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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Procedural actions actions from the October 23, 2014 meeting.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about how bed bug infestations affect physical and mental health, and about the rights and responsibilities of tenants, landlords, employers, employees, and other affected people.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to conduct hearings concerning the impact of bed bugs on physical and mental health, the rights and responsibilities of dealing with bed bug infestation and to commission a bed bug task force to determine best management practices and recommendations.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The lapsed bill would have required that 10% of the money spent on each performing arts event funded by the City or a city-related entity be spent on Philadelphia-based performing artists.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts And Procurement," by adding a new Chapter, entitled "Local Performing Artists Requirement," requiring that ten percent of performing arts events receiving City financial resources be spent on local performing artists; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s six-year Capital Program for fiscal years 2015 through 2020.
Amending Bill No. 140144-A (approved June 19, 2014), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2015-2020 inclusive," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s six-year Capital Program for fiscal years 2015 through 2020.
Amending Bill No. 140144-A (approved June 19, 2014), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2015-2020 inclusive," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, 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 amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal 2015 Capital Budget.
Amending Bill No. 140145-A (approved June 19, 2014), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2015 Capital Budget," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal 2015 Capital Budget.
Amending Bill No. 140145-A (approved June 19, 2014), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2015 Capital Budget," by adding and revising certain projects, amounts and sources, 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 amended Philadelphia’s Property Maintenance Code to add all commercial corridors and neighborhood commercial properties in the Tenth Councilmanic District to the areas covered by certain building standards.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), by adding the Tenth Councilmanic District to the list of areas covered by certain building standards, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Property Maintenance Code to add all commercial corridors and neighborhood commercial properties in the Tenth Councilmanic District to the areas covered by certain building standards.
Amending Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code," by amending Subcode "PM" (The Philadelphia Property Maintenance Code), by adding the Tenth Councilmanic District to the list of areas covered by certain building standards, 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 ordinance adds a hate-crimes chapter to the Philadelphia Code.
Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," to add a new Chapter 10-2100, entitled "Hate Crimes," to provide for additional penalties for criminal conduct motivated by hatred toward certain characteristics of other persons, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance adds a hate-crimes chapter to the Philadelphia Code.
Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," to add a new Chapter 10-2100, entitled "Hate Crimes," to provide for additional penalties for criminal conduct motivated by hatred toward certain characteristics of other persons, 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.
The enacted ordinance prohibits people in Philadelphia from selling, possessing, using, or giving away toy or imitation firearms that substantially look like real firearms, unless they meet requirements such as bright coloring or transparent construction, a permanently attached orange barrel plug, manufacturer identification, and no attached laser pointer.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by prohibiting the sale, possession, or use of toy or imitation firearms which substantially duplicate or can be reasonably perceived to be actual firearms, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance prohibits people in Philadelphia from selling, possessing, using, or giving away toy or imitation firearms that substantially look like real firearms, unless they meet requirements such as bright coloring or transparent construction, a permanently attached orange barrel plug, manufacturer identification, and no attached laser pointer.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by prohibiting the sale, possession, or use of toy or imitation firearms which substantially duplicate or can be reasonably perceived to be actual firearms, 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.
The enacted ordinance authorized a $500,000 transfer in Fiscal Year 2015 funds from Philadelphia Prisons to the Office of Housing and Community Development.
Authorizing the transfer in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015 within the General Fund, from the Department of Human Services - Prisons to the Office of Housing and Community Development, to support landscaping and lot-cleaning jobs in the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program for Returning Citizens, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorized a $500,000 transfer in Fiscal Year 2015 funds from Philadelphia Prisons to the Office of Housing and Community Development.
Authorizing the transfer in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015 within the General Fund, from the Department of Human Services - Prisons to the Office of Housing and Community Development, to support landscaping and lot-cleaning jobs in the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program for Returning Citizens, 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 ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of the City-owned parcel and improvements at 3300-98 C Street (Front and Rear) to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for further conveyance.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, all or part of a parcel of land and any improvements located at 3300-98 C Street (Front and Rear), for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer all or part of the City-owned parcel and improvements at 3300-98 C Street (Front and Rear) to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for further conveyance.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to convey to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, all or part of a parcel of land and any improvements located at 3300-98 C Street (Front and Rear), for further conveyance, 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 ordinance revises penalties for selling a minor an air gun, spring gun, or other non-firearm device that forcefully shoots pellets.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by revising the penalties for the selling of any gun or implement, that is not a firearm, which forcefully impels a pellet of any kind, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance revises penalties for selling a minor an air gun, spring gun, or other non-firearm device that forcefully shoots pellets.
Amending Chapter 10-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Safety," by revising the penalties for the selling of any gun or implement, that is not a firearm, which forcefully impels a pellet of any kind, 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.