Vice Mayor Faustino A. Olowan reported the significant accomplishments of the city legislative body from January to June this year that contributed to the partial realization of the local government’s goals and objectives.
He disclosed that from January to June this year, the council enacted 59 ordinances and 382 resolutions.
Among the most notable legislations passed during this period include Ordinance 1, series of 2023 mandating all restaurants and other similar establishments in the city to provide access to free potable water to customers; Ordinance 2, series of 2023 implementing the digitized inhabitant registration of residents, transients, tourists and all public and private establishments through a one-stop shop mobile application; Ordinance 5, series of 2023 declaring the first Friday of October of every year as official Teachers’ Day in the city; Ordinance 6, series of 2023 mandating the City Social Welfare and Development Office to require guardians to present their child’s immunization card upon enrollment at the child development centers; Ordinance 10, series of 2023 providing free maintenance medicines to indigent residents of the city; Ordinance 11, series of 2023 establishing a policy in preventing teenage pregnancies in the city; Ordinance 15, series of 2023 creating the Baguio city Culture and Arts Council; Ordinance 29, series of 2023 prescribing the operation and management of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) building and collecting of rental fees for its use; Ordinance No. 39, series of 2023 declaring Baguio City as a Character City; Ordinance 44, series of 2023 adopting a city developmental approach to mendicancy; Ordinance 51, series of 2023 requiring the use of life vests when riding water crafts at Burnham Park; Ordinance 53, series of 2023 adopting a Youth Welfare and Empowerment Code for Baguio City and Ordinance 57, series of 2023 adopting and institutionalizing the Disaster Risk Reduction and Management for health (DRRM-H).
He added that on July 25-26, 2022, the body formulated its legislative agenda in line with the 7-point agenda of the local government as earlier presented.
From July 2022 to June 2023, Olowan claimed that the council passed 35 ordinances and resolutions in relation to environment, land use and energy; 23 legislations on climate and disaster resilience; 83 legislations on urban regeneration; 16 measures on empowering the youth; 12 legislations on economic recovery and development; 6 ordinances and resolution on Smart city management and 36 measures on good governance.
In summary, Olowan revealed that there were around 211 ordinances and resolutions passed by the body from July 2022 to June 2023 in support of the local government’s 7-point agenda.
Moreover5, he stated that the council, through its standing committees, was able to conduct 19 public consultations for the purpose of enhancing the proposed ordinances of the members.
Olowan explained that the council is not only tasked to enact ordinances and resolutions but it is also its duty to ensure that the same are being fully implemented and, in a manner, consistent with their legislative intent. The legislative monitoring and evaluation is consistently being performed to determine the effectiveness or non-effectiveness in the implementation or non-implementation of local laws.
