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 September 25, 2008 meeting.
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Thanking The Members Of The Pennsylvania General Assembly Who Supported House Bill 2525 Which Will Dramatically Improve Conditions For Dogs Kept In Pennsylvania Commercial Kennels & Urging The Pennsylvania State Senate To Promptly Pass This Bill In Its Current Form.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring Operation Warm on the occasion of celebrating their Tenth Anniversary and distribution of 500,000 new winter coats.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing October as Philly Plays SCRABBLE Month.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing September 27, 2008 as Green Jobs Now: A National Day of Action to Build the New Economy in Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the City Council's Committees on Public Health and Human Services and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold joint hearings on how the Aging in Place model could strengthen Philadelphia neighborhoods by providing supports and services to seniors in their own homes.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring, Recognizing and Congratulating the Philadelphia Neighborhoods Manayunk and Overbrook Farms for being selected by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission as "Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Initiating action requesting the termination of the Frankford Special Services District ("District"), a neighborhood improvement district, and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance that would formally terminate the District.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Eleventh and Fifty-ninth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Honoring the Olympic Gold Medalist Cullen Jones Diversity Tour and Declaring October 18, 2008 as "Cullen Jones Day" in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding reverse mortgages.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the health, financial, and quality of life issues of veterans.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Recognizing the Week of October 13, 2008 as Certified Nursing Assistants Week in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing City Council's Legislative Oversight Committee to hold public hearings on implementing department-specific computerized ethics training programs designed to equip all City officials, employees and appointees with the ethics knowledge needed to make better decisions and take appropriate actions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," to provide for a homestead exemption with respect to City real property tax, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Amending Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," by prohibiting the operation of a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle with certain types of aftermarket mufflers, and by prohibiting businesses and other persons from installing such prohibited types of aftermarket mufflers, and providing for fines and penalties; and amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by providing for the revocation of the business privilege license of a business that violates the prohibition against the installation of certain prohibited mufflers; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Terminating the Frankford Special Services District ("District"), a neighborhood improvement district, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.