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Republic of the Philippines
PROVINCE OF ISABELA
City of Cauayan
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OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD
CITY ORDINANCE NO. 2002-012
“AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

SETTING-UP THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND
FUNCTIONS OF LGU PERSONNEL
AND PROVIDING POLICY DIRECTION TOWARD THE ATTAINMENT
OF LGU VISION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.”
Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of

Cauayan,
Province of Isabela, in session assembled, that:
TITLE ONE: GENERAL AND SPECIAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Title. - This ordinance shall be known and cited as the Administrative
Code of the City of Cauayan, Isabela.
Section 2. Nature and Scope. - This Code covers all general and special
administrative ordinances of the City Government of Cauayan, Isabela enacted over the
years, as well as provisions from Executive Orders of the City Mayor; Resolutions of the
Sangguniang Panlungsod that partake the nature of ordinance, provisions from Republic
Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 and other issuances.
Section 3. Form and Style. - Provisions of this Code preserve the original text
and forms in which they were passed, while others have been rewritten in the process of
consolidation or simply for the sake of clarity and style.
Section 4. Numbering of Ordinance. - This Code shall be recorded and

identified as City Ordinance No. C-001 the letter “C” for the “Code” denoting a new
series of legislative acts of the City of Cauayan, Isabela and “001” as the order of such
new ordinances, which, henceforth, is to be numbered consecutively and in perpetuity.
Section 5. Amendment of New Chapters or Sections. - Any amendments

shall refer to the chapter or section concerned. A new chapter may be placed where it
belongs appropriately. A new section may be added or inserted in the proper chapter
with corresponding decimal numbers.
Section 6. Other Codes. - Other codes which are bulky, may be published apart,
but the publications shall bear the number and the chapter assigned to by this
Ordinance.
Section 7. Reference to Code. - Whenever reference is made to any portion of

this Code the reference applies to all amendments and additions now and hereafter
made.
Section 8. Relation of Code to Prior Ordinances. - The provisions of this Code

in so far as they bear substantially to the same subject matter as the ordinances
included in this codification shall be construed as restatements and continuations and
not as new enactment.
Section 9. Conflict Within/Between/Among Chapters or Articles. - Should

the provisions of the different chapters of this Code conflict or contravene with one
another, the provisions within each chapter shall prevail in so far as matters in each
chapter are concerned.
Section 10. Conflict with Different Sections. - Should the conflict be within
the different sections, the provisions of the article which is last in the ordinance
sequence shall govern.
Section 11. Existing Offices. - All persons who, at the time this Code takes
effect, hold office are continued by this Code, continue to hold them according to their
tenure.
Section 12. Existing Rights-Action Preceding the Code. - No action or

proceeding commenced before this Code takes effect, and no right accrued shall be
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effected by this Code, and all procedures thereafter taken shall conform to the provisions
of this Code in so far as possible. The chapter and section headings do not in any manner
affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of this Code;
Section 13. Rules Interpreting the Provisions of this Code. -
1. General Rules. – All words and phrases shall be construed and understood
according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical
words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and
appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according
to that peculiar and appropriate meaning.
2. Gender: Singular and Plural. - Every word in the Code importing the masculine
gender shall extend to and be applied to several persons or things; and every
word importing the plural number shall extend to and be applied to one
person or things as well as to several persons or things.
3. Person. – The word “Person” shall extend and be applied to natural and
juridical persons such as firms, corporations, or voluntary associations, unless
plainly inapplicable.
4. Tenses. – The use of any verb in the present tense shall include past and
future when applicable.
5. Shall have been. – The word “ shall have been” shall include past and future
cases.
6. Shall and May . –“Shall” is mandatory and “May” is permissive.
7. Reasonable Time and Notice. – In all cases where any provision of this Code
shall require any act to be done in a reasonable time or notice shall mean
such time only as maybe necessary for the prompt performance of that duty,
or compliance with that notice.
CHAPTER II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Section 14. Foundation and Creation of the City. - The Municipality of
Cauayan was founded in 1740, 116 years before the creation of the Province of Isabela
by a Royal Decree on May 1, 1856. It was converted into a City by virtue of Republic Act
9017, “An Act Converting the Municipality of Cauayan, Province of Isabela into a
Component City to be known as the City of Cauayan” signed by Her Excellency President
Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo on February 28, 2001. Its conversion was overwhelmingly
ratified by the people who voted for its cityhood in a plebiscite on March 30, 2001.
Section 15. The Seal of the City. -
GEAR - Symbolizes the Sixty five (65) Progressive Barangays of the City.
ROPE - Symbolizes the bond of unity among officials and city residents
that gives strength to the city.
SUN - Represents the bright future of the new city.
BLUE SKY - Symbolizes hope and the existence of peace within the city.
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PALAY, CORN, TOBACCO - Represents the major crops and sources of income
of the Cauayeños.
BAMBOO POLE - Represents the humble and resilient Cauayeños.
BLUE WAVE - Represents the Cagayan River and all bodies of water which serve
as the fishing grounds and sources of marine life and irrigation for
the city’s fertile fields.
CITY HALL - Represents the new face of Cauayan as a city.
Section 16. LGU Mandate. - The City, consisting of more urbanized and
developed barangays, serves as a general-purpose government for the
coordination and delivery of basic, regular, and different services and
effective governance of the inhabitants within its territorial jurisdiction.
Section 17. Vision of the City. - The vision of the City shall be:
“A dynamic, vibrant and peaceful City of Cauayan, striving to establish a global

standard of excellence towards a progressive society and building a strong
community deserving of honor and dignity.”
Section 18. City Mission. - The City of Cauayan is committed to:
1. Expand network capabilities to raise social standard to the optimum;

2. Empower people for self-reliance and self-sufficiency to preserve human
dignity and enhance the value of living;
3. Create a workable framework for the maintenance of peace and order;
4. Aim at focusing on the modernization of communication facilities and training
of staff on the modern trends in information technology; and
5. Enhance public-private collaboration towards effective local development.
Section 19. Action. - The entire City firmly believes that in the attainment of the
ultimate goal to reach out to the majority of the people, it is imperative that we must:
1. Optimize efforts and resources to alleviate living conditions of the entire

citizenry;
2. Efficient delivery of essential basic services;
3. Create job opportunities and formulate relevant livelihood programs;
4. Pursue a genuine, effective and productive local legislation with a strong
political will in the enforcement of laws as mandated by the constitution;
5. Revolutionize information and communication facilities geared on
technological infrastructure that link people, concepts and ideas; and
6. Explore new possibilities towards sustainable economic growth, environmental
protection and healthcare.
Section 20. City Hymn. - The City Hymn which shall be sang during Monday Flag
Raising Ceremonies shall be the Cauayan Hymn with the following lyrics:
OH CAUAYAN
Composer: Fr. Jose Ingaran
Oh Cauayan sweet home in thee I live

I dedicate to thee my heart where’er I roam
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With mind and soul to serve thee and my God
I shall render my best at work however hard
When’er thy call resound be it night or day
What’er the weather be I must obey
Yes, Cauayan I vow to serve thee well
Thy sons and daughters all
Thy stars with me foretell
Shall march onward to the goals set for thee
I shall never falter to thy call to do duty.
Section 21. City Symbols. - The symbols of the City shall be:
City Tree – The City Tree shall be the Kawayan.

City Plant - The City Plant shall be the palay and corn.
City Bird/Animal – The City Bird shall be the maya.
City Animal – The City animal shall be the carabao.
City Flower – The City flower shall be the bougainvillea.
City Dance – The City Dance shall be the masquota.
City Delicacy – The City Delicacy shall be the Dendelot.
Section 22. City Heroes. - There shall be a special committee to be created to

determine and screen potential and eligible city heroes who has significantly contributed
to the history and lifestyle of the City folks. The special committee shall lay down
policies, qualification or eligibility requirements and guidelines in the selection and
screening process in accordance with the provisions of existing national laws. City
heroes shall be declared through an ordinance amending the provisions of this Code.
Section 23. Local Annual Celebrations. -
City Fiesta - April 10-13

Cityhood Anniversary - March 30
City Patronal Fiesta - October 12-13
Isabela Day - May 11
Section 24. Other Events Celebrated Annually. - The City shall endeavor to
commemorate the following annually celebrated events embodied in presidential
issuances:
Civil Registration Month (Presidential Proclamation No. 682)

- every month of February
National Women’s Month (Republic Act 6949)
- every 8th day of March
Alay-Lakad (Presidential Proclamation No. 168)
- every month of September
International Year of Older Persons (Presidential Proclamation No. 1048)
- every month of October
National Children’s Day (Presidential Proclamation No. 74)
- every 17th day of October
Lingo ng Katandaang Pilipino (Elderly Filipino Week) Presidential Proclamation No.
470
- every 1st week of October
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National Children’s Month (Proclamation No. 267)
- every month of October
National Awareness Week for the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse and
Exploitation (Presidential Proclamation No. 731)
- February each year
Protection and Gender-Fair Treatment of Girl Child Week (Proclamation No. 795)
– every 4th week of March
National Dengue Awareness Month – every month of June
Father’s Day Celebration - every 21st of June
Mother’s Day Celebration – every 12th of May
Grandparent’s Day – every 8th day of September
National Disaster Consciousness Week (Proclamation No. 296 dated August 4,
1998)
- every 1st week of July
National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week (Proclamation No. 1870)
- every 3rd week of July
Nutrition Month Celebration – every month of July
Disaster Consciousness Week (Proclamation No. 296) – every 1 st week of July
National Crime Prevention Week (Presidential Proclamation No. 461 dated August
31, 1994)
- every 1st week of September
Family Week Celebration (Proclamation No. 60 dated September 28, 1992)
– every last week of September
Food Safety Awareness Week (Presidential Proclamation No. 160 dated August 16,
1999)
– every last week of October
Local Government Code Anniversary – October each year
Consumer Welfare Month (Proclamation No. 1098 dated September 26, 1997)
– October each year
Health Safety Consciousness Week (Presidential Proclamation No. 276 dated
October 15, 1993)
– October each year
National Day for Overcoming Poverty (Presidential Proclamation No. 269 signed
on October 4, 1993)
– Every 17th of October
National Statistics Month (Presidential Proclamation No. 647) – every month of
October
National Volunteer Month (Presidential Proclamation No. 55 dated December 5,
1998)
– December each year
Civil Service Month (Proclamation No. 1050 dated July 31, 1997)
- every month of September
Population and Development Week (Proclamation No. 76)
- Every 20-26th day of November
World Population Day (Proclamation No. 76)
- Every 11th of July
Free Civil Registration Month
- Every month of February
Cooperative Month
- Every October 16 to November 15
Araw ng Sangguniang Kabataan (Presidential Proclamation No. 99 dated 23, 1992
– Amended Proclamation. No. 56)
- Every 31st day of August
Linggo ng Kabataan
- Every 1st week of December
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CHAPTER III: DEFINITION OF TERMS
Section 25. Definition of Terms. - As used in this Code the following terms shall
be construed and understood as:
Abuse of Authority - excessive use of power or authority unbefitting of a public

acts committed in excess of one’s power or authority as conferred on him by the law or
outside of one’s duties and functions.
Accredited or Recognized Employee Union - an employee union accredited

pursuant to Executive Order No. 180 and its implementing rules and regulations.
Amendatory Procurement Plan - is the itemized list prepared by the head of

the office showing the required supplies in a fiscal year in lieu of those deleted, cancelled
or substituted in the approved annual procurement plan.
Amendatory Procurement Program - refers to the itemized list prepared by

the general services officer or for the approval of the city mayor showing the required
supplies in a fiscal year in lieu of those deleted, cancelled or substituted in the approved
annual procurement program shall be supported by amendatory procurement plan.
Annual Budget - refers to a financial plan embodying the estimates of income

and expenditures for one (1) fiscal year;
Annual Procurement Plan - refers to the itemized list prepared by the head of
the department or office showing the kind, estimated quantity, estimated cost,
description of supplies or property together with the balance on and, if any, required by
the office for the ensuing fiscal year.
Annual Procurement Program - refers to the itemized list prepared by the city
mayor showing the kind, estimated quantity, estimated cost, description of supplies
together with the balance on hand, if any, required by the city for the ensuing fiscal year.
The annual procurement program shall essentially be based on the annual procurement
plan.
Appraised Value - refers to the estimated value of disposable property after

inspection taking into account its condition, usability and other factors.
Appropriation - refers to an authorization made by the ordinance directing the

payment of goods and services from local government funds under specified conditions
or for specific purposes;
Award - recognition which may be monetary or non-monetary conferred on

individual or group of individuals for ideas, suggestions, inventions, discoveries, superior
accomplishments, exemplary behavior. Heroic deeds, extraordinary acts or services in
the public interest which contribute to the efficiency, economy, improvement in
government operations which lead to organizational productivity.
Award - is the decision of the Committee on Awards as to who among the

supplies shall get the order or contract.
Beyond Economical Repair - refers to the condition of the supplies when the
cost of repairing becomes prohibitive and disadvantageous to the government or when
the cost to repair an item is over sixty per cent (60%) of the acquisition cost.
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Bidder’s Bond - is a bond in cash, certified or cashier’s check or surety required
of bidders before they can participate in any competitive bidding, to guarantee in good
faith the submission of their tenders and acceptance of all the terms and conditions
thereof.
Bilis Aksyon Partner - is the counterpart Action Officer of the Civil Service
Commission under the Mamamayan Muna Program in every agency pursuant to CSC MC
No, s. 1994.
Bona-Fide Bidder - is a registered merchant licensed as manufacturer,

producer, regular dealer or service establishment with reputable establishment for at
least three (3) months prior to the public bidding he intends to participate in.
Budget Document - refers to the instruments used by the local chief executive
to present a comprehensive financial plan to the Sanggunian concerned:
Canvass, Sealed - is one wherein an offer is received by the authorized official in

a sealed envelope or the like.
Capital Outlay - refers to appropriation for the purchase of goods and services,
the benefits of which extend beyond the fiscal year and which add to the assets of the
LGU concerned, including investments in public utilities such as public markets and
slaughter houses;
Care - refers to the proper use and maintenance of supplies or property; the act
of giving attention, interest and safety to supplies or property.
Career - positions in the civil service characterized by
Career Service - Positions in the civil service characterized by (1) entrance

based on merit and fitness to be determined as far as practicable by competitive
examination, or based on highly technical qualifications; (2) opportunity for
advancement to higher career positions; and (3) security of tenure.
Comparative at Par - Predetermined reasonable difference or gap between

point scores of candidates for appointment established by PSB.
Condemnation - is the act of destroying valueless supplies or property by

burning, pounding, throwing beyond recovery, or the like.
Conflict of Interest - arises when official or employees is a member of a board,

an officer, or a substantial stockholder of a private corporation or owner or has a
substantial interest of such corporations or business, or his rights or duties therein, may
be opposed to or affected by the faithful performance of official duty.
Continuing Appropriation - refers to an appropriation available to support

obligation for a specified purpose or project, such as those for the construction of
physical structures or for the acquisition of real property or equipment, even when these
obligations are incurred beyond the budget year; provided that the amount of
appropriations for debt servicing shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the regular
income of the LGU concerned.
Contribution - any input which can be in the form of an idea or performance.
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Culpable Violation of the Constitution - a deliberate or willful, not
unintentional, violation of the fundamental law.
Current Operating Expenditures - refer to appropriations for the purchase of

goods and services for the conduct of normal local government operations within the
fiscal year, including goods and services that will be used or consumed during the
budget year;
Custody - refers to the actual or constructive possession or control of supplies or

property.
Deep Selection - the process of selecting a candidate for an appointment who is

not next in rank but possesses superior qualifications and competence.
Defective Bid - is a bid which complies with the advertised descriptions and
specifications but not within the terms and conditions in the invitation to bid.
Discovery - is the uncovering of something previously existing but found or

learned for the first time which will improve public service delivery.
Discrimination - is a situation wherein a qualified applicant is not included in the

selection line–up on account of gender, civil status, pregnancy, religion, ethnicity, or
political affiliation.
Dishonesty - lack of honesty or integrity or disposition to deceive or defraud,

such as, for instance, malversation, falsification, etc. Concealment or distortion of truth
in a matter of fact relevant to one’s office or connected with the performance of his
duties.
Disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines - an act announcing or seeking

to remove allegiance from the Republic such as for instance, rebellion or insurrection.
Disposable Property - is a property reported for disposition by all office.
Disposal - refers to the act of parting with, alienation of, or giving up supplies or
property.
Divestment - is the transfer of title or disposal of interest in property by

voluntarily, completely and actually depriving or disposing oneself of his right or title to it
in favor of a person or persons other than his spouse and relatives as defined herein.
Economically Repairable - refers to that condition of supplies or property which

can still be repaired or rehabilitated at a reasonable cost or that in which the cost of
repair or rehabilitation would not exceed sixty percent (60%) of the acquisition cost of
the item to be repaired/rehabilitated. Changes in monetary rates should be considered
in the computation of cost.
Emergency - refers to any event or occurrence wherein the need for supplies or
property has become exceptionally urgent or absolutely indispensable and only to
prevent imminent danger to, or loss of, life or property.
Enormity of Order - refers to that circumstance wherein the supplies or property

to be delivered exceed the normal requirement or is out of proportion to the usual
volume of orders.
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Equipment - refers to all articles needed to outfit an individual or organization
which do not lose their identity when used or applied. The term refers to typewriters,
adding machines, computers, printers, vehicles, weapons and other similar items.
Excess Property - is a property no longer needed by an office.
Expected Results - refer to services, products or benefits that will accrue to the
public, estimated in terms of performance, measures, or physical targets;
Expendable Supplies - refer to articles which are consumed in use, such as

ammunition, fuel, forage, drugs, medicines and such spare or repair parts as are used to
repair or complete other articles and which thereby lose their identity in the process.
Family of Local Officials or Employees - means their spouses and unmarried

children under eighteen (18) years of age.
First Level Positions - shall include clerical, trades and crafts, and custodian
service which involve sub-professional work in a non-supervisory or supervisory capacity.
Fund - refers to a sum of money or other assets convertible to cash, set aside for
the purpose of carrying out specific activities or attaining certain objectives in
accordance with special regulations, restrictions, or limitations and constitutes an
independent fiscal and special regulations, restrictions, or limitations and constitute an
independent fiscal and accounting entity;
General Bond - is a combination of bidder’s bond and a performance which may

be in cash, certified or cashier’s check.
Gift - refers to a thing or a right disposed of gratuitously, or any of liberality, in

favor of another who accepts it, and shall decide a simulated sale or an ostensibly
onerous disposition thereof. It shall not include an unsolicited gift or nominal or
insignificant value given in anticipation of, or in exchange for, a favor from a public
official or employee.
Grievance – a work-related discontentment or dissatisfaction which had been

expressed verbally or in writing and which, in the aggrieved employee’s opinion, has
been ignored or dropped or dropped without due consideration.
Grievance Machinery - a system or method of determining and finding the best

way to address the specific cause or cause of a grievance.
Habitual Delinquent - refers to a contractor/supplier who fails to abide by or

comply with the terms and conditions of his contract for two (2) or more times within a
period of one (1) year.
Hiring Quota - is the pre-determined ratio of applicants for appointment to

ensure that one gender does not fall short of the desired percentage of the selection rate
for the other gender in equivalent position at every level, provided they meet the
minimum requirements of the position.
Idea Type Contribution - refers to an idea, a suggestion or an invention or

discovery for improvement to effect economy in operation, to increase production and
improve working conditions.
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Immediate Accountability - refers to the accountability of a person in
possession of or having custody of supplies or property.
Improvement - refers to a valuable addition made to property or an amelioration

in its condition amounting to more than mere repairs intended to enhance its value,
beauty or utility or to adopt it for new or further purposes.
Incentive - monetary or non-monetary or privilege given to an official or

employee for contributions, suggestion, inventions, ideas, satisfactory accomplishment
or demonstration of exemplary behavior based on agreed performance standards and
norms of behavior.
Income - refers to all revenues and receipts collected or received forming the
gross accretions of funds of the LGU;
Invention - the creation of something previously non-existent which will benefit

the government.
Inventory - is an itemized list of supplies or property on hand containing

designation or description of each specific article with its valuation.
Issue Slip - is the document used as evidence in the transfer of non-consumable

supplies or property from the general services officer, to a department head for issuance
to the end-user.
ITB - refers to the Invitation to Bid.
Job Requirements - requisites not limited to the qualification standards of the

position, but may include skills, competencies, potential, physical and psycho-social
attributes necessary for the successful performance of the duties required of the
position.
LGU - refers to the Local Government Code of 1991 (R.A. 7160).
Loan - covers both simple loan and “commodatum” as well a guarantees,

financing arrangements or accommodations intended to ensure its approval.
Lowest Complying and Reasonable Bid - refers to the proposal of one who
offers the lowest price, meets all the technical specifications and requirements of the
supplies or property desired and, as a dealer in the line of supplies involved, maintains a
regular establishment and has complied consistently with previous commitments.
Major or Extraordinary Repair - refers to alteration, addition, partition,

extension and other construction or installation which materially increases the value or
extend the useful life of the structure or equipment.
Minor or Ordinary Repair - means repair merely to keep a building or

equipment in fit condition or use without increasing its capacity or otherwise adding to
its normal value as an asset.
Misconduct in Office - a transgression of some established and definite rule of

conduct, more particularly unlawful behavior or gross negligence by the public officer.
Misconduct, whether involving dishonesty, oppression or any form of misdeeds, must
comprehend a wrongful intention and not a mere error of judgment. It must be
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misconduct that affects the performance of duties as a public officer and not as a private
individual.
Moral Turpitude - acts of bareness, vileness or depravity in the private and

social duties which a man owes to his fellowmen or to society in general, contrary to the
accepted and customary rules of right and duty between man and woman, or conduct
contrary to justice, honesty or good morals.
Neglect of Duty - the omission or refusal, without sufficient excuse, to perform

an act or duty, which it was the officer’s legal obligation to perform; the disregard of
some duty imposed by law.
Negotiated Purchase - refers to the procurement of supplies without public

bidding undertaken for the purpose.
Negotiated Sale - refers to a sale without public bidding undertaken for the
purpose.
Next-in-Rank Positions - refers to a position which by reason of the hierarchical

arrangement of position in the agency or in the government is determined to be in the
nearest degree of relationship to a higher position as contained in the agency’s System
of Ranking Positions (SRP).
Non Career - positions expressly declared by law to be in the non-career

services; or those whose entrance in the service is characterized by (1) entrance on
bases other than those of the usual tests of merit and fitness utilized for the career
service and (2) tenure which is limited to the duration of a particular project for which
purpose employment was made.
Non-Career Service - positions expressly declared by law to be in the non-

career Service; or those whose entrance in the service is characterized by (1) entrance
on Bases other than those of the usual test of merits and fitness utilized for the career
Service; and (2) tenure which is limited to the duration of a project for which purpose
employment was made.
Non-complying Bid - is a bid which does not comply with the advertised
descriptions and specifications.
Non-Expendable Supplies or Property or Non-Consumable Supplies or

Property - refer to articles which are not consumed in use and which ordinarily retain
their original identify during the period of use, such as weapons, vehicles, machines,
tools, and instruments.
Non-Personal Services - includes but not limited to, repairing, cleaning,

redecorating, or rental of personal property and furnishing of necessary repair parts or
other supplies as part of the services performed.
Obligations - refer to an amount committed to be paid by the LGU for any lawful
act made by an accountable officer for and in behalf of the LGU concerned;
Obsolete Property - is a property which has lost its efficiency either due to
technological advancement, change of procedure, reorganization of a department or
office, or completion of a project.
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Offense Involving Moral Turpitude - these are acts considered to be immoral
in itself. Most of these acts are those classified as “mala en se” (meaning “acts wrong in
themselves”) as contra distinguished from “mata prohibita” (meaning “acts which are
considered wrong because they are prohibited by law”).
Offer - is a proposal involving one or more items in a tender.
Office - is a principal sub-division of a city defined in RA No.7160 and national

offices authorized to receive augmentation of their supply requirement from the Local
Government Unit.
Oppression - an act of cruelty, severity, unlawful exaction, domination, or
excessive use of authority.
Overrun - is an excess over the quantity ordered.
Performance Bond - is a bond in cash, certified or cashier’s check or surety,

required of winning bidders to guarantee performance of an order or contract.
Performance Type Contribution - refers to performance of an extraordinary act

or service in the public interest in connection with, or related to one’s official
employment; or outstanding community service or heroic acts in the public interest; or
sustained work performance for minimum period of one year which is over and above the
normal position requirement of the individual or group.
Person - includes natural and juridical persons unless the context indicates
otherwise.
Personal Canvass - refers to a mode of procurement allowed as an exception to

public bidding whereby designated canvassers request price quotations from at least
three (3) responsible suppliers in the locality.
Personal Services - refer to appropriations for the payment of salaries, wages,

and other compensation of temporary, contractual, and casual employees of the LGU;
Personnel Actions - any action denoting the movement or progress of personnel

in the civil service such as original appointment, promotion, transfer, reinstatement,
reemployment, detail, reassignment, secondment and demotion.
PR - refers to purchase request used in the requisition of supplies or property not

to be carried in stock.
Primary Accountability - refers to the accountability of the head of an office for

supplies or property transferred to his office for issuance to the end- user.
Procurement - refers to the acquisition of supplies or property, including non-

personal services, by written order or contract through bidding or negotiation or by
transfer under existing laws or regulations.
Promotion - is the advancement of an employment from one position to another

with an increase in duties and responsibilities as authorized by law and usually
accompanied by an increase in salary.
Property Responsibility - refers to the obligation of an individual for the proper

custody, care and safekeeping of property entrusted to his possession or under his
supervision.
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Protest Bond - is a bond in cash, certified or cashier’s check, or surety required
of protestants against awards.
Protest - refers to the objection to a contemplated or actual award.
PsychoSocial Attributes - refer to the characteristics or traits of a person which

involve both psychological and social aspects. Psychological includes the way he/she
perceives things, ideas, beliefs and understandings and how she/he acts and relate these
things to others in social situations.
Public Auction - is synonymous to public bidding as applied to sale of disposable

supplies or property.
Public Officials - include elective and appointive officials and employees,

permanent, or temporary, whether in the career or non-career service, whether or not
they receive compensation, regardless of amount.
Public Sector Labor Management Council (PSLMC) - The council responsible

for the promulgation, implementation and administration of the guidelines for the
exercise of the right of government employees to organize pursuant to Executive Order
No. 180.
Purchase Order - is a contract between the city government and the suppliers
or dealers for the delivery of supplies at a stipulated amount and includes, among
others, quantity, period and mode of delivery, unit and total price per item and mode of
payment.
Purchase - refers to the act of procuring or acquiring supplies or property for a

price.
Qualification Standards - is a statement of the minimum qualifications for a

position which shall include education, experience, training, civil service eligibility and
physical characteristics and personality traits required in the performance of the job.
Qualified Next-In-Rank - refers to an employee appointed on a permanent

status to a person next-in-rank to the vacancy as reflected in the SRP approved by the
head of agency and who meets the requirements for appointment to the next higher
position.
Real Property or Real Estate - refers to land and buildings and other
improvements which are more or less of permanent structure and substantially adhering
to the land with the intent of permanent annexation.
Receipts - refer to income realized from the operations and activities of the LGU
or are received by the LHU in the exercise of its corporate functions, consisting of
charges for services rendered, conveniences furnished, or the price of a commodity sold,
as well as loans, contributions or aids from other entities, except provisional advances for
budgetary purposes;
Receiving Any Gift - includes the act of accepting, directly or indirectly, a gift
from a person other than a member of his family or relative, even on the occasion of a
family celebration or national festivity like Christmas, if the value of the gift is either
nominal or significant, or the gift is given in anticipation of, or in exchange for, a favor.
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Regular Income - refers to the estimates of regular income for the budget year
as determined by the local finance committee.
Relatives - refer to any and all persons related to a public official or employee
within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity.
Repeat Order - is a form of negotiated purchase whereby an LGU the buys from
the same supplier, the same items at the same terms and conditions as the original
purchase within three (3) months therefrom.
Revenue - refers to income derived from the regular system of taxation enforced
under the authority of law or ordinance and as such, accrue more or less regularly every
year.
RIV - means Requisition and Issue Voucher used in the requisition of supplies or
property carried in stock.
Running and Test Inventory - is an inventory of property made upon order of

the city mayor at any time to ascertain the correctness of the property records of the
unit.
Second Level Positions - involve professional, technical and scientific work in a

non-supervisory capacity up to division chief level or its equivalent.
Selection - is the systematic method of determining the merit and fitness of a

person on the basis of qualifications and ability to perform the duties and responsibilities
of the position.
Selection Line-up - is a listing of qualified and competent applicants for

consideration to a vacancy which includes, but not limited to, the comparative in
formation of their education, experience, training, civil service eligibility, performance
rating (if applicable), relevant work accomplishments, physical characteristics, psycho-
social attributes, personality traits and potential.
Specification - refers to technical description of supplies or property being
requisitioned or ordered, which should be clear and complete, including if necessary, the
specific uses therefor and how acceptability thereof can be determined.
Splitting - means division or breaking up of requisition or order into separate

requisitions or orders, of smaller quantities and amounts, to avoid review and/or induce
approval thereof by higher authorities.
Standard - refers to a gauge which has been established by authority, custom or

common acceptance as proper and adequate for a given purpose.
Substantial Stockholder - means any person who owns, or indirectly, shares of

stock sufficient to elect a director of a corporation.
Suggestion - idea or proposal which improves work performance, systems and

procedures and economy in operations that will benefit the government.
Suitable Substitute - refers to that kind of article which would serve

substantially the same purpose or produce substantially the same results as the brand,
type or make of article originally desired or requisitioned.
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Superior Qualifications - shall mean outstanding relevant work
accomplishment, educational attainment and training appropriate for the position to be
filled. It shall include demonstration of exceptional job mastery and potential in major
areas of responsibility.
Supplemental Procurement Plan or Procurement Program - is the itemized

list showing the required supplies in a fiscal year not covered in the annual or
amendatory procurement plan or program.
Supplies or Property - includes everything, except real property which may be

needed in the transaction of public business or in the pursuit of any undertaking, project,
or activity, whether in the nature of equipment, furniture, stationery, materials for
construction or personal property of any sort, including non-personal or contractual
services such as the repair and maintenance of equipment and furniture, as well as
trucking, hauling, janitorial, security, and related services.
Supply - is a person, firm or manufacturer who furnishes or sells the supplies or

property needed or required by a local government unit. It is synonymous to dealer,
bidder, offerer, seller or contractor.
Surplus Property - is a property no longer needed by a city government.
System of Ranking Positions - is the hierarchical arrangement of positions

from highest to lowest, which shall be a guide in determining which position is next-in-
rank, taking consideration the following:
Tender - is synonymous with proposal, bid or the quotation for supplies or

property offered.
Terms and Conditions - refer to other requirements not affecting the technical
specifications and requirements of the supplies or property desired such as bonding,
terms of delivery and payment, and related preferences.
Third Level Positions - generally require either Career Service Executive

Eligibility (CSEE) or Career Executive Service Eligibility (CES). This includes
Undersecretary, Assistant Secretary, Bureau Director, Assistant Bureau Director, Regional
Director, Assistant Regional Director, Chief of Department Services and other Officers of
equivalent rank.
Tolerance - is the specified allowance for error in weighing, measuring, etc., or

variation from the standard or given dimension, weight or the like.
Underrun - refers to the deficiency in the quantity ordered.

Unserviceable Property - is a property that is not operational. It may be
economically repairable or beyond economical repair.
Utilization - refers to the act of employing, enjoying, applying, converting

supplies or property for the purpose for which the same are acquired.
Winning Bidders - are bidders who have received awards of contract or orders.
TITLE TWO: CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICES
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CHAPTER I : CITY GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE OFFICES, FUNCTIONS
AND STAFF
Article A: Office of the City Mayor

Section 26. The City Mayor. - The City Mayor, as the chief executive of the City
Government, shall exercise such powers and perform such duties and functions as
provided by Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991
and Republic Act 9017, “An Act Converting the Municipality of Cauayan, Province of
Isabela into a Component City to Be Known as the City of Cauayan, to wit:
1. Exercise general supervision and control over all programs, projects, services,
and activities of the City Government, and in this connection, shall:
a. Determine the guidelines of city policies and be responsible to the
Sangguniang Panlungsod for the program of government;
b. 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;
c. 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 Panlungsodd 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;
d. 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;
e. 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;
f. 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 Sanggunian Panlungsod or pursuant to law or ordinance;
g. Carry out such emergency measures as may be necessary during and in
the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and calamities;
h. 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;
i. 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;
j. 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;
k. 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;
l. Furnish copies of executive orders issued by him, to the provincial
governor, within seventy-two (72) hours after their issuance;
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m. 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 other wise conduct visits
and inspections to ensure that the governance of the city will improve the
quality of life of the inhabitants;
n. Act on leave applications of officials and employees appointed by him and
the commutation of the monetary value of their leave credits in
accordance with law;
o. Authorize official trips of city officials and employees outside of the city for
a period not exceeding thirty (30) days;
p. Call upon any national officials or employee stationed in or assigned to the
city to advise him on matters effecting the city and to make
recommendations thereon; coordinate with said officials and 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;
q. Authorize payment for medical care, necessary transportation,
subsistence, hospital or medical fees of the city officials and employees
who are injured while in the performance of their officials duties and
functions, subject to availability of funds;
r. Solemnize marriages, any provision of law to contrary notwithstanding;
(Article I, Section 444 par. XVIII, LGC 1991)
s. 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; and
t. Submit to the provincial governor, 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 date
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;
2. Enforce all laws and ordinances relative to the governance of the city and in
the exercise of the appropriate corporate powers as well as implement all
approved policies, provided programs, projects, services and activities of the
city and, in addition to the foregoing, shall:
a. Ensure that all acts of the city’s component barangays and of its
officials and employees are within the scope of their prescribed
powers, duties and functions,
b. 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;
c. Issue such executive orders for the faithful and appropriate
enforcement and execution of laws and ordinances;
d. Be entitled to carry the necessary firearm within his territorial
jurisdiction;
e. Act as the deputized representative of the National Police Commission,
formulate the peace and order plan of the city and upon its approval,
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implement the same; and such exercise general and operational
control and supervision over the local police forces in the city, in
accordance with R.A. No. 6975;
f. Call upon the appropriate law enforcement agencies to suppress
disorder, riot, lawless violence, rebellion or sedition, or to apprehend
violator 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, particularly those resources and revenues programmed for agro-
industrial development and countryside growth and progress and, relative
thereto, shall:
a. 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 budget preparation process as provided for in the
LGC:
b. Prepare and submit to the Sangguniang Panlungsod 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 the
LGC;
c. 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;
d. Issue licenses and permit 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;
e. 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 morals;
f. 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;
g. Adopt adequate measure to safeguard and conserve land, mineral,
marine, forest and other resources of the city;
h. Provide efficient and effective property and supply management in the
city, and protect the funds, credits, rights and other properties of the
city; and
i. 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 interest, resources and
rights shall be adequately protected; and
4. Ensure the delivery of basic services and provision of adequate facilities as
provided for under Section 17 of the LGC and, in addition hereto, shall:
a. Ensure that the construction and repair of roads and high ways 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;
b. Coordinate the implementation of technical services, including public
works and infrastructure programs, rendered by national offices; and
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c. Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and
functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.
Section 27. Personnel Under the Office of the City Mayor. - In addition to the
City Mayor, the Office of the City Mayor shall be manned by the following personnel:
Confidential Staff:
Executive Assistant IV (1)
Executive Assistant III (1)
Executive Assistant II (3)
Executive Assistant I (1)
Driver II (2)
Driver (8)
Communications Equipment Operator II (2)
Mechanic III (1)
Administrative:
Administrative Officer IV (1)
Administrative Officer III (1)
Records Officer I (1)
Clerk IV (1)
Clerk II (2)
Photographer I (1)
Utility Worker I (2)
Public Information and Assistance:

Community Affairs Officer III (2)
Community Affairs Officer II (1)
Community Affairs Assistant II (1)
Permits and Licenses:

License Inspector II (1)
Clerk IV (1)
Clerk I (1)
Nutrition Service:
Nutrition Officer II (1)
Cooperative Service:
Cooperative Specialist II (1)
Population Program Service:

Population Program Officer I (1)
Article B: Office of the City Administrator
Section 28. The City Administrator. - The Administrator shall take charge of the
city administrator’s office and shall:
1. Develop plans and strategies and upon approval thereof by the City Mayor,
implement the same particularly those which have to do with the
management and administration-related programs and projects which the city
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mayor is empowered to implement and which the Sanggunian is empowered
to provide;
2. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city administrator shall:
a. Assist in the coordination of the work of all the officials in the city
under the supervision, direction, and control of the City Mayor, and for
this purpose, he may convene the chiefs of offices and other officials of
the city;
b. Establish and maintain a sound personnel program for the city
designed to promote career development and uphold the merit
principle in the local government service;
c. Conduct a continuing organizational development of the city with the
end in view of instituting effective administrative reforms;
3. Be in the frontline of the delivery of administrative support services,
particularly those related to the situations during and in the aftermath of man-
made and natural disaster and calamities;
4. Recommend to the Sanggunian Panlungsod and advise the City Mayor, on all
other matters relative to the management and administration of the city; and
5. Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as
may be prescribed by law or ordinance.
Article C: Office of the City Treasurer

