
feels
to
me
as
though
the
emphasis
of
this
plan
is
to
the.
K
K
The
project
funded
by
the
beverage
tax
relating
to
what
we
did
with
those
is
freeze
them
at
the
20
spending
level.
So
we
didn't
do
the
continued
expansion
that
we
had
initially
budgeted.
We
didn't
want
to
cut
back
on
on
those
because
we
didn't
want
to.
You
know
to
eliminate
services
there
that
were
already
provided,
but
we
did
freeze
them.
K
We
wanted
to
make
sure
you
know
there
are
public
safety
departments
didn't
take
to
larger
cuts,
wanted
to
make
sure
that
the
health
was
still
funded
and
that
education
was
funded
and
we
didn't
have
a
lot
of
room.
We
had
to
close
the
650
million
dollar
gap,
so
we
had
to
do
things
we
wouldn't
want
to
do.
J
D
D
That
increased
taxes
would
mean
for
our
city's
economy
in
the
short
and
long
term.
We
are
already
the
poorest
largest
city
in
America
and
will
need
to
do
a
lot
more
to
help
people
during
this
recovery.
Other
cities
and
states
have
developed
recovery
councils
to
bring
together
leaders
from
diverse
industries,
both
public
and
private
sector
business,
community
and
nonprofit
partners.
D
Have
you
considered
developing
some
type
of
council
or
committee
to
offer
recommendations
around
our
city's
budget
and
our
priorities
that
are
long-term
and
in
thinking
and
looking
ahead,
Rob
I
know
you
gave
a
detailed
list
of
excellent
government
leaders
who
are
around
a
table
helping
to
make
some
of
these
decisions,
but
I
think
we
can
all
benefit
from
a
diverse
group
of
individuals
sitting
at
the
table
offering
up
recommendations
to
move
our
city
forward.
There
are
also
outside
of
government.
K
R
Here
I
come
good
morning.
Good
morning
morning,
everyone
I'm
Sylvia
Howard
acting
Commerce
director,
so
so
the
Commerce
Department
is
working
closely
with
P
IDC
Philadelphia
works
and
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
on
establishing
an
economic
recovery
task
force.
History
can
be
something
something
of
that
sort.
That
would
basically
do
a
regional
approach
in
terms
of
kind
of
rebooting
in
recovery
for
for
the
region,
and
then
we
will
also
be
doing
a
localized
effort
in
terms
of
small
business
strategy
and
workforce
strategy
for
the
city
to
meet
the
most
the
needs
of
the
most
vulnerable.
D
D
Thank
you
and
then
my
next
question
is
centered
around
and
I
just
want
to
thank
my
colleague,
councilman
Sanchez,
for
talking
about
the
need
to
assist
small
businesses
as
we
move
forward,
but
wanted
to
know.
If
there
were
any
additional
plans
around
extending
the
small
business.
We
leave
fun,
particularly
for
businesses
that
have
gross
receipts
of
1
million
dollars
or
less
particularly
those
businesses
who
were
not
eligible
or
could
not
receive
the
paycheck
protection
program.
R
As
well
so
we
do
have
three
million
dollars
set
aside.
That
was
initially
for
the
quality
jobs
program
from
a
prior
year
allocation
that
we
intend
to
use
for
small
business
relief,
we're
not
sure
yet
if
we
will
use
that
in
exactly
the
same
mechanism
as
we
did
for
the
last,
the
small
business
relief
fund
or
if
we'll
do
more
targeted
approach
and
potentially
you
know,
for
example,
do
it
one
program
for
restaurants
or
one
program
for
some.
R
You
know
there's
nail
salons
there
you
know
potentially
target
a
little
bit
more,
so
we
want
to
be
really
thoughtful
and
strategic
about
how
we
deploy
those
dollars,
because
we
did
13.3
million
in
the
last
round
three
million
for
the
upcoming
fiscal
year,
plus
a
little
bit
in
CDBG,
which
I'm
sure
when,
when
I
get
into
my
testimony,
I'm
sure
we'll
talk
about
that
more.
But
we
do
plan
to
provide
supports
to
small
businesses.
We
just
don't
have
as
many
dollars
to
be
dead.
Okay,.
D
There
was
an
increase
in
class
100
by
over
1
million
dollars
for
one
filly.
So
if
you
could
give
us
an
update
on
one
Philly's
implementation,
if
there
are
any
city
employees
who
are
still
experiencing
our
payroll
issues
and
how
many
employees
do
we
have
on
payment
plans
due
to
the
one
Philly
over
payments?
Okay,.
K
K
Q
D
A
G
Good
morning,
thank
you
very
much
everybody,
and
just
a
quick
note
to
my
dear
colleague,
councilmember
Gilmore
Richardson,
the
eviction
moratorium
bill
and
the
diversion
program
that
were
put
into
City
Council
a
little
earlier
would
cover
small
businesses
with
less
than
a
hundred
employees
as
well.
So
we
hope
to
get
that
underway
and
and
get
some
help
to
our
small
businesses
so
that
they
don't
have
to
go
through
the
same
kind
of
cycle
of
eviction.
They
get
time
to
get
some
assistance
for
Rob.
G
My
question
is:
I
know
that
none
no
revenue
generation
that
comes
out
of
Texas
is
the
most
desirable,
but
has
the
city
considered
like,
for
example,
I?
Don't
think
we
use
sunsetting
provisions
enough
with
the
city
be
open
to
a
sunset
on
the
wage
tax
increase
on
non-residents
if
it
could
sunset
within
a
certain
time
period,
and
then
we
could
review
whether
it
needed
to
continue
after
that
I
think.
K
G
Yeah
I
mean
I
think
like
if
part
of
the
recognition
is
that
we're
in
extraordinary
times
the
city
has
had
an
enormous
you
know,
has,
has
enormous
needs
right
now
we
need
to
supporting
businesses.
We
need
a
functioning
Commerce
Department.
We
need
robust
eviction,
diversion
programs,
we
need
a
Commerce
Department
that
hasn't
been
cut
in
half
I.
G
Think
part
of
that
is
recognizing
that
there
might
be
temporary
increases
on
people
who
are
who
actually
have
jobs,
recognizing
that
so
many
people
have
lost
theirs
and
I
know
again
it's
not
ideal,
but
if
you
would
be
open
to
a
sunset
provision,
maybe
that
could
also
be
a
conversation
we
can
have
internally
and
then
we
can
review
whether
that
sunset
would
need
to
go
away.
Should
the
city
budget
balance
out
next
year,
I
think.
K
G
I
also
want
to
thank
the
administration
for
its
focus
in
on
education
and
the
school
district.
As
we
know,
austerity
hits
school
districts
amongst
the
hardest.
Obviously
it
hits
us
and
city
budgets,
but
it
also
like
dramatically
hits
the
city
of
the
School
District
of
Philadelphia,
which,
unlike
every
single
other
school
district
in
the
entire
Commonwealth
of
Pennsylvania,
has
no
capacity
to
raise
its
own
revenues.
I
wanted
to
talk
about
two
things.
One
I'll
eventually
get
to
some
of
the
other
discussions,
but
I
want
to
talk
about
the
parking
authority
money.
G
So
the
school
district
got
about
fifteen
million
dollars
from
I
assume
from
the
parking
authority
this
year,
their
fiscal
year
ended
at
the
end
of
March,
so
they
were
not
that
dramatically
impacted
by
the
city,
shutdown
order,
but
the
city's
projecting
that
the
school
district
should
receive
zero
dollars
from
the
parking
authority
for
next
year
and
again
I'm
in
a
fair
share
kind
of
approach.
Right,
like
everybody,
has
to
give,
even
if
they
can't
give
like
everything
or
the
most
people
have
to
give.
So.
G
My
question
is
like:
why
are
you
projecting
zero
dollars
for
the
school
district
and
I?
Don't
want
you
to
answer
that
question
based
on
a
defense
of
the
agency's
budget?
I
want
to
ask
it:
why
are
you
giving
them
a
pass?
Why
are
you
taking
them
off
the
hook
because,
for
example,
the
parking
lot
new
assumes
that
over
the
next
year,
people
will
start
to
come
back
to
a
sense
of
you
know:
movement
and
mobility
within
the
city,
but
you're
not
giving
that
same
pass
with
a
PPA.
