City of Philadelphia - File #: 090723

• File #: 090723
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 10/8/2009
• In control: Joint Committees on Licenses & Inspections and Public Health & Human Services
• Title: Authorizing City Council's Committees on Licenses and Inspections and Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to investigate the state of intergovernmental and intragovernmental cooperation between the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health relating the protection of its citizens from exposure to wild animals which take shelter in vacant buildings and deteriorating alleyways.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Tasco

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
10/8/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED & REFERRED
10/8/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
10/8/2009	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Authorizing City Council's Committees on Licenses and Inspections and Public Health and Human Services to hold public hearings to investigate the state of intergovernmental and intragovernmental cooperation between the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health relating the protection of its citizens from exposure to wild animals which take shelter in vacant buildings and deteriorating alleyways.
Body
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture is charged with enforcing the state's Rabies Prevention and Control in Domestic Animals and Wildlife Act; and

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Game Commission is responsible for managing all of Pennsylvania's wild birds and mammals. As part of its operations the Commission issues all hunting and furtaking licenses and wildlife rehabilitator permits; conducts testing for wildlife diseases and licenses and regulates wildlife pest controllers; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections is empowered to take lawful actions necessary to correct dangerous and unlawful conditions, including making necessary emergency repairs to properties, cleaning and sealing abandoned buildings, and demolishing vacant buildings that pose a threat to public safety; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Department of Public Health oversees the prevention, timely reporting and control of diseases and conditions that are contagious and/or affect the public's health, including diseases such as rabies that can be spread from animals to humans.

WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has been awarded a contract by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to perform animal care and control services for the City of Philade...