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Proposing an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to information that must be provided with the annual operating budget, annual capital budget, and capital program, requiring the Finance Director to provide such information, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.

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File details

Status
Adopted
Type
Resolution
Introduced
February 16, 2012
Sponsors
CGCouncilmember GreenCGCouncilmember GoodeCOCouncilmember OhCurtis Jones, Jr.CQCouncilmember Quiñones SánchezKenyatta JohnsonCOCouncilmember O'Brien

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.

ARTICLE II

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

The Council - Its Election, Organization, Powers and Duties

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CHAPTER 3

LEGISLATION

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§ 2-310. Additional Budget-Related Information.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 2-300 or 2-303, Council may, from time to time, ordain requirements for additional information to be submitted by the Director of Finance to the Council with the proposed annual operating budget, annual capital budget, and capital program, including, but not limited to, information about the cost of performing specific functions, the effectiveness of such functions, and the costs versus benefits of proposed expenditures.

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ARTICLE VI

EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BRANCH - POWERS AND DUTIES

Director of Finance, Financial Departments, Boards and Commissions, City Treasurer, Procurement Department, and Board of Pensions and Retirement

CHAPTER 1

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

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§ 6-105. Annual Operating Budget, Capital Program and Capital Budget.

The Director of Finance shall:

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(f) By the time of the submission by the Mayor to City Council of the proposed operating budget ordinance, proposed capital budget ordinance, and proposed capital program, provide to City Council such additional information as Council may from time to time require pursuant to Section 2-310.

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Timeline

File history

A file can move through several public steps, including introduction, hearings, amendments, votes and final action. This timeline puts those events in date order, groups routine entries from the same day, and attaches published member votes to the action they record.

  1. Member voteCITY COUNCIL

    ADOPTED

    Member-by-member vote published for this action.

    Pass15 Yes · 1 No · 0 AbsentView member votes →
    Official action detail

    A motion was made that this matter be ADOPTED. The motion carried by the following vote:

    Member votes

    MemberVote
    Bill GreenYes
    Blondell Reynolds BrownYes
    Bobby HenonYes
    Brian J. O'NeillYes
    Cindy BassYes
    Curtis Jones, Jr.Yes
    Darrell L. ClarkeYes
    David OhYes
    Dennis M. O'BrienYes
    James F. KenneyYes
    Jannie L. BlackwellYes
    Kenyatta JohnsonYes
    Marian B. TascoNo
    Mark SquillaYes
    W. Wilson Goode, Jr.Yes
    William K. GreenleeYes

    Source: LegislationDetail.aspx · gridLegislation

  2. UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED; CONSIDERATION AT NEXT STATED COUNCIL MEETING

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

    Pass
    Official action detail

    A motion was made by Councilmember Greenlee to FAVORABLY RECOMMENDED; CONSIDERATION AT NEXT STATED COUNCIL MEETING. The motion carried unanimously.

    Source: LegislationDetail.aspx · gridLegislation

  3. 3 procedural actionsCommittee on Law and Government
  4. Council ActionCommittee on Law and Government

    RECESSED

    Other recorded action without a published tally.

    Official action detail

    Source: LegislationDetail.aspx · gridLegislation

  5. UnanimousCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

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

    Pass
    Official action detail

    A motion was made by Councilmember Green that this matter be Introduced and Referred to the Committee on Law and Government. The motion carried unanimously.

    Source: LegislationDetail.aspx · gridLegislation