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
Unanimous actions actions from the February 1, 2024 meeting.
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Showing 1-13 of 13 actions from February 1, 2024
The adopted resolution recognizes economist and professor Dr.
Recognizing Pioneering Economist and Professor Dr. Bernard E. Anderson on the occasion of Black History Month
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted by City Council, this resolution honors and celebrates Lunar New Year in Philadelphia, including the start of the Year of the Dragon on February 10, 2024.
Celebrating Lunar New Year in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution declaring February 2024 “American Heart Month.” The resolution recognizes efforts to address heart disease, stroke, and cardiac arrest and urges households to learn CPR and use automated external defibrillators when available.
Recognizing and supporting the recognition of February 2024 as "American Heart Month".
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes joint City Council committee hearings on how trauma centers are mapped across Philadelphia and how hospitals are selected when transporting shooting victims.
Authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings investigating the mapping out of trauma centers across the city and how they are selected when transporting shooting victims.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings about recent Rite Aid and other pharmacy closures in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to explore the effects of recent Rite Aid and pharmacy closures in Philadelphia, understand the impact this has on prescription access and vital pharmacy health services for senior citizens, and examine the use of urgent care centers to fill the void in prescription care.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Charisse McGill, founder of Lokal Artisan Foods, and recognizing her work as a businesswoman, organizer, and educator.
Honoring the life and legacy of Charisse McGill, founder of Lokal Artisan Foods, for her enduring dedication to the City of Philadelphia as a businesswoman and organizer.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings on Philadelphia’s progress toward its carbon-neutrality goals.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings to investigate the City's progress on its carbon neutrality goals to meaningfully participate in the planet-wide effort to mitigate the effects of global warming.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution recognizes February 2024 as Career and Technical Education Month in Philadelphia.
Recognizing February 2024 as Career and Technical Education Month(r) in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution renaming the 2900 block of North 22nd Street “Ray Murphy Way.” The honorary name recognizes Ray Murphy’s long service to the North 22nd Street community, including mentoring business owners and supporting the area’s businesses and families.
Renaming the 2900 block of North 22nd Street "Ray Murphy Way" to honor Ray Murphy for his tireless service to the North 22nd Street Community.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council president to designate a Council member to ask the City Law Department to represent the Council in appeals of Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment decisions.
Authorizing requests to the Law Department to represent City Council in appeals from decisions of the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment and, if the Law Department declines to render such services to City Council, authorizing the retention of outside counsel to provide such services.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution renaming the 10900 block of Kirby Drive “Tony Caruso Way.” The honorary renaming recognizes Anthony J.
Renaming the 10900 block of Kirby Drive "Tony Caruso Way" in recognition of his decades of service to the Far Northeast Philadelphia Community.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the President of City Council to appoint a Chief Ethics Officer after the first meeting of a newly elected Council.
Authorizing the appointment of a Chief Ethics Officer for the Council of the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on Philadelphia’s leadership to implement more than 140 recommendations in the Blueprint for a Safer Philadelphia.
Calling on the leadership of the City of Philadelphia to implement the over 140 recommendations and next steps found in the Blueprint for a Safer Philadelphia, such as expanding the safe school corridor program, ensuring witness relocation, creating a "helping hand" release program, examining firearm restrictions, reducing retail theft, examining drones, increasing the closure rate of homicides, supporting Philadelphia's youth, and instituting "The Promise Initiative."
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.