G
We
assume
that
they'll
go
back
to
a
sense
of
some
semblance
for
them
for
the
school
district
to
lose
fifteen
million
dollars
from
the
from
the
parking
authority
through
a
budgetary,
a
pre-emptive
kind
of
pass
on
the
parking
authority's
funds,
and
that
agency
hasn't
been
reviewed
nearly
enough
with
a
with
appropriate
oversight
and
scrutiny.
Why
would
you
do
that.
K
And
it's
it's
not
really
giving
them
a
pass.
It's
recognizing
that
they've
really
stopped
enforcement
and
we
agreed
with
that
strategy
so
that
the
amount
of
revenue
that
will
be
generated
from
parking
enforcement
will
be
much
lower
than
it
was
in
other
years,
and
we
think
that,
as
a
result
of
that,
they
won't
hit
the
threshold
at
which
revenue
goes
to
the
school
district.
So.
G
K
And
we're
not
we're
assuming
it
there's
a
decrease
in
revenue
from
parking
and
we're
also
a
suit
in
in
the
parking
tax
and
we're
assuming
it
on
the
parking
street
parking
side
too.
It's
just
it
on
the
street
parking
side.
It
means
that
that
decrease
keeps
the
parking
authority
below
the
level
at
which
money
goes
to
the
district
yep.
G
Just
one
last
comment
very
briefly:
you
know
I
think
we
should
be
clear
that
29%
of
the
district's
entire
budget
relies
on
property
taxes,
and
that
is
a
difficult
thing,
but
the
entire
21.
Third,
almost
1/3
of
the
district's
budget
relies
on
property
taxes.
So
I
want
to
be
thoughtful
about
how
to
talk
about
taxi.
G
You
should
not
as
just
a
means
of
money,
a
you
know,
taxing
but
as
a
means
of
school
funding.
So
if
we,
my
assumption
is,
is
that
the
30
million
dollars
that
you're
pushing
over
to
the
school
district?
That
money
is
coming
directly
from
the
proposal
to
moderately
increase
property
taxes,
which
is
four
percent
on
55%
of
someone's
tax.
So
that's
less
than
2%
or
2.2
percent
of
something
and
while
I'm
not.
F
C
Thank
You,
mr.
president,
morning,
good
morning
morning,
good
morning,
I
just
have
a
couple
of
questions
and
I
didn't
want
to
follow
up
on
Councilwoman
gems
conversation
around
sunset
provisions,
because
I
think
that
that's
something
again
and
I
think
that
is
a
tool
that
we
really
just
don't
utilize
nearly
enough,
and
so
we
need
to
because
we
have
no
idea
what's
going
to
happen
with
the
corona
virus
pandemic.
So
we
have
no
idea,
you
know
what
way
the
economy
is
going.
C
du
Bois
I
have
a
question
for
you
about
over
the
last
five
years
we've
had
the
C
is
operated.
You
know,
with
projections
of
run
amount,
and
you
know
it
ends
out,
ends
up
that
the
actual
balance
of
the
fund
balance
the
general
fund
balance
has
been
significantly
higher
to
the
tune
of
over
about
300
million
dollars
over
the
last
few
years.
Can
you
give
us
some
sort
of
sense
of
how
we
have
spent
those
surplus
dollars,
because
what
I
find
is
that
we
continue
to
just
courage
ahead.
K
So
there
are
a
number
of
places
where
we
saw
increases
in
spending
and
investments
over
the
last
four
or
five
years.
One
of
the
things
we
did
was
build
up
our
fund
balance,
which
got
up
at
the
end
of
last
year
to
over
400
million
dollars.
That's
proven
to
be
really
helpful
now,
as
we
face
this
recession,
because
the
first
thing
we're
able
to
do
is
draw
on
those
reserves
to
help
mitigate
the
impact
of
the
cuts
and
revenue
increases.
K
We
needed
we've
also
put
substantially
more
money
into
pensions
over
time,
which
has
addressed
a
long-standing
issue
that
was
crucially
important
for
our
fiscal
health.
The
school
district
contribution
has
increased
dramatically
over
time.
So
that's
been
another
area
where
we
see
an
additional
investment
as
a
result
of
revenues
being
stronger
than
we
initially
anticipated.
We
did
pay
as
you
go
capital
when
revenue
came
in
stronger
than
anticipated
that
helped
us
avoid
issuing
more
yet,
which
then
helps
reduce
our
fixed
cost.
C
Money,
so
can
you
it
will
be
helpful
if
you
could
provide
to
the
council.
President
of
the
chair,
you
know
some
sort
of
detail
in
writing
so
that
we
could
get
a
you
know
a
glimpse
of
exactly
where
these
resources
went
because
I
think
it's
important
for
the
public
to
get
a
sense
of
how
money
has
been
spent
and
where
money
has
gone,
because
they've
heard
over
and
over
and
over
again
that
there
have
been
these
surpluses
and
the
question
that
I'm
getting
a
lot
now
is
where's
that
money.
C
C
Okay,
great
and
another
question
is
I
also
want
to
follow
up
on
tax.
Amnesty,
that's,
a
question
that
we
have
considered
and
we
had
had
a
hearing
on
that.
You
know
over
a
year
ago-
and
you
know
now
that
we
are
in
a
time
of
crisis,
I'm
wondering
if
that's
something
that
the
administration
is
willing
to
reconsider,
and
that
was
something
which
was
done
under
the
net
administration
when
we
were
in
economic
crisis
before
so.
K
When
we
and
mr.
Prez
can
keep
more
detail
when
we
look
back
at
the
impact
of
that
amnesty
over
a
three
or
four
year
period,
it
wound
up
being
really
negative
in
terms
of
the
impact
it
had
on
our
collections.
So
we're
really
hesitant
and,
as
I
said
before,
we
should
discuss
everything.
But
I
do
worry
about
an
amnesty,
but
all
that
commissioner
Breslin
give
more
detail
on
that.
O
Yes,
I
think
that
really
kind
of
sums
up
the
position
on
amnesty
and
did
an
analysis.
We
used
it
in
the
last
recession.
It
did
give
us
an
infusion
of
tat
that
was
much
needed
at
that
time,
but
so
it's
certainly
a
good
tool
to
have
in
the
tool
box
for
recessionary
times.
I.
Think
in
your
opening
statements,
counsel,
women
kind
of
said:
there's
a
lot
of
uncertainty
right
now
and
I
think
that
it's
true,
we
don't
know
how
this
economy
is
going
to
bounce
back.
C
C
A
F
Questions
I'd
asked
earlier
in
breakfast
to
the
issues
we
have
regarding
revenue
and
L&I
and
I.
Mr.
president
talked
about
that.
They
communicate
quite
regularly
when
you
say
communicate
quite
regulated.
Does
that
mean
you're
fully
sharing
information
on
all
of
the
business
service,
license
accounts
and
tax
accounts
and
doors
of
reconciliation,
others.
S
So,
yes,
we
do
share
data
regularly
with
Ellen
Oh
Ellen
I.
We
have
an
interdepartmental
cooperation
and
have
a
whaler
meetings
with
them.
We've
instituted
data
data
sharing
processes
that
inform
our
investigations
and
our
auditing
efforts,
for
example,
in
FY
2011,
Ishi,
ated,
26
audits,
through
referrals
that
have
been
sent
to
us
by
ellen
I
and
assessed
over
six
hundred
twenty-nine
thousand
dollars.
As
a
result,
we
also
partner
with
ellen
I
and
sharing
data
for
our
tax
clearance
process.
F
S
Have
an
interface
with
our
data
and
anytime,
someone
is
doing
business
with
Illinois,
there's
a
clearance
process
to
determine
if
that
person
is
compliant
with
their
taxes.
If
they
have
the
appropriate
tax
accounts
and
if
not,
they
are
unable
to
receive
those
licenses
and
permits,
and
they
are
referred
to
revenue.
The
carbon
tax
compliant.
