Mabilog threatens to hold CEO budget
City Councilor Jed Patrick Mabilog threatens to hold the 2007 budget of the City Engineers Office (CEO) if its officials fail to satisfy the Sangguniang Panlungsod ad hoc committee handling the complaint against them with their answers about their management procedures.
Mabilog, chair of the committee on engineering and infrastructure of the Sangguniang Panlungsod made his threat during the first round of investigation initiated by the city council in response to the complaint filed by Ricardo Gumabong against CEO chief Engr. Marito Amatorio, Engr. Marcelino Umahag, CEO administrative officer Imelda Aguadera, a certain Cadiz and other unnamed employees of the CEO.
Mabilog's threat came after CEO administrative officer Imelda Aguadera could not explicitly discuss her functions and has no idea on the movement of personnel inside the engineer's office. Being the administrative chief, she must have the idea on the designation, detail and other movement of personnel, Mabilog said.
Aguadera's dim statement on the movement of personnel specifically on who is the present and previous storekeeper assigned at the CEO "bodega" caught the ire of Mabilog and other councilors present during the investigation.
Mabilog said he will hold the budget intended for the CEO and make amendment on it if they do not submit their management procedures. The councilor sees the importance of the procedures practiced inside the CEO.
The administrative officer also named a few of her functions such as to prepare budget, prepare the payroll and make memoranda. She did not say she is also in charge of checking all the applications for building permit prior to the final approval of Amatorio.
It was also in Aguadera's department when one can get all the forms and submit all the requirements needed for the application of building permit, electrical permit and occupancy permit.
Aguadera's hand on the application and approval of building permit, electrical permit and occupancy permit was revealed after Engr. Noen Gregorio discussed before the investigating team the flow of all the applications filed before the CEO.