PHILADELPHIA HOME RULE CHARTER
CHAPTER 2 ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT
§3-207. Members of Boards and Commissions.
Except as expressly otherwise provided and subject to the
limitations contained in this charter, the Mayor shall appoint the members of
all boards and commissions.
ANNOTATION
Sources: The Administrative Code of 1929, Act of April 9,
1929, P.L. 177, Section 207, as amended.
Purposes: Consistent with the strong-mayor form of government
plan, the Mayor will, as a rule, appoint the members of all boards and
commissions. Council's former participation in the administrative process
of government through its power to appoint members of boards and commissions has
been removed.