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 January 24, 2006 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 22 actions from January 24, 2006
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s Business Privilege Tax rules to exclude certain receipts from the tax calculation.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by adding a new exception from the definition of "Receipts" under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Commissioner of Public Property to acquire about 2.75 acres at 3000 and 3030 E.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to acquire fee simple title to, and all other real property interests in, approximately 2.75 acres of real estate known as 3000 and 3030 E. Castor Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure revised Philadelphia Gas Works’ Fiscal Year 2006 capital budget, increasing its maximum authorized amount from $64.619 million to $65.835 million.
Amending Bill No. 050792, entitled "An Ordinance Approving the Fiscal Year 2006 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works (including the supplying of funds in connection therewith) subject to certain constraints and conditions, and acknowledging receipt of the Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2007 through 2011", by approving a revised Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2006 and by extending the timeline related to line item transfers.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance requires owners of rental properties to provide tenants, before a tenancy begins, with a Certificate of Rental Suitability issued within the previous 60 days, along with specified property information and the Partners for Good Housing Handbook.
Amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code (The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code) by providing for a Certificate of Rental Suitability to be provided by the owner of any rental property prior to the inception of any tenancy, and providing for a private right of action by tenants to compel compliance with the Code, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Antoinette McCoy, doing business as Cuisine of Soul Inc., to construct, operate, and maintain an open-air sidewalk café with five tables at 4835 Frankford Avenue-Rear, also known as 1538 Harrison Street.
Authorizing Antoinette McCoy, d/b/a "Cuisine of Soul Inc.," to construct, operate and maintain an open-air sidewalk café located at 4835 Frankford Avenue-Rear a/k/a 1538 Harrison Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill further authorizes the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax for general school purposes on the use or occupancy of real estate for business, trade, professional, 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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s Wage and Net Profits Tax chapter by deleting certain special tax provisions, definitions, and tax rates.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," by deleting certain special tax provisions and related definitions and rates, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s business privilege tax rates by reducing the tax on business receipts and net income calculations for certain tax years and afterward.
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, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance allows the Finance Director to replace some or all cash held in the city’s water and wastewater debt reserve account with surety bonds or insurance policies, then move the resulting excess funds into the Water and Wastewater Revenue Fund.
Amending Section 4.09 of the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989 to authorize the Director of Finance to use funds currently held in the Debt Reserve Account established and maintained under the said General Ordinance to purchase appropriate surety bonds or insurance policies for deposit in the said Debt Reserve Account in lieu of current deposits; further, directing the Director of Finance to transfer all excess funds remaining in the said Debt Reserve Account after purchase of the said surety bonds or insurance policies to the Water and Wastewater Revenue Fund; and further, amending Section 4.12 of the said Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, entitled "Residual Fund", to establish a new sub-account into which shall be deposited all residual water and wastewater operating revenues resulting from the transfer of funds from the Debt Reserve Account to the Revenue Fund and thereafter to the Residual Fund, the entire balan...
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amended the Philadelphia Code to further authorize the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education to impose an annual tax on real estate within the city for school district purposes.
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.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance adopts Philadelphia’s operating budget for Fiscal Year 2007 and authorizes spending from the city’s general, water, grant, transportation-related, housing, pension, and other operating funds.
Adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2007.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance adopts Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2007 Capital Budget, totaling $1,876,636,000 for capital projects during July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007.
To adopt a Fiscal 2007 Capital Budget.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill adopts a Capital Program covering Fiscal Years 2007 through 2012.
To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2007-2012 inclusive.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution approves, with conditions, Northstar Deli’s application to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off the premises at 655 N 15th Street.
Accepting the recommendation of the hearing examiner and approving with conditions the following application for a permit to sell malt and brewed beverages for consumption off-premises: Northstar Deli 655 N 15th Street Philadelphia, PA 19130
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution agrees that Philadelphia will participate fully in the proposed Park West Tax Increment Financing District if City Council creates it.
Agreeing to participate in the "Park West Tax Increment Financing District," if it should be created by the Council of the City of Philadelphia in accordance with the Tax Increment Financing Act of July 11, 1990, (P.L. 465, No. 113), as amended, in the Parkside Lancaster Redevelopment Area, in an area generally bounded by Columbia Avenue on the north, North Fiftieth Street on the east, Merion Avenue on the south, and North Fifty-second Street on the west; and designating the mayor or his designee as the City's representative for purposes of meeting with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, pursuant to Section 5(a)(2) of the Tax Increment Financing Act.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to use Neighborhood Transformation Initiative bond proceeds to fund Germantown Settlement’s acquisition of 5820 Germantown Avenue.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to use NTI bond proceeds for the acquisition of 5820 Germantown Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution designates February as American Heart Month in Philadelphia and recognizes the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement.
Designating February as American Heart Month and recognizing the Go Red For Women Movement in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution encouraged Philadelphians to observe February 1, 2006, as a day of private meditation and prayer.
A resolution encouraging Philadelphian's to observe February 1st 2006 as a day of private meditation and prayer in the hope that 2006 will be blessed to have a reduced murder rate.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.