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doing acts contrary to law, good morals, good customs, public policy, publicorder, public safety and public interest. <strong>The</strong>y shall not dispense or extendundue favors on account of their office to their relatives whether byconsanguinity or affinity except with respect to appointments of such relativesto positions considered strictly confidential or as members of their personalstaff whose terms are coterminous with theirs;4. Political Neutrality – Public officials and employees shall provide service toeveryone without unfair discrimination and regardless of party affiliation orpreference;5. Responsive to the Public – Public officials and employees shall extendprompt and adequate services to the public. Unless otherwise provided bylaw or when required by the public interest, public officials and employeesshall provide information on their policies and procedures in clear andunderstandable language, ensure openness of information, publicconsultations and hearings whenever appropriate, encouragesuggestions, simplify and systematic policy, rules and procedures of thesocio-economic conditions prevailing in the country, especially in thedepressed rural and urban areas.CHAPTER IIIMUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICESSection 24. Municipal Executive Offices and <strong>The</strong>ir Functions. <strong>The</strong> MunicipalExecutive Offices and Divisions directly under the control and supervision of the <strong>Local</strong> ChiefExecutive (Municipal Mayor) with their respective functions delineated or defined.a. Office of the Mayor. <strong>The</strong> Office of the Mayor headed by the Chief Executive ofBarotac Viejo shall execute and implement all laws and ordinances within his/herterritorial jurisdiction. He/She is the over-all administrator and general supervisorand controller of his/her municipality. His/Her functions are basically the following:1. Exercise supervision and control over all programs, projects and services ofmunicipal government;2. Enforce all laws and ordinances, and implement all policies, programs,projects, services and activities of the municipality and exercise the corporatepowers of the municipality;3. Initiate and maximize the generation of resources and revenues and to see.4. Ensure the delivery of basic services and to provide adequate facilities. <strong>The</strong>basic services like social, health care, information services, disposal of waste,infrastructure, public markets, police and fire stations, tourism facilities arestated in the <strong>Local</strong> Government Code (R.A. 7160) Section 17 (b) (2).5. Appoint all officials and employees whose salaries and wages are wholly ormainly paid out of municipal funds and whose appointments are not otherwiseprovided for in R.A. 7160.6. Ensure that all executive officials and employees of the municipality faithfullydischarge their duties and functions as provided by law and the R.A. 7160,and cause to be instituted administrative or judicial proceedings against anyofficial or employee of the municipality who may have committed an offensein the performance of his/her official duties.7. Issue executive orders copies of which must be furnished to the provincial174