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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Other actions actions from the March 17, 2022 meeting.
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Showing 1-11 of 11 actions from March 17, 2022
This communication advised City Council that Bill Nos.
Transmitting a message advising Council that Bill Nos. 210827, and 220114, which were passed by Council on March 10, 2022, were signed by the Mayor on March 11, 2022.
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This communication reports that the mayor returned without a signature a bill that proposed organizing the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority and setting ethics, lobbying, contracting, and financial-assistance requirements for it.
March 9, 2022 TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: I am hereby returning without my signature Bill Number 210956-A, which was passed by Council at its session on March 3, 2022. Bill Number 210956-A signifies the intention of the City of Philadelphia to organize the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority pursuant to authority established under state law, and amending Chapters 20-600 ("Standards of Conduct and Ethics"), 20-1200 ("Lobbying"), and 17-1400 ("Non-Competitively Bid Contracts; Financial Assistance") of The Philadelphia Code to address ethics, contractual and other requirements applicable to the Philadelphia Public Financial Authority. My Administration supports the broad policy aims outlined in this piece of legislation, particularly the focus on challenges faced by minority-owned businesses who are denied conventional loans and seek access to capital to start and grow businesses. However, existing entities such as the Philadelphia Auth...
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This communication is recorded with a status of placed on file.
Transmitting an a resolution approving the First Amendment to License Agreement of the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority for the redevelopment and urban renewal of a portion of the Market Street East Urban Renewal Area, for a certain pedestrian bridge located between Tenth and Eleventh streets above Filbert street, including air rights; and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority to execute the First Amendment to License Agreement with Keystone Philadelphia Properties, L.P. and to take such action as may be necessary to effectuate the First Amendment to License Agreement.
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This adopted resolution authorized City Council’s Public Safety Committee to hold public hearings about the Philadelphia Police Department’s Neighborhood Services Unit and its role in responding to abandoned vehicles.
Authorizing the City of Philadelphia Council Committee on Public Safety to hold public hearings to explore the role of the Philadelphia Police Department Neighborhood Services Unit as a part of the City's comprehensive response to the widespread prevalence of abandoned vehicles in the City of Philadelphia, and to examine enforcement practices, preventative measures and potential solutions necessary to address this problem.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold hearings on enforcement of building and construction codes, Licenses and Inspections inspector caseloads and staffing levels, and the City’s response to worker misclassification, also known as payroll fraud.
Authorizing the Committee on Labor and Civil Service to hold hearings to examine the enforcement of building and construction code requirements, Licenses and Inspections inspector caseload and inspector staffing ratios, and the City's response to worker misclassification, also known as payroll fraud.
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Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and congratulating Kate Scott as Women’s History Month’s Champion of the Week.
Honoring and congratulating Women's History Month's Champion of the Week, Kate Scott, on becoming the second female full-time broadcaster in N.B.A. history and female play-by-play announcer in Philadelphia sports history.
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City Council adopted a resolution honoring NBC10 Philadelphia meteorologist Glenn “Hurricane” Schwartz as he prepares to retire.
Honoring NBC10 Philadelphia's Glenn "Hurricane" Schwartz on the occasion of his upcoming retirement and recognizing his twenty-seven years with the First Alert Weather Team and his forty-two year career on television reporting the weather.
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The adopted resolution honors and celebrates the accomplishments of ten women leaders, including Benazir Bhutto, Sarah Boone, Hazel Johnson-Brown, Mae Jemison, Katherine Johnson, Condoleezza Rice, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, and Madam C.J.
Honoring and celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of inspiring women leaders: Benazir Bhutto, Sarah Boone, Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, Meta L. Christy DO, Admiral Michelle Howard, Mae Jemison, Katherine Johnson, Condoleezza Rice, Linda Thomas-Greenfield and Madam C.J. Walker, in honor of Women's History Month.
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This adopted resolution celebrates and congratulates Girl Scouts of the USA on its 110th anniversary.
Celebrating and congratulating Girl Scouts of the USA on the occasion of its 110th Anniversary and thanking Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania for its service to the girls of Philadelphia.
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The adopted resolution honors and congratulates the Independence Blue Cross Foundation on its 10th anniversary.
Honoring and congratulating the Independence Blue Cross Foundation on the occasion of its 10th Anniversary.
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The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer full ownership of nine City-owned properties in the Fifth Councilmanic District to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 1403 N. 17th Street, 1409 N. 17th Street, 1412 N. 17th Street, 1415 N. 17th Street, 1416 N. 17th Street, 1421 N. 17th Street, 1435 N. 17th Street, 1441 N. 17th Street, 1624 Jefferson Street in the Fifth Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia and further authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer to the Philadelphia Land Bank fee simple title to such properties pursuant to Section 16-405 of The Philadelphia Code.
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