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Wednesday, November 02, 2005
Inayawan seeks share of trash fees
Inayawan barangay officials are asking the Cebu City Government to give them a share of the garbage fees the City collects.
They reminded officials of a promise made by Tomas Osmeña, who offered P5 million as assistance to any barangay willing to be the site of the City’s second dumpsite because the one in Inayawan is almost filled up.
The amount would serve as a “bonus” to compensate for whatever inconvenience the barangay suffers.
“We have been the dumping site ever since. We hope that you can convince your colleagues in the council to give what is due to the people of Inayawan,” Barangay Captain Licerio Jaca said in a letter to City Council Arsenio Pacaña, who endorsed the request to the City Council last week.
The council referred the request to the mayor’s office for comment.
Garbage capital
In a resolution unanimously approved last Oct. 3, Inayawan’s officials argued the barangay has always been Cebu City’s “garbage capital” and should be compensated through a share of the garbage fees “for the development of the barangay.”
Collection of garbage fees reached close to P40 million as of July 31 this year, compared to a target of P9.5 million.
That was after the P3 per truck or a half-ton delivery, based on the 1990 rates, was raised to P365 starting this year.
A charge of P365 is imposed on a structure with an area of 49 square meters or less. Owners of 50- to 900-square-meter houses pay P750, while those with 100 to 249 square meters are charged P1,200.
The rate for houses with 250 to 499 square meters is P1,500.
Charges also apply to houses with 500 to 749 square meters (P2,000) and 750 to 999 square meters (P3,000). Those with 1,000 square meters and above are charged P4,000.
Inayawan officials said that although the City gained a lot from collecting garbage fees, “nothing was given as a share to barangay Inayawan to compensate for the danger, hazards and risks encountered by residents.”
They said that constituents, especially children, are exposed daily to the foul odor and many became sick. Big dump trucks and compactor trucks loaded with garbage also use the narrow roads of Inayawan day and night, causing traffic jams, exposing pedestrians to the danger of being run over and hastening the roads’ deterioration. (RHM)
(November 2, 2005 issue)
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