Barangay Officials, including the Punong Barangay, Sangguniang Barangay Members, Barangay Secretary and Treasurer, Sangguniang Kabataan Chairman, and his members, serve as the basic political unit and the primary planning and implementing unit of government policies, plans, programs, projects, and activities in the community and as a forum wherein the collective views of the people may be expressed, crystallized and considered, and where disputes may be amicably settled.