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                                                                                               Status of
Ref.                Observation                         Recommendations                 Implementation / Results
                                                                                             of Validation
                                               34) The     City     Planning    and            Implemented
                                                   Development           Coordinator            The CPDC
                                                   implement       measures     and       directed the Project
                                                   establish            coordination            Monitoring
                                                   mechanisms to ensure that             Committee to closely
                                                   projects are closely monitored so      monitor all projects
                                                   that any delays may be promptly        and assigned one of
                                                   corrected and other courses of          its Engineer solely
                                                   action/remedies may be availed           for the purpose of
                                                   of; and                                    monitoring all
                                                                                            projects. It is also
                                                                                         submitting geotagged
                                                                                          reports of status of
                                                                                                  project
                                                                                             implementation.

                                               35) Management explain why no                 Implemented
                                                   performance    security    was            Management
                                                   required to be put up by the         submitted documents
                                                   contractor,   why    liquidated      as to the performance
                                                   damages were not imposed, and          security. Moving
                                                   why a variation order was              forward, the City
                                                   prepared even before the                Accountant was
                                                   commencement      of     actual         directed that all
                                                   construction.                         documents must be
                                                                                            attached to all
                                                                                                claims.
2022     12) Discrepancies             totaling Management require:
AAR,     ₱73,070,062.71                    and
 AO      ₱101,641,443.44       were      noted 36) The Inventory Committee and              Unimplemented
No. 1,   between the book balances and the         the CGSO to prioritize the             This is reiterated in
page     physical count of movable PPE and         reconciliation of the RPCPPE          the audit of CY 2024
 37      Inventories, respectively, as of          with the accounting records after      accounts as AO No.
         December 31, 2022, due to the             conducting the physical count,                   2.
         inability to account for movable          and pinpoint persons responsible
         properties in the hands of AOs, delay     for the missing properties who
         in the recording of asset disposals       should be made to pay the value
         and inventories consumed based on         thereof as shown in the
         the SSMI, and lack of priority to         accounting records;
         reconcile the two records, thus,
         substantially casting doubt on the 37) The CGSO to coordinate with                 Unimplemented
         existence and accuracy of the             CAO to fully account for the CY        This is reiterated in
         balances of movable PPE and               2018-2022      PPE      purchases,    the audit of CY 2024
         Inventories presented in the financial    complete with data on the              accounts as AO No.
         statements.                               property tag, Acknowledgment                     2.
                                                   Receipt of Equipment (ARE),
                                                   AO, and office/location of the
                                                   equipment, otherwise, those that
                                                   cannot be accounted for shall be
                                                   a personal liability of the person
                                                   accountable for the said property;
                                                   and




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