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 April 19, 2007 meeting.
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Showing 19-32 of 32 actions from April 19, 2007
The resolution approves Delano Stones’ appointment to Philadelphia’s Veterans’ Advisory Commission.
Approving the appointment of Delano Stones to the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved Samuel Blow’s appointment to the Veterans’ Advisory Commission.
Approving the appointment of Samuel Blow to the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved the appointment of R.
Approving the appointment of R. Edward Speller to the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution approving Ernest Landers’s appointment to the Veterans’ Advisory Commission.
Approving the appointment of Ernest Landers to the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved Joseph C.
Approving the appointment of Joseph C. Waters, Jr. to the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved Peter J.
Approving the appointment of Peter J. Fischer to the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill requires Philadelphia mobile food vendors to renew their licenses every six months.
Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by requiring semiannual inspection of mobile food vendors and providing for fees, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill increases penalties for violating the City's rules on alcoholic beverages at City-owned recreation centers, playgrounds, and park areas, except Fairmount Park.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places-Prohibited Conduct," by amending Section 10-604, entitled "Alcoholic Beverages," by increasing penalties regarding alcoholic beverages in certain City-owned recreation centers, playgrounds and park areas, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed how Philadelphia calculates the share of business income subject to the Business Privilege Tax.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by amending the definition of "Net Income" with respect to the portion of net income that is properly attributable and allocable to the doing of business in Philadelphia and therefore subject to tax, and by making technical amendments; and by making certain legislative findings with respect to manufacturing; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance gives Peggy Jones-Musa, who operates a newsstand at Chelten Avenue and Greene Street, permission to install and maintain overhead electrical and telecommunications lines from a new utility pole across the public right-of-way.
Granting permission to Peggy Jones - Musa, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the northeast corner of Chelten Avenue and Greene Street, to construct, use and maintain overhead electrical and telecommunications lines from a new utility pole over and across the public right-of-way, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have replaced Philadelphia’s rules for screening companies seeking City public works contracts.
Repealing Section 17-101 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Prequalification of Prospective Bidders for Contracts for Construction of Public Works," and enacting a new Section 17-101 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Prequalification of Responsible Contractors and Subcontractors for Public Works Contracts," providing for a prequalification and approval process for all prospective contractors and subcontractors seeking to perform public works contracts by requiring that they meet certain standards, in areas including, but not limited to, past project performance, past compliance with the law, business integrity, technical qualifications and competency, financial responsibility, adequacy of resources, competent management, employment diversity and craft labor, and further providing that contractors and subcontractors meeting prequalification requirements be qualified for a period of three years, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s rules for temporary parking permits in permit parking districts by creating a $7 permit valid for one calendar day for a resident’s bona fide guest.
Amending Section 12-2708 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Issuance of Temporary Parking Permits," by adding provisions for temporary parking permits valid for one calendar day, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the University of Pennsylvania and its health system to build and maintain a pedestrian bridge over Convention Avenue.
Authorizing The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, to construct and maintain a pedestrian bridge over and across Convention Avenue, connecting the UPHS Penn Tower Complex (One Convention Avenue) with the proposed Perlman Center for Advanced Medicine (3400 Civic Center Boulevard), under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s farmers’ market rules to add the sidewalk in the median of the 400 block of South 2nd Street, also known as Headhouse Square, as a permitted location.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the median of the 400 block of South 2nd Street, also known as Headhouse Square, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.