PLCM BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF CORE COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS TASK FORCE REPORT AND CALL TO ACTION

November 22, 2010

PLCM BOARD OF DIRECTORS ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF CORE COMMUNITIES IN CRISIS

TASK FORCE REPORT AND CALL TO ACTION

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania League of Cities and Municipalities (PLCM) Board of Directors is pleased to announce the release of the much awaited Core Communities in Crisis Task Force Report and Call to Action.  The Report provides a vision with detailed recommendations for needed change and reform in three key areas of crisis:  Isolation of Core Communities

Within Their Regions; Mandated Costs, Policies and Procedures; and Inability of Municipalities to Fund and Provide for the Health, Safety and Welfare of Citizens.

PLCM Board members approved the Task Force Report during a meeting held earlier today and announced its release at a press briefing held immediately following the formal gathering.

In an effort to increase awareness and address the serious and immediate crisis facing our urban centers, the League formed the Core Communities in Crisis Task Force earlier this summer, charging it with identifying the problems confronting core communities, determining viable solutions to those problems, and providing recommendations to present to the new Governor and General Assembly in 2011.

Archaic codes, an inflexible local taxing structure, mandated personnel benefits, and explosive personnel and service costs are placing severe financial hardship on our core communities.  In October 2010, the twentieth community sought help under the Commonwealth’s Act 47 Distressed Municipality Program.

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