BAGUIO CITY – City officials recently approved an ordinance that seeks to amend Section 7 of Ordinance No. 56, series of 2023 that allows the Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) to collect replacement fees for lost senior citizen identification cards with official receipts of the city government from senior citizens and provided details for the use of the OSCA trust fund.
Under Ordinance No. 29, series of 2024, the funding for the issuance of replacement of the OSCA identification cards shall be charged to the OSCA trust fund where payments collected from the replacement of lost cards shall be deposited.
Aside from the administrative cost of the issuance of identification cards, the OSCA trust fund will also be used to support the other programs, projects and activities of the OSCA such as, but not limited to, activities that need to be conducted per directive of the City Mayor who supervises the OSCA and related to their plans, activities and programs for senior citizens such as self and social enhancement activities, creative art workshops, digital literacy, other social activities; purchase of needed OSCA identification card equipment; repair and other building maintenance and other office supplies or materials not included in the maintenance and other operating expenses of the City Social Welfare and Development Office.
Section 7 of Ordinance No. 56, series of 2023 otherwise known as the ‘Collection of Replacement Fees for Lost OSCA Identification Cards in the City of Baguio’ stated that the funding for the issuance of replacement of the OSCA identification cards shall be charged to the OSCA trust fund where payments collected from the replacement of lost OSCA identification cards shall be deposited.
However, the ordinance noted that several projects, programs, and other related activities of the OSCA were not reportedly included in the approved annual budget for the operation of the Senior Citizens Center and the implementation of other special services to senior citizens.
With this situation, the council claimed that there is a need to amend the earlier ordinance to cover the different needs of the OSCA to deliver excellent service for the elderly of the city.
The ordinance will take effect after this shall have been posted in various conspicuous places in the city for the information of the public. By Dexter A. See
