City Assessor

- An increase of more than half of 2013 estimated budget. The following

has significant increases compared to 2013 budget (amount stated is the
difference from 2013 budget:
a) Salaries and wages (Php8, 903,544)
b) Representation Allowance (Php90, 000)
c) Transportation Allowance (Php90, 000)
d) PERA (Php1, 008,000)
e) Year-end Bonus (Php733, 262)
f) Other Maintenance and Operating Expense (Php543, 977.28)
- Increase in salaries and wages, basis for increase of more than half from
last years estimated budget? One million a month of salaries, who are
these employees? Does this mean that you increase the workmen of the
department? Why? Is it necessary to increase the workmen? Ask for
Official list of all employees and the amount of their salary
- Question the representation allowances (Php 192,000) what does this
include? 16000 a month of representation (Php192000/12=16000),
where and what does the city assessor spends?
- Transportation expenses, does this involve gasoline expenses or other
mode of transportation?
- Personal Economic Relief Allowance, why sudden increase of 1 million?
What could be the basis for such increase and where does this amount
goes?
- Year-end bonus for all staff and employees? Are these employees in
government payroll?
- Other maintenance and operating expenses, why are there separate
account title and the other one is much bigger 50,000 and 543,977.28?
What is the basis of the bigger amount?

Baranggay Affairs

- In total, the estimated budget decreases from 50million to 27million.
- How many employees does this department have? Ask for updated list of
employees and their significant salary grade because a budget of 1million
per month is significant.
- The increase in Representation allowance and transportation allowance
from 90000 to 192000, what is the basis? And where do they spend such
amount?
- Year-end bonus, which are the employees to receive and basis for the
computation and increase?
- Other maintenance and operating expense of Php692, 062.80 what is the
basis if there is no estimated budget in 2013 and the difference of this
from the amount stated as 6million?

City Budget Office

- An increase of 2million from last years budget 2013=11,247,061.80;
2014=13,631,960.96.
- The following account title has significant increases and the difference
from last years estimated budget:
a) Salaries and wages (Php2, 432,160)
b)
- PERA (personnel economic relief allowance) what is this budget for
(2013=336,000; 2014=576,000)? If its for personnel of the department,
do they really receive such amount?
- Office Supplies expense of 1.5million, 125000 per month what does this
composes of?
- As to Repair and Maintenance Land Transport Equipment and Fuel, Oil
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and Lubricant Expenses, is this redundant? Fuel and oil expenses already
fall under the repair and maintenance of land transport equipment, why
make it separate?
- Training expense, is this an all year round training? Who are the person
involved and what is the significance of the training?

City Building Office

- An increase of 6million compare to last years budget. First increase
would be the salaries.
- An increase of almost 7million in salaries, who are these person receiving
the salaries and are all they in payroll?
- PERA who are receiving this amount?
- Additional Compensation, who are receiving this amount? And for what
job or work is this additional compensation?
- Cash gift for what? Is it necessary to give someone cash gift?
- Basis for the computation of year-end bonus?

Local Civil Registrar

- An increase of 3million compare to last years estimated budget.
- First increase would be salaries, who are to receive this budget?
- Additional compensation is for what project or work done?
- Cash gift for what? How necessary is this budget for?
- Traveling expense, are these for training? And for how many person?

City Engineer

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Decrease in budget from 58million to 39million. However, salaries given
for the year is 10million higher than 2013 of 12million.
- Increase of 22million from 12million in salaries meaning increase in
number of employees, are they all regular employees and what would be
the basis of this increase?
- Transportation allowance of 192,000 is this different from the
representation used by the department? What does this involve?



- Year-end bonus increase of 800,000, what is the basis of such increase?
- Again question the cash gift
- Traveling expenses local, is this for the whole year round?
- Fuel and oil expenses why is this different from the land transport
equipment?

City General Services

- Increase of 25million amounting to 150million estimated budget compare
from last years 125million.
- The increase in PERA of 1million from 700000 from 2013, basis?
- Year-end bonus what is the basis?
- Cash gift, who are the recipients? Is it necessary?
- Sudden increase of vehicle registration fee from 700000 to 1.6million.
How many units? Does this include the service-vehicle to all issued public
officials?
- What is the coverage of the separate budget of Other Maintenance and
Operating expense?
- Accountable forms, why the need to increase the budget? Can it be
maintained from last years amount?
- Difference between the communication expense and with the obligation
to PLDT?

City Health Office

- From last years budget of 172million an increase of 30million landing at
estimated 208million.
- Salaries and wages from 2013 is 58million to 112million for 2014, what
would be the basis?
- PERA increase from 4million to 8million, again where this budget goes?
- Clothing allowances the increase from 910000 to 1.7million, basis for
such increase? Think if this will be approved or not
- Cash gift increase from last year to next years estimated budget is very
significant, who are the recipients of this budget and what is the basis for
giving them cash gift?
- Basis for 1million foreign travel? Who are the persons involve in this
travel? Is this travel for training purpose?

Human Resource Management Office

- An increase of almost 2million compared from last years estimated
budget.
- What is the basis of putting up an amount for Proposed Creation of
Permanent Position of 4million?
- The increase in traveling expense, what does this involves?

City Information Office

- Increase in budget from 5million in 2013 going to 20million. An increase
of almost 13million.
- Advertising expense of 250000 from 2013 to 1.5million in 2014, what is
the basis for such increase? And what would be the benefit of this
advertising? Would it generate income?
- Increase in printing expense from 250000 to 4.6million, what would be
the return of this for the city? Instead of printing why not make it
paperless?
- What help would these following give the city Media activities, official
website hosting, coffee table book, textblast, peoples day? Would it
generate income for the city? Where did the figures derived from?

City Legal Office

- An increase of almost 10million from last years estimated budget
7million to 17million for 2014.
- Salaries increase from 2million to 10.8million, an increase of 8million.
- Year-end bonus increase from 100thousand to 900thousand

Pque Livelihood Office

Reminders:
I. In all cases increase in salaries means increase in all the necessary
deductions such as insurance, philhealth, ecc contribution, pag-ibig.
II. The 2 separate account of other maintenance and operating expense
III. Check almost all department gives cash gift