THE City Council of Bacolod is left with two regular sessions this mid-year as the three-year term of the city councilors elected in 2007 will end noontime of June 30, 2010.
Lawyer Nilo Alejandrino, council secretary, said the two sessions are scheduled on June 15 and June 23, 2010. Outgoing Councilors Greg Gasataya and Reynold Iledan (graduating councilors) and those who lost in the May 10, 2010 elections, namely lawyer Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, Wilson Gamboa Jr., Alex Paglomutan and Celia Flor, will deliver their respective speeches before the august body on June 23. The agenda includes the adoption of the internal rules and the nomination and election of the Floor Leader and the 24 standing committees of the council. Newcomers have already requested his office for a copy of the Internal Rules for their advance study, Alejandrino said. Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) official, will brief the new members of the City Council regarding the legislative matters. The room assignment will depend with the vice mayor as it will be based on the ranking of each council member. Each councilor is allowed to have three technical assistants with 28 casual employees under its budget. The elected-legislator could only request for additional casual employees from the City's Chief Executive. Moreover, each councilor is given P20,000 Pagcor funds every month and the mode of disposal is discretional on their part. But most of the Pagcor funds go to financial assistance, Alejandrino said. The new set of city councilors includes El Cid Familiaran, Homer Bais, Archie Baribar, Roberto Rojas, Catalino Alisbo, Em Legaspi-Ang, Dindo Ramos, Elmer Sy, Sonya Verdeflor, Al Victor Espino, Caezar Distrito and Carlos Jose Lopez. Meanwhile, the inaugural session is slated on June 30, 2010 at 3 p.m. (Carla N. Canet)
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