# Dipolog City Council

The Dipolog City Council (Filipino: Sangguniang Panlungsod ng Dipolog) 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.

### 2022 - 2025 membership

These are the members after the 2022 local elections and 2023 barangay and SK elections:
| Position | Name | Party |
| Presiding Officer | Senen O. Angeles | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | James Cyril L. Ruiz III | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Roger V. Asprer | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Roseller L. Barinaga | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Jonald C. Napigquit | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Marilou Y. Calibo | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Romulo P. Soliva | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Eduardo C. Baron | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Praxides P. Rubia | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Maynard R. Baes | PDP–Laban |
| City Councilors | Ritch Reinald T. Uy |
| ABC President | Irvin A. Banga (Estaka) | Nonpartisan |
| SK Federation President | Kristine Irish May M. Cuenca (Galas) | Nonpartisan |

## Officers

| Position | Officer |
| Presiding officer | Vice Mayor Senen O. Angeles |
| Presiding officer pro tempore | Vacant |
| Floor leader | Jonald C. Napigquit |
| 1st assistant floor leader | Roseller L. Barinaga |
| 2nd assistant floor leader | Roger V. Asprer |
| 3rd assistant floor leader | Praxides P. Rubia |

## 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.