In a 16-minute special session, council gives the Army a 3,070-square-meter home in the government center
The 4th Special Session was called to order at 9:29 a.m. and adjourned at 9:45 a.m. In those 16 minutes the council authorized the Mayor to donate 3,070 square meters of city land in Barangay Balintawak to the Philippine Army unit in Pagadian, and moved its next regular sitting to clear a Muslim holiday.
- Sitting4th Special Session
- DateAugust 20, 2026
- PresidingVice Mayor Monique Shaira Y. To
- Quorum9 at roll call
- Duration16 minutes
- Resolutions adopted2
Why a special session
The calendar forced it. With Wednesday, August 26, declared a non-working Muslim holiday, Floor Leader Jackielyn Krystyl C. Bana proposed a day earlier that the council meet on the 20th rather than let the Army donation wait two weeks.
The donation
Resolution No. 2026-0514 authorizes the Mayor to sign a Deed of Donation over Lot 2, Block 1-C of the PRC-MCO Subdivision Plan, 3,070 square meters at the President Corazon C. Aquino Regional Government Center in Balintawak. The recipient is the Military Reservation Army Unit assigned in Pagadian City, Philippine Army, and the land is for its office building and amenities.
With the committee chair absent, Councilor Ann Marjorie N. Revelo, vice chair of the Committee on Planning and Landed Estates, rendered Committee Report No. 246. She told the body that “all requirements for the proposed donation had already been complied with.” No one rose to debate it, and the recommendation carried.
Government-center land authorized for donation in two days
Taken together, the council authorized two donations from the same government center in Balintawak in two consecutive days. The center is where the city sets aside land for government offices, and how that land is allotted deserves public attention.
The calendar, and one invitation
On motion of Councilor Ronald Christopher Glenn L. Ariosa, Resolution No. 2026-0515 set the 48th Regular Session for September 2, 2026 instead of the August 26 holiday. The council also noted a DILG invitation to eTALAKAY 2026, a forum on strengthening agriculture and reforming real property valuation and assessment.
Floor Leader Bana was on official time attending the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Zamboanga del Sur as an ex-officio board member. Councilor Ariel J. Lim, Jr. was on leave.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Pagadian
File photos: video stills from the official session recordings of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Pagadian City (49th and 50th Regular Sessions, September 2026).
Every decision on the record
Adopted · Resolution No. 2026-0514
Authorizes the Mayor to sign the Deed of Donation of Lot 2, Block 1-C (3,070 sq m), PCA Regional Government Center, Balintawak, to the Military Reservation Army Unit, Philippine Army, for its office building and amenities. (Committee Report No. 246)
Adopted · Resolution No. 2026-0515
Sets the 48th Regular Session on Sept. 2, 2026 instead of Aug. 26, 2026, a declared Muslim holiday.
Noted or filed · DILG Advisory, Aug. 12, 2026
Invitation to eTALAKAY 2026: Strengthening Agriculture and Reformation of Real Property Valuation and Assessment.
Source: Official minutes of the 4th Special Session of the 15th City Council, Sangguniang Panlungsod of Pagadian City, August 20, 2026. Figures, names and measure numbers are taken from the minutes as written. Photo: file image from the official session recording of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Pagadian City.
