WORKING WITH ACT 47To secure Pittsburgh’s future

WHERE WE ARE TODAY

PENSION AND BENEFIT COSTS ARE GROWINGLegacy costs are a significant driver of the structural deficitCosts are far outpacing revenue growth

Unfunded mandate from pension board rate of return assumption change.

Increasing healthcare costs.

Increasing MMO payment.

Revised actuarial projections.

REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE WAS SLASHED30% reduction in millage rate led to permanent loss of revenue

30% millage rate reduction in 2013.

Revenue should be increasing. Instead it has decreased by nearly 10%.

Real estate taxes are the city’s largest source of annual revenue.

CAPITAL NEEDS FAR OUTPACE FUNDINGWe risk losing key public assets without significant investmentWe will never catch up if we don’t invest

Capital needs have been underfunded for years.

We need a significant capital infusion to fund: roads, bridges, facilities, parks, ballfields, steps, hillsides, property maintenance, neighborhood reinvestment, and our urban forest.

THE CITY IS FACING A $60M SHORTFALLThe gap between what we have vs. what we need is nearly $60 millionDeferred capital funding and pension investments have led to a structural deficit

City is mortgaging our future by failing to invest in capital improvements and failing to fully fund our pensions.

We need an infusion of $60 million annually in order to address our true needs.

NEXT STEPS