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                                                                                            Status of
 Ref               Observation                         Recommendations                  Implementation/
                                                                                       Results of Validation
                                                 not allowed under COA Circular
                                                 No. 2012-003.
2019     The City failed to recover the      79) Management give priority to this         Unimplemented
AAR,     payment of ₱30,161,004.95 it            issue and seek the optimum            Management did not
 AO      made in CYs 2003-2004 in behalf         alternative in the best interest of   provide any comment
No. 1,   of Tanjay Water District for its        the public.                                  on this
page     loan from the Local Water Utilities                                             recommendation.
 30      Administration or to take over the
         control of its operations and 80) An            investigation    on     the      Unimplemented
         management in violation of P.D.         circumstances and personalities         The City had not
         Nos. 1445 and 198, thus grossly         involved be undertaken to assess      recovered the amount
         disadvantageous to the interest of      the propriety of the said payment      of ₱30,161,004.95.
         government which overstated the         including a review of the
         Other     Infrastructure     Assets     existence of appropriations and
         account and rendered questionable       available funds therefor and, if
         the propriety of the payment made.      warranted, concrete legal action
                                                 be taken against Tanjay Water
                                                 District for breach of contract
                                                 with a demand for compensation
                                                 for damages and interest over the
                                                 length of time since payment was
                                                 made considering the earnings
                                                 that would have accrued to the
                                                 City.
2019     The lack of proper planning and 81) Management, thru the City                   Unimplemented
AAR,     accumulation of work backlogs           Development Council, conduct           No action taken by
 AO      resulted in the low rate of             an in-depth assessment of the            management.
No. 6,   implementation of projects funded       priority needs of the City so as to
page     out of the 20 per cent                  eliminate the need for project
 44      Development Fund, where out of          realignments.
         61 current and prior-year projects
         for implementation in CY 2019 82) The City Engineer improve the                 Unimplemented
         funded by appropriations totaling       execution and monitoring of            No action taken by
         ₱211,032,971.28, only 25 or 41          projects being implemented in            management.
         per cent were completed, thereby        order to timely address backlogs
         depriving constituents of the           and problems which may be
         benefits that could have been           encountered so as not to hamper
         derived from the proposed projects      completion thereof.
         and impeding the government’s
         goal of building self-reliant 83) The City Engineer maintain an                 Unimplemented
         communities.                            updated list of projects with          No action taken by
                                                 correct and complete details to          management.
                                                 facilitate proper monitoring.
2018     Inefficient delineation of work and 84) The City Engineer enhance               Unimplemented
AAR,     insufficient distribution of duties     monitoring         of       project    No action taken by
 AO      to personnel involved in the            implementation by maintaining            management.
No. 1,   planning,       execution       and     an updated list of projects and
page     monitoring of infrastructure and        taking corrective measures for
 28      other projects under the 20 per         projects that are lagging far
         cent Development Fund has               behind schedule. Any favorable
         resulted      in      the     slow      action      given    hereto    will
         implementation thereof, where out       ultimately redound to the benefit
         of 206 current and prior-year           of the city and its constituents,



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