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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Unanimous actions actions from the December 11, 2014 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 19 actions from December 11, 2014
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Joint Committees on Streets and Services and Public Safety to hold hearings on ways to reduce speeding, including traffic-calming measures.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Streets and Services and Public Safety to hold hearings on strategies and methods to reduce speeding, such as traffic calming, to make City streets, especially those in neighborhoods, safer for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists, and investigating how all traffic injuries and fatalities can be significantly reduced leading to the eventual goal of zero deaths, also known as a "Vision Zero" policy.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings about best practices in Philadelphia’s mobile food truck industry.
Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services of the Philadelphia City Council hold hearings to explore best practices within the mobile food truck industry.
Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution honors Ready, Willing & Able for helping homeless men and others facing poverty, addiction, incarceration, and other barriers.
Honoring and celebrating Ready, Willing & Able for helping hundreds of men overcome poverty, addiction and crime to become productive, contributing members of our community and responsible fathers to their children in the City of Brotherly Love by providing resources to men such as a transitional housing, recovery services, life skills and living wage employment that promotes healthy households and responsible fatherhood.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution recognizes and honors Joseph Neubauer upon his retirement as chairman of Aramark.
Recognizing and honoring Joseph Neubauer on the occasion of his retirement as Chairman of Aramark.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Education to hold public hearings about Philadelphia colleges and universities’ sexual-assault policies and the national movement toward “Yes Means Yes” affirmative-consent policies.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Education to hold public hearings regarding Philadelphia's institutions of higher education's policies on sexual assault and the national movement towards the adoption of an Affirmative Consent "Yes Means Yes" policy.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted by City Council, this resolution honors the African American Children’s Book Project for its 23rd Annual African American Children’s Book Fair.
Honoring the African American Children's Book Project on the occasion of the 23rd Annual African American Children's Book Fair and that February 7th is the Kick-Off of the National Literacy Initiative - Preserve a Legacy, Buy a Book.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the long tradition of the Mummer’s Parade and honoring Mummer’s organizations and participants, past and present.
Recognizing and honoring the long tradition of the Mummer's Parade and the many Mummer's organizations and participants, past and present, for their immeasurable contribution to the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about the Pathways to Job Growth Report by the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation and the Center City District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings regarding the Pathways to Job Growth Report by the Central Philadelphia Development Corporation and the Center City District.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings about increasing Philadelphia’s minimum wage to $15 an hour.
Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings regarding increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Joyce Craig-Lewis, the first female Philadelphia firefighter to die in the line of duty.
Honoring the Life of Joyce Craig-Lewis.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted by City Council, this resolution honors the life and achievements of Joseph E.
Honoring the life and achievements of Joseph E. Montgomery, a longtime president of Division 65 of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and a passionate advocate for Philadelphia's Irish-American Community
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution honors and commends Philadelphia entrepreneurs Salim Weldon, Tonae Simon, Andre Dominique Landry, and Amurri Kinsey for their business success, creative work, and service to the community.
Honoring, recognizing and commending Philadelphia's Young Entrepreneurs Salim Weldon, Tonae Simon, Andre Dominique Landry, and Amurri Kinsey for their creative spirit, success in business and commitment to service.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Property and Public Works to hold hearings about the current status, existing plans, and timeline for redesigning underused public spaces in Center City.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Property and Public Works to conduct hearings on the current status, existing plans and timeline for the redesign of underutilized public spaces in Center City Philadelphia, including but not limited to: the apron surrounding City Hall, Thomas Paine Plaza, the courtyard of City Hall and the ground floor of City Hall.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to add a definition for “sprayground.” It proposed defining a sprayground as a recreation area, often in a public park or playground, designed for water play with little or no standing water.
Amending Title 14 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Zoning and Planning," by providing for spraygrounds and adding definitions, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have prohibited vehicle parking on the north, east, and south aprons of City Hall, except for licensed contractors doing active work, vehicles operated by the Center City District for maintaining Dilworth Park, and other vehicles with a temporary permit.
Amending Title 16 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Property," by amending Chapter 16-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Maintenance and Supervision," prohibiting the parking of certain vehicles on certain sections of City-owned property; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s Public Employees Retirement Code.
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending various provisions to provide for provisions for participants performing qualified military service, to allow certain transfer payments for purchase of service and for purchase of service by certain classes of employees, to allow for non-spouse beneficiary rollover rights, to provide certain retroactive effective dates, and otherwise provide language required by the Internal Revenue Code, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution appoints Doug Hager to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District.
Appointing Doug Hager to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District.
FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED - RULES SUSPENDED; ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY'S FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution reappoints Howard Lander to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District.
Reappointing Howard Lander to the Board of Directors for the South Street Headhouse District.
FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED - RULES SUSPENDED; ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY'S FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.