If you want to read more about what’s going on in Philadelphia surrounding the budget, labor negotiations and reform plans, here are some suggested places to look.
Financial Documents:
• City of Philadelphia’s Five-Year Financial and Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2009-2013, approved by the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority, June 17, 2008.
• City of Philadelphia’s Five-Year Financial and Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2010-2014 (Includes details of November 2008 Rebalancing Plan), Submitted to Philadelphia City Council March 19, 2009.
• City of Philadelphia’s Fiscal 2010 Operating Budget, as approved by Philadelphia City Council, May 21, 2009. Reflects revisions as agreed to by the Mayor of Philadelphia and Philadelphia City Council.
• City of Philadelphia’s Revised Five-Year Financial and Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2010-2014, Reflects revisions agreed to by the Mayor of Philadelphia and Philadelphia City Council, Submitted to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority on June 22, 2009. (Contains FY10 numbers in the above-referenced bullet. But the full five-year plan is not on the city’s website.), Also known as “Plan A.”
• Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority’s Staff Report on the City of Philadelphia’s Five-Year Financial Plan for Fiscal Year 2010 – Fiscal Year 2014, July 21, 2009.
• City of Philadelphia’s Five-Year Financial and Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2010-2014, Revised pursuant to the July 21, 2009 Resolution of the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority and submitted to PICA on August 27, 2009. Also known as “Plan C.”
• City of Philadelphia’s Alternative Five-Year Financial and Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2010-2014, Submitted to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority on September 1, 2009. This plan assumes passage by the General Assembly of the city’s requests for a 1% increase in the sales tax and for delayed pension payments, but also provides for a $20 mission in sales tax revenue caused by the two month delay in Harrisburg. Also known as “Plan B.”
City Efficiency Reports:
• City of Philadelphia’s Efficiencies Service Enhancements for FY09 and FY10 Budget
• City of Philadelphia’s Reform Agenda, February 2009
• Charters of the Private Sector Outreach Board’s Government Reform Teams
Other City Reports:
• Preliminary Recommendations of the Mayor’s Task Force on Tax Policy and Economic Competitiveness
Legal Documents:
• The Philadelphia Code and Philadelphia Home Rule Charter