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Meeting Date
March 5, 2026
18 actions from this meeting
The Philadelphia City Council passed a resolution to honor and recognize Shelice's Angels, an organization that empowers young women by providing resources, mentorship, and exposure to new opportunities. This resolution affects Shelice's Angels and the young women they serve. The resolution is a formal expression of appreciation for the organization's work.
Honoring and recognizing Shelice's Angels for its work empowering young women by expanding their horizons, building self-esteem, and providing resources, mentorship, and exposure to opportunities beyond their immediate environments.
ADOPTED·Pass
Unanimous action without a posted tally.
This bill requires landlords who don't live in Philadelphia to provide the city with a way to contact them, including a local representative. This would help the city hold these landlords accountable for maintaining their properties. The bill would affect non-resident landlords and establish penalties for those who don't comply.
Amending Chapter 9-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Property Licenses and Owner Accountability," by requiring non-resident landlords to provide verifiable contact information and a designated local contact and establishing penalties for non-compliance, all under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Procedural action without a posted tally.
This bill aims to prevent vacant lots in the Fifth District Overlay area by setting building requirements. It affects property owners and developers in this specific area. The goal is to encourage development and reduce vacant lots.
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.
AMENDED
Procedural action without a posted tally.
This bill requires locking dumpsters in Philadelphia under certain conditions. The goal is to reduce litter and trash scattered from dumpsters. This change would affect businesses and property owners who use dumpsters for waste disposal.
Amending Chapter 10-700 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Refuse and Littering," to require locking dumpsters; all under certain terms and conditions.
AMENDED
Procedural action without a posted tally.
This resolution calls on the Pennsylvania state government to pass a law that would provide death benefits to the families of first responders who die from job-related trauma, including suicide related to post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI). The law would affect the families of first responders, such as police officers and firefighters, who experience traumatic events on the job. The goal is to ensure these families receive fair treatment and support.
Calling on the PA General Assembly to take swift and decisive action to pass Pennsylvania Senate Bill 110, also known as Bryan's Law, to amend the Emergency and Law Enforcement Personnel Death Benefits Act to extend line-of-duty death benefits to surviving spouses and children of first responders who die from job-related trauma, including PTSI-related suicide, ensuring equitable treatment for their families.
ADOPTED·Pass
Unanimous action without a posted tally.
The city has adopted a resolution to name the 4700 Block of Wyalusing Avenue as 'Philadelphia Masjid Way'. This name change is meant to recognize and honor the contributions of a local faith community over the past 50 years. The new name will serve as a tribute to their service, leadership, and community excellence.
Also naming the 4700 Block of Wyalusing Avenue as "Philadelphia Masjid Way" in recognition of over 50 years of faith, service, leadership, and community excellence.
ADOPTED·Pass
Unanimous action without a posted tally.
This bill aims to protect tenants in Philadelphia by adding rules against landlord retaliation and harassment, and by making it clearer what rights tenants have to a safe and livable home. It also creates ways for tenants to organize and gives them more time to take action if their rights are violated. The bill affects renters and landlords in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Landlord and Tenant," to modify the requirements related to good cause for ending a tenancy, add protections against retaliation and harassment for tenants and tenant organizations, specify tenants' rights related to the implied warranty of habitability and provide a legal presumption related to breaches of the implied warranty of habitability, create a tenant right to organize, specify deadlines for asserting claims, and establish and enhance enforcement mechanisms, remedies, damages, and protections, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
This bill aims to improve property owner accountability by clarifying licensing requirements and creating a proactive inspection program. It also requires public reporting on code compliance and establishes protections for tenants. The bill affects property owners and tenants in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 9-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Property Licenses and Owner Accountability," to clarify licensing requirements, authorize the Department to create a Proactive Inspection program, require public reporting related to Code compliance, and establish remedies, damages, and protections for tenants, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
The city is updating an agreement with a company that provides gas storage services to the Philadelphia Gas Works. This agreement affects the Philadelphia Gas Works and its customers. The update is being made through the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation.
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.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
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. The bill affects the city's budget and management of the Gas Works. It outlines the rules and conditions for selling these notes, including how the money will be managed and paid back.
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.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
This bill changes the rules about which real estate transactions are exempt from the city's realty transfer tax. The bill affects people who buy or sell properties in Philadelphia, and it clarifies which transactions are excluded from paying this tax. The goal is to update the existing tax rules to reflect certain terms and conditions.
Amending Chapter 19-1700 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Finance, Taxes, and Collections," to amend excluded transactions to the realty transfer tax, all under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
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. This agreement would allow people to search these records online. The city's Records and Procurement departments would oversee the agreement.
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.
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
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. The change would affect the people who serve on this board. The bill is currently waiting for the Mayor's review.
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.?
READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
This bill aims to protect tenants in Philadelphia by adding rules against landlord retaliation and harassment, and by making it clearer what rights tenants have to a safe and livable home. It also creates ways for tenants to organize and gives them more time to take action if their rights are violated. The bill affects renters and landlords in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Landlord and Tenant," to modify the requirements related to good cause for ending a tenancy, add protections against retaliation and harassment for tenants and tenant organizations, specify tenants' rights related to the implied warranty of habitability and provide a legal presumption related to breaches of the implied warranty of habitability, create a tenant right to organize, specify deadlines for asserting claims, and establish and enhance enforcement mechanisms, remedies, damages, and protections, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
This bill aims to protect tenants in Philadelphia by adding rules against landlord retaliation and harassment, and by making it clearer what rights tenants have to a safe and livable home. It also creates ways for tenants to organize and gives them more time to take action if their rights are violated. The bill affects renters and landlords in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 9-800 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Landlord and Tenant," to modify the requirements related to good cause for ending a tenancy, add protections against retaliation and harassment for tenants and tenant organizations, specify tenants' rights related to the implied warranty of habitability and provide a legal presumption related to breaches of the implied warranty of habitability, create a tenant right to organize, specify deadlines for asserting claims, and establish and enhance enforcement mechanisms, remedies, damages, and protections, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
Council action without a posted tally.
This bill aims to improve property owner accountability by clarifying licensing requirements and creating a proactive inspection program. It also requires public reporting on code compliance and establishes protections for tenants. The bill affects property owners and tenants in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 9-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Property Licenses and Owner Accountability," to clarify licensing requirements, authorize the Department to create a Proactive Inspection program, require public reporting related to Code compliance, and establish remedies, damages, and protections for tenants, all under certain terms and conditions.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.
This bill aims to improve property owner accountability by clarifying licensing requirements and creating a proactive inspection program. It also requires public reporting on code compliance and establishes protections for tenants. The bill affects property owners and tenants in Philadelphia.
Amending Chapter 9-3900 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Property Licenses and Owner Accountability," to clarify licensing requirements, authorize the Department to create a Proactive Inspection program, require public reporting related to Code compliance, and establish remedies, damages, and protections for tenants, all under certain terms and conditions.
SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
Council action without a posted tally.
The city is updating an agreement with a company that provides gas storage services to the Philadelphia Gas Works. This agreement affects the Philadelphia Gas Works and its customers. The update is being made through the Philadelphia Facilities Management Corporation.
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.
ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
Procedural action without a posted tally.