Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio ordered for the creation of a Special Projects Management Board to serve as the policy-making body in the management and development of the units under the Special Projects Division.
On May 5, 2022, the mayor signed Executive Order (EO) No. 16, Series of 2022, known as “An Order Creating And Constituting The Special Projects Management Board Defining Its Functions, Responsibilities, Jurisdictions, And Establishing Policies, Guidelines, And Rules and Regulations For The Operation Of The Units Of The Special Projects Division(SPD) Under The City Economic Enterprise Office (CEE)”.
The mayor emphasized in the EO that “there is a need for the creation of a policy-making body to address all the concerns and issues affecting the management of the units under the Special Projects Division of the City Economic Enterprises Office as well as to formulate policies, laws, programs, and recommendations related thereto.”
The establishment of the said policy-making body is significant as the city government of Davao owns lands of public dominion and government buildings and facilities for commercial purposes under the units of the SPD of the CEE Office.
The EO stressed that the body will be tasked to address concerns and development of the units of the Special Projects Division of the CEE.
The board shall be composed of the city mayor or his/her authorized representative as the chairperson, the assistant city administrator for operations, or his/her authorized representative as vice chairperson.
It is comprised of the heads or authorized representatives of the CEE, City Treasurer’s Office (CTO), City Legal Office (CLO), City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO), and the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Government Enterprise and Privatization.
The EO took effect immediately.
