Title
Providing for the submission to the qualified electors
of the City
of Philadelphia
of an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create the
Department of Aviation, to transfer the functions
of certain City agencies with respect to the operations
of the City's airports to the newly-created
Department and to provide for additional duties
of the
Department, as approved by Resolution
of the City Council; fixing the date
of a special election for such purpose; prescribing the form
of ballot question to be voted on; and, authorizing the appropriate
officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.
Body
THE COUNCIL
OF THE CITY
OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. There shall be submitted for the approval or disapproval
of the qualified electors
of the City
of Philadelphia at the election to be held on November 8, 2022, the proposed amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter contained in Resolution No. 220197 approved by City Council on June 23, 2022, and filed in the
Office
of the Clerk
of City Council.
SECTION 2. There shall be placed on the ballot the following question to be answered "Yes" or "No" by the qualified electors participating in the election:
Should The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter be amended to create the
Department of Aviation and to transfer certain functions related to operations
of City airports from the other City agencies to the
Department of Aviation?
SECTION 3. The Clerk
of City Council is hereby directed to: (i) certify to the Board
of Elections, within five (5) days
of this Ordinance becoming law, a copy this Ordinance and Resolution No. 220197; and (ii) to have printed in pamphlet form, in sufficient number for general distribution, the proposed amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter as set forth in Resolution No. 220197, together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2
of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. The Clerk
of City Council is hereby directed to cause to be pub...
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