Section 8Sec./Art. 8

The Officials of the City of San Juan. -

(a) There shall be in the City , of San Juan: a city mayor, a city vice mayor, sangguniang panlungsod members, a secretary to the sangguniang panlungsod, a city treasurer and an assistant city treasurer, a city assessor and an assistant city assessor, a city engineer and an assistant city engineer, a city health officer and an assistant city health officer, a city civil registrar and an assistant city civil registrar, a city accountant and an assistant city accountant, a city social welfare and development officer, a city budget officer, a city planning and development officer, a city administrator, a city legal officer, a city general services officer, a city architect, a city human resource development officer, a city environment and natural resources officer and a city information officer.

(b) In addition thereto, the city mayor may appoint a city cooperative officer; a city population officer, a city veterinarian, a city building official and a city tourism officer.

(c) The City shall establish a city fire station to be headed by a city fire marshal, a city jail to be headed by a city jail warden, a city schools division to be headed by a city schools division superintendent and a city prosecution service to be headed by a city prosecutor.

(d) The sangguniang panlungsod of the City of San Juan may:

(1) Maintain existing offices not mentioned in subsections (a) , (b) and (c) hereof;

(2) Create such other offices as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the City; or

(3) Consolidate the functions of any office with those of another in the interest of efficiency and economy.

Unless otherwise provided herein, all appointive city officials of the City shall be appointed by the city mayor with the concurrence of the majority of all sangguniang panlungsod members, subject to civil service law, rules and regulations: Provided, That the tenure of the city administrator and the city information officer shall be coterminous with the tenure of the city mayor who appointed them, and their term shall be deemed to have expired upon the termination of the tenure of said appointing authority. The sangguniang panlungsod shall act on the appointment within fifteen (15) days from the date of its submission, otherwise the same shall be deemed confirmed.

ARTICLE III

THE CITY MAYOR AND CITY VICE MAYOR