Section 7Sec./Art. 7

Metropolitan Davao Development Council. -The governing board and the policy-making body of the MDDA shall be the Metropolitan Davao Development Council, herein referred to as the Council, which shall be composed of the Chairperson of the Regional Development Council, Region XI' the governors of the provinces of Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, and Davao Occidental; the city mayors of Davao, Mati, Tagum, Digos, IgaCoS, and Panabo; and the municipal mayors of Carmen, Sta. Cruz, Hagonoy, Padada, Malalag, Sulop, Maco, Malita, and Sta. Maria, who shall all serve as anex officiocapacity. The Chairperson of the Council shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines from a selection of nominees submitted by the Council and serve for a term of three (3) years.

The heads of the following Davao regional offices of national government agencies shall attend all meetings of the Council as non-voting members: National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA); Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD); Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Health (DOH); Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Tourism (DOT), Department of Transportation (DOTr); Land Transportation Office (LTO), and Philippine National Police (PNP).

The Chairperson and members of the Council, exceptex officiomembers, are entitled to allowance andper diemsin accordance with existing policies, rules and regulations on the matter.