Section 29. The City Treasurer. - The treasurer shall take charge of the city
treasury office, and shall:
1. Advise the City Mayor, as the case maybe, the Sanggunian, and other local
government and national officials concerned regarding disposition of local
government funds and such other matters relative to public finance;
2. Take custody and exercise proper management of the funds of the Local
Government Unit;
3. Take charge of the disbursement of all local government funds and such other
funds the custody of which may be entrusted to him by law or other
competent authority:
4. Inspect private commercial and industrial establishments within the
jurisdiction of the local government unit in relation to the implementation of
tax ordinances, pursuant to the provisions under Book II of the LGC;
5. Maintain and update the tax information system of the local government unit;
Section 30. Assistant City Treasurer. - The Assistant Treasurer shall assist the
treasurer and perform such duties as the latter may assign to him. He shall have
authority to administer oath concerning notices and notifications to those delinquent in
the payment of the real property tax and concerning official matters relating to the
accounts of the treasurer or otherwise arising in the offices of the treasurer and the
assessor.
Section 31. Personnel Under the Office of the City Treasurer. - To reinforce
the City Treasurer and Assistant City Treasurer, the following personnel shall be
appointed to man the Office of the City Treasurer:
Treasury Operations:
Local Treasury Operations Officer IV (1)
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Local Treasury Operations Officer III (1)
Local Treasury Operations Officer II (1)
Local Treasury Operations Officer I (1)
Local Treasury Operations Assistant (1)
Driver I (1)
Cash Division:
Cashier I (1)
Disbursing Officer II (1)
Business License and Fees Division:

Revenue Collection Clerk III (1)
Revenue Collection Clerk II (5)
Clerk II (1)
Ticket Checker (2)
Property Tax Division:

Revenue Collection Clerk III (4)
Revenue Collection Clerk II (5)
Article D: Office of the City Accountant

Section 32. The City Accountant. - The City Accountant shall take charge of
both the accounting and internal audit services of the Local Government Unit and shall:
1. Install and maintain an internal audit system in the local government unit;
2. Prepare and submit financial statements to the mayor, and the Sangguniang
Panlungsod;
3. Apprise the Sanggunian and other city government officials on the financial
condition and operations of the city;
4. Certify to the availability of budgetary allotment to which expenditures and
obligations may be properly charged;
5. Review supporting documents before preparation of vouchers to determine
completeness of requirements;
6. Prepare statements of cash advances, liquidation, salaries, allowances,
reimbursements and remittances pertaining to the city;
7. Prepare statement of journal vouchers and liquidation of the same and other
adjustments related thereto;
8. Post individual disbursement to the subsidiary ledger and index cards;
9. Maintain individual ledgers for officials and employees of the local government
unit pertaining to payrolls and deductions;
10. Record and post in index cards details of purchased furniture, fixtures, and
equipment, including disposal thereof, if any;
11. Account for all issued request for obligations and maintain and keep all
records and reports related thereto;
12. Prepare journals and the analysis of obligations and maintain and keep all
records and reports related thereto; and
may be provided by law or ordinance.
Section 33. Submission of Detailed Statements of Income and

Expenditures. - On of before the fifteen (15) day of July of each year, the City
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Accountant shall submit to the City Mayor a certified statement, covering the income and
expenditures of the preceding fiscal year, the actual income and expenditures of the two
(2) quarters of the current year and the estimated income and expenditures for the last
two (2) quarters of the current year. All statements of income and expenditures referred
to in this Section, shall be jointly certified by the City Accountant.
Section 34. Personnel Under the Office of the City Accountant. - In addition
to the City Accountant the following shall man the Office of the City Accountant:
Fiscal Examiner III (1)

Fiscal Examiner II (1)
Fiscal Examiner I (1)
Senior Bookkeeper (1)
Bookkeeper I (1)
Accounting Clerk II (3)
Accounting Clerk I
Driver I
Utility worker I
Article E: Office of the City Assessor

Section 35. The City Assessor. - The City Assessor shall take charge of the City
Assessor’s Office and shall:
1. Ensure that all laws and policies governing the appraisal and assessment of
real properties for taxation purposes are properly executed;
2. Initiate, review, and recommend changes in policies and objectives, plans and
programs, techniques, procedures and practices in the valuation and
assessment of real properties for taxation purposes;
3. Establish a systematic method of real property assessment;
4. Install and maintain a real property identification and accounting system;
5. Prepare, install and maintain system of tax mapping, showing graphically all
properties subject to assessment and gather all data concerning the same;
6. Conduct frequent physical surveys to verify and determine whether real
properties within the city are properly listed in the assessment rolls;
7. Exercise the functions of appraisal and assessment primarily for taxation
purposes of all real properties in the city;
8. Prepare a schedule of the fair market value for the different classes of real
properties, in accordance with the provision of the LGC;
9. Issue, upon request of any interested party, certified copies of assessment
records of real property and all their records relative to its assessment, upon
payment of a service charges or fees to the City Treasurer;
10. Submit every semester a report of all assessments, as well as cancellations
and modifications of assessments, to the City Mayor and the Sangguniang
Panlungsod;
11. Attend personally or through an authorized representative, all sessions of the
City Board of Assessment Appeals whenever his assessment is the subject of
the appeal and present or submit any information or record in his possession
as may be required by the Board; and
Section 36. Personnel under the Office of the City Assessor. - In addition to
the City Assessor, the following shall man the Office of the City Assessor:
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City Government Assistant Department Head I (Asst. City Assessor) (1)
Tax Mapping and Real Property Identification:

Taxmapper II (1)
Draftsman I (1)
Assessment Clerk III (1)
Assessment Clerk II (2)
Assessment/Appraisal Records:
Local Assessment Operations Officer II (1)
Local Assessment Operations Officer I (1)
Assessment Clerk I (4)
Article F: City Budget Office

Section 37. The City Budget Officer. - The City Budget Officer shall take charge
of the City Budget Office and shall:
1. Prepare forms, orders, and circulars embodying instructions on budgetary and

appropriation matter for the signature of the City Mayor;
2. Review and consolidate the budget proposals of different departments and
offices of the city;
3. Assist the City Mayor, in the preparation of the budget and during budget
hearings;
4. Study and evaluate budgetary implications of proposed legislation and submit
comments and recommendations thereon;
5. Submit periodic budgetary reports to the Department of Budget and
Management;
6. Coordinate with the City Treasurer, the City Accountant, and the City Planning
and Development Coordinator for the purpose of budgeting;
7. Assist the Sangguniang Panlungsod in reviewing the approved budgets of
component barangays;
8. Coordinate with the planning and development coordinator in the formulation
of the city development plan; and
Section 38. Personnel Under the City Budget Office. - In addition to the City
Budget Officer, the following shall man the City Budget Office:
City Government Assistant Department Head (Asst. City Budget Head) (1)
Budget Officer III (1)
Budget Officer I (1)
Budgeting Aide (1)
Utility Worker II (1)
Driver I (1)
Article G: Office of the City Planning and Development Office
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Section 39. The City Planning and Development Coordinator. - The City
Planning and Development Coordinator shall take charge of the City Planning and
Development Office and shall:
1. Formulate integrated economic, social, physical, and other development plans

and policies for consideration of the city;
2. Conduct continuing studies, researches and training programs necessary to
evolve plans and programs for implementation;
3. Integrate and coordinate all sectoral plans and studies undertaken by the
different functional groups or agencies;
4. Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the different development
programs, projects, and activities in the city in accordance with the approved
development plan;
5. Prepare comprehensive plans and other development planning documents for
the consideration of the city development council;
6. Analyze the income and expenditure patterns and formulate and recommend
fiscal plans and policies for consideration of the local finance committee;
7. Promote people participation in development planning within the city;
8. Exercise supervision and control over the secretariat of the City Development
Council; and
9. Exercise such other powers and perform such other functions and duties as
Section 40. Personnel Under the City Planning and Development Office. -
In addition to the City Planning and Development Coordinator, the following shall man
the City Planning and Development Office.
City Government Assistant Department Head (1)
Research, Evaluation and Statistics Division:

Project Evaluation Officer I (1)
Statistician I (1)
Clerk III (1)
Plans and Programs Division:

Planning Officer I (1)
Draftsman I (1)
Zoning Inspector II (1)
Special Projects Division:

Project Development Officer I (1)
Project Development Assistant (1)
Article H: City Health Office
Section 41. The City Health Officer. - The City Health Officer shall take charge
of the Office of Health Services and shall;
1. Supervise the personnel and staff of said office, formulate program

implementation guidelines and rules and regulations for the operation of the
said office for the approval of the City Mayor, in order to assist him in the
efficient, effective and economic implementation of a health services
program, projects and activities.
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2. Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and
provide technical assistance and support to the City Mayor, carrying out
activities to ensure the delivery of basic services and provision of adequate
facilities relative to health services provided under Section 17 of the LGC;
3. Develop plans and strategies and upon approval by the City Mayor implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with health programs and
projects which the City Mayor, is empowered to implement and which the
Sanggunian is empowered to provide under the LGC;
4. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the city health officer shall:
a. Formulate and implement policies, plans, programs and projects to
promote the health of the people in the LGC;
b. Advise the City Mayor, and the Sangguniang Panlungsod on matters
pertaining to health;
c. Execute and enforce all laws, ordinances and regulations relating to
public health;
d. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, through the City Health
Board, the passage of such ordinances as he may deem necessary for
the preservation of public health;
e. Recommend the prosecution of any violation of sanitary laws,
ordinances or regulations;
f. Direct the sanitary inspection of all business establishments selling
food items or providing accommodations such as hotels, motels
lodging houses, pension houses, and the like, in accordance with the
Sanitation Code; and
g. Conduct health information campaigns and render health intelligence
services; and
h. Coordinate with other government agencies and non-government
organizations involved in the promotion and delivery of health services;
5. Be in the frontline of the delivery of health services, particularly during and in
the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and calamities; and
Section 42. Personnel Under the City Health Office. - In addition to the City
Health Officer, the following personnel shall man the City Health Office
Rural Health Unit I:

City Health Officer (1)
Dentist III (1)
Dentist II (1)
Nurse III (1)
Nurse II (1)
Nurse I (4)
Medical Technologist I (3)
Pharmacist I
Laboratory Technician II (1)
Laboratory Technician I (1)
Midwife III (3)
Midwife II (8)
Sanitary Inspector II (1)
Rural Health Unit II:

City Government Assistant Health Officer (1)
Dentist II (1)
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Nurse II (1)
Medical Technologist I (1)
Midwife II (5)
Sanitary Inspector II (1)
Dental Aide (1)
Midwife I (6)
Article I: Office of the City Civil Registrar

Section 43. The City Civil Registrar. - The City Civil Registrar shall take charge
of the Office of the Civil Registry and shall:
1. Develop plans and strategies and upon approval by the City Mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with civil registry programs and
projects which the City Mayor is empowered to implement and which the
Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide for under the LGC;
2. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the Civil Registrar shall:
a. Accept all registrable documents and judicial decrees affecting the civil
status of persons;
b. File, keep and preserve in a secure place the books required by law;
c. Transcribe and enter immediately upon receipt all registrable
documents and judicial decrees affecting the civil status of persons in
the appropriate civil registry books;
d. Transmit to the Office of the Civil Registrar-General, within the
prescribed period, duplicate copies of registered documents required
by law;
e. Issue certified transcripts or copies of any certificate or registered
documents upon payment of the prescribed fees to the City Treasurer;
f. Receive applications for the issuance of a marriage license and after
determining that the requirements and supporting certificates and
publication thereof for the prescribed permits have been complied
with, issue the license upon payment of the authorized fee to the City
Treasurer; and
g. Coordinate with the National Statistics Office in conducing educational
campaigns for vital registration and assist in the preparation of
demographic and other statistics for the city concerned;
3. In accordance to the provision of Republic Act 9048 amending Article 376 and
412 of the Civil Code of the Philippines correct or change clerical or
typographical errors or change of first name or nickname in the entry of Civil
Registry; and
Section 44. Personnel Under the Office of the City Civil Registrar. - In
addition to the City Civil Registrar, the following shall man the Office of the City Civil
Registrar’s Office:
City Government Assistant Department Head I (Assistant City Civil Registrar) (1)
Registration Officer III (1)
Registration Officer II (1)
Clerk IV (1)
Computer Operator I (1)
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Article J: Office of the City Agriculturist
Section 45. The City Agriculturist. - The City Agriculturist shall take charge of
the office for agricultural services and shall:
1. Formulate measures for the approval of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and

provide technical assistance and support to the City Mayor, in carrying out
said measures to ensure the delivery of basic services and provision of
adequate facilities relative to agricultural services as provided for under
Section 17 of the LGC;
the same, particularly those which have to do with agricultural programs and
projects which the City Mayor is empowered to implement and which the
sanggunian is empowered to provide for under the LGC;
3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the agriculturist shall:
a. Ensure that maximum assistance and access to resources in the
production processing and marketing of agricultural and aqua-cultural
and marine products are extended to farmers, fishermen and local
entrepreneurs;
b. Conduct or cause to be conducted location-specific agricultural
researches and assist in making available the appropriate technology
arising out of and disseminating information on basic research on
crops, prevention and control of plant diseases and pests, and other
agricultural matters which will maximize productivity;
c. Assist the City Mayor, in the establishment and extension services of
demonstration farms or aqua-culture and marine products;
d. Enforce rules and regulations relating to agriculture and aqua-culture;
e. Coordinate with government agencies and non-governmental
organizations which promote agricultural productivity through
appropriate technology compatible with environmental integrity;
4. Be in the frontline of the delivery of basic agricultural services, particularly
those needed for the survival of the inhabitants during and in the aftermath of
man-made and natural disasters and calamities;
5. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the City Mayor, as
the case may be, on all other matters related to agriculture and aqua-culture
which will improve the livelihood and living conditions of the inhabitants; and
may be prescribed by law or ordinance;
Section 46. Personnel Under the Office of the City Agriculturist. - In

addition to the City Agriculturist, the following shall man the Office of the City
Agriculturist:
Senior Agriculturist I (1)

Agriculturist (1)
Agricultural Technologist (10)
Agricultural Technician (3)
Clerk II (1)
Clerk I (1)
Article K: Office of the City Engineer
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Section 47. The City Engineer. - The City Engineer shall take charge of the City
Engineering Office and shall:
1. Initiate, review and recommend changes policies and objectives, plans and
programs, techniques, procedures and practices in infrastructure development
and public works in general of the city;
2. Advise the City Mayor on infrastructure, public works, and other engineering
matters;
3. Administer, coordinate, supervise, and control the construction, maintenance,
improvement, and repair of roads, bridges, and other engineering and public
works projects of the city;
4. Provide engineering services to the city, including investigation and survey,
engineering designs, feasibility studies, and project management; and
Section 48. Personnel Under the Office of City Engineer. - In addition to the
City Engineer, the following shall man the City Engineering Office:
Planning, Design and Programs Division:

Engineer III (1)
Engineer I (1)
Draftsman I (1)
Construction and Maintenance Division:

Engineer II (1)
Construction & Maintenance General Foreman (1)
Construction & Maintenance Foreman (1)
Construction & Maintenance Capataz (1)
Maintenance, Industrial and Inspection Division:

Engineer I (1)
Electrician General Foreman (1)
Electrical Inspector I (1)
Motorpool Division:
Heavy Equipment Operator I (1)
Mechanic I (1)
Driver I (1)
Article L: Environmental Sanitation Management Office
Section 49. The Environmental and Sanitation Management Officer. - The

Environmental Sanitation and Management Officer shall take charge of the ESMO and
shall:
1. Provide engineering technical and operational issues associated with the

generation, handling and storage, collection and transport and disposal of
waste;
2. Manage the rehabilitation and maintenance of the identified dumpsite of the
city;
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3. Spearhead the implementation of a recycling program;
4. Conduct regular inspection to all collection routes, most especially to the
Central Business Areas located at main road and other major thoroughfares.
5. Conduct schedule and/or periodic inspection in all barangays.
6. Issue citation tickets and/or notices of violation to all concerned who does not
comply with city ordinances;
7. Maintain cleanliness of all main roads and major thoroughfares, rivers, creeks,
canal and other bodies of water;
8. Provide regular repair and preventive maintenance of all solid waste collection
and landfill equipment and other government-owned equipment such as
construction and maintenance equipment, fire trucks, ambulance, etc.;
9. Attend to complaints emanating from the public community and Business
Sectors regarding Solid Waste Management Services.;
10. Ensure that sanitary technicians/inspectors and drivers wear prescribed
uniforms and I.D.’s for identification and to give dignity to their work; and
11. Perform other duties and functions prescribed by law or ordinance.
Section 50. Personnel Under the Environmental Sanitation Management

Office. - In addition to the Environmental Sanitation Management Officer, the following
shall man the Environmental Sanitation Management Office:
Public Service Officer (1)

Driver II (2)
Driver I (3)
Clerk I
Cemetery Caretaker I (1)
Article M: City Human Resource Management Office
Section 51. The City Human Resource Management Officer. - The City
Human Resource Management Officer shall take charge of HRMO and shall perform the
following:
1. Assist and advise the head of the City in the development, formulation and
execution of policies, rules and regulations in all areas of personnel
management in accordance with the Civil Service law and rules;
2. Implement comprehensive and balanced personnel development programs
designed to raise the level of efficiency, effectiveness and morale of personnel
in the city;
3. Establish a sound recruitment and selection system within the city;
4. Administer the position classification and compensation system (as prescribed
by the Department of Budget and Management) and other employee welfare
programs such as medical and hospitalization benefits, health and safety
standard, disability, retirement and other benefits;
5. Help create an atmosphere conducive to good supervisor-employee relations
and improvement of employee welfare and morale and recognizes the
employees’ right to self organization;
6. Assist the City Government in the development and implementation of
performance standards evaluation system and employee recognition
programs;
7. Conduct exit interview of employees about to retire, resign, transfer or
separate from the city to obtain their suggestions and/or feedback on how to
improve organization productivity and performance;
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8. Provide inputs in the development and implementation of human resources
training and development programs;
9. Establish and administer a continuing employees suggestions and incentives
and awards systems for the improvement of employee performance and
productivity;
10. Maintain a complete and up-to-date personnel information system;
11. As the Bilis Aksyon Man in the city, performs the duties embodied in CSC MC
# 3, s. 1994);
12. As a member of the Council of Personnel Officers (CPO), actively participate in
all programs and activities of the Council; and
13. Liaise with the Civil Service Commission on personnel-related matters.
Section 52. Personnel Under the City Human Resource Management

Office. - In addition to the City Human Resource Management Officer, the following shall
man the City Human Resource Management Office:
City Government Assistant Department Head I (1)

Human Resource Management Officer I (1)
Human Resource Management Assistant (1)
Article N: City Legal Office

Section 53. The City Legal Officer. - The City Legal Officer, the Chief Legal
Counsel of the City shall take charge of the office for legal services and shall:

provide legal assistance and support to the City Mayor, in carrying out the
delivery of basic services and provision of adequate facilities as provided for
under Section 17 of the Local Government Code;
the same, particularly those which have to do with program and projects
related to legal services which the City Mayor is empowered to implement and
which the Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide.
3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the Legal Officer shall;
a. Represent the City in all civil actions and special proceedings wherein
the Local Government Unit or any official hereof, in his official capacity,
is a party: Provided, that, in actions or proceedings where the City is a
party adverse to the Provincial Government or to another component
city or municipality, a special legal officer may be employed to
represent the adverse party;
b. When required by the City Mayor or Sangguniang Panlungsod, draft
ordinances, contracts, bonds, leases and other instruments involving
any interest of the City and provide comments and recommendations
or any instruments already drawn;
c. Render his opinion in writing on any question of law when requested to
do so by the City Mayor, or Sangguniang Panlungsod;
d. Investigate or cause to be investigated any local officials or employee
for administrative neglect or misconduct in office and recommend
appropriate action to the City Mayor or Sangguniang Panlungsod, as
the case may be;
e. Investigate or cause to be investigated any person, firm or corporation
holding any franchise or exercising any public privilege for failure to
comply with any term or conditions in the grant of such franchise or
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privilege and recommend appropriate action to the City Mayor or
Sangguniang Panlungsod;
f. When directed by the City Mayor, or Sangguniang Panlungsod, initiate
and prosecute, in the interest of the City, any civil action on any bond,
lease or other contract upon any breach or violation thereof; and
g. Review and submit recommendations on ordinances approved and
executive orders issued by component units;
4. Recommend measures to the Sanggunian and advise the City Mayor, as the
case may be on all other matters related to upholding the rule of law;
5. Be in the frontline of protecting human rights and prosecuting any violations
thereof, particularly those which occur during and in the aftermath of man-
made or natural disasters and calamities; and
Article O: City Social Welfare and Development Office

Section 54. The City Social Welfare and Development Officer. - The City
Social Welfare and Development Officer shall take charge of the office on social welfare
and development services and shall:
1. Formulate measures for the approval of the Sanggunian and provide technical
assistance and support to the City Mayor, in carrying out measures to ensure
the delivery of basic services and provision of adequate facilities relative to
Social Welfare and Development Services;
2. Develop plans and strategies and upon approval thereof by the mayor,
implement the same particularly those which have to do with social welfare
programs and projects which the mayor is empowered to implement and
which the Sanggunian is empowered to provide for under the Local
Government Code;
3. In addition to the foregoing duties, the Social Welfare and Development
Officer shall:
a. Identify the basic needs of the needy, the disadvantaged and the
impoverished and develop and implement appropriate measures to
alleviate their problems and improve their living conditions;
b. Provide relief and appropriate crisis intervention for victims of abuse
and exploitation and recommend appropriate measures to deter
further abuse and exploitation;
c. Assist the City Mayor, in implementing the barangay level program for
the total development and protection of children up to six (6) years of
age;
d. Facilitate the implementation of welfare programs for the disabled
elderly, and victims of drug addiction, the rehabilitation of prisoners
and parolees, the prevention of juvenile delinquency and such other
activities which would eliminate or minimize the ill-effects of poverty;
e. Initiate and support youth welfare programs that will enhance the role
of the youth in nation-building;
f. Coordinate with government agencies and non-governmental
organizations which have for their purpose the promotion and the
protection of all needy, disadvantaged, underprivileged or
impoverished groups or individuals, particularly those identified to be
vulnerable and high-risk to exploitation, abuse and neglect;
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4. Be in the frontline of service delivery, particularly those which have to do with
immediate relief assistance during and in the aftermath of man-made and
natural disasters and natural calamities.
5. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the city mayor, on all
other matters related to the Social Welfare and Development Services which
will improve the livelihood and living conditions of the inhabitants; and
may be prescribed by law or ordinance
Section 55. Personnel Under the City Social Welfare and Development
Office. - In addition to the City Social Welfare and Development Officer, the following
shall man the City Social Welfare and Development Office:
Social Welfare Officer III (1)

Social Welfare Officer I (1)
Social Welfare Assistant (2)
Daycare Worker I (4)
Social Welfare Aide (3)
Driver I (1)
Article P: City Information Office

Section 56. The City Information Officer. - The City Information Officer shall
take charge of the Office on Public Information and shall

provide technical assistance and support to the city mayor in providing the
information and research data required for the delivery of basic services and
provision of adequate facilities so that the public becomes aware of said
services and may fully avail of the same;
2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the City Mayor
implement the same particularly those which have to do with public
information and research data to support programs and projects which the city
mayor is empowered to implement and which the Sangguniang Panlungsod is
empowered to provide:
3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City Information Officer
shall:
a. Provide relevant, adequate and timely information to the City and its
residents;
b. Furnish information and data on the City to government agencies or
offices as may be required by law or ordinance; and Non-Governmental
Organizations to be furnished to said agencies and organization; and
c. Maintain effective liaison with the various sectors of the community on
matters and issue that affect the livelihood and the quality of life of the
inhabitants and encourage support for programs of the local and
national government
4. Be in the frontline in providing information during and in the aftermath of
manmade and natural disasters and calamities, with special attention to the
victims thereof, to help minimize injuries and casualties during and after the
emergency and to accelerate relief and rehabilitation;
5. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the City Mayor on all
matters relative to public information and research data as it relates to the
total socio-economic development of the City; and
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6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise other powers as
provided for under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local
Government Code of 1991, and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
Article Q: City Cooperatives Office

Section 57. The City Cooperatives Officer. - The City Cooperative Officer shall
take charge of the Office for the Development of Cooperatives and shall:
1. Formulate measure for the consideration of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, and

provide technical assistance and support to the City Mayor, in carrying out
measures to ensure the delivery of basic services and provision of facilities
through the development of cooperatives, and in providing access to such
services and facilities;
2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the City Mayor,
implement the same, particularly those which have to do with the integration
of cooperatives principles and methods in programs and projects which the
City Mayor is empowered to implement and which the Sangguniang
Panlungsod is empowered to provide;
3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the City Cooperative Officer
shall:
a. Assist in the organization of cooperatives;
b. Provide technical and other forms of assistance to existing
cooperatives to enhance their viability as an economic enterprise and
social organization;
c. Assist cooperatives in establishing linkages with government agencies
and non-government organizations involved in the promotion and
integration of the concept of cooperatives in the livelihood of the
people and other community activities;
4. Be in the frontline of cooperatives organization, rehabilitation or viability-
enhancement, particularly during and in the aftermath of man-made and
natural calamities and disaster, to aid in their survival and, if necessary
subsequent rehabilitation;
5. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod, and advise the City Mayor, on
all other matters relative to cooperatives development and viability-
enhancement which will improve the livelihood and quality of life of the
inhabitants; and
Section 58. Personnel Under the City Cooperatives Office. - In addition to

the City Cooperative Officer, Cooperative Development Specialist II shall be appointed to
man the City Cooperatives Office.
Article R: City Population Office

Section 59. The City Population Officer. - The City Population Officer shall take
charge of the Office on Population Development and shall:
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1. Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sanggunian and provide
technical assistance and support to the City Mayor, in carrying out measures
to ensure the delivery of basic services and provision of adequate facilities
relative to the integration of the population development principles and in
providing access to said services and facilities;
2. Develop plans and strategies and upon approval thereof by mayor, implement
the same, particularly those which have to do with the integration of
population development principles and methods in programs and projects
which the mayor is empowered to implement and which the Sanggunian is
empowered to provide for;
3. In addition to the foregoing duties and function, the Population Officer shall:
a. Assist the City Mayor, in the implementation of the Constitutional
Provisions relative to population development and the promotion of
responsible parenthood
b. Establish and maintain an updated data bank for program operations,
development planning and educational program to ensure the people’s
participation in and understanding of population development;
c. Implement appropriate training programs responsive to the cultural
heritage of the inhabitants; and
Section 60. Personnel Under the City Population Office. - In addition to the
City Population Officer, a Population Program Officer I shall also be appointed to man the
City Population Office.
Article S: Office of the City Veterinarian
Section 61. The City Veterinarian. - The City Veterinarian shall take charge of
the Office of veterinary Services, and shall:
1. Formulate measures for consideration of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and

provide technical assistance and support to the City Mayor in carrying out
measures to ensure the delivery of basic services and provision of adequate
facilities;
2. Develop plans and strategies and, upon approval thereof by the City Mayor,
implement the same, particularly those which have to do with veterinary-
related activities which the City Mayor is empowered to implement and which
the Sangguniang Panlungsod is empowered to provide;
3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the veterinarian shall:
a. Advise the City Mayor on all matters pertaining to the slaughter of
animals for human consumption and the regulation of slaughterhouses;
b. Regulate the keeping of domestic animals;
c. Regulate and inspect poultry, milk and dairy products for public
consumption;
d. Enforce all laws and regulations for the prevention of cruelty of
animals; and
e. Take necessary measures to eradicate, prevent or cure all forms of
animal diseases.
4. Be in the frontline of veterinary-related activities, such as the outbreak of
highly contagious and deadly disease and in situations resulting in the
depletion of animals for work and in human consumption, particularly those
arising from and in the aftermath of man-made and natural disasters and
calamities;
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5. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and advise the City Mayor on all
matters relative to veterinary services which will increase the number and
improve the quality of livestock, poultry and other domestic animals used for
work or human consumption; and
6. Perform such other duties and functions and exercise such other powers as
provided for under Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local
Government Code of 1991 and those that are prescribed by law or ordinance.
Section 62. Personnel Under the Office of the City Veterinarian. - In

addition to the City Veterinarian, a Veterinarian III shall also be appointed to man the
Office of the City Veterinarian.
Article T: Office of the City General Services Office

Section 63. The City General Services Officer. - The City General Services
Officer shall take charge of the Office of General Services and shall:
1. Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sanggunian and provide
technical assistance and support to the City Mayor, in carrying out measures
to ensure the delivery of basic services and provision of adequate facilities
and which require general services expertise and technical support services;
2. Develop plans and strategies and upon approval thereof by the City Mayor,
implement the same, particularly the inhabitants which the city mayor is
empowered to implement and which the Sanggunian is empowered to
provide;
3. In addition to the foregoing duties and functions, the general services officer
shall:
a. Take custody of and be accountable for all properties, real or personal,
owned by the City and those granted to it in the form of donation,
reparation, assistance and counterpart of joint projects;
b. Through the approval of the City Mayor, assign building or land space
to local officials or other public officials, who by law, are entitled to
such space;
c. Recommend to the City Mayor, the reasonable rental rates for local
government properties, whether real or personal, which will be leased
to public or private entities by the local government;
d. Recommend to the City Mayor reasonable rental rates of private
properties which may be leased for the official use of the City;
e. Maintain and supervise janitorial, security, landscaping and other
related services in all local government public buildings and other real
property, whether owned or leased by the City;
f. Collate and disseminate information regarding prices, shipping and
other costs of supplies and other commonly used by the City;
g. Perform archival and record management with respect to records of
offices and departments of the City; and
h. Perform all other functions pertaining to supply and property
management hereto performed by the City Treasurer and enforce
policies on records creation, maintenance, and disposal;
4. Be in the frontline of general services related activities, such as the possible
or imminent destruction or damage to records, supplies, properties, and
structures and the orderly and sanitary clearing up of waste materials or
debris, particularly during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural
disasters and calamities;
5. Recommend to the Sanggunian and advise the City Mayor, on other matters
relative to general services;
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Section 64. Personnel Under the City General Services Office. - In addition
to the City General Services Officer, the following shall man the City General Services
Office:
Supply and Property:

Supply Officer IV (1)
Supply Officer II (1)
Supply Officer I (1)
Records Officer III (1)
Records Officer II (1)
Buyer IV (2)
Buyer III (1)
Storekeeper IV (1)
Storekeeper III (1)
Storekeeper I (1)
General Services and Utility Group:

Date Entry Machine Operator III (1)
Computer Operator II (1)
Park & Maintenance General Foreman (1)
Labor Foreman (1)
Auto Equipment Inspector I (1)
Utility Foreman (1)
Driver II (1)
Driver I (1)
Laborer II (1)
Civil Security Unit:

Security Officer II (1)
Security Officer I (1)
Security Guard I (13)
Article U: Economic Enterprise Management and Development

Office
Section 65. The City Economic Enterprise Officer. - The City Economic
Enterprise Officer shall perform the following:
1. Review and analyze data, records, working methods, prepares financial

procedures, and related work effects in public market to ascertain whether
rules and regulations are being complied with;
2. Provide advice to officials who have direct relation with market operations on
current problems and propose solutions pertaining thereon;
3. Submit required reports; and
4. Does related work as prescribed by law or ordinance.
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Section 66. Personnel Under the City Economic Enterprises Management
and Development Office. - In addition to the City Economic Enterprise Officer, the
following shall man the City Economic Enterprise Management and Development Office:
City Government Assistant Department Head I (1)
Market Collection/Parking Operations:

Market Supervisor III (1)
Market Supervisor II (1)
Market Specialist I (1)
Market Inspector II (1)
Market Inspector I (1)
Clerk I (2)
Parking Aide (1)
Slaughterhouse Operations:
Slaughterhouse Master I (1)
Meat Inspector III (3)
Meat Inspector II (1)
Plumber Foreman (1)
Watchman and Security Guard Taskforce:

Security Guard I (16)
Watchman (4)
Garbage Collection:
Driver I (1)
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CHAPTER II: CITY GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE OFFICES
Article A: Sangguniang Panlungsod
Section 67. The Sangguniang Panlungsod. - 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, and shall:
1. Approve ordinances and pass resolutions necessary for an efficient and

effective city government, and in this connection, shall:
a. 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;
b. Maintain peace and order by enacting measures to present and
suppress lawlessness, disorders, riot, violence, rebellion or sedition and
impose penalties for the violation of said ordinances;
c. 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;
d. 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 in their return to productive livelihood
following said events;
e. Enact ordinances intended to prevent, suppress and impose
appropriate penalties for habitual drunkenness in public places,
vagrancy, mendicancy, prostitution, establishments 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, 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;
f. 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 endangered species of
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floral and fauna, slash and burn farming, acceleration of eutrophication
of rivers and lakes or of ecological imbalance;
g. Subject to the provisions of this Code and pertinent laws, determine
the powers and duties of officials and employees of the City;
h. 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;
i. Authorize the payment of compensation to a qualified person not in the
government service who fill-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;
j. Provide a mechanism and the appropriate funds therefore, 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 interest in the offices and departments of
the City Government;
k. 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;
l. 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.
m. 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. General and maximize the use of resources and revenues for the development
plants, program objectives and priorities of the City as provided for under
Section 18 the Local Government Code, with particular attention to agro-
industrial development and city-wide growth and progress; and relative
thereto shall;
a. 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;
b. Subject to the provisions of Book II of the LGC and applicable laws and
upon the majority vote of all the members of the Sangguniang
Panlungsod, enact ordinance s levying taxes, fees and charges,
prescribing the rates thereof for general and specific purposes, and
granting tax exemptions, incentives or relief;
c. Subject to the provisions of Book II of the LGC 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;
d. Subject to the provisions of Book II of the LGC and applicable laws and
upon the majority vote of all 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;
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e. Appropriate funds for the construction and maintenance of 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 as public buildings held in proprietary
capacity to existing laws, rules and regulations;
f. Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use of property within
the jurisdiction of the City;
g. 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 Pplan;
h. Reclassify land within the jurisdiction of the city, subject to the
pertinent provisions of the LGC:
i. 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;
j. 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,
approval shall not be withheld for more than thirty (30) days from
receipt of the application. Failure to act on the application within the
period stated above shall be deemed as approval thereof;
k. Subject to the provisions of Book II of the LGC, 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 water;
l. With the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of
the Sangguniang Panlungsod, grant tax exemptions, incentives to
entities engaged in community growth-including industries, subject to
the provisions of the LGC;
m. 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;
n. Regulate the numbering of residential, commercial and other buildings,
and
o. Regulate the inspection, weighing and measuring articles of
commerce;
3. Subject to the provisions of the LGC, 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:
a. Fix and impose reasonable fees and charges for all services rendered
by the city government to private persons or entities;
b. 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;
c. Provide for and set the terms and conditions under which public
utilities owned by the city shall be operated by the city government,
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and prescribe the conditions under which the same may be leased to
private persons or entities, preferably cooperatives;
d. Regulate the display of and fix the license fees for signs, signboards, or
billboards at the place or places where the profession or business
advertised thereby is, whole or in part, conducted;
e. 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;
f. 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; and
g. 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
slaughterhouse; 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 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:
a. Declare, prevent or abate any nuisance;
b. Require that buildings and the premises thereof and any land within
the city be kept and maintained in a sanitary conditions; impose
penalties for any violation thereof; or, upon failure to comply with said
requirements, 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;
c. Regulate the disposal of clinical and other wastes from hospitals, clinics
and other wastes from hospitals, clinics and other similar
establishments;
d. Regulate the establishment, operation and maintenance of cafes,
restaurants, beerhouses, hotels, motels, inns, pensions houses, lodging
houses, and other similar establishments, including tourist guides and
transport;
e. Regulate the sale, giving away or dispensing of any intoxicating malt,
mixed or fermented liquors on any retail outlet;
f. 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;
g. Regulate the establishment, operation, and maintenance of any
entertainment or amusement facilities, including the performances,
circuses, billiard pools, public dancing schools, public dance for 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;
h. 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
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i. 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 the Local
Government Code, and in addition to said services and facilities, shall:
a. Provide for the establishment, maintenance, protection, and
conservation of communal forests and watersheds, tree parks,
greenbelts, mangroves, and other similar forest development projects;
b. Establish markets, slaughterhouses of 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;
c. Authorize the establishment, maintenance and operation by the
government of ferries, wharves, and other structures intended to
accelerate productivity related to marine and seashore or offshore
activities;
d. Regulate the preparation and sale of meat, poultry, fish, vegetables,
fruit, fresh dairy products, and other food stuffs for public consumption;
e. 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,
awning and awning posts on the streets; and provide for the listing,
cleaning and sprinkling of streets and public places;
f. 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;
g. 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
thereof;
h. 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 measure to ensure public safety against open
canals, manholes, live wires and other similar hazards to life and
property; and regulate the construction and use of private water
closets, privies and other similar structures in buildings and homes;
i. Regulate the placing, stringing, attaching, installing, repair and
construction of all gas mains, electric , telegraph and telephone wires,
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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;
j. 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, subject to existing law on
tuition fees, fix, collect reasonable tuition fees and other school
charges in educational institutions supported by the city government;
k. Establish a scholarship fund for poor but deserving students in schools
located within its jurisdiction or for students residing within city;
l. Approve measures and adopt quarantine regulations to prevent the
introduction and spread of diseases;
m. Provide for an efficient and effective system of solid waste and garbage
collection and disposal and prohibit littering and the placing or
throwing of garbage, refuse and other fith and wastes;
n. 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
person, 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;
o. Establish and provide for the maintenance and improvement of jails
and detention centers, institute a sound jail management program, and
appropriate funds for the subsistence of detainees and convicted
prisoners in the city;
p. Establish a city council whose purpose is the promotion of culture and
the arts, coordinate with government agencies and non-government
organizations and, subject to the availability of funds, appropriate
funds for the support and development of the same; and
q. 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
may prescribed by law or ordinance.
Article B: Office of the City Vice-Mayor

Section 68. The City Vice Mayor. - The City Vice-Mayor shall:
1. Act as the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and sign all
warrants drawn on the city treasury for all expenditures appropriated for the
operation of the Sangguniang Panlungsod;
2. Subject to civil service law, rules and regulations, appoint all officials and
employees of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, except those whose manner of
appointment is specifically provided under existing laws;
3. Assume the office of the city mayor for the unexpired term of the latter in the
event of permanent vacancy;
4. Exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the city mayor in
cases of temporary vacancy; 7and
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Article C: Office of the Sanggunian Panlungsod
Section 69. The Secretary to the Sanggunian. - The Secretary to the

Sangguniang Panlungsod shall take charge of the Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod,
and shall:
1. Attend meetings and keep a journal of its proceedings;

