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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Procedural actions actions from the February 9, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 1-7 of 7 actions from February 9, 2012
This lapsed bill would have changed Philadelphia’s contracting rules to give price preferences to products made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, or the United States when quality was adequate and the price was reasonably competitive.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by providing for a price preference for American-made supplies, materials and equipment purchased by the City and recipients of City financial assistance; and making technical amendments all under certain terms and conditions.
Re-Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings about bail practices in gun-possession cases.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to examine bail practices in gun-possession cases and the correlation to future gun-related crimes.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to investigate how the City supports manufacturing connected to the creative industry.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to investigate the City's support of the use of manufacturing in the creative industry, and how promoting and increasing this relationship will benefit the manufacturing sector in Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorized the City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about merging Philadelphia’s workforce development agencies.
Authorizing the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings on the merger of the City's workforce development agencies.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Joint Committees on Transportation & Public Utilities and Legislative Oversight to hold hearings about the status of the Philadelphia International Airport Capacity Enhancement Program.
Authorizing City Council's Joint Committees on Transportation & Public Utilities and Legislative Oversight to hold hearings to investigate the status of the Philadelphia International Airport Capacity Enhancement Program.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This withdrawn resolution would have urged the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee to reject House Bill 1523, which could have imposed financial penalties on municipalities that adopted or enforced firearm regulations.
Urging the Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee to reject House Bill No. 1523 which could impose heavy financial penalties on municipalities that adopt or enforce reasonable regulations of firearms, and to allow the City of Philadelphia to continue its efforts to regulate firearms for the health, safety and welfare of the City.
WITHDRAWN
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Labor and Civil Service Committee and Licenses and Inspections Committee to hold joint public hearings on construction industry practices and weaknesses in the City’s inspection and enforcement procedures.
Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service and the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold joint public hearings to review and investigate construction industry practices to identify any weaknesses in the City's current inspection and enforcement procedures and explore appropriate remedies, and in furtherance of such investigation, authorizing the issuance of subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.