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
April 3, 2003
This enacted measure amended Philadelphia’s wage and net profits tax rules to provide reductions in tax rates for residents and nonresidents.
Amending Section 19-1502 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Imposition of Tax," by providing for reductions in the rate of wage and net profits tax, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted measure requires banks and other institutions eligible to hold City funds to submit annual statements describing their community reinvestment goals for low- and moderate-income Philadelphia neighborhoods, including planned loans and investments.
Amending Chapter 19-200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "City Funds - Deposits, Investments, Disbursements," by prohibiting the City Treasurer from depositing funds in banks and institutions that have failed to submit statements of community reinvestment goals for low and moderate income neighborhoods in the City of Philadelphia, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes and requires all-way stop signs at the intersection of Acorn Street and Henry Avenue, following PennDOT regulations.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Acorn street and Henry avenue.
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This enacted ordinance authorizes all-way stop signs at the intersection of Fifty-first Street and Overbrook Avenue, to be installed and maintained in accordance with PennDOT regulations.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Fifty-first street and Overbrook avenue.
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This enacted ordinance provides for all-way stop signs at the intersection of Parkwood Lane and Summit Avenue.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersection of Parkwood lane and Summit avenue.
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The enacted ordinance requires all-way stop signs at the intersections of Valley Avenue with Renz Street and with Shalkop Street.
Authorizing the installation of all-way stop signs at the intersections of Valley avenue and Renz street and Valley avenue and Shalkop street.
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The enacted law requires City Council bills or resolutions approving funding for development projects costing at least $50 million, with the City or a City-related agency providing at least 10% of the funding, to include an economic impact statement or specified documentation explaining why one was not prepared.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," by adding a new Chapter requiring that a bill or resolution approving funding for certain development projects must include an economic impact statement, and providing for certain powers and duties of the City Controller in connection with the preparation of economic impact statements; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This lapsed bill would have limited how much a property’s taxable assessed value could increase in one year for purposes of calculating real estate taxes, generally capping the increase at 10% while allowing additional increases tied to new construction or improvements.
Amending Section 19-1301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by providing that the taxes levied on a property under that section shall not increase in any one year by more than a specified percentage as the result of an increase in the assessed value of the property as returned by the Board of Revision of Taxes, under certain terms and conditions.
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This enacted ordinance changes Philadelphia’s contract rules to strengthen reporting and compliance requirements for minority-, female-, and disabled-owned businesses, socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, affirmative action, and low- and moderate-income hiring.
Amending Title 17 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Contracts and Procurement," to improve compliance with certain participation, affirmative action and reporting requirements, including by amending Chapter 17-500, entitled "Goals For The Participation Of Minority, Female And Disabled Owned Businesses In City Contracts," by imposing reporting requirements on the Minority Business Enterprise Council relating to the participation of Minority, Female, and Disabled Owned Businesses and Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Individuals in contracts of the City of Philadelphia, its Agencies and all Quasi-Public Agencies and by prohibiting Council approval of certain City or Quasi-Public Agency projects; by amending Chapter 17-900, entitled "Neighborhood Benefit Strategy," by barring from participation in certain City contracts contractors that fail to comply with certain Affirmative Action requirements; and by amending Chapter 17-1000, entitled "Employment Of Low- And Moderate-Income P...
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Meeting date
April 2, 2003
This enacted ordinance approves participation by The Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia in financing up to $7.5 million for renovations and new operating-room and other equipment at Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and affiliated facilities.
Declaring that it is desirable for the health, safety and welfare of the people in the area served by Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. (the "Hospital") and its affiliates for The Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia to participate with the Hospital in the refinancing or restructuring of certain outstanding indebtedness of the Hospital and its affiliates and the acquisition and construction of capital improvements to the facilities of the Hospital and its affiliates.
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This enacted ordinance declares that it is desirable for the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia to issue up to $75 million in taxable or tax-exempt revenue bonds for Temple University Hospital.
Declaring that it is desirable for the health, safety and welfare of the people in the area served by Temple University Hospital, Inc. (the "Hospital"), a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation, in the vicinity of 3401 North Broad street, for the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia (the "Authority") to undertake a project whereby the Authority will finance the costs of the development and construction of a multi-level ambulatory health care building and other hospital improvements and related costs.
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City Council approved the Mayor’s revised five-year financial plan covering fiscal years 2004 through 2008, including proposed changes for fiscal year 2003.
Providing for the approval by the Council of the City of Philadelphia of a Revised Five Year Financial Plan for the City of Philadelphia covering Fiscal Years 2004 through 2008, and incorporating proposed changes with respect to Fiscal Year 2003, which is to be submitted by the Mayor to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to the Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement, authorized by an ordinance of this Council approved by the Mayor on January 3, 1992 (Bill No. 1563-A), by and between the City and the Authority.
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This enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s Zoning Maps for land in the area bounded by Forty-eighth Street, Brown Street, Forty-fourth Street, and Fairmount Avenue.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by Forty-eighth street, Brown street, Forty-fourth street and Fairmount avenue.
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The enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s tax code to authorize the School District of Philadelphia’s Board of Education to impose an annual tax on taxable real estate in the city.
Amending Section 19-1801 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Tax," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on real estate within the City of Philadelphia; and to restate the rates of taxation in tabular form; all under certain terms and conditions.
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The enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s school tax authorization to allow the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax for general school purposes on the use or occupancy of real estate used for business, trade, professional, commercial, or industrial activity.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1806 to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on the use or occupancy of real estate within the School District of Philadelphia.
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This enacted ordinance restates Philadelphia’s real estate tax rates in a table for different tax years, including the rate of $3.474 per $100 of assessed taxable property for 2003 and later years.
Amending Section 19-1301 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Real Estate Taxes," by restating the rates of tax in tabular form.
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This enacted measure amends Philadelphia’s School Tax Authorization provisions to authorize the School District’s Board of Education to impose a tax for general school purposes on residents’ net income from real property and tangible and intangible personal property.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1804, entitled "Authorization of Net Income Tax," to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on net income from real property and tangible and intangible personal property of residents of the School District of Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
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Enacted legislation amended Philadelphia’s business privilege tax rules by reducing certain tax rates and changing the rates used for alternative tax calculations.
Amending Section 19-2604 of The Philadelphia Code, relating to tax rates, credits and alternative tax computation for the business privilege tax, by reducing certain tax rates; all under certain terms and conditions.
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