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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Meeting date
May 15, 2008
The adopted resolution authorizes the City’s Public Property Commissioner to transfer certain City-owned vacant lots and buildings in the 15th, 37th, and 43rd Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Fifteenth, Thirty-Seventh and Forty-third Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
The adopted resolution authorizes the City Council’s Committees on Transportation and Public Utilities and on the Environment to investigate and hold joint public hearings about designating zones or areas for sustainability demonstration projects.
Authorizing the Committee on Transportation and Public Utilities and the Committee on the Environment to investigate and hold joint public hearings on the designation of zones or areas in which demonstration projects and sustainable strategies can be explored to increase the use of renewable energy, green building design and construction, water conservation, urban agriculture, tools to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental strategies.
READ
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This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s 36th Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
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Other recorded action without a published tally.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s 36th Ward to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority at no cost.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Thirty-sixth Ward of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
ADOPTED
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The adopted resolution supports Temple University's bid to host an NCAA Division I Women's Final Four tournament in Philadelphia between 2012 and 2016.
Supporting Temple University's bid to host a National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Final Four Division I Tournament in 2012 through 2016.
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The adopted resolution supports Temple University's bid to host an NCAA Division I Women's Final Four tournament in Philadelphia between 2012 and 2016.
Supporting Temple University's bid to host a National Collegiate Athletic Association Women's Final Four Division I Tournament in 2012 through 2016.
ADOPTED
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings about how City departments coordinate street closures for street resurfacing and reconstruction projects.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold public hearings to investigate how City departments coordinate with each other to prepare and conduct street closures for street resurfacing and reconstruction projects.
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This enacted measure authorizes the City's Chief Information Officer to enter into contracts lasting up to four years with one or more providers of online legal research services.
Authorizing the City's Chief Information Officer, on behalf of the City, to enter into multi-year contracts with one or more providers of on-line legal research services to be used by various City and City-funded agencies, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ
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This enacted measure makes the Streets Department responsible for permits to place construction materials in the public right-of-way.
Amending Chapter 11-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Construction, Encroachments And Projections Over, On And Under Streets," make the Streets Department the permitting agency for the placement of construction materials in the right-of-way; adding a section prohibiting the blocking or closure of a roadway or sidewalk for loading or unloading, building maintenance or related activities without a permit; and authorizing the Streets Department to issue regulations for such permits; all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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Meeting date
May 14, 2008
This enacted bill provided for a November 4, 2008 ballot question asking Philadelphia voters whether to amend the Home Rule Charter.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to civil service regulations to provide that, when eligible lists for appointments and promotions are established, those persons who have maintained a bona fide residence in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the date of the examination shall prevail over all others who receive the identical test score; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorized Philadelphia’s Finance Director to charge up to $5 million in compensation for Police Department employees being used by the District Attorney’s Office to the District Attorney’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to charge against appropriations made to the District Attorney in the Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Budget, the compensation of Police Department employees being used by the District Attorney pursuant to Section 8-401 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill authorized a $592,178 transfer within the Fiscal Year 2008 Aviation Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Aviation Fund from the City Representative and the Director of Commerce to the Director of Finance, the Procurement Department, and the Managing Director.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorized the Director of Finance to transfer $279,806 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund appropriations from the Department of Revenue to the Director of Finance.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Department of Revenue to the Director of Finance.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorized the Finance Director to charge up to $325,000 in Fiscal Year 2008 funds appropriated to the Board of Pensions and Retirement for the compensation of Mayor’s Office of Information Services employees used by that board.
Authorizing the Director of Finance to charge against the authorization made to the Board of Pensions and Retirement in the Fiscal Year 2008 Operating Budget, the compensation of Mayor's Office of Information Services employees being used by the Board of Pensions and Retirement pursuant to Section 8-401 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorized the transfer of $1,114,833 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund appropriations from the Managing Director and Department of Public Health.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Managing Director and the Department of Public Health to the Department of Recreation - Fairmount Park Commission, the Department of Human Services - Office of Supportive Housing, the Department of Licenses and Inspections and the Department of Revenue.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorized $669,000 in Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund transfers.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Council and the Auditing Department to the Department of Human Services and the Auditing Department.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill authorized a $274,150 transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2008 General Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the General Fund from the Managing Director, the Police Department and the Director of Finance to the Law Department.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorized a $2 million transfer within Philadelphia’s Aviation Fund for Fiscal Year 2008.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 within the Aviation Fund from the City Representative and the Director of Commerce to the Director of Finance - Fringe Benefits.
SIGNED
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