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.
Action types
Council actions
Unanimous actions actions from the April 15, 2004 meeting.
Meeting dates
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Showing 19-36 of 45 actions from April 15, 2004
Granting permission to Carmen Polutro and Joseph Polutro, owners of the property 2650 S.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 10-800 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety" by adding a new Section 10-833 entitled "Possession of Weapons on School Property" to prohibit the possession of weapons in and around educational institutions; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Section 9-212 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Newsstands," by prohibiting newsstands within the area bounded by Dyre Street, Cheltenham Avenue, Penn Street and Frankford Avenue, including both sides of the streets and avenues bounding this area, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Granting permission to 900 S.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing that the Vietnamese-American Community in Philadelphia chooses to have the golden yellow flag with three red stripes recognized as the official flag of their community.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deed conveying conditional fee simple title to a certain City-owned lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Fifth, Twentieth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Thirty-second & Forty-seventh Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such property for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing April as Community College Month in Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring Yamilat Salcedo and Kert Emperado on their nomination to the All-Pennsylvania Academic Team.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Calling on and urging the 108th United States Congress, the Senatorial and Congressional representatives of the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to move forthwith to enact, for the President of the United States to sign, legislation that would reauthorize, strengthen and make permanent the current ten year federal ban on military-style assault weapons that is set to expire in September 2004.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deed conveying conditional fee simple title to a certain City-owned lot or piece of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Twenty-fifth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such property for rehabilitation and/or improvements in accordance with terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Resolution No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Admonishing the United States Department of Treasury, acting by and through the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue (DOR), acting by and through its secretary, to provide annual, plain, English and Spanish notice to eligible Philadelphia taxpayers of the availability of earned income tax credits, advanced earned income tax credits, and similar benefits prior to the April 15 deadline for the filing of tax returns.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Commending the United States Sentencing Commission who on April 8, 2004 voted to strengthen existing sentencing guidelines for corporations by implementing more rigorous standards thus requiring that executives and boards of directors of corporations, and other similar organizations, play an aggressive role in the development and operation of their company's compliance and ethics programs.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring the Campaign for Working Families.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring Eddie "Sun of Latin Music" Palmieri.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Commending Health Commissioner John F.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold Public Hearings regarding the Administration's proposal to move from a defined benefit pension plan to a defined contribution plan and further authorizing the committee to see what effects this has on the state of pensions as it pertains to present and future retiring Philadelphia City employees.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.