Council actions
Philadelphia City Council actions
These are actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote. They include unanimous decisions, procedural steps such as hearings, notices and amendments, and other entries such as referrals and signatures.
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Council actions
Procedural actions actions from the January 23, 2001 meeting.
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Showing 1-16 of 16 actions from January 23, 2001
This lapsed bill would have created campaign-finance rules for Philadelphia elections for mayor, city controller, district attorney, and City Council.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Officers and Employees" by adding a new Chapter 20-800 entitled "Campaign Finance" providing for the limitations of contributions to municipal election campaigns, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have required for-profit businesses receiving more than $100,000 in financial assistance from the City or City-related agencies to contribute 1% of that assistance to a Philadelphia Fund for Children.
Amending Section 17-104 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Prerequisites to the Execution of City Contracts" to add a new subsection requiring businesses receiving Financial Assistance from the City and City-related agencies to contribute to a Fund for Philadelphia's Children the proceeds from which shall be made available to pay for new and expanded program initiatives for Philadelphia children; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted resolution approving the lease and development agreement between the Philadelphia Eagles Limited Partnership and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for the Eagles football stadium project.
Approving the Eagles Lease and Development Agreement between the Philadelphia Eagles Limited Partnership and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for the Eagles football stadium project.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution approved the lease and development agreement between the Philadelphia Phillies and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for a baseball ballpark project in the Sports Complex in South Philadelphia.
Approving the Phillies Lease and Development Agreement between The Phillies and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for the Phillies baseball ballpark project.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance adds Philadelphia rules for eligible organizations to get licenses to conduct or operate small games of chance under Pennsylvania’s Local Option Small Games of Chance Act.
Amending Chapter 9-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Amusement Businesses," by adding a new section implementing provisions of the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act under which licenses may be issued to eligible organizations to conduct or operate small games of chance in the City, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill permits owners or tenants of buildings in Philadelphia’s Sixth Councilmanic District to sell goods on the sidewalk next to their buildings when the sales support a business located there.
Amending Section 9-205 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Sidewalk Sales," by permitting sidewalk sales in the Sixth Councilmanic District by owners or tenants of abutting buildings, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s school tax authorization law to allow the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education to impose a tax on the use or occupancy of real estate for business, trade, professional, commercial, or industrial activity.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1806 to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on the use or occupancy of real estate within the School District of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s School Tax Authorization rules to allow the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education to impose a tax for fiscal year 2002 on qualifying net income from residents’ real property and tangible and intangible personal property.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1804 to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on net income from real property and tangible and intangible personal property of residents of the School District of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s School Tax Authorization provisions.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1801 to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on real estate within the City of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes changes to City Plan No.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 57 by striking from the City Plan Eadom street from Pratt street to Granite street and by reserving and placing on the City Plan a certain right-of-way for gas main purposes, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized $55.39 million in Fiscal Year 2001 appropriations transfers from the General Fund and Grants Revenue Fund into the General Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions and from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Mayor - Office of Housing and Community Development, the Department of Public Health, and the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $492,460 within the Fiscal Year 2001 Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001 within the Aviation Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill adopted Philadelphia’s operating budget for Fiscal Year 2002.
Adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2002.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax rules by decreasing tax rates based on business gross receipts.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by decreasing the rates of the tax based upon gross receipts.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s Wage and Net Profits Tax by decreasing the rates applied to wages, salaries, and other compensation earned by Philadelphia residents and nonresidents working in the city.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by decreasing the rates of the tax.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To adopt a Capital Program for the six fiscal years 2002-2007 inclusive.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.