2012 R - 85 - AUTHORIZING THE HONORABLE CITY MAYOR JAMES GORDON JR. TO ENTER, EXECUTE AND SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE TULONG PANGHANAP-BUHAY SA ATING DISADVANTAGED (TUPAD) WORKERS PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR PURPOSES OF AUGMENTING THE REHABILITATION AND RELIEF EFFORTS OF THE CITY IN THE MOST AFFECTED BARANGAYS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH LAW

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF OLONGAPO, HELD ON AUGUST 15, 2012 AT THE CITY HALL.

PRESENT:

Hon. Rolen C. Paulino - - City Vice-Mayor & Presiding Officer

Hon. Rodel S. Cerezo - - - City Councilor

Hon. Eyrma Yvette Marzan-Estrella -  “        “

Hon. Aquilino Y. Cortez, Jr. - - “        “

Hon. James G. Delos Reyes - - - - “        “

Hon. Gina Gulanes-Perez - - “        “

Hon. Elena C. Dabu - - - “        “

Hon. Eduardo J. Piano - - “        “

Hon. Edna A. Elane - - - -   “        “

Hon. Noel Y. Atienza - - - “        “

Hon. Dolly Mae M. Ramos - - SK Federation President   

ABSENT:

Hon. Sarah Lugerna Lipumano-Garcia - -  City Councilor (On Official Business)

Hon. Carlito A. Baloy - -  President, Liga ng mga Barangay

                                                           

RESOLUTION NO. 85

(Series of 2012)

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE HONORABLE CITY MAYOR JAMES GORDON JR. TO ENTER, EXECUTE AND SIGN A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT TO ADOPT AND IMPLEMENT THE TULONG PANGHANAP-BUHAY SA ATING DISADVANTAGED (TUPAD) WORKERS PROGRAM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR PURPOSES OF AUGMENTING THE REHABILITATION AND RELIEF EFFORTS OF THE CITY IN THE MOST AFFECTED BARANGAYS AS DETERMINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH LAW

WHEREAS, the Department of Labor is cognizant of the need to both assist the Local Government Units in their rehabilitation and relief efforts and to generate local employment in light of the recent damage and state of calamity brought to the City by the recent ‘Habagat’ heavy rains and strong winds with the City sustaining an estimated cumulative damage of Fifty One Million Pesos (PhP51,000,000.00), more or less, in terms of affected families and properties;

WHEREAS, as per advice by the Department of Labor to the Public Employment Service Office of Olongapo city this August 13, 2012 which was an emergency program by reason of which the corresponding agreement will be forwarded to the City by the Department of Labor from the National Office on Wednesday, August 15, 2012, it shall implement the Tulong Panghanap-buhay sa Ating Disadvantaged (TUPAD) Workers Program whereby the Department of Labor shall shoulder the employment of two hundred (200) workers for a five-day employment period, with a minimum salary of Three Hundred Thirty Pesos (PhP330.00) per day in compliance with the statutory minimum wage in the locality or total of Three Hundred Thirty Thousand Pesos (PhP330,000.00), while the City through its Public Employment Service Office shall oversee and supervise its implementation, and the City shall provide the necessary cleaning materials and provide a counterpart fund of just Eighty Two Thousand and Five Hundred Pesos (PhP82,500.00) or twenty percent (20%) of the total project cost which is at Four Hundred Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Pesos (PhP412,500.00);

NOW, THEREFORE, on motion of City Councilor Eduardo J. Piano, with the unanimous accord of the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod present,

RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Sangguniang Panlungsod in session assembled, to authorize, as it hereby authorizes, the Honorable city Mayor James Gordon Jr. to Enter, Execute and sign a Memorandum of Agreement with the Department of Labor and Employment to Adopt and Implement the Tulong Panghanap-Buhay sa Ating Disadvantaged (TUPAD) workers Program of the Department of Labor for Purposes of Augmenting the Rehabilitation and Relief Efforts of the City in the Most Affected Barangays as Determined by the Department of Labor, in a manner Consistent with Law.

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY, August 15, 2012.