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
Unanimous actions actions from the December 1, 2005 meeting.
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The City Council adopted a resolution accepting a hearing examiner’s recommendation and disapproving 1606 Murdoch Inc.’s application for a permit to sell malt and brewed beverages for off-premises consumption at 2224 N.
Accepting the hearing examiner's recommendation and disapproving the following application for a permit to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off-premises: 1606 Murdoch Inc 2224 N 29th Street Philadelphia, PA 19132
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring S.
Recognizing, Honoring, and Celebrating S. Nicholas Lezzi - On the Occasion of His Retirement as Chief of Staff to the President of PECO - Faithfully and Excellently Serving the People of Philadelphia for Over Three Decades.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about the policies and procedures used by the City Medical Examiner’s Office to identify missing persons.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to conduct hearings to investigate the policies and procedures of the City's Medical Examiner's Office with regards to identifying missing persons.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution directs the Office of the City Treasurer to commission an annual study of lending disparities by banks that hold City deposits.
Calling on the Office of the City Treasurer to commission an annual study of lending disparities by city depositories.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution honors and commends the Professional Convention Management Association on its 50th anniversary.
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Professional Convention Management Association.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Commerce Director to apply for a Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development grant on behalf of Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to file an application and, if the application is accepted, to execute a contract to obtain a grant from the Department of Community and Economic Development, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Act of April 12, 1956, P.L. 1449, Section 4, as amended, to prevent and eliminate blight and to support comprehensive economic development programs in the Hunting Park West Enterprise Zone.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings on ways to increase the number of Philadelphia residents trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to conduct Public Hearings to examine ways to increase the number of people who have been trained in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution honors Acel Moore for more than 43 years of civic and community service to Philadelphia through his work at The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Honoring Acel Moore.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to pass House Bill 1539, which would provide $24.6 million in supplemental state funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
Urging the Pennsylvania House of Representatives to pass House Bill 1539 which will provide, for the first time, supplemental state funds for the federally-funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program ("LIHEAP").
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services Committees to hold hearings on the findings and recommendations of the “Blueprint for a Safer Philadelphia.” It also authorized the committees to seek advice and recommendations on ways to reduce and eliminate crime affecting Philadelphia’s youth, including gun violence.
Authorizing the Council Committees on Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the findings and recommendations of the "Blueprint for a Safer Philadelphia," and, further authorizing the Committees to seek advice and recommendations on how Philadelphia can reduce and eliminate crime affecting the City's youth.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to transfer, at no cost and with conditions, certain City-owned lots and properties in several Philadelphia wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-third, Thirty-seventh, Forty-second & Forty-third 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 properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls on City Council’s Committee on Recreation to hold hearings about the closed Scanlon Ice Rink Recreation Center.
Calling for the Committee on Recreation to conduct hearings on the closed status of Scanlon Ice Rink Recreation Center.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the chair of City Council’s Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to issue subpoenas requiring witnesses to attend and documents to be provided at hearings.
Authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents at the public hearings authorized by Resolution No. 050871 (adopted October 20, 2005) concerning the Administration's proposed reorganization of housing agencies.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution deferred Drexel University’s proposed amendment to its Institutional Development District Master Plan.
Deferring Drexel University's proposed amendment to its Institutional Development District Master Plan pursuant to Chapter 14-1107(c) of The Philadelphia Code relating to "Zoning and Planning".
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Sixth and Twenty-seventh Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixth & Twenty-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 properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Thirty-sixth Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-sixth 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 properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution honoring Linda E.
Honoring Linda E. Howard for her thirty-one years of outstanding service to the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have authorized the Finance Director to transfer $24.8 million in Fiscal Year 2006 General Fund appropriations from the Department of Human Services to City Council, Fleet Management, vehicle purchases, the Department of Public Property, Philadelphia Prisons within Human Services, and employee fringe benefits.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.