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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Other actions actions from the May 1, 2003 meeting.
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The enacted ordinance would give Philadelphia businesses a five percent preference when competing for certain City contracts, if they meet requirements for operating, licensing, and employing people in Philadelphia.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Section 17-109, entitled "Local Bidding Preferences," providing for the establishment of a bidding preference on City contracts for Philadelphia businesses, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings on Philadelphia’s air quality and recommend ways to improve it.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings to investigate the state of the air quality in Philadelphia and to recommend ways and means to improve its air quality, and therefore, the health of all Philadelphians.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This bill is recorded with a status of enacted.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Bridge street, Tacony street, a line 245 feet north of Sanger street, the Delaware River and the Frankford Creek.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution proposes amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to change the composition of the Board of Pensions and Retirement.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the composition of the Board of Pensions and Retirement, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance authorized putting a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment before voters on November 4, 2003.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the composition of the Board of Pensions and Retirement, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed bill would have limited how much a property’s taxable assessed value could increase in one year for purposes of calculating real estate taxes, generally capping the increase at 10% while allowing additional increases tied to new construction or improvements.
Amending Section 19-1301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing that the taxes levied on a property under that section shall not increase in any one year by more than a specified percentage as the result of an increase in the assessed value of the property as returned by the Board of Revision of Taxes, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed bill would have limited how much a property’s taxable assessed value could increase in one year for purposes of calculating real estate taxes, generally capping the increase at 10% while allowing additional increases tied to new construction or improvements.
Amending Section 19-1301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing that the taxes levied on a property under that section shall not increase in any one year by more than a specified percentage as the result of an increase in the assessed value of the property as returned by the Board of Revision of Taxes, under certain terms and conditions.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed resolution proposed amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to require City Council to redraw the boundaries of the 10 councilmanic districts after each decennial census.
Proposing an amendment to Section 2-102 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to the redistricting of the City to revise the boundaries of the councilmanic districts after each decennial census, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
RECONSIDERED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This lapsed resolution proposed amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to require City Council to redraw the boundaries of the 10 councilmanic districts after each decennial census.
Proposing an amendment to Section 2-102 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to the redistricting of the City to revise the boundaries of the councilmanic districts after each decennial census, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.