Daily News | Philly City Council is eying new sprinkler system law to prevent fires — with support from a convicted ex-councilmember
A bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council on Thursday would require sprinkler systems in certain high-rise apartment buildings, a safety reform driven by disastrous blazes in recent years, includingThe bill, introduced by Councilmember Mark Squilla, would mandate property owners to install fire-dousing systems in all buildings roughly six stories or taller than 75 feet, and the proposal has already drawn opposition from real estate groups.
But in February, weeks after he tendered his resignation papers, Henon continued discussions with both Mayor Jim Kenney’s administration and Council colleagues about pursuing the sprinkler legislation, according to emails obtained by The Inquirer.officials met with Henon at the ex-lawmaker’s request to “discuss several outstanding issues he had been working on and wanted to bring to the Administration’s attention.
Henon would be required to register as a lobbyist if he was getting paid by a third-party group to push legislation, according to the Board of Ethics. But Shane Creamer, the board’s executive director, said that Henon if is acting on his own behalf, “there wouldn’t be any issues.”submitted by Local 98 show the union paid Henon $73,944 through 2021, though it remains unclear if he is still on payroll this year.
Some landlord groups are already pushing back against the bill as an unnecessary and expensive mandate. In a statement, the Greater Philadelphia Association of Realtors questioned whether sprinkler systems were as effective as hard-wired smoke detectors, which are already required in high-rise buildings.
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