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Dingras council OKs P101 million 2015 annual budget

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By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter

Dingras, Ilocos Norte—“The earlier, the better”.

This was the statement of Dingras vice mayor Jeffrey Saguid after the Sangguniang Bayan passed the P101,963,867.80 2015 annual budget on Nov. 3.

The annual budget includes the 20 percent development fund as the highest amount allocated particularly on the economic, social and other services.

The maintenance of street lights, water supply program, improvement and upgrading of day care centers and the improvement of Gulayan sa Paaralan are under the social services.

Mr. Saguid also said that the municipality also allocated an amount of P800,000 for tourism development as one of the pet projects of Ilocos Norte Gov.  Ma. Imelda “Imee” R. Marcos.

As an agricultural town and “rice granary” of the province, the municipality also allocated P1.2 million as assistance to farmers and about P250,000 for agrarian reforms support in the municipality.

Construction and maintenance of local roads and bridges were also allocated with the amount of P1.2 million, livelihood projects in the amount of P150,000 and the engineering services particularly on infrastructure projects in the amount of P3.7 million.

The Dingras public market was also allocated s P2.4 million loan amortization from the existing P3.5 million yearly.   

Mr. Saguid also said that the municipality also supports the beautification, and clean and green program of the provincial government and was given an allocation of P500,000; P1.2 million for solid waste management program; and P800,000 assistance to affected calamities.

Compared to this year, the municipality has a total budget of P108 million or P7 million less because the local income failed to meet the target collection.

Dingras mayor Erjo Valenzuela meanwhile thanked the members of the Sangguniang Bayan for approving the proposed annual budget for Dingras. He said he expected the budget ordinance to be passed later but was approved ahead of his expectation.

Dingras is the first local government unit in the province that submitted its proposed budget last year to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan for review and final approval.

What is good, the mayor added was the members of the Sangguniang Bayan already joined a series of budget hearings conducted by the executive branch so that they can already ask their questions, queries and give suggestions on the said budget to avoid any delay once the proposed budget is submitted for approval.

Being the local chief executive, he said he was contented with the proposed budget because it was ironed out very well with the presence of all the concerned office heads and SB members.

The mayor admitted that they were too aggressive this time in looking for additional possible local sources because if there are more collections, there would also be more services.


He said that expenditures were controlled based on the estimated income. As such, only priority projects were given attention in order to balance the P7 million decrease from last year’s budget.
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