City of Philadelphia - File #: 230004

• File #: 230004
• Version: 1
• Type: Bill
• Status: ENACTED
• File created: 1/19/2023
• In control: Committee on Law and Government
• Final action: 2/16/2023
• Title: 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 an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to civil service exemptions for staff of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission; 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; all under certain terms and conditions.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Jones
• Indexes: POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/1/2023	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
2/16/2023	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND PASSED	Pass	13:1
2/9/2023	1	CITY COUNCIL	SUSPEND THE RULES OF THE COUNCIL
2/9/2023	1	CITY COUNCIL	READ AND ORDERED PLACED ON NEXT WEEK'S SECOND READING CALENDAR
2/9/2023	1	CITY COUNCIL	ORDERED PLACED ON THIS DAY`S FIRST READING CALENDAR
2/6/2023	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING NOTICES SENT
2/6/2023	0	Committee on Law and Government	HEARING HELD
2/6/2023	0	Committee on Law and Government	AMENDED
2/6/2023	1	Committee on Law and Government	REPORTED FAVORABLY, RULE SUSPENSION REQUESTED
1/19/2023	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Referred

Title
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 an amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to civil service exemptions for staff of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission; 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; all under certain terms and conditions.

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 May 16, 2023, the amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter contained in Resolution No. 230016 approved by Council on February 16, 2023, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of 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 make employees of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission exempt from civil service hiring requirements?

SECTION 3. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to (i) certify to the Board of Elections, within five days of this Ordinance becoming law, a copy of this Ordinance and Resolution No. 230016; 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. 230016 together with the ballot question set forth in Section 2 of this Ordinance.

SECTION 4. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to cause to be published one time, during the three (3) weeks preceding the election on May 16, 2023, in three (3) newspapers of general circulation in the City and in The Legal Intelligencer, t...