- CHERYL G. CRUZ
The Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod this afternoon approved an appropriation ordinance re-appropriating P83.45 million, where funds for the Collective Negotiation Agreement (CNA) Incentive, and Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses of the City Mayor’s Office (CMO), among others, will be sourced.
This as Mayor Alfredo Benitez announced this morning, Nov. 16, that regular, co-terminus, plantilla, and casual employees as well as retirees of the City Government will receive a maximum of P25,000 in CNA Incentive, and P5,000 in Productivity Incentive Allowance for qualified employees.
These bonuses are on top of the yearend bonus equivalent to an employee’s one month salary and a cash gift of P5,000 that is currently being distributed, the city said.
In total, city employees are expected to receive bonuses amounting to a minimum of P47,517 and a maximum of P148,891 before the year ends, the City PIO posted.
Benitez, who said he has recovered from the coronavirus disease and is now back to work, said the CNAI, granted by virtue of Budget Circular No. 2022-3 for Fiscal Year 2022, will be released not earlier than Dec. 15 this year.
In the appropriation ordinance approved by the SP during its regular session Nov. 16, with Councilor Thaddy Sayson as presiding officer, P35 million was earmarked for the CNAI; P33 million for the CMO’s electricity expenses, another P10 million, also for the CMO, tagged under the Property, Plant and Equipment; P4.65 million as Personal Services or the SP’s terminal leave; P500,000 as 5 percent Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund; and P300,000 for the CEO-Planning and Design Division information and communication technology equipment.
The SP also approved the letter-request of Benitez for a resolution authorizing the City Treasurer an additional time deposit amounting to P100 million, with an interest rate of three percent for a 90-day term with the Development Bank of the Philippines./CGC
