Council committee to revisit organization of city offices

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
The Davao City Council’s committee on appointments and reorganization is looking to revisit the organization of the offices in the city government.
Councilor Rachel Zozobrado chair of the committee said the plan is due to the requests of the department heads for the creation of new positions.
Zozobrado said her committee saw the need to revisit the organization because it might lead to excess of some positions. The rules on personal services state that new positions should be only 42 percent, she added.
“Basin katong mga importante na dapat ma-create dili nuon ma-create because kulang na ang budget (The important positions might not be created because of insufficient budget),” she said.
Zozobrado said city administrator Jesus Melchor V. Quitain issued a memorandum directing all the department heads to evaluate their offices to find out if there is a need to create a new position and to remove old positions.
Zozobrado said the department heads need to justify the need and submit a comprehensive request for reorganization and creation of new positions.
She said her committee has not yet received any requests from the department heads for reorganization because it might be still on the hands of Human Resources Management Office (HRMO) head Erwin Alparaque.
Alparaque is in charge of evaluating the requests before they are submitted to the City Council.
She said as of the moment, her committee has three separate requests from City Agriculturist Office (CHO), City Health Office (CHO), and City Tourism Operations Office (CTOO).
She said the CAO requested for an Agricultural Engineer, the CHO requested for medical technicians, and the CTOO wants to create new position which she did not specify.