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A tally of City Council budget questions for the Nutter administration
Information requests from City Council to Administration during budget hearingsPrepared by Sophie Bryan 05/04/2009Page 1
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ClarkeMDO3/25/2009GoodeCommerce/Finance/Chief of Staff3/25/20094/29/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenFinance3/25/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenDivision of Technology (DOT)3/25/20094/8/2009GreenDOT3/25/20094/8/2009GreenDOT3/25/20094/29/2009
DaterequestedDatereturned
Net savings of 311 after backing-out start-up costs.Total dollar value of contracts the Cityplans to issue during Five Year Plan (FYP)and percent of contracts (numerically anddollar-value) that it aims to allocate todisadvantaged businesses.Base growth assumptions, by year, for different General Fund taxes (i.e.,supporting schedules for revenueprojections).Detailed data re assumptions underlyingreal estate transfer tax projections,including both sales volume andtransaction price assumptions.Breakdown of the efficiencies included inthe $39 million per year in efficiencies andrevenue enhancements included in theNovember re-balancing plan.Copies of all extenal consultant studiesregaring IT-related savings to the City.Copies of all internal studies regarding IT-related savings to the City.Detail behind the savings assumptions for the items listed in the "Moving Forward"section on page 50 of the FYP.
Information requests from City Council to Administration during budget hearingsPrepared by Sophie Bryan 05/04/2009Page 2GreenFinance3/25/2009GreenFinance3/25/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/29/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009Current tax delinquency rate on real estatetax bills.Current tax delinquency rate for residentialreal estate tax bills.Correlation between tax delinquency andhome value or household income.Whether the revenue projections based onthe proposed higher real estate tax ratesalso include assumptions about increasedtax delinquencies and, if so, what thosedelinquency assumptions are.The percentage of tax delinquencies thatlead to foreclosure.Extent to which the FYP takes into accountcollateral costs related to tax-relatedforeclosures.The protections currently in place for low-income and/or fixed-income homeownerswith respect to increased property tax bills.The Administration’s plan for protectingthese homeowners from the potentiallydevastating consequences of significantincreases in their property tax bills.
Information requests from City Council to Administration during budget hearingsPrepared by Sophie Bryan 05/04/2009Page 3GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009GreenFinance3/25/20094/8/2009Green Finance3/25/20094/8/2009Green Finance3/25/20094/8/2009Cost-savings of 311 system.GreenleeManaging Director's Office (MDO)3/25/2009Dollar value of City-owned property.JonesChief of Staff3/25/20094/8/2009KellyFinance3/25/2009If the Administration's plan includes use of a homestead exemption, how it plans todeal with the provision in the Pennsylvaniaconstitution section regarding homesteadexemptions that reads: “A local taxingauthority may not increase the millage rateof its tax on real property to pay for [thehomestead exemption].”Impact on business and residentiallocations decisions of temporarily raisingreal estate tax.Impact on residential location decisions of temporarily raising real estate transfer tax.Study re long-term impact of temporaryslowing of reduction to wage tax rate.Revenue generated by .1% increase inwage tax.Revenue generated by 5 mill increase ingross receipts portion of BPT.Re unpaid/delinquent taxes, detail reamount owed by businesses; amount owedby property owners. Requested data repeople who have been delinquent for years, rather than those who fell behindonly recently due to the economicdownturn.
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