BAGUIO City is concentrating on garbage issues as Vice Mayor Daniel Fariñas is pushing for auditor to audit the city's expenditure on its waste hauling to Capas, Tarlac.

Fariñas said "the expenses on hauling of garbage are a matter of public interest for it concerns the city's finances."

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He said "the hiring of an external or private auditor will yield to an impartial result as well as to remove doubts about the authenticity of the accounting on finances of the City Government."

The proposed audit will show the actual condition of the financial expenditures of the city on garbage.

Farinas said: "The result of the audit could be a subject of a comparative study concerning expenditures of other Local Government Units relative to solid waste management, which could enhance the city's budgeting agenda on the same as supported by the appropriate legislative action."

The proposed resolution will still have to go through the council before the city can act on hiring a private auditor.

Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. said in his weekly media forum earlier that there was no overpricing with regard the city's purchase of dump trucks.

He said the purchase of dump trucks went through the proper procurement procedures.

"Mabuti ng mahal basta legal," Bautista said. (Visha Calventas)