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
Procedural actions actions from the September 30, 2004 meeting.
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Showing 1-10 of 10 actions from September 30, 2004
Amending Section 9-204 of The Philadelphia Code relating to Sidewalk Vendors in Center City to prohibit propulsion of growers' and producers' stands by internal combustion engine at farmers' markets, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Permitting three traffic lanes on Walnut Street, between 40th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway, and requiring that the lane markers on Walnut Street be changed to reflect this change.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing a Joint Hearing for both City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Systems to hold public hearings to investigate the malfunction of the City of Philadelphia's digital radio system which occurred twice: once, on March 25, 2004, at 8:59 P.M., and then on May 18, 2004, at 9:04 P.M.; and, in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing a Joint Hearing for both City Council's Committee on Public Safety and City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Systems to hold public hearings to investigate the malfunction of the City of Philadelphia's digital radio system which occurred twice: once, on March 25, 2004, at 8:59 P.M., and then on May 18, 2004, at 9:04 P.M.; and, in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing City Council's Committees on Law and Government and Streets and Services to hold public hearings to investigate the state of intergovernmental cooperation between the Streets Department, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation [Penn DOT] and the City Council of Philadelphia, and, toward a remedy, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by establishing a program under which a Job Creation Tax Credit will be given to certain businesses creating new jobs in the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by establishing a program under which a Job Creation Tax Credit will be given to certain businesses creating new jobs in the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR FOR NEXT MEETING.
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council's Committee on Streets and Services to hold public hearings investigating the city's recycling and sanitation programs.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to investigate the operations of the city-owned Philadelphia Nursing Home and the events that occurred at said nursing home on September 23, 2004 wherein six infirm patients of the Philadelphia Nursing Home had their feeding tubes cut, thereby putting their lives at risk and requesting that the Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia initiate a full investigation of this incident.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing and directing the installation of traffic control devices at the intersection of Lombard street and Sixth street.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.