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Council Proposes Special Election to Allow Bid Preferences for Environmentally Friendly Businesses

Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter authorizing City Council to provide, by ordinance, for bid preferences in the awarding of public contracts for businesses whose products, services or operations demonstrate a high level of environmental stewardship; fixing the date of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form of ballot questions to be voted on; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.

Sponsor: Councilmember Reynolds Brown

Introduced: October 16, 2008

: Committee on Law and Government

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No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 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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Plain-Language Summary

This bill proposes to amend the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to allow City Council to give preference in public contracts to businesses that demonstrate high environmental stewardship.

What This Bill Does

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Proposes to amend the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to allow City Council to give preference in public contracts to businesses that demonstrate high environmental stewardship.
Fixes the date of a special election to be held on May 19, 2009, for the purpose of submitting the proposed amendment to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia.
Authorizes the City Council to provide, by ordinance, for bid preferences in the awarding of public contracts for businesses with high environmental stewardship.
Requires the proposed amendment to be placed on the ballot as a question to be answered "Yes" or "No" by the qualified electors participating in the election.