City offices brace for transfer to mall
City Mayor Jerry Treñas has ordered all the department heads of the city government to start preparing for their transfer to a mall in the next few days.
City offices will be temporarily housed at the third floor of Robinsons Place Iloilo while the existing City Hall will be demolished to give way for the construction of a new one.
There is no definite date yet for the transfer but sources say it will be made before the end of this month.
The offices that will be transferred to Robinsons Place are the City Mayor's Office, City Treasurer's Office, City Assessor's Office, City Licensing and Permit, Civil Registry and General Services Office.
The city government, reportedly, will occupy alloted spaces at the third level of the mall for free. The city will only pay for the electricity used.
Meanwhile, the office hours for city government employees is still being discussed. There was a proposal that employees' office hours will start from 9:00 a.m. to 6 in the evening. The normal mall hours is 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 in the evening.
The city government employees preferred Robinsons Place compared with another mall because of its proximity to other government offices.
Meanwhile, Treñas said there is still no contractor for the demolition of the existing City Hall. No contractor participated in an earlier bidding for the demolition of the City Hall because of the meager contract price which is only P900,000.