The Dipolog City Council (, ) 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 city's vice-mayor is the council's presiding officer, who is elected citywide.
The council creates 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 usually meets at the Session Hall of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Building along Padre Jose A. Ramon Street at Estaka for regular sessions. As of 2023, the Sangguniang Panlungsod Building is undergoing redevelopment, and the council temporarily meets and holds offices at the Function Room of the Boulevard Commercial Complex at the Dipolog Boulevard.
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
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. 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.
2025 - 2028 membership These are the members after the 2025 local elections and 2023 barangay and SK elections: Position Name Party Presiding Officer Senen O. Angeles CityCouncilors Ryan Niel A. Asprer James Cyril L. Ruiz III Jonald C. Napigquit Roseller L. Barinaga Harrison T. Young Kenny Val U. Ong Romulo P. Soliva Raul C. Barbaso Praxides P. Rubia Ofelia G. Acis ABC President Irvin A. Banga (Estaka) SK Federation President Kristine Irish May M. Cuenca (Galas)
Officers Position Officer Presiding officer Vice Mayor Senen O. Angeles Presiding officer pro tempore Raul C. Barbaso Majority floor leader Jonald C. Napigquit 1st assistant floor leader Roseller L. Barinaga 2nd assistant floor leader Praxides P. Rubia 3rd assistant floor leader James Cyril L. Ruiz III Minority floor leader Ofelia G. Acis
Former councils
+ 17th City Council (2022-2025)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Senen O. Angeles CityCouncilors James Cyril L. Ruiz III Roger V. Asprer Roseller L. Barinaga Jonald C. Napigquit James P. Verduguez Marilou Y. Calibo Romulo P. Soliva Eduardo C. Baron Praxides P. Rubia Maynard R. Baes Ritch Reinald T. Uy ABC President Irvin A. Banga (Estaka) SK Federation President Kristine Irish May M. Cuenca (Galas) + 16th City Council (2019-2022)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Horacio B. Velasco CityCouncilors Jasmin N. Pinsoy - Lagutin James Cyril L. Ruiz III Roger V. Asprer Raul C. Barbaso James P. Verduguez Eduardo C. Baron Peter Y. Co Marilou Y. Calibo Praxides P. Rubia Maynard R. Baes ABC President Julius B. Gajonera (Sicayab) SK Federation President Mandel Zoe B. Lugasan (Santa Isabel)
+ 15th City Council (2016-2019)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Horacio B. Velasco CityCouncilors Jasmin N. Pinsoy Jonald C. Napigquit Roger V. Asprer Peter Y. Co Raul C. Barbaso James Cyril O. Ruiz Eduardo C. Baron Maynard R. Baes Rubencio B. Legorio Marilou Y. Calibo ABC President Rosanna R. Diaz (Central) Julius B. Gajonera (Sicayab) SK Federation President Mandel Zoe B. Lugasan (Santa Isabel)
+ 14th City Council (2013-2016)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Horacio B. Velasco CityCouncilors Jasmin N. Pinsoy Dante Ricky G. Bagarinao Peter Y. Co Raul C. Barbaso James P. Verduguez James Cyril O. Ruiz Praxides P. Rubia Kenny Val U. Ong Rubencio B. Legorio Jonald C. Napigquit ABC President Janus I. Yu (Miputak) Maynard R. Baes (Turno) Rosanna R. Diaz (Central) SK Federation President Ma. Katrina B. Bagarinao
+ 13th City Council (2010-2013)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Senen O. Angeles CityCouncilors Dante Ricky G. Bagarinao Horacio B. Velasco Jonald C. Napigquit James P. Verduguez Marvelita N. Pinsoy Praxides P. Rubia Kenny Val U. Ong Romulo P. Soliva James Cyril O. Ruiz Rubencio B. Legorio ABC President Janus I. Yu (Miputak) SK Federation President Ma. Katrina B. Bagarinao
+ 12th City Council (2007-2010)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Senen O. Angeles CityCouncilors Peter Y. Co Horacio B. Velasco Raul C. Barbaso Marvelita N. Pinsoy Dante Ricky G. Bagarinao Praxides P. Rubia Julius C. Napigquit James P. Verduguez Romulo P. Soliva Kenny Val U. Ong ABC President Janus I. Yu (Miputak) SK Federation President Cheemar L. Soliva
+ 11th City Council (2004-2007)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Senen O. Angeles CityCouncilors Horacio B. Velasco Peter Y. Co Uldarico M. Mejorada II Raul C. Barbaso Romulo P. Soliva Cesar B. Romero Nenita B. Lacaya Alton C. Ratificar Julius C. Napigquit Roberto N. Pinsoy ABC President Emerenciana U. Velasco (Miputak) SK Federation President Edwin Aldren M. Refugio (Galas)
+ 10th City Council (2001-2004)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Edelburgo L. Cheng CityCouncilors Peter Y. Co Dante Ricky G. Bagarinao Roberto N. Pinsoy Uldarico M. Mejorada, II Raul C. Barbaso Alton C. Ratificar Nenita B. Lacaya Cesar B. Romero Julius C. Napigquit Senen O. Angeles ABC President Kenny Val U. Ong (Central) SK Federation President Edwin Aldren M. Refugio (Galas)
+ 9th City Council (1998-2001)Position Name Party Presiding Officer Edelburgo L. Cheng CityCouncilors Edionar M. Zamoras Desiree L. Lee Horacio B. Velasco Saint G. Barinaga Cedric L. Adriatico Alton C. Ratificar Dante Ricky G. Bagarinao Cesar B. RomeroRoberto N. Pinsoy Michael Alan Z. RanilloABC President Elias J. Pampilo, Jr. (Dicayas) SK Federation President Faith Ester G. Barinaga
+ 1970-1978 MembershipPosition Name Party Presiding Officer Roseller L. Barinaga CityCouncilors Gamelin Sevilleno Fortunato Manogura Deogracias Hamac, Jr Jose Villarinte, Jr. Alejandro Alferez Jacobo S. Amatong Narciso Barbaso Pelagio Lachica
+ 1913 Founding MembershipPosition Name Presiding Officer Veronico C. Olvis MunicipalCouncilors Feliciano Ordinaria Marcelino Adriatico Paciano J. Ortega Lorenzo Regencia Romualdo Gonzales
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 (2001 - 2004), 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), 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 (2001 - 2007), and former 2nd District Board Member of Zamboanga del Norte (2007 - 2013) Edionar M. Zamoras - radio broadcaster, former City Councilor (1998 - 2001), and former 2nd District Board Member of Zamboanga del Norte (2004 - 2010) Jacobo S. Amatong - lawyer, publisher, former City Councilor (1970 - 1978), and martial law victim.
See also Dipolog Mayor of Dipolog 2019 Zamboanga del Norte local elections
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