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 October 22, 2012 meeting.
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Showing 1-3 of 3 actions from October 22, 2012
The enacted ordinance establishes a City registry of Philadelphia residents seeking work and requires recipients of at least $25,000 in certain City financial assistance to use the registry as the first source for new, entry-level jobs created directly or indirectly by that assistance.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter, entitled "First Source Jobs Policy," requiring the creation of a registry of City residents for the purpose of employment referral and further requiring that Beneficiaries of certain City Financial Assistance use such registry as the first source for all hiring related to any new, entry-level job created as a result of such Financial Assistance, all under certain terms and conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance establishes a City registry of Philadelphia residents seeking work and requires recipients of at least $25,000 in certain City financial assistance to use the registry as the first source for new, entry-level jobs created directly or indirectly by that assistance.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter, entitled "First Source Jobs Policy," requiring the creation of a registry of City residents for the purpose of employment referral and further requiring that Beneficiaries of certain City Financial Assistance use such registry as the first source for all hiring related to any new, entry-level job created as a result of such Financial Assistance, all under certain terms and conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have required certain City-funded or City-assisted construction and non-professional services contracts worth more than $150,000 to certify that at least 40% of workers were low- or moderate-income people and to make a good-faith effort to have City residents perform all contract work hours.
Amending Chapter 17-1000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Employment of Low- and Moderate-Income Persons by City Contracts," to require that a certain percentage of work hours performed under certain public construction and non-professional services contracts be performed by available City resident workers, and that businesses entering into such contracts submit an employment plan and report on workforce compliance; to add further requirements for employment of low and moderate income persons; all under certain terms, conditions and penalties.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.