SERVICES OFFERED

• • Legislative documents i.e. Ordinances, resolution, minutes, committee reports & others
  • Issuance of tricycle franchise
  • Request for enactment of legislation
  • Approval of the barangay budget

SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS

 The Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the legislative body of the city, shall enact
ordinances, approve resolutions and appropriate funds for the general
welfare of the city and its inhabitants pursuant to section 16 of this Code
and in the proper exercise of the corporate powers of the city as provided
for under section 22 of this Code, and shall:

(1) Approve ordinances and pass resolutions necessary for an
efficient and effective city government, and in this
connection, shall:

(i) Review all ordinances approved by the Sangguniang
Barangay and executive orders issued by the Punong
Barangay to determine whether these are within the
scope of the prescribed powers of the sanggunian
and of the Punong Barangay;
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(ii) Maintain peace and order by enacting measures to
prevent and suppress lawlessness, disorder, riot,
violence, rebellion or sedition and impose penalties
for the violation of said ordinances;
(iii) Approve ordinances imposing a fine not exceeding
Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) or an imprisonment
for a period not exceeding one (1) year, or both in the
discretion of the court, for the violation of a city
ordinance;
(iv) Adopt measures to protect the inhabitants of the city
from the harmful effects of man-made or natural
disasters and calamities, and to provide relief services
and assistance for victims during and in the aftermath
of said disasters or calamities and their return to
productive livelihood following said events;
(v) Enact ordinances intended to prevent, suppress and
impose appropriate penalties for habitual
drunkenness in public places, vagrancy, mendicancy,
prostitution, establishment and maintenance of
houses of ill repute, gambling and other prohibited
games of chance, fraudulent devices and ways to
obtain money or property, drug addiction,
maintenance of drug dens, drug pushing, juvenile
delinquency, the printing, distribution or exhibition of
obscene or pornographic materials or publications,
and such other activities inimical to the welfare and
morals of the inhabitants of the city;
(vi) Protect the environment and impose appropriate
penalties for acts which endanger the environment,
such as dynamite fishing and other forms of
destructive fishing, illegal logging and smuggling of
logs, smuggling of natural resources products and of
endangered species of flora and fauna, slash and
burn farming, and such other activities which result in
pollution, acceleration of eutrophication of rivers and
lakes, or of ecological imbalance;
(vii) Subject to the provisions of this Code and pertinent
laws, determine the powers and duties of officials and
employees of the city;
(viii) Determine the positions and the salaries, wages,
allowances and other emoluments and benefits of
officials and employees paid wholly or mainly from
city funds and provide for expenditures necessary for
the proper conduct of programs, projects, services,
and activities of the city government;
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(ix) Authorize the payment of compensation to a qualified
person not in the government service who fills up a
temporary vacancy or grant honorarium to any
qualified official or employee designated to fill a
temporary vacancy in a concurrent capacity, at the
rate authorized by law;
(x) Provide a mechanism and the appropriate funds
therefor, to ensure the safety and protection of all city
government property, public documents, or records
such as those relating to property inventory, land
ownership, records of births, marriages, deaths,
assessments, taxation, accounts, business permits,
and such other records and documents of public
interest in the offices and departments of the city
government;
(xi) When the finances of the city government allow,
provide for additional allowances and other benefits to
judges, prosecutors, public elementary and high
school teachers, and other national government
officials stationed in or assigned to the city;
(xii) Provide legal assistance to Barangay officials who, in
the performance of their official duties or on the
occasion thereof, have to initiate judicial proceedings
or defend themselves against legal action; and
(xiii) Provide for group insurance or additional insurance
coverage for all Barangay officials, including members
of Barangay tanod brigades and other service units,
with public or private insurance companies, when the
finances of the city government allow said coverage;

(2) Generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues
for the development plans, program objectives and priorities
of the city as provided for under section 18 of this Code, with
particular attention to agro-industrial development and citywide growth and progress, and relative thereto, shall:

(i) Approve the annual and supplemental budgets of the
city government and appropriate funds for specific
programs, projects, services and activities of the city,
or for other purposes not contrary to law, in order to
promote the general welfare of the city and its
inhabitants;
(ii) Subject to the provisions of Book II of this Code and
applicable laws and upon the majority vote of all the
members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, enact
ordinances levying taxes, fees and charges,
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prescribing the rates thereof for general and specific
purposes, and granting tax exemptions, incentives or
reliefs;

