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 January 24, 2019 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 41 actions from January 24, 2019
Recognizing, commemorating, and celebrating the Centennial Anniversary of the Historic First Korean Congress held in Philadelphia from April 14 to April 16, 1919.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on the increase in maternal mortality among African-American women in Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Reappointing Richard Goldberg to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Appointing Betsy Oliphant Ross to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Also naming Madison Street between Gaul and Chatham Streets as "Tommy Dunbar Way".
Introduced (By Request) and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Declaring solidarity with and support for the #MuteRKelly campaign, a grassroots movement that seeks to remedy decades of silence surrounding the sexual abuse of young Black women and girls by denying R.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Declaring January 30, 2019 Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution in Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Honoring Vernon Odom as he retires from his position as an Action News Reporter for 6ABC after 42 years.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Honoring Judge Harold Berger, lawyer, electrical engineer, philanthropist and recipient of many accolades in recognition of the virtuous life which he has led.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Honoring and remembering the late Raymond G.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Honoring the life and legacy of Karen S.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Submitting to the electors of the City an amendment to Article VIII, Chapter 5 of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, entitled "Referenda Approved by the Voters," by adding a new section providing that the citizens of Philadelphia call upon the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the Governor to pass legislation that will decriminalize, regulate, and tax the use, and sale to adults aged 21 years or older, of cannabis for non-medical purposes.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Recognizing the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter on the Occasion of the 108th Annual Founders' Day of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for the creation of an Office of Immigrant Affairs, to provide for the powers and duties of such Office, and to otherwise provide for incorporation of the Office into the City government; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced (By Request) and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Calling for the creation of an Opportunity Zone Oversight Committee.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Authorizing the Special Committee on Gun Violence Prevention to hold hearings to examine the effect of gun violence on victims and co-victims, as well as the resources available to them,
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Calling for the City Council Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings on the implementation of Charter-change legislation establishing the Department of Planning and Development, and its subordinate divisions of Planning, Zoning, Licenses and Inspection and Housing.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Recognizing AJC Philadelphia for its interreligious work in hosting the Muslim-Jewish Commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day; and further acknowledging January 27th as International Holocaust Remembrance Day in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.