Mayor & SB Members: Powers, Duties &functions
Mayor & SB Members: Powers, Duties &functions
Mayor & SB Members: Powers, Duties &functions
• examine the books, records and other documents of all offices, officials,
agents or employees of the municipality or city;
2. Enforce all laws and ordinances, and implement all approved policies,
programs, projects, services and activities of the municipality or city:
• issue executive orders as are necessary for the proper enforcement and
execution of laws and ordinances;
• call conventions, seminars or meetings of any elective and appointive officials
of the municipality or city;
• formulate and implement the peace and order plan of the municipality or city;
and
• call upon the appropriate law enforcement agencies to suppress disorder, riot,
lawless violence, rebellion or sedition or to apprehend violators of the law.
SECTION. 444.
• ensure that all taxes and other revenues of the municipality or city are
collected;
• Enter into joint ventures and other cooperative arrangements with people’s and non-
governmental organizations to engage in the delivery of certain basic services,
capability-building and livelihood projects in the municipality [Section 35, LGC];
• Enforce the guidelines in the accreditation and membership of POs and NGOs in the
Municipal Development Council, Municipal School Board, Municipal Health Board,
Municipal Peace and Order Council and Municipal Bids and Awards Committee
SECTION 97. Annual Report. –
• Cause the formulation of the Municipal Development Plan [Section 444 (b) (1) (ii), LGC]
• Cause the provision of funds for the implementation of the Executive and
Legislative Agenda [DILG MC No. 04-64, s. 2004]
Sangguniang Bayan
POWERS OF THE SANGGUNIANS
(1) Be the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Bayan and sign all warrants drawn on the
municipal treasury for all expenditures appropriated for the operation of the Sangguniang
Bayan;
(2) Subject to civil service law, rules and regulations, appoint all officials and employees of the
Sangguniang Bayan, except those whose manner of appointment is specifically provided in
this Code;
(3) Assume the office of the municipal mayor for the unexpired term of the latter in the event of
permanent vacancy as provided for in section 44, Book I of this Code;
The Vice Mayor
SECTION. 445. Powers, Duties and Compensation
(4) Exercise the powers and perform the duties and functions of the
municipal mayor in cases of temporary vacancy as provided for in section
46, Book I of this Code; and,
(5) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and
functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.
Duties and Powers of the Presiding Officer
v. Promote public order. Enact ordinances intended to prevent, suppress and impose
appropriate penalties for habitual drunkenness in public places, vagrancy, mendicancy,
prostitution, establishment and maintenance of houses of ill repute, gambling and other prohibited
games of chance, fraudulent devices and ways to obtain money or property, drug addiction,
maintenance of drug dens, drug pushing, juvenile delinquency, the printing, distribution or
exhibition of obscene or pornographic materials or publications, and such other activities inimical
to the welfare and morals of the inhabitants of the municipality;
vi. Protect the environment. Protect the environment and impose appropriate penalties for
acts which endanger the environment, such as dynamite fishing and other forms of destructive
fishing, illegal logging and smuggling of logs, smuggling of natural resources products and of
endangered species of flora and fauna, slash and burn farming, and such other activities which
result in pollution, acceleration of eutrophication of rivers and lakes, or of ecological imbalance;
vii. Define duties of LGU personnel. Subject to the provisions of the LGC and pertinent laws,
determine the powers and duties of officials and employees of the municipality;
viii. Provide compensation to LGU personnel. Determine the positions and the salaries,
wages, allowances and other emoluments and benefits of officials and employees paid wholly
or mainly from municipal funds and provide for expenditures necessary for the proper conduct
of programs, projects, services, and activities of the municipal government;
ix. Authorize payment of honoraria. Authorize the payment of compensation to a qualified
person not in the government service who fills up a temporary vacancy or grant honorarium to
any qualified official or employee designated to fill a temporary vacancy in a concurrent
capacity, at the rate authorized by law;
x. Ensure safety of government property and records. Provide a mechanism and the
appropriate funds therefore, to ensure the safety and protection of all municipal government
property, public documents, or records such as those relating to property inventory, land
ownership, records of births, marriages, deaths, assessments, taxation, accounts, business
permits, and such other records and documents of public interest in the offices and departments
of the municipal government;
xi. Provide additional allowances for government personnel. When the finances of the
municipal 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 municipality;
xii. Provide legal assistance to barangay officials. Provide for legal
assistance to Barangay officials who, in the performance of their official duties or
on the occasion thereof, have to initiate judicial proceedings or defend
themselves against legal action; and,
xiii. Provide insurance coverage for barangay officials. Provide for group
insurance or additional insurance coverage for Barangay officials, including
members of Barangay tanod brigades and other service units, with public or
private insurance companies, when the finances of the municipal government
allow said coverage.
