ALL the village officials in Bacolod City were already required to submit their report on the road clearing operations within their areas of jurisdiction.
This was stressed by Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran Friday, January 10, after Mayor Evelio Leonardia along with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) held a meeting with the village officials at the Bacolod Government Center on Thursday, January 9.
Familiaran said the village officials were reminded on their compliance on the DILG Memorandum Circular 2019-121 on the implementation of the clearing of roads.
“It’s the function of the barangay officials to lead the clearing operations within their areas of jurisdiction,” he said.
He added that Mayor Evelio Leonardia also ordered Memorandum Order No.3 requiring the barangay officials to submit their report on January 10.
Familiaran said it was emphasized that the DILG Circular 2019-121 is a continuous program of the government particularly in the clearing of the public nuisance along the public roads, alleys, sidewalks and thoroughfares.
In his memorandum, Leonardia said that based on validation report dated October 18, 2019 of the DILG, the City Government of Bacolod achieved 87 percent medium compliance.
“This is however, composed by percentages of some barangays falling far below 87 percent compliance,” he said.
The barangay officials were required to submit their accomplishments on roads and areas identified for clearing; roads and areas that had been cleared and reported, the same shall be surveyed and inspected to ensure that no repetition of obstruction is committed; the clearing of illegally parked vehicles; illegal vendors; street dwellers; barangay structure and outpost built and situated on sidewalks; shore encroachment; shanties encroachment; house encroachment; garbage dumps; and rice grain drying stations.
Leonardia said the continuity of the program and policy of the DILG for the clearing of public nuisance reemphasizes the imposition of sanctions, penalty, disciplinary measures against non-supportive or non-compliant local officials and employees, in a manner that the DILG will continue to monitor the clearing operations and conduct on-site validations on a quarterly basis starting January 2020. (MAP)