Resolution 100877
Recognizing Vivian T. Miller for a Career of Service to the Citizens of Philadelphia in her Roles as Community Organizer, Ward Leader and Philadelphia Clerk of Quarter Sessions.
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“Thank you, Madam President. Resolution 100877, 100878, 100879, 100880 and 100079 are being called up for Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar today. Bill No. 100864 is being amended. All other bills and resolutions are being held.”
Councilwoman Tasco · Stated Meeting, January 27, 2011 · Jan 27, 2011 · official transcript, this passage
“My glasses must be failing me today. All right. Let's try this again. Resolution 100877, 100878, 100879, 100880, 100881 and 100079 are being called up for Second Reading and Final Passage Calendar today. Bill No. 100864 is being amended. All other bills and resolutions are being held.”
Councilwoman Tasco · Stated Meeting, January 27, 2011 · Jan 27, 2011 · official transcript, this passage
“Thank you. The Chief Clerk will please read the title of Resolution 100877.”
Council President Verna · Stated Meeting, January 27, 2011 · Jan 27, 2011 · official transcript, this passage
Status timeline
- Dec 16, 2010Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL
- Jan 27, 2011ADOPTED · CITY COUNCIL
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..Title Recognizing Vivian T. Miller for a Career of Service to the Citizens of Philadelphia in her Roles as Community Organizer, Ward Leader and Philadelphia Clerk of Quarter Sessions. ..Body WHEREAS, Mrs. Vivian T. Miller is a life-long Philadelphia resident with deep roots in her West Philadelphia neighborhood, where she has resided in her current home for the past forty-three years; and WHEREAS, She has been a community organizer and committed volunteer for numerous charitable causes including, The 954 Garden Club, the Girl Scouts, her local church, neighborhood schools and currently serves as a Trustee at Wayland Memorial Baptist Church; and WHEREAS, She has been a prominent leader in the Democratic Party for some thirty-five years and Ward Leader of the City's 51st Ward for the past twenty-five years; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Miller has served the citizens of Philadelphia in several roles during her long successful career including spending many years as a constituent services representative in the U.S. First Congressional District Office, the Philadelphia Board of Revision of Taxes and the Philadelphia City Commissioner's Office; and WHEREAS, Her committed service continued when she became the Democratic Party's endorsed candidate for the elected office of the Philadelphia Clerk of Quarter Sessions, the first African-American woman elected to that Office, which she held for more than twenty-years, before she retired in March 2010; and WHEREAS, The City of Philadelphia is a better place because of her dedicated service and the Philadelphia City Council is proud to acknowledge her exemplary career in public service; now therefore, be it, RESOLVED, That the Philadelphia City Council hereby Recognizes Mrs. Vivian T. Miller for a Career of Public Service to the Citizens of Philadelphia in her Roles as Community Organizer, Ward Leader and Philadelphia Clerk of Quarter Sessions. FURTHER RESOLVED, That an Engrossed copy of this resolution be Presented to her as a Sincere Expression of City Council's Recognition and Appreciation of her Contributions to Improving the Quality of Life for the Citizens of Philadelphia. ..End