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Chief Executive; Powers, Duties and Compensation

The city mayor, as chief executive of the city government, shall exercise such
powers and perform such duties and functions as provided by this Code
and other laws.

(b) For efficient, effective and economical governance the purpose of
which is the general welfare of the city and its inhabitants pursuant
to Section 16 of this Code, the city mayor shall:

(1) Exercise general supervision and control over all programs,
projects, services, and activities of the city government, and
in this connection, shall:

(i) Determine the guidelines of city policies and be
responsible to the Sangguniang Panlungsod for the
program of government;
(ii) Direct the formulation of the city development plan,
with the assistance of the city development council,
and upon approval thereof by the Sangguniang
Panlungsod, implement the same;
(iii) Present the program of government and propose
policies and projects for the consideration of the
Sangguniang Panlungsod at the opening of the
regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod
every calendar year and as often as may be deemed
necessary as the general welfare of the inhabitants
and the needs of the city government may require;
(iv) Initiate and propose legislative measures to the
Sangguniang Panlungsod and as often as may be
deemed necessary, provide such information and
data needed or requested by said sanggunian in the
performance of its legislative functions;
(v) Appoint all officials and employees whose salaries
and wages are wholly or mainly paid out of city funds
and whose appointments are not otherwise provided
for in this Code, as well as those he may be
authorized by law to appoint;
(vi) Represent the city in all its business transactions and
sign in its behalf all bonds, contracts, and obligations,
and such other documents upon authority of the
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Sangguniang Panlungsod or pursuant to law or
ordinance;
(vii) Carry out such emergency measures as may be
necessary during and in the aftermath of man-made
and natural disasters and calamities;
(viii) Determine the time, manner and place of payment of
salaries or wages of the officials and employees of
the city, in accordance with law or ordinance;
(ix) Allocate and assign office space to city and other
officials and employees who, by law or ordinance, are
entitled to such space in the city hall and other
buildings owned or leased by the city government;
(x) Ensure that all executive officials and employees of
the city faithfully discharge their duties and functions
as provided by law and this Code, and cause to be
instituted administrative or judicial proceedings
against any official or employee of the city who may
have committed an offense in the performance of his
official duties;
(xi) Examine the books, records and other documents of
all offices, officials, agents or employees of the city
and, in aid of his executive powers and authority,
require all national officials and employees stationed
in or assigned to the city to make available to him
such books, records, and other documents in their
custody, except those classified by law as
confidential;
(xii) Furnish copies of executive orders issued by him, to
the provincial governor in the case of component city
mayors, to the Office of the President in the case of
highly-urbanized city mayors, and to their respective
metropolitan council chairmen in the case of mayors
of cities in the Metropolitan Manila Area and other
metropolitan political subdivisions, within seventy-two
(72) hours after their issuance;
(xiii) Visit component Barangays of the city at least once
every six (6) months to deepen his understanding of
problems and conditions, listen and give appropriate
counsel to local officials and inhabitants, inform the
component Barangay officials and inhabitants of
general laws and ordinances which especially
concern them, and otherwise conduct visits and
inspections to ensure that the governance of the city
will improve the quality of life of the inhabitants;
(xiv) Act on leave applications of officials and employees
appointed by him and the commutation of the
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monetary value of their leave credits in accordance
with law;
(xv) Authorize official trips of city officials and employees
outside of the city for a period not exceeding thirty
(30) days;
(xvi) Call upon any national official or employee stationed
in or assigned to the city to advise him on matters
affecting the city and to make recommendations
thereon; coordinate with said official or employee in
the formulation and implementation of plans,
programs and projects; and, when appropriate, initiate
an administrative or judicial action against a national
government official or employee who may have
committed an offense in the performance of his official
duties while stationed in or assigned to the city;
(xvii) Authorize payment for medical care, necessary
transportation, subsistence, hospital or medical fees
of city officials and employees who are injured while
in the performance of their official duties and
functions, subject to availability of funds;
(xviii) Solemnize marriage, any provision of law to the
contrary notwithstanding;
(xix) Conduct an annual palarong panlungsod, which shall
feature traditional sports and disciplines included in
national and international games, in coordination with
the Department of Education, Culture and Sports;
and,
(xx) Submit to the provincial governor, in the case of
component cities; to the Office of the President, in the
case of highly-urbanized cities; to their respective
metropolitan authority council chairmen and to the
Office of the President, in the case of cities of the
Metropolitan Manila Area and other metropolitan
political subdivisions, the following reports: an annual
report containing a summary of all matters pertinent to
the management, administration and development of
the city and all information and data relative to its
political, social and economic conditions; and
supplemental reports when unexpected events and
situations arise at any time during the year,
particularly when man-made or natural disasters or
calamities affect the general welfare of the city,
province, region or country;

