With an important committee vote slated for Thursday on a bill to change the city's residency requirement, Councilman W. Wilson Goode Jr. said he would propose a companion bill Thursday to give current Philly residents a preference for jobs in case of a tie.
Councilman Jim Kenney's bill to eliminate the rule that any new hire must have lived in the city for a year prior to hiring ran into resistance by Goode and others who sought some type of advantage for Philadelphia residents. Goode's bill would give the job to a current resident if they are ranked equally with a nonresident after Civil Service testing.
Kenney's bill is expected to pass to Council Thursday with a favorable recommendation by the Committee on Labor and Civil Service, with a first reading next week. Goode's bill will require a change of the city charter by referendum; the soonest it could be approved by voters is November because the deadlines for the primary have passed.
Kenney's bill would require any new hire to move into the city within 6 months.
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