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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

Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the December 13, 2018 meeting.

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Showing 1-18 of 18 actions from December 13, 2018

Council Action2018-12-13
COMMUNICATION 000058

Transmitting a bill amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by decreasing the rates of the tax based upon gross receipts.

READ

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Procedural2018-12-13
Resolution 000047

Authorizing the City Council of Philadelphia to investigate the non-enforcement of the Real Estate Non-Utilization Tax and to find ways to improve the current legislation to provide for additional revenue to offset the cost of City services to maintain abandoned and vacant land and to encourage the sale of abandoned and vacant land.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Bill 000028

Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," by amending Chapter 19-2500 entitled "Real Estate Non-Utilization Tax" by changing the definition of vacant and abandoned property for the purpose of taxation under this section, changing the rate of assessment of the tax and modifying the means of collection, all under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2018-12-13
Resolution 000043

Calling for an annual review of small business lending in the City of Philadelphia.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Resolution 000043

Calling for an annual review of small business lending in the City of Philadelphia.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2018-12-13
Resolution 000037

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Eleventh Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.

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Other recorded action without a published tally.

Procedural2018-12-13
Resolution 000036

Authorizing Council's Committee on Health and Human Services to hold hearings on the City of Philadelphia's welfare-to-work efforts, including the Transitional Work Programs, Philadelphia @ Work and Work Opportunities, and to investigate the effectiveness of such programs at placing and retaining former welfare recipients in permanent jobs that promote self-sufficiency, with specific attention focused on length of job programs, the appropriateness of wages paid, the practice of requiring attendance at unpaid training, and the retention rates of former welfare recipients placed into permanent jobs.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Resolution 000034

Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Third, Forty-fourth, Fifty-first and Sixtieth Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Privileged Resolution 000033

Honoring Lisa Cromwell.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Council Action2018-12-13
Resolution 000032

Honoring Rosaline Morgan, the 1999 Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

ADOPTED

Other recorded action without a published tally.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Resolution 000032

Honoring Rosaline Morgan, the 1999 Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Resolution 000029

Authorizing City Council's Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings to monitor the actions of City officials in addressing the effects of the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus on Philadelphia Firefighters who have been exposed to the virus during the course of their employment.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Bill 000026

Amending Section 14-1607 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Special Controls for the Center City Commercial Area" by providing that nothing in that section shall prohibit the maintenance of, licensed sidewalk cafés along certain portions of Chestnut street and Walnut street and amending Section 9-208 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Sidewalk Cafes", by requiring the main restaurant use more than twenty five percent (25%) of its interior gross floor area for seating and that all food served be on non-disposable containers.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Bill 000023

Amending Chapter 19-1400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Realty Transfer Tax," by decreasing the rate of the tax, all under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Procedural2018-12-13
Bill 000011

Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," to prohibit the attendance of children under the age of six years old at certain movies shown at movie theatre establishments after 7:00 P.M., under certain terms and conditions.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Bill 000011

Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," to prohibit the attendance of children under the age of six years old at certain movies shown at movie theatre establishments after 7:00 P.M., under certain terms and conditions.

Introduced·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

Procedural2018-12-13
Bill 000009

Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1804 to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on net income from real property and tangible and intangible personal property of residents of the School District of Philadelphia.

Referred

Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.

Unanimous2018-12-13
Bill 000003

To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2001-2006 inclusive.

Introduced (By Request) and Referred·Pass

Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.