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
Other actions actions from the October 19, 2006 meeting.
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Showing 37-47 of 47 actions from October 19, 2006
Recognizing the Month of October as the First Annual Scrabble City Month and Honoring the Game of Scrabble as an Important Aid To Literacy.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Recognizing Professor John Rich, MD, MPH, Chair of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, for being named a 2006 MacArthur Fellow and receiving the $500,000 "Genius" Grant.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Recognizing Professor John Rich, MD, MPH, Chair of Health Management and Policy at Drexel University, for being named a 2006 MacArthur Fellow and receiving the $500,000 "Genius" Grant.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Commemorating the 68th Anniversary of Kristallnacht and recognizing the artistic contributions of Gottfried Helnwein in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Commemorating the 68th Anniversary of Kristallnacht and recognizing the artistic contributions of Gottfried Helnwein in keeping the memory of the Holocaust alive.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to oppose HB 2880 and SB 1247 that provide for state-issued cable video franchises.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to oppose HB 2880 and SB 1247 that provide for state-issued cable video franchises.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Authorizing City Council's joint Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings exploring the health benefits and conveniences of installing hand sanitizer dispensers in all public elementary schools and city workplaces.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") to file an application with the Office of the Budget, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, under the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program, in an aggregate amount not to exceed Five Million One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($5,150,000) to assist in the development of Germantown YWCA and Morris Arboretum; and authorizing the City to enter into an agreement with PAID in furtherance of grant requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to repeal the "resign to run" provision, so that, effective January 1, 2008, City officers and employees may become candidates for nomination or election to public office without first resigning from their City office or employment, and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
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.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.