The Ninth Annual Business Leaders Breakfast is brought to us by

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The Ninth Annual Business Leaders Breakfast is
brought to us by
With thanks to our sponsor for this event
The Philadelphia Trust Company
Prosser Auditorium Moravian College November 6,
2008
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2009 CITY OF BETHLEHEM Finance Budget
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Tenth AnnualBusiness Leaders Breakfast
Honorable John B. Callahan, Mayor
Prosser Auditorium Moravian College November 6,
2008
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2009 Budget Expenses
65,924,000
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2009 Budget Revenues
65,924,000
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General Fund Spending 1999-2009

• Year Total Spending Change
• 1999 38,093,000 0.7
• 2000 39,293,000 3.1
• (including 900,000 to landfill debt fund)
• 2001 39,664,000 0.9
• 2002 42,641,000 7.5
• 2003 45,000,000 5.5
• 2004 47,152,000 4.7
• 2005 54,143,000 14.8
• 2006 57,331,000 5.8
• 60,650,000 5.7
• 63,887,000 5.3
• 65,924,000 3.1

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Significant Costs 2008 to 2009

• Personnel Services
• 5.4 increase
• (1,606,000 all wages)
• Medical Benefits
• 8 increase
• (6.6M to 7.1M)
• ContinuingPayments on Hirko Settlement
• (879,923)

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Real Estate Assessed Valuations
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Prior Year Tax Revenues

• YEAR EARNED INCOME TAX
• 1999 4,407,833
• 2000 5,863,446
• 2001 6,289,262
• 5,989,718
• 6,483,983
• 6,146,676
• 2005 4,949,706
• 2006 5,900,000
• 6,209,000
• 6,600,000
• 2009 7,200,000

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Prior Year Tax Revenues
YEAR BUSINESS PRIVILEGE MERCANTILE
TAX 1999 849,554 2000
884,394 2001 1,044,798 2002 1,061,927
2003 1,136,504 2004 1,142,608 2005 1
,262,978 2006 1,407,702 2007 1,520,000
2008 1,660,000 2009 1,825,000
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Goals of Casino Host Fees

• Invest in public safety and human services to
  ensure no negative affect from gaming
• Stabilize city finances
• Invest in our existing business districts and
  marketing of all of Bethlehem
• Reduce taxes return a financial benefit to all
  of our taxpayers

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Public Safety
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Police Staffing Increases 1984-2010
19842004 12 Police Officers added 20042009 14
Police Officers added (Officers added to Patrol
for the first time in 20 years) 2010 Projection 4
Police Officers to be added
Number of officers will have increased 12.5
between2004 and 2010
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Public Safety - Police
1 of 48 out of the 1200 police departments in the
state to receive PLEAC accreditation
1 of 9 departments out of the 1200 police
departments in the state to receive CALEA
accreditation
1 of 8 departments in the state with both
accreditations. Excluding the State Police,
Bethlehem is the largest department in the state
to achieve both accreditations.
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Source Report on Key Issues from the House
Appropriations Committee Budget Briefing
Committee of the Whole Consideration Violence,
September 19, 2006
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Violent Crime Reported Offenses
Total Violent Crime is down 8 from 2006
Source PA Uniform Crime Reporting System,
December 2007 Report
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Non-violent and Total Crime Reported Offenses
Total Non-violent Crime is down by 4.5 from 2006
Total Crime is down by 5.7 from 2006
Total Non-violent Crime is down by 4.5 from 2006
Source PA Uniform Crime Reporting System,
December 2007 Report
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City Total Debt 2008
Reduction of Total Debt 54 Million
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Paying Down City Debt Total Debt Service
2004-2019
Reduction in Total Debt 2004-2008 by 54
million 41 Reduction in next 7 years 60
Reduction in next 10 years
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Recommendation

• GFOA recommends, at a minimum, that general
  purpose governments, regardless of size, maintain
  unreserved fund balance in their general fund of
  no less than five to 15 percent of regular
  general fund operating revenues, or of no less
  than one to two months of regular general fund
  operating expenditures. A governments particular
  situation may require levels of unreserved fund
  balance in their general fund significantly in
  excess of these recommended minimum levels.

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Host Fee Utilization Comparison 2009-2013
Projected Cash Reserves
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General Fund Decrease in Reliance on Water
and Sewer Funds
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City Tax Rates 2003-2012
Potential for tax cut in2011 / 2012
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Continuous Improvement The Business of Good
Government
CI in the City is an initiative that empowers
City of Bethlehem Employees to look at their jobs
in a new way, to ensure that each and every day
they are adding value and providing better
services to residents and taxpayers.
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CI in the City Ingredients for Success

• Strong partnership between Air Products and the
  City two organizations working together to
  improve their community
• Leadership team comprised of Mayor, Department
  Heads and Bureau Chiefs who have received CI
  Training and support the initiative in their work
  areas
• Team of 9 employees, representing each
  department, who have been trained in a variety of
  tools to facilitate CI Events
• Employees who are involved, engaged, teamed, and
  capable
• List of target areas for improvement

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Past CI Events
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Event Results

• Decreased search time at Garage better
  productivity in repairs and decreased spending on
  unnecessary items
• Cycle time reduction of 40 for Permitting
  Process
• Travel time and distance reduced for Permitting
  applicants
• Standard filing system implemented in Legal
  Bureau easier and faster to find information
• Excess inventory / unnecessary documents
  eliminated more space for necessary items in
  secure area
• Improved cooperation and communication among
  departments
• Data collection standardization process has begun
  in Health Bureau using data to better meet
  needs of the community

