21 December 2005
City hall workers’ cash gift given, but short of P2T
EVEN while facing a shortfall in revenue collection of P10 million, the city government nevertheless was able to give a P3,000 extra cash gift to its officials and employees.
This was confirmed by Councilor Michael Fernandez, chair of the council’s appropriation committee, who said the additional cash gift was provided although short by P2,000 of the P5,000 given to national government workers.
The amount did not come from savings but from part of the P2,246,000 that was part of the debt servicing account under the non-office appropriation of the 2005 budget.
Councilor Michael Fernandez, chair of the city council’s committee on finance, explained the Ordinance No. 1854 “reverted this amount to the unappropriated balance in the general fund” so that it can be used to pay for the extra bonus of employees and officials. This is in accordance with local government memorandum No. 2005-48 dated December 7, 2005.
The ordinance was approved in last Wednesday’s special session, the last session of the city council for the year.
Fernandez said part of the amount appropriated was also envisioned to serve as additional outlay for the maintenance and other operating expenses under the donations account of the Office of the City Mayor. Emergency workers and casuals in the city government were however not given their extra cash gift unlike those in the national government.
The emergency workers are in a pitiful situation as, instead of getting extra cash gift, they face the consequence of being laid off due to the tightening financial situation of the city government.
This was confirmed by Councilor Michael Fernandez, chair of the council’s appropriation committee, who said the additional cash gift was provided although short by P2,000 of the P5,000 given to national government workers.
The amount did not come from savings but from part of the P2,246,000 that was part of the debt servicing account under the non-office appropriation of the 2005 budget.
Councilor Michael Fernandez, chair of the city council’s committee on finance, explained the Ordinance No. 1854 “reverted this amount to the unappropriated balance in the general fund” so that it can be used to pay for the extra bonus of employees and officials. This is in accordance with local government memorandum No. 2005-48 dated December 7, 2005.
The ordinance was approved in last Wednesday’s special session, the last session of the city council for the year.
Fernandez said part of the amount appropriated was also envisioned to serve as additional outlay for the maintenance and other operating expenses under the donations account of the Office of the City Mayor. Emergency workers and casuals in the city government were however not given their extra cash gift unlike those in the national government.
The emergency workers are in a pitiful situation as, instead of getting extra cash gift, they face the consequence of being laid off due to the tightening financial situation of the city government.
