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PRINCIPAL AUTHORS: HON. BERNARDITO C. ANG, HON. JOEL R. CHUA, HON. JOHN MARVIN "Yul Servo" NIETO, HON. ERNESTO C. ISIP, JR., HON. JOCELYN J. QUINTOS, HON. MANUEL M. ZARCAL, HON. CASIMIRO C. SISON, HON. CRISTINA A. ISIP, HON. PRISCILLA MARIE T. ABANTE, HON. DENNIS B. ALCOREZA, HON. IRMA C. ALFONSO-JUSON, HON. KRYSTLE MARIE C. BACANI, HON. RUBEN F. BUENAVENTURA, HON. ANTONIO G. CAPISTRANO, HON. MA. ASUNCION G. FUGOSO, HON. JOEY S. HIZON III, HON. LEILANI MARIE H. LACUNA, HON. NUMERO G. LIM, HON. EDWARD V.P. MACEDA, HON. ERICK IAN 0. NEVA, HON. ROBERTO R. ORTEGA, JR., HON. JOEL M. PAR, HON. SCIENCE A. REYES, HON. ELIZABETH Z. RIVERA, HON. RAMON M. ROBLES, HON. ROLANDO M. VALERIANO, HON. RAYMUNDO R. YUPANGCO, HON. SALVADOR H. LACUNA, HON. ERNESTO  M. DIONISIO, JR., Acting Majority Floor Leader and HON. MARLON M. LACSON, Majority Floor Leader

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Be it ordained by the City Council of Manila, in session assembled, THAT:

SECTION 1. There is hereby appropriated the amount of FOURTEEN BILLION ONE HUNDRED TWELVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED TEN PESOS (PHP14.112,269,710.00), to be made available for appropriation under the FY 2016 Executive Budget of the City Government of Manila, to be taken from the estimated income certified as reasonably collectible by the City Finance Committee and which are not otherwise appropriated and which budget documents marked as Annex "A" for Book I and Annex "B" for Book II are made integral parts hereof, to be made available as appropriation of the City Government of Manila, from January 1 to December 31, 2016.

The herein appropriation of funds represents authorized budgetary support for the continued operation of various departments/offices and obligations of the City of Manila, for which the following sums are provided, by classification, for the ensuing year.