2. Keep the seal of the city and affix the same with his signature to all
ordinances, resolutions, and other official acts of the Sangguniang
Panlungsod and present the same to the presiding officer for his signature;
3. Forward to the city mayor, for approval, copies of ordinances enacted by the
Sangguniang Panlungsod and duly certified by the Presiding Officer;
4. Forward to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) copies of the
appropriation ordinances passed by the Sangguniang Panlungsod as provided
for under Section 326, Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991;
5. Forward to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan copies of duly approved ordinances
in the manner provided in Section 56 and 57 under Book 1 of the Local
Government Code;
6. Furnish, upon request of any interested party, copies of records of public
character in his custody, upon payment to the city treasurer of such fees as
may be prescribed by ordinance.
7. Record in a book kept for the purpose, all ordinances and resolutions enacted
or adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod, with the dates of passage and
publication thereof;
8. Keep his office and all non-confidential records therein open to the public
during usual business hours.
9. Translate into the dialect used by the majority of the inhabitants all ordinances
and resolutions immediately after their approval and cause the publication of
the same together with the original version in the manner provided under the
Local Government Code;
10. Take custody of the local archives and where applicable, the local library and
annually account for the same; and
may be prescribed bylaw or ordinance relative to his position.
Section 70. Personnel Under the Office of the Sanggunian Panlungsod. - In

addition to Secretary to the Sanggunian, the Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall
be manned by the following:
Legislative Staff:
Executive Assistant II (1)
Secretary I (1)
Driver I (3)
Secretary to the Sangguniang Staff:

City Assistant Secretary to the Sanggunian (1)
Local Legislative Staff Officer III (1)
Local Legislative Staff Assistant III (1)
Local Legislative Staff Assistant II (1)
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Stenographic Reporter IV (1)
Records Officer I (1)
Computer Operator IV (1)
Computer Operator II (1)
Clerk IV (1)
Clerk II (1)
Clerk I (1)
Utility Worker (3)
City Library:
Librarian II (1)
Librarian I (1)
Bookbinder I (1)
Utility Worker (1)
CHAPTER III: CONDUCT OF CITY OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES

Section 71. Statement of Policy. - It is the policy of the City Government to
promote a high standard of ethics in public service. All city officials and employees shall
at all times be accountable to the people and shall discharge their duties with utmost
responsibility, integrity, competence and loyalty, act with patriotism and justice, lead
modest lives and uphold public arrest over personal interest.
Article A: Norms of Conduct of City Officials and Employees
Section 72. Standard of Personal Conduct. - Every city government official

and employee shall observe the following as standards of personal conduct in the
discharge and execution of official duties:
1. Commitment to Democracy. – City government officials and employees

shall commit themselves to the democratic way of life and values, maintain
the principle of public accountability, and manifest by deeds the supremacy of
civilian authority over the military. They shall at all times uphold the
Constitution and put loyalty to country above loyalty to persons or party.
2. Commitment to Public Interest. – City government officials and employees

shall always uphold the public interest over and above personal interest. All
government resources and powers of there respective offices must be
employed and used efficiently, effectively, honestly and economically,
particularly to avoid wastage in public funds and revenues.
3. Fairness and Sincerity. – City government officials and employees shall

remain true to the people at all times. They must act with justness and
sincerity and shall not discriminate against anyone, especially the poor and
the underprivileged. They shall at all times respect the rights of others, and
shall refrain from doing acts contrary to law, good morals, good customs,
public policy, public order, public safety and public interest. They shall not
dispense or extend undue favors on account of their offices to their relatives
whether by consanguinity or affinity, except with respect to appointments of
such relatives to positions considered strictly confidential or as members of
their personal staff whose terms are co-terminus with their own.
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4. Nationalism and Patriotism. - City government officials and employees
shall at all times be loyal to the Republic and to the Filipino people, promote
the use of locally produced goods, resources and technology and encourage
appreciation and pride of our country and people. They shall endeavor to
maintain and defend the Philippine sovereignty against foreign intrusion.
5. Political Neutrality. – City government officials and employees shall provide

service to everyone without unfair discrimination and regardless of party
affiliation or preference.
6. Professionalism. – City government officials and employees shall perform

and discharge their duties with the highest degree of excellence,
professionalism, intelligence and skill. They shall endeavor to discourage
wrong perception of their roles as dispensers or peddlers of undue patronage.
7. Responsive to the Public. – City government officials and employees shall

extend prompt, courteous, and adequate service to the public. Unless
otherwise provided by law or when required by the public interest, city officials
and employees shall provide information on their policies and procedures in
clear and understandable language, ensure openness of information, public
consultations and hearing, whenever appropriate, encourage suggestions,
simplify and systematize policy, rules and procedures, avoid red tape and
develop an understanding and appreciation of the socio-economic conditions
prevailing in the country, especially in the depressed rural and urban areas..
8. Simple Living. - City government officials and employees and their families
shall lead modest lives appropriate to their positions and income. They shall
not indulge in extravagant or ostentatious display of wealth in any form.
Article B: Duties and Responsibilities of City Officials and

Employees
Section 73. Duties, Responsibilities and Obligations. - In the performance of
their duties, all city government officials and employees are under obligations to:
1. Act Immediately on Public’s Personal Transactions. - City government

officials and employees shall must attend to anyone who want to avail himself
of their services of the offices and must, at all times, act promptly and
expeditiously.
2. Act Promptly on Letters and Request. – City government officials and

employees shall within fifteen (15) working days from receipt thereof, respond
to letters, telegrams or other means of communications sent by the public
except resolutions and ordinances which are subject to the approval of the
Sangguniang Panlungsod. The reply must contain action on the request.
3. Make Documents Accessible to the Public. – City government public

documents must be made accessible to, and readily available for inspection,
by the public within reasonable working hours.
4. Process Documents and Papers Expeditiously. – City government officials

papers and documents must be processed and completed within a reasonable
time from the preparation thereof and must contain, as far as practicable, not
more than three (3) signatories, therein. In the absence of duly authorized
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signatories, the official next in rank or officer-in-charge shall sign for and in
their behalf.
5. Submit Annual Performance Reports. – All heads or other responsible

officers shall, within forty-five (45) working days from the end of the year,
render a performance report of their respective offices. Such report shall be
open and available to the public within regular office hours.
Article C: Ethical Standards

Section 74. Prohibited Acts and Transactions. - In addition to acts and
omissions of public officials and employees now prescribed in the Constitution and
existing laws, the following shall constitute prohibited acts and transactions of any city
government official and employee and are hereby declared to be unlawful:
1. Financial and Material Interest. - City government officials and employees

shall not, directly or indirectly, have any financial or material interest in any
transaction requiring the approval of their office.
2. Outside Employment and Other Activities Related Thereto. - City
government officials and employees during their incumbency shall not:
a. Own, control, manage or accept employment as officer, employee,
consultant, counsel, broker, agent, trustee or nominee in any private
enterprise regulated supervised or licensed by their office unless
expressly allowed by law.
b. Engage in the practice of their profession unless authorized by the
Constitution or law, provided that such practice will not conflict or tend
to conflict with their official functions, subject to Section 90 of RA 7160
nor pending official transaction with their office.
These prohibitions shall continue to apply for a period of one (1) year after
resignation, retirement, or separation from public office, except in the case of
subparagraph (2)(b) above, by the professional cannot practice his profession in
connection with any matter before the office he used to be with, in which case the one-
year prohibition shall likewise apply.
3. Disclosure and/or Misuse of Confidential Information. - City government

officials and employees shall not solicit, or accept, directly or indirectly, any
gift, gratuity, favor entertainment, loan or anything or monetary value from
any person in the course of their official duties or in connection with any
operation being regulated by, or any transaction which may be affected by the
functions of their office. As to gifts or grants from foreign government, the
following are allowed:
a. The acceptance by a city government official or employee of a gift of

nominal value tendered and received as a souvenir or mark of
courtesy;
b. The acceptance by a city government official or employee of a gift in
the nature of a scholarship or fellowship grant or medical treatment; or
c. The acceptance by a city government official or employee of travel
grants or expense for travel taking place entirely outside the
Philippines (such as allowances, transportation, food and lodging) or
more than the nominal value if such acceptance is appropriate or
consistent with the interest of the Philippines, and permitted by the
head of office to which he belongs.
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Article D: Transparency in Public Service
Section 75. Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth; Disclosure of
Business Interests and Financial Connections. - All city government officials and
employees, except those who serve in an honorary capacity, laborers and casuals or
temporary, shall file under oath their Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth and
a Disclosure of Business Interest and Financial Connections and those of their spouses
and unmarried children under eighteen (18) years of age living in their households. The
two documents shall contain information on the following:
1. Real property, its improvements, acquisition costs, assessed value and current
fair market value;
2. Personal property and acquisition cost;
3. All other assets such as investments, cash or hand or in bank, stocks, bonds,
and the like;
4. Liabilities; and
5. All business interests and financial connections
The documents must be filed:
1. Within thirty (30) days from assumption of office;

2. On or before April 30 of every year thereafter, and,
3. Within thirty (30) days after separation from the service
All public official and employees required under this Article to file the aforestated
documents shall also execute, within thirty (30) days from the date of assumption of
office, the necessary authority in favor of the Ombudsman to obtain from all appropriate
government agencies, including the Bureau of Internal Revenue, such documents as may
show their assets, liabilities, net worth and also their business interest and financial
connections in previous years, including, if possible, the year when they first assumed
any office in the government.
Husband and wife who are both city government officials or employees may file
the required statements jointly or separately. The statements of Assets, Liabilities and
Net Worth and Disclosure of Business Interest and Financial Connections shall be filed.
1. With the Deputy Ombudsman in Region II, if local officials and employees; and
2. With the Civil Service Commission, if all other officials and employees, as
defined in Republic Act No. 3019 otherwise known as Anti-graft and Corrupt
Practices Act, as amended.
Section 76. Identification and Disclosure of Relatives. - It shall be the duty of

every city government official or employee to identify and disclose, to the best of his
knowledge and information, his relatives in the Government in the form, manner and
frequency prescribed by the Civil Service Commission.
Section 77. Accessibility of Documents. -
1. Any and all statements filed under this chapter shall be made available for
inspection at reasonable hours.
2. Such statements shall be made available for copying or reproduction after ten
(10) working days from the time they are filed as required by existing laws;
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3. Any person requesting a copy of a statement shall be required to pay a
reasonable fee to cover the cost of reproduction and mailing of such
statements, as wells as the cost of certification.
4. Any statement filed under this Chapter shall be made available to the public
for a period of ten (10) years after receipt of the statements. After such
period, the statement may be destroyed unless needed in an ongoing
investigation.
Section 78. Other Prohibited Acts. - It shall be unlawful for any person to
obtain or use any statement filed under this Chapter for:
1. Any purpose contrary to morals or public policy; or

2. Any commercial purposes other than by news and communications media for
dissemination to the general public.
Article E: Conflict of Interest and Divestment
Section 79. Resignation or Divestment. - A city government official or

employee shall avoid conflict of interest at all times. When a conflict of interest arises,
he shall resign from his position in any private business enterprises within thirty (30)
days from his assumption of office and/or divest himself shareholdings or interest within
sixty (60) days from such assumption.
This requirement of divestment shall not apply to those who serve the city
government in honorary capacity nor to laborer and casual or temporary workers.
Article F: Penalties
Section 80. Fines, Suspensions or Removal; or Imprisonment. - Penalties for
offenders:
1. Any city government official or employee regardless of whether or not he

holds office or employment in a casual, temporary, hold-over, permanent or
regular capacity, committing any violation of this Chapter shall be punished
with a fine not exceeding the equivalent of six (6) months salary or
suspension not exceeding one (1) year, or removal depending on the gravity
of the offense after due notice and hearing by the appropriate body or agency.
If the violation is punishable by a heavier penalty under existing law, he shall
be prosecuted under the law.
2. Violations of the Article shall be prosecuted and penalized under the provision
of Republic Act 6713 otherwise known as Code of Conduct and Ethical
Standards for Public Officials and Employees.
3. Any violation hereof proven in a proper administrative proceedings shall be
sufficient cause for removal or dismissal of a city government official or
employee, even if no criminal prosecution is instituted against him.
4. Private individuals who participate in conspiracy as co-principals, accomplices
or accessories, with officials or employees, in violation of this Chapter, shall be
subject to the same penal liabilities as the public officials or employees as
provided for by the Revised Penal Code and shall be tried jointly with them.
TITLE THREE: SANGGUNIAN RULES
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CHAPTER I: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
Section 81. Declaration of Policy. - Pursuant to its powers under the Local
Government Code of 1991 and, in its desire to exercise its prerogatives and to perform
its functions efficiently and in a professional fashion, the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the
City of Cauayan enacts these rules to bind its members.
Section 82. Officers. - The Sanggunian shall have the following officers:
1. The Chairman – The City Vice Mayor shall be the chairman of the Officers of
the Sanggunian.
2. The Majority Floor Leader – to be selected from among the members
belonging to the majority political party.
3. The Minority Floor Leader – to be selected from among the members
belonging to the minority political party or parties, or independent party.
4. The Treasurer – to be elected by all the members of the Sanggunian from
among themselves.
5. The Sergeant-at-Arms - To be elected by all the members of the Sanggunian
from among themselves.
Section 83. Sessions. -
1. Regular Sessions – The Sanggunian shall regularly meet once a week at a

designated time in accordance with their house rules.
2. Special Sessions – When public interest so demands, Special Sessions may be
called by the Local Chief Executive or by a majority of the members of the
Sanggunian (Sec. 52 (b), LGC).
3. Open Sessions – All Sanggunian sessions shall be open to the public unless a
closed-door session is ordered by an affirmative vote of a majority of the
members present, there being a quorum, in the public interest or for reasons
of security, decency, or morality (Sec. 52 ©, LGC).
4. One Session in a Single Day. – No two (2) sessions, regular or special, may be
held in a single day. (Sec. 52 ©, LGC).
Section 84. Presiding Officer. - The City Vice-Mayor shall be the Presiding
Officer. (Sec. 49 (a), LGC).
In the event of the inability of the Regular Presiding Officer to preside at a

Sanggunian session, the members present and constituting a quorum shall elect from
among themselves a temporary Presiding Officer. He shall certify within ten (10) days
from the passage of ordinances enacted and resolutions adopted by the Sanggunian in
the session over which he temporarily presided (Sec. 49 (b), LGC).
Section 85. Agenda. - The Secretary to the Sanggunian shall prepare an agenda
calendaring the business for every session and shall furnish all the members of the
Sanggunian with a copy thereof at least two (2) days before any Regular Session. At any
time during a session, a member may move for the amendment of the agenda with a
concurrence of a majority of the members present and constituting a quorum.
Section 86. Order of Business. - All sessions shall proceed in the following
order:
1. Call to Order
2. Opening Prayer
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3. Singing of the Pambansang Awit (optional)
4. Roll Call
5. Reading/Disposition of the Previous Minutes
6. Reference of Business
7. Committee Reports
8. Calendar of Business
a. Unfinished Business
b. Business for the Day
c. Unassigned Business/Others
Section 87. Quorum. -
1. A majority of all the members of the Sanggunian who have been elected and
qualified shall constitute a quorum to transact official business. Should a
question of quorum be raised during a session, the Presiding Officer shall
immediately proceed to call the roll of the members and thereafter announce
the results. (Sec. 53 (a) LGC).
2. Where there is no quorum, the Presiding Officer may declare a recess until
such time as a quorum is constituted, or a majority of the members present
3. May adjourn from day-to-day and may compel the immediate attendance of
any member absent without justifiable cause by designating a member of the
Sanggunian, assisted by a member or members of the police force assigned
in the territorial jurisdiction of the Local Government Unit concerned, to arrest
the absent members and present him at the session. (Sec. 53 (b) LGC).
4. If there is still no quorum despite the enforcement of the immediately
preceding subsection, no business shall be transacted. The Presiding Officer,
upon proper motion duly approved by the members present, shall then
declare the session adjourned for lack of quorum (Sec. 53. ©, LGC).
Section 88. Minutes. - The Secretary to the Sanggunian shall record the
proceedings of all session and shall prepare and certify as correct a transcription of said
proceedings.
Section 89. Transcription of the Records of the Proceedings. - The members

shall be furnished by the Secretary to the Sanggunian with a copy of the transcription of
the record of the proceedings of a Regular Session on the next Regular Session. A copy of
the transcription of the records of the proceedings in Special Session shall be furnished
to the members on the second Regular Session after the Special Session.
1. No transcription of the records of the proceedings of any session shall become

official unless adopted by the Sanggunian upon a majority vote of the
members present during the reading and constituting quorum, certified as
correct by the Presiding Officer and the Secretary to the Sanggunian, and
attested to by a majority of the members present during the session on the
proceedings of which was recorded.
Section 90. Standing Committees. - On the first Regular Session following the
election of its members, the Sanggunian shall create the following committees:
1. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE (To include Appropriations, Ways and Means).The

Committee shall:
a. Review and recommend action on the Annual General Budget,
including all supplemental thereto;
b. Determine the compensation of City Officials and employees in
accordance with existing laws;
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c. Treat all matters related or connected to taxes, fees, charges, loans
and other sources and forms of revenue public and private; and
d. Codify all existing revenue ordinances.
2. COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SERVICES. (To include Women and Family, Cultural

Communities, Person with Disability and Nutrition and Population). The
Committee shall:
a. Treat all matters related or connected to social welfare and
ameliorative services;
b. Treat all matters related or connected to public social services for the
disadvantaged groups on Philippines Society including the disabled,
the street children, the drug dependents, the criminal offenders and
squatters;
c. Treat all matters related or connected to the protection of the rights
and welfare of women and family;
d. Formulate policies and guidelines in relation to:
(i) The protection of the rights and welfare of the working
women by providing safe and healthful working conditions,
taking into consideration their maternal function.
(ii) The protection of the welfare of children and their rights
against neglect, abuse, cruelty, exploitation and other
conditions prejudicial to them;
(iii) The protection of the rights of families and family
associations to participate in the planning and
implementation of policies and programs that affect them.
e. Treat all matters related or connected to the formulation and
application of policies for the protection and enhancement of the rights
and welfare of members of cultural communities and cultural
community associations to participate in the planning and
3. COMMITTEE ON LAWS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE (To include the function

of Human Rights, Investigation, Rules and Ethics). The Committee shall:
a. Treat all matters related to the protection and promotion of human
rights.
b. Review all proposals for the creation, revision, amendments,
codification, or repeal of ordinances;
c. Conduct investigations in aid of legislation and if proper, recommend or
initiate the filing of civil, criminal, and/or administrative cases on
matters investigated;
d. To investigate complaints against Barangay Officials.
e. Treat all matters related or connected to the order of business in
Sangguniang Sessions;
f. Monitor the implementation of National Laws and Local Ordinances;
g. Revise or interpret the Sangguniang Internal Rules and Procedures;
h. Resolve conflicts as to the functions or jurisdictions of committees, and
i. Set standard for the proposed conduct of Municipal Officials and
Employees.
4. COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT (Non-School). The

committee shall:
a. Treat all matters related or connected to the formulation
and application of policies for the protection and enhancement of the
rights and welfare of the youth and youth associations implementation
of policies and programs that affect them:
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b. Act as liaison to the various Sangguniang Kabataan and the
Pederasyon ng Sangguniang Kabataan: and
c. Formulate policies and guidelines for the enhancement of the sports
development of the non-students including the out-of-school-youth.
5. COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND ECOLOGY. The

committee shall:
a. Treat all matters related or connected to ecology, zoning and human
settlement planning, environmental protection, and the exploration,
development, utilization and conservation of natural resources.”
6. COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. The Committee shall:

a. Treat all matters related or connected to the following:
(i) Agriculture, food production, and agribusiness.
(ii) Agricultural economic research, soil survey and
conservation.
(iii) Agricultural education and extension services.
(iv) Animal industry and livestock quarantine.
(v) Fisheries and aquatic resources development.
7. COMMITTEE ON COOPERATIVES AND LIVELIHOOD. The committee shall:

a. Formulate policies to foster the creation and growth of cooperatives as
a practical vehicles for promoting self-reliance and harnessing people
power towards the attainment of economic development and social
justice.
b. Formulate policy to encourage the private sector to undertake the
actual formation and organization of cooperatives.
c. Provide funds to ensure the provision of Technical guidance, financial
assistance and other services to enable said cooperatives to develop
into viable and responsive economic enterprise.
d. Treat all matters relating to the livelihood programs to uplift the
economic condition of the people.
8. COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, THE ELDERLY

AND VETERANS. The Committee shall:
a. Treat all matters related or connected to education, culture and sports
development;
b. Formulate policies and guidelines in relation to:
(i) Local schools, colleges, and universities.
(ii) Libraries and museums.
(iii) Non-formal and community adult education.
(iv) Scientific and technological research.
(v) Treat all matters related or connected to the formulation and
application of policies for the protection and enhancement
of the rights and welfare of the Elders and Veterans
including the promotion of their rights and the development
of their Associations; to participate in the planning and
9. COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SANITATION. The Committee shall:

a. Treat all matters related or connected to health, sanitation, hygiene,
and the application of health and sanitation measures;
b. Treat all matters related or connected to health center, medical
hospitals and clinics; and
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c. Treat all matters related or connected to the procurement of medicines
and medical supplies.
10. COMMITTEE ON PEACE, ORDER AND PUBLIC SAFETY. The Committee

shall:
a. Treat all matters related or connected to peace and order and the
safety of the public, and
b. Formulate policies and guidelines on:
(i) Traffic rules and regulations.
(ii) Fire prevention and control.
(iii) Jail management.
(iv) Disaster coordinator.
11. COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION. The

Committee shall:
a. Treat all matters related or connected to the planning, modernization,
and regulation of transportation and communication facilities; and
b. Review and recommend action to applications for the granting of
franchise to operate a motorized tricycle.
12. COMMITTEE ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND GENERAL SERVICES. The

Committee shall:
a. Treat all matters related or connected to the planning, construction,
maintenance, improvement, and repair of the following:
(i) Public buildings, highways, roads and bridges.
(ii) Parks, plazas, monuments and playgrounds.
(iii) Drainage, sewage and flood control facilities.
(iv) Irrigation, water and other utilities.
13. COMMITTEE ON LABOR, TRADE, INDUSTRY AND ECONOMIC

ENTERPRISES. (to include Market and Slaughterhouse). The committee shall
a. Treat all matters related or connected to the establishment and
application of measures that enhance employment, industrial place,
labor development, employer-employee relations, labor standards,
labor education, organization of labor market and the recruitment,
training and placement of workers;
b. Formulate policies and guidelines for the promotion and development
of labor-intensive technology;
c. Treat all matters related or connected to the establishment, promotion,
operation, and regulation of all forms of trade and industry;
d. Treat all matters related or connected to the establishment, promotion,
operation, regulation, enhancement and development of tourism and
other forms of economic enterprises;
e. Treat all matters related or connected to the planning, construction,
operation, maintenance and development of public market and
slaughterhouses; and
f. Review and recommend actions on applications for establishment of
private markets and slaughterhouses.
14. COMMITTEE ON BARANGAY AFFAIRS. The Committee shall:

a. Treat all matters related or connected to the formulation and
application of policies for the development of barangays including the
promotion of the rights of barangays to participate in the planning and
implementation of City policies and program that affects them;
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b. Act as liaison to the various barangays and their officials and the Liga
ng mga Barangay and its officials.
Section 91. Ad Hoc Committee. - Upon motion of any member and as the need
for them may arise, Ad Hoc Committee may be created by a majority vote of the
members present and constituting a quorum.
Section 92. Committee Chairman. - Each committee shall be composed of a

chairman and at least two (2) members. The committee chairman shall be elected from
among the members of the Sanggunian and the committee members shall be appointed
by the chairman.
Section 93. No member of the Sanggunian may be elected as chairman of more

than one committee unless each of the other members shall have become a chairman of
a committee.
Section 94. The City Vice-Mayor shall have general supervision over all standing
and existing Ad Hoc Committees.
Section 95. Reorganization. - The committee shall be reorganized during the

first regular session in each calendar year, or at any time upon motion of any member
with a two-third (2/3) vote of all members of the Council.
CHAPTER II: LEGISLATIVE PROCESS

Section 96. Rules in the Enactment of Ordinance and Adoption of
Resolution. - In the enactment of ordinances and adoption of resolutions including
other matters requiring legislative actions, the following rules shall be observed:
1. Legislative actions of a general and permanent character shall be enacted in

the form of ordinances, while those which are of temporary in character shall
be passed in the form of resolutions. Matters relating to proprietary functions
and to private concerns shall also be acted upon by resolutions.
2. Proposed ordinances and resolutions shall be in writing and shall contain an
assigned number, title or caption, an enacting or ordaining clause and the
date of its proposed effectivity. In addition, every proposed ordinance shall be
accompanied by a brief explanatory note containing the justification for its
approval. It shall be signed by the author or authors and submitted to the
Secretary to the Sanggunian who shall calendar the same for deliberation
during the next following Regular Session of the Sanggunian.”
3. A resolution shall be enacted in the same manner prescribed for an ordinance,
except that it need not go through three (3) readings for its final consideration
unless decided otherwise by a majority of all the Sanggunian members.
4. No ordinance or resolution shall be considered on second reading in any
session unless it has been reported out by the proper committee to which it
was referred, or certified as urgent by the Local Chief Executive, or by a vote
of the majority of the members present constituting a quorum.
5. Any legislative matter duly certified by the Local Chief Executive as urgent
whether or not it is included in the calendar of business may be presented and
considered by the Body at the same meeting without need of suspending the
rules.
6. The Secretary to the Sangunian shall prepare copies of the proposed
ordinance or resolution in the form it was passed on second reading and shall
distribute to each Sangguniang Member a copy thereof except that of a
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resolution certified by the Local Chief Executive concerned as urgent which
may be submitted for final voting immediately after debate or amendment
during a second reading.
7. No ordinance or resolution passed by the Sanggunian in a Regular Session or
Special Session duly called for the purpose shall be valid unless approved by a
majority of the members present, there being a quorum.
8. Upon the passage of all ordinances and resolutions directing the payment of
money or creating a liability, and the request of any member, any resolution
or motion, the Sanggunian shall record the ayes and nays. Each approved
ordinance or resolution shall stamped the ayes and nays with the seal of the
Sanggunian and recorded in a book kept for the purpose.
Section 97. Approval of Ordinance and Veto Power of the Local Chief
Executive. - The approval of ordinance by the Mayor and the exercise of his veto power
shall be governed by the following rules:
1. Every ordinance enacted by the Sanggunian shall be presented to the Mayor

for his approval. If he approves the same he shall affix his signature on each
and every page thereof, otherwise, he shall veto it and return the same with
his objections to the Sanggunian, which may proceed to reconsider the same.
The Sanggunian may override the said veto by a two third (2/3) vote of all its
members thereby making the ordinance or resolution effective for all legal
intents and purposes.
2. The veto shall be communicated by the Mayor to the Sanggunian within ten
(10) days, otherwise, the ordinance shall be deemed approved as if he had
signed it.
3. The Mayor may veto any ordinance of the Sanggunian once on the ground
that it is beyond the power of the Sanggunian or it is prejudicial to the public
welfare stating his reasons thereof in writing.
4. The Mayor shall have the power to veto any particular item or items of an
appropriation ordinance, an ordinance or resolution adopting a local
development plan and public investment program or an ordinance directing
the payment of money or creating a liability. In such case, the veto shall not
affect the item or items which are not objected to. The vetoed item or items
shall not take effect unless the Sanggunian overrides the veto in the manner
as provided in this section, otherwise.
5. The Mayor may veto an ordinance or resolution. The Sanggunian may override
the said veto by two thirds (2/3) vote of all its members, thereby making the
ordinance or resolution effective regardless of the veto of the Local Chief
Executive.
Section 98. Three Reading Principle. - Before an ordinance is finally enacted, it

shall undergo the following stages:
1. First Reading: At this stage the Secretary shall read the number of the
proposed draft ordinance, its title, name of the author or authors or the name
of the members introducing it. Thereafter the Presiding Officer shall refer it to
the appropriate committee with or without instructions. At this stage no
debate shall be allowed.
2. Second Reading: At this stage any proposed ordinance that has already
been reported out by the concerned committee and has been calendared for
second reading shall be sponsored by the author/authors or the reporting
Committee Chairman or its Vice Chairman or any member designated for that
purpose. Since every member of the Sanggunian is supposed to have been
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furnished a copy thereof, the proposed ordinance may no longer be read in full
unless the sponsoring committee or the Sanggunian itself decided otherwise.
After the usual sponsoring speech has been delivered, the proposed ordinance
shall be subjected to the following:
- Period of debate
- Period of amendment
- Approval on Second Reading
3. Third Reading: At this stage the Secretary shall read the proposed ordinance
by its number, title and the name of the sponsor or co-sponsor if any.
Immediately thereafter, the Presiding Officer shall put the proposed ordinance
to a vote. The Presiding Officer shall then formally announce the result thereof
and direct the Secretary to enter it in the record.
Section 99. Method of Voting. - Unless a different method is prescribed by the

Sanggunian for a particular measure, voting shall be by raising of hands.
Section 100. Putting the Question to a Vote. - The Presiding Officer shall rise
whenever he is putting a question to a vote. In taking the vote, the Presiding Officer shall
take first the affirmative votes and then the negative votes. While still in the standing
position the Presiding Officer shall announce the results thereof.
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IN THE SANGGUNIAN
PROPOSED SANGGUNIAN FIRST READING

MEA THRU THE (Title Only)
SUR SECRETARY
ES
(Ordinance or
REFERRED TO THE
COMMITTEE COMMITTEE
HEA CONCERNED
RING
PROPOSED COMMITTEE
MEA COMMITTEE REP
SUR MEE ORT
ES TING (findings and
(Ordinance or recommendations; to
COMMITTEE ON
RUL
ES
(prioritized proposals
to be included in the
SECOND READING SECRETARY

a) Period of Debate (printing of copy of
b) Period of the final version and
Amendments furnishing a copy
c) Approval on 2nd thereof to all
Reading members)
MAYOR THIRD AND FINAL

a) Approval REA
b) Veto DIN
G
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REVIEW PROCESS ON BARANGAY ORDINANCE
(Other Than Approved Ordinance)
Sangguniang Approved Ordinance

Barangay
Prepares transmittal
Barangay Secretary letter
Secretary to the Submits the

Sanggunian Barangay Ordinance
concerned to the Sanggunian
(City/Municipal)
Sangguniang First Reading and

(Bayan/Panlungsod) Referral
Reviews and
Committee Prepares the
Concerned Corresponding
Committee Report
Sanggunian Adopts the

(Bayan or Committee Reports
PanLungsod)
Secretary to the Prepares the review

Sangguniang action (letter review,
(Bayan or etc. )
Panlungsod)
Informs the
Barangay Secretary Sangguniang
Barangay of the
review action taken
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REVIEW PROCESS ON BARANGAY ORDINANCE
(Other Than Approved Ordinance)
Approved Barangay
Sangguniang Ordinance
Barangay (Appropriation
Ordinance)
Prepares transmittal
Barangay Treasurer letter
Municipal or City Provides Technical

Budget Officer Review; comments
and
recommendations
Sangguniang First Reading and

(Bayan/Panlungsod) Referral
Committee on Reviews and

Appropriations, prepares the
Finance, Ways and corresponding
Means committee report
Sangguniang Adopts the

(Bayan or Committee Reports
Panlungsod)
Secretary to the Prepares the review

(Sangguniang action (letter review
Bayan or Lungsod) et. )
Barangay Treasurer Informs the

(thru the Mun./City Sangguniang
Budget Officer) Barangay of the
review action taken
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CHAPTER III: VOTES AND VOTING
Section 101. Voting on the Question. - Whenever a nominal voting (or roll call
voting) is being applied, the Secretary shall call the roll of members by any rank. As each
name is called, the member shall announce his vote by stating “Yes” or “No” as the case
may be. As a general rule, a member may explain his vote but not to exceed three (3)
minutes.
A second roll call may be requested by any member and the name of those who
failed to vote shall be called. This is to give another opportunity to those who failed to
cast their votes to exercise their rights and also to determine the number of members
who might have violated the “rule on abstention.” After this second roll call, no other
request of the same kind be entertained by the Chair.
Section 102. Voting Restriction. - No member can vote, or be allowed to vote,

on any measure in which he or any of his relatives within the third degree of
consanguinity or affinity, has direct or personal pecuniary interest. This rule, however,
does not apply in voting for elective positions in the Sanggunian where a member, as a
matter of right can vote for himself.
Section 103. Change of Vote. - A member may change his vote but only when
the results of the vote has not been announced by the Chair. Otherwise, he can only
change his vote by a unanimous consent of the members present, provided that his rule
shall not be applied if voting is by ballot.
Section 104. Vote by Latecomer. - A member who comes late during the
session but who happens to arrive while voting is in progress shall be allowed to vote,
provided that the result of the voting has not yet been announced by the Chair.
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Section 105. Allowable Motion during Voting. - Except for a motion pertaining
to a question of quorum, no other motion shall be entertained by the Chair while voting
is in progress.
Section 106. Tie Vote. - A tie vote resulting from a vote taken on any motion,
measure or proposal shall be construed to mean the particular motion, measure or
proposal is defeated unless the Chair decides to break it. Exemption to this rule is when
a “motion to appeal from the decision of the Chair” is put to a vote and it resulted to a
tie. In this case, the tie vote is considered to sustain the decision of the Chair.
Section 107. Breaking a Tie. - In case of a tie, the Presiding Officer of the
Sanggunian is allowed to cast his vote if he so desires. He is, however, precluded under
existing laws to cast his vote in order to create a tie.
Section 108. Majority Vote of all the Members.. - As provided for under R.A.
7160 and its implementing rules and regulations a “A majority vote of all the members of
the Sanggunian” is required in the following circumstances:
1. Enactment of ordinance levying taxes, fees or charges prescribing the rates

thereof for general and specific purpose, and granting tax exemption,
incentives or relief. (Sec 447, R.A. 7160 pg. 2).
2. Adoption of resolution authorizing the Mayor to negotiate and contract loans
and other forms of indebtedness. (Pg.2-111, ibid).
3. Enactment of the ordinance authorizing the floating of bonds or other
instrument of indebtedness for the purpose of raising funds to finance
development projects. (par. 2-4, ibid).
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4. Adoption of resolution authorizing the Mayor to lease to private parties such
building held in a proprietory capacity subject to existing laws, rules and
regulations. (Par. 2-5, ibid).
5. Enactment of ordinance granting a franchise to any person, partnership,
corporation or cooperative to establish, construct, operate and maintain
ferries, wharves, markets or slaughterhouse, or such other similar activities
within the City as may be allowed by applicable laws; Provided, that
cooperatives shall be given preference in grant of such a franchise. (Par. 3-6,
ibid).
6. Adoption of resolution concurring with the appointments issued by the Mayor
to heads of departments and offices as required under RA-7160 (Sec. 443, par.
D).
7. Adoption of any ordinance or resolution authorizing or directing the payment
of money or creating a liability.
Section 109. Majority of the Members Present Thereby Constituting a

Quorum. - Except as provided in Section 8 hereof, all other legislative matters or
measures shall require only a majority vote of the members present constituting a
quorum for its passage, adoption or enactment, as the case may be.
Section 110. Plurality Vote. - A decision of the Sanggunian thru a “ plurality

vote” shall be valid and enforceable if it is the result of an election of officers of the
Sanggunian or members of the committees. No legislative proposal or measure of
whatever nature shall be passed or adopted or enacted by this Sanggunian thru a
plurality vote.
Section 111. Percentage Vote. - For purposes of this Section, a percentage vote
shall be construed to mean as “proportion of a certain whole” percentage vote shall be
applied in the following:
1. A two-third (2/3) vote of all the members of the Sanggunian shall be required
in overriding the veto of the Mayor for any ordinance or resolution, thereby
making the particular ordinance or resolution effective for all legal intents and
purposes. (Sec. 54.RA 7160).
2. Unless otherwise concurred in by two-third (2/3) vote of the Sanggunian
members present, there being a quorum, no other matters may be considered
at a special session except those stated in the notice. (Sec. 52 (d), RA 7160).
3. The penalty of suspension or expulsion that may be imposed or meted out by
the Sanggunian to an erring member shall require the concurrence of at least
two-third (2/3) of all the Sanggunian members. (Sec. 50, b-5, RA 7160).
4. With the concurrence of at least two-third (2/3) of all the members of the
Sanggunian, grant tax exemptions, incentives or relief’s to entities engaged in
community growth-inducing industries (Sec. 44) Ord. Sec. 458, RA 7160)
5. At least a two-third (2/3) affirmative vote of the members present there being
a quorum, shall be required for the adoption of the following motions.
a. Motion to call for the previous question.
6. At least two-third (2/3) negative vote of the members present there being a
quorum, shall be required in order to sustain the motion to object to the
consideration of a question.
Section 112. Abstentions. - It is hereby made as a general rule that no

members of the Sanggunian shall abstain from voting, except as provided under this
chapter.
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Abstention, if ever allowed to a member, shall not be considered in computing the
majority vote. Since abstention is not a vote it does not count either way. Mere silence
and abstention are not equivalent of affirmative votes nor negative votes.
Section 113. Simple Majority. - Except as otherwise provided in this Internal

Rules and Procedure and existing laws, rules and regulations, a vote by a simple majority
shall prevail on other measures, motions or propositions provided there is a quorum. The
term simple majority means one-half plus one (1/2 + 1) of the qualified members present
there being a quorum.
CHAPTER IV: RULES ON DEBATES AND AMENDMENTS
Section 114. Obtaining the Floor. - No member shall speak before the
Sanggunian without first obtaining the floor. A member who has obtained the floor shall
address all his remarks to the Chair. He shall conduct himself with proper decorum by
continuing his remarks or arguments to the question under debate and by avoiding
personalities.
1. Opening and Closing Debates. No member rendering a committee report or

delivering the sponsorship speech shall speak for more than fifteen (15)
minutes unless a longer period is allowed by a majority of the members
present.
2. Specking Time. No member shall speak for more than twenty (20) minutes on
a particular issue or question being debated upon unless a longer period is
allowed by a majority of the members present.
3. Five Minutes Rule. During the period of amendments every member shall
observe the so-called five-minute rule. Remarks or argumentation by any
member on each proposed amendment shall not exceed five (5) minutes.
4. A member rendering a committee report or delivering the sponsorship speech
of a proposed measure may move to open or close the debate, within the
thirty (30) minutes period allowed him. If he or she fails to exercise his option,
the Chair may use the assumed motion to open or close the debate, or any
member may formally move for it. In any case, after a member has rendered a
committee report or has finished his sponsorship speech of a proposed
measure, it shall be considered open to debate.
5. While having the floor, a member may be interrupted in his speech only by
the Presiding Officer to state a point of order.
6. All questions addressed to the speaker or the member having the floor must
always be coursed through the Presiding Officer.
7. The speaker being interpolated may decline to answer the questions, if he or
she desires.
8. No member shall speak against his or her own motion or proposition. He or
she may, however be permitted to withdraw his motion or proposition. If the
request to withdraw is denied, he or she may vote against it.
9. While the session is in progress, no member shall roam around the Session
Hall or leave the premises without the permission of the Chair.
10. A motion to close the debate is in order if three (3) members have spoken
already, in the affirmative side and two (2) in the negative side; or only one
(1) member has spoken in favor but none against it.
11. Subject to the provisions of the proceeding section, if no member moves to
close the period of debate, the Chair may motu propio close the period of
debate.
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12. When a motion to call for the previous question is proposed by a member
which would result in the closing of debate on a pending question, a two-third
(2/3) affirmative vote shall be required.
13. After the period of debate has been closed, the period of amendment shall
immediately follow.
14. Unless a different method is adopted by the members present in a particular
session, amendments to any proposed measure, or parts thereof, shall be in
seriatim. Under this seriatim method, the proposed measure is read paragraph
by paragraph or section by section and after each one is read, amendments
can be proposed and debated upon. Thereafter, a vote is taken on the
proposed amendments. Eventually, this process will reach its conclusion and
the original measure or proposition is said to have passed the second reading.
CHAPTER V: COMMITTEE REPORTS

Section 115. Committee Reports. -
1. During every Regular Session, all chairmen of the various standing and
existing Ad Hoc Committees shall submit a written report on the business
referred to their respective committee.
2. They shall also report on the activities of their respective committees during
the period from the last Regular Session.
Section 116. Joint Committee or Multi-committee Report. - When a measure

is referred to two or more committees, the committees concerned shall submit a joint
committee report or a multi-committee report, as the case may be, or a separate report
thereon.
Section 117. Contents of Committee Report. - The committee report shall

contain the following information.
1. Name of the reporting committee or committees.

