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
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the September 13, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 73-90 of 104 actions from September 13, 2012
The adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings on how the City collects delinquent taxes owed to the City and School District of Philadelphia.
Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings on the procedures that the City currently employs to collect delinquent taxes, the effectiveness or shortcomings of those procedures, and the additional measures and resources required to improve the system for collecting delinquent taxes.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on City Council’s Education Committee to hold hearings about the Boston Consulting Group’s report on restructuring and stabilizing the School District of Philadelphia, as well as the District’s five-year financial plan for fiscal years 2013–2017.
Calling on the City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings Concerning the Boston Consulting Group's (BCG) Report to the School Reform Commission (SRC) Titled: Transforming Philadelphia's Public Schools: Key Findings and Recommendations, in Addition to the School District of Philadelphia's (SDP) Five Year Financial Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on City Council’s Education Committee to hold hearings about the Boston Consulting Group’s report on restructuring and stabilizing the School District of Philadelphia, as well as the District’s five-year financial plan for fiscal years 2013–2017.
Calling on the City Council Committee on Education to Hold Hearings Concerning the Boston Consulting Group's (BCG) Report to the School Reform Commission (SRC) Titled: Transforming Philadelphia's Public Schools: Key Findings and Recommendations, in Addition to the School District of Philadelphia's (SDP) Five Year Financial Plan: Fiscal Years 2013-2017.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have proposed amending the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create a "Hero’s Panel" to determine whether a police officer, firefighter, or paramedic died in the line of duty.
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide within civil service regulations for the establishment of the "Hero's Panel" to protect the dignity and legacy of fallen police officers, firefighters and paramedics for the purpose of responsibly determining whether a police officer, firefighter or paramedic has died in the line of duty, 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.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold public hearings about the economic effects of workplace policies that prohibit discrimination and provide equal benefits.
Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold public hearings reviewing the positive economic impact of workplace non-discrimination and equal benefits policies, which protect all employees, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold public hearings about the economic effects of workplace policies that prohibit discrimination and provide equal benefits.
Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold public hearings reviewing the positive economic impact of workplace non-discrimination and equal benefits policies, which protect all employees, regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution honors Firefighter Francis Cheney of the Philadelphia Fire Department’s Ladder 10 for rescuing a woman from a burning rowhome, giving her his air mask, and helping her family after the incident.
Honoring the extraordinary, heroic efforts of Firefighter Francis Cheney of the Philadelphia Fire Department's Ladder 10.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution honors Firefighter Francis Cheney of the Philadelphia Fire Department’s Ladder 10 for rescuing a woman from a burning rowhome, giving her his air mask, and helping her family after the incident.
Honoring the extraordinary, heroic efforts of Firefighter Francis Cheney of the Philadelphia Fire Department's Ladder 10.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Board of Surveyors to move portions of the southeasterly curbline of Delaware Avenue and Penn Street northwestward.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 271 by relocating the southeasterly curbline of Delaware Avenue, from Spring Garden Street to Ellen Street, a variable distance northwestwardly and relocating the southeasterly curbline of Penn Street from Delaware Avenue to Ellen Street, sixteen feet northwestwardly, thereby increasing the width of the southeasterly footway areas of said Delaware Avenue and Penn Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance extends until June 21, 2014, the deadline for meeting the terms and conditions of a 2004 authorization to revise lines and grades on part of City Plan No.
Amending Section 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 040511) approved June 21, 2004, entitled "An Ordinance Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 55 in the area bounded by Aramingo Avenue, Frankford Creek, and Adams Avenue, under certain terms and conditions," by extending the period for compliance with the terms and conditions stated therein.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes KHP II Chestnut, LLC, doing business as Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, to install and maintain planter boxes in the public sidewalks around 433–441 Chestnut Street and Independence Mall East.
Authorizing KHP II Chestnut, LLC d/b/a Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants ("Owner") to construct, own and maintain various right-of-way encroachments at 433-441 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA ("Property") under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes PNC Bank, N.A., to construct, use, and maintain four concrete planters in the public rights-of-way on South Street between 10th and Alder Streets and on Alder Street between South and Bainbridge Streets.
Authorizing PNC Bank, NA ("Owner") to construct, use and maintain encroachments within the right-of-way on South Street between 10th Street and Alder Street and on Alder Street between South Street and Bainbridge Street ("Property"), under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have required exterminators and other people paid for pest removal services to complete training in bee removal before exterminating a honeybee hive or swarm.
Amending The Philadelphia Code to impose certain requirements on exterminators of honeybees, including certain training requirements, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s zoning rules for stream buffers, waterfront setbacks, and certain overlay districts, and approves a Philadelphia Water Department map identifying protected watercourses.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by revising certain provisions and definitions, and making technical changes, all relating to stream buffers, waterfront setbacks, and certain overlay districts; and further approving a Water Department Hydrology Map designating watercourses subject to waterfront setback requirements; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes Aquinas 2021 Chestnut Street L.P.
Authorizing Aquinas 2021 Chestnut Street L.P. to construct, own and maintain various encroachments within the City right-of-way on Chestnut Street between 20th Street and 21st Street and on Ranstead Street between 20th Street and 21st Street, adjacent to the premises at 2017-2023 Chestnut Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have increased penalties on certain delinquent Philadelphia taxes with unpaid principal amounts over $20,000.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," to increase the penalties due on certain delinquent taxes; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This withdrawn bill would have reduced the amount and duration of Philadelphia real estate tax exemptions for qualifying improvements and new construction involving residential, commercial, industrial, and other business properties.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by reducing the amount of real estate taxes to be exempted for certain improvements to, or construction of, certain residential, commercial, industrial or other business properties; and by reducing the duration of such exemptions; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted law changes the rules for banks and other institutions that hold City funds.
Amending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by authorizing the establishment of a Responsible Banking Review Committee; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.