F
In
reference
to
you
said
there,
we
have
an
overhead
of
the
property
assessment,
someone
I
had
a
lot
of
experience
and
perspectives
in
the
work
that
is
global
did
regarding
collections
and
projections
under
the
new
Cobra
19
on
this
proposed
tax
increase
have
assessments
breakfast
to
lemon
Billy
rephrase.
Has
it
been
factored
into
this
process?
The
challenge
we've
had
with
assessments
and
collections,
and
also
reimbursements
from
appeal.
K
N
Of
things
happening
there,
one
will
be
carrying
forward
the
prior
year's
assessments,
so
we
knew
we
weren't
going
to
see
a
lot
of
increase
that
folks
were
going
to
be
appealing,
but
obviously
because
of
current
conditions.
We
thought
there
may
be
some
amount
of
increased
appeals
because
of
changes
in
how
much
rents
are
getting
things
like
that,
and
we
also
know
that
to
pay
might
also
be
impacted.
Instead
of
because
of
all
the
uncertainty
trying
to
piece
out
how
much
is
attribute
to
each
piece
of
that
to
get
to
a
total.
N
What
we
did
was
to
a
5%
reduction
overall
and
what
we
anticipate
collecting
to
account
for
all
those
different
changes
and
that
5%
came
from
data
provided
by
our
outside
economic
consultants,
IHS
around
changes
in
profits
for
businesses,
in
terms
of
changes
for
salaries
and
wages
in
the
city
and
region,
and
so
using
that
combined
information
that
we
thought
would
impact
us.
We
just
simply
reduce
the
overall
corrections
by
five
percent
to
account
for
all
the
different
impacts
that
are
in
play
right
now,.
F
Back
to
some
of
the
points
that
were
said
earlier
and
I,
don't
think
I
got
a
full
perspective
on
the
question
regarding
the
fact
that
if
we
you
put
into
the
budget
base
six
hundred
fifty
million
dollars
on
the
grants
revenue
for
the
possible
revenue
reimbursement,
how
does
the
administration
plan
on
spending
that
and
how
they
notified
Council
of
the
desire
to
spend
those
dollars?
If
that
comes
in
in
the
beginning
of
the
new
fiscal
year?
And
we've
had
to
do
some
of
these
proposed
cuts
that
your
you
are
asking
for.
Yes,.
K
I
think,
if
that
money
does
come
in,
if
we
get
revenue
replacement
from
federal
government,
we
would
look
to
redo
this
budget
depending
on
the
amount
of
revenue
we
got
and
we
would
want
to
work
with
Council
during
that
process.
You
know
where
we
really
in.
In
our
best-case
scenario,
we
get
as
close
as
possible
to
the
version
of
the
budget
that
we
introduced
back
in
March,
but
again
that's
something
we
want
to
work
with
Council
on
if
we
did
get
additional
revenue,
Thanks
Thank
You
councillor,
though
I.
M
M
The
question
is
more
on
the
outlook
of
and
tracking
of
the
federal
and
state
governments
and
their
budgeting
process,
and
more
so
in
the
timing
of
it.
Specifically.
If
the
state
decides
that
it
will
a
continuing
resolution
like
if
it's
allowed
to
a
continuing
resolution
like
like
the
federal
government
in
DC.
M
K
So
one
of
the
challenges
we
have
every
year
in
our
budget
process,
even
if
the
state
doesn't
do
a
continuing
resolution,
is
they
often
finish
up
after
we
do
so
we're
at
a
disadvantage,
because
we
don't
know
exactly
where
funding
world
will
wind
up
and
this
year.
Obviously
that's
a
particular
challenge.
K
M
M
It's
drastically
altered
very
and
amended
in
a
recent
mental,
but
do
we
need
to
continue
to
make
drastic
changes
and
new
revenue
streams
in
anticipation
or
not
knowing?
If
you
know
there
might
be
a
rebadged
and
other
grants
through
other
sources,
you
know
particularly
Jen
from
the
state
or
federal
government.
So
I'm,
just
you
know
just
want
to
talk
about
it
publicly
and
you
know
continue
to
have
the
conversation
as
this.
B
President,
yes,
okay,
thank
you,
I
appreciate
it.
I
want
to
jump
right
into
it.
I
want
to
start
with.
Councilmember
Kim
was
speaking
briefly
about
the
zero
dollars
coming
from
the
PPA
to
the
School
District
of
Philadelphia
to
just
wanted
to
re-examine
where
that
number
came
from
and
I'm
also
wondering
if
there
was
any
conversation
with
the
PTA
about
not
just
to
anticipate
a
zero
dollar
amount,
but
any
innovative
ways
that
we
can
work
with
the
PTA,
so
they
can
generate
more
revenue,
so
they
can
meet
their
normal
contribution
to
the
school
edition
of.
K
Philadelphia
yeah
just
be
clear:
the
projection
is
that
the
Port
Authority
when
you
comes
to
the
city
first,
if
they
surpassed
the
threshold,
then
money
goes
to
the
school
district,
so
we're
not
protecting
zero.
Overall
from
the
party,
we
are
projecting
that
they
won't
exceed
the
threshold
where
money
would
go
to
to
the
school
district.
I
think
we've
had
some
conversations
with
the
parking
authority
about
whether
there
are
other
ways
to
generate
revenue.
B
Thank
you
I
just
find
that
interesting.
Just
as
this
chair
of
speech,
services
I
had
a
number
of
conversations
with
the
folks
at
the
parking
authority,
and
my
conversations
with
them
were
about
revenue,
and
that
was
something
because
they're
very
they
know
I'm
very
passionate
about
public
education.
As
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
are
and
I'm
sure
the
administration
is
as
well.
That
was
never
something
that
they
brought
to
my
attention
and
they
never
talked
about
not
being
able
to
completely
recover.
B
So
I
was
again
just
wondering
where
those
estimates
came
from
as
it
relates
to
was
a
dialogue
with
the
administration,
but
in
a
sense
of
time,
I'll
just
move
on.
We,
you
talked
earlier
about
the
federal
bonds
and
the
possibility
of
generating
some
revenue
through
federal
bonds
and
borrowing
on
that
level.
I
know
that
that
option
is
always
out
there,
but
I'm
just
wondering
from
the
perspective
of
the
administration.
B
B
K
So,
and
and
insurer
Dunbar
can
provide
more
information
on
this,
but
the
federal
money.
The
liquidity
facility
from
the
feds,
is
not
about
balancing
budgets.
It's
only
about
smoothing
out
cash,
so
they're
not
doing
anything
to
help
with
help
to
help
replace
the
lost
revenue
with
that,
it's
only
about
helping
you
make
cash
payments
during
the
year.
So
that
is
not
something
that
would
help
us
avoid
any
of
the
things
that.
B
We
had
in
our
budget,
but
the
Christian
can
give
more
detail
so
again,
just
for
clarity,
right,
I'm,
pretty
sure
that
we
can
all
agree
that
earlier,
you
testified
that
it
would
be
a
bad
idea
to
borrow
for
operating
costs.
You
didn't
say
that
it
would
be
impossible.
You
said
it
would
be
fiscally
not
in
the
best
interest
of
the
city,
so
I
don't
think
that
it's
a
good
idea
to
now
say
that
we
can't
borrow
for
operating
cost.
You.
P
Certainly
Thank
You
Robin
and
thank
you
comments.
Thomas
as
it
relates
to
the
liquidity
facility.
I
think
it's
important
to
mention
that
the
feds
put
the
liquidity
facility
in
place
to
ensure
that
the
private
market
functioned
our
you
know
efficiently
and
to
also
give
municipalities
an
opportunity
to
borrow
from
the
federal
government
in
an
event
that
they
could
not
borrow
from
investors,
and
so
the
liquidity
is
in
addition
to
what
you
can
already
do
in
capital
markets.
Now,
Rob
alluded
to
earlier
that
we
had
not
a
train
or
tax
revenue.
P
That
is
just
a
smooth
our
cash
flow,
because
we
anticipate
revenue,
typically
at
the
middle
and
three-quarters
of
the
fiscal
year,
so
right
at
the
middle
or
going
into
the
middle
of
fiscal
years
where
our
cash
flows
low,
so
historic
will
be
a
bottle
to
smooth
that
out.
