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
June 4, 2026
This bill sets the city's capital budget for Fiscal Year 2027, which determines how much money will be spent on large projects and investments.
To adopt a Fiscal Year 2027 Capital Budget.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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The proposed bill sets the city's operating budget for Fiscal Year 2027, which determines how the city will spend its money on various services and programs.
Adopting the Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2027.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill changes zoning rules in certain areas of Philadelphia, specifically the Seventh District Overlay District and the Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay District.
Amending Section 14-545 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled /SEV, Seventh District Overlay District by adding provisions from the /AME, American Street Overlay District, and the /NCA, Neighborhood Commercial Area Overlay District, North Delaware Avenue, removing the /AME, American Street Overlay District from the Zoning Code, and making related changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill would allow the city to create bicycle lanes and remove travel lanes on parts of Ridge Avenue.
Amending Section 12-701 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Designation of Bicycle Lanes," to authorize bicycle lanes and the removal of travel lanes on portions of Ridge Avenue, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill, currently in the Mayor’s Office, would revise income eligibility standards for Philadelphia’s Income-Based Water Rate Assistance Program.
Amending Chapter 19-1600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Water and Sewer Rents," by revising income eligibility standards for rate discounts and installment payment agreements, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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This bill, currently in the Mayor’s Office, would authorize the Water Department to reduce a customer’s water bill when a defective or inaccurate meter or transmitter has failed to correctly measure or report water use for more than 12 months.
Amending Section 19-1604 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Charges Where Water Meter Has Become Defective," by authorizing the reduction of customer water bills due to defective or inaccurate water meters, under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
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Meeting date
June 3, 2026
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to enter into a service agreement with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority and allows the Authority to issue up to $225 million in bonds or other debt to finance or refinance the acquisition of 400 North Broad Street and 1501 Callowhill Street, which the City subleases for use as police headquarters and other purposes.
Authorizing and approving the execution and delivery of a Service Agreement between The City of Philadelphia and The Philadelphia Municipal Authority relating to the financing of the acquisition of 400 North Broad Street and 1501 Callowhill Street (together with certain ancillary property rights), which premises the City has sub-leased for use as the City's police headquarters and certain other uses; approving the issuance by the Authority of bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (including reimbursement obligations related to lines or letters of credit) in one or more series to finance or refinance such acquisition costs and authorizing and approving the obligation of The City of Philadelphia to pay in full when due the Service Fee and other amounts payable under the Service Agreement; authorizing certain City officers to take certain actions required to issue such bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness; covenanting that The City of Philadelphia will make necessary ...
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This bill, currently in Council on second reading, would authorize Philadelphia to borrow up to $581 million through general obligation bonds for capital projects and reimbursements.
Authorizing an increase in the non-electoral indebtedness of the City within the Pennsylvania constitutional limit; authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; and authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions.
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This proposal would give qualifying child care service businesses a 50% reduction in Philadelphia’s Business Income and Receipts Tax rates on both gross receipts and net income.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Income and Receipts Taxes," to establish a partial exemption for certain child care service businesses, all under certain terms and conditions.
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Meeting date
May 28, 2026
This resolution asks the Pennsylvania state government to allow cities like Philadelphia to use ranked choice voting, a system where voters rank candidates in order of preference.
Calling on the Pennsylvania General Assembly to enact legislation that would allow local jurisdictions to adopt ranked choice voting.
ADOPTED
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This resolution urges the US government to remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and to end all economic sanctions against Cuba.
Urging the Trump Administration to remove Cuba from the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism and urging Congress to vote to end all economic sanctions against Cuba.
ADOPTED
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This bill allows the City's Chief Information Officer to sign a multi-year contract to buy licenses for various computer products and services, including email and cloud services.
Authorizing the Chief Information Officer, on behalf of the City, to enter into a multi-year agreement to purchase licenses for email, cloud services, enterprise software, data services, security software, and other related computing products and services, under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill allows the City's Chief Information Officer to sign a multi-year contract to buy support for the City's main computer systems and software.
Authorizing the Chief Information Officer, on behalf of the City, to enter into a multi-year agreement to purchase support for mainframe and database software protocols and applications, under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill aims to restrict the operation of carriage horse businesses in Philadelphia and sets penalties for those who don't follow the rules.
Amending Chapter 10-100 ("Animals") of The Philadelphia Code to restrict the operation of carriage horse businesses and to provide for penalties for violations, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill aims to establish rules and restrictions on the sale of certain intoxicating substances in Philadelphia.
Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions," to establish restrictions and regulations related to the sale of certain intoxicating substances and provide for associated penalties and enforcement, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill requires commercial landlords to take action against tenants who sell tobacco products without a permit.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code ("Service And Other Businesses") by adding a new Section 9-631.1 to establish requirements for commercial landlords to take certain remedial action against commercial tenants who engage in tobacco retailing without a required tobacco retailer permit and establishing penalties, all under certain terms and conditions.
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The City of Philadelphia is considering a lease agreement with the Fairmount Park Conservancy for parts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into a multi-year lease agreement with the Fairmount Park Conservancy, under which the City would lease to the Conservancy portions of the City-owned premises known as Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park for the Conservancy's use, operation, management, maintenance, and repair, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill creates temporary parking rules and permits for a specific area in North Philadelphia, bounded by several streets.
Establishing temporary parking regulations, and enforcement thereof, and temporary residential and guest parking permits for the vicinity of: the area bounded by the intersection of North 21st street and North College avenue, North 21st street, Master street, North 25th street, Cecil B. Moore avenue, North 33rd street, West Oxford street, West Glenwood avenue, North 32nd street and continuing along the railroad boundary south from North 32nd street at West Thompson street to the intersection of Aspen Street, Pennsylvania avenue, Hamilton street, North 21st street, Fairmount avenue, Corinthian avenue, Brown street, North 21st street, Poplar street, Corinthian avenue, South College avenue, Poplar street, West College avenue, North College avenue to the intersection of North College avenue and North 21st street, all under certain terms and conditions.
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