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 May 8, 2008 meeting.
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Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services to hold public hearings on car sharing in the City of Philadelphia and exploring problems car sharing organizations have encountered in the City, including zoning regulations and on-street parking regulations, potential solutions to such problems and long-term policies and incentives to encourage and expand car sharing programs.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Enacting a new Chapter 9-3300, entitled "Promoting Healthy Families and Workplaces," to provide that certain employees are entitled to paid sick leave, all under certain terms and conditions.
Re-Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by York Street, Thompson Street, the former Thompson Street, Hagert Street, Moyer Street and Aramingo Avenue.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Managing Director to the Mayor's Office of Community Services.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Managing Director to the Police Department, the District Attorney, and the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 from the General Fund, the City Representative and the Director of Commerce and from the Community Development Fund, the Director of Finance - Community Development Block Grant - to be Allocated to the General Fund, the Mayor, the Department of Recreation, the Director of Finance - Fringe Benefits, and the City Commissioners.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by State Road, Poquessing Creek, The Delaware River and Grant Avenue.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Section 9-1103 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Unlawful Employment Practices," and enacting a new Chapter 9-3200, entitled "Entitlement To Leave Due To Domestic Or Sexual Violence," to provide that certain employees may take unpaid leave from work to address domestic or sexual violence; 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.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Chapter 11-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Construction, Encroachments And Projections Over, On And Under Streets," by adding a new Section that requires that certain conditions be placed on any permit that authorizes the temporary closing of a sidewalk or roadway lane; in particular, placing a time period on the validity of such permits, and prohibiting the parking, stopping or standing of vehicles on such closed sidewalks or roadway lanes with certain exceptions; all under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by adding a new Chapter imposing an Assessment on certain Net Operating Revenue of General Acute Care hospitals, under certain terms and conditions.
Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of the Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1338-44 Rising Sun Ave., for a raised deck encroachment for accessory seating for the restaurant, under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of the Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1338-44 Rising Sun Ave., for a raised deck encroachment for accessory seating for the restaurant, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of the Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1338-44 Rising Sun Ave., for a raised deck encroachment for accessory seating for the restaurant, under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
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.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
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.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
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.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
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.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.