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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Other actions actions from the May 1, 2008 meeting.
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This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings about the relationship between crime and street lighting in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to investigate the relationship between crime and street lighting in the City of Philadelphia.
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This enacted measure authorizes the City's Chief Information Officer to enter into contracts lasting up to four years with one or more providers of online legal research services.
Authorizing the City's Chief Information Officer, on behalf of the City, to enter into multi-year contracts with one or more providers of on-line legal research services to be used by various City and City-funded agencies, all under certain terms and conditions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This enacted ordinance authorized the transfer of $781,562 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund appropriations for personal services from the Streets Department, Department of Public Health, Department of Human Services, and Board of Revision of Taxes to the Mayor’s Office of Information Services.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Streets Department, the Department of Public Health, the Department of Human Services and the Board of Revision of Taxes to the Mayor's Office of Information Services.
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the Finance Director to charge up to $100,000 in compensation for District Attorney employees working for the Department of Human Services to the Department’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget appropriations.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to charge against appropriations made to the Department of Human Services in the Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Budget, the compensation of District Attorney employees being used by the Department of Human Services pursuant to Section 8-401 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $95,389 in Fiscal Year 2008 personal-services appropriations within the Hotel Room Rental Tax Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Hotel Room Rental Tax Fund from the City Representative and the Director of Commerce to the Managing Director.
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This enacted bill authorizes the Finance Director to charge up to $187,000 in compensation for District Attorney employees who are working for the Department of Public Health’s Office of Behavioral Health/Mental Retardation Services to that department’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to charge against appropriations made to the Department of Public Health - Office of Behavioral Health / Mental Retardation Services in the Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Budget, the compensation of District Attorney employees being used by the Department of Public Health - Office of Behavioral Health / Mental Retardation Services pursuant to Section 8-401 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, under certain terms and conditions.
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