Question & AnswerQ&A (QUEZON CITY ORDICE NO. SP-2295, S-2014)
The main purpose is to authorize the City Mayor to take full control and supervision of all barangays in Quezon City during the height of calamity or emergency to accelerate rescue, clearing, relief, or recovery operations.
Councilor Ranulfo Z. Ludovica introduced the ordinance.
The City Mayor can mobilize barangay officials and personnel, utilize barangay resources, call upon Barangay Public Safety Officers, coordinate among barangays, and perform other necessary duties to speed up emergency operations.
The Mayor may exercise these powers for a period of three (3) months from the occurrence of the calamity.
Barangay officials and personnel are required to cooperate with the City Mayor without further orders and must promptly report to the city office or department to which they are assigned.
Any violation of the ordinance is subject to administrative sanctions.
Section 16 of Republic Act No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) and Section 458(a)(1)(iv) empower LGUs to adopt measures for health, safety, relief services, and assistance during calamities.
Section 15 of RA 10121 tasks the Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council with leading disaster preparedness and response; the ordinance empowers the City Mayor as the head of LDRRMC to supervise barangays for disaster operations.
The City Mayor must submit a report to the City Council within fifteen (15) days after the cessation of the height of calamity detailing the rescue, clearing, relief, or recovery operations.
The Office of the City Mayor is tasked to issue necessary guidelines for the ordinance's effective implementation, subject to City Council confirmation.