(2) Generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues for the development plans,
program objectives and priorities of the municipality as provided for under Section 18 of
the LGC with particular attention to agro-industrial development and countryside growth
and progress, and relative thereto, shall:
i. Enact budgets. Approve the annual and supplemental budgets of the municipal
government and appropriate funds for specific programs, projects, services and activities of
the municipality, or for other purposes not contrary to law, in order to promote the general
welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants;
ii. Levy taxes, fees and charges. 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 Bayan, enact
ordinances levying taxes, fees and charges, prescribing the rates thereof for general and
specific purposes, and granting tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs;
iii. Authorize contract of loans. Subject to the provisions of Book II of the LGC and upon the
majority vote of all the members of the Sangguniang Bayan, authorize the municipal mayor to
negotiate and contract loans and other forms of indebtedness;
iv. Authorize bond floatation. 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 Bayan, enact
ordinances authorizing the floating of bonds or other instruments of indebtedness, for the
purpose of raising funds to finance development projects;
v. Authorize construction and lease of public buildings. Appropriate funds for the
construction and maintenance or the rental of buildings for the use of the municipality and,
upon the majority vote of all the members of the Sangguniang Bayan, authorize the municipal
mayor to lease to private parties such public buildings held in a proprietary capacity, subject to
existing laws, rules and regulations;
vi. Regulate use of property. Prescribe reasonable limits and restraints on the use of property
within the jurisdiction of the municipality;
vii. Adopt a comprehensive land use plan. Adopt a comprehensive land use plan for the
municipality: Provided, That the formulation, adoption, or modification of said plan shall be in
coordination with the approved provincial comprehensive land use plan;
viii. Reclassify use of land. Reclassify land within the jurisdiction of the municipality, subject to
the pertinent provisions of the LGC;
ix. Enact a zoning ordinance. Enact integrated zoning ordinances in consonance with the
approved comprehensive land use plan, subject to existing laws, rules and
regulations; establish fire limits or zones, particularly in populous centers; and regulate the
construction, repair or modification of buildings within said fire limits or zones in accordance
with the provisions of the Fire Code;
x. Approve subdivision plans. Subject to national law, process and approve subdivision plans
for residential, commercial, or industrial purposes and other development purposes, and collect
processing fees and other charges, the proceeds of which shall accrue entirely to the municipality:
Provided, however, That, where approval by a national agency or office is required, said 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;
xi. Grant privilege for fish pen construction. 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 municipal waters;
xii. Provide tax incentives. With the concurrence of at least two-thirds (2/3) of all the members of
the Sangguniang Bayan, grant tax exemptions, incentives or reliefs to entities engaged in
community growth-inducing industries, subject to the provisions of Chapter 5, Title I, Book II of the
LGC;
xiii. Grant loans to charitable or educational institutions. Grant loans or
provide grants to other local government units or to national, provincial and
municipal charitable, benevolent or educational institutions: Provided, That said
institutions are operated and maintained within the municipality;
i. Fix service fees. Fix and impose reasonable fees and charges for all services rendered by the
municipal government to private persons or entities;
ii. Regulate business. Regulate any business, occupation, or practice of profession or calling
which does not require government examination within the municipality and the conditions under
which the license for said business or practice of profession may be issued or revoked;
iii. Determine terms for use or lease of public utilities. Prescribe the terms and conditions
under which public utilities owned by the municipality shall be operated by the municipal
government or leased to private persons or entities, preferably cooperatives;
iv. Fix license fees for signs and billboards. 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, in whole or in part, conducted;
v. Regulate cockfighting activities. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, authorize and
license the establishment, operation, and maintenance of cockpits, and regulate cockfighting
and commercial breeding of gamecocks: Provided, That existing rights should not be
prejudiced;
vi. Grant tricycle operation franchises. 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 municipality;
ii. Establish sanitation regulations. Require that buildings and the premises
thereof and any land within the municipality be kept and maintained in a sanitary
condition; impose penalties for any violation thereof, or upon failure to comply
with said requirement, have the work done and require the owner, administrator
or tenant concerned to pay the expenses of the same; or require the filling up of
any land or premises to a grade necessary for proper sanitation;
iii. Regulate disposal of hospital wastes. Regulate the disposal of clinical and
other wastes from hospitals, clinics and other similar establishments;
iv. Regulate establishment of restaurants and lodging houses. Regulate the establishment,
operation and maintenance of cafes, restaurants, beerhouses, hotels, motels, inns, pension
houses, lodging houses, and other similar establishments, including tourist guides and transports;
v. Regulate the sale of liquor. Regulate the sale, giving away or dispensing of any intoxicating
malt, vino, mixed or fermented liquors at any retail outlet;
vi. Regulate the establishment of heat devices. 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 municipality;
ix. Regulate establishment of funeral parlors. 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 LGC, and in addition
to said services and facilities, shall:
i. Establish watersheds and forest development projects. Provide for the establishment,
