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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Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
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Meeting date
February 8, 2024
This enacted law expands Philadelphia’s protections for service employees who work in security, janitorial, building maintenance, concierge, food, hotel, health care, parking, airport, and related jobs at large covered properties.
Amending Chapter 9-2300 of The Philadelphia Code ("Protection of Displaced Contract Workers") to provide protections for service employees, including laid-off employees, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The ordinance regulates businesses and individuals that prepare federal, state, or City tax returns for consumers.
Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses", by adding a new section regulating the operation of establishments providing tax preparation services and providing for remedies, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance amends an earlier ordinance concerning street lines and grades around Convention Avenue, Civic Center Boulevard, and Health Sciences Drive.
Amending Sections 1 and 2 of an Ordinance (Bill No. 170086) approved May 22, 2017, entitled "An Ordinance authorizing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 269 by relocating portions of the houselines and curblines of Convention Avenue, from Thirty-Fourth Street to Health Sciences Drive, and placing on the City Plan two rights-of-way for drainage purposes within the vicinity of the intersection of Convention Avenue and Health Sciences Drive and authorizing acceptance of the grant to the City of the said rights-of-way for drainage purposes, all under certain terms and conditions, including the dedication to the City of the beds of the areas proposed to be placed on City Plan as portions of Convention Avenue," by adding additional necessary City Plan changes and revising the terms and conditions stated therein.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Meeting date
February 1, 2024
The adopted resolution recognizes economist and professor Dr.
Recognizing Pioneering Economist and Professor Dr. Bernard E. Anderson on the occasion of Black History Month
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing the nonprofit Half A Million Kids and its work to raise awareness about children in foster care.
Recognizing the nonprofit Half A Million Kids to bring awareness to children living in the Foster Care system and ways Philadelphia can work collaboratively to help find permanent homes for foster kids.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution directs Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings and meetings about “stop-and-go” establishments accused of violating restaurant liquor license requirements.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings and meetings investigating "stop-and-go" establishments that violate restaurant liquor license requirements and further diminish the health, safety, and well-being of the surrounding community.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution directs Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings and meetings about “stop-and-go” establishments accused of violating restaurant liquor license requirements.
Authorizing Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings and meetings investigating "stop-and-go" establishments that violate restaurant liquor license requirements and further diminish the health, safety, and well-being of the surrounding community.
ADOPTED & REFERRED·Pass
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution appoints Elizabeth Woods to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
Appointing Elizabeth Woods to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution appointing Louis Tice to the Board of Directors of the Old City Special Services District.
Appointing Louis Tice to the Board of Directors for the Old City Special Services District.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted by City Council, this resolution honors and celebrates Lunar New Year in Philadelphia, including the start of the Year of the Dragon on February 10, 2024.
Celebrating Lunar New Year in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution declaring February 2024 “American Heart Month.” The resolution recognizes efforts to address heart disease, stroke, and cardiac arrest and urges households to learn CPR and use automated external defibrillators when available.
Recognizing and supporting the recognition of February 2024 as "American Heart Month".
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution appoints Paul Levy to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
Appointing Paul Levy to the Board of Directors of the Center City District.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes the establishment of the Kensington Caucus, a coalition of City Councilmembers who live in or represent Kensington.
Establishing the Kensington Caucus to represent a united legislative front in addressing the crisis in the Kensington area.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Adopted City Council legislation names the 1200 block of North 58th Street “Waverly B.
Also naming the 1200 Block of North 58th Street "Waverly B. Woodson, Jr. Way" in honor of war hero Waverly Bernard Woodson, Jr., for his courageous and selfless service during World War II.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes joint City Council committee hearings on how trauma centers are mapped across Philadelphia and how hospitals are selected when transporting shooting victims.
Authorizing the joint City Council Committees on Public Safety and Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings investigating the mapping out of trauma centers across the city and how they are selected when transporting shooting victims.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings about recent Rite Aid and other pharmacy closures in Philadelphia.
Authorizing the City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to explore the effects of recent Rite Aid and pharmacy closures in Philadelphia, understand the impact this has on prescription access and vital pharmacy health services for senior citizens, and examine the use of urgent care centers to fill the void in prescription care.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the life and legacy of Charisse McGill, founder of Lokal Artisan Foods, and recognizing her work as a businesswoman, organizer, and educator.
Honoring the life and legacy of Charisse McGill, founder of Lokal Artisan Foods, for her enduring dedication to the City of Philadelphia as a businesswoman and organizer.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings on Philadelphia’s progress toward its carbon-neutrality goals.
Authorizing the Committee on Legislative Oversight to hold hearings to investigate the City's progress on its carbon neutrality goals to meaningfully participate in the planet-wide effort to mitigate the effects of global warming.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.