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                                                                                        Status of
 Ref.              Observation                    Recommendation               Implementation/Results of
                                                                                       Validation
                                                 exercise of their internal    IAS has not been created yet.
                                                 audit functions.
AAR       Had the Municipal Mayor and        24. The Municipal Engineer,       Unimplemented
2023,     Municipal              Engineer        in coordination with the
AO no.    considered all factors affecting       Municipal Planning and        This is reiterated in the audit
14,       the     implementation        of       Development                   of CY 2024 accounts as
page      programs/projects/activities           Coordinator, evaluate the     Audit Observation (AO) No.
42        under the 20 per cent                  feasibility and closely       9.
          Development Fund (DF),                 monitor                 the
and       including        the     limited       implementation of the
          manpower and availability of           various      PPAs        in
AAR       equipment, among others, the           accordance with the
2022,     Municipal Government could             approved development
AO no.    have completed not just thirty         plan as required under
3, page   of the 73 projects programmed          Section 476 (4) of R.A.
28        under the 20 per cent DF for           No. 7160.
          CY 2023. This would have           25. Management consider all       Unimplemented
          resulted in greater efficiency         possible       limitations,
          and effectiveness in providing         including manpower and        This is reiterated in the audit
          basic facilities and services to       equipment availability,       of CY 2024 accounts as
          its constituents, as mandated          during the planning stage.    Audit Observation (AO) No.
          under Section 17 of R.A. No.                                         9.
          7160.
AAR       The Municipality did not           26. The Municipal Assessor:       Unimplemented
2023,     undertake the general revision
AO no.    of real property assessments           Coordinate with the           The Municipal Assessor had
15,       every three years because the          Provincial Assessor in the    already     informed    the
page      Province did not enact an              preparation       of   the    Provincial Assessor of the
43        ordinance       updating     the       updated SMV of the            need to update the SMV
          Schedule of Market Values,             Municipality pursuant to      pursuant to RA No. 7160.
          contrary to Sections 212 and           Section 212 of R.A. No.
          219 of R.A. No. 7160 and               7160; and
          DILG-DOF JMC No. 2010-01,          27. Initiate the immediate        Unimplemented
          hence        precluding      the       conduct of a general
          Municipality from maximizing           revision of real property     The general revision of real
          its revenue-raising power to           assessments after the         property assessments was
          generate additional funds to           enactment of the updated      pending the enactment of
          finance development projects           SMVs and ensure that this     updated SMVs.
          beneficial to its constituents         is done every three years
          and to augment the special             as required under Section
          education fund.                        219 of RA No. 7160 and
                                                 DILG-DOF JMC No.
                                                 2010-001.
AAR       The Municipal Government’s         28. The Acting Municipal          Unimplemented
2023,     collection efficiency of its RPT       Treasurer      boost   tax
AO no.    and SET averages only 11.63%           collection in its campaign    The    Acting    Municipal
16,       of its target because of not           program to enhance the        Treasurer recently sent
page      strictly implementing the              collection of RPT/SET         Statements of Account to
45        enforcement of remedies in the         Receivables and enforce       delinquent taxpayers. Some

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