2. Brief statement of the subject matter referred to it and the action taken
thereon including information gathered during the conduct of committee
hearing and other relevant information.
3. Findings or conclusions.
4. Recommendations, preferably in the form of resolutions.
5. Names and signatures of concurring members.
Section 118. Discharge of Committee. - A committee which fails to submit a

committee report within the time required maybe discharged by the Sanggunian from
further consideration of the measure or request referred to it. Upon motion by any
member the said measure can be re-assigned to another committee or submitted to the
Body for proper disposition.
Section 119. Recommending Measure. - When the Sanggunian is not satisfied

with the report of a particular committee on a measure referred to it, the same may be
recommitted or returned back to that committee for further study.
Section 120. Calendaring a Measure for Second Reading. - After a

committee has rendered its report and is recommending favorable the enactment of a
proposed ordinance it has reported out, a copy of the proposed ordinance shall be
furnished to the Secretary which shall calendar it for second reading. Before the said
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proposed ordinance is sponsored on the floor, a copy thereof shall be furnished every
Sanggunian Member by the Committee Chairman concerned.
CHAPTER VI: RULES ON MOTION

Section 121. Rules on Motion. -
1. All motions relating to a committee report, if presented or proposed by the

reporting committee chairman, or the reporting committee member, shall
need no second.
2. If someone has the floor, whether or not he is speaking, a motion to adjourn
shall be ruled out of order.
3. All privilege motions may be proposed even if there is a pending motion or
question before the Body.
4. The following motions can be presented or proposed even if someone has the
floor:
a. Appeal from the decision of the Chair.
b. Call for orders of the day.
c. Divide the Body.
d. Divide the question.
e. Object the consideration of a question.
f. Point of information.
g. Point of parliamentary inquiry.
h. Reconsider.
i. Reconsider and have entered on the minutes.
j. Raise a question of privilege.
The foregoing enumerated motion can interrupt the speaker.
5. Where there is no quorum, a motion to adjourn or to take a recess is in order,

provided that nobody else has the floor.
6. Motions or questions which were laid on the table may be taken up through a
motion to that effect during that particular session or during the next Regular
Session but not beyond.
7. The following motion required to be seconded:
a. Adjourn
b. Adopt a report or resolution, except when proposed by the reporting
committee chairman or member
c. Amend
d. Appeal from the decision of the Chair
e. Commit or refer to the committee
f. Expunge
g. Extend or limit the time for debate
h. Fix the time to adjourn
i. Lay on the table
j. Postpone definitely
k. Postpone indefinitely
l. Call for the previous question
m. Recess
n. Reconsider
o. Reconsider and have entered on the minutes
p. Rescind or repeal
q. Suspend the rules
r. Take from the Chair
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s. All main motions
Section 122. A motion to amend and a motion to amend an amendment may be

withdraw but only before a decision is made thereon.
Section 123. A motion to amend is in order only up to the second degree. Thus a
motion to amend an amendment to another amendment is out of order.
Section 124. A motion can be withdrawn only when it is not yet being discussed
or debated upon by the Body. Otherwise, any request to withdraw it shall require a vote
by general consent and if there is an objection raised for its withdrawal, a majority vote
of the members present.
CHAPTER VII: RULES OF CONDUCT
Section 125. Principle. - The Sanggunian has the inherent right to punish its
members and without prejudice to the provisions of the Local Government Code, these
rules of conduct shall be observed in the Sanggunian.
Section 126. Attire. - The City Vice-Mayor, the City Councilors and the Secretary
to the Sanggunian shall attend all Regular Sessions in any formal attire. In case of
mobile/outside sessions they may use informal or formal attire.
Section 127. Attendance. - Attendance of The City Vice Mayor, the members and
the Secretary to the Sanggunian shall attend all Regular Sessions and Special Sessions
unless upon prior notice of absence with any of the following justifications:
1. Illness.
2. Emergency in the immediate family.
3. Official business.
4. Professional emergency.
5. Improper notice for a special Session.
Such justifiable reason/reasons shall be recorded in the minutes.
Section 128. Penalty in case of four (4) consecutive absences without justifiable
cause, disorderly behavior and/or dishonesty, a member may be suspended for at least
fifteen (15) days but not more than sixty (60) days with forfeiture of pay corresponding
to the period of suspension, or expelled, with the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3)
of all members (Sec. 50 (b) (5), LGC).
Section 129. Punctuality. - The City Vice Mayor, the members, and the Secretary
to the Sanggunian shall be at the Session Hall before the Presiding Officer calls any
session to order, unless with any of the justifiable causes in the immediate proceeding
Article.
Section 130. Improper Conduct. -
1. Any member who exhibits conducts unbecoming of his position may, upon
motion of any member with a vote of the majority of the members present. be
ejected from the session. Smoking in the Session Hall during sessions or
attendance while under the influence of alcohol or drugs shall be deemed
improper conduct.
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2. In case of ejection in three (3) consecutive sessions, a member may be
suspended for at least fifteen (15) days but not more than sixty (60) days
with forfeiture of pay corresponding to the period of suspension, or expelled,
with the concurrence of at least two-third (2/3) of all the members.
3. Likewise, cellular phones must be switched off before every session and
nobody is allowed to use cellular phones during sessions.
CHAPTER VIII: AMENDMENTS OF RULES

Section 131. Time to Amend. - These Sanggunian rules may be amended by a
vote of the majority of the members during the first session following their elections or at
any time during the terms of the Sanggunian, upon motion by a member with the
concurrence of at least two thirds (2/3) of all the members.
Section 132. Suspension of Rules. - Any part of sanggunian Rules of Internal

Procedures, except those prescribed by existing laws, may be suspended at any
particular session by general consent or by a two thirds (2/3) vote of the members
present therein.
Section 133. Amendments. - Sanggunian Internal Rules and Procedure may be

amended at any Regular Session by a two thirds (2/3) vote of all Sanggunian Members,
provided that prior notice of such proposed amendment is given to all members and
provided further that no provision herein which is based on, or prescribed by, existing
laws shall be amended.
CHAPTER IX: INTERPRETATION, SEPARABILITY AND EFFECTIVITY

Section 134. Interpretation. - These rules shall be interpreted in favor, and in
the light of the efficiency and professionalism in and of the Sanggunian or its members.
Section 135. Separability. - Should any provision of these rules be declared as

unconstitutional or illegal, only the unconstitutional or illegal provisions shall be void and
all the rest shall be in force.
CHAPTER X: RULES IN THE ACCREDITATION OF NGOs
Article A: Preparatory Activities

Section 136. Inventory of Peoples and Non-Government Organization. -
1. Within one (1) month upon their assumption to office, the City Vice-Mayors
and City Mayor shall cause the immediate inventory of duly registered peoples
and non-governmental organizations or the updating of such an inventory, if
already available, within their city. For this purpose, the city mayor may assign
an office or designate on appointment local official to prepare, or update, the
said inventory.
2. On the basis of the said inventory, a list of such organization, operating in the
Local Government unit shall prepare. The list shall contain the following data
information for each people’s or non-government or organization;
a. Name, office address, telephone number, fax number and e-mail
address, if any of the organization.
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b.Objectives or purposes and services offered
c.Community or communities currently served
d.Project development and implementation record
e.Names, addresses, telephone or fax numbers of officials, as well as list
of members,
f. National, Regional, Provincial, city and Municipal affiliations, if any and
g. Whether the organization is accredited or still to be accredited.
3. Organizations in the list shall be further grouped either as Civil Society
Organizations (CSOs) or Private Sector Organizations (PSOs). People’s and
Non-governmental Organizations, civic groups, associations fall under the
category of CSOs. On the other hand, organizations such as the Philippine
Chamber of commerce and Industry, or their local chambers of affiliates fall
under the category of PSOs.
4. The completed list constitutes the directory of Local CSOs and PSOs. It shall
serve as reference document in the call for their accreditation, coordination
and participation in Local Administration and development:
5. The Local Chief Executive is likewise encouraged to enlist the assistance of
CSO and PSO networks, in the locality, as well as concerned National and
Local Government offices in the preparation of the said directory.
Section 137. Dialogue With CSOs and PSOs. -
Upon the completion of the directory, the City Mayor shall within the 1 st week of
august, call and preside a dialogue with the heads of CSO and PSOs and all the members
of the Sanggunian, agenda items may include the following concerns:
1. Validation of the directory of Local CSOs and PSOs;

2. Local Government Plans for CSO and PSO Accreditation and selection
3. CSO and PSO representation in Local Special Bodies, and
4. Relations with CSOs and PSOs.
Article B: Accreditation Phase

Section 138. Call for Accreditation. -
1. Within three (3) days after the dialogue with the CSOs and PSOs, the
Sanggunian shall issue a Notice of Call for Accreditation. It shall be the
responsibility of the Sanggunian to see to it that:
a. Every organization listed in the Directory of Local CSOs and PSOs is
provided with a copy of the notice one (1) week prior to the official
start of the filing of application.
b. Copies of the notice are prominently posted in conspicuous and
publicly accessible places within the City hall one (1) week before and
during the whole duration of the accreditation period and
c. Application forms are readily available to interested CSOs and PSOs.
2. CSOs and PSOs seeking accreditation shall, within ten (10) days from issuance
of the Notice of Call for Accreditation, submit the following requirements in
five (5) copies, to the Sanggunian.
a. Letter of application
b. Duly accomplished application form
c. Board Resolution signifying interest, for accreditation for the purpose of
membership in the Local Special Bodies.
d. Certificate of Registration
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e. List of Current offices;
f. Annual accomplishment Report for the immediately preceding year;
and
g. Financial Statement, also of the immediately preceding year.
Section 139. Accreditation Proper. -
1. The Sangguniang Panlungsod may organize a special committee constituted

from among its members to evaluate all applications for accreditation,
otherwise the Sanggunian as a body, shall evaluate such applications.
2. The special committee shall evaluate all applications for accreditation within
five (5) days from the last day of the submission of all applications. All
concerned are to be guided by the criteria for accreditation embodied under
Article 64 of the Rules and Regulations implementing the Local Government
Code as follows:
a. Registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cooperatives Development Authority, Department of Labor and
Employment Department of Social Welfare and Development or any
National Government agency that is empowered by law or policy to
accredit a peoples organizations, Non-Governmental Organization or
private sectors organizations may be recognized by the Sanggunian for
purposes only of meeting the minimum requirements for membership
of such organizations in the Local Special Bodies.
b. Organizational purposes and objectives which include community
organization and development, institution, building local enterprise
development, institution development capability-building and similar
developmental objectives and considerations.
c. Community-based project development and implementation track
record for at least one (1) year.
d. Reliability as evidenced by the preparation of annual meeting duly
certified by the board secretary of the organization.
e. In the case of the Pre-qualification, Bids and Awards Committee, in the
organization, or of its members, shall have no conflict of interest in the
awarding of infrastructure or other projects, and is represented in the
City Development Council.
3. In addition, the following criteria for accreditation shall likewise apply in so far
as the following Local Special bodies are concerned:
a. In the case of the City Health Board, the organization is involved in
health services;
b. In the case of the City School Board, representative organizations shall
be limited to parents teachers association, teachers organization and
organization of non-academic personnel of Public Schools in the
locality.
c. In the case of the City Peace and Order Council, organizations shall
come from the academic, civic, religious, youth, labor legal profession,
business and media organizations.
4. In the event the CSO or PSO fails to comply with the documentary
requirements within the application period, the Special Committee shall notify
such CSO or PSO and enjoin the submission of all administrative requirements
failure to do so shall be a ground for disregarding an application for
accreditation. The special Committee shall advise the Sanggunian on such
failure which in return shall issue a Notice of Failure to Meet the Accreditation
requirements to the concerned CSO or PSO.
5. The Sanggunian shall issue the Certificate of Accreditation to qualified CSOs or
PSOs within four (4) days after the end of the application period, or upon
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receipt of the Special Committee Report and Recommendations. Failure on the
part of the Sanggunian to issue the Certificates of Accreditation to qualified
CSOs or PSOs, that applied and have complied with requirements for
accreditation, shall mean the automatic accreditation of such CSOs or PSOs.
6. In the event that the Sanggunian disapproves of the application for
accreditation, a Notice of Disapproval shall be sent immediately to the
concerned CSO or PSO, indicating therein the reason or reasons of
disapproval.
7. The Sangguniang Panlungsod, in consultation with the City Mayor, may
organize a Technical Working Group (TWG) to assist the Special Committee in
the processing of applications for accreditation. The TWG may invite CSO and
PSO representatives as resource persons to the said group during the
application-processing phase. The TWG shall only act in aid of the
Sanggunian, and shall be disbanded once accreditation is completed.
8. A list of accredited CSOs and PSOs shall be prominently posted in a publicly
accessible places within the City hall, one (1) week before and during the
whole duration of the accreditation period.
Section 140. Other Considerations for Accreditation. -
1. The Sanggunian shall, ipso facto, accredit the CSOs or PSOs which meet and
comply with all the administrative requirements enumerated above.
2. Only accredited organizations shall be qualified for representation in the local
special bodies.
3. An organization and its chapters, affiliates, field offices or local organizations
may be qualified for accreditation in the localities where such entity operates
provided they meet all the requirements set forth in this issuance.
4. An organization whose coverage does not include the entire city to which it
seeks may be accredited provided it complies with the requirements for
accreditation and that its programs or projects have significant impact in the
city.
5. Accreditation is a continuing process whereby CSOs and PSOs may apply and
obtain accreditation at any time. The only legal effect of not applying for
accreditation or having applied but validity denied accreditation is that such
organization are not entitled to representation in the local special bodies.
Article C: Appellate Jurisdiction

Section 141. Jurisdiction and Accreditation. - The Sangguniang Panlungsod
shall have original and exclusive jurisdiction to accredit organizations for membership in
the city special bodies. The higher Sanggunian, or the Secretary of interior and city
government, as in the case of provinces, highly urbanized cities and independent
component cities, shall have appellate jurisdiction over appeals from those applying but
whose accreditation are not approved. The appeal shall be made within fifteen (15) days
from the receipt of the disapproval. The decision of the higher sanggunian, or Secretary
of interior and Local Government, shall be final and executory. In the event that the
appeal is not acted upon within fifteen (15) calendar days from receipt of the appeal
shall be deemed approved.
Article D: Selection of Representatives to Local Special Bodies

Section 142. General Rules. -
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1. Within five (5) days after the issuance of the Certificates of Accreditation, the
City Local Government Operations Officer or in collaboration with a city
employee assigned for the purpose and the CSO and PSO network
representatives shall call all accredited organizations to a meeting where such
organizations shall choose from among them selves the representative
organizations to the various local special bodies.
2. The Notice of meeting shall be served at least one (1) week before the holding
of the meeting. The notice shall be prominently posted in publicly accessible
places in the city hall one (1) week before and during the whole duration of
the selection period.
3. The accredited organizations shall adopt representatives to the local special
bodies.
4. The City Local Government Operations Officer shall act as the temporary
presiding officer until organizations is able to designate a regular presiding
officer. The City Local Government officer shall cause the documentation of
the proceedings of these meetings.
5. The official representatives of the accredited CSOs and PSOs present shall
choose from among themselves their representative organizations to the Local
Special Bodies. The elected organizations shall then designate their principal
and alternate representatives, who are residents of the local government unit,
to the local special bodies.
6. The organizations in attendance shall adopt a resolution embodying the
results of the meeting. The resolution shall be presented to the City Mayor for
confirmation. A copy of the resolution, as confirmed, shall be posted in
publicly accessible places within the city hall.
7. No organization or representatives shall be a member or more than one Local
special body within a city. The designated representatives shall be co-terminus
with that of the City Mayor. In case of a vacancy, the alternate representative
shall take over for the unexpected term.
8. As provided under Section 107 of the Local Government Code and Article 63 of
its Implementing Rules and Regulations, the number of NGO representatives
in each local development council shall constitute not less than one fourth
(1/4) of the members of the duly constituted council. The number of
representatives shall not in anyway be lower than what is prescribed by law.
CHAPTER XI: ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
Article A: Rules in Administrative Investigation

Section 143. Coverage - These rules and procedures shall apply to administrative
disciplinary cases filed against elected barangay officials of the city.
Section 144. Disciplinary Authority. - All administrative complaints, duly

verified, against elective barangay officials mentioned in the preceding section shall be
acted upon by Sangguniang Panlungsod. The Sangguniang Panlungsod shall hereinafter
be referred to as the Disciplinary Authority.
The Committee on Laws and Good Governance of the Sangguniang Panlungsod as

provided for under the Rules and Procedure of the Sanggunian shall act as the
Investigating Authority. As counsel for the Sanggunian, the City Legal Officer shall assist
the Disciplinary Authority and Investigating Authority in all matters referred to him for
evaluation, comment and /or opinion.
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Section 145. Grounds for Administrative Disciplinary Action. - An elective
local official may be disciplined, suspended, or moved from office on any of the following
grounds:
1. Disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines;

2. Culpable violation of the constitution;
3. Dishonesty, oppression, misconduct in office, gross negligence, or dereliction
of duty;
4. Commission of any offense involving moral turpitude or an offense punishable
by at least prison mayor, which is from six (6) years and one (1) day to twelve
(12) years imprisonment;
5. Abuse of Authority;
6. Unauthorized absence for fifteen (15) consecutive working days in case of
punong barangays and four (4) consecutive sessions in the case of the
sangguniang barangay members;
7. Application for, or acquisition of, foreign, citizenship or residence of the status
of an immigrant of another country; and
8. Such other grounds as my be provided by the Local Government Code of
1991; Republic Act No. 6713; Republic Act No. 3019; Revised Penal Code; and
all other applicable general and special laws.
Section 146. How Initiated. - An administrative case may be initiated by any

private individual or any government officer or employee by filing a verified complaint
against any elective barangay official of the city. It may also be initiated motu propio by
the Government or any government or any government agency duly authorized by law to
ensure that the Local Government Units (LGUs) act within their prescribed powers and
functions.
Section 147. Form of Complaint. - The verified complaint, accompanied by

affidavits of witness or evidence in support of the charge, shall be addressed to the
Sangguniang Panlungsod. It shall be drawn in clear, simple, and concise language and
methodical manner as to appraise the respondent of the nature of the charge against
him to enable him to prepare his defense. The party filing the complaint shall be called
the complainant, while the official against whom the complaint is filed shall be called the
respondent.
Section 148. Where to File. - the complaint shall be filed with the Office of the
Sangguniang Panlungsod, thru the Secretary.
Section 149. Answer. -
1. Notice – Within seven (7) days after the complaint is filed, the Disciplinary
Authority thru its Secretary shall issue summons, together with copies of the
complaint and other supporting documents requiring the respondent to submit
his verified answer within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof.
2. Form of Answer – The answer shall be under oath and the affidavits of
witnesses or evidences in support of the defense shall be addressed to the
Presiding Officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod and drawn in clear, simple,
and concise language and in methodical manner as to traverse the charge.
3. Where to File – The answer shall be filed at the Office of the Sangguniang
Panlungsod thru its Secretary a copy of which shall be furnished the
complainant with proof of service thereof shall be required before filing of the
answer.
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4. Failure to Answer – Unreasonable failure of respondent to submit the
verified answer within fifteen (15) days from receipt of the complaint against
him shall be considered as waiver of his right to present evidence in his
behalf.
Section 150. Formal Investigation. -
1. Procedural due Process – The respondent shall be accorded full opportunity

to appear and defend himself in person or by counsel, to confront and cross-
examine the witnesses against, and to require the attendance of witnesses
and the production of documents through the compulsory process of
subpoena or subpoena duces tecum.
2. Who Conducts the Hearing – The formal administrative Investigation shall

be conducted by the investigating authority.
3. Failure to Commence Formal Investigation - Unreasonable failure to

commence the formal investigation within the prescribed period in the
preliminary conference order by the person or persons assigned to investigate
shall be a ground for administrative disciplinary action.
4. Power to Take Testimony or Receive Evidence – the investigating

authority is authorized to take testimony or receive evidence relevant to the
administrative proceedings, which authority shall include the power to
administer oaths, summon witnesses, and require the production of
documents by subpoena duces tecum pursuant to Book 1, Chapter 9, Section
37 of the Administrative Code of 1987.
Anyone who, without lawful excuse, fails to appear upon summons issued under
authority of the preceding paragraph or who, appearing before the Investigating
Authority exercising the power therein defined, refuses to make oath, give testimony or
produce documents for inspection, when lawfully required, shall be subject to discipline
as in case of contempt of court and upon application by the Investigating Authority, shall
be dealt with by the manner provided for under Book VII, Chapter 3, section 13 in
relation to Chapter 1, Section 2 91), of the Administrative code of 1987.
5. Notice of Hearing – the parties and their witnesses shall be notified by

subpoena of the scheduled hearing at least five (5) days before the date
thereof, stating the date, time and place of the hearing
6. Request for Subpoena – If a party desires the attendance of witness or the

production of documents, he should make formal request for the issuance of
the necessary subpoena or subpoena duces tecum at least three (3) days
before the scheduled hearing.
7. Postponement – Postponement of investigation shall be discouraged and

shall be allowed only in meritorious cases, like illness of the parties or
counsels and other similar case. No postponement for a period longer than
seven (7) days shall be allowed, and in no case shall the total number of
postponement for one (1) party be more than twenty (20) days.
8. Stenographic Record of Proceedings – The testimony of each witness

and the manifestation of the parties and counsel during an investigation shall
be taken in shorthand, stenotype, and/or tape recording. A transcript of the
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proceedings made by the official stenographer or stenotypist and duly
certified by him shall be prima facie a correct statement of such proceedings.
9. Sequence of Presentation of Evidence – The sequence of presentation of

evidence by the parties shall be the following:
a. Evidence for complainant;

b. Formal offer of evidence for complainant preparation to resting his
case;
c.. Evidence for Respondent;
d. Formal offer of evidence for respondent preparatory to resting his
case;
e. Rebuttal evidence are not, due to administrative investigation; and
f. Filling of simultaneous memoranda.
10. Presentation of Evidence – The order and manner of presentation of

evidence by the parties shall be:
a. For complainant
(i) Examination in Chief Direct Examination
(ii) Cross Examination
(iii) Redirect Examination
(iv) Re-cross Examination
b. For Respondent
(i) Examination in Chief Direct Examination
(ii) Cross Examination
(iii) Redirect Examination
(iv) Re-cross Examination
11. Order of Examination – The order in which the witnesses for each party
may be examined shall be as follows:
a. Adopt Complaint – Affidavit and other supporting affidavits as the
direct testimony of the complainant or respondent and the witnesses;
b. Cross-Examination may be conducted by the opposing party; and
c. Clarificatory questions may be conducted by the Committee.
12. Termination of Formal Investigation – The formal investigation of the

case shall be terminated by the Investigating Authority within ninety (90) days
from the start thereof. Unreasonable failure to complete the formal
investigation after the said period by the person or persons assigned to
investigate shall be a ground for disciplinary action.
12. Memoranda – The Investigating Authority may allow the parties to submit
their respective memoranda, together with their respective draft resolution
and/or decisions for the consideration of the investigating authority, within
fifteen (15) days after the termination of the formal investigation.
14. Limitation in the Conduct of investigation and imposition of

Suspension. - Limitations in the conduct of Administrative investigation and
imposition of suspension are the following:
a. No investigation shall be held within ninety (90) days immediately
prior to an election.
b. No preventive suspension shall be imposed within the said period. If
preventive suspension has been imposed prior to the aforesaid period,
the preventive suspension shall be filed.
Section 151. Evidence. -
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1. Non-technical Procedure – The investigation shall be conducted solely for the
purpose of ascertaining the truth and without necessarily adhering to
technical rules applicable in judicial proceedings.
2. Material and Relevant Evidence – The Investigating authority shall accept all
evidence having materiality and relevancy to the case. In case of doubt, it
should resolve for the admission of the evidence subject to the obligation
interposed against the admission.
3. Marking - All documentary evidence or exhibits shall be properly marked by

letters (A,B,C, etc.) if presented by the complainant and by numbers (1,2,3,
etc.) if presented by the respondent. They shall be attached to the records or,
if voluminous, kept in a separate folder marked “folder of Exhibits” which shall
also be attached to the records.
Section 152. Report of Investigating Authority and Transmission of

Records. -
1. Transmission of Records to Disciplining Authority - The investigating

authority shall forward to Disciplining Authority its findings and
recommendation, together with the following:
a. The draft decision, resolution and order;
b. The compete records with each page consecutively numbered and
initialed by the custodian of the records;
c.. A summary of proceedings thereon from the filing of the compliant to
the transmittal of the records in chronological order indicating the
action taken on the incidents involved; and
d. A list of all pleadings, motions, manifestations, exhibits, and other
papers or documents filed by the contending parties, as well as the
corresponding orders or resolutions.
Such documents shall be forwarded to the Disciplining Authority within fifteen

(15) days:
From receipt of the pleading and evidence, if any case the respondent does not
elect a formal investigation; after the expiration of the period within which to submit the
same or after the termination of the formal Investigation; or after the parties have
submitted their respective Memoranda if so allowed.
The transcript of the proceedings shall be paged consecutively and in

chronological order, sewed on the left-hand side, and properly indexed, showing the
page on which the testimony of each witness begins.
2. Records Classification – Records in administrative disciplinary cases

classified as confidential in nature and any information as to the charges,
accusation or facts adduced may not be released, and such records may not
be available, except the parties in-interest or their authorized representatives
on the “need to know” basis pursuant to memorandum circular No. 78, dated
August 14, 1964, as amended by Memorandum Circular No. 196, dated July
19, 1968, prescribing rules governing security of classified matter in
government offices.
Section 153. Decision. -
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1. Rendition of Decision – On the next session day after the lapse of seven (7)
days from receipt of the report of the Investigating Authority and transmittal
of records, the Disciplining Authority shall after due deliberations, render a
decision thru a Resolution duly approved in accordance with law, stating
clearly and distinctly the facts and reasons for such decision. Copies of said
decision shall immediately be furnished the respondent and all proper parties
including the Office of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and the Department of
interior and Local Government Secretary.
2. Execution Pending Appeal – An appeal shall not prevent a decision from

becoming final or executory. The respondent shall be considered as having
been placed under preventive suspension during the pendency of an appeal
and in the event he wins the appeal or in the event the appeal results in an
exoneration, the respondents shall be paid his salary and such other
emoluments accruing during pendency of the appeal.
3. Suspension or Removal – A respondent found guilty of any of the offenses

enumerated in the Grounds for Administrative Disciplinary Action may be
meted the penalty of suspension or removal depending on the evidence
presented and the aggravating or mitigating circumstances that may be
considered by the Disciplining Authority.
4. Suspension – The penalty of suspension shall not exceed the unexpired term
of the respondent, or a period of six (6) months for every administrative
offense, nor shall said penalty be a bar to the candidacy of the respondent so
suspended as long as he meets the qualifications required for the office
5. Removal – An elective official may be removed from office on the grounds

enumerated in the Grounds for Administrative Disciplinary Action by order of
the court the Disciplining Authority whichever first acquires jurisdiction to the
exclusion of the other.
The penalty of removal from office as a result of an administrative investigation

shall be considered a bar to the candidacy of the respondent for any elective position.
6. Miscellaneous Provisions
7. Effect and Application of Relevant Laws – In all matters not provided in

these Sections, the Rules of Court and the 1987 Administrative Code shall
apply in a suppletory character.
Section 154. Requirement in Issuing a Preventive Suspension Order. - A

preventive suspension order may be issued by the city mayor at any time after the
issued are joined subject to the following requisite:
1. When the evidence of guilt is string, and given the gravity of the offense,
there is great probability that the continuance in office of the respondent
could influence the witnesses or pose threat to the safety and integrity of the
records and evidence.
2. Any single preventive suspension of elective official of the barangay shall not
extend beyond sixty (60) days.
3. In the event of administrative cases are filed against an elective barangay
official, he ca not be placed under preventive suspension for more that ninety
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(90) days within a single year on the same ground or grounds existing and
known at the time of the first suspension.
4. Upon expiration of the preventive suspension, the suspended elective
barangay official shall be deemed reinstated in office without prejudice to the
continuance of the proceedings against him, which shall be terminated within
One Hundred and Twenty (120) days from the time he was formally notified of
the case against him. If the delay in the proceedings of the case against him
is due to his fault, neglect or request, other than the appeal duly filed, the
duration of such delay shall be counted in computing the time of termination
of the case.
5. Any abuse in the exercise of the power of preventive suspension shall be
penalized as abuse of authority.
Section 155. Effect of a Preventive Suspension. - The respondent elective

barangay official who is under preventive suspension shall received no salary or
compensation during such suspension. Upon subsequent exoneration and
reinstatement, however, he shall be paid his full salary or compensation including other
emoluments accruing during his suspension. (Sec. 6A, RA 7160 and Art. 127, IRR.)
Section 156. Administrative Appeals. - Decision in administrative cases may,

within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof, be appealed to the Sangguniang
Panlalawigan, in the case of decisions of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.
TITLE IV: ADMINISTRATIVE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER I: DEVELOPMENT PLANNING

Section 157. Statement of Policy. - The City shall have a comprehensive multi-
sectoral development plan to be initiated by its development council and approved by its
sanggunian. For this purpose, the city development council shall assist the Sangguniang
Panlungsod in setting the direction of economic and social development, and
coordinating development efforts within its territorial jurisdiction.
Section 158. Creation of the City Development Council. - There shall be

created a City Development Council which shall assist the Sanggunian Panlungsod in
setting the direction of economic and social development and coordinating development
efforts within the city.
Section 159. Composition of the City Development Council. - The City

Development Council shall be composed of the following
Chairman : City Mayor

Members :
1. All punong barangays in the city;
2. The chairman of the committee on appropriations of the sangguniang
panlungsod;
3. The congressman or his representative; and
4. Representatives of non-governmental organizations operating in the city or
municipality, as the case may be, who shall constitute not less than one –
fourth (1/4) of the members of the fully organized council.
The City Development Council may call upon any local official concerned or any
official of national agencies or offices in the local government unit to assist in the
formulation of development plans and public investment programs.
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Section 160. Functions of the City Development Council. - The City
Development Council shall exercise the following functions;
1. Formulate long-term, medium-term, and annual socio-economic development

plans and policies;
2. Formulate the medium-term and annual public investment programs;
3. Appraise and prioritize socioeconomic development programs and projects;
4. Formulate local investment incentives to promote the inflow and directions of
private investment capital;
5. Coordinate, monitor, and evaluate the implementation of development
programs and projects; and
6. Perform such other functions as may be provided by law or competent
authority.
Section 161. Meeting and Quorum. - The City Development Council shall meet
at least once every six ( 6) months or as often as may be necessary.
Section 162. Executive Committee. - The City Development Council shall create
an Executive Committee to represent it and act in its behalf when it is not in session. The
composition of the executive committee shall be as follows:
Chairman - City Mayor

Members - Chairman, Committee on appropriations of the
Sangguniang Panlungsod
- The president of the city or league of barangays,
- Representative of non-government organizations that are
represented in the Council
Section 163. Functions of Executive Committee. -
1. To ensure that the decision of the Council are faithfully carried out and
implemented;
2. To act on matters requiring immediate attention or action by the Council;
3. Formulate policies, plans and programs based on the general principles laid
down by the Council, and
4. To act on other matters that maybe authorized by the Council;
Section 164. Barangay Clustering. - The City Development Council shall form
barangay clusters to assist them in the performance of their functions. Barangay
Clusters shall be as follows:
1. Poblacion
a. District I e. San Fermin
b. District II f. Cabaruan
c. District III g. Tagaran
d. Turayong h. Alicaocao
2. West Tabacal Region

a. Baringin Norte g. Gagabutan
b. Baringin Sur h. Guayabal
c. Buena Suerte i. Labinab
d. Culalabat j. Rizal
e. Dabburab k. Sta. Luciana
f. Duminit
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3. East and West Tanap Region
a. Minante I i. Nungnungan I
b. Minante II j. Nungnungan II
c. Sillawit k. Marabulig I
d. Alinam l. Marabulig II
e. San Isidro m. Naganacan
f. San Francisco m. Nagrumbuan
g. San Antonio o. Pinoma
h. Faustino p. Amobocan
4. East Tabacal Region

a. Villa Luna h. Mabantad
b. San Luis i. Nagcampegan
c. Andarayan j. Carab. Punta
d. Bugallon k. San Pablo
e. Carab. Chica l. Cassap Fuera
f. Carab. Grande m. Catalina
g. Carab. Bacareño n. Union
5. Forest Region
a. Rogus i. Linglingay
b. Maligaya j. Devera
c. Bacolod k. Cabugao
d. Dianao l. Disimuray
e. Manaoag m. Buyon
f. Sinippil n. Villa Conception
g. Casalatan o. Sta. Maria
h. Gappal p. Villa Flor
Section 165. Secretariat - There is hereby constituted a secretariat of the CDC

which shall be responsible for providing technical support, documentation of
proceedings, preparation of reports and such other assistance as may be required in the
discharge of its functions. The city development council may avail of the services of any
non-governmental organization or educational or research institution for this purpose.
The secretariat of the city development council shall be headed by the city
planning and development coordinator.
Section 166. Relation of City Development Council to the Sanggunian and

Provincial Development Council. - The policies, programs and projects proposed by
city development council shall be submitted to the sanggunian panlungsod for
appropriate action.
The City Development Plan approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall be

submitted to the Provincial Planning and Development Council for integration to its
development plan.
CHAPTER II: FISCAL ADMINISTRATION
Article A: Revenue Planning

Section 167. Statement of Policy. - The city government shall formulate its
Local Revenue Plan the aims to provide a guide for attaining particular goals and
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objectives of the local government unit. Without a Local Revenue Plan, local officials and
staff would not know the revenue goals, objectives and targets that they are supposed to
achieve within a span of time, and would encounter difficulty in coordinating, monitoring
and evaluating the activities involved in generating local revenues.
Section 168. Committee for the Local Revenue Plan. - There is hereby
created Committee to formulate, review and monitor the implementation of the Revenue
Plan. The Committee shall be composed of
Chairman - City Treasurer

Co-Chairman - City Accountant
Members - City Budget Officer
- SP Member, Committee on Appropriation, Finance, Ways
&Means
- City Assessor
- CPDC
- DILG Officer
Section 169. Functions. - In the formulation of the local revenue plan the
committee shall:
1. Prepare the LGU’s income profile for the past five (5) years;
2. Prepare the tables for the comparison of income and expenditure for the past
five (5) years;
3. Conduct a situation analysis on income and expenditure;
4. Formulate the revenue goals, objectives and targets for the period covered by
the LRP;
5. Formulate the strategies of achieving the revenue goals, objectives and
targets; and
6. Prepare the budget for the implementation of the LRP.
Article B: City Government Budgeting
Section 170. Statement of Policy. - The local government shall come-up with an
effective budget to faithfully adhere to the commitment of improving social, financial and
political well-being of the people as resonantly reflected by the improvement of the
economic and social life particularly in the countryside where government assistance is
wanting most.
Section 171. Budget Form and Content. - The City government budget shall
primarily consist of two (2) parts:
1. The estimates of income; and
2. The total appropriations covering the current operating expenditures and
capital outlays.
The budget document shall contain:

