Dapitan City Council

The Dapitan City Council is Dapitan's Sangguniang Panlungsod or legislative body. The council has 13 members which are composed of ten councilors, one ex officio member elected from the ranks of barangay chairmen, one ex officio member elected from the ranks of Sangguniang Kabataan 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 SP Session Hall inside Dapitan Government Center for their regular sessions.

Powers, duties and functions

The Sangguniang Panlungsod, as the legislative body of the city, is mandated by the Local Government Code of 1991 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 Dapitan'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:

Former councils

Position	Name
Presiding Officer	Ruben E. Cad
City Councilors	Jimmy Patrick Israel B. Chan
City Councilors	Alemarlou B. Dagpin
City Councilors	Edna C. Abad
City Councilors	Adora H. Recamara
City Councilors	Noel B. Sardane
City Councilors	Dug Christopher B. Mah
City Councilors	Jasmin Z. Hamoy
City Councilors	Alexander E. Estacio
City Councilors	Amalou R. Tumapon-Monroyo
City Councilors	Roque T. Sapalleda

Position	Name
Presiding Officer	Patri B. Chan
City Councilors	Apple Marie A. Agolong
City Councilors	Hermogenes S. Balisado
City Councilors	Randy Cabasag
City Councilors	Alexander C. Yorong
City Councilors	Emilio Adaza Jacinto
City Councilors	Artemio A. Nielo
City Councilors	Arnulfo L. Cadano
City Councilors	Efren Q. Jamolod
City Councilors	Pete T. Zamora
City Councilors	Visitacion T. Olario
ABC President	Rene B. Galleposo, Sr.
SK Federation President	Lee C. Abad

Position	Name
Presiding Officer	Alfredo A. Sy
City Councilors	Patri B. Chan
City Councilors	Beda A. Carreon
City Councilors	Alexander C. Yorong
City Councilors	Crisostomo Empeynado
City Councilors	Artemio A. Nielo
City Councilors	Hermogenes S. Balisado
City Councilors	Arnulfo L. Cadano
City Councilors	Sean A. Acaylar
City Councilors	Nemesio Etcubañas
City Councilors	Visitacion T. Olario
ABC President	Rene B. Galleposo, Sr.
SK Federation President	Lee C. Abad

Position	Name
Presiding Officer	Alfredo A. Sy
City Councilors	Lernito J. Abila
City Councilors	Ricardo S. Inding
City Councilors	Beda A. Carreon
City Councilors	Gugma S. Chiong
City Councilors	Martin J. Cinco
City Councilors	Ian Francis J. Adaza
City Councilors	Joven H. Zamora
City Councilors	Patri B. Chan
City Councilors	Alexander C. Yorong
City Councilors	Agapito J. Cardino
ABC President	Pio T. Galleposo
SK Federation President	Frenalyn C. Jamolod