8.7. The City DRRM Officer explained that they have already started the procurement of
the alert systems but the supplier still has to complete the required documents, hence
no payment was made. The purchase of the disaster response and rescue vehicle is
for re-bid since the first bidding was declared a failure and the DILG clearance took
some time to secure. For the infrastructure projects, these were delegated to the CEO
for implementation but the latter has not promptly acted on it. The same goes for
the other Capital Outlay projects funded out of the STF. The CEO is attending to
other projects financed by other fund sources, which likewise includes backlogs from
prior years.
8.8. The City’s inability to fully utilize the existing LDRRMF appropriations hinders the
effective implementation of a proactive approach to disaster management, which is
aimed at reducing people’s vulnerability during such events.
8.9. We reiterated our recommendations that the City exhaust all means to
implement without further delay the projects outlined under the 70 per cent
Mitigation Fund of the LDRRMF in order to increase their constituents’
resilience and decrease their vulnerabilities to disasters and calamities. We
further recommended that the City DRRM Officer closely coordinate with the
CEO and actively monitor the implementation of priority DRRM functions,
programs, projects, and activities.
8.10. The City Mayor issued an Office Order directing the CAO and the City DRRM Office
heads to swiftly address the foregoing recommendations. The City also assured its
compliance thereto, acknowledging the need to provide the needed infrastructure and
initiatives to make Bais residents resilient and less vulnerable to disasters and
calamities.
Unimplemented prior years’ audit recommendations
9. Of the 35 audit recommendations from last year’s audit report for CY 2023, only 6
have been fully implemented, representing 17 per cent of the total, while the
remaining 29 recommendations have yet to be implemented as of August 31, 2024.
Similarly, out of the 49 audit recommendations from prior years, only 1 has been fully
implemented, leaving 48 recommendations still outstanding.
9.1. In accordance with the audit responsibilities vested upon this Office, we would like
to provide an update on the status of implementation of the audit recommendations
contained in the CY 2023 Annual Audit Report as of August 31, 2024, based on the
validation we conducted.
9.2. As previously reported, 35 current and 49 prior years’ audit recommendations were
provided in the last audit report.
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