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Amending Section 20-101 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Residence Requirements," by restoring the requirement that no person shall be appointed as an employee in the civil service, including but not limited to police officers, unless he or she has been a bona fide resident of the City for at least one year prior to appointment.

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This enacted measure restores a requirement that people appointed to Philadelphia’s civil service, including police officers, must have lived in Philadelphia for at least one year before appointment. It also requires civil service employees to maintain their Philadelphia residence, while allowing the Civil Service Commission to waive the residence requirements when circumstances warrant.

File details

Status
ENACTED
Introduced
June 11, 2020
Sponsors
Darrell L. ClarkeCherelle ParkerMark SquillaKenyatta JohnsonKendra BrooksJamie GauthierKatherine Gilmore RichardsonAllan DombCurtis Jones, Jr.Maria D. Quiñones-SánchezIsaiah ThomasCindy BassBobby HenonDavid OhHelen GymDerek S. Green
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS

:

SECTION 1. Section 20-101 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

§20-101. Residence Requirements.

(1) No person shall be appointed as an employee in the civil service of the City unless he or she has been a bona fide resident of the City for at least one year prior to his or her appointment.

[(1)]

(2)

Every employee in the civil service shall

maintain

[establish] his or her bona fide residence in the City [within six months of his or her appointment, and shall thereafter maintain bona fide residence in the City, except that no person shall be appointed as a laborer in the civil service of the City unless he or she has been a bona fide resident of the City for at least one year prior to his or her appointment]. The City Controller may require proof of the residence of any employee in the civil service.

[(2)]

(3)

The Civil Service Commission may, upon the request of the Personnel Director, waive the above residence qualifications when in its discretion the circumstances warrant a waiver.

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File history

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  1. Council actionMAYOR

    No action taken

  3. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on next week`s second reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Ordered placed on this day`s first reading calendar

    Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Suspend the rules of the council

  4. Committee on Law and Government

    Details not published

    No details have been published for this item. Legistar notes that this meeting's minutes have not been finalized.
  5. Council actionCITY COUNCIL

    Introduced and Referred