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Authorizing the transfer in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 within the General Fund, from the Department of Human Services - Prisons to the Office of Housing and Community Development, to support landscaping and lot-cleaning jobs in the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program for Returning Citizens, under certain terms and conditions.

AI summary

This lapsed bill would have transferred $1 million in Fiscal Year 2016 funding from Philadelphia Prisons to the Office of Housing and Community Development. The money would have supported landscaping and vacant-lot cleaning jobs for people returning from incarceration through the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program, contingent on an agreement with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
May 14, 2015
Sponsors
Darrell L. ClarkeBlondell Reynolds Brown
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Full text

THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:

SECTION 1. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to make the following transfer in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016 within the General Fund.

FROM:

GENERAL FUND

2.29

FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES - PHILADELPHIA PRISONS

Purchase of Services

$

1,000,000

Total

$ 1,000,000

Total “FROM” Section

$

1,000,000

TO:

GENERAL FUND

2.7

TO THE MAYOR - OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Purchase of Services

$

1,000,000

Total

$ 1,000,000

Total “TO” Section

$

1,000,000

SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall take effect when, and only if, the Office of Housing and Community Development and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society have entered into an agreement to hire citizens returning from incarceration to perform landscaping and lot-cleaning services on vacant lots city-wide utilizing the Philadelphia Re-Entry Employment Program.

End

File history

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  1. Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Hearing notices sent

    Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Recessed

  2. Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Recessed

    Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Hearing notices sent

  3. Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Recessed

    Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Hearing held

    Council actionCommittee of the Whole

    Hearing notices sent

  4. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass