Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 000009.
An ordinance amending Chapter 19-1800 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "School Tax Authorization," by amending Section 19-1804 to further authorize the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia to impose a tax on net income from real property and tangible and intangible personal property of SECOND READING - BILL 000009 the residents of the School District of the Philadelphia.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The Clerk will call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. Councilman Kenney, do you wish to be recognized?
I want to be recorded as voting aye on all the votes taken while I was out of the chamber.
The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 000010.
An ordinance amending Chapter 19-2600 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Business Privilege Taxes" by decreasing the rates of the tax based upon gross receipts.
This bill having been read two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? SECOND READING - BILL 000010 The Clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A SECOND READING - BILL 000015 majority of all members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the pill bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 000015.
An ordinance amending Section 19-203 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Payroll Deductions," by adding a new provision to allow for payroll deductions by Philadelphia firefighters for insurance premiums paid to the Hartford Life Insurance Company.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The bill will call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all members of City Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. 000122.
An ordinance amending Title 22 of the Philadelphia Code, entitled "Public Employees Retirement Code," by amending Section 22-1303, entitled "Exemptions From Attachment," to add the German-American Police Association to the list of designated payees to whom a member may direct the deduction SECOND READING - BILL 000122 from benefit payments, all under certain terms and conditions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The Clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. Number 000012.
An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2000 within the Grants Revenue Fund from the Director of Finance - Provision for Other Grants to the Police Department, the Department of Human Services, Office of Emergency Shelter and Services, and the Board of Trustees of the Free Library of Philadelphia.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, shall the bill pass finally? The Clerk will please call the roll.
Aye. The ayes are 17, the nays are 0. A majority of all Members of Council having voted in the affirmative, the bill passes. The next bill to be called for consideration is Bill No. Number 000013. SECOND READING - BILL 000013
An ordinance authorizing transfers in appropriations for Fiscal Year 2000 within the General Fund from certain or all City offices, departments, boards, and commissions to certain or all City offices, departments, boards, and commissions.
This bill having been read on two different days, the question now is, Shall the bill pass finally? The Clerk will call the roll.
Thank you, Madam President. Before the calling of the roll, I wanted to place on the record with respect to this particular bill -- some of my colleagues will recall in last week's Appropriations Committee hearing, this bill was the subject of discussion as it is a transfer ordinance for Fiscal Year 2000, the current fiscal year that we are presently operating in. The issue last week had to do with a SECOND READING - BILL 000013 proposed transfer of funds to the Department of Licenses and Inspections to deal with some ongoing fencing problems or requests here in the City. The amendment on that particular bill failed. There was some discussion about the prospect of amending this particular bill to still try to address that particular issue. I have chosen not to do that, Madam President. There are items -- funding sources that are being transferred in this particular bill that need to take place, and they need to take place today, one of which was the topic of much discussion here in the City regarding funding for hepatitis C issues involving our firefighters. I will not use this particular device or mechanism to address that particular issue because that issue is much too important. I will say, though, Madam President, that I had an opportunity to talk to the Mayor's Chief-of-Staff and the Mayor this morning. The Mayor assures me that to the greatest extent possible, the Administration would like to address fencing problems, and I will have -- and other Members, I know, will have discussions with the SECOND READING - BILL 000013 Administration about those concerns presently, notwithstanding the Administration's proposal to have a future program to deal with the much larger issue of blight. The issue that I've raised is somewhere between now and that program, people have needs and people have concerns. And whether it's the lady that I talked about in my district or many other districts throughout this city, these are serious issues where the City has demolished a property, they've done the stucco work, walked away, and we leave many citizens with a problem. In the particular case that I articulated last week, that citizen could not wait for the City and had to go and hire their own contractor to put a fence on a lot that they do not own, which is next door to their property, and they now have a bill which they have to pay because of work that was left undone, in my opinion, by the City of Philadelphia. It is not fair to that lady, it is not fair to anyone to have to pick up a financial responsibility as a result of work that we have done and leave them in potentially a more SECOND READING - BILL 000013 dangerous situation between the trash, the debris, abandoned cars, drug addicts and junkies and everyone else that hang out in these vacant lots next to someone's house. So I will continue the discussions and I encourage other Members to do so with regard to the Administration. We look forward to the blight elimination program in the future, but we need some program now. Thank you Madam President.
Thank you. The Chair recognizes Councilman Kenney.
Thank you, Madam President. I have to leave the chamber and would like to be recorded as voting aye on all bills and resolutions before us today.