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Money will be used to

• Conduct more CI Events to improve city services
  for residents and taxpayers
• Complete training to achieve team
  self-sufficiency
• Obtain necessary infrastructure to support team
  self-sufficiency

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Upcoming Events

• Purchasing improve requisitioning process,
  reduce cost of purchased goods and inventory,
  increase equipment purchase savings
• Garage reduce vehicle repair turnaround time so
  that fewer vehicles are out of service and
  repair cost is reduced
• Action Tracking improve current process of
  inputting and responding to residents services
  requests and complaints so that residents
  receive better service faster
• Permitting improve all permit processes so that
  we provide applicants with more user-friendly and
  timely service and the City receives tax revenues
  faster
• City Budget Process improve the budgeting
  process so that money is saved and costs are
  decreased

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CI in the City 08-09Efficiencies and Cost
Savings for Sustainability

• One of the smallest non-uniformed workforces in
  the Citys history
• Debt reduction strategy for capital spending
  borrowing less than what is paid back
• Aggressive collection of delinquent taxes 99
  collection rate
• Purchase of Street Lights from PPL - 8.3 Million
  savings
• Traffic signal energy savings plan - 461,000
  savings
• First Strategic Water Sewer Plan completed
• Central Processing Live Scan Video Arraignment
• CALEA and PLEAC Certifications
• Implement Geographical Information Systems
• Implement eGov-Interactive Government Services
• Reorganization of police department patrol
  division

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Source 2005
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Activity 2005
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Greenhouse Gas 2005-2007 Reduction Summary
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trend 2005-2007
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Goal for the City of Bethlehem to Reduce
Emissions by 20 by the Year 2012
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Basic Services Accomplishments

• Police Master Plan merged patrol with Community
  Services to put more officers on the street
• Implemented new Police Records Management program
• Piloted four surveillance cameras at 5-Point -
  800,000 in new cameras
• EMS 96 of calls handled by in-house crew

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Basic Services Accomplishments

• Pre-wetting of road service to improve snow/ice
  removal operations
• Traffic calming measures
• Urban Forestry position 300 new trees planted
• Improved streetscape and cleaning service in our
  two downtown retail districts
• Coordinate and construct 100 million of road
  improvements in South Bethlehem
• Increased bikability with Shared Lane markings in
  downtown
• Continued reduction of unaccounted water leak
  detection program

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Basic Services Accomplishments

• Established the Yosko Splash Park with assistance
  from Southside Vision 2012
• Increased Golf Course revenues by over 250,000
  (Starters GolfGrill)
• Constructed new 90-foot hardball field
• Implemented weekend trash collection in North and
  Southside Business Districts
• Energy savings initiatives throughout the City

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Basic Services Goals

• Begin construction of Sand Island West
  improvements, South Bethlehem Greenway and Skate
  Plaza
• 732,000 - Construction of new miniature golf
  course and implementation of greens and tee
  irrigation system
• 320,000 - Park playground equipment

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Basic Services Goals

• 150,000 - Police mobile substation
• 320,000 - 11 police vehicles
• 800,000 - Surveillance cameras
• 1.1 million - Fire apparatus replacement
  Aerial truck
• 650,000 - Expand EMS into Fire Stations at
  Dewberry Avenue and Catasauqua Road
• 155,000 - Ambulance

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Department of Community Economic Development
Comprehensive Plan Update

• Final Draft Currently Under
• Review
• Zoning Ordinance Update Launched in September
  2008

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Department of Community Economic Development
Downtown Parking Masterplan

• North Side Business District

• Existing Capacity Utilization
• Projected Demand and Needs
• Location Feasibility
• Completion Target Date
• March 2009

South Side Business District
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PROJECT TIMELINES
Department of Community Economic Development
South Bethlehem Greenway

• Momentum Continues
• for Linear Park

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Department of Community Economic Development
South Bethlehem Greenway- Skate Plaza
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Department of Community Economic Development
The Elm Street Plan (North by-Northwest)
145 Trees Planted
5 New Bike Racks
5 New Crosswalks
From Concept to Implementation
2 Community Websites
22 Movies in the Park
Creating Pedestrian Friendly Neighborhoods
Creating Neighborhood Venues and Creating
Neighborhood Dialogue
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Department of Community Economic Development
Value of Building Permits Issued
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Bethlehem Works Southside Bethlehem Central
Business District
Steel Stax Performance Center
National Museum of Industrial History
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Sands Bethlehem Works Phase 1 Southside
Bethlehem Central Business District
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Sands Bethlehem Works Phase 1 Southside
Bethlehem Central Business District
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Sands Bethlehem Works Phase 1 Southside
Bethlehem Central Business District
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SteelStax
Preserving The Past
Creating The Future
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LVIP VII
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Synchronoss Technologies
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Majestic Bethlehem Center
Phase 1 100M
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Lehigh university Science
Environmental Building
The STEPS Building
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Moravian Dorms Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus
Residence Hall
Preserving The Past
Creating The Future
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Department of Community Economic Development
Key Economic Development Projects
Segway
Billy's Downtown Diner
Foulk Warehousing
Crystal Signatures
Good Times Bar Grill
Visual Impairment Blindness Services
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Department of Community Economic Development
Excludes Majestic future build out estimated at
500M and any additional LVIP developments as a
part of the Bethlehem Commerce Center
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Department of Community Economic Development
1.9 Billion Projects on the Books
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Recent National Accolades