We
pay
back
within
the
fiscal
year.
P
That's
a
requirement
in
our
bond
adventure
as
it
relates
to
our
short-term
borrowing
needs
now
to
a
larger
question
and
I
think
we
touched
on
this
earlier
in
Rob's
comments
and
in
my
comments
that
investors
as
well
as
you
know,
the
rating
agencies
do
not
believe
that's
a
best
practice
and
there's
certainly
a
price
to
pay
financially.
If
we
were
to
do
so
in
our
prices
adjusted
a
short
term
around
individual
borrowing,
but
if
it
triggers
a
negative
rate
in
action
that
carries
through
to
you
know
that
carries
through
to
future
bonds.
P
For
anything
we
wanted
to
and
more
specific
to
your
question
about
reallocating
line
items
in
a
budget
I
mean
a
majority
of
our
capital.
Spending
is
from
borrowing
you
know.
So
that's
what
we
typically
do.
We
borrow
from
for
large
majority
of
our
capital
spending.
We
do
have
some
some
Pago
capital
and-
and
you
know
nurse
that
can
adjust
that
most
specifically
I
think
to
your
question.
K
And
one
of
the
things
we
did
in
balancing
the
budget
was
move
some
of
what
had
been
pay
go
into
the
operating
budget,
so
we
had
been
trying
to
reduce
that
service
in
the
long
term
by
paying
for
capital
creating
we
unwound.
Some
of
that
as
part
of
this
balancing
and
I
do
think
part
of
the
message
you
were
talking
about.
What
message
are
we
sending?
Is
that
we
need
to
you
know
to
get
into
balance,
and
you
need
to
in
a
way
that
also
doesn't
threaten
our
long-term
fiscal
health.
B
Thomas
I
just
want
to
close
out
by
saying
that
I
too,
look
forward
to
seeing
the
poverty
plan
that
is
going
to
be
sent
to
you
as
well.
I
am
also
concerned,
like
the
rest
of
my
colleagues.
It's
a
release
to
the
tax
increases,
that's
being
recommended
and
I'm,
anticipating
that
I
probably
won't
get
another
top
of
the
Tootsie
to
go
a
second
round.
M
K
N
N
But
on
the
one
hand
we
were
looking
at
what
we
could
maybe
sell
and
what
then,
as
a
result,
actually
we
might
not
be
able
to
do
to
the
Italian
dude
it
just
general
uncertainty
and
then
were
there
any
opportunities
for
new
things
that
we
could
sell,
but
we
hadn't
actually
been
planning
to.
We
ran
through
a
bunch
of
different
things
like
what,
if
we
saw
this,
what
if
we
sell
that,
but
obviously
some
things
in
the
working
food,
500,
South,
Broad
Street,
as
well
as
the
facility
of
11th
and
Reed.
N
So
those
are
things
that
the
already
inside
continuing
to
look
at
and
expect
to
see.
We
started
kicking
around
some
ideas,
but
also
also
the
round
house,
but
we
started
kicking
around
some
ideas
of
what
might
also
happen
and
talked
to
different
folks
throughout
the
administration.
We
didn't
feel
it
was
appropriate
to
you
know,
given
this
order
three
week
turnaround
in
doing
this
figure
out.
Okay,
what
could
we
put
on
the
market
that
we
hadn't
planned
to
and
get
a
good
price
for
that?
N
It
makes
sense
in
the
long
term,
so
we
didn't
build
in
any
new
sales
and
we're
carefully
looking
at
the
existing
properties
also
mentioned
the
medical
examiner,
which
I
think
we
already
have
a
facility
that
will
be
moving
into
400
north.
So
we
have
a
number
of
transactions
that
are
in
continue
to.
There
was
nothing
new
that
we
thought
that,
in
the
short
term,
on
top
of
that
made
sense
to
quickly
put
on
to
the
market.
M
K
M
M
Make
suggestions
for
improvements,
okay,
because
that
also
I
mean
there's
going
to
be
a
challenge
moving
forward,
as
we
know,
you
know
we're
looking
at
this
year
and
obviously
we're
not.
We
don't
have
any
plans
to
really
judge
our
revenue
stream
depending
on
how
we
restart
the
economy
next
year
is
going
to
be
just
a
difficult
and
to
have
that
burden,
and
then
to
is
like
doubling
a
burden
if
we
have
a
rate
increase
with
a
assessment
increase
to
follow
in
here.
That's
just
my
thoughts
and
it
makes
it
more
of
a
challenge.
K
Yeah
under
the
cares
act
reimbursements
are
for
cost
incurred
by
the
end
of
this
calendar
year
and
we're
assuming
that
there
will
be
cost
that
we
incur
in
the
second
half
of
the
year
and
that
30
million
is
an
estimate
of
what
those
costs
would
be,
but
they
could
be
things
like
testing
or
contact
tracing.
So
we
think
that
there
will
still
continue
to
be
costs.
K
A
The
second
half
of
the
fiscal
year
so
in
future,
cares
I'll,
say
the
cares
Act
that
they're
working
on
now
heroes,
heroes,
I'm,
sorry,
I
hard
to
keep
up
with
these
names.
Yeah
money
for
states
and
municipalities
is
supposed
to
be
the
focus
of
that
particular
legislation.
Do
you
think
that
there
would
not
be
money,
I
think.
K
Heroes
Act
passes,
I
think
there
will
be
additional
funds
for
the
city,
and
it
goes
back
to
the
question.
I
think
that
councilman
green
asks
I.
Think
then
we
would.
We
would
have
an
opportunity
to
go
back
and
make
changes
to
the
budget
that
would
make
it
would
be
able
to
look
at
the
cuts.
We've
made
look
at
the
tax
bills
we
make
and
see
what
kind
of
changes
would
want
to
make
yet
and
there's
no
guarantee
it
will
there's
no
pass
or
that
it
will
look
anything
like
it
does
now.
A
K
The
use
for
those
funds
being
so
the
reason
we
put
them
in
their
reserve
is
we're
not
sure.
Yet
it
could
be
things
like
contract
tracing
or
testing,
but
before
we
spent
anything,
we'd
have
to
transfer
it
out
of
the
reserve,
and
so
we'd
have
to
go
through
a
process
with
council,
where
we
showed
you
how
it
would
be
spent.
K
So
far
we
haven't
gotten
anything
that
reimburses
expenditures
beyond
December
30th,
and
so
when
we
put
the
budget
together,
we're
limited
by
what's
actually
out
there,
okay,
you
know
and
there's
still
you
know,
Republicans
pushing
back
of
the
idea
of
doing
anything
soon
or
pushing
back
on
providing
money
to
state
and
local
governments.
So
I
don't
think
we
can
assume
it
will
happen.
I
mean
we
hope
that
it
does,
and
if
it
does,
then
we
should
come
back
and
you
know
and
make
changes,
but
I
don't
think
we
could
do
it
in.
A
A
K
A
H
Thank
you
so
much
I'm
gonna
be
gal
from
the
Commerce
Department
if
she
could
get
teed
up
and
Silvie
I
need
to
get
a
tremendous
amount
of
information
on
the
record
I'm
in
the
midst
of
my
time.
So
I'm
gonna
ask
you
if
you
can
be
as
brief
as
possible
with
these
questions,
I
wanna
start
yesterday,
we
heard
councilman
squirrel
have
referred
to
a
smart,
restart
and
reopening
our
economy.
H
Obviously,
as
we
await
state
state,
regs
and
the
city
will
establish
regs,
the
Commerce
Department
is
going
to
be
extremely
important
to
that
effort
and
as
when
councilman
Jones
was
questioning
the
department
about
its
future
plans.
I
wanna
I
think
we
should
delve
a
little
deeper
into
that.
So
one
I
want
to
know.
Tell
me
how
much
has
been
cut
from
Commerce
this
budget.
This
is
extremely
important
to
know
and
I
just
want
to
answer
from
a
percentage
perspective
and
didn't
give
me
an
absolute
dollar
monetary
amount.
R
H
R
R
Sure
so
well
what
I'll
say
is
that
we
are
we're
gonna.
