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.
Action types
Council actions
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting dates
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Meeting date
April 19, 2007
City Council approved Joseph C.
Approving the appointment of Joseph C. Waters, Jr. to the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council approved Peter J.
Approving the appointment of Peter J. Fischer to the Veterans' Advisory Commission.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill requires Philadelphia mobile food vendors to renew their licenses every six months.
Amending Title 6 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Health Code," by requiring semiannual inspection of mobile food vendors and providing for fees, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill increases penalties for violating the City's rules on alcoholic beverages at City-owned recreation centers, playgrounds, and park areas, except Fairmount Park.
Amending Chapter 10-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Places-Prohibited Conduct," by amending Section 10-604, entitled "Alcoholic Beverages," by increasing penalties regarding alcoholic beverages in certain City-owned recreation centers, playgrounds and park areas, and making certain technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have changed how Philadelphia calculates the share of business income subject to the Business Privilege Tax.
Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes," by amending the definition of "Net Income" with respect to the portion of net income that is properly attributable and allocable to the doing of business in Philadelphia and therefore subject to tax, and by making technical amendments; and by making certain legislative findings with respect to manufacturing; all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted ordinance gives Peggy Jones-Musa, who operates a newsstand at Chelten Avenue and Greene Street, permission to install and maintain overhead electrical and telecommunications lines from a new utility pole across the public right-of-way.
Granting permission to Peggy Jones - Musa, owner and operator of the newsstand located on the northeast corner of Chelten Avenue and Greene Street, to construct, use and maintain overhead electrical and telecommunications lines from a new utility pole over and across the public right-of-way, for the purpose of supplying electrical service and telephone service to said newsstand.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This lapsed bill would have replaced Philadelphia’s rules for screening companies seeking City public works contracts.
Repealing Section 17-101 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Prequalification of Prospective Bidders for Contracts for Construction of Public Works," and enacting a new Section 17-101 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Prequalification of Responsible Contractors and Subcontractors for Public Works Contracts," providing for a prequalification and approval process for all prospective contractors and subcontractors seeking to perform public works contracts by requiring that they meet certain standards, in areas including, but not limited to, past project performance, past compliance with the law, business integrity, technical qualifications and competency, financial responsibility, adequacy of resources, competent management, employment diversity and craft labor, and further providing that contractors and subcontractors meeting prequalification requirements be qualified for a period of three years, all under certain terms and conditions.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
The enacted bill amended Philadelphia’s rules for temporary parking permits in permit parking districts by creating a $7 permit valid for one calendar day for a resident’s bona fide guest.
Amending Section 12-2708 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Issuance of Temporary Parking Permits," by adding provisions for temporary parking permits valid for one calendar day, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill authorizes the University of Pennsylvania and its health system to build and maintain a pedestrian bridge over Convention Avenue.
Authorizing The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS), 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, to construct and maintain a pedestrian bridge over and across Convention Avenue, connecting the UPHS Penn Tower Complex (One Convention Avenue) with the proposed Perlman Center for Advanced Medicine (3400 Civic Center Boulevard), under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This enacted bill amends Philadelphia’s farmers’ market rules to add the sidewalk in the median of the 400 block of South 2nd Street, also known as Headhouse Square, as a permitted location.
Amending Section 9-213 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Farmers' Markets," by adding a permissible location on the sidewalk of the median of the 400 block of South 2nd Street, also known as Headhouse Square, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Meeting date
April 12, 2007
This adopted resolution authorizes the Commissioner of Public Property to transfer conditional ownership of certain City-owned lots and buildings, without payment, to the Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority.
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 Sixteenth, Thirty-Second, Thirty-Seventh, Forty-third and Forty-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.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing, honoring, and celebrating the Archdiocese of Philadelphia on the occasion of its 200th anniversary.
Recognizing, Honoring, And Celebrating the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for Its Invaluable Contributions To The City Of Philadelphia, and the World-at-Large, on The Occasion Of Its 200th Anniversary.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to study whether surveillance cameras could be installed in all recreational facilities.
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs to determine the feasibility of installing surveillance cameras in all of the recreational facilities, as a means to further enhance the safety of all persons utilizing these facilities; and as a means to fight crime and violence in these facilities.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution calls for Don Imus to resign or be dismissed from his WFAN-AM radio show, “Imus in the Morning,” and urges a local and national boycott of the show until that happens.
Calling for the resignation or dismissal of Don Imus from his WFAN-AM "Imus in the Morning" radio show and further calling for a boycott of his show, locally and nationally, until such time of his resignation or dismissal.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Adopted resolution recognizing April 14, 2007, as the National Day of Climate Action in Philadelphia.
Recognizing April 14, 2007 as the National Day of Climate Action.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution supporting the four initiatives in the proposed “Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act.” The proposal would require paid sick leave based on hours worked, with different limits for larger and small employers, require employers to notify workers of this benefit, and allow workers facing retaliation to sue; the resolution also urges the Pennsylvania Legislature to pass the act.
Supporting the four initiatives within the "Healthy Families, Healthy Workplaces Act."
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
This adopted resolution authorizes City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings about Philadelphia’s funding of evidence-based violence prevention programs, how successful those programs are, and whether they could be expanded.
Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold public hearings investigating Philadelphia's funding, the success and the feasibility of expanding evidence-based violence prevention programs.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution honoring David B.
The Council of the City of Philadelphia is pleased and proud to join with the family, many friends and colleagues of David B. Glancey, Esquire in honoring his exemplary service as Chairman of the City of Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes, and in celebrating his twenty-four years of outstanding service to the citizens of the City of Philadelphia.
Introduced·Pass
Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.