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
September 11, 2003
This enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs to be placed and maintained at the intersection of Cabell Road and Lester Road, following PennDOT regulations.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Cabell road and Lester road.
NO ACTION TAKEN
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This enacted ordinance requires stop signs to be placed and maintained on Second Street at the intersection of Poplar Street, consistent with PennDOT regulations.
Authorizing the installation of stop signs on Second Street at the intersection of Poplar Street.
NO ACTION TAKEN
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City Council adopted a resolution proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter that would allow the Procurement Department to join cooperative purchasing arrangements with other public agencies for services, supplies, equipment, or construction.
Proposing an amendment to Section 8-200 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter providing for the use of cooperative purchasing agreements with other public agencies, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
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This enacted bill provided for Philadelphia voters to consider an amendment to Section 8-200 of the Home Rule Charter concerning the use of cooperative purchasing agreements with other public agencies.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to Section 8-200 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, providing for the use of cooperative purchasing agreements with other public agencies, as approved by Resolution of the City Council; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
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The enacted ordinance provides continued City contributions for health and welfare benefits for city employees who retire under a City pension plan after at least 10 years of credited service.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by providing for certain health and welfare benefits for pensioned employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
VETOED
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This enacted ordinance provides health and medical benefits to the spouse and eligible dependent children of a deceased City officer or employee who qualified for service retirement benefits.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Officers and Employees," by enacting the "W. Thacher Longstreth Memorial Survivors and Dependents Medical Care Ordinance," providing certain health and medical benefits to the spouse and dependent children of deceased City officers and employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
NO ACTION TAKEN
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The enacted ordinance requires two left-turn green-arrow traffic signals at the intersection of Rising Sun Avenue and Adams Avenue.
Authorizing the installation of two left turn green arrow traffic signals at the intersection of Rising Sun avenue and Adams avenue.
NO ACTION TAKEN
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This enacted ordinance authorized Philadelphia to enter into a lease with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority for the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center, the Criminal Justice Center, and the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property of the City of Philadelphia, on behalf of the City and in cooperation with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, to undertake a Project to promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the City of Philadelphia; authorizing and approving (i) the Project, (ii) the entering into, execution and delivery of a Lease between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Municipal Authority, (iii) the issuance by the Philadelphia Municipal Authority of bonds in one or more series, to pay the costs of the Project, (iv) the assignment of the Lease by the Philadelphia Municipal Authority to a trustee, and (v) the obligation of the City of Philadelphia to pay rent under the Lease when due; authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to enter into the Lease with the Philadelphia Municipal Authority; authorizing the Director of Finance and other officers of the City of Philadelphia to take such o...
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This enacted ordinance created the Progress Plaza Tax Increment Financing District, covering the area generally bounded by Broad Street, Oxford Street, Thirteenth Street, and Jefferson Street, and approved the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development’s redevelopment plan.
Creating the Progress Plaza Tax Increment Financing District, being the area generally bounded by Broad street on the west, Oxford street on the north, Thirteenth street on the east, and Jefferson street on the south and approving the project plan of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development ("PAID") for the redevelopment of the Progress Plaza Tax Increment Financing District and making certain findings and declarations, all in accordance with the Tax Increment Financing Act, being the Act of July 11, 1990, P.L. 465, No. 113, as amended, and authorizing the Director of Finance and other offices of the City to execute documents and do all things necessary to carry out the intent of this Ordinance.
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The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings about the Philadelphia Housing Authority and four union locals’ failure to negotiate new contracts after their agreements expired on March 31, 2002.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Law and Government to hold hearings to investigate the failure of the Philadelphia Housing Authority and four union locals: AFSCME District Council 47 Locals 2186 and 2187, AFSCME District Council 33 Local 934, and Fraternal Order of Housing Police, to negotiate new contracts and authorizing the Chairperson of the Committee in furtherance of such investigation to issue subpoenas or other process as the Chairperson deems necessary or appropriate to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents to the full extent authorized under Section 2-401 of the Home Rule Charter.
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Meeting date
August 1, 2003
Meeting date
July 31, 2003
This enacted ordinance authorized a $425,000 transfer within Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2003 General Fund.
Authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003 within the General Fund from the Department of Revenue - Sinking Fund Commission to the Sheriff.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill removes the fixed charges listed in the Philadelphia Code for surveying and regulating services.
Amending Title 11 of The Philadelphia Code entitled "Streets," and Chapter 11-300 entitled "Board of Surveyors" by amending section 11-306, entitled "Schedule of Charges" by deleting all specified charges for surveyors and regulators and providing for the Streets Department to adopt fees by regulation; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s payroll deduction rules to allow City employees to have money deducted from their paychecks for a City-approved program covering certain qualified transportation expenses.
Amending Section 19-203 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," by authorizing City employee payroll deductions for payments to the administrator of any City-approved program under which City employees may make pre-tax payment of certain qualified transportation expenses as authorized under Section 132 of the Internal Revenue Code, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted bill increases the civil penalty for three violations involving buses under Philadelphia’s Traffic Code—from $20 to $250, in addition to applicable costs and fees.
Amending Section 12-2809 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to civil penalties and costs for violations of certain provisions of Title 12 ("Traffic Code"), by increasing the civil penalty for violations of Section 12-908 relating to stopping, standing, and parking of buses and taxicabs, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This enacted ordinance authorizes G2S2 Associates, L.P., the owner of 1605–1627 Sansom Street, to build and maintain additions extending over the sidewalks and street area near the property on Sansom Street and Stock Exchange Place.
Authorizing G2S2 Associates, L.P., owner of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103, to construct and maintain a building encroachment over and above the north footway of the 1600 block of Sansom Street adjacent to the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street and to construct and maintain a building encroachment with electric lights over and above the south footway and cartway of the 1600 block of Stock Exchange Place adjacent to the rear of the property 1605-1627 Sansom Street; all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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The enacted ordinance authorizes the Center City District to construct, own, and maintain 27 pedestrian-scale light poles and 11 banner poles on and under public sidewalks along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and nearby streets from 16th Street to Eakins Oval.
Authorizing the Center City District, 917 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, its successors and assigns, to construct, own and maintain a total of twenty-seven (27) pedestrian scale light poles with luminaires and eleven (11) banner poles with mastarms on and under the public footway of Benjamin Franklin Parkway and adjacent streets, from Sixteenth Street to the Eakins Oval.
SIGNED
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The enacted law authorizes the Department of Streets’ Board of Surveyors to approve supplemental plans that change curb lines, roadway widths, or grades for part of a block during street improvements.
Amending Chapter 11-300 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Board of Surveyors," by amending Section 11-301, entitled "Street Improvements," by adding new subsections authorizing the Board of Surveyors of the Department of Streets, by resolution, to file a supplemental plan to the City Plan showing any changes in curb lines and grades that in the judgment of the Board of Surveyors will enhance pedestrian safety and improve traffic calming, provided that these changes do not affect the curb line for an entire block, under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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