Cagayan de Oro City Govt’s operation expenses estimated to soar to P642.7M

November 30, 2008

By Lizanilla J. Amarga

The City Government of Cagayan de Oro’s maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE) is estimated to almost double before the end of this year.

The actual MOOE was only P344.77 million in 2007 while the Annual 2009 Proposed Annual Budget Ordinance now shows that City Hall is estimated to spend P642.67 million by the end of 2008.

City Accountant Wilma Rugay, City Treasurer Lino Daral and City Budget Officer Zelpha Acenas signed page 14 of the Certified Statement of Income and Expenditures for the General Fund that shows that City Hall’s MOOE will ballooned by P297.9 million before this year ends.

Pro-administration Majority Floor Leader City Councilor Ramon Tabor expressed his surprise over such a huge increase.

“I have to double-check these figures,” he told Gold Star Daily.

But for opposition leaders City Councilor Roger Abaday and Gusa Barangay chairperson Enrico Salcedo, the increase is expected considering how the way the City Hall was mismanaged by then former mayor Vicente Emano for nine years.

Both voiced suspicions that most of these expenses were made during the 2007 Election year and were carried over the current year 2008.

“Wala pa kini labot sa ilang kickback,” Abaday said.

Salcedo said he found the City Hall wonting when it comes to cost-cutting measures and on finding ways to save on its limited resources.

The 2009 Proposed Annual Budget Ordinance shows that the largest 2008 MOOE expenditure is the Interest Expense/Loan Amortization alone which was only P47.95 million in 2007 to P192.58 million in 2008 or an increase of P144.63 million in itself.

The other huge increases in spending include Traveling Expenses which is estimated to grow from P1.06 million in 2007 to P3.01 million by the end of 2008; Training Expenses from only P.64 million to P2.55 million; Office Supplies Expenses from only P7.98 million to P19.73 million.

Telephone Expenses was only P2.41 million in 2007 to grow by P3.55 million by end of this year together with Electricity Expenses from P41.76 million only in 2007 to P80 million in 2008 and Consultancy Expenses from P1.81 million in 2007 to P2.9 million by 2008.

The budgetary item dubbed “Other Expenses” is also estimated to soar from P49.844 million in 2007 to P106.73 million by yearend together with Membership Dues and Contributions to Organizations from P.12 million to P.56 million; Advertising Expenses from P.32 million to P.94 million; Printing and Binding from P.02 million to P.34 million.

Expenses for Drugs and Medicines was only P16.51million in 2007 but is expected to balloon to PP29.77 million by 2008 together with that of Medical, Dental and Laboratory Supplies Expenses from P2.95 million in 2007 to P:P10.5 million in 2008.

Also, Agricultural Supplies from P.21 million to PP1.38 million; Textbooks and Instructional Materials expense was from P.04 million in 2007 to P.33 million by end of this year.

There were also some additional MOOEs that City Hall is paying this current year but did not do so in 2007 such as IT Equipment parts at P1.1 million, so-called “Other Supplies Expenses” at P4.5 million; Storage Expenses at P.1 million; and Repairs and Maintenance for Power and Energy P1.2 million.

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