BACOLOD City – Councilors El Cid Familiaran and Archie Baribar questioned how the city government was spending the budget for its solid waste management program this year. “Amo na gid ini kapisan maghaboy sang ila basura ang mga pumuloyo nga tunga pa lang sang tuig naurot na ang budget sa basura (Are the public dumping this much waste that the city’s budget for garbage collection was already used up this early)?” Baribar asked. Familiaran also wondered why the city government was spending so much on solid waste management. Some P254 million has been allotted for the solid waste management program this year. Mayor Monico Puentevella requested for an additional P68 million through a supplemental budget. Once the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approves the supplemental budget, it will raise the solid waste management allocation to P332.9 million. SP records showed that, of the total budget, P150 million will be used to pay Dynamic Builders Construction Company Philippines, Inc., the city government’s contracted garbage collector; P42 million to build an additional garbage cell at the sanitary landfill; P17.9 million for the Department of Public Services; and P45 million for the solid waste management programs of barangays. Furthermore, P6 million of the proposed supplemental budget will be used for street cleaning, while P62 million will be allotted for the city’s environmental and sanitary services, including garbage collection. While he was satisfied by Dynamic Builders’ performance, Familiaran believed the P150-million budget for garbage collection to be spent within six months was too much. The city government can save at least P10 million if the budget is reviewed, he stressed. Baribar, on the other hand, said the city government should explain further why it needs more budget for solid waste management. Councilor Claudio Puentevella, SP committee on finance and appropriation chairperson, earlier confirmed that the P150-million budget for garbage collection has already been spent./PN By MAE SINGUAY Panay News Negros
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