Republic of the Philippines 1 Region XII 2

Province of Cotabato 3 Municipality of Magpet 4

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN 5

Minutes of 37th regular session of the 8th Sangguniang Bayan of Magpet, 6 Cotabato held at the SB session hall on the 23rd

8 day of June, 2014. 7

Present: 9 Hon. Efren F. Piñol - Vice-Mayor, Presiding Officer 10 Hon. Rogelio L. Marañon - SB Member 11 Hon. Hermana T. Talotalo - SB Member 12 Hon. Vicenta R. Yunting - SB Member 13 Hon. Jun L. Lobaton - SB Member 14 Hon. Marilyn B. Mamon - SB Member 15 Hon. Manuel M. Aboy,Jr. - SB Member 16 Hon. Ramiel R. Apostol - SB Member 17 Hon. Godfrey V. Acupan - SB Member 18 Hon. Antonio P. Takinan - SB Member ( IP Representative ) 19 Absent: 20 Hon. Elmar S. Manumba - SB Member(ABC President)- O.B. 21 22

1. CALL TO ORDER 23 Hon. Vice-Mayor Efren F. Piñol, the Presiding Officer, called the session to 24 order at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Hon. Councilor Lobaton led the 25 invocation. The singing of the National Anthem and Magpet Hymn 26 followed. The councilors then recited the councilor’s creed. 27

2. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS 28 All members were present except Hon. Councilor Manumba who was on 29 official travel. Hon. Acupan arrived late . 30

3. AMENDMENT /APPROVAL OF AGENDA 31 At this juncture, the body unanimously approved to include in the 32 agenda particularly under the business of the day the following matters: 33 a. Communication from Hon. Mayor Florenito T. Gonzaga requesting for 34

an authority to waive the right of confidentiality of financial information 35 of the Local Government Unit of Magpet as one of the requirements in 36 securing Monetary Board Opinion from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. 37 This was approved to be included in the agenda through the motion 38 of Hon. Councilor Marañon duly seconded by Hon. Councilor Apostol. 39

b. Communication from Hon. Mayor Florenito T. Gonzaga requesting for 40 the passage of a resolution designating Engr. Daniel A. Uy, MPDC, as 41 the authorized contact person of LGU Magpet in processing of the 42 Monetary Board Opinion. 43 44

EFREN F. PIÑOL 45 Vice-Mayor , Presiding Officer 46

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This was approved to be included in the agenda through the motion 48 of Hon. Councilor Mamon duly seconded by Hon. Councilor Marañon 49

c. Communication from Magpet PNP Personnel requesting that PSI 50 Mamon to be designated as full-fledged Chief of Police of the Magpet 51 PNP Magpet Police station. 52

53 With no other amendment presented, Hon. Councilor Lobaton moved for 54 the adoption of the agenda as amended. Hon. Councilor Apostol 55 seconded the motion. The body unanimously approved the motion. 56 57

4. QUESTION HOUR 58 At this juncture, Hon. Apostol moved to suspend the IRP in order to 59 accommodate the visitors. Hon. Councilor Lobaton seconded the motion. 60 The body unanimously approved the motion. 61 62 The Presiding Officer welcomed Ms. Evelyn Mandolado & Mr. Karl Jone 63 Tanaid ,Magpet Tourism Office Personnel. He informed them of the issue of 64 the slash and burn activities in Kisandal & Bongolanon area particularly 65 along the trail going to Mt. Apo. He too informed them about the issue of 66 the Kidapawan trail which is actually within the Magpet territory. 67 68 Hon. Lobaton was then given the floor to make the opening statement. 69 He stated the reason why the two Tourism Office personnel were invited to 70 attend the session. The first issue is the slash and burn activities which are 71 happening at Bongolanon and Kisandal area particularly along the trail 72 going to Mt. Apo. The second issue is about the Kidapawan Trail which is 73 actually within Magpet Territory. 74 75 Hon. Acupan was also given the floor. He stated that the slash and burn 76 activity is happening in more or less 50 hectares land area. 77 78 Hon. Councilor Apostol rose to ask if the said area is under the Ancestral 79 Domain. 80 81 Hon. Takinan answered that the Kinarum area is under ISF and other areas 82 is still subject for dialog because it has many claimants. 83 84 At this juncture the Presiding Officer declared for a recess. 85 86 87 88 89

