No.

Aye on all bills.

Good morning, Mr. President. No bills today.

Thank you, Mr. President. Electronic cigarettes are safer. Electronic cigarettes have fewer toxic effects. Electronic cigarettes are somewhat healthier, safer, and somewhat healthier with fewer toxic effects than cigarettes.

That's a pretty low bar to clear, don't you think, especially considering these claims are being made about a ...

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you, Mr. President. I introduce one bill on your behalf co-sponsored by all members of City Council.

I move for the adoption.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the adoption.

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you, Mr. President. I introduce two bills, one privileged resolution and another privileged resolution honoring the retiring President of Holy Family University with Councilman Henon and Dennis O'Brien.

Thank you very much, Mr. President. In the last year it's become a practice of mine as I get up in the morning to try to spend 15 or 30 minutes in prayer and reflection or meditation, whatever you want to call it, on what's going to come ...

I'd like to vote nay, Mr. President, but I'd like to explain my vote.

Thank you. I'm going to vote nay on this, not because I object to the rationale of the bill, but because I believe that if we want to have a policy affecting medical ...

Aye.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of Bill Nos. 130805 and 130854.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Finance reports two bills with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have no bills or resolutions today.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye on all bills, except I recuse myself on -- I abstain on Bills 130766 and 130767 for the reasons stated in a memo given to the Chief Clerk at the Finance Committee hearing where these bills were heard.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Thank you, Mr. President. Nothing today.

I move for the adoption of the resolution.

Aye on all bills.

I move that the rules of Council be suspended so as to permit first reading this day of the bills just read.

Thank you, Mr. President. The Committee on Finance reports three bills with a favorable recommendation.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have one resolution.

Thank you, Mr. President. This resolution today does not create a TIF. This resolution today is required so that we can have the hearing in the Finance Committee that Councilman Goode just mentioned. And so in order for us to go ahead with that hearing, we have to agree that ...

Thank you, Mr. President. No bills or resolutions.

Thank you.

But we must do it prior to the hearing.

I just raise a quick point of order. The resolution that we did not move on for TIFs, I just would like to make sure that that does not have to be passed prior to the ordinance being heard in committee. I thought under TIF rules that we may have ...

Point of order, Mr. President.

I move for the adoption of the resolution.

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you, Mr. President. Certainly I'd be happy to discuss the bill. I don't think I could possibly summarize it any better than was done by Mr. Domb who came during speaking time, but I also want to note, as I know Mr. Domb is aware, that a ...

Thank you, Mr. President. I have one privileged resolution co-sponsored by Councilmembers Bass and Brown proclaiming the State of Young Philly Week in Philadelphia.

Thank you, Mr. President. I'll be brief. I have three small things to discuss. The first is, last night these Chambers were used by PhillyCORE Leaders to hold an event called SEED Philly, which PECO, I, and others sponsored. There were three entrepreneurial educational ideas competing for $5,000 ...

I apologize. It was co-sponsored by Councilmember Reynolds Brown and Councilmember Bass. Thank you.

I'm sorry, Mr. President.

Thank you, Mr. President. I note that this resolution was co-sponsored by Councilmember Blackwell and Councilmember Bass. I move for the adoption.

Thank you, Mr. President. I would like the record to reflect an abstention on Bill No. 130583. There's a potential conflict of interest for the reasons that will be submitted in a memo to the Clerk.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Thank you, Mr. President. I move for the amendment, which has been circulated.

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. President. I have one resolution and one bill.