1. A budget message of the City Mayor setting forth in brief the significance of
the executive budget, particularly in relation to the approved city
development plan;
2. A brief summary of the functions, projects, and activities to be accomplished
in pursuit of the goals and objectives of the LGU for the ensuing fiscal year,
specifically the delivery of basic services and facilities.
3. Summary of financial statements setting forth:
a. The actual income and expenditures during the immediately preceding
years;
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b. The actual income and expenditure of the first two (2) quarters and the
estimates of income and expenditure for the last two (2) quarters of
the current fiscal year;
c. The estimates of income for the ensuing fiscal year from ordinance and
laws existing at the time the proposed budget is transmitted, together
with other revenue raising proposals;
d. The estimated expenditures necessary to carry out the functions,
projects, and activities of the city government for the ensuing fiscal
year;
e. All essential facts regarding the bonded and other long-term
obligations and indebtedness of the city, if any;
f. Summary statement of all statutory and contractual obligations, due;
and
g. Such other financial statements and data as are deemed necessary or
desirable in order to disclose in all practicable detail the financial
condition of the LGU.
Section 172. Submission of City Development Plan. - The CDC shall submit to
the City Finance Committee a copy of the city development plan and annual investment
program prepared and approved during the fiscal year before the calendar for budget
preparation in accordance with applicable laws, specifying therein projects proposed for
inclusion in the city budget as well as in the budgets of NGAs or GOCCs concerned.
The City Finance Committee shall use the plan to ensure that projects proposed
for local funding are included in the budget. NGAs and GOCCs shall provide all necessary
information on projects already funded in their respective budgets. Such information
shall include specifically, among other things; name of project location, sources and
levels of funding for said projects. The same information must be made available to the
city finance committee within the first quarter of the year to avoid duplications in
funding project proposals.
Section 173. City Finance Committee. - There shall be created a city finance
committee to be composed of the city planning and development coordinator, the city
budget officer, and the city treasurer, city general services office, city administrator, city
accountant. The committee shall:
1. Determine the income reasonably projected as collectible for the ensuing

fiscal year;
2. Recommend appropriate tax and other revenue measures or borrowing which
may be required to support the budget;
3. Recommend to the city mayor concerned the level of annual expenditures and
ceilings of spending for economic, social, and general services based on the
approved city development plan;
4. Recommend to the city mayor concerned the proper allocation of
expenditures for each development activity between current operating
expenditures and capital outlays;
5. Recommend to the city mayor concerned the amount to be allocated for
capital outlay under each development activity or infrastructure project;
6. Assist the sangguniang panlungsod in the review and evaluation of the
component, barangay budgets, and recommend appropriate action thereon;
7. Assist the sangguniang panlungsod in the analysis and review of annual
regular and supplemental budgets of the LGU to determine compliance with
statutory and administrative requirements; and
8. Conduct semi-annual review and general examination of costs and
accomplishments against performance standards applied in undertaking
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development projects, and prepare a report thereon. A copy of the report shall
be furnished the city and the sangguniang panlungsod and shall be posted in
conspicuous and publicly accessible place in the city.
Section 174. Submission of Budget Proposals by Heads of Offices. -
1. Each head of office shall submit a budget proposal for his office to the city
mayor on or before the fifteenth (15 th) day of July of each year. The budget
proposal of each office or department shall be categorized under economic,
social, or general. Each service shall be covered by the budget of at least one
(1) office of the LGU.
2. The basic services and facilities shall be funded from the share of LGUs in the
proceeds of national taxes and other local revenues, and funding support from
the National Government, its instrumentality’s and GOCCs which are tasked
by law to establish and maintain such services or facilities . Any fund or
resource available for the use of LGUs shall first be allocated for the provision
of basic services or facilities before applying the same for other purposes.
3. The budget proposal shall be prepared in accordance with such policy and
program guidelines as the city mayor may issue in conformity with the city
development plan, the budgetary ceilings prescribed by the city finance
committee, and the budgetary requirements and limitations prescribed under
this Article.
4. The budget proposal of offices or departments shall be divide into two (2)
parts:
a. Current Operating Expenditures; and
b. Capital Outlays.
6. The budget proposal shall contain the following information:
a. Objectives, functions, and projects showing the general character and
relative importance of the work to be accomplished or the services to
be rendered, and the costs thereof;
b. Organizational charts and staffing patterns indicating the list of
plantilla positions with their corresponding salaries, and proposals for
reclassification of positions and salary changes, as well as the creation
of new positions with their proposed salary grade, duly supported by
proper justification;
c. Brief description of the functions, projects, and activities for the
ensuing fiscal year, expected results for each function, projects, and
activity, and the nature of work to be performed, including the objects
of expenditure for each function, project, and activity;
d. Relation of the work and financial proposals to approved local
development plans;
e. Estimated current operating expenditures and capital outlay with
comparative data for the last two (2) preceding fiscal years, and
current and ensuing fiscal years; and
f. Accomplishment reports for the last two (2) preceding and the current
fiscal years.
7. The budget proposal of the Sanggunian shall be submitted in the same
manner and within the same period as those of the offices or departments in the LGU.
Section 175. Preparation of Executive Budget. - Upon receipt of the

statement of incomes and expenditures from the city treasurer, the budget proposals of
the heads of offices, and the estimates of income and budgetary ceilings from the city
finance committee, the city mayor shall prepare the executive budget for the ensuing
fiscal year.
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The city mayor shall submit the executive budget to the sangguniang panlungsod
not later than the sixteen (16th) day of October of the current fiscal year. If the city mayor
fails to submit the budget within the prescribed date, he shall be subject to such criminal
and administrative penalties as provided.
Section 176. Budget Authorization. - On or before the end of the current fiscal
year, the Sangguniang Panlungsod shall enact, through an ordinance, the annual budget
of the LGU for the ensuing fiscal year on the basis of the estimates of income and
expenditures submitted by the chief executive.
In case the Sangguniang Panlungsod fails to pass the ordinance authorizing the
annual appropriations at the beginning of the ensuing fiscal year, the ordinance
authorizing the appropriations is approved, and no other business may be taken up
during such sessions. If the Sanggunian still fails to enact such ordinance after ninety
(90) days from the beginning of the fiscal year, the reenacted budget shall remain in
force and effect until such time that the ordinance authorizing the annual appropriations
is approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod. Only the annual appropriations for salaries
and wages of existing positions, statutory and contractual obligations, and essential
operating wages of existing positions, statutory and contractual obligations, and
essential operating expenses authorized in the annual and supplemental budgets for the
preceding year shall be deemed reenacted and disbursement of funds shall be in
accordance therewith.
In the implementation of the reenacted budget, the city exclude from estimates of
income for the preceding year those realized from non-recurring sources, like national
aids, proceeds from loans, sale of assets, prior year adjustments, and other analogous
sources of income. National aids shall not include the IRA of LGUs and their shares in the
utilization and development of national wealth. No ordinance authorizing supplemental
appropriations shall be passed in place of annual appropriations.
In case the revised income estimates be less than the aggregate reenacted
appropriations, the treasurer shall accordingly advice the sangguniang panlungsod which
shall, within ten (10) days from receipt of such advice, make necessary adjustments or
reductions. The revised appropriations authorized by the sangguniang panlungsod shall
then be the basis for disbursements. The sanggunian panlungsod may not increase the
proposed amount in the executive budget nor include new items except to provide for
statutory and contractual obligations but in no case shall it exceed the total
appropriations in the executive budget.
Section 177. Veto Power of the City Mayor. - The city mayor may veto any
ordinance of the Sangguniang Panlungsod on the ground that it is ultra vires or
prejudicial to the public welfare, stating his reasons therefor in writing. The city mayor,
shall exercise the power to veto any particular item or items of an appropriations
ordinance, or an ordinance or resolution adopting the city development plan and public
investment program, or an ordinance directing the payment or money or creating
liability. In such cases, the veto shall not affect the item or items which are not objected
to. The vetoed item or items shall not take effect unless the sanggunian overrides the
veto in the manner provided for in the LGC; otherwise, the item or items in the
appropriations ordinance of the previous year corresponding to those vetoed, if any, shall
be deemed reenacted.
Section 178. Effectivity of Budgets. –
1. The ordinance enacting the annual budget shall take effect at the beginning of
the ensuing calendar year.
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2. Supplemental budget shall take effect upon its approval or on a date fixed in
the ordinance. The city mayor shall be primarily responsible for the execution
and accountability for the annual and supplemental budgets.
Section 179. Changes in the Annual Budget. - Changes in the annual budget
may be done through supplemental budgets. No ordinance providing for a supplemental
budget shall be enacted except when supported by funds actually available as certified
by the city treasurer; or by new revenue sources. Funds actually available refers to the
amount of money actually collected as certified by the city treasurer during a given fiscal
year which is over and above the realized estimated income of that year. An
appropriation ordinance providing for the supplemental budget sourced out of funds
actually available shall be enacted only once during the fiscal year.
In times of public calamity by way of budgetary realignment to set aside

appropriations for the purchase of supplies and materials or the payment of services
which are exceptionally urgent or absolutely indispensable to prevent imminent danger
to, or loss of, life or property, in the jurisdiction of the LGU or in other areas declared in a
state of calamity by the President. Such ordinance shall clearly indicate the sources of
funds available for appropriations, as certified under oath jointly by the city treasurer
and the city accountant and attested by the city mayor oath, and the various items of
appropriations affected, and the reasons for the changes. (Article 1 Section 321 LGC
1991)
Section 180. Reversion of Unexpected Balance of Appropriations;

Continuing Appropriations. -
1. Unexpected balances of appropriations authorized in the appropriations

ordinance shall revert to the balance at the end of the fiscal year and shall not
thereafter be available for expenditure except by subsequent enactment.
Appropriations for capital outlays shall continue and remain valid until fully
spent or the project is completed.
2. Reversions of continuing appropriations shall not be allowed unless obligations
therefor have been fully paid or otherwise settled. Balance of continuing
appropriations shall be reviewed as part of the annual budget preparation.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod may approve, upon recommendation of the city
mayor, the reversion of funds no longer needed in connection with the
activities funded by said continuing appropriations.
3. Aid to barangays shall be provided in amounts of not less than One Thousand
(1,000.00) Pesos per barangay; and
4. Five percent (5%) of the estimated revenue from regular sources shall be set
aside as an annual lumpsum appropriation for unforeseen expenditures arising
from the occurrence of calamities provided that such appropriation shall be
used only in the area or a portion thereof of the LGU, or other areas declared
in a state of calamity by the President.
Section 181. General Limitations. -
1. The total appropriations, whether annual or supplemental, for personal

services of an LGU for one (1) fiscal year shall not exceed fifty five percent
(55%) of the total annual income from regular sources realized in the next
preceding fiscal year. The appropriations for salaries, wages, representation
and transportation allowances of officials and employees of public utilities and
economic enterprises owned, operated, and maintained by the city shall not
be included in the annual budget and in the computation of the maximum
amount for personal services. The appropriations for personal services of
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economic enterprise office shall be charged to its budgets. The limitations
prescribed herein shall apply only after the LGU shall have complied with the
implementation of RA 6758 or Salary Standardization Law for existing and
mandatory positions.
2. No official or employee shall be entitled to a salary rate higher than the
maximum fixed for his position or other positions of equivalent rank by
applicable laws, rules and regulations issued thereunder;
3. No local fund shall be appropriated to increase or adjust salaries or wages of
officials and employees of the National Government, except as may be
expressly authorized by law;
4. In cases of abolition of positions and creation of new ones resulting from the
abolition of existing positions in the career service, such abolition or creation
shall be made in accordance with pertinent provisions of these Rules and civil
service law, rules and regulations
5. Positions in the official plantilla for career positions which are occupied by
incumbents holding permanent appointments shall be covered by adequate
appropriations
6. No changes in designation or nomenclature of positions resulting in a
promotion or demotion in rank or increase or decrease in compensation shall
be allowed, except when the position is actually vacant, and the filling of such
positions shall be strictly made in accordance with civil service law, rules and
regulations;
7. The creation of new positions and salary increases or adjustment shall in no
case be made retroactive; and
8. The annual appropriations for discretionary purposes of the city mayor shall
not exceed two percent (2%) of the actual receipts derived from basic real
property tax in the next preceding calendar year. Discretionary funds shall be
disbursed only for public purposes to be supported by appropriate vouchers
and subject to such guidelines as may prescribed by law. No amount shall be
appropriated for the same purpose except as authorized in this Section.
CHAPTER III: RECORDS MANAGEMENT AND ARCHIVES
ADMINISTRATION
Section 182. Statement of Policy. - There shall be established a Records
Management and Archives System to protect permanent records of the City
Government of Cauayan, Isabela.
Section 183. Creation of Records Management Improvement Committee. -

A Records Management Improvement Committee (RMIC) shall be created to serve as an
advisory and policy making body for the improvement of all phases of records
management in the city government. It shall be composed of a chairman and members
to be designated by the city mayor through and executive order.
Section 184. Functions of the RMIC. - The Records Management Improvement

Committee shall have the following duties and functions:
1. Implement a regular inventory of records;

2. Determine the retention and disposal of agency records;
3. Implement policies to prevent the unauthorized destruction of records;
4. Develop a comprehensive archives policy clearly defining its purpose and
goals underscoring the following stages of archives administration:
a. Appraisal – process of assessing records and selecting those to be kept

permanently.
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b. Acquisition – developing of specific plans to actually transfer the
records to the custody of the archives.
c. Arrangement – process of establishing physical control and the results

of organizing archives in accordance with accepted archives principles.
Includes packing or boxing, labeling (folders and containers) and
shelving of archives in the established order.
d. Description – activity that fixes and records information about the

organized collection in some medium and servers as a guide to any
potential user.
e. Access and References – process of defining which records information

about the organized collection in some medium and serves as a guide
to any potential user.
f. Conservation – process of providing adequate facilities for the

preservation and restoration of archives.
g. Promotion/Outreach Program – planned promotional services and

outreach projects which inform the community about archival holdings
and services.
5. Have the archives policy approved and endorsed by the sponsoring office of
the city government.
CHAPTER IV: SUPPLY AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Article A: Acquisition of Supplies and Property/ Procurement

Plans and Programs
Section 185. Annual Procurement Plan. - At such time as may be prescribed by
the city mayor, heads of offices shall submit to the city general services officer,
procurement plan of their supply requirements for the ensuing fiscal year.
Section 186. Annual Procurement Program. - On or before the fifteenth day of

July of each year, the general services office, shall prepare for the approval of the city
mayor annual procurement program for the ensuing fiscal year which shall contain an
itemized quantity of supplies or property needed for the entire fiscal year, complete
description thereof as to kind, quantity and quality, the estimated cost, and the balance
on hand. The total estimated cost of the annual procurement program shall not exceed
the total appropriations authorized for the acquisition of supplies or property.
Section 187. Purchases Covered by Approved Procurement Program. -

Except in case of emergency purchases or where urgent and indispensable needs could
not have been reasonably anticipated, no purchase of supplies or property shall be made
unless included in or covered by, an approved procurement program.
Section 188. Supplementary Procurement Plan. - At any time during the fiscal
year, heads of offices may prepare and submit to the city general services officer, for the
approval of the city mayor a supplementary procurement plan to cover supply or
property requirement of his department or office not otherwise included in the annual
procurement plan.
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Section 189. Supplementary Procurement Program. - Within a reasonable
time upon receipt of the supplementary procurement plan, the general services office,
shall prepare for the approval of the local chief executive a supplementary procurement
program based on the supplementary procurement plan.
Section 190. Amendatory Procurement Plan. - At any time during the fiscal
year, the head of office may prepare and submit to the city general services officer for
the approval of the city mayor an amendatory procurement plan for supply or property
requirement of his office in lieu of those deleted, cancelled or substituted in the
approved procurement plan. Amendatory procurement plan shall be supported by a
written justification.
Section 191. Amendatory Procurement Program. - Within a reasonable time

upon receipt of the amendatory procurement plan from a head office, the city general
services officer, shall prepare for the approval of the city mayor an amendatory
procurement program for the office.
Section 192. Provision for Contingency. - In the preparation of annual

procurement plan, a maximum of fifteen per cent (15%) of the estimated requirements
may be provided for contingency and miscellaneous items. This shall take care of the
requirements which could not be anticipated or defined during the preparation of the
plan.
Section 193. Separate Procurement Plans and Programs for Supplies or

Property, Non-Materials for Infrastructure Project. - Separate procurement plans
and programs shall be prepared for supplies or property for the operation an office, non-
expendable supplies, non-personal services, and supplies or property intended for
infrastructure project.
Article B: Requisition of Supplies and Property

Section 194. Requirement of Requisition. - No order for supplies or property
shall be placed by the city general services officer, for any office except upon written
requisition as herein provided. Except in the case of emergency purchase, no requisition
shall be given due course unless the supplies or property desired are included or listed in
the annual procurement program or amendatory procurement program.
Section 195. Officers Authorized to Draw Requisitions. - Requisitions shall be

drawn by the head of the office needing the supplies or property who shall certify as to
the necessity for official use and shall specify the project or activity where the supplies or
property are to be used.
Section 196. Approval of Requisitions. - Approval of the requisition by the head

of the department or office concerned who has administrative control over the
appropriation against which the proposed expenditure is chargeable is deemed sufficient,
except requisition for supplies to be carried in stock which shall be approved by the city
mayor. Provided, that such supplies are listed or included in the annual procurement
plan and the maximum quantity thereof does not exceed the estimated consumption
corresponding to a programmed three-month period. Provided further, that nothing
herein contained shall be construed as authorizing the purchase of furniture and
equipment for stock purposes.
Section 197. Certification by the City Budget Officer, City Accountant, and
City Treasurer. - Every requisition must be accompanied by a Request for Obligation
and Allotment (ROA) showing the certification of the city budget officer, the city
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accountant, and the city treasurer that an appropriation thereof exists, that the
estimated amount of such expenditure has been obligated, and that funds are available
for the purpose, respectively.
Section 198. Statement of Delivery Period. - The requisitioner shall state with
definiteness and certainty the period of delivery desired so as not to leave doubt when
the supplies are needed.
Section 199. Specification of Supplies or Property. - The description and

specification of the supplies or property called for in the requisition shall include only the
technical specifications which will fill and satisfy the needs of the requisitioner.
Section 200. Filing of Requisitions in Advance. - Heads of offices shall file

their requisitions in advance to allow procurement thereof through the normal process.
Section 201. Prohibition Against Splitting of Requisitions. - Except in case of

requisitions of supplies or property through emergency purchases, requisitions for items
needed for each quarter must be consolidated. There is deemed to be splitting when it is
resorted to in order to evade the required approval of higher authorities or circumvent
control measures.
Article C: General Policies on Procurement

Section 202. Public Biding. - The primary Mode of acquisition of supplies or
property by city government unit shall be through competitive public bidding.
Section 203. Other Modes of Procurement. - The city government may make
procurement of supply or property requirements without public bidding through any of
the following modes applicable in the circumstances as provided hereunder:
1. Personal canvass of responsible merchants;

2. Emergency purchase;
3. Negotiated purchase;
4. Direct purchase from manufacturers or exclusive distributors; and
5. Purchase from other government entities.
Section 204. The Committee on Awards. - There shall be established a

Committee on Awards. Except as provided herein, or in case of procurement though
emergency purchase, or when the authorization is specifically vested by law to another
body, the Committee on Awards shall exercise exclusive jurisdiction to decide the
winning bids and questions of awards on procurement and disposal of supplies or
property.
Section 205. Composition of the Committee on Awards. - The Committee on

Awards shall be composed of the local chief executive as chairman, the city treasurer,
the city accountant, the city budget officer, the city general services office, and the head
of office for whose use the property or supplies are being procured, as members. In case
a head of office would sit in a dual capacity, or when the requisitioning office is a national
government agency located in the city and which supply or property requirement is
authorized by law to be augmented by the city, a member of the Sangguniang
Panlungsod elected form among its members shall sit as member.
Section 206. Attendance in Proceedings. - Every member of the Committee on

Awards shall be present in all proceedings of the committee unless prevented from doing
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so by sickness or other unavoidable circumstance, in which case he may authorize in
writing a representative to attend in his behalf. Representatives of the members of the
committee may deliberate on the bids for and in behalf of the committee members,
However, the committee members shall personally decide on the bids and/or questions
of award and shall sign the committee decisions.
Section 207. Quorum in the Committee on Awards. - Two thirds (2/3) of the
members of the Committee on awards shall constitute a quorum to do business,
Provided, that the head of the office for whose use the supplied are to be procured is
among those present; Provided further, that in case the requisitioning office is a national
government agency located in the city and which supply requirement is authorized by
law to be augmented by the city mayor, the Sangguniang member authorized in this rule
to sit a member of the Committee on Awards is present.
Section 208. Decision on Award. - The decision of the Committee on a

particular bid or question of awards shall be concurred in by at least majority of the
members present and constituting a quorum. The members who voted against may
explain their objection in writing and the same shall form an integral part of the
supporting papers to the claim.
Section 209. An Excerpt of the Proceedings in the Committee on Awards. -

The Secretary of the Committee shall prepare, certify and attach to the decision of the
Committee on awards an excerpt of the proceedings during which said decision was
rendered.
Section 210. Proceedings Open to Public. - The proceedings of the Committee

on Awards shall at all times be open to the public and any decision shall be duly recorded
and posted at a prominent place in the city hall. The Secretary to the Committee on
Awards shall certify to the effect that the requirements of this section have been
complied with.
Article D: Procurement thru Public Bidding

Section 211. Call for Bids. - When procurement is to be made by the city, the
office of the city treasurer shall call bids for public competition. The call for bids shall
show the complete descriptions and technical specifications of the supplies or property
and shall embody all terms and conditions of participation and award, terms of delivery,
and payment, and all other terms effecting the transaction.
Section 212. Bidder’s Bond. - A bidder’s bond shall be fixed at five percent (5%)
of the total amount of the tender or offer but shall not exceed twenty thousand pesos
(P20,000.00) per bid proposal.
Section 213. Sanctions for Refusal to Accept Awards. - A winning bidder who
refuses to accept the awards without justifiable reasons shall forfeit his bidder’s bond
and shall be barred from participating in future biddings.
Section 214. Publication Call for bids shall be given the widest publicity possible,
sending by mail or otherwise, any known prospective participant in the locality, of copies
of the call and by posting copies of the same in at least three (3) publicly accessible and
conspicuous places in the city hall, the city general services officer, shall certify to the
effect that the requirements of this section have been complied with.
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Unless otherwise directed by the Committee on Awards, publication shall be made
at least ten (10) calendar days to the opening of bids.
Section 215. Duties of Bidders. - Bidders must carefully study the

specifications, terms and conditions advertised in the call for bids. In case of doubt, they
may ask for clarification so as to preclude erroneous tenders. Every bidder is chargeable
with the knowledge of all terms and conditions of the call for bid and assumes all risks
attendant thereto.
Bidders shall accomplish bid forms in as many copies as may be required in the
call for bids, preferably typewritten, and identical in all respects.
Bids shall be signed by a responsible officer of the company shall be signed by a

responsible officer of the company or firm authorized for the purpose whose name and
designation must be clearly indicated in the bid.
Section 216. Quotations. - Price quotations must be certain and definite in

amount. For a better appreciation of a bid offer, the brand name and country of origin or
manufacturer of the supplies or property should be stated.
Section 217. Submission and Acceptance of Bids. - On or before the time and
date of opening of bids, bidders shall submit their bids in sealed envelopes with the
office of the general services officer. Said office shall stamp thereon the time and date of
receipt.
Section 218. Withdrawal of Bids. - A bidder may be allowed to withdraw his

tender or offer before the opening of the bids. His bid shall be returned to him un-
opened.
Section 219. Opening of Bids. - All bids submitted shall be opened at the time,
date and place set in the call for bids by the Committee on Awards. Opening of bids shall
only be made in the presence of the city auditor or his duly authorized representative
who shall initial and secure copies of the bids. Bidders or representatives may witness
the proceedings.
Section 220. Postponement of Opening of Bids Prohibited. - The opening of

bids shall not be postponed unless there are compelling reasons or causes that justify
the postponement as may be determined by the Committee on Awards, which shall
notify the prospective bidders accordingly.
Section 221. Abstract of Bids. - Offers submitted by the bidders shall be

abstracted which shall be certified as to their correctness and authenticity by the
Committee on Awards and the city auditor or his duly authorized representatives.
Section 222. Acceptance of Bids and Awards. - Awards in the procurement of

supplies or property shall be given to the lowest complying and responsible bid which
meets all the terms and conditions of the contract or undertaking. The following factors,
among others, shall be considered in making the award:
1. Conformity with the specifications in the ITB;

2. Price quoted, considering the Flag Material Law (CA 138), as amended,
whenever applicable, and other laws and policies pertinent to procurement;
3. When time is of the essence, the bidder who offers to deliver within the period
stipulated in the invitation to bid shall be awarded the contract, provided that
the price is not unreasonably higher than the lowest price offered;
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4. All things being equal, the bidder who offers to supply the whole quantity shall
be preferred in order to obtain uniformity in quality, tensible strength, color
shade, etc.; and
5. Reliability of bidder as a supplier or contractor.
Section 223. Release of Bidder’s Bond. - Immediately upon the declaration of

rejection of all bids offered, bidder’s bonds of the unsuccessful bidders shall be released.
The return shall be indicated conspicously on the tender to be signed by the bidders
acknowledging the return of the bond. On the other hand, the bidders bond of the
successful bidder shall be property receipted and the same may be released only upon
his entering into contract and filing of a necessary performance bond.
Section 224. Issuance of Purchase Orders or Contract. - Immediately after

the Committee shall have decided the winning bids, a purchase/letter order or contract
shall be issued to winning bidders. The following shall clearly appear in every
purchase/letter order or contract aside from the other requirements prescribed by
existing laws and regulations:
1. office to which the account shall be charged and the requisition number;
2. name and address of the supplier or contractor
3. office to which the delivery shall be made;
4. complete descriptions and specifications of the supplies or property and all
other information and data needed to enable the supplier, COA inspector (if
applicable), and others concerned to determine the nature and quality of the
items purchased;
5. provisions for penalty in case of late or non-delivery;
6. quantity and unit price;
7. period of delivery;
8. shipping terms and conditions and other conditions of delivery;
9. date of effectivity and termination of the contract; and
10. conditions regarding importation, if any.
The date when the purchase/letter order was received by the supplier or
contractor shall be indicated clearly.
Article E: Procurement through Personal Canvass
Section 225. Canvass and Award. - Upon approval of the Committee on Awards,
procurement of supplies or property may be effected after personal canvass of at least
three (3) responsible suppliers in the locality by a Committee of three (3) composed of
the city general services officer, the city accountant, and the head of office for whose
use the supplies are being procured.
Abstract of the canvass shall be prepared by the city general services office, and
authenticated by the canvassers. The award shall be decided by the Committee on
Awards.
Section 226. Limitations of Procurement thru Personal Canvass. -

Purchases through personal canvass shall not exceed the amount of P500.00 for all items
in any one (1) month for all offices combined in the city government.
Article F: Emergency Purchases
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Section 227. When to Make an Emergency Purchase. - In case of emergency
where the need for the supplies is exceptionally urgent or absolutely indispensable and
only to prevent imminent and real danger to, or loss of, life or property, the city may,
through the city mayor, make emergency purchases or place repair orders, regardless of
amount, without public bidding.
Section 228. Limitations of Emergency Purchases. - Deliveries under

emergency purchases or repair orders shall be made within ten (10) days after
placement of the same. The supplies procured must be utilized or availed of within
fifteen (15) days from the date of delivery or availability.
Section 229. Mandatory Requisites of Emergency Purchases. - Under no

circumstance may emergency purchase be resorted to unless all the following conditions
are met:
1. the need for the supplies or repair is exceptionally urgent or absolutely

indispensable and only to prevent imminent and real danger to, or loss of, life
or property;
2. there is no material time to procure the supplies through public bidding;
3. appropriations therefor exist;
4. the estimated amount has been obligated;
5. funds for the purchase are available;
6. the prices of the supplies to be procured are the lowest obtainable in the
market at the time of the purchase; and
7. the supplies to be purchase are not available from the stock rooms of the city
government.
Article G: Negotiated Purchase

Section 230. When to Make a Negotiated Purchase. - In cases where public
biddings have failed for two (2) consecutive times and no suppliers or dealers have
qualified to participate or win in the biddings, the Committee on Awards shall attest to
this fact and may recommend to the city mayor, through the city general services officer,
that the procurement be made by negotiated purchase regardless of amount; Provided,
however, that the supplies or property to be procured are covered by the annual
procurement program and shall be delivered within seven (7) calendar days after
placement of the order; and Provided further, that the contract covering the negotiated
purchase shall be approved by the sangguniang panlungsod.
Section 231. Canvass of Prices for Negotiated Purchase. - Canvass of Prices

of at least three (3) suppliers or dealers in the locality shall be conducted to obtain the
lowest price. However, under circumstances when it becomes impracticable to conduct
canvass of prices, purchase of supplies or property may still be made through
negotiation provided that the Committee on Awards shall attest to this fact.
Section 232. Person to Conduct Canvass of Prices in Negotiated Purchase.

- The Committee on Awards or its duly authorized representatives shall conduct the
canvass of prices in purchases through negotiation.
Section 233. Authority to Decide and Award on Negotiated Purchase. - The

authority to decide and award on negotiated purchases is vested in the city mayor upon
the recommendation of the Committee on Awards.
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Section 234. Repeat Orders. - When the need for additional quantity of the
same items covered by a previous purchase arises, the city mayor upon recommendation
of the city general services officer, may place an order for said items from the same
supplier or dealer, provided all the following conditions are met:
1. the original purchase was made through public bidding;
2. the quantity does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the original
purchase;
3. the prices of said items have not gone down in the market by more than ten
percent (10%) ;
4. the order is made within three (3) months from the date of the original
purchase order; and
5. the same terms and conditions in the original purchase are obtained.
Article H: Direct Purchase from Duly Licensed Manufacturer
Section 235. When Direct Purchase from Duly Licensed Manufacturer may
be Made. - Procurement of supplies or property of Philippine manufacture or origin may
be made directly from duly licensed manufacturers; Provided; That the manufacturer is
able to present proof showing that it is a duly licensed manufacturer of the desired
product and there is no dealer or distributor offering the same items at lower prices.
Article I: Procurement from Exclusive Philippine Agents or

Distributors.
Section 236. When Procurement from Exclusive Philippine Agents or

Distributors may be made. – Procurement of supplies or property of foreign origin
may preferably be made directly from the exclusive or reputable Philippine distributors or
agents subject to the following conditions:
1. the Philippine distributor has no sub-dealers selling at lower prices; and
2. no suitable substitutes of substantially the same quality are available at lower
prices
Provided that certification to the effect that the distributor has no sub-dealers
selling at lower price is secured from the principal and/or exclusive distributor.
Article J: Procurement from Government Entities

Section 237. Purchase from Other Philippine Government Entities. -
Government entities that are possible sources of supplies or property may be requested
to fill the needs of the local government unit. Procurement procedures prescribed for
these government entities shall be observed.
Section 238. Purchase through foreign Government Entities. - Procurement

of supplies may be made by the local government units from agencies of foreign
governments with which the Philippine maintains diplomatic relations. Procurement
under this mode shall be made only upon prior authority from the Office of the President
of the Philippines and in accordance with existing importation law, rules and regulations.
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Article K: Delivery and Inspection of Supplies or Property
Section 239. Packing. - All supplies shall be adequately contained, packed,
crated, cased, bundled, wrapped, or sealed, as the case may be, in accordance with the
purchase order or contract, to safeguard them from damage, spoilage, and/or loss.
Section 240. Responsibility in case Damage, Spoilage or Loss. -

Responsibility in case of damage, spoilage or loss shall be governed by the existing laws
on the matter unless the purchase order or contract provides otherwise.
Section 241. Time and Place of Delivery. - Unless otherwise provided in the
purchase order or contract, deliveries shall be made within seven (7) calendar days upon
receipt of the order and during office hours at the place stipulated.
Section 242. Inspection of Purchases. - Inspection and verification of

purchases shall be done according to these rules:
1. Purchases made by the city government must be inspected and verified by its
authorized inspector for conformity with specifications in the order. However,
the chief of the inspection service authorized by the city mayor, may waive
the inspection of purchases of insignificant value, provided he is fully
convinced that the delivery in question is in accordance with the specifications
of the order. The waiver of inspection must be stamped on the original copies
of the order and invoice.
2. Evidence of inspection of deliveries of supplies or property of insignificant
value must be shown by notation on the original copies of the order and
invoice, thus;
Inspected by:
____________________
(Name and Signature)
Date: ________.
3. All items to be inspected shall be accepted first by the city general services
officer.
4. Report of inspection of all consumables shall be submitted to the city auditor,
within twenty four (24) hours.
Section 243. Submission and Approval of Inspection Reports. - The property

inspectors of the city government shall promptly submit reports of all inspections
finished during the day to their supervisors for evaluation and approval. The approved
inspection report and other documents pertaining to the inspection shall form part of the
supporting papers of the disbursement voucher covering the payment of the purchases.
Article L: Utilization of Supplies or Property
Section 244. Responsibility for Wasteful Use of Supplies or Property. - It

shall be the direct responsibility of the city government to prevent or minimize wasteful
uses of supplies or property requisitioned by each department or office. The city mayor
shall develop operating standards to guard against the improper or wasteful use of
supplies or property. These standards shall be approved by the sangguniang panlungsod.
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Section 245. Direct Responsibility for Supplies or Property. - The person in
actual physical possession of supplies or property or entrusted with its custody and
control shall be responsible for its proper use and care and shall exercise the diligence of
a good father of a family in the utilization and safekeeping thereof.
Section 246. Transfer of Excess Property. - It shall be the duty of every head of
office to turn over to the city general services officer, excess property for re-issuance to
other offices.
Section 247. Primary and Secondary Accountability for Supplies or

Property. - Every head of office of a city government shall be primarily accountable for
all supplies or property assigned or issued to his office. The person/s entrusted with the
possession or custody or supplies or property under the primary accountability of the
head of office shall be immediately accountable to said officer. The head of office may
require the person in possession or having custody and control thereof under him to keep
such records and make reports as may be necessary for his own information and
protection.
Section 248. Designation of Supply Officer. - The city mayor may designate a
supply officer in each office upon the recommendation of the head of office. The supply
officer shall be immediately accountable to the head of office for supplies or property
placed under his actual custody and control.
Section 249. Accountability and Responsibility on Buildings and other

Physical Structures. - Buildings and other physical structures shall be under the
accountability and responsibility of the city general services officer. He shall keep a
separate and updated record of these properties and shall submit an inventory report to
the auditor on or before the 15th day of January each year showing, among others, the
condition of said properties.
Section 250. Responsibility for Real Estate. - The city mayor shall be
immediately responsible for the proper and effective use and management of real estate
owned or titled in the name of the city government. He shall ensure that all real estate
under his responsibility are registered, under the Torens Title system and safeguarded
from squatters, unlawful occupants or the like.
Section 251. Notice of Loss and Application for Relief. - When loss of
government supplies or property occurs, it shall be the duty of the officer immediately
accountable therefor or having custody thereof to immediately notify simultaneously the
office head and the city auditor. The office head shall immediately conduct a preliminary
investigation of the loss and refer the matter to the proper government investigation
agency. The city auditor shall conduct a separate inquiry of the reported loss while the
clues are still fresh to determine that the alleged loss or other casualty had really
occurred. An officer or employee who fails to comply with these requirements shall not
be relieved of liability or allowed credit for any of such loss in the settlement of his
accounts.
The request for relief shall be filed with the city auditor by the accountable officer
within the statutory period of thirty (30) days or of such longer period as may allowed by
the auditor. In general, the request shall be accompanied by the following documents:
1. the basic notice of loss showing the exact date of filing and receipt in the
office of the auditor or the COA;
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2. affidavit of the accountable officer containing a statement of facts and
circumstances of the loss;
3. affidavits of two (2) disinterested persons cognizant of the facts and
circumstances of the loss;
4. final investigation report of the office head, proper government investigating
agency and the auditor on the facts and circumstances surrounding the loss;
5. a list and description including book value, date of acquisition, property
number, account classification, condition of the property, and other additional
relevant information of the properties lost duly certified by the city general
services officer;
6. latest inventory and inspection report preceding the loss and inventory report
or properties remaining after the loss, duly witnessed by the city auditor;
7. comment and/or recommendation of the city mayor concerned on the request;
8. exact or accurate amount of government cash or book value of the property,
subject of the request for relief; and
9. Memorandum Receipt, if any, covering the properties subject of the request.
The request for relief shall be coursed through the office head concerned and city
general services officer, for their comment and recommendation.
In case of bulk losses of supplies or property pertaining to more than one (1)
office the request for relief shall be made by the city general services officer. The
request shall also be accompanied by the latest inventory report preceding the loss and
the inventory report of properties remaining after the loss, duly witnessed by the city
auditor.
The same officials shall request relief for losses occurring in transit. In all cases,
the request shall be endorsed by the city mayor together with his recommendations, to
the city auditor.
In case of delay in the filing of the aforesaid notice and request, satisfactory
explanation or the reason(s) for such delay should be submitted, after which the
reason(s) for such delay should be submitted, after which the reasons/explanation given
should be verified or confirmed by the city auditor.
Section 252. Central Record. - The city general services officer, shall maintain a
central record of all supplies or property of the city government. Computerization of
records shall, as practicable, be availed of.
Section 253. Annual Inventory of Supplies or Property. - The city mayor shall
require an annual physical inventory of all supplies or property of the city government as
of December 31 of each year, to be conducted by office a committee of three (3)
consisting of the representative of the city mayor as chairman and the city general
services officer, and the supply accountable officer of the office concerned, as members.
The inventory report shall be submitted to the city mayor and copy furnished the city
auditor.
Section 254. Role of the Auditor in Physical Inventory. - The city auditor or
his duly authorized representative shall witness the inventory being referred to in the
immediately preceding section.
Section 255. Running and Test inventory. - Aside from the annual inventory,
the city mayor shall order a running and test inventory of property under his
accountability at any time for the purpose of ascertaining the correctness of the supplies
or property records. Discrepancies or losses that may be disclosed thereby shall
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immediately be reported to the city auditor for appropriate action in accordance with
these regulations.
Section 256. Inventory in Cases of Change of Accountable Officers. - In

cases of change of accountable supply officers, an inventory of existing supplies or
property shall be taken jointly by the out-going and incoming accountable supply officers
to be witnessed by the city auditor or his duly authorized representative. Transfer of
property shall be effected thru Invoice Receipts for Property.
Section 257. Property Clearances. - When an employee is transferred to

another government office, retired, resigned, dismissed or separated from the service, he
shall be required to secure property clearance. The city mayor shall prescribe the form
and procedure of property clearance.
Article M: Disposal of Supplies or Property

