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 May 19, 2016 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 63 actions from May 19, 2016
This lapsed resolution would have authorized Council’s Committee on Finance to investigate and hold hearings about ineffective enforcement of Philadelphia’s Liquor-By-The-Drink tax and millions of dollars in unpaid taxes.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Finance to investigate and hold hearings on how ineffective enforcement of the City's Liquor-By-The-Drink tax is causing millions in revenue to go uncollected, funds which could go to support the schools in general and early childhood education in particular.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized City Council’s Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on health care services for deaf and hard-of-hearing people in Philadelphia.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on health delivery services for the deaf and hearing impaired in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized Council’s Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings about the state’s downgrade of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services license to provisional.
Authorizing Council's Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings concerning the recent state downgrade of Philadelphia's Department of Human Services license to provisional as a result of serious violations of child welfare laws.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the City Council’s Environment and Streets and Services committees to hold hearings on whether curbside recycling could include #6 plastics, including expanded polystyrene foam products.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on The Environment and Streets and Services to hold hearings to explore the feasibility of the curbside recycling of # 6 plastics expanded polystyrene foam products.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed resolution would have authorized the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings about developing and building a public off-highway vehicle park in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold hearings on the possibility of developing, designing and constructing a Public Off-Highway Vehicle Park in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED & REFERRED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution approving Mayor James F.
Approving the appointment of Fredrick S. Purnell, Sr., as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
REPORTED FAVORABLY
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution approving Mayor James F.
Approving the appointment of Fredrick S. Purnell, Sr., as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution approving Mayor James F.
Approving the appointment of Fredrick S. Purnell, Sr., as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council approved the reappointment of Reverend Dr.
Approving the reappointment of Reverend Dr. Leslie Callahan as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
REPORTED FAVORABLY
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council approved the reappointment of Reverend Dr.
Approving the reappointment of Reverend Dr. Leslie Callahan as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council approved the reappointment of Reverend Dr.
Approving the reappointment of Reverend Dr. Leslie Callahan as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council approved Reverend Bonnie Camarda’s reappointment to the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Approving the reappointment of Reverend Bonnie Camarda as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
REPORTED FAVORABLY
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council approved Reverend Bonnie Camarda’s reappointment to the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Approving the reappointment of Reverend Bonnie Camarda as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council approved Reverend Bonnie Camarda’s reappointment to the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Approving the reappointment of Reverend Bonnie Camarda as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution approves Herbert Wetzel’s reappointment to the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Approving the reappointment of Herbert Wetzel as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
REPORTED FAVORABLY
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution approves Herbert Wetzel’s reappointment to the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Approving the reappointment of Herbert Wetzel as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution approves Herbert Wetzel’s reappointment to the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
Approving the reappointment of Herbert Wetzel as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This withdrawn resolution would have approved Mayor James F.
Approving the appointment of Fran McLaughlin as a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Philadelphia Housing Authority.
REPORTED FAVORABLY
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.