(2) Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the governance
of the city and in the exercise of the appropriate corporate
206
powers provided for under section 22 of this Code,
implement all approved policies, programs, projects,
services and activities of the city and, in addition to the
foregoing, shall:

(i) Ensure that the acts of the city's component
Barangays and of its officials and employees are
within the scope of their prescribed powers, duties
and functions;
(ii) Call conventions, conferences, seminars, or meetings
of any elective and appointive officials of the city,
including provincial officials and national officials and
employees stationed in or assigned to the city, at
such time and place and on such subject as he may
deem important for the promotion of the general
welfare of the local government unit and its
inhabitants;
(iii) Issue such executive orders for the faithful and
appropriate enforcement and execution of laws and
ordinances;
(iv) Be entitled to carry the necessary firearm within his
territorial jurisdiction;
(v) Act as the deputized representative of the National
Police Commission, formulate the peace and order
plan of the city and upon its approval, implement the
same; and as such exercise general and operational
control and supervision over the local police forces in
the city, in accordance with R.A. No. 6975;
(vi) Call upon the appropriate law enforcement agencies
to suppress disorder, riot, lawless violence, rebellion
or sedition, or to apprehend violators of the law when
public interest so requires and the city police forces
are inadequate to cope with the situation or the
violators;

(3) Initiate and maximize the generation of resources and
revenues, and apply the same to the implementation of
development plans, program objectives and priorities as
provided for under section 18 of this Code, particularly those
resources and revenues programmed for agro-industrial
development and countryside growth and progress and,
relative thereto, shall:

(i) Require each head of an office or department to
prepare and submit an estimate of appropriations for
the ensuing calendar year, in accordance with the
207
budget preparations process under Title Five, Book II
of this Code;
(ii) Prepare and submit to the sanggunian for approval
the executive and supplemental budgets of the city for
the ensuing calendar year in the manner provided for
under Title Five, Book II of this Code;
(iii) Ensure that all taxes and other revenues of the city
are collected, and that city funds are applied to the
payment of expenses and settlement of obligations of
the city, in accordance with law or ordinance;
(iv) Issue licenses and permits and suspend or revoke the
same for any violation of the conditions upon which
said licenses or permits had been issued, pursuant to
law or ordinance;
(v) Issue permits, without need of approval therefor from
any national agency, for the holding of activities for
any charitable or welfare purpose, excluding
prohibited games of chance or shows contrary to law,
public policy and public morals;
(vi) Require owners of illegally constructed houses,
buildings or other structures to obtain the necessary
permit, subject to such fines and penalties as may be
imposed by law or ordinance, or to make necessary
changes in the construction of the same when said
construction violates any law or ordinance, or to order
the demolition or removal of said house, building or
structure within the period prescribed by law or
ordinance;
(vii) Adopt adequate measures to safeguard and conserve
land, mineral, marine, forest, and other resources of
the city; provide efficient and effective property and
supply management in the city; and protect the funds,
credits, rights and other properties of the city; and
(viii) Institute or cause to be instituted administrative or
judicial proceedings for violation of ordinances in the
collection of taxes, fees or charges, and for the
recovery of funds and property; and cause the city to
be defended against all suits to ensure that its
interests, resources and rights shall be adequately
protected;

(4) Ensure the delivery of basic services and the provision of
adequate facilities as provided for under section 17 of this
Code and, in addition thereto, shall:

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(i) Ensure that the construction and repair of roads and
highways funded by the national government shall be,
as far as practicable, carried out in a spatially
contiguous manner and in coordination with the
construction and repair of the roads and bridges of
the city, and in the case of component cities, of the
city and of the province; and
(ii) Coordinate the implementation of technical services,
including public works and infrastructure programs,
rendered by national offices in the case of highly
urbanized and independent component cities, and by
national and provincial offices in the case of
component cities; and

(5) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties
and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.

(c) During his incumbency, the city mayor shall hold office in the city
hall.

(d) The city mayor shall receive a minimum monthly compensation
corresponding to Salary Grade thirty (30) as prescribed under R.A.
No. 6758 and the implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto.

