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 December 19, 2002 meeting.
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Showing 1-7 of 7 actions from December 19, 2002
Proposing an amendment to the Home Rule Charter by adding a new Article XIII thereof, to establish a Campaign Finance Board whose members shall be appointed by the Mayor, City Council and the City Controller, to administer a program to be enacted by City Council, by ordinance, regulating the financing of campaigns for the offices of Mayor, City Council and such other offices as Council may designate by ordinance, including a system for public financing of such campaigns.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the City Council Committees on Law & Government and Public Safety to investigate the efficiency and the effectiveness of replicating the Philadelphia Drug Treatment Court to increase its capacity to treat Philadelphia citizens, save lives, and reduce expensive, burdensome and ineffective jail time.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," to improve compliance with certain participation, affirmative action and reporting requirements, including by amending Chapter 17-500, entitled "Goals For The Participation Of Minority, Female And Disabled Owned Businesses In City Contracts," by imposing reporting requirements on the Minority Business Enterprise Council relating to the participation of Minority, Female, and Disabled Owned Businesses and Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals in contracts of the City of Philadelphia, its Agencies and all Quasi-Public Agencies and by prohibiting Council approval of certain City or Quasi-Public Agency projects; by amending Chapter 17-900, entitled "Neighborhood Benefit Strategy," by barring from participation in certain City contracts contractors that fail to comply with certain Affirmative Action requirements; and by amending Chapter 17-1000, entitled "Employment Of Low- And Moderate-Income P...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of a new Article XIII of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, as approved by Resolution of the City Council, fixing the date of a special election for such purpose, prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on, and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by amending Chapter 20-600 to prohibit the receipt of contributions by city elected officials or candidates for city offices from individuals or businesses who are applicants for, or recipients of, city contracts or financial assistance; to limit the eligibility of individuals or businesses to receive city contracts or financial assistance if they have made political contributions within certain timeframes to city elected officials or candidates for city offices, and to prohibit any person campaigning for elective City office from using for such purpose funds contributed to him or her while serving in another elective City office; and by adding a new Chapter 20-800, entitled "Campaign Finance" and by amending Chapter 20-300, entitled "Compensation," to provide for the limitation of contributions for municipal election campaigns for all offices, to create an Independent Campaign Finance Board and to establis...
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) Fiscal Year 2003 Program Statement and Budget.
WITHDRAWN WHILE IN COMMITTEE
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending the Neighborhood Transformation Initiative (NTI) Fiscal Year 2003 Program Statement and Budget.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.