Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said he plans on spending the entire 20 percent development fund, an allocation derived from the annual internal revenue allotment, which is a local government unit’s share of national tax revenue, on various infrastructure projects throughout the city.
The mayor recently met with the Local Development Council to discuss certain projects.
“We will check with the City Engineer because the funds need to be spent on health centers, roads, among others,” he noted. “We will review the list of development projects [in] the barangays.”
Meanwhile, Treñas is also scheduled to meet with the local school board today to talk about the special education fund, an allocation from the national government intended to cover various expenditures incurred by the local school board as it pertains to the ongoing academic year.
Earlier this month, the Iloilo City mayor said he is considering public-private partnerships (PPPs) for local projects including the upgrading of the city slaughterhouse in the Jaro district’s Barangay Tacas and establishing a waste-to-energy facility.
He added, a PPP is also being sought in the development of the Ortiz Wharf.
Treñas said he had already consulted with the PPP Center in Manila.
“They will be coming here this July to look into the slaughterhouse development,” he said.
“There are four interested parties.”
“I am also in talks with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on new technologies that will address waste management concerns,” the mayor noted with regard to the planned waste-to-energy facility. “We are going to study if the smokey mountain can be mined to be used as fuel [for the] waste-to-energy process.”/WDJ