READ AND PASSED

This enacted ordinance placed a proposed Philadelphia Home Rule Charter amendment on the May 16, 2023 ballot. The ballot question asked voters whether employees of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission should be exempt from civil service hiring requirements; the ordinance itself does not state the election’s outcome.

Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to civil service exemptions for staff of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot question to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; all under certain terms and conditions.