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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Unanimous actions actions from the June 28, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 1-8 of 8 actions from June 28, 2012
This adopted resolution urges the Pennsylvania Auditor General to conduct a forensic audit of the School District of Philadelphia.
Urging the Pennsylvania Auditor General to conduct a forensic audit of the School District of Philadelphia to provide a greater degree of transparency into the District's finances so that the City of Philadelphia can consider solutions to the School District's current fiscal crisis.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Rules to hold hearings about the creation of Registered Community Organizations (RCOs).
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Rules to hold hearings to investigate the creation of Registered Community Organizations and the impact they will have on the community.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution recognizes the 40th anniversary of Title IX, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs that receive federal financial assistance.
Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of Title IX, the groundbreaking gender equality legislation that increased educational and athletic access to generations of women and girls.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution proposed amending Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to allow City Council to adopt the City’s annual operating budget within 30 days after the state budget is adopted.
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to authorize City Council to adopt the City's Annual Operating Budget Ordinance within thirty days of the adoption of the State Budget; providing for interim revenue and spending measures and procedures; all under certain terms and conditions; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed the zoning designations for certain areas within the boundaries of Parkside Avenue, 50th Street (Extended), Merion Avenue, 52nd Street, Columbia Avenue, and 51st Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Parkside Avenue, 50th Street (Extended), Merion Avenue, 52nd Street, Columbia Avenue, and 51st Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have amended Philadelphia’s business income and receipts tax rules to create a Visitability Tax Credit.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income And Receipts Taxes," by providing a "Visitability Tax Credit" for cost incurred to make newly constructed single and multi-family dwellings accessible for disabled persons all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have established a no-parking-at-any-time regulation on certain cul-de-sacs in the area bounded by 13th Street, 9th Street, Girard Avenue, and Cecil B.
Establishing a no parking anytime regulation on certain cul-de-sacs within the area bounded by 13th to the West, 9th Street to the East, Girard Avenue to the South, and Cecil B. Moore Avenue to the North.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed bill would have submitted a proposed amendment to Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to voters, allowing City Council to adopt the city’s annual operating budget within 30 days after the state budget was adopted.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to authorize City Council to adopt the City's Annual Operating Budget Ordinance within thirty days of the adoption of the State Budget; providing for interim revenue and spending measures and procedures; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.