Have
it
we're
gonna,
be
short
18
staff
between
vacancies
and
layoffs,
I'd,
rather
not
get
into
the
specifics
of
last,
because
that's
still
in
process
and
out
of
respect
to
my
colleagues
but
we're
gonna
be
down
18
staff
about
30%
fewer
staff
and
that's
that's
before
adding
the
workforce.
Staff
will
have
five
five
workforce
staff
that
are
being
consolidated
from
the
office
of
Workforce
Development
coming
into
our
department.
Then.
H
The
last
budgetary
question
regarding
the
department
I
want
to
ask,
is
you
mentioned
a
50%
cut
with
what
you
have
been
appropriated?
Tell
me
how
many
of
those
dollars
are
passed
through
dollars.
I
mean
last
year,
you'll
remember.
During
the
budget
process,
I
talked
about
commerce
being
a
vehicle.
As
for
pass-through
dollars,
I
don't
care,
we
would
talk
about
what
was
the
Convention
Center
or
anything
else
tell
me
what
dollar
amount
is
attributed
to
the
pass
through
process
in
which
commerce
is
a
vehicle.
So.
R
So
every
year
we
have
a
50
million
dollar
payment
that
goes
to
get
the
Convention
Center
debt
that
goes
through
the
Commerce
Department
and
all
the
hotel
tax
dollars
also
pass
through
the
Commerce
Department.
Obviously,
that
varies
every
year,
I
think
was
about
7080
million
dollars.
Last
year
it's
gonna
be
a
lot
lower,
but
that
all
just
passes
through.
We
don't
touch
any
of
those
dollars,
so
an
aviation
is
also
part
of
our
budget.
R
H
H
We'll
have
to
make
sure
we
keep
that
in
mind,
but
I
needed
to
just
get
a
snapshot
of
what
that
looked
like
as
we
get
through
this
budget
cut
process.
Now,
I
want
to
go
back
to
what
councilman
Jones
mentioned,
also
heard:
Councilwoman
Sanchez
and
Gilmore
Richardson
when
they
were
talking
about
small
business
and
neighborhood
commercial
corners.
They
are
literally
looking
to
us
for
guidance,
although
we
know
that
the
stay-at-home
order
is
in
existence
for
Philadelphia
until
a
June.
H
The
4th
we're
waiting
for
more
direction
from
the
federal
government
has
the
Commerce
Department
began
to
develop
what
we'll
call
sort
of
an
economic
recovery
plan
that
our
neighborhood
businesses
can
look
to
for
guidance,
and
let
me
give
you
an
example
and
just
for
the
record
I'm
going
to
circulate
this
to
all
of
my
colleagues.
There
are
also
forwarded
to
you.
It's
from
the
city
of
Tampa
and
I
know.
H
There
are
only
400,000
people
there,
but
it's
a
great
snapshot
of
the
level
of
detail
that
we
heard
councilman
Jones
mention
in
his
line
of
questioning
relative
to
listen,
temporary
or
use
of
the
sidewalks.
When
you
hear
councilman
down
talk
about
the
struggling
restaurant
industry,
as
we
think
about
our
neighborhood
based
businesses,
enable
in
temporary
views
of
on
street
parking,
you
know
mandatory
covering
of
faces.
The
social
distance
are
a
safety
L&I
penalties
for
non-compliance.
H
Those
are
all
of
the
kinds
of
things
that
we
are
hearing
from
a
grassroots
level
from
businesses,
saying:
listen,
we're
trying
to
prepare
to
get
ready
for
opening
and
we
need
guidance
from
the
city.
So
when
you
talked
about
and
I'll
leave
with
this,
when
you
talked
about
that
task,
force
working
with
the
Chamber
and
PID
see
their
Councilwoman
Gilmore
Richardson,
so
athlete
mentioned,
and
although
we
notice
supports
that
are
available
right
now
for
the
businesses
I
know,
she
doesn't
need
an
education
about
that,
because
she's
been
educating
people
about
that.
H
But
when
you
hear
her
mention
that
what
she
is
mentioning
is
that
we
have
to
make
sure
that
there's
a
diverse
group
at
the
table.
So
when
we're
talking
about
neighborhood
based
businesses,
make
sure
that
the
ethnic
Chamber
you
mentioned
chamber,
but
the
ethnic
chambers
must
be
involved.
When
we
talk
about
businesses
all
sizes,
you
know
the
barbershops,
the
neighborhood
retailers
and
you
guys
have
done
a
yeoman's
job
with
everything
you've
done
in
super
human
speed.
H
R
Absolutely
counseling
totally
agree,
so
we,
you
know
we
have
been
pivoting
everything
to
respond
to
the
crisis
and
the
way
we're
thinking
about
our
economic
strategy.
We
are
frankly
still
formulating
it,
but
it's
really
targeted
around
for
ours,
respond,
restart,
recharge
and
reimagine
and
we're
looking
everything
differently,
because
we
know
we'll
never
go
back
to
where
we
were
before,
but
we
do
think
there's
opportunities
to
reimagine
what
the
city
can
be
and
to
be
more
equitable
and
we're
even
looking
at
our
current
programs
and
how
we
can
pivot
them.
R
You
know
to
be
more
related
to
PPE
equipment
for
our
small
businesses
or
delivery
windows
or
technology
and
being
able
to
have
the
capacity
to
do
online
or
delivery
those
types
of
things,
so
we
will
be
the
we
absolutely
diversity,
is
totally
a
priority.
Working
with
the
Chamber
they've
heard
that
from
me
a
lot.
They
know
that
that's
very,
very
important
and
that'll
be
the
regional
sort
of
sector
strategy
for
the
region,
and
then
we
will
have
local
city
of
Philadelphia
response
plan
for
workforce,
we're
working
on
that
with
Philadelphia
works
and
with
PID
see.
E
So
I'm,
assuming
that
nothing
was
heard
before
so
I'll
just
start
over,
but
when
looking
at
the
budget
and
the
spending
I
just
want
to
point
out
that
it
seems
like
over
the
last
four
years.
Even
with
the
revised
budget,
we've
increased
the
budget
by
22%
against
the
backdrop
of
inflation
in
that
four
year
period
of
five
percent
and
I
think
the
residents
and
the
people.
E
It
looks
like
you're
cutting
out
all
funding
for
the
Earned
Income
Tax
Credit
and
taxpayer
assistance
programs
and
in
February,
as
you
know,
the
Council
passed
the
wage
tax
refund
bill
to
put
money
back
in
the
hands
of
those
who
need
it
most.
How
does
the
cut
to
taxpayer
Assistance
Programs
affect
the
people's
ability
to
get
their
wage
tax
refund
number
one
number
two:
how
much
do
you
anticipate
refunding
this
year
and
number
three?
Does
this
cut
affect
your
capabilities
to
process
applications.
K
I
want
to
make
a
couple
points
about
that.
The
first
two
things
you
said
one
you
talked
about
the
increase
in
spending
and,
as
we've
talked
about,
the
biggest
portions
of
that
increase
were
increasing
our
pension
contribution,
increasing
our
contribution
to
the
school
district,
an
increase
in
our
benefits
cost
that
the
pre
Kane
Community
Schools
cost.
These
are
all
things
that
were
not
invested
in
for
years
and
years
and
that
we're
making
up
for
years
of
of
under
investment.
But
with
that
I'll
let
Don
Commissioner
talk
about
your
your
specific
questions.
I.
O
Yes
councilman,
so
we
did
do
on
significant
decreases
in
our
budget
cuts
to
to
our
Earned
Income
Tax,
Credit
outreach
and
a
funding
of
that,
and
that
you
know
this.
As
has
been
said,
this
is
you
know,
a
tough
time
where
we're
you're,
making
painful
decisions
and,
as
you
know,
we
are
a
staunch
supporter
of
the
income
tax
credit
program,
but
that
program
is
not
a
core
service
tax
program.
There's
a
lot
of
partners
that
word
out
so
in
having
to
take
these
tough
cuts.
That
is
why
we
took
the
cut
there.
