Dagupan EWs to finally get 2-month pay
NO FUND FOR POWER BILL
THE cash-strapped Dagupan City government has finally sourced the funds to pay for the delayed wages of its 400 emergency workers (EWs) from July to August.
The amount will be incorporated in a supplemental budget that City Hall has submitted to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) for approval.
However, Mayor Belen Fernandez said she is still in quandary on where to get the additional funds to pay for the city’s electric bills for the months of July and August totalling P7.8 million.
Acting City Budget Officer Luz de Guzman clarified that the proposed Supplemental Budget No. 2 for P7.6 million does not include the July-August dues to the Dagupan Electric Corporation.
De Guzman said of the P7.6 million supplemental budget, P3.3 million will be used to pay for the two-month wages of EWs in various offices.
Another P2.001 million will be used to cover wages of day care workers, barangay nurses, barangay health workers, barangay security force, support for volunteer workers, barangay service point offices, barangay nutrition scholars, and barangay librarians.
Some P156,000 will be appropriated to support National Government Agencies (NGAs) based in the city.
Also covered will be fund support for the City Mayor’s Office operations to include maintenance, office supplies, representation expenses, and financial assistance to indigents.
Security guards posted at city hall and the Malimgas Public Market will also be finally paid as P1.080 million was appropriated for them. Meanwhile, P372,000 was also appropriated for consultancy fees.
This P7.6 million will be sourced from the General Fund surplus for Calendar Year 2012 as reflected in the trial balance and certified by all members of the Local Finance Committee.
ELECTRIC BILL
The city government recently settled its P3.9 million electric bill for June.
The problem over electric bills has been worsened by the discovery that the city government is paying for the consumption of a privately owned bank operating at the ground floor of the former MC Adore building.
However, Fernandez said she is still awaiting final recommendation of the City Legal Officer George Mejia who has to determine if the use of the city’s meter was allowed by the previous administration as one of the terms for the sale of the building before deciding to direct the disconnection.
The issue was endorsed to the city legal office last month.
SURPLUS
The supplemental budget from the 2012 surplus comes from the Maintenance Operating and Other Expenses (MOEE) from various offices at P4.3 million with the biggest chunk coming from the Office of the City Mayor in the amount of P1.2 million.
With most of the city’s budget for 2012 used up by the previous administration of former Mayor Benjamin Lim, the current administration under Fernandez has been hard-pressed sourcing funds to meet its obligations.
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