(iii) Subject to the provisions of Book II of this Code and
upon the majority vote of all the members of the
Sangguniang Panlungsod, authorize the city mayor to
negotiate and contract loans and other forms of
indebtedness;
(iv) Subject to the provisions of Book II of this Code and
applicable laws and upon the majority vote of all the
members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, enact
ordinances authorizing the floating of bonds or other
instruments of indebtedness, for the purpose of
raising funds to finance development projects;
(v) Appropriate funds for the construction and
maintenance or the rental of buildings for the use of
the city; and, upon the majority vote of all the
members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, authorize
the city mayor to lease to private parties such public
buildings held in a proprietary capacity, subject to
existing laws, rules and regulations;
(vi) Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use
of property within the jurisdiction of the city;
(vii) Adopt a comprehensive land use plan for the city:
Provided, That in the case of component cities, the
formulation, adoption or modification of said plan shall
be in coordination with the approved provincial
comprehensive land use plan;
(viii) Reclassify land within the jurisdiction of the city,
subject to the pertinent provisions of this Code;
(ix) Enact integrated zoning ordinances in consonance
with the approved comprehensive land use plan,
subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;
establish fire limits or zones, particularly in populous
centers; and regulate the construction, repair or
modification of buildings within said fire limits or zones
in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Code;
(x) Subject to national law, process and approve
subdivision plans for residential, commercial, or
industrial purposes and other development purposes,
and to collect processing fees and other charges, the
proceeds of which shall accrue entirely to the city:
Provided, however, That where approval of a national
agency or office is required, said approval shall not be
withheld for more than thirty (30) days from receipt of
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the application. Failure to act on the application within
the period stated above shall be deemed as approval
thereof;
(xi) Subject to the provisions of Book II of this Code, grant
the exclusive privilege of constructing fish corrals or
fish pens, or the taking or catching of bangus fry,
prawn fry or kawag-kawag, or fry of any species or
fish within the city waters;
(xii) With the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all
the members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, grant
tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs to entities
engaged in community growth-inducing industries,
subject to the provisions of Chapter 5, Title I, Book II
of this Code;
(xiii) Grant loans or provide grants to other local
government units or to national, provincial, and city
charitable, benevolent or educational institutions:
Provided, That, said institutions are operated and
maintained within the city;
(xiv) Regulate the numbering of residential, commercial
and other buildings; and,
(xv) Regulate the inspection, weighing and
measuring of articles of commerce.

(3) Subject to the provisions of Book II of this Code, enact
ordinances granting franchises and authorizing the issuance
of permits or licenses, upon such conditions and for such
purposes intended to promote the general welfare of the
inhabitants of the city and pursuant to this legislative
authority shall:

(i) Fix and impose reasonable fees and charges for all
services rendered by the city government to private
persons or entities;
(ii) Regulate or fix license fees for any business or
practice of profession within the city and the
conditions under which the license for said business
or practice of profession may be revoked and enact
ordinances levying taxes thereon;
(iii) Provide for and set the terms and conditions under
which public utilities owned by the city shall be
operated by the city government, and prescribe the
conditions under which the same may be leased to
private persons or entities, preferably cooperatives;
(iv) Regulate the display of and fix the license fees for
signs, signboards, or billboards at the place or places
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where the profession or business advertised thereby
is, in whole or in part, conducted;
(v) Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, authorize
and license the establishment, operation, and
maintenance of cockpits, and regulate cockfighting
and commercial breeding of gamecocks: Provided,
That existing rights should not be prejudiced;
(vi) Subject to the guidelines prescribed by the
Department of Transportation and Communications,
regulate the operation of tricycles and grant
franchises for the operation thereof within the
territorial jurisdiction of the city;
(vii) Upon approval by a majority vote of all the members
of the Sangguniang Panlungsod: grant a franchise to
any person, partnership, corporation, or cooperative
to do business within the city; establish, construct,
operate and maintain ferries, wharves, markets or
slaughterhouses; or undertake such other activities
within the city as may be allowed by existing laws:
Provided, That, cooperatives shall be given
preference in the grant of such a franchise.

(4) Regulate activities relative to the use of land, buildings and
structures within the city in order to promote the general
welfare and for said purpose shall:

(i) Declare, prevent or abate any nuisance;

(ii) Require that buildings and the premises thereof and
any land within the city be kept and maintained in a
sanitary condition; impose penalties for any violation
thereof; or, upon failure to comply with said
requirement, have the work done at the expense of
the owner, administrator or tenant concerned; or
require the filling up of any land or premises to a
grade necessary for proper sanitation;
(iii) Regulate the disposal of clinical and other wastes
from hospitals, clinics and other similar
establishments;
(iv) Regulate the establishment, operation and cafes,
restaurants, beerhouses, hotels, motels, inns, pension
houses, lodging houses, and other similar
establishments, including tourist guides and
transports;
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(v) Regulate the sale, giving away or dispensing of any
intoxicating malt, vino, mixed or fermented liquors at
any retail outlet;

(vi) Regulate the establishment and provide for the
inspection of steam boilers or any heating device in
buildings and the storage of inflammable and highly
combustible materials within the city;
(vii) Regulate the establishment, operation, and
maintenance of any entertainment or amusement
facilities, including theatrical performances, circuses,
billiard pools, public dancing schools, public dance
halls, sauna baths, massage parlors, and other places
for entertainment or amusement; regulate such other
events or activities for amusement or entertainment,
particularly those which tend to disturb the community
or annoy the inhabitants, or require the suspension or
suppression of the same; or, prohibit certain forms of
amusement or entertainment in order to protect the
social and moral welfare of the community;
(viii) Provide for the impounding of stray animals; regulate
the keeping of animals in homes or as part of a
business, and the slaughter, sale or disposition of the
same; and adopt measures to prevent and penalize
cruelty to animals; and,
(ix) Regulate the establishment, operation and
maintenance of funeral parlors and the burial or
cremation of the dead, subject to existing laws, rules
and regulations.

