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- Identified over $700 million in revenue and savings for the city.
- Completed over 120 audits in first 3 years - tripling the number of comprehensive annual
performance audits from two to six a year, in conjunction with completing departmental audits
and the City's Comprehensive Annual Finance Report.
- Won national recognition for his Emergency Medical Service (EMS) audit that found EMS units
were arriving late 40% of the time, and outlined ways to improve arrival times, while generating
over $250 million to purchase more ambulances by properly billing insurance carriers.
- Won national recognition for his audit that uncovered serious security problems on SEPTA's
subway system and his Police Facilities audit that uncovered deplorable conditions in local police stations.
- Both the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily News endorsed Controller Butkovitz's Pension
Recovery Plan which protects employees pensions while saving the City an estimated $350 million
over the next five years. The Daily News called it "innovative" and said it "is a classic example of
the kind of market expertise that we need in a controller."
- Cut nearly $1 million from his own budget by eliminating 18 positions and cutting his own salary
and the salaries of his top managers by 5%.
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