O
And
we
we
took
a
cut
to
other
outreach
services,
as
you
know,
and
council
knows
that
we
really
revenue
has
been
very
active
in
all
the
council
districts
and
doing
hundreds
of
in-person
events
and
outreach
events
and,
as
has
been
said
many
times,
this
is
really
a
changing
situation.
So
we
don't
know
what
outreach
will
look
like
in
the
future.
We're
just
going
to
have
to
be
versatile
and
maybe
change
the
way
we
do
some
of
our
outreach,
but
we
still
intend
to
touch
as
many
philadelphians
virtually
now
I
guess.
O
Instead
of
you
know
the
in-person
ways
we
did
before,
but
we
intend
to
do
as
much
as
we
can
with
outreach
as
far
as
the
wage
tax
refunds,
I,
don't
think
this
will
have
an
impact
on
the
amount
or
numbers
of
refunds
will
still
do
outreach
about
that
in
ways
that
we
can
and
a
lot
of
that
has
been
on
virtual.
You
know:
I've
talked
before
I,
don't
want
to
take
up
a
lot
of
time,
but
we've
talked
about
our
communications
team.
We
have
they're
excellent,
they
have
used
social
media.
O
Facebook
live
events
that
doesn't
reach
everyone,
and
we
understand
that
so
we're
just
going
to
have
to
as
I
talked
earlier
about
a
collection
strategy,
and
we
will
put
one
together
that
we
hope
is
very
effective.
We're
going
to
put
together
a
communication
strategy
as
well
that
will
be
you'll,
be
very
effective,
but
also
be
appropriate,
for
you
know
for
the
times
we're
in
right
now
and
as
far
as
a
number
I
don't
have
an
estimate
here
we
can
get
back
to
you
with
that
of
what
we
anticipate.
E
This
is
my
issue:
there
are
cuts
to
the
budget
that
actually
produce
very
positive
returns.
Many
of
our
providers
that
we
provide
one
dollar
to
get
back
ten,
twelve
thirteen
dollars
and
EIT
C
federal
money
back
into
the
pockets
of
Philadelphians
and
I.
Just
wonder
if
that
analysis
was
done
on
these
cuts
as
to
what
the
returns
are
of
each
cut
to
determine,
if
that's
really
a
smart
move
by
us.
K
O
Just
gonna
say
we
looked
at
it
in
terms
of
you
know,
it's
a
significant
amount
of
money
and
if
we
had
to
take
cuts
in
other
ways,
I
think
it
would
just
help
our
core
services
and
those
core
services
are
going
to
be
needed
more
now
through
this
pandemic
than
ever
before.
So
we
really
hesitated
to
cut
any
of
those
core
services.
O
We
know
the
taxpayers
are
going
to
need
relief
and
they're
going
any
payment
agreements
they're
going
to
need
services
from
the
Department
of
Revenue
like
never
before,
and
we
want
to
be
prepared
to
deliver
those
services
and
as
much
as
we
believe
in
tax
credit.
It
is
not
a
core
service
of
the
department
and
we
didn't
want
to
have
to
cut
our
core
services.
O
A
Mr.
mr.
president,
thank
you.
It
may
not
be
a
core
service
to
your
particular
department,
but
the
fact
that
we
would
not
put
in
place
a
method
that
would
allow
us
to
literally
get
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
into
taxpayers
hands
at
today's
times.
Given
the
challenges
as
you
referenced
federal
dollars,
it's
not
coming
out.
Our
general
fund
is
beyond
me,
so
it
may
not
be
in
your
department,
but
we'll
probably
want
to
insist
that
it
be
somewhere
within
the
administration
or
have
some
private
secretary
entity
provide
the
assistance
and
make
sure
that
we.
K
O
D
Q
Hello
good
morning,
almost
afternoon,
city
council-
this
is
Karen
Phegley,
deputy
commerce.
Director.
Thank
you
for
that
question.
We
have
created
well,
we
have
satisfied.
We
realized
there
was
a
need
for
more
local
control
of
properties,
especially
in
areas
that
were
changing,
and
we
wanted
to
retain
the
opportunities
for
small
business
owners
to
continue
to
operate
and
for
Community
Development
Corporation's,
with
best
interests
in
mind
to
make
sure
that
they
were
maintaining
these
key
properties
in
their
neighborhoods.
The
fund
we
created
is
actually
or
the
RFP
we
put
out,
was
to
establish
a
fund.
Q
So
we
put
out
an
RFP
to
select
a
community
development
financial
institution
who
would
who
would
run
the
loan
fund,
so
the
exact
terms
and
amounts
and
recipients
have
not
yet
been
determined.
So
that
will
be
on
a
you
know.
The
program
will
be
developed
and
and
those
funds
will
be
provided
on
case-by-case
opportunity,
but
it
certainly
will
go
to
its
CDBG
funds.
D
R
That
was
the
previous
testimony
that
was
submitted.
It's
not
the
updated
testimony,
so
the
quality
jobs
program
actually
is
completely
being
a
pivot
'add
to
address
the
needs
of
small
businesses
and
retaining
jobs
and
preserving
businesses.
So
we
actually
that
was
part
of
what
we
used
in
terms
of
funding
the
small
business
relief
fund.
R
We
used
five
million
dollars
of
that
of
that
fund
and
we
intend
to
use
3
million
of
that
for
the
next
fiscal
year,
so
it
will
be
really
focused
on
targeted
initiatives
around
supporting
small
businesses,
really
the
hardest
hit
businesses
and
trying
to
preserve
jobs
through
that
effort.
It
really
won't
be
the
same
program
that
we
had
thought
of
during
the
good
times.
Ok,.
R
Business
relief
fund
we're
doing
a
thorough
analysis
both
of
all
of
the
businesses
that
received
it,
which
is
a
little
bit
over
2,000
and
the
businesses
that
did
not
receive
it,
which
was
approximately
5,000
businesses.
So
we
are
gonna,
look
the
reasons
why
those
businesses
were
declined
and
look
at
what
equity
issues
might
exist
if
it
was
tax
compliance
issues,
incomplete
applications,
we're
gonna.
R
Okay,
okay
yeah,
so
we
are
actually.
We
did
actually
deploy
some
of
those
funds,
also
in
this
round
of
funding
and
we'll
be
looking
at
how
to
use
those
dollars
just
to
support
small
businesses
moving
forward
in
the
following
year,
as
well,
probably
through
some
kind
of
one-on-one
technical
assistance.
G
That's
warm
again
I'm
on
first
of
all,
because
we
don't
have
much
time
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
Marissa
Waxman
and
her
team,
Rob,
Dabo
I
know
these
have
been
extraordinarily
difficult
times.
I
just
wanted
a
chance
to
say
thank
you
for
your
work
and
for
being
very
clear
and
responsive
on
all
your
communications,
certainly
to
our
office
and
I'm
sure
to
the
rest
of
Council.
I
also
want
to
say
the
same
to
Silvie
Gaillard
to
your
team.
G
Over
at
commerce
I
know
you
had
to
move
very
quickly
early
on
on
a
absolute
crisis.
It's
one
of
the
concerns,
though,
that
I
share
with
many
of
my
other
colleagues
that
we
certainly
are
concerned
about
a
50%
cut
to
your
budget,
because
I
think
we
are
gonna
have
to
come
out
of
this
with
a
buy
local,
buy,
Philadelphia
buy
small
campaign.
If
we're
gonna
see
our
our
neighborhoods
and
our
community
really
bounce
back
on
all
of
this,
it's
really
important.
So
a
couple
of
really
quick
questions.
G
I
had
for
you
so
I
think
one
reality
of
the
Kovach
crisis
is
that
there's
a
number
of
returning
citizens
who
are
coming
out
of
being
released
early?
Do
you
have
an
update
that
you
can
either
send
over
to
us,
or
maybe
give
a
very
short
summary
on
the
fair
chance
hiring
initiative
reimburses
local
employers
who
hire
formerly
incarcerated
individuals?
This
had
some
changes
to
the
program
by
converting
over
around
grants
and
other
types
of
things.
I
know
you've
been
particularly
innovative,
but
have
you
seen
any
changes
in
that
program?
Is?
R
Yes,
Thank
You
Councilwoman.
