セブ市議会の財政委員会は、明日11月23日から2022年の年間予算は89億ペソしかないと発表しています。
これは、2021年の年間予算よりも少なくとも11億ペソ低く、予算・財務の委員長であるレイモンド・ガルシア議員は、必要なものだけに資金を使うことを重視する行政の姿勢によるものだと述べています。
この予算は、87.4億ペソの一般資金と15億ペソの特別資金を財源としています。その内訳は以下の通りです。
- 一般政策・管理・財務：35億7,300万ペソ
- 最前線のサービス：32億5,400万ペソ
- 地域開発：6億4,135万ペソ
- 市バランガイへの支援：5億6,767万ペソ
- 予備資金：4億3,700万ペソ
- 債務処理：3億1,567万ペソ
- 最前線への支援：1億4,902万ペソ
- 雑費・その他：1,000万ペソ
予算の大部分は市が管轄するサービスに充てられており、15億6900万ペソが割り当てられています。この中には、高齢者支援のための5億ペソ、奨学金のための1億2,250万ペソ、埋葬支援のための3,000万ペソが含まれています。また一般サービス局（DGS）は6億4100万ペソ、セブ市交通局（CCTO）は2億3100万ペソの予算を提案しています。
P8.9 billion: Cebu City eyes lower annual budget for 2022
CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Cebu City Council committee on finance will begin weeks of budget hearing for the 2022 annual budget starting tomorrow, November 23, 2021, and the budget is surprisingly only P8.9 billion.
This is at least P1.1 billion lower than the 2021 annual budget, which Councilor Raymond Garcia, the committee chairperson for budget and finance, said was due to the administration’s focus on using funds only for what is necessary.
The budget is sourced from P8.74 billion general funds and a P1.5 billion special funds account. The breakdown goes as follows: P3.573 billion for general policy, admin, and finance; P3.254 billion for frontline services; P641.35 million for local development; P567.67 million aid to city barangays; P437 million for reserve funds; P315.67 million for debt servicing; P149.02 million for support to frontlines; and P10 million for miscellaneous and other purposes.
The bulk of the budget is going to services that are under the Office of the Mayor, which is allocated P1.569 billion. These include P500 million for senior citizens’ assistance; P36.5 million for manpower especially on contact tracing; P122.5 million for scholarship; and P30 million for burial assistance. The Department of General Services (DGS) is proposing a P641 million budget, while the Cebu City Transportation Office (CCTO) is proposing a P231 million budget.
The 2021 annual budget was passed two weeks before 2020 ended due to the many revisions and debates the City Council conducted during the final readings, causing a delay of the budget.This year, Garcia hopes the council members will be attending so they can hear the explanations of each department.The committee expects the budget hearing to last at least two to three weeks before the final budget will reach the City Council as a whole.
SOURCE: https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/413172/p8-9-billion-cebu-city-eyes-lower-annual-budget-for-2022