COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS - - - Room 696, City Hall Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, December 5, 2002 10:10 a.m. - - - BILL 020729 - An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 within the General Fund... BILL 02730 - An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2002 within the Water Fund... BILL 020731 - An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 from the General Fund... BILL 020735 - An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 within the General Fund from the Department of Revenue... BILL 020736 - An Ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 with the General Fund from the Department of Revenue... - - - PRESENT: COUNCILWOMAN JOAN KRAJEWSKI, Chair COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE BLACKWELL COUNCILMAN RICHARD MARIANO COUNCILWOMAN DONNA REED MILLER COUNCILMAN MICHAEL NUTTER COUNCILMAN ANGEL ORTIZ - - - V A R A L L O, Incorporated Litigation Support Services Eleven Penn Center 1835 Market Street, Suite 600 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 (215) 561-2220 I N D E X WITNESS ROBERT DUBOW, Budget Director ............... 3 12/4/02 - APPROPRIATIONS
Good morning. The Committee on Appropriations is now reconvening from our recess from yesterday morning. I believe Councilman Mariano has the floor.
Good morning, Councilwoman Krajewski. We have one amendment to Bill No. 12 020731. In Section 2.12, the ordinance now reads "Purchase of Services." We would like to change that to "Personal Services."
In the 2 Section, 2.12, instead of "Purchase of Services" would read "Personal Services," and the amount would stay the same.
Yes. We mistakenly did the transfer to "Purchase of Services" in the Police Department, and it's for personnel. So we should 4 12/4/02 - APPROPRIATIONS have put in "Personal Services."
I have the amendment for that. Do you have our amendment for this, Rob?
We'd also like to amend Section 2.1 from 1,500,000 to $1,000,000. And on the from side, we would like to reduce Section 2.48 Department of Revenue Sinking Fund Commission Debt Service from 1,000,000 to 500,000.
For the record, we've never done this. This might be a historic moment and it might be part of our contribution to austerity and belt-tightening. Why are we reducing the transfer to City Council by $500,000? 5 12/4/02 - APPROPRIATIONS
It was my amendment, Councilman. Councilman Nutter and I met with the Council President yesterday. And it was discussion whether -- as you say, this is the first time this has ever been done. Councilman Nutter and I thought that 1.5 million was a little bit too high so we're adjusting it. We're only going to have it take a million.
In our contribution to Mayor Street's call for austerity and so on --
I thought it was going to go to your campaign and my campaign, but they wouldn't let us do --
Because I never seen this happen. I just wanted to know the rationale and the criteria behind it.
It's my understanding, Mr. Dubow, if we don't take the whole 1.5 million, the .5 goes back to the Law Department, right?
We did it another way here, right? With the Sinking Fund? 6 12/4/02 - APPROPRIATIONS
Yes. The Law Department would still reduce its expenditures by 500,000 and, yes, this was Sinking Fund reduction.
The $500,000 goes back to the Law Department or Sinking Fund?
I just wanted clarification because this is truly a historic moment.
It's all Michael Nutter's fault, and he's not here. Thank you, Councilman. I don't have anymore questions for you, Rob.
We'd like to ask for a suspension of the rules for Bill Nos. 020729, 020730 and 020731 so they can be considered at the next Council Session.
The Committee on Appropriations will now go into their public meeting.
Councilman Nutter is here. I spoke and said he wasn't. He has his snow shoes on, he's here. Councilman, thank you. 7 12/4/02 - APPROPRIATIONS
Thank you, Councilman. I appreciate the introduction. 8 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC MEETING COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS - - - December 4, 2002 - - - Public Meeting conducted by the Committee on Appropriations, held in Room 696, City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the above date, to consider action on the following: BILLS 020729, 020730, 020731. - - - PRESENT: COUNCILWOMAN JOAN KRAJEWSKI, Chair COUNCILWOMAN JANNIE BLACKWELL COUNCILMAN RICHARD MARIANO COUNCILWOMAN DONNA REED MILLER COUNCILMAN MICHAEL NUTTER COUNCILMAN ANGEL ORTIZ - - - 9 12/4/02 - APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC MEETING
The Chair recognizes Councilman Ortiz for the purpose of voting Bill No. 020729.
Madam Chair, I move that Bill 020729 be reported out of committee with a favorable recommendation and a recommendation that the Rules of Council be suspended so as to consider first reading in the next Session of City Council. (Duly seconded.)
Therefore, Bill 18 020729 will be reported out of the committee with a favorable recommendation with the suspension of rules. The Chair recognizes Councilman Nutter for 020730.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that Bill 020730 be reported out of this committee when a favorable recommendation, a 10 12/4/02 - APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC MEETING further recommendation that the Rules of Council be suspended so to permit first reading at our next session. (Duly seconded.)
Therefor, Bill 12 020730 will be reported out of this committee with a favorable recommendation with the Rules of Council suspended. The Chair recognizes Councilman Clarke for the purpose of 020731, as amended.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that Bill No. 020731, as amended, be reported out with a favorable recommendation and a request for a suspension of the rules to be read at the next Session of Council. (Duly seconded.)
All those in favor? (Aye.) 11 12/4/02 - APPROPRIATIONS - PUBLIC MEETING
Therefore, Bill 5 020731 will be reported, as amended, with a favorable recommendation with a suspension of rules as to permit first reading at the next Session of Council. Thank you all very much. This ends our committee on appropriations. Thank you. (Council adjourned at 10:20 a.m.) 12 C E R T I F I C A T I O N I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing proceedings of the Council of the City of Philadelphia of December 4, 2002, were reported fully and accurately by me, and that this is a correct transcript of the same. RE: COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS ___________________________ Lisa C. Bradley, RPR and Notary Public