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 16, 2023
City Council adopted a resolution proposing a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment that would create an Office of the Chief Public Safety Director.
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to establish the Office of the Chief Public Safety Director of the City of Philadelphia; providing for the method of appointment of the Chief Public Safety Director and defining their powers, duties, and areas of responsibility; and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced and Referred
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings about the effects of a court decision that found Pennsylvania’s formula for funding primary and secondary schools unconstitutional.
Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings to examine the impacts of the recent court decision declaring the formula for funding primary and secondary schools in the Commonwealth unconstitutional as the current formula creates have and have nots among students.
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 honors and congratulates Nicodemus Madehdou for the work and success of his gaming businesses, JumpButton Studio and JumpButton Animation.
Honoring and congratulating Nicodemus Madehdou, for the success and incredible work of his gaming businesses JumpButton Studio and JumpButton Animation, which seek to increase person-of-color representation in the gaming and media industries.
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’s Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold hearings on how new licensing and zoning requirements affect Philadelphia’s short-term rental market.
Authorizing the Committee on Licenses and Inspections to hold hearings examining the impact of new regulations on the short term rental market in Philadelphia.
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 honors Cayla Waddington, Ava Jackson, Kevin Leonard, Khyree Cousins, and Antoinette Ellis for writing and performing original speeches in the sixth annual Thomas and Woods Foundation Martin Luther King Jr.
Honoring and congratulating Champions of the Week, Cayla Waddington, Ava Jackson, Kevin Leonard, Khyree Cousins, and Antoinette Ellis, for their incredibly hard work writing and performing original speeches for the sixth annual Thomas and Woods Foundation Martin Luther King Jr. Oratorical Contest.
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 honors Eric Brice, Corrie Brown, Michelle Belser, and the Board of Directors of the Oak Lane Youth Association as Heroes of Philadelphia’s 9th Council District.
Honoring Eric Brice, Corrie Brown, Michelle Belser, and the Board of Directors of the Oak Lane Youth Association as Heroes of the 9th Council District for their laudable service to the community.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have extended the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development’s existence for 50 years from the date the amendment was approved by Pennsylvania’s Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Adopting an Amendment to Section V of the Articles of Incorporation of the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development by increasing the Authority's term of existence to a date fifty years from the date of approval of Articles of Amendment by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia’s Procurement Commissioner to enter into a concession agreement with Slice Wireless Solutions, Inc.
Authorizing the Procurement Commissioner, on behalf of the City, to enter into a concession agreement with Slice Wireless Solutions, Inc. for the operation, maintenance and expansion of a neutral-host radio, cellular and WiFi system and other wireless services, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance changes the zoning designations for certain parcels within the area bounded by 63rd Street, Callowhill Street, Felton Street, and Vine Street.
To amend the Philadelphia Zoning Maps by changing the zoning designations of certain areas of land located within an area bounded by 63rd Street, Callowhill Street, Felton Street and Vine Street.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This lapsed bill would have put a proposed amendment to Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter before voters on May 16, 2023.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia the proposal in a Resolution approved by City Council amending The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter by establishing the Office of the Chief Public Safety Director to be responsible for ensuring public safety by coordinating the resources (personnel and employment, property, plant and equipment) within the departments of Police, Prisons, Recreation, and all other relevant City agencies; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted ordinance extends through August 31, 2027 a program allowing the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation to make gas supply, storage, distribution, transportation, and transmission contracts on behalf of the Philadelphia Gas Works.
Authorizing the extension of the program authorized by Bill No. 181043 under which advance approval is given to the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation to enter into certain contracts and transactions arising thereunder for the purchase, storage, distribution, transportation and/or transmission of natural and other gas supply on behalf of the Philadelphia Gas Works, subject to certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The enacted bill approved a Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) capital budget of up to $191.587 million for the period from September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023.
Approving the amendment of the Fiscal Year 2023 Capital Budget providing for expenditures for the capital purposes of the Philadelphia Gas Works, including the supplying of funds in connection therewith, and acknowledging the receipt of the Revised Forecast of Capital Budgets for Fiscal Years 2024 through 2028, as amended, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes the Department of Streets, in consultation with the School District, to install traffic-calming measures near School District, charter, and private schools.
Amending Chapter 11-700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Right-of-Way Management," by authorizing the Department of Streets to install traffic calming measures in the vicinity of School District schools, Charter schools, and private schools; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Meeting date
February 9, 2023
This lapsed resolution would have proposed amending Philadelphia’s Home Rule Charter to create a Music Office led by a director appointed by the mayor with City Council’s approval.
Proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter providing for the creation of a Music Office, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Introduced
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
The adopted resolution starts the process to continue the Northern Liberties Business Improvement District, which covers specified parts of North 2nd Street, North 3rd Street, Spring Garden Street, and nearby intersecting blocks.
Initiating action to continue a neighborhood improvement district, known as the Northern Liberties Business Improvement District, in an area that generally includes both sides of North 2nd Street from the north side of Callowhill Street to the south side of Girard Avenue, both sides of North 3rd Street from Spring Garden Street to the south side of Wildey Street, Spring Garden Street from North 2nd Street to the eastern side of North 5th Street, and certain blocks of streets that intersect portions of these streets; for which the Northern Liberties Business Improvement District, Inc., which has organized itself as a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, serves as the Neighborhood Improvement District Management Association; approving a preliminary plan for and report concerning the District; and authorizing and directing the Committee on Rules and the Clerk of Council to take all actions that are required by the Community and Economic Improvement Act prior to enactment of an ordinance t...
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 the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer ownership of 4993 W.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority deeds conveying fee simple title to 4993 W. Girard Avenue in the Third Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia and further authorizing the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority to transfer to the Philadelphia Land Bank fee simple title to such properties pursuant to Section 16-405 of The Philadelphia Code.
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 also names 53rd Street between Parrish Street and Westminster Avenue “Ethel Hedgemon Lyle Way.” The street name honors Ethel Hedgemon Lyle, a principal founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and recognizes her service to the organization and Philadelphia community.
Also naming 53rd Street, between Parrish Street and Westminster Avenue, "Ethel Hedgemon Lyle Way," in honor of Ethel Hedgemon Lyle, principal Founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated(r), the oldest Greek-letter organization for college-trained African American women in the United States of America.
Introduced and Moved to Be Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar - Rules Suspended
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution honoring and recognizing Evette Denise Jones for her work as an educator, advocate, and community builder supporting Philadelphia’s children, teachers, parents, and public schools.
Honoring and recognizing Evette Denise Jones, a caring educator, fierce advocate, and a lifelong community builder, who has tirelessly fought for the children, teachers, and parents of Philadelphia and for schools that meet the needs of the communities that they serve.
Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.