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RA 5502 Section 9-A

RA 5502 Section 9-A

City Administrator.

Section 9-A

SEC. 9-A. City Administrator.—The mayor shall appoint a city administrator who shall hold office during the term of office of the appointing mayor, and until his successor is appointed and qualified, unless sooner removed for cause. His position shall be within the unclassified service and he shall receive a salary of fifteen thousand pesos per annum. He shall have the following powers, duties and responsibilities to be exercised under the direction, control and supervision of the mayor: (a) To serve as budget officer of the City; (b) To be responsible for the development and administration of a sound personnel system for the city consistent with the governing provisions of the Civil Service Law and rules, and to establish and maintain a roster of all employees of the city, in which there shall be set forth, as to each employee, the class, title of the position held, the salary or pay, any change in class, title, pay or status, and other pertinent data; (c) Subject to applicable Civil Service Law, rules or regulations, to prepare and recommend for adoption of the municipal board, with the approval of the mayor first had, a comprehensive, pay plan for the appointive officers and employees of the City, whose salaries are not otherwise fixed in this act, which shall be based on the duties, authority and responsibility of the various positions; and to recommend changes in the revisions to such plan from time to time as he may deem necessary or desirable; (d) To conduct a continuous study of the work and the internal organization and procedures of all offices, departments, and agencies under the jurisdiction of the mayor, and to develop and prescribe accepted administrative procedures, and establish management and work standards therefor; (e) To analyze and report to the mayor impending policy decision affecting the management of the city and its agencies; (f) To conduct research and prepare reports which give continuing attention to problems involving the effective and economical organization and administration of the city services, and to prepare annual and such other reports as the mayor or the city council may require; (g) To require, provide for, and arrange to install and maintain by departments and agencies tinder the jurisdiction of the mayor, such management records and statistical techniques related to the collection and analysis of performance data as may from time to time become necessary for desirable; (h) To develop and prepare materials on management for use in service training programs and to provide technical assistance and guidance in the conduct of such pro­grams ; (i) To maintain liaison with civic and community groups on matters of governmental management; (j) To act as the executive director of the city development council; and (k) To perform such other duties required of him by ordinance or assigned to him in writing by the mayor. The city administrator shall have two assistants, who shall each receive a compensation of eleven thousand pesos per annum, one to take charge of personnel matters and the other to take charge of fiscal matters, whose positions shall be within the classified service, and such other personnel to assist him in his duties.

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CitationRA 5502 Section 9-A (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

Source: Supreme Court E-Library, Republic of the Philippines. Philippine laws are public documents (works of the government).

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