Sunday, November 04, 2007
Mandaue to set up system on fuel distribution
THE city administrator and the city budget office head of Mandaue City have been tasked to come up with a system of fuel distribution for all city vehicles, so the City can establish average fuel consumption and regulate fuel use.
“There was no control before. We would immediately issue a gas slip upon the request of a department head,” said a source at the city motorpool who requested anonymity.
Consumption
From January to June this year, or before Cortes assumed his post, the City consumed P19,153,804.18 worth of gasoline, oil and lubricant, according to City Accountant Eliseo Ledesma’s signed document.
Since there was no system on fuel distribution and no available information on the total number of liters previously consumed, Mayor Jonas Cortes asked City
Administrator Briccio Boholst and City Budget Office head Alberto Marababol to come up with a standard scheme.
Purpose
Before, a vehicle assigned to a particular office could be used by anybody in that office, the mayor said.
That will change as soon as the system is in place, he said.
Their purpose is not to control but to regulate fuel use and to monitor average fuel consumption, said an officer who requested anonymity.
Only three offices are tasked to issue gas slips: the motorpool, the Department of General Services (DGS) and the City Engineer’s Office.
The motorpool issues gas slips to the PNP, Traffic Enforcement and Management, the agriculture office, the mayor’s office, city department offices and motor-pool vehicles.
The DGS issues gas slips to all its vehicles, while the city engineer issues gas slips to all its vehicles and City-owned heavy equipment.
Under the city engineer are bulldozers and a compactor assigned at the city dumpsite, each of which consumes 35 liters per hour. Although these equipment units don’t run the whole day, they still consume an average of 200 liters a day.
Current setup
Meanwhile, Cortes has tasked Boholst to issue all gas slips, which also require the mayor’s approval.
(City vehicles use the gasoline station owned by Councilor Jefferson Ceniza.)
In some departments, the usual practice of having a limit for a particular period of time is still in place.
The motorpool source said each PNP vehicle gets 20 liters daily. The Accert’s “Penetrator” truck gets 10 liters, while the ambulance gets a daily supply of 20 liters.
Traffic motorcycles get 10 liters per week. The city agriculture office service vehicle gets 20 liters per week, the same as the DILG multicab.
However, the agriculture office’s Chariot vehicle gets 10 liters every other day.
The motorpool source said the police, and even other offices, asked for additional liters if they exceed their limit. The head of office just made a request and the mayor approved it.
City councilors and department heads who have their own cars get gas money, which is included in their P5,400 monthly representation and travelling allowance. (OCP)
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