Dipolog City Council
The Dipolog City Council (Filipino: Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Dipolog) is Dipolog's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislative body. The council has thirteen (13) members which is composed of ten (10) councilors, one (1) ex officio member elected from the ranks of barangay (neighborhood) chairmen, one (1) ex officio member elected from the ranks of Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) chairmen and one (1) presiding officer. The Vice-mayor of the city is the presiding officer of the council, who is elected citywide.
Dipolog City Council Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Dipolog | |
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Term limits | 3 terms (9 years) |
| Leadership | |
Presiding Officer | Horacio B. Velasco, PDP-Laban |
| Structure | |
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Length of term | 3 years |
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| Elections | |
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Last election | May 13, 2019 |
Next election | May 9, 2022 |
| Meeting place | |
| Session Hall, Sangguniang Panlungsod Building, Padre Jose Ramon Street, Estaka, Dipolog City | |
| Website | |
| dipologcity | |
The council is responsible for creating laws and ordinances under the city's jurisdiction. The mayor can veto proposed bills, but the council can override it with a two-thirds supermajority.
The council meets at the Session Hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Building for their regular sessions.
Powers, duties and functions
The Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the legislative body of the city, is mandated by the Local Government Code of 1991 to:
- Enact ordinances;
- Approve resolutions;
- Appropriate funds for the general welfare of the city and its inhabitants; and
- Ensure the proper exercise of the corporate powers of the city as provided for under Section 22 of the Local Government Code.
Furthermore, the following duties and functions are relegated to the Sangguniang Panlungsod:
- Approve ordinances and pass resolutions necessary for an efficient and effective city government;
- Generate and maximize the use of resources and revenues for the development plans, program objectives and priorities of the city as provided for under section 18 of the Local Government Code of 1991, with particular attention to agro-industrial development and citywide growth and progress;
- 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 but subject to the provisions of Book II of the Local Government Code of 1991;
- Regulate activities relative to the use of land, buildings, and structures within the city in order to promote the general welfare of its inhabitants;
- 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
- Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.
Membership
Each of Dipolog's councilor elects ten members of the council. In plurality-at-large voting, a voter may vote for up to ten candidates and the candidates with the ten highest numbers of votes are elected.[1] Barangay and SK chairs throughout the city each elect a representative to the council, for a total of 12 councilors. City-council elections are synchronized with other elections in the country, which have been held on the second Monday of May every third year since 1992.[2]
2019 - 2022 membership
These are the members after the 2019 local elections,[3] and 2018 barangay and SK elections:
| Position | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presiding Officer | Horacio B. Velasco | PDP–Laban | |
| City Councilors |
Jasmin N. Pinsoy - Lagutin | PDP–Laban | |
| James Cyril L. Ruiz III | PDP–Laban | ||
| Roger V. Asprer | PDP–Laban | ||
| Raul C. Barbaso | PDP–Laban | ||
| James P. Verduguez | PDP–Laban | ||
| Eduardo C. Baron | PDP–Laban | ||
| Peter Y. Co | PDP–Laban | ||
| Marilou Y. Calibo | PDP–Laban | ||
| Praxides R. Rubia | PDP–Laban | ||
| Maynard R. Baes | PDP–Laban | ||
| Ex Officio City Council Member | |||
| ABC President | Julius B. Gajonera (Sicayab) | Nonpartisan | |
| SK Federation President | Mandel Zoe B. Lugasan (Santa Isabel) | Nonpartisan | |
Former councils
| Position | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presiding Officer | Horacio B. Velasco | Liberal | |
| City Councilors |
Jasmin N. Pinsoy | Liberal | |
| Jonald C. Napigquit | Liberal | ||
| Roger V. Asprer | Liberal | ||
| Peter Y. Co | Liberal | ||
