Authorizing an increase in the non-electoral indebtedness of the City within the Pennsylvania constitutional limit; authorizing the Bond Committee to sell bonds at public or private negotiated sale, to provide funds toward various capital municipal purposes; providing for appropriations to the Sinking Fund Commission for the payment of such bonds; and authorizing agreements to provide credit or payment or liquidity sources for the bonds in connection with issuance of the bonds, and certain other actions.

Mayor Jim Kenney?s FY24 Budget Address Good morning. Let me begin by thanking Council President Darrell Clarke and members of City Council for the invitation to speak today. I am happy to be back in this chamber as we kick off the annual process of creating our City?s budget. The last time I gave this speech in person was March 5th, 2020. Only 17 days later, COVID-19 shut down our city and changed our lives dramatically. Looking around me this morning and thinking about the uncertainty and the seismic, sudden changes we have navigated together since 2020, I am overwhelmed with

Honoring the Wonderful Women of West and Southwest Philadelphia, on the occasion of International Women?s Day, for their tireless work to uplift West and Southwest Philadelphians: Tanja Carter, Callalily Cousar, Constance Harris Crews, Terrilyn Donnell, Bettye Ferguson, Rachel Honore, Cheryl Jackson, Edie Owens-Hightower, Tammy Pullins, Tamara N. Staley, Lorraine Thomas, Kendra Van de Water, Doreen Waller, Mariya Khandros, Cydnea Shearlds, Esq., Alexis Wright-Whitley, Ciani Beatty, Kianna Bingham, Tyler Wood, and Morgan Allgrove-Hodges.