City of Philadelphia / Dept. of Records: Record Series Report - CITY COUNCIL
City of Philadelphia / Dept. of Records: Record Series Report - CITY COUNCIL
City of Philadelphia / Dept. of Records: Record Series Report - CITY COUNCIL
OF RECORDS
Record Series Report - CITY COUNCIL
Department ID
Department Name
/CO/
City Council
Series ID
Description
CO-
CITY COUNCIL
CO-XX-
ALL SERIES
CO-XX-0001-
Confidential
Vital
Total
Retention
Requirement
PRM
Complete, official text of legislative matters considered by Council, including hearing testimony
and exhibits.
CO-XX-0002-
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
CR+8
Certified notices of the publication of advertising for all public meetings of Council, including
affidavits asserting that notices were printed.
RETENTION CODES:
ACT=Action (Event)
SUP=Superseded
AUD=Audit
CLO=Closed
TERM=Termination
CR=Created (Opened)
CY=Calendar Year
FY=Fiscal Year
PRM=Permanent
REF=Reference
SEP=Separation (Employee)
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Department ID
Department Name
/CO/
City Council
Series ID
Description
CO-XX-0003-
BOND ISSUES
Confidential
Vital
Total
Retention
Requirement
CR+12
Records related to bond issuance, including proof of special advertising, the Chief Clerk's
certification that the bond process has progressed properly, and reports from independent
financial consultants.
CO-XX-0004-
PRM
CO-XX-0005-
PRM
Bound volumes of approved Council ordinances with the original text and signature (1954 1989).
CO-XX-0006-
COUNCIL JOURNALS
PRM
Bound volumes of the minutes of Council sessions. From 1854 to 1919 these are legislative
histories from both the Select Council and Common Council. Since the two were combined in
1920, the records are the minutes of City Council.
RETENTION CODES:
ACT=Action (Event)
SUP=Superseded
AUD=Audit
CLO=Closed
TERM=Termination
CR=Created (Opened)
CY=Calendar Year
FY=Fiscal Year
PRM=Permanent
REF=Reference
SEP=Separation (Employee)
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