2009 O - 19 - CREATING A TRUST FUND FOR THE CONTINUOUS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ULIS

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF OLONGAPO, HELD ON APRIL 1, 2009 AT THE CITY HALL.

PRESENT:

Hon. Cynthia G. Cajudo - - City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer
Hon. Gina Gulanes-Perez - - - City Councilor
Hon. John Carlos G. Delos Reyes- - - “ “
Hon. Rodel S. Cerezo - - - - “ “
Hon. Edwin J. Piano - - - - - - “ “
Hon. Aquilino Y. Cortez, Jr.- - - - “ “
Hon. Anselmo A. Aquino- - - - “ “
Hon. Elena C. Dabu- - - - - “ “
Hon. Jonathan G. Manalo- - - - “ “

ABSENT:

Hon. Sarah Lugerna Lipumano-Garcia- - - - City Councilor
Hon. Angelito W. Baloy - - - - - “ “
Hon. Carlito A. Baloy - - - - - President, Liga ng mga Barangay
Hon. Cheenee F. Hoya- - - - SK Federation President(On Official Business)


WHEREAS, the City Government of Olongapo, through the Sangguniang Panlungsod, endorsed the application for a grant with the innovation support fund (ISF) under the LAND ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT PROJECT phase 2 (LAMP2) funded by the AUSTRALIAN AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (AUSAID) and signifying the city’s commitment of partnership and accountability undertaking through the adoption of Resolution 189 Series of 2006;

WHEREAS, the Land Administration and Management (LAM) program is a 15-20 year program to improve land administration and land management in the Philippines that aims to support an efficient land market and alleviate the present low level of confidence in the system of formal land administration and the lack of tenure security;

WHEREAS, LAMP2 is funded by the Australian Government, the purpose of which is to accelerate the process of land administration and land management reform and support the progressive expansion of tenure security and the adoption of approved property valuation standards and procedures through sustainable partnership agreements;

WHEREAS, the Innovation Support Fund (ISF) objective is to encourage provinces and cities to become actively engaged in initiating processes of LAM reform and improved service delivery in their specific areas and is expected to encourage LGUs in adopting LAM reform to foster innovations in a competitive manner;

WHEREAS, last October 2006, the programmatic grant application was short listed and after a process of review, Olongapo was approved by the ISF Grant Awards Committee as the “Pioneer LGU”;

WHEREAS, several IT systems with GIS features where established under the project dubbed as “Olongapo City’s Unified Land Information System” or “ULIS for short;

WHEREAS, among the system installed are the Property Assessment and Tax Administration System (PATAS), Business Permit and Licensing Services (BPLS), and Treasurer’s System;

WHEREAS, from 2009 to present, operational and maintenance cost for all the systems and activities are jointly shouldered by AUSAID, ISF, and the City;

WHEREAS, to ensure sustainability of the project once it becomes a regular program of the City, appropriate fees and charges for the use of GIS where incorporated in the revised 2007 Revenue Code;

WHEREAS, to guarantee that the said fees will be used for the stated program, a separate trust fund needs to be established. This will assure that financial wise, LAM services will continue even beyond the life of the grant from ISF-LAMP2-AUSAID;

WHEREAS, the Local Government Code under Section 309 authorizes the maintenance of a special fund;

NOW, THEREFORE, on joint motion of Councilors Edwin J. Piano and Jonathan G. Manalo, with the unanimous accord of the with the unanimous accord of the Sangguniang Panlungsod present,

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session assembled, to enact the following Ordinance:

ORDINANCE NO. 19
(Series of 2009)

AN ORDINANCE CREATING A TRUST FUND FOR THE CONTINUOUS OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ALL PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES UNDER THE UNIFIED LAND INFORMATION SYSTEM

BE IT ORDAINED, BY THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD IN SESSION ASSEMBLED THAT

SECTION 1. A trust fund shall only be used for the specific purpose for which it was created of for which it came into the possession of the local government unit. The purpose for the ULIS trust account shall be as follows:

a. For the operation and maintenance of the GIS based Property Assessment and Tax Administration System (PATAS), Business Permit and Licensing Services (BPLS), and Treasurer’s System and other future systems connected in ULIS such as but not limited to Building Permit System

b. Operation and maintenance shall include but not limited to the following;
1. Data capture and build up
2. Training and capacity build up
3. Acquisition and upgrade of IT software and equipments
4. Repair and maintenance of IT software and equipments
5. Consumables for the GIS maps and other ULIS output
6. Linkage and Connectivity
7. Monitoring, auditing and evaluation
8. Publication and advertising
9. Studies and research

SECTION 2: Income

a. All GIS fee and other LAM related fee shall accrue to the trust fund account
b. 1% of the PATAS, BPLS and Building Permit Collection

SECTION 3: The trust fund account shall be subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulation.

SECTION 4: This Ordinance shall take effect upon its approval.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, April 1, 2009.


CYNTHIA G. CAJUDO
City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer


GINA GULANES-PEREZ JOHN CARLOS G. DELOS REYES
City Councilor City Councilor


RODEL S. CEREZO SARAH LUGERNA LIPUMANO-GARCIA
City Councilor City Councilor
(Absent)

EDWIN J. PIANO ANGELITO W. BALOY
City Councilor City Councilor (Absent)

AQUILINO Y. CORTEZ, JR ANSELMO A. AQUINO
City Councilor City Councilor


ELENA C. DABU JONATHAN G. MANALO
City Councilor City Councilor


CARLITO A. BALOY CHEENEE F. HOYA
President, Liga ng mga Barangay SK Federation President
(Absent) (On Official Business)


ATTEST:

ELFLIDA S. SALMON
Council Secretary

APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE CITY MAYOR ON______________________.



JAMES GORDON, JR.
City Mayor

ATTEST:

DELFIN A. JUICO, JR.
Secretary to the City Mayor