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Council President called the session to order and invited Reverend Jeffrey Jordan, senior pastor of Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church in Philadelphia, to give the invocation; Reverend Jordan framed the council's work as stewardship of vulnerable residents and concluded with an amen.
Philadelphia City Council held a regular session with public comment on a proposed temporary moratorium on commercial puppy breeding, adoption of multiple resolutions (including support for a state earned-income tax credit and a driverless-vehicle review), passage of a 5th District business-hours/zoning overlay ordinance, and several ceremonial resolutions; the moratorium bill was amended and placed on the final-passage calendar after extensive testimony.
