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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Procedural actions actions from the January 25, 2005 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 21 actions from January 25, 2005
The adopted resolution approved the Mayor’s revised five-year financial plan for Philadelphia covering fiscal years 2006 through 2010, along with proposed changes for fiscal year 2005.
Providing for the approval by the Council of the City of Philadelphia of a Revised Five Year Financial Plan for the City of Philadelphia covering Fiscal Years 2006 through 2010, and incorporating proposed changes with respect to Fiscal Year 2005, which is to be submitted by the Mayor to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement, authorized by an ordinance of this Council approved by the Mayor on January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1563-A), by and between the City and the Authority.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s realty transfer tax rules to exclude certain sub-subleases by the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust from the tax.
Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Tax," by excluding from the tax certain sub-subleases of property by the Fairmount Park Historic Preservation Trust, Inc. ("Trust") pursuant to a Master Sublease Agreement between the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") and the Trust, and pursuant to a Master Lease Agreement between the City and PAID, all as authorized by Bill No. 505 (approved June 8, 1993), under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted measure requires candidates for City elective office, political committee treasurers, and other covered people to file campaign finance reports with the Board of Ethics in electronic form.
Amending Chapter 20-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Campaign Contributions and Expenditures," by requiring candidates for elective City office, treasurers of political committees and other persons to file certain campaign finance reports with the Board of Ethics, by requiring the Board of Ethics to arrange for the publication of such information on the City's official website in a searchable format, and by making conforming changes to existing provisions of Chapter 20-1000, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized a $116,797 transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2005 Water Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the Water 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 measure authorized a $790,000 transfer for Fiscal Year 2005 from the Grants Revenue Fund to the Special Gasoline Tax Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Special Gasoline Tax Fund, the Department of Streets.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $29.5 million in Fiscal Year 2005 appropriations from the General Fund and Grants Revenue Fund to various city offices, departments, boards, commissions, and the First Judicial District.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions and from the Grants Revenue Fund, 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 $6,435,263 in Fiscal Year 2005 transfers within the Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Mayor's Office of Information Services, the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the District Attorney, the Register of Wills, and the City Commissioners.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized $6,435,263 in Fiscal Year 2005 transfers within the Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Mayor's Office of Information Services, the Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the District Attorney, the Register of Wills, and the City Commissioners.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s School Tax Authorization provisions to allow the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education to impose a tax on people or businesses using or occupying real estate in the district for commercial or industrial activities.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1806, entitled "Authorization of Realty Use and Occupancy Tax," 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 amends Philadelphia’s school tax authorization rules.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1804, entitled "Authorization of Net Income Tax," 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; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia Code to authorize the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education to impose an annual tax on real estate in the city for 2006 and subsequent years.
Amending Section 19-1801 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Tax," 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; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance adopts Philadelphia’s operating budget for Fiscal Year 2006 and appropriates money from the General Fund and other funds to City departments, boards, commissions, courts, and related programs.
Adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2006.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill adopts Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2006 Capital Budget, totaling $1,768,949,000.
To adopt a Fiscal 2006 Capital Budget.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill adopts Philadelphia’s Capital Program for Fiscal Years 2006 through 2011.
To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2006-2011 inclusive.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold hearings on proposed reductions to the hours at the City’s branch libraries and their effects on the Free Library System.
Authorizing the Committee of the Whole to hold hearings on the proposed changes to the hours of operation at the City's branch libraries and the impact of these service cuts to the Free Library System; and further authorizing the Committee to examine contract cost savings that may be utilized to restore services to the Free Library System and other critical operating departments.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Finance to hold hearings about possibly creating a Customer Amnesty Program within the Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW).
Authorizing the Committee on Finance to hold hearings on the possibility of creating a Customer Amnesty Program within the Philadelphia Gas Works to prevent residents from getting shut off during the winter months.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have allowed Bharat Patel, owner of the newsstand at Broad and Arch Streets, to install and maintain electrical and telecommunications conduits beneath the public right-of-way to serve the newsstand.
Granting permission to Bharat Patel, owner of the newsstand at the southwest corner of Broad Street and Arch Street, to construct, use and maintain an electrical conduit with an electrical service line and a telecommunications conduit with a telephone service line in and under the public rights-of-way for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to the newsstand, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized transfers totaling $15,570,173 within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2005 General Fund among various City offices, departments, boards, and commissions.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2005 within the General 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.