EFREN F. PIÑOL 90 Vice-Mayor , Presiding Officer 91

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On resumption, Hon. Lobaton was given the floor. He proposed that a resolution 94 be passed by the body entitled A RESOLUTION REQUESTING HON. MAYOR 95 FLORENITO T. GONZAGA TO CREATE A TASK FORCE WHICH WILL CONDUCT 96 INVESTIGATION & OCCULAR INSPECTION OF THE REPORTED SLASH AND BURN 97 ACTIVITIES IN BRGY. BONGOLANON, BRGY. KISANDAL & BRGY. KINARUM. He 98 reasoned that this is needed because the body does not have enough 99 information regarding this issue. 100 He then moved that this be included in the business of the day. Hon. Apostol 101 seconded the motion. The body unanimously approved the motion. 102 103 The body then proceeded to discuss the issue about the Kidapawan trail which 104 is actually within the Magpet Territory. 105 106 Ms. Mandolado rose to confirm that indeed majority of the Kidapawan trail 107 actually within Magpet territory. He also told the body that the said trail is badly 108 damaged. She also said that the municipality is not given any share of what the 109 City of Kidapawan is collecting. She suggested that the municipality of Magpet 110 should assert its right on this issue. 111 112 Mr. Tanaid was also given the floor. He presented to the body the map of the 113 Kidapawan Trail. It was presented clearly in the map that majority of the 114 Kidapawan trail is within Magpet territory. 115 116 Hon. Mamon rose to react. She stated that maybe the reason why Kidapawan is 117 collecting the tourist fee is because the entrance of the trail belongs to 118 Kidapawan city. 119 120 The Presiding Officer stated that even the previous tourism officer of Kidapawan 121 City recognized that the majority of the part of the Kidapawan trail is owned by 122 Magpet. 123 124 Hon. Marañon rose to suggest that an ordinance be passed imposing fees on 125 climbers who would use the Kidapawan trail considering that big part of it is 126 owned by Magpet. He suggested that a collector from LGU Magpet would be 127 assigned at trail to collect the fees. 128 129 Hon. Mamon reacted that she thinks the said ordinance will only complicate 130 things because the climbers would pay twice. She added that it might create 131 trouble between the climber and the collector from Magpet. She proposed that 132 a negotiation between Magpet and Kidapawan be done so that this issued 133 could be resolved calmly. 134 135 136

EFREN F. PIÑOL 137 Vice-Mayor , Presiding Officer 138

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Hon. Aboy rose to agree with the statement of Hon. Mamon that negotiation 141 with Kidapawan city is the best way to address this issue. He reasoned that the 142 suggestion of Hon. Marañon might create trouble as the climbers will surely be 143 irked because they will pay twice. 144 145 Hon. Apostol rose to suggest to Ms. Mandolado to bring the issue during the 146 KMM meeting. 147 148 Hon. Lobaton rose to state that we should negotiate so that we will get a share 149 on what Kidapawan city is collecting from the climbers. 150 151 The Presiding Officer subscribed to the idea of Hon. Apostol that the matter be 152 brought to the KMM meeting. 153 154 Hon. Talotalo rose to agree to the idea of Hon. Mamon. She also suggested that 155 the ordinance imposing fees on climbers be reviewed. 156 157 Hon. Acupan rose to say that he would go for the closure of the trail if ever 158 Kidapawan city will not agree on giving Magpet share on their collection. 159 160 Hon. Marañon asked Ms. Mandolado if she has any idea of road concreting 161 project which is funded by the Department of Tourism. 162 163 Ms. Mandolado answered that what she knows is such will be implemented by 164 DPWH. 165 166 The Presiding Officer stated that to his knowledge, the funding for the said 167 project would be coming from the PDAF of Hon. Congresswoman Catamco. 168 169 Hon. Yunting rose to say that Magpet has a trail in going to Mt. Apo.She asked 170 why the Kidapawan trail is being used. 171 172 The Presiding Officer answered that the Bongolanon trail is still existing and that it 173 is the choice of the climbers which trail they are going to use. 174 175 With no other questions presented, the Presiding Officer thanked the Magpet 176 Tourism Office personnel for coming to the session and for answering the queries 177 of the councilors. 178 179 At this juncture, Hon. Apostol rose to move to restore the IRP of the august body. 180 Hon. Marañon seconded the motion. The body unanimously approved the 181 motion. 182 183

