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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Council actions
Actions recorded in Legistar without a published member-by-member vote.
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Meeting date
October 20, 2022
Meeting date
October 19, 2022
Meeting date
October 17, 2022
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to borrow up to $215 million through general-obligation bonds for capital projects, including transit, streets and sanitation, municipal buildings, parks, recreation and museums, and economic and community development.
Authorizing an increase in the non-electoral indebtedness of the City within the Pennsylvania constitutional limit; authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; and authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to borrow up to $215 million through general-obligation bonds for capital projects, including transit, streets and sanitation, municipal buildings, parks, recreation and museums, and economic and community development.
Authorizing an increase in the non-electoral indebtedness of the City within the Pennsylvania constitutional limit; authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; and authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance authorizes Philadelphia to borrow up to $215 million through general-obligation bonds for capital projects, including transit, streets and sanitation, municipal buildings, parks, recreation and museums, and economic and community development.
Authorizing an increase in the non-electoral indebtedness of the City within the Pennsylvania constitutional limit; authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; and authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted amendment corrects the tax year listed in an earlier law changing Philadelphia’s Business Income and Receipts Tax (BIRT).
Amending Bill No. 210284, entitled "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Business Income and Receipts Taxes,' by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions," to fix a mistake in identifying the tax year to which a tax reduction applies, so that the tax reduction applies in FY2023, all under certain conditions.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted amendment corrects the tax year listed in an earlier law changing Philadelphia’s Business Income and Receipts Tax (BIRT).
Amending Bill No. 210284, entitled "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Business Income and Receipts Taxes,' by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions," to fix a mistake in identifying the tax year to which a tax reduction applies, so that the tax reduction applies in FY2023, all under certain conditions.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted amendment corrects the tax year listed in an earlier law changing Philadelphia’s Business Income and Receipts Tax (BIRT).
Amending Bill No. 210284, entitled "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19-2600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Business Income and Receipts Taxes,' by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions," to fix a mistake in identifying the tax year to which a tax reduction applies, so that the tax reduction applies in FY2023, all under certain conditions.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance corrects a date error in the Philadelphia Code concerning the resident Net Profits Tax.
Amending Bill No. 220401, entitled "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Wage and Net Profits Tax,' by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions," to correct a typographical error in stating the period in which a reduction in the resident Net Profits Tax rate is applicable.
REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance corrects a date error in the Philadelphia Code concerning the resident Net Profits Tax.
Amending Bill No. 220401, entitled "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Wage and Net Profits Tax,' by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions," to correct a typographical error in stating the period in which a reduction in the resident Net Profits Tax rate is applicable.
HEARING HELD
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
This enacted ordinance corrects a date error in the Philadelphia Code concerning the resident Net Profits Tax.
Amending Bill No. 220401, entitled "An Ordinance Amending Chapter 19-1500 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled 'Wage and Net Profits Tax,' by revising certain tax rates, under certain terms and conditions," to correct a typographical error in stating the period in which a reduction in the resident Net Profits Tax rate is applicable.
HEARING NOTICES SENT
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
Meeting date
October 13, 2022
This communication transmitted an ordinance proposing that the City accept a historically designated building from 2000 Arch Associates LP.
Transmitting an ordinance authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, to accept a historically-designated building from 2000 Arch Associates LP, which will move and reinstall the building in Aviator Park, 200 North 19th Street, to become part of the Fairmount Park system, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Parks and Recreation, under certain terms and conditions.
READ AND FILED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
This communication transmitted a resolution concerning the appointment of Ellen Kaplan as a member of the Board of Ethics, for a term ending November 16, 2027.
Transmitting a resolution confirming the appointment of Ellen Kaplan as a member of the Board of Ethics, to serve in the term ending November 16, 2027.
READ AND FILED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and thanking Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School for reaching out to and enrolling children displaced by the war in Ukraine.
Recognizing and thanking Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School for reaching out and enrolling displaced children impacted by war in Ukraine.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.
Philadelphia City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and thanking Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School for reaching out to and enrolling children displaced by the war in Ukraine.
Recognizing and thanking Philadelphia Performing Arts: A String Theory Charter School for reaching out and enrolling displaced children impacted by war in Ukraine.
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 renames the 6000 block of Spruce Street “Julia Chinn Way” in honor of Philadelphia civic leader Julia Chinn and her community service.
Renaming the 6000 Block of Spruce Street "Julia Chinn Way", in honor of the life and work of civic leader Julia Chinn.
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 formally apologizes on behalf of Philadelphia City Council for abuse and torture inflicted on inmates at Holmesburg Prison during the 1950s through the 1970s.
Formally apologizing for the heinous acts of abuse and torture perpetuated against inmates at Holmesburg Prison during the 1950's - 1970's.
Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar
Steps such as hearings, notices or amendments; no separate tally published.
City Council adopted a resolution recognizing and honoring Dannon Green for his documentary film "The Executioners: We All Had a Chance." The film tells the story of Marvin "Toochie" Gordon and Frank Taylor’s boxing gym in West Philadelphia and its impact on young Black men; an engrossed copy of the resolution is to be presented to Green.
Recognizing and honoring Dannon Green for his documentary film "The Executioners: We All Had a Chance," which tells the story of Marvin "Toochie" Gordon's and Frank Taylor's gym, The Executioners, and the impact that it had on the lives of young Black men growing up in Philadelphia.
ADOPTED
Other recorded action without a published tally.