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 October 19, 2006 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 87 actions from October 19, 2006
Authorizing City Council's Committees on Public Safety and Streets and Services to hold joint public hearings to investigate the safety of Roosevelt Boulevard, including traffic engineering, law enforcement, the condition of street lighting, etc.; to inform and educate the public about the safety issues that plague the highway; and, to explore any and all feasible measures to make Roosevelt Boulevard a safe highway for all; and in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Honoring Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wuller For being named Police Officer of the Year by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and for being featured in PARADE Magazine.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Confirming the appointment of Stella M.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Confirming the appointment of Pauline Abernathy as a member of the Board of Ethics, to serve in the term ending November 16, 2008.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Confirming the appointment of Reverend Dr.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Confirming the appointment of Richard Negrin, Esquire as a member of the Board of Ethics, to serve in the term ending November 16, 2010.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Confirming the appointment of Richard Glazer, Esquire as a member of the Board of Ethics, to serve in the term ending November 16, 2011.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
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.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Wage and Net Profits Tax," and Chapter 19-2800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Tax on Wages and Net Profits," by excluding certain tuition reduction benefits from the definition of taxable compensation, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Streets," by adding a section requiring approval of City Council before certain permits are granted allowing the closure of City streets, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Granting permission to Shailesh Tilvawala, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the southwest corner of Fifteenth Street and John F.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the paving of Croskey Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of the following area of the City: area generally bounded by Tomlinson Road extended, a Railroad Right-of-Way, Bennett Road extended to a Railroad Right-of-Way, and Roosevelt Boulevard.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Chapter 12-900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking Regulations and Penalties," by adding a new Section 12-918, entitled "Parking for Car Sharing Organizations," to provide on-street parking restricted to vehicles owned by such organizations and amending Section 12-2809, entitled "Civil Penalties and Costs," to provide for penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the Water Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into an agreement with the owners of 228 East Mount Airy (Premise A), 7131 Devon Street (Premise B), 261 Sydney Street (Premise C), 263 Sydney Street (Premise D) and 265 Sydney Street (Premise E) for the grant of a right-of-way to the City for drainage, sewer purposes and water main purposes through the property on a line of Devon Street from East Mount Airy Avenue to Sydney Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by extending the exclusion for the receipts of information technology companies, all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.