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Authorizing the transfer in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2017 within the General Fund, from the Department of Prisons to the Mayor - 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 $500,000 in Fiscal Year 2017 funding from the Department of Prisons to the Mayor’s 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, if the Office and the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society reached an agreement.

File details

Status
LAPSED
Introduced
March 31, 2016
Sponsors
Darrell L. ClarkeBobby Henon
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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 2017 within the General Fund.

FROM:

GENERAL FUND

2.31

THE DEPARTMENT OF PRISONS

Purchase of Services

$

500,000

Total

$ 500,000

Total “FROM” Section

$

500,000

TO:

GENERAL FUND

2.7

THE MAYOR - OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Purchase of Services

$

500,000

Total

$ 500,000

Total “TO” Section

$

500,000

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 actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred

    Pass