The following Ordinances were approved on Third and Final Reading by the 20th City Council during its 25th Regular Session held on July 4, 2023, viz:

• Ordinance No. 0246-23, Series of 2023 – An Ordinance Establishing the Pre-emptive and Forced Evacuation System in case of Disasters and Other Emergency Situations and Providing Penalties Therefor

• Ordinance No. 0247-23, Series of 2023 – An OrdinanceGranting Legislative Authority to the City Mayor to Sign, for and in Behalf of the City of Davao, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to be entered into by and between Police Regional Office 11 and the City of Davao Relative to PRO 11 RT-PCR Molecular Laboratory

• Ordinance No. 0248-23, Series of 2023 – An Ordinance Granting Legislative Authority to the City Mayor to Sign, for and in Behalf of the City of Davao, the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to be entered into by and between the City of Davao and the Department of Health-Davao Center for Health Development Relative to the Implementation of Health Promotion Playbook

            Resolution No. 01339-23, Series of 2023, and its corresponding Ordinance were approved on Second Reading, Enacting an Ordinance Operationalizing Republic Act No. 10173 or the Data Privacy Act of 2012 in Local Government Units.

            Under Suspended Rules, Resolution No. 01357-23, urging the appropriate Local Government Agencies of Davao City to conduct inspections and audits of existing and under-construction buildings and ensure the enforcement of the National Building Code of the Philippines and Resolution No. 01358-23, both Series of 2023, asking the Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office XI and the Department of Public Works and Highways XI-District Engineering Offices to comply with the provisions of Section 105.2 or the Earthquake Recording Instrumentation (ERI) of the National Structural Code of the Philippines and Section 102 of the National Building Code of the Philippines, otherwise known as PD 1096, were also approved.

            Adverting to the need to fully assess the health of the rivers in the City in order to determine the danger that it may pose to nearby communities and to look into the need for desiltation and dredging activities in some parts of the City’s rivers, Councilor Diosdado Angelo Junior R. Mahipus moved that his privilege speech be considered read and passed under First Reading, which was docketed as Item No. 1038.