Cebu PB Passes PHP231.628-M Supplemental Budget 3

The Cebu Provincial Board (PB) has passed the province’s third Supplemental Budget (SB3) this year worth PHP231.628 million.

The largest chunk of the SB3, which amounts to PHP157.234 million, will go to the general fund proper; PHP30 million is allocated to development projects; and PHP44.394 million will go to operation of hospitals.

The general fund proper includes the legislative assistance fund (LAF) of PB members, which has been allocated PHP26.9 million; PHP35 million for job-order workers; and PHP40 million for employees of the Cebu Provincial Health Office.

Development projects include water supply development and subsidies for local government units’ development projects.

Of the allocation for the operation of hospitals, PHP41.9 million will go to salaries of employees, while the remaining PHP2.5 million will be for maintenance and other operating expenses.

Cebu Provincial Budget Officer Danilo Rodas said funding for SB3 was sourced from this year’s savings on vacant positions, maintenance and other operating expenses; and savings on capital outlay last year and 2014. (PNA) LAP/EB/EDS