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                    Audit Observations                           Audit Recommendations                       Status of Implementation


AAR    39.      The Municipal government availed We recommended that Management:
2019     of a loan from Land Bank of the
p.32     Philippines      (LBP)      amounting      to 59. Submit the loan agreement together with                  Unimplemented
         ₱27,022,591.63 to finance expansion of            the certified true copy of the SB Resolution   Records         showed        that
         motor pool through acquisition of three           bearing the signatures of all concurring SB    Management       had submitted
         units brand new heavy equipment, with             members, BSP Opinion of the Monetary           photocopies of the Resolution
         longer payment terms beyond the term of           Board together with the requisite              No. 52, series of 2018, Monetary
         incumbent officials, agreed to terms              documents, BLGF-DOF certifications,            Board Opinion, and DOF-BLGF
         disadvantageous to the Municipality,              certification by the Municipal Budget          certification,   as    supporting
         which was not fully supported with the            Officer, Municipal Accountant and              documents only to JEV No. 100-
         requisite certifications and documents to         Municipal Treasurer noted by the LCE, the      1912-2698 dated December 31,
         justify the necessity of contracting the said     pertinent Promissory Note and other            2019, which recorded the
         amount, and lastly, the loan proceeds as          collateral documents, and the supplemental     acquisition of three units heavy
         well as the related expenditures were not         AIP; and                                       equipment in the books of
         reported in the Statement of Comparison of                                                       accounts of the Municipality. In
         Budget and Actual Amounts, affecting the                                                         addition, a copy of the 2019 AIP
         validity and propriety of the undertaking.                                                       Addendum        No.    09      and
                                                                                                          Appropriation Ordinance No. 10
                                                                                                          were        submitted     through
                                                                                                          electronic mail on July 30, 2020.
                                                                                                          However, all the documents
                                                                                                          submitted were not certified true
                                                                                                          copies. Also, the certification of
                                                                                                          the MBO, Accountant and
                                                                                                          Treasurer duly noted by the LCE,
                                                                                                          and pertinent Promissory Note
                                                                                                          and other collateral documents,
                                                                                                          had not been submitted to the
                                                                                                          Audit Team.



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