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
Every non-roll-call council action we currently track from the June 25, 2020 meeting.
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Showing 37-52 of 52 actions from June 25, 2020
This enacted ordinance amends Philadelphia’s rules on prohibited conduct to bar people from using consumer fireworks after 9 p.m., unless the use follows specified Fire Code requirements.
Amending Section 10-403 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Prohibited Conduct," by prohibiting the use of consumer fireworks and providing certain penalties, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill, currently in committee, would amend Philadelphia’s water, sewer, and storm water rate rules.
Amending Chapter 13-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Water, Sewer and Storm Water Rates," to provide a discount on water rates and charges for landlord-properties rented to low-income tenants, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This bill, which is currently in committee, would change Philadelphia’s real estate tax rules for taxpayers who enter into authorized installment payment agreements.
Amending Chapter 19-1300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing that if a taxpayer enters into an installment payment agreement authorized by Section 19-1305, the City shall not place a lien on such property unless and until the taxpayer has fallen into material non-compliance with the agreement; and further providing for the removal of any lien that has been placed on such property in connection with an installment payment agreement, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance continued the Mayfair Business Improvement District through December 31, 2025, covering parts of Frankford Avenue and nearby intersecting streets.
Continuing the Mayfair Business Improvement District beyond its termination date, 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 and for which the Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc., a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, is 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. relating to the District; and authorizing Mayfair Business Improvement District, Inc. to assess property owners within the District a special property assessment fee to be used in accorda...
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes RPG Hamilton, LLC, through Radnor Property Group, LLC, to construct, own, and maintain existing and proposed pedestrian-scale street lights at 440 North 15th Street.
Authorizing RPG Hamilton, LLC c/o Radnor Property Group, LLC ("Owner") to construct, own, and maintain both existing and proposed pedestrian-scale street lights at 440 North 15th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130 ("Property"), all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted measure adds a Good Parking Jobs for Philadelphia Review Committee to examine job quality, working conditions, training, safety, advancement, and economic issues in the parking industry.
Amending The Philadelphia Code to add a new Section, entitled "Good Parking Jobs for Philadelphia Review Committee," to provide for the creation of an advisory body to consider the quality of jobs and opportunities for workers in the parking industry and the potential to make adjustments to the Parking Tax, including with respect to the goal of reducing the parking tax to seventeen percent by July 1, 2022, based on a review of working conditions in the parking industry, and to provide reports related thereto, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on Congress to create and fund a national water affordability program modeled on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.
Calling upon the Congress to enact and fund a national, sustainable water affordability plan similar to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program ("LIHEAP").
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution calls on Congress to provide fair, direct, and flexible federal funding to cities, towns, and villages of all sizes.
Calling upon the Congress to allocate fair and direct federal support to all of America's communities, regardless of population size.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
City Council adopted a resolution ratifying the Mayor’s declaration of emergency related to COVID-19 in Philadelphia.
Ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency Related to the COVID-19 health emergency.
ADOPTED·Pass
Other recorded action without a published tally.
City Council adopted a resolution ratifying the Mayor’s declaration of emergency related to COVID-19 in Philadelphia.
Ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency Related to the COVID-19 health emergency.
AMENDED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution ratifying the Mayor’s declaration of emergency related to COVID-19 in Philadelphia.
Ratifying the Mayor's Declaration of Emergency Related to the COVID-19 health emergency.
READ
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution calls on Philadelphia to invest in a Black stimulus package for neighborhoods, including $500 million for affordable housing and commercial corridors.
Calling upon the City of Philadelphia to invest in a Black stimulus package for our neighborhoods, to include $500 million in capital investments for affordable housing and commercial corridors, in addition to operating investments in a Poverty Action Fund for rent subsidy, basic income, benefits access, and job training stipends; and further authorizing the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Commerce and Economic Development to hold hearings to consider the City's Black stimulus.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution approved the Finance Director’s certification allowing Philadelphia to withdraw $34.276 million from the Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund for General Fund purposes connected to the FY2021 Operating Budget.
Approving the Director of Finance's Budget Stabilization Reserve Fund Withdrawal Certification for purposes of allowing utilization of $34,276,000 in the Reserve Fund for General Fund purposes in connection with the FY2021 Operating Budget.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The enacted ordinance authorized Philadelphia to issue up to $134 million in general-obligation bonds, subject to voter approval, for transit, streets and sanitation, municipal buildings, parks, recreation and museums, and economic and community development.
Authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions; providing for obtaining the consent of the electors to increasing the indebtedness of the City; and fixing a day and providing for arrangements for holding the election for obtaining such consent.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FINAL PASSAGE CALENDAR·Fail
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer ownership of 1421 Letterly Street in the Fifth Councilmanic District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1421 Letterly Street located in the Fifth Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 and Chapter 16-404 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the work of the Young Democrats of America and its Philadelphia and Pennsylvania chapters.
Encouraging the National Committee of the Young Democrats of America to hold their 2021 Biennial Convention in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.