Domogan promises smooth transition for new city execs

By Aileen P. Refuerzo

BAGUIO CITY – Outgoing Mayor Mauricio Domogan assured incoming city officials led by Mayor-elect Benjamin Magalong of smooth transition when they assume their posts on June 30.

              Domogan recently formed a local governance transition team to facilitate an effective turn-over of responsibilities, properties, records and logistics to the new officials.

Chaired by the mayor, the team will make sure that everything is set in place for the implementation of the development programs which his administration prioritized this year.

Still reeling from his failed bid for the Congressional seat during the mid-term elections held May 13, the mayor reported early to work last Monday and addressed the flag-raising ceremonies where he congratulated the winning candidates and assured that he will continue to be around to contribute to the city’s development efforts in whatever way and capacity he can.

Domogan later attended the executive-legislative meeting and a mini-conference with department heads where he expressed gratitude for their support to his administration in the past nine years.

              The department heads in turn thanked the mayor for his able leadership which they described as “participative and integrative.”

“He is one leader who encourages the involvement of the department heads in the decision-making.  He listens to our suggestions and supports us in implementing the same,” they said. 

                The transition team is composed of City Administrator Carlos Canilao as vice chair, the 15 city department heads, two division chiefs, Dept. of Interior and Local Government Baguio City Director Evelyn Trinidad and an officer of the Baguio Association of Retired Persons (BARP) to represent the civil society or people’s organization as members.

It will be tasked to conduct an inventory of all properties, assemble all documents and records, organize a turn-over ceremony and prepare the prescribed data capture form for submission to the DILG.

The inventory will cover real or immovable properties such as lands, buildings, infrastructure facilities and improvements and machineries and movable properties like vehicles, office equipment, furniture, fixtures and supply stocks.

It will also include securing and preservation of all official documents and records of transactions particularly the Governance Assessment Report, Commission on Audit report, contracts and loan agreements, comprehensive development plan, local development investment plan, annual investment plan, comprehensive land use or physical framework plan, capability development plan, executive-legislative agenda, organizational structure, inventory of personnel by nature of appointment and executive orders.

This will also include documents covered by the Full Disclosure Policy particularly the annual budget, statement of debt service, statement of receipts and expenditures, annual procurement plan, annual Gender and Development accomplishment report, statement of cash flow, bid results on civil works, goods and services and consulting services, report of Special Education Fund utilization, trust fund utilization, manpower complement, unliquidated cash advances, supplemental procurement plan, 20 percent component of the Internal Revenue Allotment utilization and report of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund utilization.

A turn-over ceremony to include a briefing on the governance assessment report and key challenges to the incoming set of officials will also be prepared by the team on June 30.