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 16, 2010 meeting.
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This enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s rules for pedicabs, defining them as vehicles with three or more wheels that are primarily powered by people and used to carry paying passengers.
Amending Section 9-410 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Pedicabs," by broadening the definition of "Pedicab," and by making certain changes in the requirements for licensing and operation of Pedicabs, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill changes how Philadelphia selects banks or other qualified institutions to hold funds used for City employee payroll.
Amending Section 19-201 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Depositories," by amending the process for the selection of City payroll depositories, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance revises the list of banks and financial institutions where the City Treasurer may deposit City funds.
Amending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by revising the list of City depositories because of non-compliance with certain provisions of that Chapter, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance expands Philadelphia’s business privilege tax credit program so businesses may receive a credit for contributing to certain nonprofit intermediaries, in addition to community development corporations.
Amending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates and credits for the business privilege tax, by amending the provisions providing a credit for contributions to community development corporations to add certain nonprofit intermediaries as eligible recipients of contributions, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed proposal would have repealed Bill No.
Repealing Bill No. 090741, entitled "An ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 296, in the area laying northwest of Shawmont Avenue and southwest of Eva Street, by striking from the City Plan and abandoning a portion of a right-of-way for sewers and placing on the City Plan, in an alternate location within the same area, a right-of-way for drainage purposes and water main purposes and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said right-of-way being placed, under certain terms and conditions," under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Francisco Hernandez to construct, own, and maintain an enclosed staircase attached to 657 E.
Authorizing Francisco Hernandez to construct, own and maintain an enclosed set of stairs attached to 657 E. Allegheny Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that will encroach upon the sidewalk of "F" Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted measure amends the City Code to allow a farmers’ market on the east-side sidewalk of Germantown Avenue, starting at Allens Lane and extending 175 feet south.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding as a permissible location the sidewalk of the east side of Germantown Avenue from Allens Lane for 175 feet south, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have created standards for how Philadelphia city agencies and private employers with at least 10 city employees screen applicants’ criminal records.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by enacting a new Chapter 9-3000, entitled "Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards," to establish provisions and requirements for the screening of criminal records by certain employers within the City of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended the Philadelphia Code to immediately terminate the Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP).
Amending Section 22-310 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP)," by immediately terminating DROP, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the transfer of $4,703,282 in Fiscal Year 2011 federal stimulus funding within the City’s Grants Revenue Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2011 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants - Federal Stimulus Funding to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have required lenders that acquired residential properties through foreclosure to inspect them within 15 days.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), by requiring that mortgagees (lenders) inspect properties acquired upon foreclosure, and, if such properties are found to be vacant, meet licensing and other requirements with respect to such properties, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s rules for tower cranes by requiring people who operate, signal, or perform rigging for tower cranes to obtain certification from NCCCO or an equivalent accredited organization.
Amending Section 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Erection, Use and Inspection of Tower Cranes," by revising the certification requirements for the operation, signaling and rigging of tower cranes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s noise rules to exempt certain sounds from the noise limits.
Amending Chapter 10-400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Noise and Excessive Vibration," by providing for certain exceptions, including, but not limited to, sounds created by school bells, church bells, and similar devices; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.