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
Procedural actions actions from the January 23, 2014 meeting.
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Showing 1-6 of 6 actions from January 23, 2014
The adopted resolution authorizes joint hearings by the City Council Committees on Public Safety and Licenses and Inspections to examine whether Philadelphia should require a third-party structural inspection or engineering report for residential rental units or fire escapes.
Calling for joint hearings by the Committee on Public Safety and the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to investigate and explore the need for a third party structural inspection or an engineering report on residential rental units or fire escapes on residential buildings to be submitted with the City's Housing Inspection License (3202), also known as a Housing Rental License and required for any entity that rents any type of housing unit in Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on City Council’s Committee on Finance to hold hearings about how the sharing economy and collaborative-consumption businesses affect Philadelphia’s economy.
Calling on the City of Philadelphia City Council Committee on Finance to hold hearings concerning the economic impact of the Sharing Economy and Collaborative Consumption on the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Joint Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and Public Safety to hold hearings about the condition and maintenance of CSX Transportation’s railways, bridges, and other surface transportation infrastructure in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and Public Safety to hold hearings to investigate the conditions of railways, bridges and other surface transportation infrastructure owned, operated or maintained by CSX Transportation in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings about claims from the July 22, 2012, water main break at 21st and Bainbridge Streets.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities to hold hearings to examine the status of the claims filed as a result of the July 22nd, 2012 water main break at 21st and Bainbridge and to investigate possible measures to ensure that victims of this instance, and of future water main breaks, are fully compensated for their losses.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about Pennsylvania’s Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding the Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act of Pennsylvania.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about Healthy PA, Pennsylvania’s proposed health coverage plan connected to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
Authorizing the Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings regarding Healthy PA.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.