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 March 27, 2008 meeting.
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This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Health to investigate and hold hearings on ways to increase enrollment in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee of Health to investigate and conduct hearings on how to increase access to the Children's Health Insurance program -CHIP and to explore potential methods and strategies to raise awareness of the need for insurance.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council committees on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs and Commerce and Economic Development to hold joint hearings about Philadelphia’s creative economy.
Authorizing the Committee on Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs and the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold joint hearings regarding Philadelphia's Creative Economy, with a focus on young professionals (25 to 34), and to explore potential methods and strategies to retain this demographic for the future of Philadelphia's economic growth.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution proposes amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter so that, when candidates have identical scores for city civil service appointments or promotions, a candidate who has lived in Philadelphia for at least one year before the examination would be ranked ahead of other candidates.
Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to civil service regulations to provide that, when eligible lists for appointments and promotions are established, those persons who have maintained a bona fide residence in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the date of the examination shall prevail over all others who receive the identical test score; 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 adopted Philadelphia City Council resolution calls on the U.S.
Resolution calling upon the United States House of Representatives to pass and the United States Senate to introduce and pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (H.R. 3543).
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2009 operating budget to increase Housing Trust Fund appropriations for affordable housing.
Amending Bill No. 080156, entitled "An Ordinance adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2009," by increasing Housing Trust Fund appropriations for affordable housing to an amount that is $5 million greater than that provided for affordable housing in Fiscal Year 2008.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill provided for a November 4, 2008 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to civil service regulations to provide that, when eligible lists for appointments and promotions are established, those persons who have maintained a bona fide residence in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the date of the examination shall prevail over all others who receive the identical test score; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill named Public Health Center 9 at 131 E.
Naming and designating Public Health Center 9 located at 131 E. Chelten Avenue as the "Mattie L. Humphrey Health Center."
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have required permits from the Department of Licenses and Inspections for publicly accessible bins used to collect donated clothing and household items.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by adding a section requiring a permit for the placement of drop-off bins for the receipt of donations of clothing and household items and establishing maintenance requirements in connection with such bins, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorized Philadelphia’s Finance Director to charge up to $5 million in compensation for Police Department employees being used by the District Attorney’s Office to the District Attorney’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to charge against appropriations made to the District Attorney in the Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Budget, the compensation of Police Department employees being used by the District Attorney pursuant to Section 8-401 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorized a $592,178 transfer within the Fiscal Year 2008 Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Aviation Fund from the City Representative and the Director of Commerce to the Director of Finance, the Procurement Department, and the Managing Director.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $279,806 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund appropriations from the Department of Revenue to the Director of Finance.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Department of Revenue to the Director of Finance.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to charge up to $325,000 in Fiscal Year 2008 funds appropriated to the Board of Pensions and Retirement for the compensation of Mayor’s Office of Information Services employees used by that board.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to charge against the authorization made to the Board of Pensions and Retirement in the Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Budget, the compensation of Mayor's Office of Information Services employees being used by the Board of Pensions and Retirement pursuant to Section 8-401 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized the transfer of $1,114,833 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund appropriations from the Managing Director and Department of Public Health.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Managing Director and the Department of Public Health to the Department of Recreation - Fairmount Park Commission, the Department of Human Services - Office of Supportive Housing, the Department of Licenses and Inspections and the Department of Revenue.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized $669,000 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund transfers.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Council and the Auditing Department to the Department of Human Services and the Auditing Department.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorized a $274,150 transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Managing Director, the Police Department and the Director of Finance to the Law Department.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized a $2 million transfer within Philadelphia’s Aviation Fund for Fiscal Year 2008.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Aviation Fund from the City Representative and the Director of Commerce to the Director of Finance - Fringe Benefits.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $1,951,989 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund personal-services appropriations from several City departments and offices to the Managing Director.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Police Department, the Department of Streets, the Fire Department, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Recreation, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Human Services - Office of Supportive Housing, the Director of Finance and the City Representative and the Director of Commerce to the Managing Director.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill authorized the Director of Finance to charge up to $250,000 in compensation for Finance employees used by the Board of Pensions and Retirement to the board’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget authorization.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to charge against the authorization made to the Board of Pensions and Retirement in the Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Budget, the compensation of Office of the Director of Finance employees being used by the Board of Pensions and Retirement pursuant to Section 8-401 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.