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.
CPCouncil President ClarkeCRCouncilmember Reynolds Brown
Full Bill
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.
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Marked unanimous; no member-by-member tally published.
Pass
Official action detail
A motion was made by Councilmember Reynolds Brown that this matter be Introduced and Referred to the Committee of the Whole. The motion carried unanimously.