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Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the election of members of the Council; and providing for the submission of the amendment of the electors of Philadelphia.

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Status
LAPSED
Type
Resolution
Introduced
January 28, 2010
Sponsors
CGCouncilmember GoodeCGCouncilmember Green

Full Bill

WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. §13106), an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter may be proposed by a resolution of the Council of the City of Philadelphia adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of its elected members; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the following amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance:

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ARTICLE II LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

CHAPTER 1 THE COUNCIL

§2-100. Number, Term and Salaries of Councilmen.

(1)

The Council shall consist of seventeen members, of whom ten shall be elected from districts and seven from the City at large. The terms of councilmen shall be four years from the first Monday of January following the year in which they were elected except that a councilman elected to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the balance of the unexpired term.

(2) Except as Council may otherwise ordain from time to time,

a councilman shall not be eligible for election for more than three successive terms, provided that a councilman who was elected to a four-year term in 2011 shall not be eligible for more than one succeeding four-year term.

(3)

Each councilman shall receive a salary at the rate of $9,000 per annum, or such other sum as the Council shall from time to time ordain, and the President of Council shall receive in addition a salary at the rate of $1,000 per annum, or such other sum as the Council shall from time to time ordain.

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File history

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  1. UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced

    Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.

    Pass
    Official action detail

    A motion was made by Councilmember Goode that this matter be Introduced. The motion carried unanimously.

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