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 November 17, 2016 meeting.
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This lapsed resolution would have authorized two City Council committees to hold public hearings on how Philadelphia should prepare to host America’s 250th Anniversary in 2026.
Authorizing the Joint Committees on Commerce and Economic Development and Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to hold public hearings to consider and make recommendations on how the City of Philadelphia should prepare to host America's 250th Anniversary in 2026.
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 Philadelphia’s Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, on its 90th anniversary.
Recognizing and Honoring the Omega Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated(r) on its 90th Anniversary and celebrating the Omega Omega Chapter's history, accomplishments and ongoing commitment of service to all mankind.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed proposal would have allowed drivers to park for up to the posted time limit without penalty in spaces served by an inoperable parking meter or payment center.
Amending Section 12-1010, entitled "Penalty," of Chapter 12-1000, entitled "Parking Meter Regulations and Penalties," of Title 12 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Traffic Code," to allow parking in parking spaces governed by inoperable parking meters or parking payment centers and establishing a presumption of inoperability, 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 rules for commercial establishments on residential blockfaces by replacing a Class III offense with a $300 fine for violations.
Amending Section 9-627 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Commercial Establishments on Residential Blockfaces," by lowering the penalty amount; under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Second and Race Streets, LP to install and maintain three benches and several embedded accent lights in the sidewalks around 205 Race Street, subject to City permits, approvals, insurance, and other conditions.
Authorizing Second and Race Streets, LP to construct, own and maintain various pedestrian enhancement encroachments at 205 Race Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19106 under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development to issue up to $60 million in bonds or other debt, plus related costs, to finance the City’s affordable housing preservation programs.
Authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development relating to the financing of the City of Philadelphia's affordable housing preservation programs, approving the issuance by the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series, to finance such programs; and authorizing and approving the obligation of the City of Philadelphia to pay in full when due the Service Fee and other amounts payable under the Service Agreement; authorizing certain City officers to take certain actions required to issue bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness; covenanting that the City of Philadelphia will make necessary appropriations in each of the City's fiscal years to provide for, and will make timely payments of, the Service Fee and other amounts due under the Service Agreement; and authorizing City officials to...
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s public employee retirement rules by creating Plan 16 for certain AFSCME District Council 33 employees hired or rehired on or after August 20, 2016, and allowing certain existing employees to elect into it.
Amending Title 22 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," to create a new Plan, entitled "Plan 16," for certain employees, to expand the scope of "DC Plan" to cover additional employees, to change contribution rates for certain employees, to amend various provisions relating to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan ("DROP"), and to make technical amendments; and amending Bill No. 110443 (became law Sept. 15, 2011) to revise certain effective dates relating to the DROP; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorized the transfer of $27.3 million in Fiscal Year 2016 appropriations among specified City offices, departments, boards, commissions, and the First Judicial District.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 from the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions and the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the General Fund to certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The lapsed proposal would have amended Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2017 capital budget by adding $1 million for a “Free Library Improvements” project.
Amending Bill No. 160171 (approved June 20, 2016), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Fiscal 2017 Capital Budget," by adding, revising, and/or removing certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill authorized $69.6 million in Fiscal Year 2017 appropriation transfers among Philadelphia’s General Fund, Water Fund, Grants Revenue Fund, County Liquid Fuels Tax Fund, Special Gasoline Tax Fund, and Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017 from the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Water Fund, the Water Department, the Grants Revenue Fund, the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants and to the General Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Water Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the County Fuels Tax Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions, the Special Gasoline Tax Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions and the Aviation Fund, certain or all City offices, departments, boards and commissions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s 2017–2022 Capital Program by increasing the estimated program total by $1 million, to $9,336,554,204.
Amending Bill No. 160170 (approved June 20, 2016), entitled "An Ordinance to adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2017-2022 inclusive," by adding, revising, and/or removing certain projects, amounts and sources, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to construct, own, and maintain two benches, a flagpole, and an existing monument in a traffic triangle near 122-138 Wyoming Avenue.
Authorizing the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to construct, own and maintain pedestrian enhancement encroachments at 122-138 Wyoming Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19140 under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance amends the rules for agreements allowing Philadelphia’s Board of Pensions and Retirement to administer retirement benefits for employees of certain quasi-public agencies, including the Philadelphia Housing Development Corporation and Philadelphia Parking Authority.
Amending Section 3(b) of an ordinance approved March 1, 1963, as amended, relating to agreements to administer employee retirement benefits for certain quasi-public agencies, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted amendment allows the Philadelphia Land Bank to exempt properties it holds from real estate taxes, water and sewer charges, stormwater charges, and other municipal charges, as permitted by law.
Amending Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Philadelphia Land Bank," to exempt the Land Bank from certain municipal claims and charges; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the City’s Commissioner of Public Property to convey all or part of the parcel at 3550 East Allen Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for further conveyance.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to convey a parcel of land commonly known as 3550 East Allen Street to the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, for further conveyance, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted law clarifies that tow truck operators generally must be selected through Philadelphia’s rotational tow system to remove vehicles from police-dispatched accident scenes or from the shoulder of a limited-access highway, unless State Police select or allow the tow.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by amending Section 9-605, entitled "Towing," to clarify requirements for application of the rotational tow system, and by adding penalties, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to construct, own, and maintain three signs extending into the public footway at 3220–60 South Street.
Authorizing the Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania to construct, own and maintain a sign encroachment at 3220-60 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104 under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have added requirements for seeking and granting exemptions from Philadelphia’s Economic Opportunity Plan rules for certain city contracts, development projects, financial assistance, and property transactions.
Amending Chapter 17-1600 of The Philadelphia Code,, entitled "Economic Opportunity Plans," by adding requirements when exemptions to Economic Opportunity Plans are sought and granted; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.