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Votes at a glance: Council adopts HOME budget, sidewalk-cafe rules, energy and zoning measures; consent calendar passes
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Summary
At its final session before winter recess, Council passed a broad consent package, adopted the HOME program, approved sidewalk‑cafe reforms and multiple energy and zoning bills; mobile services restrictions passed 14–3. Roll calls for major items are listed below.
Philadelphia City Council’s Dec. 18 session produced a large number of final votes across budgets, ordinances and resolutions.
Key outcomes
- Resolution 250955 (HOME program): Adopted by voice vote to approve the 2025–2026 HOME program annual statement and budget; supporters emphasized urgency to secure federal funding.
- Bill 251022 (Sidewalk Cafes): Passed on final reading by roll call (ayes 17–0). The ordinance revises Section 9‑208 to simplify and expand by‑right sidewalk cafe access.
- Bill 250720 (Mobile Service Providers): Passed by roll call (ayes 14, nays 3) to add prohibitions on where mobile medical service providers may operate; nays recorded from Councilmembers Landau, Brooks and O’Rourke.
- Retirement savings measures and related charter amendments (multiple bills including 250651‑a and 250965 series): Passed with recorded roll calls and unanimous or near‑unanimous support.
- Consent agenda: Council adopted a long consent agenda of redevelopment, land‑bank dispositions, encroachment authorizations, renamings and other resolutions (see list read into the record). All consent items on the calendar were adopted by the majority of members voting in the affirmative.
- Ceremonial votes: Resolution 251093 naming Broad & Pike as Saudia Schuler Way was adopted unanimously.
Roll calls and recorded tallies referenced in the clerk’s record correspond to the items read into the record; minutes will be printed in the journal. Council adjourned and set its next session for Thu., Jan. 22, 2026 at 10 a.m.