It
is
still
in
effect
and
I'm
happy
to
send
more
details.
I
know
that
that
it
was
the
uptake
was
not
as
quick
as
we
would
like,
but
we
now
have
at
least
a
couple
dozen
businesses
that
are
enrolled
in
that
program
and
and
are
hiring
folks.
I
know
that
we
needed
to
do
some
more
outreach
in
terms
of,
and
also
work
with,
a
couple
other
partners
in
terms
of
the
actual.
G
And
and
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
also
just
to
share
it
out
with
Council,
because
it
is
a
really
good
opportunity
for
workforce
development
and
again
as
we're
seeing
like
a
an
early
release
of
a
number
of
formerly
incarcerated
individuals.
It's
important
part
of
this
as
develop
and
it's
another
means
in
which
employers
and
our
communities
can
access
resources
and
supports
from
you,
and
so
that's
very
much
appreciated,
so
I
think
councilwoman,
parker
kind
of
went
through
the
clarifications
on
your
budget,
which
I
think
we're
really
important.
G
You
know
obviously,
I
think
that
we're
we're
very
interested
in
seeing
about
a
1/3
drop
in
your
in
your
team,
whether
we're
gonna
be
able
to
do
small
local
based
campaigns.
Have
you
thought
I
mean
let's
separate
up
the
conversation
about.
You
know
whatever's
whether
we
can
restore
some
of
your
budget,
but
have
you
thought
about
whether
their
commerce
could
help
lead
and
structure
like
a
by
local
by
small
effort
here
or
what
has
that
traditionally
looked
like
for
you?
Do
you
see
it
mostly
being
done
through
marketing?
G
R
So
and
I
and
I
do
want
to
say
for
this
fiscal
year
you
know,
while
the
cut
is
really
deep
in
terms
of
general
fund,
we
are
going
to
rely
on
some.
You
know
prior
allocations
in
order
to
really
make
sure
you
know
I.
We
are
incredibly
committed
and
have
strong
resolve
about
meeting
the
need
with
whatever
we
have,
and
a
lot
of
that
is
through
partnerships
as
well,
so
working
much
more
closely,
I'm,
probably
on
the
phone
with
and
Evans
at
ABC,
every
other
day
or
every
day
and
with
Oliver
I
think
chambers.
R
We
have
weekly
calls
with
this
CDC's
with
the
micro
lenders
CDF
eyes
in
terms
of
a
bi
local
type
of
campaign
I.
Actually,
we
are
working
with
visit,
Philly
I'm,
trying
to
promote
the
businesses
that
are
currently
open
and
hopefully
we'll
be
rolling
something
out
soon,
but
and
we
will
be
and
but
I've
been
really
concerned
about
that
in
terms
of
there
are
businesses
that
are
out
there
that
are
on
the
verge
that
are
trapped,
they're,
getting
really
creative
and
they're.
Trying
to
do
business
so
you'll
also
see
there's
a.
We
have
a
take
out.
G
Okay,
well
I'd
love
to
stay
in
touch
because
I
know.
Other
cities
have
been
creative
in
this
area
and
if
we
can
come
out
of
this
with
a
real
commitment
around
it,
especially
if
it
can
be
like
neighborhood,
a
district
based
I
know
it
needs
significant
support.
But
if
it's
a
little
bit
beyond
just
a
marketing
campaign
and
sort
of
you
know,
calms
I
think
that's
more
of
what
we're
what
I'm
interested
in
and
how
helped
me
do
whatever
I
can
to
be
supportive
around
all
of
that.
So
thank
you.
A
L
Council
president
and
thank
you
so
the
I
think
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
cover
a
lot
of
the
questions.
I
want
to
go
back
to
Breslin
in
the
revenue
department.
Kelso
president
Clark
I'm
very
very
concerned
and
I
just
want
to
emphasize
what
councilman
Bassett
earlier
around
creating
opportunities
for
us
to
help.
Small
businesses
and
I
want
to
push
back
a
little
bit
on
the
administration's
unwillingness
to
look
at
some
sort
of
amnesty
program
because
it
impacts
our
cash
flow.
The
very
thought
that
we
have
access
to
pike
ax.
L
We
have
access
to
a
little
quiddity
fund,
but
we
do
not
want
to
engage
in
anything
that
will
help
provide
some
predictability
for
small
businesses
to
make
a
decision
about
taking
a
chance
to
restart
and
to
use
councilman
Dobbs
analogy
a
smart
restart.
You
know
one
of
the
things
that
I've
learned
in
our
previous
amnesty
efforts
and
the
reasons
they
have
it
they've
been
expensive
have
been
because
we
continue
to
use
the
outside
vendors,
not
even
our
current
vendors.
To
do
this
work
and
I
don't
want
to
take
this
amnesty
situation
off
the
table.
L
L
K
There
is
two
things
there.
One
was
on
the
amnesty
discussion
and
then
one
was
on
the
ITC
and
the
amnesty
I
think
what
both
Commissioner
Breslin
and
I
said
is
that
we
agree
that
everything
should
be
on
the
table.
We
have
some
concerns,
but
amnesty
because
what
happens
after
an
amnesty
is
in
the
years
after
it
collections
go
down,
so
the
cost
that
that
we
were
talking
about
it
wasn't
the
cost
of
the
amnesty,
the
annecy.
It
was
the
cost
in
lost
collections
in
the
future
years.
K
But
if
that
is
something
that
we
should
talk
about
as
as
part
of
this
process
on
the
EITC,
we
really
didn't
do
the
type
of
analysis
that
you're
talking
about.
We
did
do
an
analysis
of
you
know
wanting
to
make
sure
that
we
kept
in
place
revenues
ability
to
to
collect
you
know
and
to
you
know,
help
administer
the
relief
programs
that
are
in
place.
But
if
the
Commissioner
wants
to
add
to
that
go
ahead,
Frank.
O
Yeah
I'm
on
the
amnesty
piece
I'll
just
say
that
you
know,
as
we
said,
it's
a
tool
for
the
toolbox,
but
I
think
it's
a
very
broad
concept
of
amnesty
and
it
tries
to
generate
a
lot
of
money
in
a
short
period
of
time,
which
adds
a
lot
of
stress
to
the
process
and
doesn't
make
it
a
very
efficient
process.
So
I
think
there's
other
ways
to
give
relief
to
taxpayers
and
generally.
O
K
One
thing
to
that,
and
we
also
want
to
make
sure
that
what
we
do
now
is
tailored
to
helping
people
who
really
need
the
help
and
make
sure
that
we're
not
also
kind
of
sweeping
people
who
may
have
not
paid
for
reasons
other
than
not
having
ability
to
pay
before.
But
to
Frank's.
Point
that
stuff
that
we
can
talk
about.
As
we
look
at
what.
O
Kind
of
relief
we
want
to
provide
sorry
Frank,
go
ahead,
okay
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
add
to
the
EITC,
because
I
didn't
talk
about
any
of
the
cuts.
I
mean.
Besides
the
cuts
that
we
took
the
EITC,
the
department
took
significant
cuts
on.
We
did
reduce
on
26
positions
in
the
departments,
their
vacancies
that
we
and.
L
We're
not
talking
about
anything
traditional
now
we're
in
an
unprecedented
time,
and
then
we
have
these
discussions
and
we
say
you
know
a
traditional
amnesty
or
we
have
people
try
to
make
a
decision.
Do
they
take
a
shot
back
at
opening
up
their
business,
and
so
we
can
sit
here
and
debate
about
95
percent
of
something
of
nothing
or
50
percent
of
something
we
have
to
send
a
message
and
that's
why
the
whole
discussion
around
Commerce
and
this
weathers
recovery?
L
This
is
really
about
thinking
outside
the
box,
and
it's
very,
very
troubling
that
we're
thinking
this
small
and
really
not
thinking
about
how
our
debt
will
make
or
break
someone's
decision
to
open
up
again
so
a
week
I
could
look
forward
to
the
continuing
conversation
I'm
just
very,
very
alarmed
and
concerned.
Thank
you.
Thank.
D
Okay,
thank
you
so
much
Thank
You
council
president
I'm,
really
quickly.
