LGA - Municipality

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  • The municipality serves as a general purpose government for the coordination and delivery of basic, regular, and direct services for the inhabitants within its territorial jurisdiction
  • A municipality may be created, divided, merged, abolished, or have its boundary altered only by an Act of Congress and subject to approval by a majority vote in a plebiscite conducted by the Comelec
  • Requisites for creating a municipality:
    • Average annual income of at least P=2,500,000.00 for the last two consecutive years
    • Population of at least 25,000 inhabitants
    • Contiguous territory of at least 50 square kilometers
  • Officials of the Municipal Government include:
    • Municipal mayor
    • Municipal vice-mayor
    • Sangguniang Bayan members
    • Secretary to the Sangguniang Bayan
    • Municipal treasurer
    • Municipal assessor
    • Municipal accountant
    • Municipal budget officer
    • Municipal planning and development coordinator
    • Municipal engineer/building official
    • Municipal health officer
    • Municipal civil registrar
  • Elective and appointive municipal officials receive compensation, allowances, and other emoluments as determined by law or ordinance
  • The municipal mayor exercises powers and performs duties as provided by the Code and other laws
  • The vice-mayor:
    • Presides over the Sangguniang Bayan
    • Signs warrants for expenditures
    • Appoints officials and employees of the Sangguniang Bayan
    • Assumes the office of the municipal mayor in case of a permanent vacancy
  • The Sangguniang Bayan is composed of:
    • Municipal vice-mayor as the presiding officer
    • Regular Sanggunian members
    • President of the municipal chapter of the Liga ng mga Barangay
    • President of the pambayang pederasyon ng mga Sangguniang Kabataan
    • Sectoral representatives
  • The Sangguniang Bayan enacts ordinances, approves resolutions, and appropriates funds for the general welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants
  • Members of the Sangguniang Bayan receive a minimum monthly compensation corresponding to Salary Grade 24, or Grade 25 in metropolitan areas