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Thursday, October 20, 2005
Cebu City raises budget for health and nutrition
People can expect fewer road projects in Cebu City next year, as the proposed budget for it is less than half of the current allocation.
The proposed 2006 budget only has P13.5 million for the retreading and paving of various city streets. That amount is 48.84 percent of this year’s allocation of P27.64 million.
However, Cebu City is increasing its budget for urban health and nutrition programs by P5.87 million, apart from the usual P12.37 million it gives for barangay health programs.
According to its proposed budget for non-office programs, Cebu City will spend P37.8 million for the urban health and nutrition programs, higher than its P31.95-million budget this year.
It will give its yearly P270,000 aid to the TB Pavilion, P50,000 for the Cebu Maternity and Puericulture Center and P25.92 million in aid to the barangays, in lump sum appropriations.
Mayor Tomas Osmeña is also setting aside P1.2 million for nutrition programs from the P100-million budget for his office.
There is some P2.91 million earmarked for the women and family affairs commission.
The implementation of the P15-million budget in 2005 for gender and development (GAD) programs will continue until next year, so the local finance committee did not list down any item for GAD for 2006.
But there’s an increase of over P14 million for rentals of heavy equipment, which was pegged at only P852,176 for 2005 under the Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW).
Hearings
This year, the P11.5-million budget for rental of heavy equipment was charged under the local development fund.
The City Council yesterday referred the proposed P2.56-billion budget for next year to the committee on budget and finance.
The committee set a series of budget hearings for three Tuesdays, starting Oct. 25.
All heads of departments, divisions, commissions and committees were also ordered to submit written presentations of their target financial plans for 2006.
The City Treasurer’s Office declared about P2.18 billion in available resources from its estimated revenues.
Some of the proposed budget for the special accounts will be subsidized by the general fund.
The City expects P735.5 million income from the sale of government lots, P21 million from interest earned on time deposits, P3 million as its profit share from the North Bus Terminal and P20 million from miscellaneous and other revenues.
There is also a target of P25 million from mayor’s permit fees, P4 million in zoning fees, P30 million increase in collection of garbage fees, P6 million in Civil Registrar’s fees and P3.5 million in building permit fees. (GAC)
(October 20, 2005 issue)
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