(5) Approve ordinances which shall ensure the efficient and
effective delivery of the basic services and facilities as
provided for under Section 17 of this Code, and in addition to
said services and facilities, shall:

(i) Provide for the establishment, maintenance,
protection, and conservation of communal forests and
watersheds, tree parks, greenbelts, mangroves, and
other similar forest development projects;
(ii) Establish markets, slaughterhouses or animal corrals
and authorize the operation thereof by the city
government; and regulate the construction and
operation of private markets, talipapas or other similar
buildings and structures;
(iii) Authorize the establishment, maintenance and
operation by the city government of ferries, wharves,
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and other structures intended to accelerate
productivity related to marine and seashore or
offshore activities;
(iv) Regulate the preparation and sale of meat, poultry,
fish, vegetables, fruits, fresh dairy products, and other
foodstuffs for public consumption;
(v) Regulate the use of streets, avenues, alleys,
sidewalks, bridges, parks and other public places and
approve the construction, improvement, repair and
maintenance of the same; establish bus and vehicle
stops and terminals or regulate the use of the same
by privately-owned vehicles which serve the public;
regulate garages and the operation of conveyances
for hire; designate stands to be occupied by public
vehicles when not in use; regulate the putting up of
signs, signposts, awnings and awning posts on the
streets; and provide for the lighting, cleaning and
sprinkling of streets and public places;
(vi) Regulate traffic on all streets and bridges; prohibit
encroachments or obstacles thereon and, when
necessary in the interest of public welfare, authorize
the removal of encroachments and illegal
constructions in public places;
(vii) Subject to existing laws, establish and provide for the
maintenance, repair and operation of an efficient
waterworks system to supply water for the inhabitants
and to purify the source of the water supply; regulate
the construction, maintenance, repair and use of
hydrants, pumps, cisterns and reservoirs; protect the
purity and quantity of the water supply of the city and,
for this purpose, extend the coverage of appropriate
ordinances over all territory within the drainage area
of said water supply and within one hundred (100)
meters of the reservoir, conduit, canal, aqueduct,
pumping station, or watershed used in connection
with the water service; and regulate the consumption,
use or wastage of water and fix and collect charges
therefor;
(viii) Regulate the drilling and excavation of the ground for
the laying of water, gas, sewer, and other pipes and
the construction, repair and maintenance of public
drains, sewers, cesspools, tunnels and similar
structures; regulate the placing of poles and the use
of crosswalks, curbs, and gutters; adopt measures to
ensure public safety against open canals, manholes,
live wires and other similar hazards to life and
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property; and regulate the construction and use of
private water closets, privies and other similar
structures in buildings and homes;
(ix) Regulate the placing, stringing, attaching, installing,
repair and construction of all gas mains, electric,
telegraph and telephone wires, conduits, meters and
other apparatus; and provide for the correction,
condemnation or removal of the same when found to
be dangerous, defective, or otherwise hazardous to
the welfare of the inhabitants;
(x) Subject to the availability of funds and to existing
laws, rules and regulations, establish and provide for
the operation of vocational and technical schools and
similar post-Secondary institutions and, with the
approval of the Department of Education, Culture and
Sports and subject to existing law on tuition fees, fix
and collect reasonable tuition fees and other school
charges in educational institutions supported by the
city government;
(xi) Establish a scholarship fund for the poor but
deserving students in schools located within its
jurisdiction or for students residing within the city;
(xii) Approve measures and adopt quarantine regulations
to prevent the introduction and spread of diseases;
(xiii) Provide for an efficient and effective system of solid
waste and garbage collection and disposal; prohibit
littering and the placing or throwing of garbage, refuse
and other filth and wastes;
(xiv) Provide for the care of disabled persons, paupers, the
aged, the sick, persons of unsound mind, abandoned
minors, juvenile delinquents, drug dependents,
abused children and other needy and disadvantaged
persons, particularly children and youth below
eighteen (18) years of age; and, subject to availability
of funds, establish and provide for the operation of
centers and facilities for said needy and
disadvantaged persons;
(xv) Establish and provide for the maintenance and
improvement of jails and detention centers, institute a
sound jail management, and appropriate funds for the
subsistence of detainees and convicted prisoners in
the city;
(xvi) Establish a City council whose purpose is the
promotion of culture and the arts, coordinate with
government agencies and non-governmental
organizations and, subject to the availability of funds,
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appropriate funds for the support and development of
the same; and
(xvii) Establish a City council for the elderly which shall
formulate policies and adopt measures mutually
beneficial to the elderly and to the community; provide
incentives for non-governmental agencies and entities
and, subject to the availability of funds, appropriate
funds to support programs and projects for the benefit
of the elderly; and

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

(b) The members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of component cities
shall receive a minimum monthly compensation corresponding to
Salary Grade twenty-five (25) and members of the Sangguniang
Panlungsod of highly- urbanized cities shall receive a minimum
monthly compensation corresponding to Salary Grade twentyseven (27), as prescribed under R.A. 6758 and the implementing
guidelines issued pursuant thereto.