CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama now has a new working budget for 2023. This was after the Cebu City Council, on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 28, 2022, approved, with three
During its regular session, the council deliberated Councilor Noel Eleuterio Wenceslao’s proposed ordinance authorizing the amount of P49,703,047,474.00 for the general fund proper and P1,754,668,211.30 for the special accounts to cover various expenditures for the operations of different offices or units of the city government from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2023.
From the original budget of P24 billion, the MRB project of Rama’s administration now has a budget P26 billion. As to the appropriations for the special accounts, the biggest chunk went to Capital Outlay at P658,568,649.04, followed by the budget for personnel services at P604,909,645, and the MOOE at P491,189,917.26.The deliberation process of the new annual budget, however, did not end without a heated debate among the councilors.
“The power of the council as provided in the local government code has the power to decrease or increase the appropriations…Inclined gihapon sa local government code, but cannot go beyond the source of funds that’s been indicated,” Pesquera maintained.
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