Section 258. Responsibility for the Disposal of Supplies or Property. - The
city general services officer shall be responsible for disposal of supplies or property of
the city government.
Section 259. Responsibility for the Disposal of Real Property, Buildings

and other Physical Structures. - The city mayor shall be responsible for the disposal
of real property, buildings and other physical structures.
Section 260. Public Auction as the Primary Mode of Disposal. - Supplies or

property which have become unserviceable or no longer needed shall be sold, whenever
application, at public auction, subject to applicable rules and regulations.
Section 261. Other Methods of Disposal. - For justifiable reasons, disposable

supplies and property may also be disposed of in the following manner;
1. sale thru negotiation;
2. transfer without cost to other offices or department or other government
agencies; and
3. by destruction.
Section 262. Disposal Procedures. - When the supplies or property of the local
government unit have become unserviceable from any cause, or no longer needed, the
officer immediately accountable therefor shall return the same to the head of office who
shall cancel the corresponding Memorandum Receipt. If no longer needed in the office,
the head of office shall return the same to the city general services officer, with the use
of Property Return Slip. The city general services officer, shall through the city mayor,
file an application for its disposal with the city auditor who shall conduct an inspection
and determination whether the subject property is with or without value.
Section 263. Responsibility of the City Auditor on Disposable Property. -

The city auditor shall inspect the supplies or property to be disposed of to determine
whether the same are with value or without value. He shall indicate his findings on the
Inventory, Inspection and Appraisal form and shall forward same to the Committee on
Awards with his recommendation. If the supplies or property are found to be valuable, he
shall recommend its sale thru public auction; otherwise, he shall recommend its
destruction in his presence.
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Section 264. Appraisal of Property by the Committee on Awards. - Upon
receipt of the Inventory, Inspection and Appraisal form, the Committee on Awards shall
appraise the supplies or property recommended by the city auditor to be disposed of
which appraisal shall be considered as the floor price in the public auction to be
conducted for the purpose under the supervision of said Committee.
CHAPTER V: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Article A: Reorganization
Section 265. Purpose. - The city government shall undergo reorganization if

deemed vital or necessary for the following purposes:
1. To ensure strict compliance as to the details and implications of committee

reorganization and to exercise extra care in mandatory provision of the
reorganization as well as to the setting to be adopted for its proper
implementation as hereby prescribed in the New Staffing Pattern for this city;
2. To cause for an excellent and successful result of the reorganization and

implementation, through careful study and deliberation on the basic aspects
and objectives of the reorganization scheme.
Section 266. Creation of Reorganization Committee. - The Reorganization

Committee shall be created composed of the following:

Vice-Chairman - City Vice-Mayor
Members - HRMO
- SP Members
- City Heads of Office
Section 267. Updating of Position Classification and Pay Plan. - The

approved position classification and pay plan of the City Government shall be regularly
updated depending on the changing needs of the City Government.
Article B: Program on Awards and Incentives for Service

Excellence
Section 268. Basic Policies. -
1. The City Government of Cauayan shall establish its own suggestions and
incentives awards system.
2. The system shall be designed to encourage creativity, innovativeness,
efficiency, integrity and productivity in the public service by recognizing and
rewarding officials and employees, individually or in groups for their
suggestions, inventions, superior accomplishments and other personal efforts
which contribute to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement in
government operations, or for other extraordinary acts or services in the
public interest.
3. The PRAISE shall adhere to the principle of providing incentives and awards
based on performance, innovative ideas and exemplary behavior.
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4. The PRAISE shall give emphasis on the timeless value of giving award or
recognition. Aside from conferment of awards during the traditional or planned
awarding ceremonies, the sprit of on-the spot grant of recognition shall be
institutionalized.
5. The PRAISE shall provide both monetary and non-monetary awards and
incentives to recognize, acknowledge and reward productive, creative,
innovative and ethical behavior of employees through formal and informal
mode. For this purpose, the System shall encourage the grant of non-
monetary awards. Monetary awards shall be granted only when the
suggestions, inventions, superior accomplishment and other personal efforts
result in monetary savings which shall not exceed 20% of the savings
generated.
6. At least 5% of the HRM Funds shall be allocated for the PRAISE and
incorporated in the agency’s Annual Work and Financial Plan and Budget.
7. The program shall be institutionalized through the creation of a PRAISE
Committee in the city government.
8. The PRAISE Committee shall have the following composition:
 The Local Chief Executive (LCE) or authorized representative who will act
as Chairperson;
 The City Treasurer or equivalent;
 The City Planning and Development Coordinator or equivalent;
 The City Human Resource Management Officer/Assistant or the career
service employee directly responsible for personnel management; and
 Two (2) representatives from the career rank-and file employees who
shall serve for a period of two years and chosen through a general
assembly or any other mode of selection to be conducted for the
purpose or designated by the registered union in the absence of an
accredited union (one from the first level and one from the second level).
1. The City Mayor or his authorized representative shall be responsible in
overseeing the System’s operation and the Human Resource Management
Office shall serve as the Secretariat.
9. The PRAISE Committee shall ensure the productivity, innovative ideas,
suggestions and exemplary behavior can be identified, considered, managed
and implemented on a continuing basis to cover employees at all levels.
10. The PRAISE Committee shall be responsible for the development,
administration, monitoring and evaluation of the awards and incentives
system of the local government unit. The city may, however, employ an
external or independent body to assist the PRAISE Committee to judiciously
and objectively implement the system of incentives and awards.
11. The PRAISE Committee shall establish its own internal procedures and
strategies. Membership in the Committee shall be considered part of the
member’s regular duties and functions.
12. The city shall submit Program on Award and Incentives for Service Excellence
(PRAISE) and its subsequent amendments to the Civil Service Commission
Regional Office or CSC Field Office wherein the CSC shall provide technical
assistance, if deemed necessary, to ensure proper implementation.
1. Establishment of a CSC-approved PRAISE shall be the basis of the grant of the
Productivity Incentive Bonus (PIB), other awards and incentives. The Annual
PRAISE Report shall be submitted by the agency to the Civil Service
Commission Regional Office on or before the thirtieth day of January to enable
their employees to quality for nomination to the CSC sponsored national
awards.
2. Issues relative to awards and incentives shall be brought before the PRAISE
Committee which shall address the same within fifteen (15) days from the
date of submission.
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Section 269. Objectives. -
a. General
- To encourage, recognize, and reward employees, individually and in
groups, for their suggestion, innovative ideas, inventions,
discoveries, superior accomplishment, heroic deeds, exemplary
behavior. Extraordinary acts or services in the public interest and
other personal efforts which contribute to the efficiency, economy
and improvement in government operations, which lead to
organizational productivity.
b. Specific
- To establish a mechanism for identifying, selecting, rewarding and
providing incentives to deserving employees at the start of each
year;
- To identify outstanding accomplishments, best practices of
employees on a continuing basis;
- To recognize and reward accomplishments and innovations
periodically or as the need arises;
- To provide incentives and interventions to motivate employees who
have contributed ideas suggestions, inventions, discoveries,
superior accomplishments and other personal efforts.
Section 270. Scope. - The System shall apply to all employees in the career and
non-career service of the LGU.
Section 271. Types of Awards. -
1. National Awards
The LGU shall participate in the search for deserving employees who may be
included in the screening of candidates for awards given by other government
agencies, private entities, NGOs and other award giving bodies such as the:
a. Presidential or Lingkod Bayan Award – conferred on an individual for

consistent, dedicated performance exemplifying the best in any
profession or occupation resulting in the successful implementation of
an idea or performance, which is of significant effect to the public or
principally affects national interest, security and patrimony.
b. Outstanding Public Official/Employee or Dangal ng Bayan Award –

granted to any public official or employee in government who has
demonstrated exemplary service and conduct on the basis of his
observance of one or more of the eight (8) norms of behavior described
under Republic Act No. 6713 or the Code Conduct of Ethical Standards
for Government Officials and Employees.
c. Civil Service Commission or the PAGASA Award – conferred on a group
of individual or team who has demonstrated outstanding teamwork
and cooperation, which resulted in the successful achievement of its
goal or has greatly improved public service delivery, economy in
operation, improved working conditions or otherwise benefitted the
government in many other ways.
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d. Other Awards – given by other government agencies, private
institutions or NGOs to an individual or team for contributions of an
idea or performance that directly benef the government.
2. Awards. The LGU shall develop and initiate the search for deserving
employees who may be included in the screening of candidates for awards to be given
such as;
a. Best Employees Award – granted to an individual or individuals who

excelled among peers in a functional group, position or profession. A
cash award of not less than the amount provided under relevant
existing laws shall be given to outstanding employees plus a certificate
or recognition or other forms of incentives as the Committee may
decide, e.g., Best Division Chief, Best Secretary, Best Legal Officer,
Best Driver, Best Utility Worker and other similar awards.
b. Gantimpala Agad Award – given outright to employees commended by

clients for their courtesy, promptness efficiency and dedication to duty.
c. Exemplary Behavior Award – based on the eight norms of conducts as

provided under RA 6713. The awardee will be automatically nominated
by the PRAISE Committee to the Dangal ng Bayan Award.
d. Best Organizational Unit Award – granted to the top organizational unit

which may be a section, division, or office on the basis of meeting the
organization’s performance targets and other pre-determined criteria.
e. Cost Economy Measure Award – granted to an employee or team

whose contribution such as ideas, suggestions; invention, discoveries
or performance of functions result in savings in terms of man hours
and cost or otherwise benefit the LGU. The monetary award shall not
exceed 20% of the monetary savings generated from the contribution.
f. Service Award – conferred on retirees whether under optional or

compulsory retirement schemes held during a fitting ceremony on or
before the date of their retirement.
g. Such other awards which the LGU may decide to give.
Section 272. Types of Incentives. - The City shall continuously search, screen
and reward deserving employees to motivate them to improve the quality of their
performance and instill excellence in public service. As such the following types of
incentives shall be regularly awarded:
1. Loyalty Incentive – granted to an employee who has served continuously and

satisfactorily the LGU for at least ten (10) years. The recipient shall be entitled
to a cash awards of not less than Php 500.00 but not more than Php 1, 000.00
per year during the first ten years. Succeeding awards shall be given every
five years thereafter. Besides cash awards, a lapel emblem/loyalty pin shall be
given:
10 and 15 years - Bronze
20 and 25 year - Silver
30, 35 & 40 years - Gold
Other tokens such as with watch, ring and others.
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2. Length of Service Incentive – Given to an employee who has rendered at least
three (3) years of continuous satisfactory service in the same position. The
cash award shall be incorporated in the salary adjustments following the Joint
CSC – DBM Circular No. 1, s. 1990.
3. Productivity Incentives – Given to all employees who have performed at least

satisfactorily for the year covered in accordance with the agency’s CSC –
approved PES. This incentive shall follow relevant existing guidelines.
4. Career and Self – Development Incentive – granted in recognition of an

individual who has satisfactorily completed a course or degree within or
outside the country at one’s own expense. A plaque of recognition may be
given to qualified individuals during the LGU anniversary celebration.
5. Other Incentives – Which the City PRASE Committee may recommend on the
basis of special achievements, innovative approaches to assignments,
exemplary service to the public and recognition by an outside group of a
particular achievement.
Section 273. Forms of Awards and Incentives. -
1. Compensatory Time – Off – granted to an employee who has worked beyond

his regular office hours on a project without overtime pay.
2. Flexiplace - work arrangement allowed for qualified employee/s who has
demonstrated responsibility, initiative, and capacity to produce output/result
and accomplishment outside of the workplace subject to established
guidelines.
3. “Salu-salo“ Together – meal hosted by superiors or supervisors for employees
who have made significant contributions.3.
4. Personal Growth Opportunities – incentives which may be in the form of
attendance in conferences on official business, membership in professional
organizations, books, journal, tapes, travel packages and other learning
opportunities.
5. Trophies, Plaque and Certificates
6. Monetary Award
7. Travel Packages
8. Other Incentives – incentives in kind which may be in the form of
merchandise, computers, pagers, cellular phones, reserved parking space,
recognition posted at the Wall of Frame, feature in agency publication, and
other.
The local government unit may, however, employ an external or independent

body to assist the PRAISE Committee to judiciously and objectively implement the
system of incentives and awards.
Article B: Grievance Machinery

1. A grievance shall be resolved expeditiously at all times at the lowest level

possible in the LGU. However, if not settled at the lowest level possible, an
aggrieved party shall present his or her grievance step by step following the
hierarchy of positions.
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2. The LGU of Cauayan establishes a grievance machinery that is the best way to
address grievance between or among government official and employees.
3. The aggrieved party shall be assured freedom from coercion, discrimination,

reprisal and biased action on the grievance.
4. Grievance proceedings shall not be bound by legal rules and technicalities.

Even verbal grievance must be acted upon expeditiously. The services of a
legal counsel shall not be allowed.
5. A grievance shall be presented verbally or in writing in the first instance by
the aggrieved party to his or her immediate supervisor. The latter shall, within
three (3) working days from the date of presentation, inform verbally the
aggrieved party of the corresponding action.
If the party being complained of is the immediate supervisor, the grievance

shall be presented to the next higher supervisor.
6. Grievance refers to work related issues giving rise to employee dissatisfaction.

The following cases shall be acted upon through the grievance machinery:
a. Non-implementation of policies, practices and procedures on economic
and financial issues and other terms and conditions of employment
fixed by law including salaries, incentives, working hours leave
benefits, and other related terms and conditions.
b. Non-implementation of policies, practices and procedures which affect
employees from recruitment to promotion, detail, transfer, retirement,
termination, lay-offs, and other related issues that affect them;
c. Physical working conditions;
d. Interpersonal relationship and linkages;
e. Protest on appointment; and
f. All other matters giving rise to employee dissatisfaction and
discontentment outside of those cases enumerated.
7. The following cases shall not be acted upon through the grievance machinery:
a. Disciplinary cases which shall be resolved pursuant to the Uniform
Rules on Administrative Cases;
b. Sexual harassment cases as provided for in RA 7877; and
c. Union-related issues and concerns.
8. Only permanent officials and employees, whenever applicable, shall be

appointed or elected as members of the Grievance Committee. In the
appointment or election of the Committee members, their integrity probity,
sincerity and credibility shall be considered.
9. The Local Government Unit shall establish a grievance committee. The

composition is as follows:
a. The Chairperson shall be the City Administrator.
b. All Department Heads are representative from the second level who
shall participate in the resolution of grievance of second level
employees.
c. Two (2) representatives from the career rank-and-file employees who
shall serve for a term of two (2) years and chosen through a general
assembly or any other mode of selection to be conducted for the
purpose who shall participate in the resolution of the grievance of first
level employees
d. The Bilis Aksyon Partner (BAP) duly designated.
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e. The City Mayor or his or her duly designated representatives shall be
appointed as member of the grievance committee.
10. The City Government shall ensure equal opportunity for men and women to be
represented in the grievance committee.
11. The city grievance committee shall develop and implement pro-active
measures that would prevent grievance, such as employee assembly which
shall be conducted at least once every quarter, “talakayan”, counseling, HRD
intervention and other similar activities;
12. The city personnel office, in collaboration with the city grievance committee
shall conduct a continuing information drive on grievance machinery among
its officials and employees.
13. The grievance committee may conduct an investigation and hearing within
ten (10) working days from receipt of the grievance and render a decision
within five (5) working days after the investigation. Provided, however, that
when the object of the grievance is the grievance committee, the aggrieved
party may submit the grievance to top management.
14. A grievance may be elevated to the Civil Service Commission Regional Office
only upon submission of a Certification on the Final Action on the Grievance
(CFAG) issued by the grievance committee. The CFAG shall contain, among
other things, the following information, history and final action;
15. The HRMO personnel of the city shall extend secretariat services to the
Grievance committee.
16. The grievance committee shall establish its own internal procedures and
strategies.
17. The grievance committee shall submit a quarterly report of its

accomplishments and status of unresolved grievance to the Civil Services
Commission Regional Office.
18. Supervisor or officials who refuse to take action on a grievance brought to

them shall be liable for neglect of duty in accordance with existing civil service
laws, rules and regulations.
19. The grievance machinery shall be submitted to the Civil Service Commission
Regional Office for approval. Subsequent amendments shall be subject to CSC
approval and shall take effect immediately.
Section 275. Scope. - The Grievance machinery applies to all levels of officials
and employees in the LGU. It may also apply to non-career employees whenever
applicable.
Section 276. Application or Grievance Machinery. - The following instances

shall be acted upon through the grievance machinery:
1. Non-implementation of policies, practices and procedures on economic and

financial issues and other terms and conditions of employment fixed by law,
including salaries, incentives, working hours leave benefits such as delay in
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the processing of overtime pay, unreasonable withholding of salaries and
inaction on application for leave;
2. Non-implementation of policies, practices and procedures which affect

employees from recruitment to promotion, detail, transfer, retirement,
termination, lay-off and other related issues that affect them such as failure to
observe selection process in appointment, and undue delay in the processing
of retirement papers;
3. Inadequate physical working conditions such as lack of proper ventilation in

the workplace, and insufficient facilities and equipment necessary for the
safety and protection of employees whose nature and place of work are
classified as high risk or hazardous;
4. Poor interpersonal relationship and linkages such as unreasonable refusal to

give information by one employee to another;
5. Protest on appointment; and
6. All other matters giving rise to employee dissatisfaction and discontentment

outside of those cases enumerated above.
The following cases shall not be acted upon through the grievance machinery:
1. Disciplinary cases which shall be resolved pursuant to the Uniform Rules on

Administrative Cases;
2. Sexual harassment cases as provided for in RA 7877; and
3. Union-related issues and concerns.
Section 277. Grievance Procedures. - The procedure for seeking redress of

grievance shall be as follows:
1. Discussion with Immediate Supervisor. At the first instance, a grievance shall

be presented verbally or in writing by the aggrieved party to his or her
immediate supervisor. The supervisor shall inform the aggrieved party of the
corresponding action within three (3) working days from the date of
presentation. Provided, however, that where the object of the grievance is the
immediate supervisor, the aggrieved party may bring the grievance to the
next higher supervisor.
2. Appeal to the Higher Supervisor. If the aggrieved party is not satisfied with the
verbal decision, he or may submit the grievance in writing, within (5) days to
the next higher supervisor who shall render his decision within (5) working
days from receipt of the grievance.
3. Appeal to the Grievance Committee. The decision of the next higher

supervisor may be elevated to the grievance committee within five (5)
working days from receipt of the decision of the next higher supervisor.
The grievance committee may conduct an investigation and hearing within

ten (10) working days from receipt of the grievance and render a decision
within five (5) working days after the investigation. Provided, however, that
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where the object of the grievance is the committee, the aggrieved party may
submit the grievance to top management.
4. Appeal to Top Management. If the aggrieved party is not satisfied with the
decision of the grievance committee, he may elevate his grievance within five
(5) working days from receipt of the decision through the committee to top
management who shall make the decision within ten (10) working days after
the receipt of the grievance. Provided, however, that where the object of the
grievance is the top management, the aggrieved party may bring his or her
grievance to the Civil Service Commission Regional Office;
5. Appeal to the Civil Service Commission Regional Office. If the aggrieved party
is not satisfied with the decision of top management, he may appeal or
elevate his or her grievance to the Civil Service Commission Regional Office
within fifteen (15) working days from the receipt of such decision. Together
with the appeal, the aggrieved party shall submit a certification on the final
action on the Grievance (CFAG). The Civil Service Commission Regional Office
shall rule on the appeal in accordance with existing civil service law, rules and
regulations.
Section 278. Responsibilities of the Grievance Committee. - In addition to

finding the best way to address specific grievance, the committee shall have the
following responsibilities:
1. Establish its own internal procedures and strategies. Membership in the

grievance committee shall be considered part of the member’s regular duties;
2. Develop and implement pro-active measures or activities to prevent grievance
such as employee assembly which shall be conducted at least once every
quarter, “talakayan”, counseling and other HRD intervention. Minutes of the
proceedings of these activities shall be documented for audit purposes;
3. Conduct continuing information drive on Grievance machinery among officials
and employees in collaboration with the personnel unit;
4. Conduct dialogue between and among the parties involved;
5. Conduct an investigation and hearing within ten (10) working days from
receipt of the grievance and render a decision within five (5) working days
after investigation. Provided, however, that where the object of the grievance
committee , the aggrieved party may submit the grievance to top
management ;
6. Direct the documentation of the grievance including the preparation and
signing of written agreements reached by the parties involved;
7. Issue Certification on the Final Action on the Grievance (CFAG) which shall
contain, among other things, the following information: history and final action
taken by the agency on the grievance; and
8. Submit a quarterly report of its accomplishment and status of unresolved
grievance to the Civil Service Commission Regional Office.
The personnel unit of the agency shall extend secretariat services to the
grievance committee
Section 279. Grievance Forms. -
The following forms shall be used:
1. Grievance Form
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GRIEVANCE FORM
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(Date Filed)
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Name of Aggrieved Party Section/Division/Office
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Position Title/Designation (if any) Aggrieved Party’s Higher
Supervisor
Nature/subject of Grievance
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Action desired
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Name of Parties to a Grievance ___________________________________

Nature of the Grievance _________________________________________
Steps toward Settlement _________________________________________
Agreement/s Reached
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We promise … Failure on the part of the parties to comply will warrant the filing of
appropriate administrative complaint/s.
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Aggrieved Party Chairman Grievance Committee Subject of
Grievance
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CERTIFICATE OF FINAL ACTION ON THE GRIEVANCE
This certifies that the grievance filed by ______________________________________

(Aggrieved Party)
on _________________________ has been acted upon by this Committee on

____________________________.
Final Action Taken _________________________________

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Date ____________________
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Chairman
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Article C: Selection and Promotion
1. Selection of employees for appointment in the city government shall be open

to all qualified men and women according to the principle of merit and fitness.
There shall be equal employment opportunity for men and women at all levels
of position in the city; provided they meet the minimum requirements of the
position to be filled. There shall be no discrimination in the selection of
employees on account of gender, civil status, disability, religion, ethnicity,
political or age requirements.
2. Merit Promotion Plan shall cover positions in the first, second and third level
and shall also include original appointment and other related personnel
actions.
3. When a position in the first, second or third level becomes vacant, applicants
for employment who are competent, qualified and possess appropriate civil
service eligibility shall be considered for permanent appointment. In addition
to the required qualifications, applicants for third level position must possess
executive and managerial competence.
4. Vacant positions marked for filling shall be published in accordance with the
Republic Act 7041 (Publication Law). The published vacant positions shall also
be posted in at least (3) conspicuous places in the city hall for at least ten (10)
calendar days. Other appropriate modes of publication shall be considered.
Filling of vacant positions in the Local Government Unit shall be made after
fifteen (15) days from their publication.
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The publication of a particular vacant positions shall be valid until filled up but
not to extend beyond six (6) months reckoned from the date the vacant
position was published.
5. A personnel Selection Board (PBS) for first and second level positions shall be
established in the city with the following composition:
a. Chairman
a.1 City Mayor or his duly authorized representative;
a.2 Vice Mayor or the authorized representative if the vacant position

is in his Office or in the Office of the Sanggunian;
b. Members:
City Heads of offices or their authorized career service representative of

the organizational unit (as members) where the vacancy exists;
Human Resource Management Officer or the career service employee
directly responsible for personnel management;
Two representatives of the rank-and file career employees, one from the
first level and one from the second level, who shall both be chosen by the
accredited employee association in the LGU.
In case there is no accredited employee association, the representatives shall be

chosen at large by the employees through a general assembly. The candidate who
garnered the second highest votes shall automatically be the alternative representative.
Any other mode of selection may be conducted for the purpose.
The first level representative shall participate during the screening of candidates
for vacancies in the first level; the second level representative shall participate in the
screening of candidates for vacancies in the second level. Both rank-and-file
representatives shall serve for a period of three (3) years. For continuity of operation,
the LGU accredited employee association may designate an alternate.
6. The PSB members including alternate representatives for first, second and
third level positions shall undergo orientation and workshop on the
selection/promotion process and CSC policies on appointments.
7. The city mayor shall, as far as practicable, ensure equal opportunity for
men and women to be represented in the PSB for all levels;
8. For vacancies in the first and second levels, all qualified next-in-rank
employees shall be automatically considered candidates for promotion to the
next higher position;
9. The PSB shall maintain fairness and impartially in the assessment of

candidates for appointment. Towards this end, the PSB may employ the
assistance of external or independent resource persons and may initiate
innovative schemes in determining the best and most qualified candidate.
10. The appointing authority shall assess the merits of the PSB’s recommendation
for appointment and in the exercise of sound discretion, select, in so far as
practicable, from among the top five ranking applicants, deemed most
qualified for appointment to the vacant position.
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11. The appointing authority may appoint an applicant who is not next in rank but
possesses superior qualification and competence, and has undergone
selection process.
12. An employee should have rendered at least very satisfactory service for the
last rating period in the present position before being considered for
promotion.
13. The approved agency Merit Promotion Plan shall be used as one of the
bases for the expeditious approval of appointments, for attestation and
accreditation to take final action on appointments.
Section 281. Objectives of Merit Promotion Plan. -
1. Establish a system that is characterized by strict observance of the merit,

fitness and equality principles in the selection of employees for appointment
to positions in the career and non-career service in all levels.
2. Create equal opportunity for employment to all qualified men and women to
enter the government service and for career advancement in the City.
Section 282. Scope. - This Merit Selection Plan shall cover career positions in the
first, second and third level in the City including its attached offices. It may also include
non-career positions.
Section 283. Procedure. -
1. Publish the vacant position in the CSC Bulletin of vacant position or through
other mode of publication and post the same in three (3) conspicuous places
in the City for at least ten (10) days. Men and women shall be encouraged to
apply. Vacant positions which are not filled within six (6) months should be
republished.
The following positions are exempted from the publication requirement:
a. Primary confidential positions;

b. Positions which are policy determining;
c. Highly technical positions;
d. Other career positions
e. Third level positions (Career Executive service); and
f. Positions to be filled by existing regular employees in the agency in
case of reorganization.
2. List candidates aspiring for the vacant positions, either from within or outside
the agency, including qualified next-in-rank employees. In the process, the
following should be considered.
a. The pre-determined ratio of applicants for appointment or hiring quota.
b. An employee may be promoted or transferred to a position which is not

more than three (3) salary, pay or job grades higher than the
employee’s present position except, in very meritorious cases, such as:
if the vacant position is next-in-rank as identified in the SRP approved
by the City Mayor, or the lone or entrance position indicated in the LGU
staffing pattern.
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c. An employee who is on local or foreign scholarship or training grant or
pregnant or on maternity leave may be considered for promotion. For
this purpose, the performance ratings to be considered be the rating
immediately prior to or after the scholarship or training grant or
maternity leave. If promoted, the effectivity date of the promotional
appointment shall be after the scholarship or training grant or
maternity leave.
d. Promotion within six (6) months prior to compulsory retirement shall

not be allowed except as otherwise provided by law.
3. Conduct preliminary evaluation of the qualification of all candidates. Those

initially found qualified shall undergo further assessment such as: written
examination, skills test, interview and others. After which, selection line-up
shall be prepared and posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the city for at
least fifteen (15) calendar days. The date of posting shall be indicated in the
notice.
a. The selection line-up shall reflect the comparative competence and

qualification of candidates on the basis of:
(i) PERFORMANCE
For appointment by promotion, the performance rating of the

appointee for the rating period prior to the effectivity date of the
appointment should be at least very satisfactory.
For appointment by transfer, the performance rating for the last

rating period immediately preceding the transfer from the former
office or agency should be at least very satisfactory.
(ii) 3.1.2 EDUCATION and TRAINING – include educational

background, successful completion of training courses
accredited by the Civil Service Commission, scholarships,
training grants and others which must be relevant to the duties
of the position to be filled.
(iii) EXPERIENCE and 0UTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT – include

occupational history, relevant work experience acquired either
from the government or private sector, and accomplishment
worthy of special commendation.
(iv) PSYCHO-SOCIAL ATTRIBUTES and PERSONALITY TRAITS – refer

to the characteristics or traits of a person which involve both
psychological and social aspects. Psychological includes the
way he perceives things, ideas, beliefs and understanding and
how he acts and relates these things to other and in social
situations.
(v) POTENTIAL – refers to the capacity and ability of a candidate to

assume the duties of the position to be filled and those of
higher or more responsible positions.
A greater percentage weight shall be allocated to performance.
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4. Notify all applicants of the outcome of the preliminary evaluation.
5. Submit the selection line-up to the PSB for deliberation en banc. Appointment
to the following position shall no longer be screened by the PSB.
a. Substitute appointment due to their short duration and emergency

nature. However, should the position be filled by regular appointment,
candidates for the position be screened and passed upon by the PSB.
b. Appointment to entry laborer positions;
c. Appointment to personal and primarily confidential positions, and
d. Renewal of temporary appointment issued to the incumbent personnel.
6. Make a systematic assessment to the competence and qualification of

candidates for appointment to the corresponding level position. Evaluate and
deliberate en banc the qualification of those listed in the selection line-up.
7. Submit the list of candidates recommended for appointment from which the
appointing authority shall choose the applicant to be appointed.
The list of recommended candidates should specify the top-five ranking

candidates whose over-all point scores are comparatively at par based on the
comparative assessment.
8. Assess the merits of the PSB’s recommendation for appointment and in the
exercise of sound discretion, select in so far as practicable, from among the
top five ranking applicants deemed most qualified for appointment to the
vacant position.
9. Issue appointment in accordance with the provisions of the city Merit Selection
Plan.
10. Post a notice announcing the appointment of an employee in three (3)

conspicuous places in the city a day after the issuance of the appointment for
at least fifteen (15) days. The date of posting should be indicated in the
notice.
Section 284. Grievance. -
1. A qualified next-in-rank employee may present the grievance with the

grievance machinery under the following conditions::
a. Non-Compliance with the selection process;
b. Discrimination on account of gender, civil status, disability, pregnancy,

religion, ethnicity or political affiliation;
c. Disqualification of applicant to a career position for reason of lack of

confidence of the appointing authority; and
d. Other violations of the provisions of the Merit Selection Plan.
Section 285. Composition of the Personnel Selection Board (PSB). -
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1. The Personnel Selection Board for 1st, 2nd and 3rd levels shall have the
following function and responsibilities:
a. Adopt a formal screening procedure and formulate criteria for the

evaluation of candidates for appointment, taking into consideration the
following:
(i) Reasonable and valid standards and methods of evaluating the

competence and qualification of all applicants competing for a
particular position.
(ii) Criteria Criteria for evaluation of qualification of applicants for

appointment must suit the job requirements of the position.
b. Disseminate screening procedure and criteria for selection to all

officials and employees and interested applicants. Any modification of
the procedure and criteria for selection shall likewise be properly
disseminated;
c. Prepare a systematic assessment of the competence and qualification

of candidates for appointment. Maintain fairness and impartiality in the
assessment of candidates. Towards this end, the PSB may employ the
assistance of external or independent resource persons and may
initiate innovative schemes in determining the best and most qualified
candidate;
d. Evaluate and deliberate en banc the qualification of those listed in the

selection line up;
e. submit the list of candidates recommended for appointment from

which the appointing authority shall choose the applicant to be
appointed. The list of recommended candidates should specify the top
five ranking candidates whose over-all point scores are comparatively
at par based on the comparative assessment.
f. Maintain records of the deliberations whish must be made accessible to

interested parties upon written request and for inspection and audit by
the CSC; and
g. Orient the officials and employees in the agency pertaining to policies

relative to personal actions, including the gender and development
dimension of the Merit Selection Plan.
Section 286. Functions and Responsibilities. -
1. The Human Resource Management Officer (HRMO) shall have the following
functions and responsibilities.
a. Disseminate copies of the LGU Merit Selection Plan (MSP) and its
annexes to all LGU personnel after approval thereof by the civil Service
Commission. An orientation shall also be conducted by the HRD unit
within (6) months upon approval of the MSP. This orientation is meant
to ensure awareness and understanding of the plan. A report on the
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same shall be submitted to the Civil Service Field Office for record
purposes;
b. Develop a system of Ranking Position which will be submitted for
approval of the appointing authority, copy furnished the Civil Service
Commission and its Field Office, for reference purposes.
c. Identify vacant positions that may be enrolled in the Brightest for the
Bureaucracy Program (BBP);
d. Develop a Plan which shall set forth the number, knowledge and skills
of personnel needed to achieve the organization’s goals, objectives
and programs.
e. Develop and maintain an updated qualification database of employees
to include education, training, experience, skills , competencies, and
other similar information;
f. Develop a program to fast track the career movement of employees
with superior qualification, and
g. Publish vacant position in the CSC Bulletin of Vacant position or
through other modes of publication and post the same in three (3)
conspicuous places in the LGU for at least ten (10) calendar days.
h. Prepare a list of candidates aspiring for the vacant position either from
within or outside the LGU, including qualified next – in- rank employees
within fifteen (15) days from completion of the preliminary evaluation.
In the process, the following should be considered.
j. Notify all applicants of the outcome of the preliminary evaluation:
k.. Submit selection line-up to the PSB for deliberation en banc.
2. The employees shall be responsible for updating their Data sheet annually, if
deemed necessary, and submit supporting documents thereto to the HRD
Unit.
3. The appointing authority shall have the following functions and

responsibilities:
a. Establish a Personal Selection Board and see to it that all PSB members
undergo orientation and workshop on the selection/promotion process
and CSC policies on appointments. The agency head shall, as far as
practicable, ensure equal opportunity for men and women to be
represented in the PSB for all levels;
b. Assess the merit of the PSB’s recommendations for appointment and in
the exercise of sound discretion, select, in so far as practicable,. from
among the following:
 top five ranking applicants deemed most qualified to the vacant
positions;
 applicants who have undergone deep selection and found to
possess superior qualifications; and
 pool of the Brightest for the Bureaucracy Program (BBP);
c. Issue appointment in accordance with the provisions of the LGUMerit

Selection Plan.
Article D: Local Performance and Productivity Measurement
Section 287. Statement of Policy. - The City Government shall adopt the Local
Productivity and Performance Measurement System (LPPMS) developed by the
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Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as a tool to assess the city
government productivity and service delivery performance in terms of Efficiency,
Effectiveness, Equity and Adequacy. It shall be applied to determine the obtaining
internal capabilities and service delivery performance of the city government.
Section 288. The LPPMS City Committee. - There shall be created an LPPMS
City Committee which shall be composed of the following:
Chairperson - City Mayor

Vice-Chairperson - CLGOO
Members - City Planning and Development Coordinator
- City Treasurer
- City Assessor
- City Budget Officer
- One (1) Sangguniang Panlungsod to be designated by the
Vice-Mayor
- Other City officials as maybe designated by the City Mayor
Section 289. Functions of the LPPMS City Committee. - The LPPMS City
Committee shall have the following functions:
1. Implement the Local Performance Productivity and Performance Measurement

System;
2. Provide the DILG Regional Committee with LPPMS report;
3. Establish and maintain a computer-based LPPMS Data Bank; and
4. Attend to other similar tasks and responsibilities as may be necessary and
appropriate.
TITLE V: CITY GOVERNMENT PROGRAM THRUSTS AND

SUPPORT
INSTITUTIONS FOR THE EFFECTIVE DELIVERY OF SOCIAL
SERVICES
CHAPTER I: AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
Article A: Animal Health Care

Section 290. Animal Health Care. - There shall be a continuous animal health
care program for the following:
1. Foot and mouth disease control activities such as vaccination, checkpoint and
treatment twice a year.
2. Rabbies control activities, house-to-house vaccination of dogs.
3. Hemmorrhagic Septicemia control-vaccination of cattle and carabaos.
4. Surne plague control-vaccination of pigs.
Section 291. Foot and Mouth Disease Control. - The rules and regulations in
the control of foot and mouth disease shall be in accordance with Administrative Order
No. 7 series of 1995 issued by the Department of Agriculture on March 24, 1995.
Section 292. Creation of the City Foot and Mouth Disease Inter-agency
Task Force. - There shall be created a City Foot and Mouth Disease Inter – agency Task
Force.
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1. Composition – The Inter –agency task force shall be composed of the
following:

Action Officer - City Veterinarian
Members - City Meat Control Officer of National Meat Inspection
Commission (NMIC)
City Director, Philippine
National Police
CAFC Chairman
2. Functions – The functions of the Inter-agency Task Force shall be the following:
a. Prepare in consonance with the Region’s or foot and Mouth Disease
Program, a City Foot and Mouth Disease Control and Eradication
Program for implementation in the City of Cauayan.
b. Identify, inventory, request and make available the appropriate
manpower, equipment, material and budgetary resources from
respective participating agencies, private organizations and other
volunteer agencies for use in the foot and Mouth Disease Control and
Eradication Program in the city.
c. Coordinate, facilitate, and in particular instances implement the Foot
and Mouth Disease Control and Eradication Program.
d. Organize the city foot and Mouth Disease Task force Component
Teams.
e. Initiate the organization of City Foot and Mouth Disease Task Force.
f. Extend the required assistance to the Barangay Level Task Forces for
which purpose the city “quick response team” shall be organized.
g. Monitor the implementation of the foot and Mouth Disease Control and
Eradication Program in the city.
h. Submit status report to the City/Provincial Foot and Mouth Disease Task
Force.
i. Organize checkpoints in strategic locations within the city to
discourage and apprehend shipment of affected animals.
3. Priorities – The city government shall give priority to backyard animal raisers
in the distribution and administration of vaccines to susceptible animals.
Article B: City Agricultural and Fisheries Council

