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City Hall Murals Now Decided by Public Art Experts After Council Vote Today

Official:Directing the Commissioner of Public Property to rely upon the recommendations of the Recreation Department's Mural Arts Program to operate the City's Art in City Hall Program, under certain terms and conditions.

Sponsor: Councilmember Blackwell

Introduced: January 22, 2004

: Committee on Public Property and Public Works

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2004–2007 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

That is not unusual here. Of the 8,465 bills introduced between 2000 and 2025, 1,624 lapsed without a single recorded vote. Ninety percent of bills that became law carry a roll call. Three percent of lapsed bills do. How this works.

Plain-Language Summary

This bill tells the Commissioner of Public Property to use recommendations from the Recreation Department's Mural Arts Program to choose artists for a program in City Hall.

What This Bill Does

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The Commissioner of Public Property is directed to rely on recommendations from the Recreation Department's Mural Arts Program to choose artists for the City's Art in City Hall Program.
The Commissioner's discretion regarding placement, content, and space utilization in the Art in City Hall Program is still retained.
The Mural Arts Program is the source of recommendations for the Art in City Hall Program, replacing an unspecified previous process or decision-making authority.
The Art in City Hall Program will include a "mixture of artists" that includes children from the Philadelphia School District.