6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING Aye. The ayes are 17. The nays are 0. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Would the Clerk please read the title of Bill No. 240370.
An ordinance renaming and designating the property commonly referred to as the West Oak Lane Library, located at 2000 East Washington Lane, as the "Dwight Evans Library of West Oak Lane," in the City of Philadelphia.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Will the Chief Clerk please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17. The nays are 0. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Will the Clerk please read the title of Bill No. 240428.
An ordinance prohibiting the Commissioner of Public Property, or any other official of the City of Philadelphia acting on behalf of the City from entering into, executing or authorizing a lease extension, lease amendment, lease renewal or new agreement by and between the City and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for or on behalf of any Commonwealth Department or Agency, at the property located at 2100 West Girard Avenue; all under certain 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING terms and conditions.
The Chair recognizes Councilmember Young for a motion.
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to offer an amendment to Bill No. 240428. A copy of the amendment has been circulated to all members of Council and I move for the adoption of the amendment. (Duly seconded.)
It has been moved and properly seconded that the amendment to Bill No. 240428 be adopted. All those in favor will indicate by saying aye. (Aye.)
6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING The ayes have it and the bill has been amended. This bill will be placed on the Final Passage Calendar for our next session of Council. Will the Clerk please read the title of Bill No. 240280.
An ordinance amending Chapter 10-2200 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Hate Crimes," to expand the scope of qualifying crimes, under certain terms and conditions. This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Will the Chief Clerk please call the roll.
Councilmember Gilmore Richardson. COUNCILWOMAN GILMORE 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING RICHARDSON: Aye.
Aye. The ayes are 17. The nays 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING are 0. A majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Will the Clerk please read the title of Bill No. 240330.
An ordinance amending Chapter 21-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Citizens Police Oversight Commission," to modify the procedure by which members of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission may be removed, providing a procedure to suspend members and clarifying terms in that chapter, all under certain terms and conditions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Will the Chief Clerk please call -
Absolutely. The Chair recognizes Councilmember Jones.
Thank you so much, Mr. President. Colleagues, I want to say before we take this vote a little bit of clarification. One, I want to start with, no great document ever written authored doesn't get amended, whether it's the U.S. Constitution, whether it's City Charter. We amend bills in this body every week because they're not perfect. And in order to make them better moving towards perfect, we make such changes. This body voted to put on for a Charter change the creation of the Police Oversight Commission, not that it wasn't good when it was an executive order offered by Mayors before. But to firmly 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING entrench this process in the City to create a fair Oversight Commission, we put it on a ballot and a half a million people said this was the right thing to do. In creating a plane while you're trying to fly the plane, you miss some things. And what this amendment does is allow for a selfcorrecting process within that board to be able to say you know what, this might not be the right process, you might have made a mistake, you might need to be off of this board, not that this was designed for any one purpose or person. And I thank Member Quetcy Lozada for being laser-focused on making sure that it wasn't designed to penalize any one person but to improve a process. I thank you, President Johnson, for asking the question are we giving up our 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING authority and power as a Council. As it says in the legislation, they may self-elect to remove a member but they still have to come to this body for ratification. They still must come to City Council for a final arbitration over their independent decision. So what this does is further reinforces the spirit of what we wanted. You and I and members of this body will also be a part of the process to fill the vacancies currently on the Commission. And what we've learned is that you have to have a balance. It can't be all one-sided. It can't be all against. It can be considering all options based on the merit of the decision. I want to thank also Member Lozada and Member Gauthier for correcting me because I said in the 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING hearing Philadelphia has to fix this before our George Floyd Philadelphia moment. And I was corrected by my members that said, we've had several of them. And thank goodness we were able to manage through them without the negative results that we saw nationally. However, nevertheless we better fix this ship. And by giving them the tools to selfcorrect, I think it's the right thing to do. I think we still maintain our ability to oversee what is being overseen independent on the actions of civilian and police relations. And I think it's a good thing for us to empower them to do. It's like watching, you're watching your children grow. They ain't going to be perfect, but they need guidelines, guardrails and boundaries that are provided by us. 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING And with that, I enthusiastically support the passage of this legislation. Thank you, Mr. President and colleagues.
Thank you. Will the Clerk please read the title of Bill No. 240330.
An ordinance amending Chapter 21-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Citizens Police Oversight Commission," to modify the procedure by which members of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission may be removed, providing a procedure to suspend members and clarifying terms in that chapter, all under certain terms and conditions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING shall the bill pass finally. Will the Chief Clerk please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17. The nays are 0. Majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Council will be briefly at ease as I acknowledge Representative Joe Hohenstein, who's here in the chamber. (Council at ease.)
Could you stand for us, Representative? (Applause.)
Always good to see you and thank you for joining us today. 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING Will the Clerk please read the title of Bill No. 240472.
An ordinance amending Chapter 10-2000 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Unlawful Manufacturer of Firearms," to add restrictions relating to rate of fire acceleration devices, all under certain terms and conditions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Will the Chief Clerk please call the roll.
Aye. Council President, could you mark me aye on all the future bills?
6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING Would you like to ask for a leave of absence?
I would, Council President. Can I please have a leave of absence and voting aye on all bills?
Absence is -- leave is granted. Thank you, Rue.
Aye. The ayes are 17. The nays are 0. Majority of all members having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Will the Clerk please read the title of Bill No. 240060. 6/6/24 - STATED - 2ND READING
An ordinance amending Chapter 9-1100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Fair Practices Ordinance: Protections Against Unlawful Discrimination," to clarify and enhance protections against housing discrimination for housing assistant program participants, to modify certain procedures for investigation of housing discrimination complaints and conciliation, appeal and election of civil action of all complaints filed with the Commission, and to make related technical changes, all under certain terms and conditions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is shall the bill pass finally. Would the Chief Clerk please call the roll.