Section 293. Composition. - There shall be created a City Agricultural and
Fisheries Council to be composed of:
Vice Chairman - City Agriculturist (Government Sector)
- NGO involved in agriculture (Private Sector)
Secretariat Coordinator - Appointed by the Chairman from the
government
Sector upon recommendation of the council
Treasurer - Elected by the Body
Auditor - Elected by the Body
Members - City Planning and Development Coordinator
- DILG City Officer
- NGO Representatives
Section 294. Functions. - The City Agricultural and Fisheries Council shall:
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1. Identify and assess the diverse needs and resources of the area, in
consultation with government and non-government organization to bring
about a collective effort in agricultural development
2. Participate in policy assessment and formulation, planning of programs and
projects to meet the identified needs in agriculture, fishery, agri-business and
related activities; and
3. Assist the DA and its attached agencies and the agricultural offices of the
LGUs in organizing monitoring and evaluation of its services.
Article C: City Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management

Councils
Section 295. Composition. - There shall be created a City Fisheries and Aquatic
Resources Management Councils (FARMCs) to be composed of:
- City Planning and Development Officer

- Chairman, Agriculture/Fishery Committee of the Sangguniang
Panlungsod
- Representative of the City Development Council
- Representative from the private sector
- Representative from the Department of Agriculture and Fisherfolk
organizations,
- Cooperatives and NGOs in the locality.
- City Agriculturist
Article D: Rabies Control
Section 296. Composition of City Rabies Control Committee. - A City Rabies

Control Committee (MRCC) is hereby formed and shall formulate guidelines for the
implementation of this article and other rabies control-related activities, as it may deem
necessary. The Committee shall be composed of the following members, subject to
additional membership as the need arises;

Vice-Chairman - City Agriculturist
Members - City Health officer
- Chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Sangguniang
Panlungsod)
- PNP Chief of Police
- Schools District Supervisor
- President, Liga ng mga Barangay
- City Livestock Technician
- Information Officer
- Two ( 2) Representatives of NGO/PO
CHAPTER II: COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT

Section 297. Statement of Policy. - The City Government shall foster the
creation and growth of cooperatives as practical vehicle for promoting self-reliance and
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harnessing people power towards the attainment of economic development and social
justice.
Section 298. Creation of the Cauayan Cooperative Development Council

(CCDC). - There shall be created a Cauayan Cooperative Development Council. It shall
serve as the forum for the discussion of various problems and issues affecting
cooperatives in Cauayan and to act on such problems, issues and concerns.
1. Composition of Cauayan Cooperative Coordinating Council – The Council shall

be composed of the following:
a. City Cooperative Officer or Representatives of the City Government
b. Chairman of the City Development Council
c. Cooperative Leaders of the City Federation and Unions including Non-
government Organizations in the city level
d. Representative of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (Chairman,
Cooperative/Agriculture)
2. The council may create such committee/s that will make coordination
effective.
3. The CDA shall be the Vice-Chairman of the Council at all levels and provide
coordinative and secretariat services to the councils. The Chairman of the
council shall be chosen from among the members. His term shall be for the
period of not more than one year.
4. The Council shall meet at least once a month on the date and place agreed
upon by the members present. The decision of the council shall be
consensus.
5. Functions and powers of the Council.
The Council shall have the following functions and powers:
a. To assist in the formulation of policies in cooperative development

within the areas of such councils;
b. To harmonize and monitor the implementation of various cooperative
development plans and projects;
c. To operationalize and monitor the cooperative Medium Term
Development Plan (CMTDP) through the efforts of all sectors, and to
develop such development plans as maybe required in line with
CMTDP;
d. To share scarce resources towards the full realization of such
development plan;
e. To serve as a forum for the discussion of various problems, issues and
concerns affecting cooperative within the area, and to proposed
solutions to them;
f. To recognize and promote the observance of the principle of
subsidiarity and the universal cooperative principles as embodied in
the Cooperative Code of the Philippines
CHAPTER III: EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT
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Article A: Local School Board
Section 299. Creation, Composition, Compensation. - There shall be

established a city school board to be composed of the city mayor and the city
superintendent of schools as co-chairman; the chairman of the education committee of
the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the city treasurer, the representative of the Pederasyon ng
mga Sangguniang Kabataan in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, the duly elected president
of the city federation of parents-teachers associations in the city, and the duly elected
representative of the non-academic personnel of public schools in the city, and
members. In the event that a city has two (2) or more school superintendents, and in the
event that a city has two (2) or more district supervisors, the co-chairman of the local
school board shall be determined as follows:
1. The Department of Education, shall designate the co-chairman for the city
school board; and
2. The city schools superintendent shall designate the district supervisor who
shall serve as co-chairman of the city school board.
The performance of the duties and responsibilities of the above-mentioned

officials in their respective local schools boards shall not be delegated.
Section 300. Functions of City School Board. - The city school board shall:
1. Determine, in accordance with the criteria set by the Department of

Education, the annual supplementary budgetary needs for the operation and
maintenance of public schools within the city and the supplementary local
cost of meeting such needs, which shall be reflected in the form of an annual
school board budget corresponding to its share of the proceeds of the special
levy on real property constituting the special Education funds and such other
sources of revenue;
2. Authorize the city treasurer, to disburse funds from the special Education
Funds pursuant to the budget prepared and in accordance with existing rules
and regulations;
3. Serve as an advisory committee to the Sanggunian on educational matters
such as, but not limited to, the necessity for and the uses of local
appropriations for educational purposes; and
4. Recommend changes in the names of public schools within the territorial
jurisdiction of the local government unit for enactment by the Sangguniang.
The Department of Education shall consult the city school board on the
appointment of city superintendents, district supervisors, school principals, and other
school officials.
Section 301. Meeting and Quorum, Budget - The City School Board shall meet
at least once a month or as often or as may be necessary. Any of the co-chairmen may
call a meeting. A majority of all its members shall constitute a quorum. However, when
both co-chairmen are present in a meeting, the local chief executive, as a matter division
superintendent, city superintendent or district supervisor, as the case may be, shall
prepare the budget of the school board concerned. Such budget shall be supported by
programs, projects and activities of the school board for the ensuing year. The
affirmative vote of the majority of all the members shall be necessary to approve the
budget. The Annual school board budget shall give priority to the following: (Title Four
Section 100 LGC 1991)
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1. Construction, repair, and maintenance of school buildings and other facilities
of public elementary and secondary schools;
2. Establishment and maintenance of extension classes where necessary; and
3. Sports activities at the division, district, city and barangay levels.
Section 302. Compensation and Remuneration. - The co-chairmen and

members of the city school board shall perform their duties as such without
compensation or remuneration. Members thereof who are not government officials or
employees shall be entitled to necessary traveling expenses and allowances chargeable
against the funds of the local school board, subject to existing accounting and auditing
rules and regulations.
CHAPTER IV: HEALTH, NUTRITION AND SANITATION
Article A: Nutrition
Section 303. Creation of the City Nutrition Council. - There shall be created a
City Nutrition Council to be composed of:
Chairman: - City Mayor

Members: - Representatives from the following government agencies:
- City Health Office
- Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
- Department of Education
- Department of Science and Technology (DOST)
- Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
- Department of labor and Employment (DOLE)
- City Budget Office
- City Agricultural Office
- City Social Welfare and Development
- Three Representative from the private sector to be
appointed by the Chairman.
Section 304. Secretariat. - The City Nutrition Office shall serve as the Secretariat
of the council.
Section 305. The Nutrition Action Center. - There shall be established a

Nutrition Action Center which shall provide, technical assistance to the City Nutrition
Council.
Section 306. Powers and Functions. - The powers and functions of the city
nutrition council shall be the following:
1. Formulation of local food and nutrition policies, strategies, programs and

projects for nutrition improvement;
2. Coordination in the planning, Implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
the integrated local food and nutrition program;
3. Coordination between local government officials and other concerned
institutions for resource generation; and
4. Calling on the local government unit for assistance in the form of personnel,
facilities and resources as the need arises.
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Section 307. The Lingkod Lingap sa Nayon or Barangay Nutrition Scholar
Program. - The Barangay Nutrition Scholar Program (BNSP) is a strategy under the
Philippine food and Nutrition Plan which involves training, development and supervision
of volunteer workers or Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS). This strategy was mandated
with the promulgation of Presidential Decree No. 1569 on July 11, 1978 which requires
the development of one (1) BNS in every barangay and for the National Nutrition Council
(NNC) to administer the project in cooperation with local government units.
Section 308. Qualifications for Barangay Nutrition Scholars. -
1. A bonafide resident of the barangay for more than one year (at least year is
required), and can speak the dialect fluently;
2. Willing to serve the barangay;
3. An high school graduate/college level;
4. Physically and mentally fit, and
5. More than 18 years old but not younger
Section 309. Duties and Functions of Barangay Nutrition Scholars. -
1. Locate and follow – up nutrition problems of the community through a

community survey;
2. Weighting of all pre–schoolers;
3. Organizing Mother class or community nutrition education by conducting
home visits;
4. Managing community based feeding centers under the supervision of the
nutrition action center;
5. Distributing seeds, seedlings, and small animals from the Department of
Agriculture and other government organization and non-government
organization and non-government organizations to promote home or
community food gardens;
6. Informing the community on scheduled Immunization and other health
activities together with the local midwife and other workers;
7. Keeps records of the results of the annual, monthly and quarterly weighting,
together with a diary of activities; and
8. Attend meetings.
Section 310. Incentives. - There shall be formulated an incentive program for

Barangay Nutrition Scholars/Lingkod Lingap Barangay which shall include the following
monthly incentive:
P200.00/month/BNS
P15.00/month/BNS
P15.00/month/BNS
Article B: Health
Section 311. Composition. - There is hereby created a city Dengue Task Force
which shall monitor and coordinate all efforts towards the prevention of dengue. The city
Dengue Task Force shall be composed of:

Co-Chairman - City Health Officer
Member - SP Chairman, Committee on Health
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- City Dengue Coordinator
- School District Supervisor, DepEd
- City Health Nurse
- Rural Sanitary inspector
- NGO/PO representatives
Section 312. Provision of Healthy and Safe Working Environment for City
Employees. - In pursuance to DILG Memorandum Circular No. 98-54 dated 10 March
1998, the city government shall continue to safeguard and promote the welfare of its
employees by setting aside from the budget of the Office of the City Mayor an amount
for:
1. Regular annual mental, physical/medical check-up;

2. Maintenance of clean and adequate comfort rooms, potable water, safe
building or office facilities; and
3. Health safety measures against fire and other hazards.
Section 313. HIV/AIDS Education in Communities. - The City Government, in

collaboration with the Department of Health (DOH), shall conduct an education and
information campaign on HIV/AIDS which shall properly be coordinated with concerned
government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and church-based groups.
Section 314. The City Health Board. - There shall be established a city health
board which shall be composed of the following:
The City Health Board shall be headed by:

Vice-Chairman - City Health Officer
Members - Committee on Health
- Representative from the private sector or non-
governmental organizations involved in health services
- Department of Health
Section 315. Meetings and Quorum. -
1. The board shall meet at least once a month or as often as may be necessary.
2. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but the
chairman or the vice-chairman must be present during meetings where
budgetary proposals are being prepared or considered. The affirmative vote of
all the majority of the members shall be necessary to approve such proposals.
Section 316. Compensation and Remuneration. - The chairman, vice
chairman, and members of the city health board shall perform their duties as such
without compensation or remuneration. Members thereof who are not government
officials or employees shall be entitled to necessary travelling expenses and allowances
chargeable against the funds of the city health board, subject to existing accounting and
auditing rules and regulations.
Section 317. Medicare Para sa Masa Program. - The Medicare Para sa Masa
Program is hereby adopted with the following purposes:
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1. To support the State policy of providing an integrated and comprehensive
approach to health development which shall endeavor essential goods, health
and other services available to all people at affordable cost;
2. To provide free medical care to paupers
3. Provide a mechanism to identify qualified indigent families and to grant them
membership to National Health Insurance Program through full or partial
subsidies. It will enable them access to medical services in all Philhealth
accredited providers;
4. To vastly improve the overall health status of the population and ultimately
their general quality of life.
CHAPTER V: PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE

DEVELOPMENT
Article A: Pre-qualification, Bids and Award Committee (PBAC)

Section 318. City Pre-qualification, Bids and Award Committee (PBAC). -
There is hereby created a city pre-qualification, bids and awards committee which shall
be primarily responsible for the conduct of pre-qualification of contractors, bidding,
evaluation of bids, and the recommendation of awards concerning local infrastructure
projects. The City Pre-Qualification Bids and Award Committee shall be composed of the
following:
1. The Chairman of the appropriations committee of the sanggunian;

2. A representative of the minority party in the sanggunian concerned, if any, or
if there be none, one (1) chosen by the sanggunian from among its members;
3. The city treasurer;
4. Two (2) representatives of non-governmental organizations that are
represented in city development council, to be chosen by the organizations
themselves; and
5. Any practicing certified public accountant from the private sector, to be
designated by the city chapter of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, if any.
Representatives of the Commission on Audit shall observe the proceedings of

such committee and shall certify that the rules and procedures for pre-qualification, bids
and awards have been complied with.
The agenda and other information relevant to the meetings of such committee
shall be deliberated upon by the committee at least one (1) week before the holding of
such meetings.
All meetings of the committee shall be held in the City Hall. The minutes of such
meetings of the committee and any decision made therein shall be duly recorded, posted
at a prominent place in the city hall, and delivered by the most expedient means to city
officials concerned.
Section 319. Technical Committee. - (a) There is hereby created a technical

committee in the city to provide technical assistance to the city pre-qualification, bids
and awards committees. It shall be composed of the city engineer, the city planning and
development coordinator, and such other officials designated by the city pre-
qualification, bids and awards committee. (b) The Chairman of the technical committee
shall be designated by the city pre-qualification, bids and awards committee and shall
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attend its meeting in order to present the reports and recommendations of the city
technical committee.
CHAPTER VI: PEACE AND ORDER
Article A: People’s Law Enforcement Board (PLEB)
Section 320. Creation and Functions. - There shall be created by the

Sangguniang Panlungsod a People’s Law Enforcement Boards (PLEB). The PLEB shall
have jurisdiction to hear and decide citizens complaints or cases filed before it against
erring officers and members of the PNP.
1. Composition and Term of Office – The PLEB shall be composed of the following:
a. any member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod chosen by his respective
sanggunian;
b. Any barangay captain of the city chosen by liga ng mga of barangay;
and
c. Three (3) other members who shall be chosen by the peace and order
council from among the respected members of the community known
for their probity and integrity, one (1) of whom must be a member of
the Bar or, in the absence thereof, a college graduate, or the principal
of the central elementary school in the city.
The Chairman of the PLEB shall be elected from among its members. The term of
office of the members of the PLEB shall be for a period of two (2) years from assumption
of office. Such member shall hold office until his successor shall have been chosen and
qualified.
2. Compensation – Membership in the PLEB is a civic duty. However, PLEB

members may be paid per diem as may be determined by the city council
from city funds.
3. Procedure –
a. The PLEB, by a majority vote of all its members and its Chairman shall
determine whether or not the respondent officer or member of the PNP
is guilty of the charge upon which the complaint is based.
b. Each case shall be decided within sixty (60) days from the time the
case has been filed with the PLEB.
c. The procedures in the PLEB shall be summary in nature, conducted in
accordance with due process, but without strict regard to technical
rules of evidence.
d. The Commission shall issue the necessary implementing guidelines
and procedures to be adopted by the PLEB, including graduated
penalties which may be imposed by the PLEB.
e. The Commission may assign the present NAPOLCOM hearing officers to
act as legal consultants of the PLEBs and provide, whenever
necessary, legal services, assistance and advise to the PLEBs in
hearing and deciding cases against officers and members of the PNP
especially those involving difficult questions of law. Provided, that
these lawyers may also be assigned to investigate claims for death
and disability benefits of PNP members or their heirs.
4. Decisions – The decisions of the PLEB shall become final and executory:
Provided, that a decision involving demotion or dismissal from the service may
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be appealed by either party with the Regional Appellate Board within ten (10)
days from receipt of the copy of the decision.
Article B: City Peace and Order Council

Section 321.. Composition. - The CPOC shall be composed of the city
counterparts of the departments, offices and agencies represented at the national level,
except the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department of
Health which were devolved pursuant to RA 7160, wherever applicable, and to be
appointed by their respective agency heads.
Secretary of Justice
Secretary of Social Welfare and Development
Secretary of Public Works and Highways
Secretary of Trade and Industry
Secretary of Labor and Employment
Secretary of Education, culture and sports
Secretary of Health
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources
Press Secretary
Director-General of the National Security Council
Chairman of the National Police Commission
Vice-Chairman and Executive Officer of the National Police commission
Chairman of the Commission on Human Rights
The Commissioner of Immigration and Deportation
The Executive Director of the Dangerous Drug Board
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
Chief of the Philippine National Police
Twelve (12) representatives from the private sector who shall be appointed by the
Chairman as regular members of the council representing the Academe, Civic, Religious,
Youth, Labor, Legal, Business, media, women, cooperative, Cultural Minority and People’s
organizations, and other concerned cause-oriented groups and organizations may be
invited to participate as technical advisers or observers in the Council.
The City Mayor and Vice Mayor shall be the Chairman and Vice-Chairman,
respectively.
In addition, there shall be a representative of the Sangguniang Panlungsod to be

chosen by said Sanggunian from among its members, and one (1) representative from
the Veteran’s Sector, if there is an existing organization in the locality.
The Chairman of the CPOC shall appoint not less than three (3) representatives of
the private sector in consultation with the CPOC members as may be necessary or
depending upon the needs and situation in the area. The CPOC Chairman may appoint
additional sectoral representatives to the CPOC.
Departments, offices and agencies with no city field offices may deputize their
representatives in the city as may be necessary, or depending upon the needs and
situation in the area, the CPOC chairman may appoint additional sectoral representatives
to the CPOC.
The City Government shall appropriate the necessary funds for the operations of
the City Peace and Order Council from any available funds.
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Section 322. Special Action Committee (SAC). - In order to obtain fast action
on matters requiring immediate attention and decision, a Special Action Committee
within the CPOC shall be organized.
The composition of which, shall be determined by the CPOC to include the

political leadership, the military police and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
Section 323. Meetings. - The City Peace and Order Council shall meet on a
monthly basis or as often as necessary to address the following urgent concerns:
1. issue of insurgency, particularly the transfer of responsibility for counter

insurgency operations from the police to the military;
2. Local initiatives intended to assist the victims of crimes;
3. Local situation report;
4. Frequency of visit by the Committee of Justice; assessment of jails; and census
on a per detain or inmate basis to focus on the crime committed, date of
detention, minimum or maximum sentence, if found guilty, and whether the
sentence has been served;
5. Linkages or support from NGOs specially with the active organizations
involved in crime prevention efforts and related activities;
6. Status of gambling or drug problems and related activities to include specific
program or project to abort the proliferation of such problems; and
7. All other issues or matters that are within the competence and authority of
the council to resolve.
Section 324. Functions of the CPOC. -
1. Formulate plans and recommend such measures which will improve or

enhance peace and order and public safety in the city;
2. Monitor the implementation of peace and order programs and projects at the
city and the operation of the activities;
3. Make periodic assessment of the prevailing peace and order situation and
submit report thereon with the recommendations to the chairman of the
National Peace and Order Council;
4. Receive complaints against government personnel, civilian or military,
endorse the same to the agency concerned and demand/compel such agency
to submit report of action taken thereon; and
5. Perform all functions assigned by the Chairman of the NPOC by the President,
or by law. The Chairman of the City Peace and Order Council shall be
responsible for the proper management and supervision of the Bantay Bayan
in coordination with other appropriate government entities.
Section 325. Integrated Public Safety Plan. - The CPOC shall develop,
establish and oversee the implementation of the Integrated/Community Public Safety
Plan (IA/CPSP) which shall contain the following areas of concern:
1. Crime Prevention – aims to reduce both criminal opportunity and criminal

victimization.
2. Law Enforcement – involves PNP initiated projects and activities geared
towards improving the peace and order situation and professionalizing the
police like the implementation of the Barangay at Pulisya Laban sa Krimen
Project.
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3. Prosecution and Courts – focuses on reform processes and intensified
information campaign to harness the importance of their participation in court
litigation’s.
4. Corrections – features rehabilitation projects and activities like skills training,
livelihood projects and adult education in preparation for the release of
inmates from prison.
5. Fire Prevention and Suppression – entails intensified information campaign on
various environmental fire hazards on how to prevent, control and suppress
fire.
6. Counterinsurgency – centers that promote closer cooperation and assistance
among military, other government agencies and the community toward
decreasing the incidence of insurgency, freeing insurgency-affected or
influenced barangays and developing and implementing rebel returnee
programs.
7. Environmental Protection – maintains quality standards of our physical
environment through monitoring of existing environmental conditions that
involves promotion of community awareness and active participation for the
improvement of waste management and anti-pollution projects.
8. Health and Sanitation – concentrate on the primary health needs of the
locality like control of communicable diseases, public information and health
education and implementation of health plans
9. Civil Defense – attends to the protection of the citizenry against manmade
disaster and natural calamities.
10. Community Development – involves improvement of the welfare of needy
children and youth, the elderly, the disabled (handicapped), drug addict and
disadvantaged women through provision of social welfare services
Section 326. Anti-Drug Abuse Council. Creation and Composition. - There

shall be created a City Anti-Drug Abuse Council which shall be composed of the
following:

Vice-Chairman - PNP Chief of Police
Members - DILG City Officer
- DECS Schools District Supervisor
- City Health Officer
- DOJ Representative
- City Social Welfare and Development Officer
- City Human Resource Management Officer
- City Information Officer
- President, Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan
- Representative of the church group, NGO, socio-civic
group
Section 327. Duties and Functions. - The City Anti-Drug Abuse Council shall:
1. Serve as a focal point through which various organizations and individuals

work together cooperatively in the planning, implementation and evaluation
of programs on drug abuse prevention;
2. Provide for an effective mechanism for the coordination of existing services
and programs and those which might be developed in the immediate future;
3. Provide for a mechanism to obtain funds, volunteers, facilities and technical
expertise;
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4. Be responsible in ensuring that the anti-drug abuse program will be
implemented down to the barangay level; and
5. Perform other related responsibilities as may be assigned by competent
authorities.
CHAPTER VII: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Article A: City Census Coordinating Board

Section 328. Composition and Function. - There is hereby created a City
Census Coordinating Board to assist the National Statistical Coordinating Board (NSCB) in
the integrated census every ten (10) years beginning 1980 in accordance with plans
prepared by the National Statistics office. The City Census Coordinating Board shall be
composed of:

Vice Chairman - DECS District Supervisor
Members - City Agricultural Officer
City Treasurer
City Civil Registrar
City Planning and Development Coordinator
City Population Officer
PNP Chief of Police
Article B: Pre-Marriage Counseling

Section 329. Creation of Pre-Marriage Counseling Team. - There is hereby
created a Pre-Marriage Counseling Team in pursuant to DOH-DSWD-POPCOM Joint
Memorandum circular No. 02 dated 28 May 1998. The Pre-Marriage counseling Team
shall be composed of
Team Leader - To be designated by the City Mayor from among the

mandatory members
Members - Counselors of the following agencies/organizations:
Health
Social Welfare and Development
Population/Nutrition Office
Agriculture
Department of Education, Culture and Sports
NGOs/Religious Groups
The PMC Team shall be composed of a minimum of three (3) and maximum of five
(5) members depending on the availability of the counselors from the above
offices/organizations. The representatives from the Health, Social Welfare and
Development and Population are mandatory members while the DepEd, Agriculture,
NGO’s/Religious Groups are optional members. The DepEd representative should
preferably be a guidance counselor in a local school while the Agriculture representative,
a local extension worker. Religious groups enjoined to enrich the team by providing the
spiritual dimension to the counseling process.
The City Mayor has the option to increase the team membership. The presence of
the mandatory members is a requirement for the conduct of PMC Sessions.
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The Team shall be based in a City Population Office as a focal point of all PMC
activities.
Section 330. Eligibility Requirements. - To operationalize PMC in the City and

ensure quality of services, members of the PMC Team should be:
1. Trained in PMC Training of Counselors by Regional/Provincial PMC Trainors

using the prescribed PMC Manual developed by Family Planning Service of
DOH;
2. At least one (1) member is a DSWD accredited marriage counselor for couples
below 25 years old.
Section 331. Functions. - The PMC Team shall:
1. Develop/maintain a responsive mechanism to operationalize PMC in the City

Advocate for PMC Program to ensure wider awareness and generate
resources.
2. Undertake studies/researches as input to PMC policy development needs.
3. Install/maintain data bank for PMC for easy data/information storage/retrieval.
4. Undertake preparatory activities for conduct of PMC.
a. Disseminate information of PMC through radio, community assemblies,
barangay meetings, posters, etc.
b. Post schedule of PMC sessions in the Office of the CCR, CSWD Office or
other conspicuous places in the city hall.
c. Ensure appropriateness, readiness and availability of training area for
PMC sessions to be conducted.
d. Prepare lead facilitation schedule for mandatory team members to
provide time for planning the conduct of PMC sessions.
e. Ensure availability of needed supplies and materials
5. Conduct of PMC Sessions.
a. Conduct PMC sessions to not more than 15 couples.
b. Issue PMC certificates signed by Mandatory Team members from
Health, SWD, and Population to couple applicant’s who completed PMC
sessions.
Section 332. Roles of Other Local Bodies. -
1. City Mayor
a. Effect the implementation of PMC

(i) Issue circulars/directives for effective and responsive PMC
implementation.
(ii) Provide support in PMC implementation
- Venue for sessions
- Supplies and material
- Upgrading of knowledge and skills of PMC teams
b. Supervises PMC implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

2. Sangguniang Panlungsod
a. Pass/adopt ordinance in support of PMC.
3. City Population Office
a. Serves as focal office/secretariat of PMC Team
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b. Prepare report and submit to POPCOM RPO copy furnished the two
member agencies (DOH-RHO, DSWD-Regional Office)
c. Organize training of counselors
d. Conduct PMC and ensure that it is done as a team effort
e. Monitor PMC implementation in their respective localities
- Number of marriage licenses issued vis-avis PMC Certificate
issued.
- Involvement of PMC Team members in PMC.
f. Ensure strict compliance on the implementation of PMC that no
graduate of four-year course gets exempted from undergoing PMC.
Section 333. PMC Service Protocol. - The following are the procedures in
availing PMC service:
1. Couples apply for marriage license at the Office of the City Civil Registrar
2. CCR refers couple applicants to PMC Team focal office
3. Couple applicants personally register for PMC and accomplish Marriage
Expectation Inquiry Form (MEIF)
4. PMC teams review/study accomplished MEIF to assess the needs of couple
applicants and determine the approach and focus of the counseling sessions
5. Couple applicants without exception should attend all sessions on time based
on schedules as may be decided by PMC Team.
- eight hour counseling session (one day activity)
- two to four hours sessions (2 days activity)
6. PMC team issues PMC certificate to couples who have completed the
prescribed eight-hour counseling session
7. PMC Certificate should be signed by the CHO, CPO, and CSWDO
8. Couples are then referred back to CCR for issuance of marriage license after
complying with PMC requirements
Section 334. Selection of PMC Counselors. - Counselors will be selected using

the following minimum criteria:
1. Willing to undergo the five-day live-in training

2. Willing to serve as counselors for the PMC sessions
3. For health workers, must have attended a basic family planning course and
preferably have attended the Interpersonal Communication Skills (ICS) Course
for service provider.
4. With good moral reputation
5. With facility for oral communication
The LGU may add to the above-criteria as deemed necessary by the City Mayor.
Article C: Anti-Squatting
Section 335. Statement of Policy. - The City Government will solicit the active
participation of barangay officials in the prevention of squatting in their respective
jurisdictions. Illegal squatting on public and private properties shall be addressed
through the criminal prosecution of the violators in Court and other judicial recourse.
Nevertheless, the social and economic needs of those dislocated will also be given
attention.
Section 336. Creation Composition of Task Force on Squatters. - There is

hereby created a Task Force on Squatters to be composed of the following:
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1. Composition of the Task Force
Chairman Sangguniang Panlungsod to be chosen by the Sanggunian
Members:
a. Chairman, Committee on Land Use and Agrarian Reform of the
Sangguniang Panlungsod
b. City Prosecutor
c. City Legal Officer
d. City General Services Officer
e. City Engineer
f. City Treasurer
g. City Assessor
h. City Planning and Development Officer
i. District Engineer, Department of Public Works and Highways
j. CLGOO, Department of Interior and Local Government
k. City Chief of Police, Philippine National Police
All appointed by the City Mayor.
Section 337. Functions, Duties and Responsibilities. -
a. To collect, analyze and interpret data on number, name, place and

area occupied by squatters
b. Study and recommend appropriate remedial measures for adoption the
Sangguniang Panlungsod concerned with the approval of the City
Mayor.
c. Implement approved ordinances and other issuance to prevent
squatting and address the immediate causes leading to the social
problem.
Section 338. Terms of Appointment. - The Chairman and Members of the Task
Force shall serve as such until replaced by subsequent issuance of the Local Chief
Executive.
Article D: Senior Citizens Affairs

Section 339. Creation of the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs. - There
shall be created an Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) which shall be headed by
a member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod, pursuant to Republic Act No. 7432.
The Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs shall be under the Office of the City
Mayor:
1. To provide technical assistance and monitor services and project to be

undertaken by Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs;
2. To assist in developing their standards and programs;
3. To help its members to avail of their benefits and privileges;
Article E: Day Center for Senior Citizens

Section 340. Establishment of Day Center for Senior Citizens. - There shall
be established a Day Center for Senior Citizens which will be operationalized by the City
Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) in close coordination with the
Department of Social Welfare and Development.
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Article F: Local Manpower Council
Section 341. Establishment of Local Manpower Council. - There shall be

established a City Manpower Council which shall oversee the manpower development of
the City of Cauayan. The composition of which shall be identified by the City Mayor
through an executive order
Article G: Disaster Coordinating Council
Section 342. Composition. - The City Disaster Coordinating Council shall have
the following composition

Vice-Chairman - City Vice-Mayor
a. Staff Elements:
a.1 Intelligence and Disaster Analysis
a.2 Plans and Operations
a.3 Resources
b. Task Units:
b.1 Evacuation
b.2 Communications and Warning
b.3 Health
b.4 Rescue and Engineering
b.5 Transportation
b.6 Rehabilitation
b.7 Fire
b.8 Relief
b.9 Security
b.10 Public Information
Section 343. Functions. - The City Disaster Coordinating Council shall have the
following functions:
1. To direct, control and coordinate the manpower, material, monetary and

spiritual resources of the community in meeting any unforeseen disaster that
may come;
2. To undertake the pre-disaster planning and positive control, action for rescue,
evacuation, relief and rehabilitation to insure the survival of every individual in
the community.
Article H: Cauayan Tourism Council

Section 344. Statement of Policy. - It is the policy of the City Government to
support the tourism industry not only as an economic undertaking but also as a way of
promoting the City’s rich historical-cultural legacy.
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Section 345. Creation of Cauayan Tourism Council. - There shall be created a
Cauayan Tourism Council which shall be the primary policy, planning, programming,
coordinating and administration entity of the Office of the City Mayor in the development
of tourism in the city.
1. Composition of the Council – The Council shall be composed of the chairman

and co-chairman who shall be assisted by ten (10) members coming from
government and non-government agencies to be appointed by the City Mayor.
2. Functions of the Council:
a. It shall act as an information-dissemination-publicity administration on
Cauayan Culture, history, arts and other aspects on tourism.
b. It shall implement the plans, policies, projects and activities on tourism
development, such as, but not limited to the following:
(i) Suggest particular areas of tourist interest;
(ii) Facilitate press, television, documentary shootings;
(iii) Research and promote unique or interesting fiestas, rituals and
events;
(iv) Distribute brochures, historical information, background data
and press-kits;
(v) Initiate, coordinate, supervise, provide artistic expertise and
promote exhibits in various houses, buildings and churches.
c. It shall create committees that will help houses and historical
landmarks manage their establishments according to the artistic styles
of the period. The committee shall likewise provide inexpensive paper
handouts, detailing the social, political, economic and cultural history
of places or landmarks, periods of life and other aspects.
d. It shall coordinate with museums to produce topical exhibitions
throughout the year. Museums shall be encouraged at least once a
year to open shows that shall be promoted through media outlets and
tourist agencies.
e. It shall draw up a list of traditional crafts that should be revived, given
impetus or improved to become staple tourist merchandize. These
traditional crafts shall be encouraged to be housed and arranged in
period meetings to add impact to the tourist market
Article I: Population and Development

Section 346. Creation of the City Population and Development Committee.
- There shall be organized a City Population Committee to be composed of the following:
Chairperson City Mayor who shall:
1. Call and preside over the meetings.

2. Appoint the chairperson of the different sub-committee
3. Endorse plans, policies and measures for the approval of the Sangguniang
Panlungsod.
4. If needed, represent the committee in the Sangguniang Panlungsod Meeting
and other population affairs.
5. Oversee the effective implementation of the local population program plans.
Vice-Chairperson. - to be designated by the City Mayor from the Sangguniang

Panlungsod preferably from the following committee:
1. Committee on Health
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2. Committee on Population
3. Committee on Social Services
4. Committee on Nutrition
and who shall perform the following:
1. Preside over the meetings in the absence of the chairperson.

2. Represent the chairperson.
3. Assist the chairperson in the performance of his responsibilities.
4. Perform such other functions as may be necessary.
Members: City Planning Development Officer, City Health Officer, DepEd

Representative, Department of Labor and Employment, Social Welfare
and Development Officer, City Agriculturist, City Environment and
Natural Resources Officer, City Engineer, City Information Officer, Non-
Government Organizations., DILG, CCR, CNO, City Cooperatives, DAR,
NSO, CESMO, CHO, State Universities/Colleges, Liga ng mga Barangay,
Private Schools, PNP and NGOs.
Section 347. Functions of the City Population Committee. - The functions of
the City Population Committee shall be:
1. Develop a comprehensive program plan consistent with national policies and

city development plans:
2. Provide leadership and direction to ensure the integration of population
dimensions in the development of policies, plans and programs of agencies
and various development sectors involved in the population program.
3. Review, evaluate and modify the implementation of programs and projects.
4. Recommend policies and measures to be approved by the Sanggunian to
ensure effective implementation of the population program.
5. To prepare and submit periodic reports to the Local Executive and concerned
agencies.
6. Review, evaluate, and when necessary validate date gathered through, but
not limited to, the following mechanisms:
a. minimum basic needs (MBN) listing;
b. socialized housing registration (SHR);
c. community based population date;
d. spot map by volunteer workers;
e. geographic information system (GIS);
f. local population registry;
g. labor market information system;
h. subdivision and building permits;
i. business permits; and
j. zoning permits or locational clearances issued.
7. Determine the needed population data to be provided by the national
government agencies and other concerned sector and facilitate the gathering
of such data;
8. Determine the scope and frequency of gathering and updating population
data;
9. Conduct regular monitoring on population trends/movement in the city level
and submit such data to the Provincial POPDEV Committee for consolidation;
10. Adapt the indicator system on expected population developed by NEDA in
coordination with POPCOM and NSO;
11. Integrate POPDEV principles in policy recommendations on measures to
influence population movement;
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12. Recommend proposed legislation related to and impacting on the population
movement and development to the Sangguniang Panlungsod and other
appropriate law making body;
13. Submit to the Sangguniang Panlungsod its budget proposal to implement the
activities identified by the Committee; and
14. Perform such other related functions as may be necessary to implement the
national mandates
The Secretary to the City POPDEV Committee shall be headed by the City
Population Officer. The secretariat of the POPDEV Committee shall be responsible for
providing technical and administrative support, documenting, proceeding, preparing
reports, and providing such other assistance as may be required by the Committee.
Section 348. Sub-Committee. – There shall be four (4) sub-Committee;
1. Service Delivery
2. Capability Building
3. Advocacy
4. Special Concerns
Section 349. Composition of the Sub-Committees. - The Sub-Committee shall

be composed of the following:
1. Service Delivery Committee:

a. City Health Office (CHO)
b. Family Planning Organization of the Philippines (FPOP) local existing
counterparts
c. Community Medical and Dental Provincial assistance (CMDPA Inc.) ni
Iglisia ni Kristo
d. Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement (PRRM)
e. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
f. City Population Office
g. City Social Welfare and Development Office
h. City Nutrition Office
i. City Agriculture Office
2. Capability Building Committee

a. Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)
b. Department of Education (Public/Private)
c. City Planning and Development Officer (PPDO)
d. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
e. National Movement for Youth Council (NMYC)
f. City Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
g. State Universities/Colleges
h. City Populations Office
3. Advocacy
a. Philippine Information Agency (PIA) / City Information Officer
b. Department of Education
c. City Agriculture Office
d. Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)
e. Non-government Organizations, Religious Sector, Socio-Civic, Business
Sector
f. DENR
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g. City Cooperatives
h. NSO
i. PNP
j. CESMO
k. Liga ng mga Barangay
l. City Civil Registrar
m. City Population Office
4. Special Concerns – Academe
Section 350. Functions of the Sub-Committees. - The Sub-Committee shall

have the following functions:
1. Service Delivery Committee:
a. To provide quality information and counseling services on medically

safe and legally approved FP Methods.
b. To see to it that medically and legally approved FP Methods are readily
available.
c. To recommend FP projects.
d. To recommend accreditation of FP Clinics.
e. To screen FP personnel for possible training.
f. Prepare and submit reports.
2. Capability Building Committee:
a. Identify training needs of population workers.

b. Conduct training and orientation of local policy makers and planners.
c. Prepare and submit reports.
3. Advocacy Committee:
a. Conduct information, dissemination activities through tri-media.

b. Conduct the special IEC activities.
c. Develop an effective utilization of appropriate IEC MATERIALS.
d. Prepare and submit reports.
4. Special Concerns:
a. Identify research agenda.

b. Develop and implement innovative approach which demonstrate the
impact of socio-economic demographic efforts on population welfare.
Section 351. Meetings. - The Population Committee shall meet regularly every
quarter or as often as possible whenever there is a need thereof.
Section 352. The Secretariat. - The Secretariat shall be handled by the City
Population Officer/City Civil Registrar and perform the following:
1. Prepare agenda for the meeting.

