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 March 12, 2013 meeting.
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Showing 1-5 of 5 actions from March 12, 2013
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s minimum wage and benefits standards by removing the requirement that recipients of City leases, concessions, or franchises—and their subcontractors—must employ more than 25 employees to be covered.
Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," by revising the definition of the employers required to comply with the minimum compensation standards established by this Chapter, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes Philadelphia City Council’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Education to hold public hearings about how students are dismissed or released from Philadelphia public schools.
Authorizing the City of Philadelphia's Joint Committee on Public Safety and Education to hold public hearings regarding the Philadelphia School District policy for the dismissal or release of students to parents, guardians or other individuals for the purpose of verifying the identity of persons who remove a student from any Philadelphia public school.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes Philadelphia City Council’s Joint Committee on Public Safety and Education to hold public hearings about how students are dismissed or released from Philadelphia public schools.
Authorizing the City of Philadelphia's Joint Committee on Public Safety and Education to hold public hearings regarding the Philadelphia School District policy for the dismissal or release of students to parents, guardians or other individuals for the purpose of verifying the identity of persons who remove a student from any Philadelphia public school.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amended Philadelphia’s business income and receipts tax rules to allow up to 40 businesses, instead of 35, to receive an $85,000 annual tax credit for contributing $85,000 per year to qualifying community development corporations or nonprofit intermediaries for up to 10 consecutive years.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," by revising the number of businesses that may obtain a credit against business income and receipts taxes upon contributing to certain community development corporations or nonprofit intermediaries engaged in neighborhood economic development activities within the City of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain areas of land within a section of Southwest Philadelphia bounded by the Philadelphia County border, major roads, and the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by the Philadelphia County Border, the Delaware Expressway, 86th Street, Bartram Avenue, 84th Street, Mario Lanza Boulevard, Island Avenue, Penrose Avenue, Delaware Expressway, the Schuylkill River and the Delaware River.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.