I
just
had
a
question
about
the
various
tax
credit
programs
that
we
have
typically
the
yearly
caps
on
how
much
money
can
be
expended
for
each
program
is
allocated
in
the
budget
and
just
for
the
record.
If
you
could
review
that,
and
also
talk
about
some
of
the
programs
where
you
know
the
tax
credits
are
not
up
to
100%
capacity
and
then
the
second
thing
is
around
our
city's
budgeting
model.
D
Do
you
think
it's
prudent
for
us
as
a
city
to
look
at
a
zero
based
budgeting
model
as
we
move
forward
out
of
kovat
19
and
then
my
third
question
I
just
wanted
to
get
on
the
record
again
from
yesterday
was
around
the
cultural
fund
and
funding
specifically
for
the
african-american
museum
and
also,
if
their
maintenance
fee
that
was
included
in
our
FY
20,
but
on
will
that
be
sustained
for
FY
21
I
think
that
was
around
60,000.
So
thank
you
so
much.
Those
are
my
questions
that
California.
O
N
Thank
you,
which
really
links
performance
to
how
much
you're
spending
to
get
that
performance
and
councilman
asked.
If
we
expect
to
see
some
savings
from
that
as
we
testified
in
the
prior
hearing,
you
don't
think
that
automatically
shows
us.
You
know
where
there's
it
lets
us
know,
particularly
as
the
city
that
you
know.
We
were
still
recovering
from
the
last
recession
and
knew
that
that
was
having
ongoing
impacts
on
our
services.
N
It
helps
guide
us
to
know
really
where,
if
we
invest,
what
results
will
get
so
good
examples,
are
you
know
if
we
wanted
to
have
increased
frequency
in
terms
of
health
inspectors
visiting
restaurants,
we
were
able
to
see
how
investing
some
dollars
would
shorten
that
time.
You
can
also
now
in
different
ways,
since
we
have
to
go
the
other
direction,
get
a
sense
of
okay
if
we
reduce
dollars.
N
What
does
that
do
to
our
performance,
and
so
a
lot
of
our
departments
use
that
to
assess
relative
impacts
of
cuts
in
one
area
versus
another,
so
as
we're
bringing
down
our
spending
to
reflect
our
physical
circumstances?
What
we're
doing
this?
You
impact
that's
going
to
have
on
our
service
level
in
terms
of
zero
based
budgeting.
That's
basically
where
you
start
from
scratch
and
rethink
everything,
and
when
we
had
to
go
forward
with
reduction
scenarios,
that's
a
bit
of
what
we
asked.
You
know,
there's
some!
N
N
Should
we
do
it
at
all?
Should
we
do
it
in
the
same
framework,
and
so
a
lot
of
the
revisions
that
you're,
seeing
in
the
FY
21
budget
reflect
some
of
that
thinking
where
we
look
towards
other
service
delivery
mechanisms
or
other
funding
sources
for
things
that
you
know
the
city
alone,
isn't
the
sole
provider?
You
know
provider
of
last
resort
in
areas
like
healthcare
or
things
like
that.
A
A
Q
R
R
Q
R
Q
R
Into
the
city,
but
the
focus
will
be
on
the
corridors
and
we
are
keeping
our
community
DC's
whole.
Our
minority
chambers
whole.
There
will
be
a
slight
reduction
in
terms
of
our
in-store
program
and
we
will
not
have
the
safe
can
program,
it'll
be
paused,
but
other
than
that.
We
actually
hope
through
the
CDBG
dollars,
to
provide
more
dollars
to
the
micro
lenders
for
business,
technical
assistance,
especially
related
to
like
safety
and
technology,
and
things
like
that.
So
so
we
really
in
thinking
about
our
budget.
R
Q
A
C
You,
mr.
president,
good
afternoon,
everybody
I
just
wanted
to
say
a
couple
of
things
and
I
know
we're
short
on
time.
So
I'll
be
very
brief,
so
I
just
wanted
to
say.
The
first
thing
is
in
hearing
today's
testimony.
I
can't
help
but
feel
that
we
have
a
really
bad
formula
in
front
of
us,
not
know
that
everyone
has
worked
really
hard
to
put
their
best
foot
forward.
C
But
when
we
talk
about
keeping
the
tax
abatements,
when
we
talk
about
not
having
amnesty
redly
on
the
table,
when
we
talk
about
cuts
to
commerce
and
raising
real
estate
tacit
taxes
and
will
be
step
back
from
councils,
poverty
reduction
plan,
that
can
be
seen
as
nothing
more
than
a
bad
formula
for
moving
forward
and
as
I
said
earlier,
we
can't
go
back
to
the
city
that
we
had.
We
have
to
move
forward
and
be
the
city
that
we
want
and
that
we
really
need
now.
C
There's
a
saying
I
like
to
employ,
which
is
the
reward
for
good
work,
is
more
work
and
it
almost
feels
I
can
Philadelphia
war
for
paying
your
taxes
is
that
you
get
to
pay
more
taxes,
and
that
shouldn't
be
the
case
for
those
of
us
who
are
paying
our
taxes
and
all
of
our
constituents
out
there.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
we're
looking
out
for
their
best
interests,
also
so
I
really
just
you
know,
I
had
to
emphasize
that
I
had
some
other
questions,
but
I'll
hold
them
and
submit
them
for
the
record.
Mr.
A
J
You
just
president
I'm,
just
gonna
emphasize
what
councilman
bass
said:
the
taxes
are
putting
people
out
of
their
homes,
the
sheriff
sales,
the
assessments
and
now
more
taxes,
and
every
time
someone
gets
attacked
it's
not
just
for
that
year.
Every
assessment
increase
that
is
improper.
Every
tax
increase
I
mean
we
are
losing
home
ownership
in
this
city
at
an
alarming
rate.
One
of
the
pride
of
our
city
was
the
number
of
people,
especially
people
that
are
minority
communities,
especially
people
who
inherited
homes
that
had
assets
and
property
that
they
could
move
forward
on.
J
That
window
is
really
really
shrinking.
I
would
say
what
I
haven't
heard.
Is
this
postpone
postpone
your
big
expenditures?
Is
it
going
to
kill
this
administration
or
the
city
to
wait
nine
months
a
year
and
a
half
on
important
projects
that
don't
have
to
be
done
right
now,
because
if
I
had
to
put
up
a
tax
increase
tax,
amnesty
or
any
of
these
things,
I'd
say
use
fifty
million
dollars
from
the
fund
balance
take
it
down,
because
you
will
recover
that
and
I
want
to
know.
Where
is
the
money
like?
J
We
reduce
the
prison
population
by
a
thousand.
Where
is
the
savings?
We
have
other
expenditures
that
have
been
reduced
and
in
my
lifetime
in
this
council
body
we
were
looking
at
about
four
billion
dollars
in
the
general
fund.
3.8
four
billion
4.1
now
we're
like
over
five
reducing
it
to
4.9,
and
we
can't
find
savings
so
postpone.
Thank.
K
You
okay,
like
to
respond,
so
we
part
of
what
we're
doing
is
postponing
so,
for
example,
we're
postponing
the
expansion
of
pre-k
and
Community
Schools.
We
are
also
reframing
the
way
we
did
the
rent
assist
program,
so
it's
paid
for
with
federal
money.
A
lot
of
what
we
looked
at
was
looking
at,
or
street
cleaning
citywide.
We're
postponing
that
too.
So,
there's
a
lot
of
postponing
in
this.
No
way.
To
think
that
you
know
there
are
just
a
few
years
that
were
cut
in
this
budget.
Everything
was
looked
at.
K
A
The
hallways
here,
unfortunately
again
real
quick,
we
do
have
to
call
back
dates
in
the
event.
We
don't
get
the
responses,
as
promised
by
witnesses
today
so
they're
being
committee.
At
this
particular
time
we
will
stand
in
recess
until
Wednesday
May,
20th
2020
at
9:30
a.m.
at
which
time
we
will
reconvene
or
Microsoft
teams,
and
thank
you
all
very
much,
and
if
your
noon
again
I
apologize
for
the
condensed
timeframe,
but
it
is
the
world
that
we
live
in
today.
Thank
you.
All.