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
Other actions actions from the December 1, 2015 meeting.
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Showing 1-10 of 10 actions from December 1, 2015
Amending Chapter 9-3300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Erection, Use and Inspection of Tower Cranes," by adding requirements regulating the use and inspection of mobile cranes, all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Authorizing the City's Managing Director or his designee to enter into a cable television franchise renewal agreement with Comcast of Philadelphia, LLC and Comcast of Philadelphia II, LLC, renewing the cable television franchises granted by the City to Comcast for Franchise Areas I, II, III and IV, under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Amending Bill No.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," by creating a wage theft coordinator for the City and adding definitions, duties, penalties, fees, procedural requirements, a private right of action and other related items regarding wage theft ; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," to expand the scope of "Plan '10" and "DC Plan" to cover additional employees, including employees represented by AFSCME, District Council 33, who work for the Office of Housing and Community Development, and to make technical amendments, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Creating the Philadelphia Commission on The Music Industry.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 from the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Housing Trust Fund, the Mayor - Office of Housing and Community Development, to expand the availability of the services provided through the "Energy FIT Philly" program, whereby affordable housing is preserved through the coordination of home repair and energy services, under certain terms and conditions.
NO ACTION TAKEN
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Amending Title 21 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Miscellaneous," for the purpose of improving the quality of life for students, teachers and all City residents by authorizing capital expenditures for improvements to property owned by the City and City-related agencies including the School District of Philadelphia, all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Amending Section 14-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Definitions," and Section 14-500, entitled "Overlay Zoning Districts," by adding a new subsection entitled "/ECO, East Callowhill Overlay District;" amending Chapter 14-702, entitled "Floor Area and Height Bonuses;" by adding a new subsection entitled "Stormwater Open Space" and a new subsection entitled "Through-Block Connection;" and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Establishing a neighborhood improvement district, to be known as the Mayfair Business Improvement District ("District"), in an area that generally includes both sides of Frankford Avenue from the north side of Harbison Avenue to the south side of Sheffield Street and certain blocks of streets that intersect that portion of Frankford Avenue; designating Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association for the District; approving a plan for the District, including a list of proposed improvements and their estimated cost, and providing for assessment fees to be levied on property owners within the District; authorizing the Director of Commerce, on behalf of the City, to execute an agreement with Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc.
SIGNED
Other recorded action without a published tally.