maintenance, protection, and conservation of communal forests and watersheds, tree parks,
greenbelts, mangroves, and other similar forest development projects;
ii. Establish markets and slaughterhouses. Establish markets,
slaughterhouses or animal corrals and authorize the operation thereof, and
regulate the construction and operation of private markets, talipapas or other
similar buildings and structures;
iv. Regulate food preparation and sale. Regulate the preparation and sale of
meat, poultry, fish, vegetables, fruits, fresh dairy products, and other foodstuffs
for public consumption;
v. Regulate use of streets. Regulate the use of streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, bridges,
parks and other public places and approve the construction, improvement, repair and
maintenance of the same; establish bus and vehicle stops and terminals or regulate the use of
the same by privately-owned vehicles which serve the public; regulate garages and the
operation of conveyances for hire; designate stands to be occupied by public vehicles when
not in use; regulate the putting up of signs, signposts, awnings and awning posts on the
streets; and provide for the lighting, cleaning and sprinkling of streets and public places;
vi. Regulate traffic. Regulate traffic on all streets and bridges, prohibit the putting up of
encroachments or obstacles thereon, and, when necessary in the interest of public welfare,
authorize the removal of encroachments and illegal constructions in public places;
vii. Ensure adequate water supply. Subject to existing laws, provide for the
establishment, operation, maintenance, and repair of an efficient waterworks
system to supply water for the inhabitants; regulate the construction,
maintenance, repair and use of hydrants, pumps, cisterns and reservoirs;
protect the purity and quantity of the water supply of the municipality 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;
viii. Regulate public works. Regulate the drilling and excavation of the ground for the laying
of water, gas, sewer, and other pipes and the construction, repair and maintenance of public
drains, sewers, cesspools, tunnels and similar structures; regulate the placing of poles and the
use of crosswalks, curbs, and gutters; adopt measures to ensure public safety against open
canals, manholes, live wires and other similar hazards to life and property; and, regulate the
construction and use of private water closets, privies and other similar structures in buildings
and homes;
ix. Regulate installation of gas, electric and telecommunication equipment. Regulate the
placing, stringing, attaching, installing, repair and construction of all gas mains, electric,
telegraph and telephone wires, conduits, meters and other apparatus; and, provide for the
correction, condemnation or removal of the same when found to be dangerous, defective or
otherwise hazardous to the welfare of the inhabitants;
x. Establish vocational and technical schools. Subject to the availability of funds and to
existing laws, rules and regulations, establish and provide for the operation of vocational and
technical schools and similar post-secondary institutions and, with the approval of the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports, fix and collect reasonable fees and other school
charges on said institutions, subject to existing laws on tuition fees;
xi. Establish scholarship funds. Establish a scholarship fund for poor but deserving students
residing within the municipality in schools located within its jurisdiction;
xii. Adopt quarantine regulations. Approve measures and adopt quarantine regulations to
prevent the introduction and spread of diseases;
xiii. Establish a solid waste management program. 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 filth and wastes;
xiv. Establish programs for the disadvantaged. Provide for the care of paupers, the aged, the
sick, persons of unsound mind, disabled persons, abandoned minors, juvenile delinquents, drug
dependents, abused children and other needy and disadvantaged persons, particularly children
and youth below eighteen (18) years of age and, subject to availability of funds, establish and
provide for the operation of centers and facilities for said needy and disadvantaged persons;
xv. Maintain jails and detention centers. Establish and provide for the maintenance and
improvement of jails and detention centers, institute sound jail management programs, and
appropriate funds for the subsistence of detainees and convicted prisoners in the municipality;
xvi. Establish council for culture and the arts. Establish a municipal council whose purpose
is the promotion of culture and the arts, coordinate with government agencies and non-
governmental organizations and, subject to the availability of funds, appropriate funds for the
support and development of the same; and
xvii. Establish council for the elderly. Establish a municipal council for the elderly which shall
formulate policies and adopt measures mutually beneficial to the elderly and to the community;
provide incentives for non-governmental agencies and entities and, subject to the availability of
funds, appropriate funds to support programs and projects for the benefit of the elderly; and
(6) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and
functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.
• ADOPTING THE INTERNAL RULES OF PROCEDURE
• Ensure that the provisions of Sections 51-53 of RA 9165 shall be strictly and faithfully enforced;
• Initiate the formulation of prevention and rehabilitation programs in their respective local government units;
• Cause the enactment of an ordinance complementing the Comprehensive Drugs Act of 2002, if none has
yet been passed, or to amend the same, to be consistent with the pertinent provisions of the said Act, and
ensure the effective enforcement thereof;
• Ensure the Anti-Drug Abuse Councils at all levels perform their functions and responsibilities as embodied
in relevant Department issuances (DILG MC No. 2009-09, s. 2009);
Authority of Sanggunian to Create Positions
Annual Investment Program for 2020 – not later than 1st week of August
CY 2020 Annual Appropriations Ordinance – within the period of October 17 to end of 2019
Review of the CY 2020 Barangay Appropriations Ordinances – within 60 days from receipt of the
submitted Annual Budgets or Supplemental Budgetsof Barangays.
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Maraming
Salamat po.