| Raul C. Barbaso | Liberal | ||
| James Cyril O. Ruiz | Liberal | ||
| Eduardo C. Baron | Liberal | ||
| Maynard R. Baes | Liberal | ||
| Rubencio B. Legorio | Liberal | ||
| Marilou Y. Calibo | Liberal | ||
| ABC President | Rosanna R. Diaz (Central) | Nonpartisan | |
| Julius B. Gajonera (Sicayab)[lower-alpha 1] | Nonpartisan | ||
| SK Federation President | Mandel Zoe B. Lugasan (Santa Isabel) | Nonpartisan | |
| Position | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presiding Officer | Horacio B. Velasco | Liberal | |
| City Councilors |
Jasmin N. Pinsoy | Liberal | |
| Dante Ricky G. Bagarinao | Liberal | ||
| Peter Y. Co | Liberal | ||
| Raul C. Barbaso | Liberal | ||
| James P. Verduguez | Liberal | ||
| James Cyril O. Ruiz | Liberal | ||
| Praxides P. Rubia | Liberal | ||
| Kenny Val U. Ong | Liberal | ||
| Rubencio B. Legorio | Liberal | ||
| Jonald C. Napigquit | Liberal | ||
| ABC President | Janus I. Yu (Miputak)[lower-alpha 2] | Nonpartisan | |
| Maynard R. Baes (Turno)[lower-alpha 3] | Nonpartisan | ||
| Rosanna R. Diaz (Central)[lower-alpha 4] | Nonpartisan | ||
| SK Federation President | Ma. Katrina B. Bagarinao | Nonpartisan | |
| Position | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presiding Officer | Senen O. Angeles | ||
| City Councilors |
Peter Y. Co | ||
| Horacio B. Velasco | |||
| Roberto N. Pinsoy | |||
| Uldarico M. Mejorada II | |||
| Raul C. Barbaso | |||
| Alton C. Ratificar | |||
| Nenita B. Lacaya | |||
| Cesar B. Romero | |||
| Romulo P. Soliva | |||
| Julius C. Napigquit | |||
| ABC President | Emerenciana U. Velasco (Miputak) | Nonpartisan | |
| SK Federation President | Edwin Aldren M. Refugio (Galas) | Nonpartisan | |
2010 - 2013 membership
- Senen O. Angeles (Presiding Officer)[8]
- James Cyril O. Ruiz
- Horacio B. Velasco
- Rubencio B. Legorio
- Marvelita N. Pinsoy
- Dante Ricky G. Bagarinao
- Jonald C. Napigquit
- James P. Verduguez
- Romulo P. Soliva
- Praxides P. Rubia
- Kenny Val U. Ong
- Janus I Yu (ABC)
- Ma. Katrina B. Bagarinao (SK)
2007 - 2010 membership
2001 - 2004 membership
- Edelburgo L. Cheng (Presiding Officer)[11]
- Peter Y. Co
- Alton C. Ratificar
- Dante G. Bagarinao
- Nenita B. Lacaya
- Roberto N. Pinsoy
- Cesar B. Romero
- Uldarico M. Mejorada II
- Julius C. Napigquit
- Raul C. Barbaso
- Senen O. Angeles
- Kenny Val U. Ong (ABC)
- Edwin Aldren M. Refugio (SK)
1998 - 2001 membership
- Edelburgo L. Cheng (Presiding Officer)[12]
- Edionar M. Zamoras
- Desiree L. Lee
- Horacio B. Velasco
- Saint G. Barinaga
- Cedric L. Adriatico
- Alton C. Ratificar
- Dante G. Bagarinao
- Cesar B. Romero
- Roberto N. Pinsoy
- Michael Alan Z. Ranillo
- Elias J. Pampilo Jr. (ABC)
- Faith Ester G. Barinaga (SK)
1970 - 1978 membership
- Roseller L. Barinaga (Presiding Officer)[13]
- Gamelin Sevilleno
- Fortunato Manogura
- Deogracias Hamac, Jr.
- Jose Villarinte, Jr.
- Alejandro Alferez
- Jacobo S. Amatong
- Narciso Barbaso
- Pelagio Lachica
Prominent members
- Horacio B. Velasco - doctor, City Vice Mayor (2013 - 2022), and former City Councilor (1992 - 2001, 2004 - 2013)
- Senen O. Angeles - lawyer, former city councilor, former city vice mayor (2004 - 2013), and Vice Governor of Zamboanga del Norte (2013 - 2022).
- Edelburgo L. Cheng - former City Mayor (March 27, 1998 - June 30, 1998),[14] and former City Vice Mayor (1995 - March 1998; July 1998 - 2004).
- Julius C. Napigquit - lawyer, former City Councilor (2001 - 2010), and 2nd District Board Member of Zamboanga del Norte (2013 - 2022)
- Romulo P. Soliva - former City Councilor (2004 - 2013), and 2nd District Board Member of Zamboanga del Norte (2013 - 2022)
- Uldarico M. Mejorada II - lawyer, former City Councilor (until 2007), and former 2nd District Board Member of Zamboanga del Norte (2007 - 2013)
- Edionar M. Zamoras - radio commentator for DXFL, former City Councilor (1998 - 2001), and former 2nd District Board Member of Zamboanga del Norte (2004 - 2010)
Notes
- Gajonera took Diaz's place after a leadership change since the 2018 Barangay elections in Dipolog.
- Yu served until 2015.
- Baes served after taking Janus Yu's place until he resigned from the position to run for city councilor for the 2016 elections.
- Diaz, who took over Maynard Baes's position, served the remaining unexpired term of Janus Yu, and continue in the next Sangguniang Panlungsod membership change before the 2018 Barangay elections in Dipolog.
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