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                                                                                                                          Status of
Ref.            Audit Observation                      Audit Recommendation              Management Comment/Action
                                                                                                                       Implementation
       substantial amount of income that could     as publish the notice once a week
       have been utilized to finance the           two consecutive weeks in a
       implementation of various development       newspaper of general circulation in
       projects or other major programs,           the municipality.
       projects, and activities (PPAs).
                                                 8. Should these strategies fail, we Management had not taken any           Not
                                                    recommended that the Municipality action.                           Implemented
                                                    enforce the collection of delinquent
                                                    real property taxes by availing of the
                                                    remedies provided under the Local
                                                    Government Code, specifically
                                                    Sections 254 to 269 of R.A. No. 36
                                                    7160, either by administrative action
                                                    through levy on real property or by
                                                    judicial action.
AAR    The position of Local DRRM Officer, a     9. We recommended that Management Ongoing court litigation.                Not
2023   mandatory plantilla item in the              advertise the vacancy in local                                      Implemented
       establishment of Local DRRM Offices          newspapers and social media, as
       (LDRRMOs)         prescribed     under       well as post the notice of vacancy in
       NDRRMC-DILG-DBM-CSC               Joint      public places such as the Municipal
       Memorandum Circular No. 2014-1               Hall, Capitol, and Public Markets to
       dated April 4, 2014, remained vacant         attract applicants.
       due to lack of qualified and interested
       applicants     thus,    leaving     the
       Municipality without a responsible
       person to direct the development,
       coordination, and implementation of its
       disaster risk management projects and
       activities.
AAR    The Trust Fund was used to remit 10. We recommended that Management Management had already provided              Implemented
2023   employees’ loan payments to a private   strictly adhere to the provision of the Audit Team with a copy of the
       cooperative, totaling ₱554,642.00,      Section 4(6) of P.D. No. 1445 and Authorization Letter prepared by
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