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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Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
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October 16, 2008
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Labor and Civil Service Committee and Technology and Information Services Committee to hold joint hearings.
Authorizing City Council's Committees on Labor and Civil Service and Technology and Information Services to hold joint hearings to explore the implementation of technology and changes in workflow processes to enable the City to provide better services to its citizens more efficiently.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution recognizes Hispanic Heritage Month and honors Latino employees of the City of Philadelphia.
Recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month and the Latino Employees of the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council designated the week of October 5, 2008, as National Fire Prevention Week in Philadelphia.
Proclaiming The Week of October 5th 2008 as "National Fire Prevention Week."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution recognized October 2008 as Crime Prevention Month in Philadelphia.
Proclaiming October 2008 as "Crime Prevention Month."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution recognizes, honors, and celebrates Dyana Williams for her more than three decades of work in the entertainment industry, including broadcasting, journalism, music activism, and television production.
Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating Dyana Williams - For her exceptional talents and her constant force in the entertainment industry for over three decades.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution declaring October 25 as Dr.
Declaring October 25th as "Dr. W.E.B. DuBois Day."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution honors Keystone Mercy Health Plan for receiving a National Committee for Quality Assurance award for efforts to reduce health care disparities.
Recognizing Keystone Mercy Health Plan for receiving the National Committee for Quality Assurance Award for innovative efforts to reduce health care disparities.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on a Working Poor Families Project report about low-income working families and economic security.
Authorizing the Philadelphia City Council Committee on Public Health and Human Services to hold hearings on the findings and recommendations of the Working Poor Families Project in the recent report entitled "Working Hard Still Falling Short- America's Working Families and the Pursuit of Economic Security" and further authorizing the Committee to seek advice and recommendations on how Philadelphia can help to restore the promise of the American dream for all of its citizens.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution recognized the 18th anniversary of Memory Walks in October and November 2008 as National Alzheimer's Disease Month in Philadelphia.
Recognizing the 18th Anniversary of Memory Walks in October and observing National Alzheimer's Awareness Month in November, 2008 in the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution honoring the Polish-American String Band on its 75th anniversary.
Honoring the Polish-American String Band on their 75th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The adopted resolution calls on the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings about improving student performance and narrowing the achievement gap in Philadelphia Public Schools.
Calling on the City Council Committee on Education to hold hearings on the need to improve student performance and to narrow the achievement gap in Philadelphia Public Schools.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on its 90th anniversary.
Recognizing and Honoring Mercy Philadelphia Hospital on the Occasion of its 90th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer certain City-owned lots and buildings in Philadelphia’s Sixth and Twenty-seventh Wards to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority without payment.
Authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to execute and deliver to the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia, without consideration, deeds conveying conditional fee simple title to certain City-owned lots or pieces of ground with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate in the Sixth and Twenty-seventh Wards of the City of Philadelphia, pursuant to Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code and authorizing the Redevelopment Authority of the City of Philadelphia to dispose of such properties for rehabilitation and/or improvement in accordance with the terms of Chapter 16-400 of The Philadelphia Code.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation, and its partners for promoting Halloween attractions and events in Philadelphia.
Recognizing Halloween, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), a company that knows how to promote all-things fun in Philly, and its partners.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have amended Philadelphia’s zoning code to restrict open-air parking in front of one-family and duplex residential buildings.
Amending Section 14-1402 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Parking in Residential Districts," by imposing restrictions on off-street parking in front of residential buildings, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance grants Howard Foreman, owner of Island Caribbean Restaurant at 1338–44 Rising Sun Avenue, permission to build a raised outdoor deck for restaurant seating along Rising Sun Avenue and Westmoreland Street.
Granting permission to Howard Foreman, owner of the Island Caribbean Restaurant, 1338-44 Rising Sun Avenue, for a raised deck encroachment for accessory seating for the restaurant, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted ordinance authorizes the Board of Surveyors to revise the City Plan by widening the west side of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and Cherry Street, moving the house line 20 feet west and the curb line by up to 20 feet.
Authorizing and directing the revision of lines and grades on a portion of City Plan No. 307 by relocating the westerly curb line and house line of Fifteenth Street between Arch Street and Cherry Street, under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have submitted a Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment to voters on May 19, 2009.
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter authorizing City Council to provide, by ordinance, for bid preferences in the awarding of public contracts for businesses whose products, services or operations demonstrate a high level of environmental stewardship; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.