Oro council approves P92.5-M first supplemental budget

• Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1746043/Cagayan-De-Oro/Local-News/Oro-council-approves-P925-M-first-supplemental-budget
• Monday, June 4, 2018

By PAMELA JAY F. ORIAS

THE Cagayan de Oro City Council has passed on Monday, May 28, its first supplemental budget worth P92.5 million, but it made opposition councilors raised their brows as they questioned where the City Government will source such a big amount this early in 2018.

Councilor Leon Gan proposed for the deferment of the ordinance saying it needs more deliberation and more time before it should be passed.

"Because in my own observation, probably we can say that this is too early to have a supplemental budget at this time, we have just passed the 1st quarter period and yet we have another supplemental budget worth 90 million, how can this be done? We haven't even passed the 2nd or 3rd quarter yet so lugar gi-anticipate na nato daan ang (we are already anticipating the) future income of the City Government," he said.

The P32.5 million of the total P92.5 million were sourced from savings and realignment from continuing appropriation from various years of the general fund, while the remaining P60 million categorized as "surplus."

While the P32 million source of fund was enumerated, Councilor Nadya Emano-Elipe questioned why the P60 millions source of fund was not specified and only labeled as surplus.

Councilor Teodulfo Lao Jr., meanwhile, told his fellow councilors there is nothing to worry about since the amount will go directly to City Government projects.

"The source of supplemental budget are taken from the surplus or from other items which were not utilized last year, so it should be supplemented and should be used so that it can be spent to other projects," Lao said.

"There's nothing to worry about because these are taken from savings or surplus from previous years and was carefully deliberated," he added.

Majority of the councilors however voted to pass the ordinance.