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 February 20, 2014 meeting.
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Showing 37-53 of 53 actions from February 20, 2014
This lapsed bill would have put a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment before voters to create an independent Department of Human Services Community Oversight Board and define how it would be appointed and what powers and duties it would have.
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 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the creation, appointment, powers and duties of a DHS Community Oversight Board; 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.
This enacted bill changes the Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee from five members to seven.
Amending Chapter 17-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia 21st Century Minimum Wage and Benefits Standard," by further providing with respect to the membership of the Living Wage and Benefits Review Committee; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to issue up to $550 million in water and wastewater revenue bonds, which may be taxable or tax-exempt and carry fixed or variable interest rates.
Constituting the Seventeenth Supplemental Ordinance to the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989, as supplemented; authorizing the Bond Committee to issue and sell one or more series or subseries of tax-exempt or taxable water and wastewater revenue bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit enhancement or payment or liquidity sources (or any combination of the foregoing) for such Bonds; providing that such Bonds shall bear interest at fixed or variable rates; determining the sufficiency of pledged Project Revenues; authorizing the Director of Finance to take certain actions with regard to the sale of such Bonds, the investment of proceeds thereof and the City's continuing disclosure obligations with respect to such Bonds; setting forth the use of proceeds of such Bonds; covenanting the payment of interest and principal; and supplementing the Restated General Water and Wastewater Revenue Bond Ordinance of 1989.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance created a Spring Garden Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay District covering the area bounded by Spring Garden Street, Broad Street, Callowhill Street, and 18th Street, including properties on both sides of those streets.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by creating a new Spring Garden /NCA Overlay District in the area bounded by Spring Garden Street, Broad Street, Callowhill Street, and 18th Street, and prohibiting Personal Credit Establishments within the District.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorized the City to revise the City Plan and vacate specified underground portions of Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Arch Streets near Love Park.
Authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by striking from the City Plan and vacating certain sub-surface portions of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Sixteenth Street between Arch Street and Cuthbert Street, and Arch Street from Sixteenth Street to a point east of Fifteenth Street.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s rules for businesses that sell electronic smoking devices, such as e-cigarettes, and unapproved nicotine delivery products.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by clarifying penalties for violations of Section 9-622, entitled "Cigarettes and Tobacco Products," and by adding a new section to prohibit sales of electronic smoking devices and unapproved nicotine delivery products to minors, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance prohibits using electronic smoking devices, including e-cigarettes, in covered enclosed public places, within 20 feet of their entrances, and at sidewalk cafés and other outdoor service areas, with certain exceptions.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places-Prohibited Conduct," by adding a new Section to prohibit the use of Electronic Smoking Devices in public places and in the workplace, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance requires the Philadelphia Fire Department to provide notice, commission an independent safety and cost study, and hold public hearings before temporarily or permanently reducing or eliminating an engine or ladder company.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode F (The Philadelphia Fire Code), by delineating the process to be utilized by the Philadelphia Fire Department in its consideration of temporary or permanent reductions or eliminations of fire companies that provide life safety and property protection from the hazards of fire, explosion or dangerous conditions in new and existing buildings, structures and premises, and by requiring input by fire fighters and emergency responders in that process; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance adds a new chapter establishing protections for uniformed Philadelphia Fire Department personnel who work as fire service paramedics.
Amending Title 21 "Miscellaneous", by adding a new Chapter 21-2800, entitled "Fire Service Paramedic Safety and Health," by adopting minimum standards to protect the health, safety and dignity of uniformed Philadelphia Fire Department personnel working as fire service paramedics; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have created a Firefighters and Fire Service Paramedics Bill of Rights for uniformed Philadelphia Fire Department personnel, including firefighters, fire service paramedics, and supervisory officers.
Amending Title 21 "Miscellaneous", by adding a new Chapter 21-2700, entitled "Firefighters and Fire Service Paramedics Bill of Rights," that adopts minimum standards to protect the rights of uniformed fire personnel including but not limited to Firefighters and Fire Service Paramedics, beyond departmental procedures, in order to ensure equality and fairness of treatment among such personnel; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution supporting the Repair America movement, which calls for prioritizing investment in electricity, roads, bridges, transit, water, and other infrastructure.
Supporting the Repair America movement which seeks to prioritize infrastructure investment which will create quality jobs, boost the economy and ensure that communities are safe and healthy, and urging our federal legislators to support this initiative.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Public Property Commissioner to lease the Junod Recreation Center to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to lease from the City of Philadelphia the premises commonly known as the Junod Recreation Center, for further sublease, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Public Property Commissioner to lease the Junod Recreation Center to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to lease from the City of Philadelphia the premises commonly known as the Junod Recreation Center, for further sublease, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Public Property Commissioner to lease the Junod Recreation Center to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to lease from the City of Philadelphia the premises commonly known as the Junod Recreation Center, for further sublease, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to lease the Chalfont Recreation Center to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to lease from the City of Philadelphia the premises commonly known as the Chalfont Recreation Center, for further sublease, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK`S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to lease the Chalfont Recreation Center to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to lease from the City of Philadelphia the premises commonly known as the Chalfont Recreation Center, for further sublease, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to lease the Chalfont Recreation Center to the Philadelphia Municipal Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a lease agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to lease from the City of Philadelphia the premises commonly known as the Chalfont Recreation Center, for further sublease, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.