The Baguio City Council ( fil, Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Baguio}) is

Baguio Baguio ( , ), officially the City of Baguio ( ilo, Siudad ti Baguio; fil, Lungsod ng Baguio), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines. It is known as the "Summer Capital of the Philippines", ...

Sangguniang Panlungsod The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is the local legislative body of a city governments in the Philippines. The name of the legislative body comes from the Tagalog words "''sanggunian''" ("council") – ultimately from the rootword "''sangguni''" ...

or legislative body. The council has 15 members which is composed of 12 councilors, one ''ex officio'' member elected from the ranks of

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(neighborhood) chairmen, one ''

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'' member elected from the ranks of

Sangguniang Kabataan Sangguniang Kabataan (abbreviated as SK; ) is a council meant to represent the youth in each barangay in the Philippines. It was put "on hold", but not quite abolished, prior to the 2013 barangay elections. In January 2016, the Sangguniang ...

(youth council) chairmen and one presiding officer. The Vice-mayor of the city is the presiding officer of the council, who is elected citywide. The council is responsible for creating laws and ordinances under the city's jurisdiction. The

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can veto proposed bills, but the council can override it with a two-thirds

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Powers, duties and functions

The Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the legislative body of the city, is mandated by the Local Government Code of 1991 (Republic Act No. 7160) 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

The city elects twelve members of the council

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. In

plurality-at-large voting Plurality block voting, also known as plurality-at-large voting, block vote or block voting (BV) is a non- proportional voting system for electing representatives in multi-winner elections. Each voter may cast as many votes as the number of sea ...

, a voter may vote for up to ten candidates and the candidates with the ten highest numbers of votes are elected. Barangay and SK chairs throughout the city each elect a representative to the council, for a total of 14 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.

2019 - 2022 membership

These are the members after the 2019 local elections, and 2018 barangay and SK elections:

Former councils

References

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