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CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Metropolis Treasurer’s Workplace of Cebu Metropolis has deferred a proposal to supply extra money help to barangay tanod site visitors enforcers, citing inadequate income sources to cowl the elevated monetary obligations.
Ready paper endorsed to the Cebu Metropolis Council on October 16, Metropolis Treasurer Mare Vae Reyes mentioned that the present monetary state of the town couldn’t help any incremental will increase within the month-to-month help given to barangay tanods, who’re deputized site visitors enforcers.
Reyes mentioned there could be a necessity for the town to determine new sources of income or enhance its assortment effectivity earlier than such a measure could possibly be authorised.
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“The Workplace hereby maintains its place, with all due respect, to defer any propositions to grant further or incremental adjustments within the money help to the Barangay Tanods, amongst others, except or till, the Metropolis is ready to faucet new further sources of income or constantly improve its assortment to cowl the extra bills/obligation on the mentioned help and to be able to promote monetary stability and sound fiscal administration within the metropolis authorities,” Reyes mentioned.
She mentioned that whereas the proposal was commendable, the town should first guarantee it had the monetary functionality to cowl the added expense.
The proposal, launched by Metropolis Councilor James Anthony Cuenco, seeks to grant a further P2,000 in month-to-month monetary help to barangay tanods serving as site visitors enforcers.
The rise goals to acknowledge their essential function in sustaining site visitors order and public security in Cebu Metropolis’s barangays.
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At present, these tanods obtain P4,000 per thirty days underneath Metropolis Ordinance No. 2609, which standardizes monetary help for all appointed barangay workers.
Cuenco mentioned that the extra funds would inspire the tanods to carry out their duties extra successfully, notably in areas not lined by site visitors enforcers of the Cebu Metropolis Transportation Workplace (CCTO).
Nonetheless, through the council session, Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera raised issues in regards to the monetary sustainability of the proposed improve.
Reyes mentioned that, whereas the town authorities acknowledged the contributions of barangay tanods, it should first give attention to enhancing its income streams.
She advised that the town thought of revising the Revised Omnibus Tax Ordinance of 1993, which may improve native enterprise taxes and different charges, permitting the town to fund such initiatives.
“As a lot as we admire the worth that barangay tanods convey to public security, the town should first guarantee we’ve got the means to satisfy these further obligations,” Reyes added.
The treasurer’s workplace really helpful that the town discover different income-generating measures, together with updating native tax charges in compliance with the Native Authorities Code of 1991 (RA 7160), earlier than contemplating any additional will increase in disbursements.
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