City of Philadelphia - File #: 130745

• File #: 130745
• Version: 0
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 10/17/2013
• In control: Committee on Appropriations
• Final action: 11/14/2013
• Title: Amending an Ordinance approved June 25, 2013 (Bill No. 130180) adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, by making certain additional appropriations needed to meet the unanticipated emergency created by the availability of a state grant to help with the fiscal crisis of the School District of Philadelphia, in accordance with Section 2-301(a) of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Council President Clarke, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Jones
• Indexes: OPERATING BUDGET, PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER, SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
11/14/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	15:0
11/14/2013	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
10/31/2013	0	Committee on Appropriations	HEARING NOTICES SENT
10/31/2013	0	Committee on Appropriations	HEARING HELD
10/31/2013	0	Committee on Appropriations	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
10/31/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
10/31/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL	Pass
10/31/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
10/31/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/31/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
10/17/2013	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred	Pass

Title
Amending an Ordinance approved June 25, 2013 (Bill No. 130180) adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, by making certain additional appropriations needed to meet the unanticipated emergency created by the availability of a state grant to help with the fiscal crisis of the School District of Philadelphia, in accordance with Section 2-301(a) of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, all under certain terms and conditions.

Body
WHEREAS, The Operating Budget of the City was adopted by Council and approved by the Mayor on June 25, 2013 (Bill No. 130180) in accordance with the requirements of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter; and

WHEREAS, The Operating Budget as adopted provided for General Fund appropriations of three billion, eight hundred forty-five million, four hundred three thousand dollars ($3,845,403,000); and

WHEREAS, The School District of Philadelphia remains in severe financial distress and has made significant cuts to its expenses, including laying off thousands of employees, to avoid deficits; and

WHEREAS, The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in Act No. 71 of 2013, has made $45,000,000 available to the City, provided the City agrees to grant the same amount to the School District of Philadelphia; and

WHEREAS, The Commonwealth can only distribute the funding to the City if the Secretary of Education issues a written certification regarding the School District's implementation of reforms that provide for fiscal stability, educational improvement and operational control; and

WHEREAS, There currently are not sufficient unallocated appropriations in the operating budget to provide for an authorization of the $45 million grant if the Secretary issues that certification; and

WHEREAS, Section 2-301 of the Charter expressly permits Council to make additional appropriations for operations "to meet emergencies which could not be anticipated when the operating budget was passed"; and

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