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 February 2, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 1-5 of 5 actions from February 2, 2012
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold public hearings to identify city programs, Parks and Recreation resources, universities, cultural institutions, and youth-focused nonprofit organizations that could support Philadelphia public school students’ academic needs.
Calling on the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold public hearings to determine and identify Parks and Recreation Department resources, along with other City departments' programming, universities, cultural institutions, social and non-profit organizations focused on youth, which can be utilized to aid in the academic enrichment and supplement the academic needs of Philadelphia public school students.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Public Safety Committee and Housing, Neighborhood Development and the Homeless Committee to hold joint hearings on Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s preparedness for returning veterans, including those from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Safety and Committee on Housing Neighborhood Development and the Homeless to hold joint hearings on the City and State's preparedness for the influx of returning veterans from war, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Education to hold hearings on the Philadelphia School District’s discipline policies and the report “Zero Tolerance in Philadelphia.” The committee is also authorized to issue findings and suggestions on making school discipline more effective and equitable, focusing on the reported effects on poor, Black, and Latino students.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Education to conduct hearings to examine the Philadelphia School District's discipline policy and the recent report "Zero Tolerance in Philadelphia" by the Advancement Project and Youth United for Change, which documents the negative and disproportionate effect of zero tolerance discipline policies on poor and minority students.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold public hearings about the condition of Philadelphia’s information technology systems.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Technology and Information Services to hold public hearings for the purpose of determining the current condition of the City's information technology (IT) environment and the Office of Innovation and Technology's plans for improving and supporting the internal requirements of City departments and agencies which will enable the public and City agencies to interact efficiently, creatively, and transparently.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings about creating a special purpose zone in one or more struggling neighborhoods.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold public hearings investigating the feasibility, advantages and legal measures required to establish a special purpose zone in one or more struggling neighborhoods to spur economic development.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.