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 September 5, 2024 meeting.
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Showing 19-36 of 73 actions from September 5, 2024
The adopted resolution recognizes September 10, 2024, as Suicide Prevention Day in Philadelphia.
Recognizing September 10, 2024 as Suicide Prevention Day in the City of Philadelphia, and affirming the need for suicide prevention awareness and robust mental health services.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution urging the Board of Revision of Taxes and the Office of Property Assessment to accept all Tax Year 2025 property assessment appeals filed by March 31, 2025.
Urging the Board of Revision of Taxes (BRT) to adopt a policy of accepting all nunc pro tunc property assessment appeals filed for Tax Year 2025 by March 31, 2025, due to the delay in mailing of property reassessment notices until August 7, 2024.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings on whether critical City departments are able and prepared to maintain duplicate records.
Authorizing the Committee on Public Safety to hold hearings to investigate the ability and preparedness of critical City departments to possess a redundancy of records.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings about the amount of food wasted in the School District of Philadelphia and options for distributing excess food.
Authorizing the Committee on Education to hold hearings investigating the rate of food waste and determining distribution options for excess food in the School District of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring Drexel University alumnus Justin Best for helping the United States win the gold medal in the four-man rowing event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.
Honoring and recognizing Drexel University alumnus Justin Best, who mastered the sport of rowing on the Schuylkill River at Boathouse Row in the 4th Councilmanic District, for his contribution in securing the gold medal as one of four on the United States Olympic Rowing Team at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris, France.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution honors and recognizes Rick Williams, a 6abc Philadelphia news anchor and reporter, for his contributions to the “Crimefighters” series.
Honoring and recognizing 6abc Philadelphia news anchor and reporter Rick Williams for his contributions to the impactful "Crimefighters" series.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services Committees to hold joint hearings on mobile mental health units administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services.
Authorizing the joint Committees on Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings to investigate the effectiveness and potential expansion of mobile mental health units administered by the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and congratulating Joel Embiid for winning a gold medal with Team USA in the 2024 Olympic basketball final.
Honoring and congratulating Joel Embiid on his gold medal finish in the 2024 Olympic Games basketball final and for becoming the first player in Philadelphia 76ers franchise history to win a gold medal with Team USA.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution authorizing its Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings on Philadelphia’s preparations for events taking place across the city in 2026.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings to assess the current state of Philadelphia's preparations for the multitude of events being held across the City throughout 2026 as we celebrate America's 250th birthday and Philadelphia's central role in America's founding.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings on the City's progress toward its Vision Zero traffic-safety goals.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings investigating the City's progress towards achieving its Vision Zero goals and examining opportunities to increase safety measures for pedestrians and cyclists.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution honors and congratulates Philadelphia native and Preparatory Charter High School graduate Kahleah Copper for winning a gold medal with the U.S.
Honoring and Congratulating Preparatory Charter High School Graduate Kahleah Copper on winning the Gold Medal in Women's Basketball during the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris France.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring and congratulating The Rex 6 Basketball Team for winning the 2024 Brotherly Love Basketball Championship.
Honoring and congratulating The Rex 6 Basketball Team for winning the 2024 Brotherly Love Basketball Championship.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to hold hearings on whether using the regional Area Median Income (AMI) makes Philadelphia housing programs’ eligibility standards and funding less reflective of local housing needs.
Authorizing the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless to hold hearings on how setting affordable housing program eligibility according to the metric of regional Area Median Income (AMI) fails to reflect the true state of housing affordability needs of Philadelphians, how this leads to City housing programs not providing enough funding to those who need it most, and how the adoption of a more locally defined AMI can be utilized to create and sustain genuinely affordable housing across 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.
Adopted legislation authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer ownership of 10 properties on Reno Street in the 3rd Councilmanic District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3801, 3803, 3811, 3814, 3816, 3850, 3852, 3960, 3962, and 3964 Reno St located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer ownership of 11 properties in the 3rd Councilmanic District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3539 Aspen St; 682 N 33rd St; 3624 Brown St; 3405, 3830, and 3832 Wallace St; 610, 612, and 614 N Shedwick St; and 620 N 35th St located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer ownership of eight properties on Aspen, Brown, Parrish, Reno, and Sloan Streets in the 3rd Councilmanic District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3731 and 3940 Aspen St; 3936 and 3959 Brown St; 3958 Parrish St; 3900 and 3972 Reno St; and 773 Sloan St located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted legislation authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer ownership of nine listed properties in the 3rd Councilmanic District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 839 N 39th St; 3517 Mount Vernon St; 524 N 35th St; 3605 Melon St; 3833 and 3915 Brown St; 735 N DeKalb St; and 740 and 765 N 38th St located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer nine specified properties in the 3rd Councilmanic District.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 3837, 3917, 3938, 3940, 3944 Mt Vernon St; 612 Union St; and 3607, 3830, and 3832 Melon St located in the 3rd Councilmanic District in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-700 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.