WITH 12 months more to go in his last term, Mayor Eric C. Codilla is ensuring he will leave a legacy as he continues to pour developmental projects to the barangays. This week, the 12th Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed four appropriation ordinances and one resolution approving infrastructure projects with a total amount of P147,964,785.
Most of the projects for funding by this amount will go to road concreting and rehabilitation, drainage construction, etc. Mayor Codilla said he is opting for an early implementation of these projects to beat the election ban. The filing of certificates of candidacy for next year’s polls is on October.
The item passed with the biggest amount is 2012-107 appropriating P80,660,500 for projects under the Annual Investment Plan (AIP). It includes the construction and upgrading of road networks, bridges, footbridges and spillways in 23 barangays totaling P41,941,400.
The single biggest allocation under the AIP is the construction of a bagsakan center building worth P15 million at the reclamation area in Alegria. A bagsakan center is a food depot where farmers can unload their produce for distribution to the market. Also included is the construction of covered courts in Cadauhan and Concepcion worth P3.9 million each.
The public market gets P5 million from the AIP for the provision of granite floor tiles, display partition, hallway center, electrical and paintings on a newly constructed building, P2,558,000; installation of facia board and steel works at Bldg. 3, P422,000 and wet section, P513,000; installation of 2mm thick skylight at Bldg. A, P1,107,000; and installation of two rollup doors, P400,000.
Also under the AIP is the construction and upgrading of drainages and cross drainages in Cogon, Punta, Alta Vista and Doña Feliza Mejia at a cost of P8,512,000. The AIP will further improve the Highway Patrol office at Camp Jorge Downes for P1,777,600 and complete the barangay hall in Mabato for P629,500.
Another item, 2012-110 also pertains to additional projects under the AIP worth P52,228,200. It includes P1,130,500 for Lake Danao particularly the improvement of the viewing deck, P750,000 as well as brushing and desilting at the Cabingtan junction of the circumferential road going to the view deck, P380,500.
The 2nd floor bridge connecting Bldgs. A and B of the public market will be upgraded for P744,000. Other projects are the improvement of the barangay health center in Mabini, P377,400; repair and extension of the health center of Sto. Niño, P370,000.
The item also includes the P2 million won by the city from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for being stamped the Seal of Good Housekeeping. The money is already utilized for the ongoing construction of a drainage system in Domingo Veloso Street.
It further includes the P45 million Internal Revenue Allotment almost lost by Ormoc because of the creation of 16 new cities last year. The Department of Budget and Management restored this amount after Ormoc won the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi for good governance from the DILG.
The city will utilize the P45 million for road concreting works in Lilo-an-Sabang Bao, Lilo-an-RM Tan, San Jose-Labrador, RM Tan-Nueva Sociedad, Cabingtan, Nueva Sociedad-Leondoni-Manlilinao, Guitigui-an, Licuma-Mas-in and Monterico at P5 million each.
Item 2012-106 is an appropriation ordinance worth P7,760,000 for road rehabilitation in various barangays. But Councilor Claudio P. Larrazabal questioned the inclusion of the stretches of Lilo-an-RM Tan-Leondoni and Lilo-an-Labrador-Sabang-Bao considering that said roads are already included in the P5 million concrete road appropriation mentioned in the preceding paragraph.
Engr. II Yvone delos Santos of the City Engineer’s Office confirmed that said roads are subject for concreting but not the entire stretches will be covered. Each project will concretize only three sections with a length of 600-700 lineal meters each but not the entire stretch. As such, unpaved portions of the gravel roads will require resurfacing while the drainages will be desilted as part of the annual maintenance activities of barangay roads.
Item 2012-104 is an appropriation ordinance worth P6,496,085 for streetlights installation in 14 barangyas namely Liloan, Tambulilid, Cabulihan, Dayhagan, Milagro, Dolores, Valencia, Curva, San Jose, Libertad, Simangan, Alta Vista, Salvacion and Naungan.
Finally, item 2012-105 is an appropriation ordinance worth P820,000 for the fabrication and installation of signages at the new City Hall building. The projects covered by the P147,964,785 approved by the SP this week don’t include the 70 classrooms and Olympic size swimming pool programmed this year to be funded under the Special Education Fund (SEF).
It also don’t include the ongoing construction of three edifices – the Manpower Technological Training Center, fire station and city hospital – as well as the waterworks rehabilitation, as these projects have their own funding allocation. If the SEF projects, three edifices and water system are included in the count, this means the LGU will implement more than P300 million worth of projects this year alone.
(West Leyte Weekly Express issue of May 21-June 3, 2012)
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| Mayor Eric C. Codilla and Barangay Captain Wilfredo Rios inspects a newly constructed footbridge in Lao. |
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