City of Philadelphia - File #: 020587

• File #: 020587
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: LAPSED
• File created: 9/19/2002
• In control: Committee on Law and Government
• Title: Proposing an amendment to Section 8-200(3) of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to approval of contracts imposing debt payment obligations on the City in connection with the construction, rehabilitation or siting of any structure, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Ortiz, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Cohen, Council President Verna

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/17/2002	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/17/2002	0	Committee on Law and Government	Cancellation of Scheduled Public Hearing
9/19/2002	0	CITY COUNCIL	Referred
9/19/2002	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced

Title
Proposing an amendment to Section 8-200(3) of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, relating to approval of contracts imposing debt payment obligations on the City in connection with the construction, rehabilitation or siting of any structure, and providing for the submission of the amendment to the electors of Philadelphia.
Body
WHEREAS, Under Section 6 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (53 P.S. §13106), an amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter may be proposed by a resolution of the Council of the City of Philadelphia adopted with the concurrence of two-thirds of its elected members; now therefore

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That the following amendment to the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter is hereby proposed and shall be submitted to the electors of the City on an election date designated by ordinance:

ARTICLE VII
PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

CHAPTER 2
CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT, PROPERTY AND RECORDS

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(3) Contracts may be made for the leasing of real estate and for personal property to be supplied or services to be rendered over a period of more than one year only when permitted by ordinance. Otherwise no contract shall be binding upon the City unless there is an appropriation available for its payment. Except for contracts entered into between the City and any authority, whenever [When] the term of a contract exceeds four years, there shall be inserted a clause reserving to the City the right to terminate it at the option of the City at any time after the expiration of four years without liability to the other party for damages or loss of profits which would have been realized had the contract not been terminated. [The limitations of this paragraph shall not apply to any contract entered into between the City and any authority.]

(4) No lease, contract or agreement of any kind with an authority requiring the City to make principal or interest payments, or guarantee such payments, ...