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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March 26, 2026
Meeting date
March 25, 2026
The city is updating an agreement with a company that provides gas storage services to the Philadelphia Gas Works.
Authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation on behalf of the Philadelphia Gas Works of an amended Service Agreement with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC for gas storage services under the Transco WSS Open Access Rate Schedule.
SIGNED
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This bill allows the City of Philadelphia to continue selling special notes to fund the Gas Works, using some of the Gas Works' revenue as security for these notes.
Authorizing, generally, the continued issuance and sale by the City of Philadelphia of Gas Works Revenue Notes of the City, prescribing the forms of notes and providing for their execution and payment, pledging certain revenues of the Gas Works as security, adopting a rate covenant and directing the imposition and collection of rates and charges sufficient to comply therewith, prescribing the conditions precedent to the issuance of specific series of notes, including a resolution passed by the Bond Committee providing for establishment of credit support for notes, providing for designation of a fiscal agent and sinking fund depositary, providing for establishment of a sinking fund and its management, providing remedies upon default, and providing for amendments and modifications.
SIGNED
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The City of Philadelphia is considering a deal with Ancestry.com to digitize and make available to the public the city's vital records, such as birth and death certificates.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Records and the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to execute a multi-year concession agreement with Ancestry.com in connection with the digitizing, indexing, and public access and search of City of Philadelphia Department of Records vital records, all under provisions set forth in the concession agreement substantially as set forth in Exhibit A to this ordinance.
SIGNED
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This bill aims to prevent vacant lots in the Fifth District Overlay area by setting building requirements.
Amending Section 14-529 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "/VDO, Fifth District Overlay District," to provide for building requirements to prevent vacant lots, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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This bill changes the pay for members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, which is a group that makes decisions about zoning rules in Philadelphia.
Amending Title 20 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Officers and Employees,” by changing the compensation of members of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, all under certain terms and conditions.
SIGNED
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Meeting date
March 24, 2026
This bill is about approving a revised 5-year financial plan for Philadelphia, covering the years 2027-2031, with some changes for 2026.
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 2027 through 2031, and incorporating revisions with respect to Fiscal Year 2026, which is to be submitted by the Mayor to the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority pursuant to an Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement by and between the City and the Authority.
RECESSED
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This bill would create a new tax on orders for delivery of retail goods in Philadelphia, affecting businesses and residents who order items for delivery.
Amending Title 19 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes and Collections," to add a new Chapter 19-4800, entitled "Retail Delivery Tax," to establish a tax on orders for the delivery in Philadelphia of retail consumer and other tangible goods, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill would allow the School District of Philadelphia to collect a tax on rideshare services, like Uber or Lyft, that start in the city.
Amending Chapter 19-1800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," to a add a new Section 19-1808, entitled "Authorization of Rideshare Use Tax," to authorize the Board of the School District of Philadelphia to levy a tax upon the use by a passenger of a transportation network company for a prearranged ride that originates in Philadelphia; all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This bill aims to update the city's asbestos regulations by changing the fees related to asbestos handling and removal.
Amending Chapter 6-600 of The Philadelphia Code ("Asbestos"), by adding and revising provisions related to various fees, all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This bill aims to clarify how the city's Realty Use and Occupancy Tax applies to cell towers.
Amending Section 19-1806 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Authorization of Realty Use and Occupancy Tax," to clarify the imposition of the tax on the use or occupancy of real estate with respect to cell towers; all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill aims to change the fees for licenses and permits related to air management in Philadelphia.
Amending Title 3 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Air Management Code," to modify the amounts of license and permit fees, under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This bill changes the rules and fees for the Zoning Board of Adjustment, which affects people who need to go in front of the board for zoning issues.
Amending Subcode "A" (The Philadelphia Administrative Code) of Title 4 of The Philadelphia Code (The Building, Construction and Occupancy Code), by adding and revising Zoning Board of Adjustment fees and provisions regarding hearing scheduling, all under certain terms and conditions.
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This bill proposes an additional tax on hotel room rentals in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 19-2400 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Hotel Room Rental Tax," by providing for an additional excise tax on hotel room rentals, all under certain terms and conditions.
RECESSED
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This bill creates a 6-year plan for Philadelphia's capital projects from 2027 to 2032.
To adopt a Capital Program for the six Fiscal Years 2027-2032 inclusive.
RECESSED
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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.
RECESSED
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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.
RECESSED
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