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Council approves budget and zoning measures

Published Jul 8, 2026

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Jun 4, 2026

Council approves budget and zoning measures

City Council advanced the Fiscal Year 2027 operating budget, capital budget, and six-year capital program, and it approved several zoning, housing, transportation, and city operations bills and resolutions.

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Briefing

May 28, 2026

City Council meeting summary

Philadelphia City Council met in Room 400 with a quorum present and approved the journal. Council introduced and referred numerous bills and resolutions, suspended rules to consider several measures, placed many ordinances on next week’s Second Reading calendar (including multiple building code and zoning changes), and passed a slate of bills and resolutions on Second Reading and Final Passage covering zoning, university master plan amendments, park and public-safety matters, and civic recognitions.

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Briefing

Apr 30, 2026

Philadelphia City Council meeting minutes — April 30, 2026

Council (17 members present) convened in Room 400, approved capital budget amendments and FY2026 appropriation transfers, adopted multiple property disposition and ceremonial resolutions, authorized hearings on School District fiscal oversight and student transit fares, introduced and referred numerous bills including an electric vehicle charging concession program and traffic/bicycle lane amendments, and heard public comment.

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Briefing

Apr 23, 2026

City Council (Philadelphia) minutes — April 23, 2026: tenant-protection and immigration non‑intervention measures passed; budget/capital items advanced

Council met in Room 400 with a quorum. Council passed major tenant-protection and property‑license ordinances, approved a package of measures limiting City cooperation with immigration enforcement, advanced capital and appropriation bills for further readings (including an amended transfer ordinance), adopted multiple appointments and honorary renamings, and approved an economic development service agreement. Numerous land‑bank/property transfer resolutions were transmitted from the Mayor and placed on future calendars.

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Briefing

Apr 16, 2026

Council reads and files mayoral ordinance authorizing lease for Victory Gardens and Emerson Landfill (File No. 260334)

At the April 16, 2026 City Council session the Mayor submitted Ordinance (File No. 260334) authorizing the Commissioner of Public Property to enter into lease or sublease agreements with the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development for parcels referred to as Victory Gardens and Emerson Landfill to allow environmental remediation, development of a facility, and use by the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 542; the communication was read and filed.

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Briefing

Apr 9, 2026

City Council meeting held; multiple resolutions adopted and housing, election, and zoning measures advanced

Council convened April 9, 2026 (quorum present). Members approved the prior journal, granted a leave of absence for Councilmember Bass, introduced and referred multiple bills to committees, placed several housing-related and election-related ordinances on the first- and next-week second-reading calendars, and adopted a series of ceremonial and policy resolutions.

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Briefing

Mar 12, 2026

City Council receives Mayor’s FY2027 budget, refers budget bills, amends and passes multiple ordinances

Mayor Cherelle L. Parker delivered the FY2027 Budget Address and submitted the FY2027 operating and capital budgets and Five‑Year Plan. City Council introduced and referred the budget and related revenue proposals (including a retail delivery tax and rideshare use tax), placed several zoning bills on first reading, amended and passed tenant‑protection and other ordinances, approved financing actions for Philadelphia Gas Works, and adopted multiple honorary resolutions. Public comment was taken and the session was adjourned to March 19, 2026.

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