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
Procedural actions actions from the December 22, 2005 meeting.
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Showing 1-3 of 3 actions from December 22, 2005
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings reviewing Wachovia’s statement of financial reparations required under Bill No.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to review Wachovia's statement of financial reparations pursuant to Bill No. 050615, unanimously passed by City Council and signed into law by the Mayor, and further authorizing the Committee to issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents and other evidence.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s business privilege tax rates, reducing certain taxes if business privilege and realty transfer tax collections exceeded the amounts projected in the City’s 2006–2010 five-year plan.
Amending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates, credits and alternative tax computation for the business privilege tax, by reducing certain tax rates to the extent business privilege and realty transfer tax receipts exceed the revenue projections in the City's approved five year plan for 2006-2010.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have capped the school tax on real property at 104% of the prior year’s tax levy when the property had the same owner.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by adding a new Section 19-1801.1 providing for a cap on tax increases, under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.