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 May 8, 2025 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 31 actions from May 8, 2025
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution proclaiming May 2025 as American Stroke Month in Philadelphia.
Proclaiming May 2025 to be American Stroke Month in Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing May 2025 as ALS Awareness Month in Philadelphia.
Recognizing May 2025 as ALS Awareness Month 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 proclaiming May 2025 as National Tennis Month.
Proclaiming May 2025 as National Tennis Month.
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 Philadelphia Land Bank to transfer 1520–40 and 1600–20 Venango Street under revised project terms.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 1520-40 Venango Street and 1600-20 Venango Street located in the 8th 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 ownership of the listed properties in the 8th Councilmanic District under revised project terms.
Authorizing the Philadelphia Land Bank to dispose of 423-27, 429-39 (incl. 429-39 Rear) East Ashmead Street; 226, 260, 278, 313 (a/k/a 313-15) East Bringhurst Street; 49 East Earlham Street; 4635 Germantown Avenue; 30 Good Street; 5608, 5618, 5619, 5642, 5669 Heiskell Street; 4946 Keyser Street; 5514, 5515, 5642 Morton Street; 6672, 6674 Musgrave Street; 53 East Pastorius Street; 207 East Penn Street; 248 East Phil Ellena Street; 42, 44 Reger Street; 35 East Seymour Street; 227, 261, 263 East Sharpnack Street; 218, 326, 342, 343 Shedaker Street; 4951, 4957, 4961, 4975 Sheldon Street; 111, 112 East Springer Street; and 4925, 5222 Wakefield Street located in the 8th 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 honoring the life and legacy of Reverend Gus Roman, who died on May 4, 2025.
Honoring the life and legacy of the Reverend Gus Roman, a faithful servant of both the gospel and the people, for his legacy of uplifting Philadelphians, and for his unwavering commitment to civil rights locally and abroad.
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 declares May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month in Philadelphia.
Declaring the Month of May as Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Philadelphia.
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 honoring the life and legacy of Stephen J.
Honoring the Life and Legacy of Stephen J. Harmelin, Esquire.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This withdrawn resolution would have renamed the Wissanoming Recreation Center the “Margaret Tartaglione Recreation Center” to honor Margaret “Marge” Tartaglione and her service in Philadelphia politics.
Renaming the Wissanoming Recreation Center to the "Margaret Tartaglione Recreation Center" to honor the life and legacy of Margaret "Marge" Tartaglione, a pioneering public servant and leader in Philadelphia's politics.
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 renames the 4700 block of Rising Sun Avenue between Wyoming and Mascher Streets as “Officer Lauretha A.
Renaming the 4700 block of Rising Sun Avenue between Wyoming and Mascher Streets to "Officer Lauretha A. Vaird Way" in honor of her bravery, sacrifice, and dedication to public service.
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 recognizing and celebrating the Clara Barton School’s 100th anniversary and its century of early childhood education in Philadelphia.
Recognizing, congratulating, and celebrating the Clara Barton School on the distinguished occasion of its 100-year Anniversary, commemorating a century of early childhood academic excellence.
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 Special Committee on Kensington to hold a public hearing about how exposure to the opioid crisis affects children’s emotional, mental, and behavioral health in Kensington.
Authorizing the Special Committee on Kensington to hold a hearing to examine how chronic trauma from exposure to the opioid crisis impacts children's emotional, mental, and behavioral health in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, and to explore tools, services, and programs to support these youth.
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 Njemele Tamala Anderson for more than 20 years of teaching Philadelphia students and for being named The Philadelphia Citizen’s 2025 Educator of the Year.
Honoring and Recognizing Njemele Tamala Anderson for Over 20 Years of Teaching and Being Named Philadelphia Citizen 2025 Educator of the Year.
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 George Lane, Brandon Chiu, and Denisia George, students at the School District of Philadelphia’s Academy of Palumbo, for receiving the Gates Scholarship.
Honoring and congratulating George Lane, Brandon Chiu, and Denisia George for the prestigious honor of receiving the Gates Scholarship, a distinguished recognition that is awarded to 300 students every year out of nearly 100,000.
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 celebrating May 5–9, 2024, as Black Teacher Appreciation Week and honoring Black educators in the city’s educational institutions.
Resolution celebrating May 5th to 9th, 2024, as Black Teacher Appreciation 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 honoring journalist Chuck Stone for his posthumous Special Citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board.
Honoring journalist Chuck Stone for his posthumous Special Citation from the Pulitzer Prize Board for his role as the Philadelphia Daily News' first Black columnist, his trailblazing coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, and his position as co-founder of the National Association of Black Journalists.
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 Congressman Dwight Evans’s life and nearly five decades of public service.
Recognizing and Honoring the Life and Legacy of Congressman Dwight Evans on the Occasion of His 71st Birthday and Declaring May 16, 2025, as "Dwight Evans Day" 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.
This bill, which is currently in committee, would add rules for creating and administering Philadelphia’s Master Plumber and Journeyman Plumber examinations.
Amending Chapter 9-1000 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Trades," and amending Title 4 ("The Philadelphia Building Construction and Occupancy Code") Subcode "P" of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "The Philadelphia Plumbing Code" to add provisions related to the creation and administration of the Master Plumber and Journeyman Plumber examinations.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.