-(a) The
city mayor, as chief executive of the city government, shall exercise such
powers and perform such duties and functions as provided by this Code
and other laws.

(b) For efficient, effective and economical governance the purpose of
which is the general welfare of the city and its inhabitants pursuant
to Section 16 of this Code, the city mayor shall:

(1) Exercise general supervision and control over all programs,
projects, services, and activities of the city government, and
in this connection, shall:

(i) Determine the guidelines of city policies and be
responsible to the Sangguniang Panlungsod for the
program of government;
(ii) Direct the formulation of the city development plan,
with the assistance of the city development council,
and upon approval thereof by the Sangguniang
Panlungsod, implement the same;
(iii) Present the program of government and propose
policies and projects for the consideration of the
Sangguniang Panlungsod at the opening of the
regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod
every calendar year and as often as may be deemed
necessary as the general welfare of the inhabitants
and the needs of the city government may require;
(iv) Initiate and propose legislative measures to the
Sangguniang Panlungsod and as often as may be
deemed necessary, provide such information and
data needed or requested by said sanggunian in the
performance of its legislative functions;
(v) Appoint all officials and employees whose salaries
and wages are wholly or mainly paid out of city funds
and whose appointments are not otherwise provided
for in this Code, as well as those he may be
authorized by law to appoint;
(vi) Represent the city in all its business transactions and
sign in its behalf all bonds, contracts, and obligations,
and such other documents upon authority of the
204
Sangguniang Panlungsod or pursuant to law or
ordinance;
(vii) Carry out such emergency measures as may be
necessary during and in the aftermath of man-made
and natural disasters and calamities;
(viii) Determine the time, manner and place of payment of
salaries or wages of the officials and employees of
the city, in accordance with law or ordinance;
(ix) Allocate and assign office space to city and other
officials and employees who, by law or ordinance, are
entitled to such space in the city hall and other
buildings owned or leased by the city government;
(x) Ensure that all executive officials and employees of
the city faithfully discharge their duties and functions
as provided by law and this Code, and cause to be
instituted administrative or judicial proceedings
against any official or employee of the city who may
have committed an offense in the performance of his
official duties;
(xi) Examine the books, records and other documents of
all offices, officials, agents or employees of the city
and, in aid of his executive powers and authority,
require all national officials and employees stationed
in or assigned to the city to make available to him
such books, records, and other documents in their
custody, except those classified by law as
confidential;
(xii) Furnish copies of executive orders issued by him, to
the provincial governor in the case of component city
mayors, to the Office of the President in the case of
highly-urbanized city mayors, and to their respective
metropolitan council chairmen in the case of mayors
of cities in the Metropolitan Manila Area and other
metropolitan political subdivisions, within seventy-two
(72) hours after their issuance;
(xiii) Visit component Barangays of the city at least once
every six (6) months to deepen his understanding of
problems and conditions, listen and give appropriate
counsel to local officials and inhabitants, inform the
component Barangay officials and inhabitants of
general laws and ordinances which especially
concern them, and otherwise conduct visits and
inspections to ensure that the governance of the city
will improve the quality of life of the inhabitants;
(xiv) Act on leave applications of officials and employees
appointed by him and the commutation of the
205
monetary value of their leave credits in accordance
with law;
(xv) Authorize official trips of city officials and employees
outside of the city for a period not exceeding thirty
(30) days;
(xvi) Call upon any national official or employee stationed
in or assigned to the city to advise him on matters
affecting the city and to make recommendations
thereon; coordinate with said official or employee in
the formulation and implementation of plans,
programs and projects; and, when appropriate, initiate
an administrative or judicial action against a national
government official or employee who may have
committed an offense in the performance of his official
duties while stationed in or assigned to the city;
(xvii) Authorize payment for medical care, necessary
transportation, subsistence, hospital or medical fees
of city officials and employees who are injured while
in the performance of their official duties and
functions, subject to availability of funds;
(xviii) Solemnize marriage, any provision of law to the
contrary notwithstanding;
(xix) Conduct an annual palarong panlungsod, which shall
feature traditional sports and disciplines included in
national and international games, in coordination with
the Department of Education, Culture and Sports;
and,
(xx) Submit to the provincial governor, in the case of
component cities; to the Office of the President, in the
case of highly-urbanized cities; to their respective
metropolitan authority council chairmen and to the
Office of the President, in the case of cities of the
Metropolitan Manila Area and other metropolitan
political subdivisions, the following reports: an annual
report containing a summary of all matters pertinent to
the management, administration and development of
the city and all information and data relative to its
political, social and economic conditions; and
supplemental reports when unexpected events and
situations arise at any time during the year,
particularly when man-made or natural disasters or
calamities affect the general welfare of the city,
province, region or country;

