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                                                                                             Status of
Ref               Observation                          Recommendations                  Implementation/
                                                                                       Results of Validation
                                                  Work, Other Animals and                  increased to
                                                  Breeding Stocks Ledger Card            ₱20,213,620.95 .
                                                  (WOABSLC), respectively, and
                                                  reconcile their records.              There was no report
                                                                                           submitted of the
                                                                                       Updated Schedule of
                                                                                        Biological Assets as
                                                                                       well as the Report on
                                                                                         the Physical count
                                                                                              conducted.
2023    Job Order (JO) workers were           13) Management strictly comply with          Unimplemented
AAR,    required to work without a valid          the requirements of Sections 85       There were still JO
 AO     contract, and their wages were            and 86 of P.D. No. 1445 when           workers who were
No.5,   paid out of appropriations that           hiring JOs, and to provide              required to work
page    were     retroactively     applied,       justification why they should not         without a valid
 47     contrary to Sections 85 and 86 of         be held personally liable for the      contract, and their
        P.D. No. 1445 and COA Circular            wages paid to them that were not     wages were paid out
        No. 2012-003; hence, the total            backed         by       sufficient      of appropriations
        payments of ₱126,080,782.45               appropriations and had no                    that were
        become the personal liability of          existing contracts to render         retroactively applied.
        the approving officers as stated in       service.
        Section 87 of P.D. No. 1445.                                                     Management stated
                                                                                               that full
                                                                                       implementation of the
                                                                                        recommendation will
                                                                                        be made in CY 2025.
2023    Monthly payments of wages to JO       14) The        Human         Resource        Unimplemented
AAR,    workers in CY 2023 were                   Management Office (HRMO)               There were still JO
 AO     consistently delayed, reaching up         coordinate with the Local              workers who were
No.6,   to 171 days, due to the irregular         Finance Committee to ensure the         required to work
page    practice of requiring them to start       existence of appropriations and          without a valid
 50     working before processing their           completion of approved JO              contract, and their
        appointments/contracts,     which         appointments/ contracts before        wages were paid out
        were approved months later when           the JO workers render their             of appropriations
        funds became available, thus,             services to the City, and that the          that were
        depriving the JO workers of timely        City Mayor require the disbursing    retroactively applied,
        access to their earned wages and          officers and all other concerned      hence, processing of
        adversely      affecting      their       city officials to process the cash      their wages were
        efficiency and effectiveness in           advances for the payment of            made only after the
        serving the government on a daily         wages to JO workers within five          contracts were
        basis.                                    days after the end of the pay                 signed.
                                                  period.
                                                                                         Management stated
                                                                                              that full
                                                                                       implementation of the
                                                                                        recommendation will
                                                                                        be made in CY 2025.
2023    Various deficiencies were noted       15) In accordance with Item 13.1 of         Unimplemented
AAR,    for the payment of overtime               CSC-DBM JC No. 1 series of           Management had not
 AO     services from January 2023 to             2015, the City Mayor, through the        submitted their
No.7,   May     2023    amounting    to           City HRMO, formulate and adopt           formulated and
page    ₱1,087,048.19 that were not in            internal rules and procedures on        adopted internal
 52     accordance with COA Circular              the rendition of overtime            rules and procedures



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