5. PRIVILEGE HOUR – No one availed of the privilege hour. 184 185

EFREN F. PIÑOL 186 Vice-Mayor , Presiding Officer 187

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6. READING OF MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS SESSION 190 6.1. June 16, 2014 regular session minutes 191 Hon. Marañon moved to dispense with the reading of the previous 192 minutes & the adoption of the same. Hon. Councilor Aboy seconded the 193 motion. The body unanimously approved the motion. 194

7. FIRST READING AND REFERRALS TO COMMITTEE PROPOSED RESOLUTIONS 195 AND ORDINANCES, PETITIONS, MEMORIALS AND OTHER 196 COMMUNICATIONS: 197 a. Supplemental Budget no. 01 of Barangay Datu Celo – Ord.1-2014 – 198

P403,947.66 199 b. Supplemental Budget no. 01 of Barangay Kamada – Ord. 1-2014- 200

P271,172.14 201 c. Supplemental Budget no. 01 of Barangay Binay – Ord. 1-2014- 202

P228,626.39 203 d. Supplemental Budget no. 01 of Barangay Imamaling – Ord. 1-2014 – 204

P149,288.90 205 Items a to d were all referred to the Committee on Finance, Budget 206 and Appropriation. 207

e. Draft Ordinance no. 04-2014 – Author: Hon. Aboy,co-authors: Hon. 208 Apostol & Hon. Marañon- An ordinance designating a terminal for 209 public utility jeepneys, tricycles & Motorcycles in the Municipality of 210 Magpet (Terminal Code) 211 This was referred to the Committee on Ordinances and Legal Matters 212

f. Draft Ordinance no. 05-2014 – Author: Hon. Yunting – Magpet Gender 213 & Development (GAD) code of 2014 214

This was referred to the Committee on Ordinances and Legal Matters 215 g. Draft ordinance no. 06-2014 – Author: Hon. Lobaton – Magpet 216

Environmental Code 217 This was referred to the committee on Ordinances and legal matters. 218

h. Draft resolution no. 24-2014- Author: Hon. Lobaton – A resolution 219 requesting the Hon. Mayor Florenito T. Gonzaga to provide funds for 220 the hiring of 2 job order employees to be detailed at the Municipal 221 Environment Resources Office (MENRO) 222 This was referred to the Committee on Finance, Budget and 223 Appropriation. 224

i. Draft resolution no. 25-2014 – Author: Hon. Lobaton – A resolution 225 requesting the Hon. Mayor Florenito T. Gonzaga to use the SK Building 226 beside NCIP in the Municipal compound as the temporary office of the 227 Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) 228 Hon. Lobaton moved to suspend the three reading principle in order to 229 tackle this draft resolution. Hon. Apostol seconded the motion. The 230 body unanimously approved the motion. 231 232

EFREN F. PIÑOL 233 Vice-Mayor , Presiding Officer 234

235 236 The author then presented his draft resolution. With no clarifications 237 made, he made the motion to approve the said draft. Hon. Councilor 238 Acupan and Apostol jointly seconded the motion. RESOLUTION NO. 239 2014-152 240

j. Resolution no. 258 of SP Cotabato – A resolution declaring ordinance 241 no. 336-2014 of the Sangguniang Bayan of Magpet declaring and 242 establishing August 9th & 10th

This is for the information of the august body. 246

of CY 2014 and every year thereafter as 243 Indigenous People’s Day otherwise known as LINOPPOT festival in the 244 Municipality of Magpet, Province of Cotabato. 245

247 8. COMMITTEE REPORT : 248

a. Committee report no. 12-2014 – Committee on Finance, Budget and 249 Appropriation 250 a.1. Sup. Budget no. 01-2014 of Barangay Magkaalam – Ord. no. 02-251 2014, P193, 963.80 252

253 a.2. Sup. Budget no. 01-2014 of Barangay Noa- Ord. no. 01-2014, P 254 215,180.46 255 256 a.3. Sup. Budget no. 01-2014 of Barangay Tagbac – Ord. no. 02-2014- 257 P264,208.00 258

259 Hon. Mamon rose to deliver their report. Their committee 260 recommended that the above-mentioned annual budgets be declared valid 261 and operative. The body unanimously approved the recommendation of the 262 committee. 263 * Magkaalam – Res. no. 2014-144 264 * Noa - Res. no. 2014-145 265 * Tagbac - Res. no. 2014-146 266 267 b. Committee report no. 15-2014 – Com. On Agriculture 268

b.1. Draft ordinance no. 01-2014 – An ordinance amending ordinance 269 no. 222-2004 entitled “an ordinance regulating the selling and cutting 270 of all kinds of fruit trees within the territorial jurisdiction of the 271 Municipality of Magpet” to “an ordinance regulating the cutting of 272 fruit trees, agro-forest trees and planted trees in this municipality”. 273 Hon. Marañon rose to deliver their report. Their committee 274 recommended that a public hearing be scheduled in order to 275 present this draft ordinance. The body unanimously approved the 276 recommendation of the committee. 277 278