2. Provide the administrative and technical support services.
3. Prepare/distribute notice of meetings for chairperson’s approval
4. Submit status report to the Committee.
5. Prepare the minutes of the meetings.
6. Assist the Committee in planning and implementing population plans.
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7. Collect and consolidate Sub-Committee reports for submission to the
chairperson of the Committee.
8. Perform other duties as maybe assigned.
CHAPTER VIII: TRADE AND INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT
Article A: Price Coordinating Council
Section 353. Composition. - There is hereby created a City Price Coordinating

Council (LPCC) which shall be composed of:

Vice Mayor - DTI Liaison Officer
Members - Representative from
Department of Agriculture
Department of Health
Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Department of Transportation and Communication
Department of Justice
Department of the Interior and Local Government
National Economic and Development Authority
Consumer Sector
Trading Sector
Chairman, SB Committee on Cooperatives
Section 354. Functions. - The City Price Coordinating Council shall:
1. Coordinate and rationalize programs of implementing agencies to stabilize

prices and supply of basic commodities at city;
2. Recommend to the National Price coordinating Council or to the implementing
agencies suggested retail prices and/or price ceilings; and
3. Analyze cause of price fluctuations and recommend actions to stabilize price
and supply of basic commodities.
CHAPTER IX: TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATION

DEVELOPMENT
Article A: City Tricycle Franchising and Regulatory Board

Section 355. Composition. - To effectively implement the provisions of Section
458(3)vi of RA 7160, there is hereby created the City Tricycle Franchising and Regulatory
Board which shall be composed, as follows:
Chairman - Vice-Mayor
Vice-Chairman - SP Committee Chairman on Transportation and
Communication
Members - SP Committee Chairman on Peace and Order
- City Engineer
- City Planning and Development Coordinator
- Chief, Licensing and Inspection Section, LTFRB (Ex-officio
member)
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Secretariat - Secretary of the Sanggunian
Section 356. Powers, Duties and Functions. - The Board shall:
1. Accept and process application for tricycle franchising;

2. Issue or grant the “Motorized Tricycle Operator’s Permit (MTOP)” to qualified
applicants, subject to the provisions of existing ordinances, rules and
regulations on that matter;
3. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod the amount of fares or adjusted
fare increases, periodically, to be imposed in a particular zone or fixed route;
4. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlungsod other reasonable fees and
related charges in the regulation of tricycle for hire, after conducting a public
hearing for that purpose;
5. Promulgate rules and regulations for the proper enforcement of franchise on
the operation of motorized tricycle for hire which shall continue to be in full
force and effect until revoked or modified by the Sangguniang Panlungsod;
and
6. Perform such other duties and functions as may be authorized by the
Sangguniang Panlungsod.
CHAPTER X: YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT
Article A: Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan

Section 357. Statement of Policy. - The City Government shall endeavor to
channel the energies, talents, zeal and vigor of the youth laudable endeavors such as
sports development, leadership and skills training, excellence in education, culture and
the arts. They shall like wise be engaged and represented in policy-making bodies
through the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.
Section 358. Organization. - There shall be an organization of the Sangguniang

Kabataan to be known as the Panlungsod na Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan.
Section 359. Election. - The pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan shall,

elect from among themselves the president, vice president and such other officers as
may be necessary. Election of officers shall be held thirty (30) days after the
Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
Section 360. Composition. - The Panlungsod Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang
Kabataan shall be composed of the Sangguniang Kabataan chairman of the barangays in
the city.
Section 361. Constitution and By–Laws. - The term of office, manner of

election, removal and suspension of pederasyon officers shall be governed by the
constitution and by-laws of the pederasyon in conformity with the provisions of the Local
Government Code of 1991 and national policies on youth.
Section 362. Ex-Officio Membership in the Sanggunian. -
1. A Sangguniang Kabataan chairman who is elected as pederasyon president

during his tenure of office and upon certification as such by the COMELEC
shall serve as ex officio member of the Sangguiang Panlungsod, and
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Sangguniang Bayan, as the case may be, without need of further
appointment.
2. The vice president of the pederasyon whose president has been elected as
president of a higher pederasyon shall serve as ex-officio member of the
sanggunian without need of further appointment.
3. The pederasyon president or vice president, as the case may be, shall be the
chairman of the committee on youth and sports development of the
sanggunian concerned.
Section 363. Membership to the City School Board. - The pederasyon ng mga
sangguniang kabataan president shall serve as a member of the city school board.
Article B: Linggo ng Kabataan

Section 364. Observance of Linggo ng Kabataan. -
1. The city shall, in coordination with the Pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang

Kabataan at all levels, conduct an annual activity to be known as the Linggo
ng Kabataan on such date as shall be determined by the Office of the
President..
2. The observance of the Linggo ng Kabataan shall include the election of the
counterparts of all elective and appointive local officials, as well as heads of
NGAs stationed or assigned in the territorial jurisdiction of the LGU, among in-
school and community youth residing in the LGU concerned from ages
thirteen (13) to seventeen (17). During said week, they shall hold office as boy
and girl officials and shall perform such duties and conduct such activities as
may be provided in the ordinance enacted.
Section 365. Linggo ng Kabataan Activities. - The Pederasyon ng Sangguniang

Kabataan shall conduct the following activities during the Linggo ng Kabataan:
1. Commemoration of young Filipino heroes who made significant contributions

to the development of the country or the locality;
2. Recognition and awarding of outstanding youth organizations for their
achievements and contributions to development; and
3. Awareness campaign on environmental issue, sports festivals and
competitions, cultural festivals, arts and skills exhibition, volunteer work, tour
of historical places, and such other youth-oriented activities as may be
deemed relevant.
Article C: Araw ng Kabataan

Section 366. Araw ng Kabataan. - To surely promote and foster camaraderie
among our young generation and to ultimately train our youth as future leaders of our
community, August 31 is hereby declared as Araw ng Sangguniang Kabataan in the City
of Cauayan.
Article D: Sangguniang Kabataan Organization Leadership and

Reorientation Program
Section 367. Executive Committee and Training Management Team. - There

is hereby created an Executive Committee and Training Management Team of the
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Integrated Sangguniang Kabataan Organizational Leadership and Reorientation
(ISKOLAR) Program.
1. Executive Committee. –The Executive Committee shall be composed of :

Members - Member, National Movement of Youth Legislators
DepEd District Supervisor
DENR Representative
City Planning and Development Coordinator
2. Training Management Team. – The Training Management Team shall be

composed of:
Chairman - DILG Representative

Members - SK City Federation President
Member of NMYL
Community Training and Employment Coordinator
Section 368. Functions of the Executive Committee. - The Executive

Committee shall:
1. Oversee the implementation and ensure the success of the program;

2. Serve as the policy –making body of the ISKOLAR Program;
3. Call upon any government department or agency for the necessary assistance
and support for the program; and
4. Perform such other functions as may be assigned by the President
Section 369. Functions of the Training Management Team shall:
1. Conduct training needs assessment to determine training needs of the

Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and Katipunan ng mga Kabataan (KK) which shall
be the basis for planning the training requirements of the youth in the locality;
2. Formulate a local 3-year training plan for SKs and KKs copy furnished the
national Youth Council Program Secretariat through the Local Government
Academy of the DILG;
3. Prepare ISKOLAR training programs;
4. Oversee and manage the conduct of training activities; and
5. Monitor the implementation of the Action Plan of the SK participants and
submit reports to the NYC Program Secretariat through the NBOO.
Article E: City Physical Fitness and Sports Development Council
Section 370. Composition. - There shall be created a City Physical Fitness and
Sports Development Council (MPFSDC) to be composed of

Vice Chairman - Chief of Police
Members - DILG representative
- TESDA Representative
- President, SK Federation
- Two (2) NGO Representatives
Secretary General - DECS District Supervisor
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Section 371. Functions. - The council shall meet to least once a month and shall:
1. Formulate a blueprint for the short, medium and long term sectoral sports
program based on the national policy of “Sports for All’ including a well
synchronized year-round calendar of sports activities and competitions;
2. Conduct consultation with other public and private entities concerned to
identify and prioritize sports programs and activities and monitor, review and
validate sports program;
3. Oversee and ensure the implementation of the physical fitness and sports
program and activities;
4. Assist in the identification, recruitment and training of gifted and talented
athletes who will represent the city in the national and international sports
competition; and
5. Perform other functions deemed necessary to promote and implement the
national policy and program for the youth.
Section 372. Community Based Sports Development Program. - The City

Government shall conduct an annual Palaro ng Bayan (PnB) in coordination with the
Department of Education Culture and Sports (DECS) and other government agencies and
non-governmental organizations which will features traditional sports and disciplines
included in national and International sports competitions.
Article F: Anti-Drug Abuse Campaign
Section 373. Role of the Youth. - The youth, through the Sangguniang Kabataan
officials shall:
1. Initiate and actively participate in the anti-drug abuse campaign of the

government;
2. Be the model and recommend measures to prevent and stop the use of
prohibited drugs by the youth; and
3. Be at the helm of Drugs Watch Movement.
CHAPTER XI: BARANGAY AFFAIRS
Article A: Liga ng mga Barangay.
Section 374. Organization and Purpose. -
1. There shall be an organization of all barangays, to be known as the Liga ng

mga Barangay.
2. The said liga be organized for the primary purpose of determining the
representation of the liga in the sanggunian and for ventilating, articulating,
and crystalizing issues affecting barangay government administration and
securing, through proper and legal means, solutions thereto.
Section 375. Representation. - Every barangay shall be represented in the liga

by the punong barangay or, in his absence or incapacity, by a sanggunian member duly
elected for the purpose among its members, who shall attend all meetings or
deliberations called by the different chapters of the liga.
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Section 376. Ex-Officio Membership in the Sanggunian. -
1. The duly elected president of the liga at the city shall serve as ex-officio
member of the Sangguniang Panglungsod.
2. He shall serve as ex-officio member of the sanggunian only during his term of
office as presidents of the liga chapters, which is no case shall go beyond the
term of office of the sangguniang panlungsod.
3. The incumbent president of the city chapter of the liga shall continue to serve
as ex officio member of the sanggunian until the expiration of term of office,
unless sooner removed for cause.
Section 377. Powers, Functions and Duties of the Liga ng mga Barangay. -
The Liga shall:
1. Give priority to programs designed for the total development of the

barangays and in consonance with the policies, programs and projects of the
National Government;
2. Assist in the education of barangay residents for people’s participation in local
government administration in order to promote united and concerted action to
achieve countrywide development goals;
3. Supplement the efforts of government in creating gainful employment within
the barangay;
4. Adopt measures to promote the welfare of barangay officials
5. Serve as a forum of the barangays in order to forge linkages with NGAs and
NGOs and thereby promote the social, economic and political well-being of
the barangay; and
6. Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions
which will bring about stronger ties among barangays and promote the
welfare of barangay inhabitants.
Organizational Structure. The Liga shall directly elect its respective officers,
namely: a president, vice-president, auditor and six to eight (6-8) members of the board
of directors. The board shall appoint its secretary and treasurer and create such other
positions as it may deem necessary for the management of the chapter.
Section 378. Aid to Barangay Tanod. - The amount of not less than P2,000.00
from city funds shall be paid to the surviving heirs of any barangay tanod who dies
during his tenure of office as cash aid, provided, that should his death be the direct result
of the performance of his duties, the amount to be received by the surviving heirs shall
be doubled, provided, however, that if said death is due to suicide, no amount shall be
paid to his heirs.
Article B: Katarungang Pambarangay Program

Section 379. Katarungang Pambarangay. - The city shall support and
strengthen the implementation of the Katarungang Pmbarangay Program.
Section 380. Katarungang Pambarangay Monitoring Unit. - The City shall

establish Katarungang Pambarangay Monitoring Unit under the Office of the City Mayor.
It primarily be responsible in monitoring the functionality of all Lupong Tagapamayapa in
the barangays and all cases filed before the Lupon including their status and submit
report to higher authorities.
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Section 381. Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentives Award. - The city government
shall establish a system of recognizing the Most Outstanding Lupong Tagapamayapa by
conducting annual search for the Most Outstanding Lupong Tagapamayapa of the year.
Section 382. Evaluation Criteria. - All the Lupong Tagapamayapa in the city
shall be evaluated on the basis of:
1. Efficiency of operations
2. Effectiveness in securing the objectives of the Katarungang Pambarangay
Program; and
3. Creativity and resourcefulness of the mediators.
Section 383. City Award Committee. - There shall be established a Lupong

Tagapamayapa City Award Committee to be composed of:

Vice Chairman - City Trial Court Judge, to be designated by the
Chairman
Members - President, City Chapter, Liga ng mga Barangay
Representative from the IBP
Representative, Peace and Order Council
Representative from PNP
NGO Representative
Representative from DECS
The DILG city office shall provide technical and secretariat services to the
Committee.
Section 384. Function. - The City Award Committee shall:
1. Initiate and coordinate activities necessary for the successful implementation

of the Award within the City;
2. Disseminate information on the Award to generate greater awareness and
support from the public and private sectors within the city;
3. Select and nominate to the Lupong Tagapamayapa Provincial Award
Committee the best performing Lupon within the city; and
4. May plan and implement appropriate awarding ceremonies
Article C: Barangay Reading Centers

Section 385. Establishment of Barangay Reading Centers. - The city
government shall encourage the establishment of information and reading centers at the
barangay level by providing necessary support and assistance to the barangays. The
establishment of barangay information and reading centers is hereby enjoined in order to
promote the moral, well being of its citizenry.
Article D: Recognition for Outstanding Barangay Officials

Section 386. Objective of the Awards. - A system of recognizing outstanding
barangay officials shall be institutionalized to motivate all them to improve the
performance of their duties and functions in accordance with the highest standard of
public service and to encourage them to actively participate in the prosecution of
programs, projects and activities by both public and the private sector.
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Section 387. Components of the Awards. -
BEST - Best Executive, Secretary and Treasurer

OPSB - Over-all Proficient Sangguniang Barangay
MOB - Most Outstanding Barangay
MRISK - Most Responsible, Innovative Sangguniang Kabataan
Section 388. Criteria for Selection. - The criteria for selection shall be as
follows:
Best Punong Barangay
Performance 60%
Executive/Leadership Skills 40%
Total 100%
Over-All Proficient Sangguniang Barangay
Performance 80%
Legislative Skills 20%
Total 100%
Best Barangay Treasurer
Performance 70%
Management Skills 30%
Total 100%
Article F: Barangay Boundaries.
Section 389. Establishment of Barangay Boundaries. - The boundaries of

barangays shall be establish in accordance to the result of the Premiumed-RPTA
Project as follows:
BOUNDARIES
CODE BARANGAY NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
001 District I District II District III Minante I National Road
& Labinab
002 District II Cabaruan District III District I San Fermin
003 District III Turayong Labinab Labinab District 1 &
District 11
004 Alicaocao Tagaran Turayong & Cabaruan & Cabaruan
Cagayan River Turayong
005 Alinam Sillawit & San Isidro Mun. of Alicia Naganacan
San Isidro
006 Amobocan San Antonio Cagayan River Mun. of San Antonio &
Angadanan Mun. of Angadanan
007 Andarayan Villa Luna Bugallon Cagayan River Car. Bacareño
& Catalina
008 Baculod Casalatan & Maligaya Dianao San Pablo &
Disimuray Gappal
009 Baringin Norte Guayabal Cagayan River Baringin Sur Culalabat
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010 Baringin Sur Baringin Norte Cagayan River Dabburab San Francisco
& Rizal
011 Buena Suerte Gagabutan Culalabat San Francisco Labinab
& Duminit
012 Bugallon Villa Luna San Pablo Cagayan River Andarayan
013 Buyon Maligaya Mun. of Linglingay & Dianao
Angadanan Mun. of
Angadanan
014 Cabaruan Tagaran & Turayong District II & San Fermin
Alicaocao San Fermin
015 Cabugao Mun. of NaguilianSinippil Casalatan San Luis
016 Car. Bacareño Villa Luna Angadanan Car. Grande Car. Punta
017 Car. Chica Mabantad Car. Grande Cagayan River Cagayan River
018 Car. Grande Car. Punta & Catalina Cagayan River Car. Chica
Car. Bacareño
019 Car. Punta Nagcampegan Car. Bacareño Car. Grande Mabantad
&
Villa Luna
020 Casalatan Sinippil Disimuray Bacolod San Luis
021 Cassap Fuera San Pablo San Pablo Cagayan River Cagayan River
022 Culalabat Duminit Guayabal & Rizal & Buena Suerte
Baringin Norte San Francisco
023 Dabburab Baringin Sur Cagayan River Sta. Luciana & Rizal
San Francisco
024 Devera Villa Rogus Mun. of Mun. of Angadanan
Angadanan
Concepcion
025 Dianao Bacolod Maligaya & Manaoag Gappal
Buyon
026 Disimuray Mun. of Mun.of Baculod Sinippil &
Naguilian Naguilian Casalatan
027 Duminit Gagabutan Cagayan River Culalabat & Labinab &
Guayabal Buena Suerte
028 Faustino San Francisco San Francisco San Antonio & Nungnungan II
San Isidro & Minante II
029 Gagabutan Cagayan River Duminit Labinab & Turayong
Duminit
030 Gappal San Pablo Bacolod & Cagayan River Cagayan River
Dianao Mun.of
Angadanan
031 Guayabal Duminit Cagayan River Baringin Norte Culalabat
032 Labinab Gagabutan Buena Suerte Minante I District III
& Duminit
033 Linglingay Buyon Buyon Mun.of Manaoag
Angadanan
034 Mabantad Nagcampegan Car. Punta Car. Chica Cagayan River
035 Maligaya Mun.of Sta. Maria Buyon & Bacolod
Naguilian Villa Mun.of
Bacolod Concepcion Angadanan
Mun.of B.
Soliven
036 Manaoag Dianao Linglingay Mun. of Gappal
Angadanan
037 Marabulig I Mun. of Luna Minante I Nagrumbuan Marabulig II
& San Fermin
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038 Marabulig II Mun. of Marabulig I Nagrumbuan Mun. of
Cabatuan Cabatuan
039 Minante I San Fermin, Labinab Minante II Marabulig I
District I
040 Minante II Minante I Buena Suerte, Nungnungan II Nagrumbuan
Labinab, San
Francisco &
Faustino
041 Naganacan Nungnungan I Sillawit & Mun. of Alicia Pinoma
Alinam
042 Nagcampegan Cagayan River Villa Luna Car. Punta Mabantad
043 Nagrumbuan Marabulig I & Minante 1 & 2 Pinoma & Mun. of San Mateo
2 Nungnungan I Mun. of Alicia & Mun. of Cabatuan
Mun. of
Cabatuan
044 Nungnungan I Nagrumbuan Nungnungan Naganacan Pinoma
& 2
Minante II
045 Nungnungan 2 Minante II Faustino Sillawit Nungnungan I
046 Pinoma Nagrumbuan Nungnungan I Mun.of Alicia Nagrumbuan
& Naganacan & Mun. of Alicia
047 Rizal Culalabat Baringin Sur Baringin Sur San Francisco
048 Rogus San Mariano & Public Land, Mun. of Villa Concep-
Villa Forest Angadanan cion & Devera
Concepcion
049 San Antonio San Francisco Sta. Luciana Amobocan San Isidro
Faustino
050 San Fermin Cabaruan & District I & Minante I & Mun. of Luna
Mun. of Luna District II Marabulig I
051 San Francisco Buena Suerte Rizal, Baringin San Antonio Faustino
& Minante II Sur, Culalabat
Dabburab &
Sta. Luciana
052 San Isidro Faustino San Antonio Mun.of Sillawit
Angadanan
053 San Luis Cagayan River Cabugao Union & San Villa Luna
Pablo
054 San Pablo San Luis San Luis Gappal Cassap Fuera
Cagayan River
055 Sta. Catalina Car. Bacareno Andarayan Cagayan River Car. Grande
056 Sta. Luciana Dabburab Cagayan River San Antonio San Francisco &
San Antonio
057 Sta. Maria Mun. of Benito Mun. of Benito Villa Maligaya
Soliven Soliven Concepcion
058 Sillawit Nungnungan San Isidro Alinam Nungnungan I &
2 Naganacan
059 Sinippil Mun. of Disimuray Casalatan Cabugao
Naguilian
060 Tagaran Mun. of Reina Cagayan River Cabaruan Mun. of Luna
Mercedes
061 Turayong Alicaocao Gagabutan & District III Cabaruan
Labinab
062 Union San Luis San Luis Villa Luna Villa Luna
063 Villa Concepcion Sta. Maria Rogus Devera Maligaya
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064 Villa Flor Rogus & Mun. of San Mun. of San Mun. of
Forest Zone Mariano Guillermo Angadanan
065 Villa Luna Cagayan River San Luis San Pablo Nagcampegan
Andarayan &
Bugallon
CHAPTER XII: NGO – LGU PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Article G: Incentives and Awards System
Section 390. Incentives and Awards. - There shall be established a recognition

and awards system for Ten (10) Outstanding Citizen of the City of Cauayan, in order to
provide incentives and encouragement in their own field of endeavors. The selected ten
(10) citizens shall serve as model of emulation, promoting efficiency, diligence, loyalty
and dedication. Such citizens shall be chosen from the following sectors of endeavor:
1. Agriculture
2. Business
3. Science and Technology
4. Humanitarian Services
5. Peace and Order Services
6. Government Services (National Level)
7. Government Services (City Level)
8. Government Services (Barangay Level)
9. Youth
10. Professional (according to Professional Regulation Commission)
The following shall be evaluated using the following criteria in selection:
1. Dedication to duty
2. Professional Growth
3. Efficiency and skill
4. Community Leadership and Cooperation
5. Contribution to community development thru his field of endeavor
The selection committee shall be organized thru an executive order to be issued

by the City Mayor. The Selection Committee shall select the ten (10) outstanding
citizens at least fifteen (15) days before the schedule recognition and presentation of
awards which will be held on the night of the celebration of the City Fiesta.
TITLE VI: POLICY DIRECTIONS AND FINAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER I: OFFICE MISSION AND GOALS

Section 391. Office of the City Mayor. -
Mission – To steer over all city development thrust in accordance with policies and
strategies derived through participatory mechanisms within the LGU and among various
stakeholders anchored on multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary synergy and harmony,
and energized by an efficient and effective organization in an atmosphere of equity and
justice.
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Administrative Division
1. Mission
To provide a dynamic and responsive administrative staff in aid of city mayor

to express a free, courteous, harmonious as well as efficient and effective
agents in bringing the government close to the people.
Tourism and Cultural Promotion
1. Mission
To provide focus and direction in the implementation of program and projects

in tourism development to continuously transform the city social, economic,
political and cultural life through effective collaboration of people from the
various sectors of the industry to attain and sustain its vision and strategic
focus of agriculture while building on tourism.
2. Goals/Objectives
 Foster preservation, promotion and enhancement of cultural heritage and

respect to cultural diversity.
 Initiate the protection and conservation of our natural attractions and
sustainability of eco-system.
 Encourage the development or tourist attraction and facilities.
 Provide opportunity for participation through sharing and reaping benefits
from tourism.
 Inspire the creation and maintenance of clean, healthy, peaceful and
orderly atmosphere conducive to tourism.
 Sustain institutional festival such as the Gawa-gawayan Festival as
tourism attractions.
 Continuously come up with the support activities to attract more tourists
and increase tourist receipts; and
 Continuously upgrade the skills of manpower in the industry and
eventually develop a standard of service quality for the industry.
Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP)
1. Mission
To keep the Legislative measures attuned to the needs and aspiration of the
people.
2. Goal/Objectives
 To transform the Legislative Department of the City Government of

Cauayan, Isabela, into an effective and efficient agency in policy-making
for good governance.
Office of the City Legal Officer (PLO)
1. Mission
To reinvent the City Legal Office as a multi-tasked office and be an advocate of

development, and discipline, and agent of change by providing measures for
consideration of the executive and the legislative for the protection of the
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environment, promotion of investment opportunities especially agriculture and
tourism and safeguarding the welfare and morals of the people.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To resolve dispute on lands thru “development lawyering” resorting to

judicial remedy as a last resort.
 To initiate legislative measures for consideration of the SP designed to:
a. Protect the environment
b. Promote investment opportunities
c. Safeguard the welfare and morals of the people
City Accounting Office (CAO)
1. Mission
To provide an effective and efficient accounting and auditing service for a

more responsive fiscal management.
2. Goal/Objectives
 To adhere to laws, rules and regulations pertaining to government

transactions in order to attain systematic, efficient and effective fiscal
management.
 To fully implement the New Government Accounting System (NGAS).
City Assessor’s Office (CAO)
1. Mission
To establish a reliable and updated schedule of base unit market values of

land and base unit construction cost of buildings and improvements and to
strengthen and institutionalize planning and research in order to cope up with
the trends of development.
 To establish an accurate and systematic records management
 Recommend policies to improve assessment processes
 To conduct continuing tax mapping/real property identification
operation and assessment
 To provide an efficient and effective administrative support services to
concerned individual entries
2. Goal/Objectives
To provide the local government with the additional funds for developmental
projects through the establishment of a reliable and systematic method of real
property assessment and developing the real property tax to its fullest
potential as a revenue source and to provide information to NGOs, NGAs, POs,
GFIs, in order to provide efficient financial information to property
owners/farmers alleviate their living condition by ensuring the efficient
implementation of assessment laws, rules and regulations.
City Agriculture Office (CAO)
1. Mission
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The City Agriculturist is the primary office of the city government responsible
for the promotion of sustainable agricultural development and growth through
increased productivity thus, the Office of the City Agriculturist shall provide
the agricultural extension and support services to the farmers, fisher folks,
rural women, rural youth necessary to make agriculture and agro-based
enterprises profitable. It is also mandated the gigantic task of providing
adequate and technical assistance to the agricultural sector or our society to
increase productivity thereby increasing farmer’s and fisherfolk’s income.
2. Goals/Objectives
 Sustain and maximize the participatory planning and budgeting in focused

on agricultural and tourism development.
 To increase agricultural productivity and profitability in crops, livestock,
poultry and aquaculture for lowland and consistent with national policies
and promulgation of upland farmers.
 To protect and preserve natural, ecological, historical, cultural sites and
attractions for tourism development and promotion within and outside the
province.
 Increase production of agro products that have tourism value.
City Budget Office (CBO)
1. Mission
To formulate a budget which is pro-active and result oriented geared towards

optimum, unwasteful and effective resource utilization thru improved budget
administration and responsive local government focused on agriculture and
eco-tourism development.
2. Goal/Objectives
 To achieve, maximize and sustain effective local governance using simple,

fast and participative approach focused on agriculture and eco-tourism
development
City Civil Registrar Office (CRO)
1. Mission
To uphold and provide all registrable documents and judicial decrees affecting
the civil status of persons.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To file, keep, maintain and preserve all registrable documents in the

appropriate civil registry books.
 To deliver prompt quality services to all constituents regardless of social
status and or political affiliations.
 To conduct educational campaign regarding the importance of registration
of births, deaths and marriages.
City Treasurer’s Office (CTO)
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1. Mission
To provide adequate financial support for the dispensation of essential public

services and the prosecution of development programs and projects towards
sustainable economic development on agriculture, tourism and service
industry.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To maintain an effective revenue generation program.

 Proper custody and disposition of funds and accountable forms.
 Efficient and effective city treasury operation.
City Planning and Development Office (CPDO)
1. Mission
Initiate and cause the participatory formulation, coordination and integration

of effective and comprehensive development plans; analyze income and
expenditure patterns; provide sufficient and reliable information, conduct
researches and continuing studies for project planning; monitor and evaluate
the implementation of programs and project with feedback mechanism in
support to the LGU vision.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To analyze income and expenditure patterns to come up with

recommendations in the utilization of the unexpected amount to be
reprogrammed to our strategic focus.
 To conduct participatory planning and budgeting workshop in the different
levels of LGU.
 To formulate development plans and programs in support to agriculture and
tourism development.
 To conduct continuing researchers and studies to arrive at new
development techniques in planning.
 To coordinate and integrate plans and programs of the different agencies.
 To monitor, evaluate and feedback the implementation of policies,
guidelines, programs and projects.
City Veterinary Office (CVO)
1. Mission
To promote and support the increase of livestock and poultry production thru
responsive and comprehensive veterinary services.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To upgrade the breed of livestock and poultry

 To prevent, control and eradicate the occurrence of livestock and poultry
diseases
 To accelerate the establishment of government and private breeder farms
 To promote forage and pasture development in the livestock industry
 To maintain Cauayan City as FMD protected area
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 To implement quarantine laws, rules and regulations
 To intensify campaign against diseases that are transferable to man
City General Services Office (CGSO)
1. Mission
Deliver basic services such as repair and maintenance, security and protection
of all government-owned buildings and facilities, parks, grounds and plazas,
supply and property management, administrative, records and archival
functions efficiently, effectively and economically responsive to the needs of
the LGU and other clientele.
2. Goals
 To maintain clean and safe workplace, parks and grounds
 To deliver quality supplies and materials
 To enforce policies in all phases of records management
 To enhance capabilities and working relationship among personnel
City Environment and Sanitation Management Office (ESMO)
1. Mission
Proper solid waster management is a mission for all. All sectors of society are
responsible for solid waste. As such, each sector has major mission to fulfill
its proper management.
 The National Government is tasked to formulate relevant policies,

standards, and criteria that emphasize the importance of providing safe
and effective waste management.
 The Local Government Units are vested the responsibility of effectively
operationalizing solid waste management programs in accordance with
national policies, standards, and criteria.
 Non-Government Organizations, People’s Organizations,
Community Organizations, and other private sector institutions
endeavor to serve the public good through project initiative in support of
national solid waste management goals.
 The vision of Business and Industry to serve the consuming public is
best carried out by setting into place production processes and
technologies that:
- prevent and minimize waste organization;
- efficiently and properly treat and dispose all unavoidable waste
products.
 Individual Citizens are expected to internalize lifestyles, consumption
habits, and environmentally correct behavior and practices that promote
waste avoidance, reduction, and resource recovery.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To ensure round-the clock cleanliness through orderly waste management.

 To cease and desist from utilization of open garbage dumps which serves
as breeding places of insects causing disease, foul odors and harmful
fumes, emit “greenhouse gases” which contribute to global warming and
thinning of the ozone layer; generate “leachate” which pollute soil and
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water resources; and creates unhealthy scavenging activities in the
vicinity;
 To eradicate unsightly, uncovered and overflowing waste containers in
streets, public places, and open spaces;
 To minimize and optimize sanitary resources recovery for feeds, fuel,
materials, energy, etc.; and
 To minimize pollution arising from harmful gases, smoke particulates
produced be needless burning/dumping; polluted runoffs into water
sources/supply; and hazardous substances.
City Economic Enterprises Management and Development Office
1. Mission
Being an income generating office we will provide additional revenue/income

for the local government to finance continuous delivery of basic services for
the people of Cauayan.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To plan other revenue generation program within the city.

 To have efficient and effective collection of revenue from the City Public
Market and other resources.
 To maintain order and cleanliness of the City Public Market.
City Health Office (CHO)
1. Mission
To provide effective, efficient and comprehensive health services in the City of

Cauayan, without discrimination whatsoever but giving priority to the
underserved through the use of appropriate technology.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To deliver prompt quality health care to all customers regardless of color,

sex, social status, creed and political affiliation.
 To promote health education among our customers.
City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO)
1. Mission
To provide a balanced approach to welfare and development whereby the

needs and interest of the population are addressed not only at the outbreak of
crisis but also more importantly at the stage which inexorably lead to such
crisis.
2. Goal/Objectives
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 Provide a balanced approach to welfare and development whereby the
needs and interest of the population are addressed not only at the outbreak
of the crisis but more importantly at the stage which inexorably lead to
such crisis.
City Engineering Office (CEO)
1. Mission
The CEO shall provide improved and sustainable infrastructure through the
speedy and timely preparation of quality plans, specification, programs of
work, ensuring the effective, efficient and economical implementation of city
projects including maintenance of city roads and bridges, adhering to
government standards, with well-coordinated equipment and administrative
support.
2. Goal/Objectives
 Provision of improved and sustainable infrastructures responsive to the

needs of the agricultural sector and development of Tourism while
achieving internal efficiency and effectiveness.
City Cooperative Office (CCO)
1. Mission
To respond to the needs and adopt viable programs of a strong and successful
inter-cooperatives for the effective and continuous delivery of services that
would improve socio-economic development and to protect the interest of its
corporate existence.
2. Goals/Objectives
 To maximize the effective use of cooperative resources such as equipment,

fund, material and human resources.
 To establish linkages between Government Agencies, NGO’s and PO’s
engaged in cooperative development concerning technology transfer.
 To provide cooperative with appropriate market and financing information
system.
 Conversion of potential farmer and woman associations into viable
cooperatives.
 Strengthen functional cooperatives and established association.
City Human Resource Management Office (CHRMO)
1. Mission
To provide and manage a comprehensive personnel systems and development

to raise employee, integrity and courteousness and level of excellence.
2. Goal/Objectives
 To provide necessary support to all offices to achieve the LGU vision, in

terms of its different programs, projects and activities.
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CHAPTER II: FINAL PROVISIONS
Section 392. Amendatory Clause. - All ordinance, rules and regulations or parts
thereof in conflict or inconsistent with any provisions of this Code are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
Section 393. Separability Clause. - Should any part of this Code be declared
null and void by a court of competent jurisdiction the remaining parts not so affected
thereby shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 394. Appropriations for the Publication of the Code. - The amount
of Forty Thousand (P40,000.00_) Pesos is hereby appropriated from unappropriated funds
for the publication and printing of this Code.
Section 395. Effectively. - This Code shall take effect on the succeeding quarter
after its approval.
UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
HON. LEONCIO N. DALIN HON. MICHAEL JOHN C. DELMENDO

City Councilor City Councilor
HON. EDGAR M. DE LUNA HON. JOSELITO A. ORTIZ, JR.

HON. EDGARDO O. ATIENZA HON. EDWIN G. LUCAS

HON. EUGENIO V. ASIRIT HON. RUBEN G. TUMBAGA

HON. ALEJANDRO Q. UY, III HON. VICTOR G. DY

City Councilor City Councilor/Liga ng mga Barangay
President
HON. CHARMLAINE A. ORDOÑEZ

City Councilor/Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President
CERTIFIED CORRECT:
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ROMEO N. PEREZ
City Secretary to the
Sanggunian
ROLANDO R. FORONDA,
SR.
Assistant Secretary to the
Sanggunian
ATTESTED BY:
HON. DIOSDADO B. RAMIREZ

City Vice Mayor
APPROVED:
HON. CAESAR G. DY
City Mayor
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Republic of the Philippines

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD

CITY ORDINANCE NO. 2002-012

“AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE

Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of

Section 4. Numbering of Ordinance. - This Code shall be recorded and

Section 5. Amendment of New Chapters or Sections. - Any amendments

Section 7. Reference to Code. - Whenever reference is made to any portion of

Section 8. Relation of Code to Prior Ordinances. - The provisions of this Code

Section 9. Conflict Within/Between/Among Chapters or Articles. - Should

Section 12. Existing Rights-Action Preceding the Code. - No action or

Section 13. Rules Interpreting the Provisions of this Code. -

6. Shall and May . –“Shall” is mandatory and “May” is permissive.

CHAPTER II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS

Section 15. The Seal of the City. -

SUN - Represents the bright future of the new city.

BAMBOO POLE - Represents the humble and resilient Cauayeños.

CITY HALL - Represents the new face of Cauayan as a city.

“A dynamic, vibrant and peaceful City of Cauayan, striving to establish a global

Section 18. City Mission. - The City of Cauayan is committed to:

1. Expand network capabilities to raise social standard to the optimum;

1. Optimize efforts and resources to alleviate living conditions of the entire

Oh Cauayan sweet home in thee I live

City Tree – The City Tree shall be the Kawayan.

Section 22. City Heroes. - There shall be a special committee to be created to

Section 23. Local Annual Celebrations. -

City Fiesta - April 10-13

Civil Registration Month (Presidential Proclamation No. 682)

Abuse of Authority - excessive use of power or authority unbefitting of a public

Accredited or Recognized Employee Union - an employee union accredited

Amendatory Procurement Plan - is the itemized list prepared by the head of

Amendatory Procurement Program - refers to the itemized list prepared by

Annual Budget - refers to a financial plan embodying the estimates of income

Appraised Value - refers to the estimated value of disposable property after

Appropriation - refers to an authorization made by the ordinance directing the

Award - recognition which may be monetary or non-monetary conferred on

Award - is the decision of the Committee on Awards as to who among the

Bona-Fide Bidder - is a registered merchant licensed as manufacturer,

Canvass, Sealed - is one wherein an offer is received by the authorized official in

Career - positions in the civil service characterized by

Career Service - Positions in the civil service characterized by (1) entrance

Comparative at Par - Predetermined reasonable difference or gap between

Condemnation - is the act of destroying valueless supplies or property by

Conflict of Interest - arises when official or employees is a member of a board,

Continuing Appropriation - refers to an appropriation available to support

Contribution - any input which can be in the form of an idea or performance.

Current Operating Expenditures - refer to appropriations for the purchase of

Custody - refers to the actual or constructive possession or control of supplies or

Deep Selection - the process of selecting a candidate for an appointment who is

Discovery - is the uncovering of something previously existing but found or

Discrimination - is a situation wherein a qualified applicant is not included in the

Dishonesty - lack of honesty or integrity or disposition to deceive or defraud,

Disloyalty to the Republic of the Philippines - an act announcing or seeking

Disposable Property - is a property reported for disposition by all office.

Divestment - is the transfer of title or disposal of interest in property by

Economically Repairable - refers to that condition of supplies or property which

Enormity of Order - refers to that circumstance wherein the supplies or property

Excess Property - is a property no longer needed by an office.

Expendable Supplies - refer to articles which are consumed in use, such as

Family of Local Officials or Employees - means their spouses and unmarried

General Bond - is a combination of bidder’s bond and a performance which may

Gift - refers to a thing or a right disposed of gratuitously, or any of liberality, in

Grievance – a work-related discontentment or dissatisfaction which had been

Grievance Machinery - a system or method of determining and finding the best