The Carmen municipal government is on a holdover capacity in managing the Chocolate Hills Complex which will soon be taken over by the provincial government.
This was the decision reached during a committee hearing where Carmen Mayor Pedro Budiongan and other Carmen officials were in attendance last Monday.
Prov'l Kagawad Amalia Tirol, chair of the committee on government properties said that the holdover management of the Carmen LGU is pending the formulation of the take-over proceedings including the putting up of works on what the province will do once the management will be under the provincial government.
Together with Tirol were Prov'l Kagawad Corazon Galbreath, chair of tourism committee, Prov'l Kagawad Dionisio Balite, committee on ways and means together with Prov'l Kagawads Concepcion Lim, Godofreda Tirol, Imboy as members.
Galbreath, for her part, said that several discrepancies on the Choco Hills management caused the proposed take-over as the complex has generated several criticisms from the public.
The financial condition as well as its physical condition are highly questionable, according to Galbreath who insisted that the Carmen LGU should respect the points stipulated in the memorandum of agreement signed by the Carmen LGU and the provincial government.
The province gets 30 percent of the gross while the bigger portion of 70 percent goes to the Carmen LGU. However, the Carmen government has violated the policy that it should shoulder the payment of wages for employees. Instead, the Carmen LGU has taken the wages from the gross before giving the province the 30 percent share.
The conditions of the complex deserve a "world class" developer and management, stressed Kagawad Lim.
An audit ordered by Gov. Erico Aumentado is being awaited by the three committees before the final takeover will take effect. - Bohol Chronicle
Linkback:
https://tubagbohol.mikeligalig.com/index.php?topic=32681.0