Cabuyao City Council


The Cabuyao City Council is Cabuyao's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislative body. The council has twelve members which is composed of ten councilors, one ex officio member elected from the ranks of barangay 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 mayor can veto proposed bills, but the council can override it with a two-thirds supermajority.
The council meets at the Session Hall of the Cabuyao City Hall for their regular sessions.

Membership

Each of Cabuyao's ten city councilors were elected at large by the voters of the city. In addition, the barangay chairmen and the SK chairmen throughout the city elect amongst themselves their representatives to the council. Hence, there are 12 councilors.
City council elections are synchronized with other elections in the country. Elections are held every first Monday of May every third year since 1992.

Current members

As the presiding officer, Vice Mayor Jaime Onofre D. Batallones (National Unity Party (Philippines) can only vote to break ties.

Standing Committees

There is a total of twenty seven standing committees in the city council. Each committee is headed and co-headed by a member of the city council.
CommitteeChairpersonCo-Chairperson
Committee on Finance, Budget and AppropriationTBDTBD
Committee on Women and FamilyTBDTBD
Committee on Human RightsTBDTBD
Committee on YouthTBDTBD
Committee on Environmental ProtectionTBDTBD
Committee on CooperativesTBDTBD
Committee on Rules and PrivilegesTBDTBD
Committee on Ordinances and Legal MattersTBDTBD
Committee on Peace and Order and Public SafetyTBDTBD
Committee on Transportation and CommunicationsTBDTBD
Committee on Health and DemographyTBDTBD
Committee on AgricultureTBDTBD
Committee on Technical and Tertiary EducationTBDTBD
Committee on Secondary EducationTBDTBD
Committee on Pre-school and Elementary EducationTBDTBD
Committee on Good Government, Public Ethics and AccountabilityTBDTBD
Committee on Market and SlaughterhouseTBDTBD
Committee on Games and AmusementTBDTBD
Committee on Trade, Commerce and IndustryTBDTBD
Committee on Public WorksTBDTBD
Committee on Housing and Urban PlanningTBDTBD
Committee on Barangay AffairsTBDTBD
Committee on Social WelfareTBDTBD
Committee on Human Resources Development, Labor and EmploymentTBDTBD
Committee on TourismTBDTBD
Committee on SportsTBDTBD
Committee on People Empowerment and AccreditationTBDTBD

Prominent councilors