EFREN F. PIÑOL 279 Vice-Mayor , Presiding Officer 280

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282 c. Committee report no. 16-2014 –Committee on Ordinances and Legal 283 Matters 284

c.1. Draft ordinance no. 02-2014 – Author: Hon. Talotalo – An 285 ordinance enacting the Municipality of Magpet Investment and 286 Incentive Code of 2014 287 c.2. Draft ordinance no. 03-2014- Author: Hon. Rogelio L. Marañon – An 288 ordinance mandating all companies and business operating within the 289 Municipality of Magpet to prioritize employment of bonafide residents 290 of Magpet and providing penalties for non-compliance therewith. 291

c.3. Request for accreditation to the Local Special Bodies of the 292 Magpet Municipal Officials and Employees Multipurpose cooperative. 293 294 Hon. Mamon rose to deliver their report. Their committee 295 recommended that a public hearing be scheduled in order to present these 296 draft ordinances. Their committee further recommended for the approval of the 297 request of MMOEMPC. The body unanimously approved the recommendation 298 of the committee. 299

• Accreditation of MMOEMPC – Resolution. No. 147-2014 300 9. CALENDAR OF BUSINESS 301

10.1 Unfinished Business 302 10.2 Business of the day 303

a. Second Reading 304 b. b. Third and Final reading 305

10.3 Unassigned Business 306 a. Communication from Hon. Mayor Florenito T. Gonzaga requesting for 307

an authority to waive the right of confidentiality of financial information 308 of the Local Government Unit of Magpet as one of the requirements in 309 securing Monetary Board Opinion from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. 310 Hon. Marañon rose to explain to the body the communication from the 311 Hon. Mayor. He then moved for the approval of the requested authority. 312 Hon. Mamon seconded the motion. The body unanimously approved 313 the motion. RESOLUTION. 2014-148 314

b. Communication from Hon. Mayor Florenito T. Gonzaga requesting for 315 the passage of a resolution designating Engr. Daniel A. Uy, MPDC, as the 316 authorized contact person of LGU Magpet in processing of the 317 Monetary Board Opinion. 318 Hon. Mamon rose to read and explain the communication of Hon. 319 Mayor Gonzaga. She then moved for the approval of the said resolution. 320 Hon. Apostol seconded the motion. The body unanimously approved 321 the motion. RESOLUTION NO. 2014-149. 322 323 324

EFREN F. PIÑOL 325 Vice-Mayor , Presiding Officer 326

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C. Draft resolution introduced by Hon. Lobaton - A RESOLUTION 329 REQUESTING HON. MAYOR FLORENITO T. GONZAGA TO CREATE A TASK 330 FORCE WHICH WILL CONDUCT INVESTIGATION & OCCULAR INSPECTION 331 OF THE REPORTED SLASH AND BURN ACTIVITIES IN BRGY. BONGOLANON, 332 BRGY. KISANDAL & BRGY. KINARUM. 333 The author presented to the body his draft resolution. With no clarifications 334 made, he made the final motion for the approval of the said draft 335 resolution. Hon. Acupan and Hon. Lobaton seconded the motion. The 336 body unanimously approved the motion. RESOLUTION. 2014-151 337

338 E. Communication from Magpet PNP Personnel requesting that PSI 339 Mamon to be designated as full-fledged Chief of Police of the Magpet 340 PNP Magpet Police station. 341 Hon. Mamon read and explained the letter of the PNP Personnel. With no 342 clarifications made, Hon. Mamon moved for the approval of the said 343 request. Hon. Acupan & Hon. Lobaton seconded the motion. RESOLUTION 344 2014-151 345

10. ADJOURMENT 346 With no other matters to be discussed, the session was declared 347 adjourned at 4:15 in the afternoon. 348

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Prepared by: Noted: 351 352 353

CHARINA A. FERNANDEZ,M.P.A. JAMES M. SASI, M.P.A. 354 LLSO IV SB Secretary 355

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Approved: 358 359 360 361

EFREN F. PIÑOL 362 Vice-Mayor , Presiding Officer 363