Alan Butkovitz
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| Philadelphia City Controller | |
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Assumed office January 2, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Jonathan Saidel |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 174th district |
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In office January 1, 1991 – December 31, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Max Pievsky |
| Succeeded by | John Sabatina |
| Constituency | Part of Philadelphia County |
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April 15, 1952 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Theresa |
| Children | Rachel and Edward |
| Residence | Castor Gardens, Northeast Philadelphia |
| Alma mater | Temple University and Temple Law School |
| Website |
http://www.philadelphiacontroller.org/ http://www.AlanButkovitz.com |
http://www.philadelphiacontroller.org/
Alan L. Butkovitz is the City Controller of Philadelphia. As the city's chief financial watchdog, Butkovitz is in charge of auditing all city departments, including the budgets of City Council and the mayor. Butkovitz, a Democrat, was formerly a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
The Office of City Controller is located at the Municipal Services Building, across from Philadelphia City Hall. It has nine divisions, including Pre-Audit, Post-Audit, and Community and Legal Affairs. The term of City Controller is four years, with no term limits. Importantly, the City Controller is elected independently of the mayor and City Council, allowing the Controller to work free of the politics and interests endogenous in other city government agencies.
Currently in his third term as Philadelphia’s chief fiscal watchdog, City Controller Alan Butkovitz remains focused on exposing as much waste, fraud and mismanagement as possible, while making recommendations to do more with less - and saving taxpayers' millions. All of his reports, in both summary and verbatim form, are published online.
These reports include the precedent breaking forensic audit of the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office that uncovered millions of dollars in questionable financial transactions and led to a complete structural and procedural overhaul of the Sheriff’s Office. Findings by Controller Butkovitz's office became the essential components that allowed the U.S. Attorney to file criminal charges against employees and others connected to the Sheriff’s Office. In 2013, the City of Philadelphia filed a civil lawsuit against former Sheriff John Green to recover tens of millions of wasted taxpayer funds that were discovered as a result of the audit.
Other firsts for the City Controller’s Office under Butkovitz’ leadership include:
Since elected City Controller, his investigations and audits have identified more than $700 million in potential revenues and savings for the city. He has proposed hundreds of recommendations to improve the delivery of city services, aimed at making them more efficient and cost-effective.
Butkovitz won national recognition for his audit of Philadelphia's Emergency Medical Service (EMS) - which found EMS units were arriving late forty percent of the time - and made recommendations for the city to re-coup millions in lost revenues from private insurance carriers.
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