City officials authorized the supplemental budget from the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund – trust fund amounting to P8 million for the procurement of necessary supplies and equipment to facilitate the put up of temporary stalls of affected vendors of Blocks 3 and 4 of the city public market and to restore the roofing of the livestock area.
Under Appropriation Ordinance No. 30, series of 2023, P7.7 million will be allocated for the procurement of supplies and equipment for the put up of temporary stalls for affected tenants of Blocks 3 and 4 while P300,000 will be allocated for the purchase of supplies for the restoration of the roofing of the livestock area that was affected by the 5-hour fire that gutted a huge portion of the city’s market facility.
In a certification dated March 15, 2023, the city’s Local Finance Committee certified that the amount of P8 million is actually available from the City disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund – trust fund to support the request of the local chief executive for the procurement of necessary supplies and equipment to facilitate the put up of temporary stalls for affected vendors of Blocks 3 and 4 of the city public market and also to restore the roofing of the livestock area in the said facility.
Earlier, the local chief executive requested for a budget allocation of P10 million as prepared by the CDRRMO, City Buildings and Architecture Office (CBAO), City Planning and Development Office (CPDO), and the City Budget Office to address the post-fire incident recovery at the city public market, and the concurrence with regards to the proposed relocation sites at Malcolm Square, portions of Perfecto St., portions of Hilltop St., Kayang St., Zandueta St. and portions of Burnham Park.
The said funds are for the immediate implementation of post-fire recovery operations and relocation of affected vendors to comfortable and safe relocation.
However, there has been a revision to the previous request for supplemental budget amounting to only P8 million from the previous proposed budget of P10 million where the same will be chargeable against the CDRRMF-TF for the procurement of necessary supplies and equipment to facilitate the put up of the proposed temporary stalls at Blocks 3 and 4 of the city public market and the restoration of the roofing at the livestock area.