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Resolution 241032

Authorizing City Council’s Committee of the Whole to hold the public hearings required pursuant to Chapter 17-2300 of The Philadelphia Code (“Public Hearing Prior to Execution of a Labor Agreement Concerning Police Employees Represented by the Fraternal Order of Police”), which Code Chapter requires that the Council hold a hearing in connection with the City’s contract proposal in anticipation of collective bargaining between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police.

Introduced Oct 31, 2024Committee of the WholeOfficial record: City of Philadelphia via Legistar

Introduced by

Councilmember Gilmore Richardson

Status timeline

  1. Oct 31, 2024ADOPTED · CITY COUNCIL
  2. Oct 31, 2024Introduced and Ordered Placed on This Week's Final Passage Calendar · CITY COUNCIL
  3. Nov 21, 2024HEARING NOTICES SENT · Committee of the Whole
  4. Nov 21, 2024HEARING HELD · Committee of the Whole
  5. Nov 21, 2024RECESSED · Committee of the Whole

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..Title Authorizing City Council's Committee of the Whole to hold the public hearings required pursuant to Chapter 17-2300 of The Philadelphia Code ("Public Hearing Prior to Execution of a Labor Agreement Concerning Police Employees Represented by the Fraternal Order of Police"), which Code Chapter requires that the Council hold a hearing in connection with the City's contract proposal in anticipation of collective bargaining between the City and the Fraternal Order of Police. ..Body WHEREAS, Chapter 17-2300 of The Philadelphia Code ("Public Hearing Prior to Execution of a Labor Agreement Concerning Police Employees Represented by the Fraternal Order of Police") (Bill No. 200364-A (approved September 30, 2020)), provides, in relevant part, that The City shall not send a proposal to the [Fraternal Order of Police] to enter into or amend a Contract as defined herein, unless the Mayor has requested, by letter provided to the Chief Clerk of Council, and City Council has held, a public hearing addressing the Contract proposal, including but not limited to, the cost of the Contract proposal and any other terms or conditions set forth therein, at least thirty days before sending the proposal, unless the Council President certifies to the Office of Labor that Council is unavailable for a 30 day period from the time of receiving the Mayor's request for a hearing to do so; and WHEREAS, By letter dated October 30, 2024, Mayor Cherelle L. Parker has advised Council that the City intends to send such a proposal to the FOP and has requested Council to schedule a hearing pursuant to Chapter 17-2300 of the Code; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY PHILADELPHIA, That Council's Committee of the Whole is hereby authorized to hold the hearing required pursuant to Chapter 17-2300 of The Philadelphia Code ("Public Hearing Prior to Execution of a Labor Agreement Concerning Police Employees Represented by the Fraternal Order of Police") concerning the City's contract proposal to the Fraternal Order of Police. ..End