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 September 24, 2026 meeting.
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Showing 1-18 of 18 actions from September 24, 2026
This resolution would recognize September 22, 2026, as World Perimenopause Day and September 2026 as Perimenopause Awareness Month in Philadelphia.
Recognizing September 22, 2026 as World Perimenopause Day and the month of September 2026 as Perimenopause Awareness Month in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would recognize September 2026 as Cerebral Visual Impairment Awareness Month in Philadelphia.
Recognizing September 2026 as Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) Awareness Month in the City of Philadelphia, and commending the Rosenblatt Family CVI Center at Overbrook School for the Blind, for its commitment to improving care, education, and research for children with CVI.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would recognize and honor the Miss Philadelphia Scholarship Organization on its 105th anniversary in 2026.
Recognizing and honoring the Miss Philadelphia Scholarship Organization on its 105th anniversary, celebrating all current and former title holders and the organization’s longstanding commitment to scholarship, service, leadership, and the empowerment of women in Philadelphia.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would honor Dr.
Honoring Dr. Molefi Kete Asante for his distinguished academic career as the founder of the theory of Afrocentricity on the occasion of WURD Radio’s feature on his local and global legacy through the Freedom Journeys initiative.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would authorize the City Council’s Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold hearings about how Philadelphia enforces laws for nuisance businesses, including Stop and Go establishments, and rules for business signs and window coverings.
Authorizing the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold a hearing to examine the implementation and enforcement of laws and regulations governing nuisance businesses, including Stop and Go establishments, signage, and window coverings, and to assess how enforcement practices can improve public safety, strengthen community trust, ensure due process, and reduce neighborhood conflict
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would honor and congratulate United Lutheran Seminary on its 200th anniversary in 2026 and recognize its longstanding presence and service in Philadelphia.
Honoring and celebrating United Lutheran Seminary on its 200th Anniversary and commemorating the Seminary’s longstanding presence and service in the City of Philadelphia.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would recognize September 2026 as Deaf Awareness Month in Philadelphia.
Recognizing September 2026 as “Deaf Awareness Month” in the City of Philadelphia and further honoring Pennsylvania School for the Deaf for its historic leadership, educational excellence, and unwavering commitment to empowering Deaf and hard-of-hearing students and advancing Deaf culture and community.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would authorize the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings about the City’s oversight of correctional healthcare contractors and the disruptions in medical care at Philadelphia’s jails.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings examining the City’s oversight of correctional healthcare contractors and the circumstances leading to disruptions in medical care in Philadelphia’s jails.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would recognize September 2026 as Hunger Action Month in Philadelphia to raise awareness about food insecurity and encourage action to address hunger.
Recognizing September 2026 as Hunger Action Month in the City of Philadelphia to raise awareness about food insecurity in our communities and to mobilize us to act in the movement to end hunger.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would recognize September 14–18, 2026, as National Construction Appreciation Week in Philadelphia.
Recognizing the third week of September 2026 as National Construction Appreciation Week in the City of Philadelphia, honoring the contribution of the construction industry to the vitality of our City
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would honor the legacy of Black labor in Philadelphia, including the first Colored Convention held in the city in 1830 and Black organizers who helped advance fair wages, safe working conditions, worker representation, and civil rights.
Honoring the legacy of Black labor in Philadelphia, including the first Colored Convention in 1830, and the Black organizers who for centuries have been at the heart of the American labor movement.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution in Council would recognize and honor five Latino leaders and community advocates in Philadelphia during Hispanic Heritage Month 2026.
Recognizing and honoring distinguished Latino Leaders and Community Advocates in the City of Philadelphia during Hispanic Heritage Month.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would recognize and honor Saint James Lutheran Church on its 100th anniversary, highlighting its faith, community service, and spiritual guidance in Frankford and Northeast Philadelphia.
Recognizing and Honoring Saint James Lutheran Church on its 100th Anniversary and celebrating its centennial as a pillar of faith, community service and providing spiritual guidance.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution recognizes, congratulates, and honors Philadelphia VIP for 45 years of service to Philadelphia.
Recognizing, congratulating, and celebrating Philadelphia VIP for its outstanding contributions to Philadelphia on the occasion of its forty-fifth anniversary.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would authorize the Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings on how Philadelphia is carrying out its Vision Zero Action Plan and its progress toward preventing traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Authorizing the Committee on Streets and Services to hold hearings to examine the City’s implementation of its Vision Zero Action Plan, evaluate progress toward eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries, and to identify opportunities to improve roadway safety throughout Philadelphia, including through daylighting, traffic calming, pedestrian infrastructure, and other such measures.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This resolution would urge the U.S.
Urging the United States Congress to support and enact the Ahmad Butler Pediatric Cancer HOPE for a Cure Act and calling for federal action to recognize and respond to pediatric cancer with national emergency-level urgency while also calling upon the President of the United States to consider declaring a national emergency concerning pediatric cancer under the National Emergencies Act.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This City Council resolution, listed as In Council—Final Passage, urges the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact House Bill 1678.
Urging the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact House Bill 1678 to tax digital advertising receipts and provide additional property-tax relief for eligible senior households.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This Council resolution calls on Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and Senate to pass bipartisan legislation banning Flock cameras and other automatic license plate reader cameras statewide, or to establish strict rules for their use.
Calling on the General Assembly and Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to pass bipartisan legislation to ban the use of Automatic License Plate Reader (ALPR) cameras like Flock cameras across the Commonwealth and ban or develop strong guardrails for the use of automatic license plate reader technology.
ADOPTED·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.