Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing amendment of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to provide for an Executive Director of the City Planning Commission who shall be a member of the Mayor's Cabinet; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown
Introduced: November 17, 2005
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Lapsed
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.
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This bill proposes to change the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create an Executive Director of the City Planning Commission who would be a member of the Mayor's Cabinet.
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