City of Philadelphia - File #: 200582

• File #: 200582
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/22/2020
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 10/29/2020
• Title: Honoring and congratulating Department of Licenses and Inspections Commissioner David Perri on his retirement from the City of Philadelphia and recognizing his exceptional leadership and accomplishments over a distinguished career in public service.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Domb, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Squilla, Councilmember Gym, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Parker, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember Gilmore Richardson, Councilmember Johnson, Council President Clarke, Councilmember Brooks, Councilmember Thomas

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/29/2020	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
10/22/2020	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar

Title
Honoring and congratulating Department of Licenses and Inspections Commissioner David Perri on his retirement from the City of Philadelphia and recognizing his exceptional leadership and accomplishments over a distinguished career in public service.

Body
WHEREAS, Commissioner Perri is retiring in October 2020 after thirty-nine years of service to the City of Philadelphia. David Perri is an engineer who studied at Drexel University. Commissioner Perri began his career at the Department of Licenses and Inspections ("L&I") over three decades ago and has held a variety of roles and provided the Department with an unmatched depth of experience; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Perri first worked for the City as an engineer in the Water Department. He joined L&I as a building plans examiner and later held roles as a permit services manager, chief code engineer, head of license issuance, and head of the real estate certification unit. Commissioner Perri also served as Commissioner of the Streets Department; and

WHEREAS, As L&I Commissioner, David Perri created impactful change, modernizing the Department and improving safety for all Philadelphians; and

WHEREAS, In 2020 Commissioner Perri implemented a new electronic records and permitting management system, eCLIPSE, that advanced the Department's mission to become more customer friendly while also making new efficiencies within the system possible; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Perri built L&I's capacity to generate and analyze data and incorporate data into decision-making. L&I has used data to prioritize demolition of dangerous buildings, draw equitable boundaries for its field offices, develop performance measures, identify geographic and other trends, and identify "pain points" in its processes. To promote transparency, L&I updates 15 open sets of its data daily and exposes its records on Atlas, L&I Permit Tracker, and other City applications; and

WHEREAS, Perhaps most significantly, Commissioner Perri is credite...