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 April 10, 2025 meeting.
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The adopted resolution honors and recognizes The Elevation Project for helping reduce repeat incarceration and supporting formerly incarcerated Philadelphians.
Honoring and recognizing The Elevation Project, a non-profit organization, for its outstanding contributions to reducing recidivism, supporting formerly incarcerated individuals, and helping create pathways to a brighter future.
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 The Elevation Project for helping reduce repeat incarceration and supporting formerly incarcerated Philadelphians.
Honoring and recognizing The Elevation Project, a non-profit organization, for its outstanding contributions to reducing recidivism, supporting formerly incarcerated individuals, and helping create pathways to a brighter future.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution honors Inspector Verdell Johnson for his retirement and years of service with the Philadelphia Police Department.
Honoring Inspector Verdell Johnson for his retirement and years of service from the Philadelphia Police Department.
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 Inspector Verdell Johnson for his retirement and years of service with the Philadelphia Police Department.
Honoring Inspector Verdell Johnson for his retirement and years of service from the Philadelphia Police Department.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Education to create a task force to investigate the current state of higher education in Philadelphia and the region.
Authorizing the Committee on Education to create a taskforce investigating the current state of higher education as this pillar of the Philadelphia regional economy and cultural landscape undergoes generational change.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution honors Erik Reynolds for his contributions to St.
Honoring and recognizing Erik Reynolds for his historic contributions to the St. Joseph's University men's basketball program, his record-breaking journey to becoming the University's all-time leading scorer, and his lasting impact on 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.
The adopted resolution honors Erik Reynolds for his contributions to St.
Honoring and recognizing Erik Reynolds for his historic contributions to the St. Joseph's University men's basketball program, his record-breaking journey to becoming the University's all-time leading scorer, and his lasting impact on the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Adopted legislation authorizes the Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer six properties—705, 709, and 713 N.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 705, 709, and 713 N 35th St; 3712 and 3714 Wallace St; and 3810 Haverford Ave 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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing April 11–17, 2025, as Black Maternal Health Week in the city.
Recognizing April 11 - 17, 2025, as "Black Maternal Health Week" 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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing April 11–17, 2025, as Black Maternal Health Week in the city.
Recognizing April 11 - 17, 2025, as "Black Maternal Health Week" in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution recognizes April 5–11, 2025, as “Week of the Young Child” in Philadelphia.
Recognizing the week of April 5th to 11th, 2025, as "Week of the Young Child" in Philadelphia in support of The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and commending the work of NAEYC for promoting high quality educational and developmental services for children under 8 years of age.
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 recognizes April 5–11, 2025, as “Week of the Young Child” in Philadelphia.
Recognizing the week of April 5th to 11th, 2025, as "Week of the Young Child" in Philadelphia in support of The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and commending the work of NAEYC for promoting high quality educational and developmental services for children under 8 years of age.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This bill, currently in committee, would authorize the Commissioner of Public Property to acquire all or part of one or more parcels, including existing improvements, in the area around 31st Street, Ludlow Street, and 32nd Street.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City, to acquire fee simple title or a lesser real estate interest in all or a portion of a parcel or parcels of land located in and about the area bounded by 31st Street, Ludlow Street, and 32nd Street, together with all improvements thereon, for purposes of placing on the City Plan, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This proposal, which is held in committee, would expand Philadelphia’s tax credit program for businesses that contribute to qualifying community development, healthy-food, or nonprofit intermediary organizations.
Amending subsection 19-2604(6) of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Credit for Contributions to Community Development Corporations, Nonprofit Organizations Engaged in Developing and Implementing Healthy Food Initiatives and Nonprofit Intermediaries," under which businesses may enter into agreements to make contributions to community development corporations and certain other organizations to receive tax credits, by expanding eligibility for recipients of such funds and the uses to which such funds may be used; and which taxes that are used for this tax credit program, and increasing the number of businesses to which the credit shall be made available; and providing the option for a commensurate grant program; 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 the Trump Administration and the U.S.
Demanding the Trump Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to restore the funding that was cut for programs supporting Pennsylvania food banks and schools accessing local produce, which will endanger food security for vulnerable children and families in Philadelphia and further deepening the crisis of hunger in the City.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution affirming the importance of local control over housing development decisions and community input.
Responding to U.S Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Scott Turner's ill-informed understanding of public housing development and call for deregulation by reinforcing the importance of the continued preservation of local control over housing development decisions to ensure development aligns with the needs and desires of our communities, and calling on Turner to preserve the Choice Neighborhood Initiatives program which enables PHA to preserve and expand its affordable housing stock.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the historical and ongoing role of labor organizing and unions in supporting working-class families.
Recognizing the central role of labor organizing and labor unions in the history of Philadelphia, their ongoing importance to the wellbeing of working-class families, and condemning the Trump Administration's continued pursuit of anti-labor and anti-worker policies.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer city-owned properties at 2323-31 N.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 2323-31 N. 5th Street, 2322 N. Orkney Street, 2324 N. Orkney Street, 2326 N. Orkney Street, 2328 N. Orkney Street, 2330 N. Orkney Street in the Seventh 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.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.