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 January 24, 2008 meeting.
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This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Property and Public Works to hold public hearings about renovating and using underutilized areas of City Hall.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Property and Public Works to hold public hearings on the development and implementation of public and private strategies for the renovation and use of the underutilized areas of City Hall.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Education to investigate and hold hearings on ways to increase the number of Philadelphia high school students who continue their education beyond a high school diploma.
Authorizing the Committee on Education to investigate and conduct hearings on how to increase the number of Philadelphia high school students who attain an education beyond a high school diploma and to examine reported studies and data regarding the high school drop out rate among public school students prior to graduation
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Environment and Transportation and Utilities Committees to hold joint public hearings.
Authorizing City Council's Committees on the Environment and on Transportation and Utilities to hold joint public hearings to investigate the steps the City of Philadelphia and its various Departments are currently taking and are planning to take to investigate the creation of a Public Use Bicycle Program as an additional method of urban transportation to enhance the personal mobility of Philadelphia residents and workers.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings reviewing the annual City contract participation goals issued by the Finance Department under Title 17 of the Philadelphia Code.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to review the annual City contract participation goals released by the Finance Department pursuant to Title 17 of the Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This resolution is recorded with a status of adopted.
Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold hearings to examine the state of the City of Philadelphia Municipal Retirement System ("Pension System") including the Pension System's existing plan entitlements, contributions and investment strategies and to prepare a report making recommendations to ensure the fiscal stability of the Pension System.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings and investigate Philadelphia’s Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP), including its application to city officers and employees and its costs to the pension and general funds.
Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings to make inquiries and investigations relating to the City's Deferred Retirement Option Plan ("DROP"), and further authorizing the Committee to employ and fix the compensation of experts to assist the Committee in its inquiry and investigation and to cooperate with the Administration in any current or future studies of the impact of the DROP.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution confirming Kenya Mann, Esq., as a member of the Philadelphia Board of Ethics.
Confirming the appointment of Kenya Mann, Esq., 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.
This adopted resolution confirms Shelley R.
Confirming the appointment of Shelley R. Smith, Esq., as City Solicitor.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution proposes an amendment to Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to more clearly define the responsibilities of the City Representative and the Commerce Department.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to separate and further define the responsibilities of the City Representative and the Commerce Department; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution proposes an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter that would let the Administrative Board authorize more than two deputies exempt from civil service in most City departments, up to a total of ten.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to allow the Administrative Board to increase the number of deputies exempt from civil service in City departments, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have proposed amending Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to create an Office of Inspector General, appointed by the Mayor, with authority to investigate fraud, corruption, and misconduct involving City government, City employees, contractors, grant recipients, and City property transactions.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the creation of an Office of Inspector General, to provide for the powers and duties of, and annual appropriations to, such Office, to establish requirements for City officials and employees in connection with the work of the Inspector General, and to otherwise provide for incorporation of the Inspector General into the City government; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s joint Public Safety and Public Property committees to hold public hearings about alternative locations for the Philadelphia Prison Department’s training facility.
Authorizing the joint Committees on Public Safety & Public Works and Public Property to hold public hearings to explore alternative sites for the Philadelphia Prison Department's training facility.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s joint Public Safety and Public Property committees to hold public hearings about alternative locations for the Philadelphia Prison Department’s training facility.
Authorizing the joint Committees on Public Safety & Public Works and Public Property to hold public hearings to explore alternative sites for the Philadelphia Prison Department's training facility.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required people applying for or renewing a Philadelphia license to carry a concealed firearm to report personal information and details about firearms at properties they own, lease, or control.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section, entitled "Reporting Requirements Upon the Application for or Renewal of a License to Carry a Firearm," to provide for certain reporting requirements for the issuance or renewal of licenses to carry firearms within the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance limits most Philadelphia residents and other firearm transferees to buying or receiving no more than one handgun in a 30-day period and prohibits using a straw purchaser to get around that limit.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-831, entitled "Straw and Multiple Handgun Purchase Reduction," to limit purchases of handguns by Philadelphia residents to one a month, and to prohibit "straw purchases" of handguns utilized by criminals for the purpose of evading the one handgun a month limitation; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required anyone selling firearm ammunition in Philadelphia to report each sale to the City Police Department within seven days.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-834, entitled "Sale or Transfer of Ammunition," to require all sales of ammunition for firearms to be reported to the City of Philadelphia Police Department and to require that Department to maintain a registry of such reports; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance adds rules to the Philadelphia Code prohibiting people from owning, using, possessing, or transferring certain assault weapons, other specified weapons, accessories, and ammunition, with exceptions for authorized law-enforcement conduct and certified exemptions.
Amending Section 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-821a, entitled "Contraband Weapons, Accessories and Ammunition," providing for the prohibition and registration of certain assault weapons and imposing penalties.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance requires firearm owners to report a lost or stolen firearm to an appropriate local law enforcement official within 24 hours after discovering it.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by adding a new Section, entitled "Failure to Report Lost or Stolen Firearm," by requiring prompt notification of lost or stolen firearms and imposing penalties.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.