(2) Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the governance
of the city and in the exercise of the appropriate corporate
206
powers provided for under section 22 of this Code,
implement all approved policies, programs, projects,
services and activities of the city and, in addition to the
foregoing, shall:

(i) Ensure that the acts of the city's component
Barangays and of its officials and employees are
within the scope of their prescribed powers, duties
and functions;
(ii) Call conventions, conferences, seminars, or meetings
of any elective and appointive officials of the city,
including provincial officials and national officials and
employees stationed in or assigned to the city, at
such time and place and on such subject as he may
deem important for the promotion of the general
welfare of the local government unit and its
inhabitants;
(iii) Issue such executive orders for the faithful and
appropriate enforcement and execution of laws and
ordinances;
(iv) Be entitled to carry the necessary firearm within his
territorial jurisdiction;
(v) Act as the deputized representative of the National
Police Commission, formulate the peace and order
plan of the city and upon its approval, implement the
same; and as such exercise general and operational
control and supervision over the local police forces in
the city, in accordance with R.A. No. 6975;
(vi) Call upon the appropriate law enforcement agencies
to suppress disorder, riot, lawless violence, rebellion
or sedition, or to apprehend violators of the law when
public interest so requires and the city police forces
are inadequate to cope with the situation or the
violators;

(3) Initiate and maximize the generation of resources and
revenues, and apply the same to the implementation of
development plans, program objectives and priorities as
provided for under section 18 of this Code, particularly those
resources and revenues programmed for agro-industrial
development and countryside growth and progress and,
relative thereto, shall:

(i) Require each head of an office or department to
prepare and submit an estimate of appropriations for
the ensuing calendar year, in accordance with the
207
budget preparations process under Title Five, Book II
of this Code;
(ii) Prepare and submit to the sanggunian for approval
the executive and supplemental budgets of the city for
the ensuing calendar year in the manner provided for
under Title Five, Book II of this Code;
(iii) Ensure that all taxes and other revenues of the city
are collected, and that city funds are applied to the
payment of expenses and settlement of obligations of
the city, in accordance with law or ordinance;
(iv) Issue licenses and permits and suspend or revoke the
same for any violation of the conditions upon which
said licenses or permits had been issued, pursuant to
law or ordinance;
(v) Issue permits, without need of approval therefor from
any national agency, for the holding of activities for
any charitable or welfare purpose, excluding
prohibited games of chance or shows contrary to law,
public policy and public morals;
(vi) Require owners of illegally constructed houses,
buildings or other structures to obtain the necessary
permit, subject to such fines and penalties as may be
imposed by law or ordinance, or to make necessary
changes in the construction of the same when said
construction violates any law or ordinance, or to order
the demolition or removal of said house, building or
structure within the period prescribed by law or
ordinance;
(vii) Adopt adequate measures to safeguard and conserve
land, mineral, marine, forest, and other resources of
the city; provide efficient and effective property and
supply management in the city; and protect the funds,
credits, rights and other properties of the city; and
(viii) Institute or cause to be instituted administrative or
judicial proceedings for violation of ordinances in the
collection of taxes, fees or charges, and for the
recovery of funds and property; and cause the city to
be defended against all suits to ensure that its
interests, resources and rights shall be adequately
protected;

(4) Ensure the delivery of basic services and the provision of
adequate facilities as provided for under section 17 of this
Code and, in addition thereto, shall:

208
(i) Ensure that the construction and repair of roads and
highways funded by the national government shall be,
as far as practicable, carried out in a spatially
contiguous manner and in coordination with the
construction and repair of the roads and bridges of
the city, and in the case of component cities, of the
city and of the province; and
(ii) Coordinate the implementation of technical services,
including public works and infrastructure programs,
rendered by national offices in the case of highly
urbanized and independent component cities, and by
national and provincial offices in the case of
component cities; and

(5) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties
and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.

(c) During his incumbency, the city mayor shall hold office in the city
hall.

(d) The city mayor shall receive a minimum monthly compensation
corresponding to Salary Grade thirty (30) as prescribed under R.A.
No. 6758 and the implementing guidelines issued pursuant thereto.