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Section 116. Staff Development-<strong>The</strong>re shall be a continuing in-house training foroffice and employees on legislative management, public technology, software systems, andother areas to develop staff competencies. Allocate funds for training and attendance toseminars and workshops here and abroad.Section 117. Professional Growth - Every Municipal Officer and employee shall begiven the opportunity to pursue higher learning on official time for a maximum of six months.Section 118. <strong>The</strong> Legislative Tracking System (LTS)- This is an automatedsystem that keeps track of proposed and approved resolutions and ordinances. It recordsand stores detailed tasks or activities done by the Sanggunian on a certain resolution orordinance in aid of efficient legislation.<strong>The</strong> system maintains comprehensive records of resolutions and ordinances. It canorganize resolutions and ordinances according to status, sectors affected and classification,therefore avoiding duplication of the passing of ordinances or resolutions with the samesubject matter. It provides easy retrieval of ordinances and resolutions either by date,author or committee referral. It also contains information on the Committees and on theindividual members of the Sanggunian and their performances.<strong>The</strong> system was developed to include controls necessary to ensure the accuracy,completeness and reliability of data:· It is provided with validation procedures to ensure that only valid and authorizeddata are processed and stored by the system;· It maintains access rights and passwords to ensure that information areaccessible only to those authorized.It is designed in a network environment but can also be accessed in a standalonesetup.Section 119. Standing Committees – <strong>The</strong> ten (10) standing committees of the<strong>Sangguniang</strong> Bayan with their corresponding jurisdiction is included in the Internal Rules ofProcedure of the <strong>Sangguniang</strong> Bayan.Section 120. Committee Hearings – Any committee hearing to be validly convenedshall be attended in person by a majority of the committee members. In the absence of thechair, the members present shall elect among themselves the temporary chair. Invitations toany executive official or employee shall be coursed through the local chief executive.Likewise, the production of documents to the committee will be most effective if these arepresented right in the office where they may be found.Section 121. Holding Sessions Outside the Hall – Regular or special sessionoutside of the Municipal Session Hall should be approved by ¾ members of the sanggunian.Section 122. Participation of Private Sector – Every standing Committee of the<strong>Sangguniang</strong> Bayan, except the Committee on Rules, shall invite representatives ofaccredited non-government organization to be committee advisers, observers orconsultants.Section 123. Performance Review – <strong>The</strong> <strong>Sangguniang</strong> Bayan shall conduct itsown performance review at the end of every calendar year vis-à-vis its legislative agenda,the result of which shall be the basis for the legislative reforms and readjustment to ensure209