A. GENERAL FUND-PROPER   1. APPROPRIATION BY DEPARTMENT/OFFICE     1.1 GENERAL SERVICES       1.1.1 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR           Personal Services PhP. 76,304,294.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 331,904,644.00         Capital Outlay 15,800,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 424,008,938.00                   1.1.2 OFFICE OF THE VICE-MAYOR           Personal Services Php. 13,961,436.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 38,165,000.00         Capital Outlay 13,400,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP 65,526,436.00                   1.1.3 OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD           Personal Services PhP. 301,514,058.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 259,495,889.00           _________________         TOTAL Php. 561,009,947.00                   1.1.4 BUREAU OF PERMITS           Personal Services 30,467,829.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 5,194,996.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 35,662,825.00                   1.1.5 CITY BUDGET OFFICE           Personal Services PhP. 27,937,365.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 1,861,075.00         Capital Outlay 4,760,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 34,558,440.00                   1.1.6 CITY CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE           Personal Services 21,084,942.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 8,,892,200.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 29,977,142.00                   1.1.7 CITY GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE           Personal Services PhP. 72,709,694.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 116,310,801.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 189,020,495.00                   1.1.8   CITY PERSONNEL OFFICE           Personal Services PhP. 25,084,172.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 13,258,777.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 38,342,949.00                   1.1.9 CITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE           Personal Services PhP. 18,579,645.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 41,407,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 59,986,645.00                   1.1.10 CITY TREASURER'S OFFICE           Personal Services PhP. 144,655,812.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 29,421,352.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 174,077,164.00                   1.1.11 DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT           Personal Services PhP. 74,650,259.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 5,429,800.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 80,080,059.00                   1.1.12 LOCAL BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS           Personal Services PhP. 4,688,223.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 215,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 4,903,223.00                   1.1.13 MANILA BARANGAY BUREAU           Personal Services PhP. 31,616,289.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 19,809,779.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 51,426,068.00                   1.1.14 MANILA CITY LIBRARY           Personal Services PhP. 40,407,865.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 1,630,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 42,037,865.00                   1.1.15 MANILA TRAFFIC AND PARKING BUREAU           Personal Services PhP. 28,616,289.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 117,606,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 146,222,972.00                   1.1.16   MANILA TRICYCLE REGULATORY OFFICE           Personal Services 18,050,841.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 14,400,280.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 32,451,121.00                   1.1.17 OFFICE OF THE CITY ACCOUNTANT           Personal Services PhP. 57,153,553.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 7,774,330.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 64,927,883.00                   1.1.18 OFFICE OF THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR           Personal Services PhP. 14,903,836.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 3,865,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 18,768,836.00                   1.1.19 OFFICE OF THE CITY LEGAL OFFICER           Personal Services PhP. 31,005,349.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 1,625,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 32,630,349.00                   1.1.20 OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR           Personal Services PhP 52,405,356.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 1,519,600.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 53,924,956.00                   1.1.21 OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF           Personal Services PhP. 24,569,624.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 780,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 25,349,624.00                   1.1.22 CITY DEVELOPMENT OFFICE (DILG-NCR)           Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses PhP 536,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 536,000.00                   1.1.23 METROPOLITAN TRIAL COURT           Personal Services PhP 300,000.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 790,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 1,090,000.00                   1.1.24 OFFICE OF THE CITY AUDITOR           Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses PhP 5,481,006.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP 5,481,006.00                   1.1.25 PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA           Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses PhP 400,000,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP 400,000,000.00                   1.1.26 REGIONAL TRIAL COURT           Maintenance ami Other Operating Expenses PhP 1,000,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP 1,000,000.00                     TOTAL GENERAL SERVICES PhP 2,672,750,943.00                 1.2 SOCIAL SERVICES                   1.2.1 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICES           Personal Services PhP 214,354,623.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 797,564,216.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP 1,011,918,839.00                   1.2.2 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE           Personal Services PhP 109,744,010.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 607,385,121.00         Capital Outlay 12,350,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 729,479,131.00                   1.2.3 EDLOGIO "AMANG" RODRIGUEZ
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY           Personal Services PhP. 32,996,711.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 32,996,711.00                   1.2.4 GAT. ANDRES BONIFACIO
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER           Personal Services PhP. 243,242,565.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 122,516,608.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 365,759,173.00                   1.2.5 JUSTICE JOSE ABAB SANTOS
GENERAL HOSPITAL           Personal Services PhP. 231,559,723.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 107,519,432.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 339,079,155.00                   1.2.6 MANILA CITY SCHOOLS           Personal Services PhP. 107,030,633.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 3,728,728.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 110,759,361.00                   1.2.7 MANIL HEALTH DEPARTMENT           Personal Services PhP. 672,978,073.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 136,553,668.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 809,531,741.00                   1.2.8 MANILA HEALTH DEPARTMENT-CEMETERY           Personal Services PhP. 18,751,457.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 16,162,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 34,913,457.00                   1.2.9 OSPITAL NG MAYNILA MEDICAL CENTER           Personal Services PhP. 318,726990.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 139,289,570.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 458,016,560.00                   1.2.10 OSPITAL NG SAMPALOC           Personal Services PhP. 93,080,818.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 48,782,095.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 141,862,913.00                   1.2.11 OSPITAL NG TONDO II           Personal Services PhP. 83,439,206.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 49,503,471.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 132,941,677.00                   1.2.12 PUBLIC RECREATIONS BUREAU           Personal Services PhP. 59,384,565.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 35,740,748.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 95,125,313.00                   1.2.13 STA. ANA HOSPITAL           Personal Services PhP. 223,241,620.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 154,552,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 377,793,620.00                   1.2.14 UNIVERSIDAD DE MANILA           Personal Service PhP. 109,903,755.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 84,648,043.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 194,551,798.00                   1.2.15 URBAN SETTLEMENTS OFFICE           Personal Services PhP. 28,638,107.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 3,805,000.00         Capital Outlay 50,000,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 82,443,107.00                   1.2.16 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND WELFARE OFFICE           Personal Services PhP. 10,492,997.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Espenses 14,789,316.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 25,282,313.00                     TOTAL SOCIAL SERVICES PhP 4,942,454,869.00                 1.3. ECONOMIC SERVICES                     1.3.1 DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS           Personal Services PhP. 328,306,266.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 1,014,038,429.00         Capital Outlay 169,750,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP 1,515,094,695.00                   1.3.2 MANILA TOURISM AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS BUREAU           Personal Services PhP. 20,759,492.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 10,126,104.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 30,885,596.00.                   1.3.3 MARKET ADMINISTRATION OFFICE           Personal Services PhP. 44,781,714.00         Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses 13,621,000.00           _________________         TOTAL PhP. 58,402,714.00                   III. APPROPRIATION FOR OTHER OPERATIONAL EXPENSES         a. Special Activities Fund             100-000 PhP. 5,000,000.00           200-000 306,703,634.00           300-000 232,630,683.00         b. Expenses for Public Affairs/Activities 50,000,000.00         c. Operational Expenses for the Manila Drug Rehabilitation Center 1,500,000.00         d. Aid to Environmental Sanitation and Development 5,000,000.00         e. City Counterpart Fund on Poverty Alleviation Program/
Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (BUB)             1) Community Based Monitoring System PhP. 16,271,392.00           2) Alternatibong Hanapbuhay pasa sa Maralitang
Komunidad sa Maynila 692,909.00           3) Skill Training Program for the Youth and
Unemployed Residents of Manila 800,000.00           4) Siguradong Gamot at Kagamitan Pangkalusugan
para kay Lolo at Lola 1,555,920.00           5) Bakuma para kay Lolo at Lola 678,600.00         f. Judgement Cost 1,500,000.00         g. Prior Years' Obligations:             1) Bureau of Internal Revenue - Tax Liabilities and Penalties 567,947,716.00           2) DBP - Custodian Agreement Fee 40,000.00             _________________           SUB-TOTAL PhP 1,190,320,854.00                   IV. STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS           a. Retirement Benefits - Civilian PhP. 91,525,404.00         b. Terminal Leave Benefits 202,690,590.00         c. 5 % Contribution to MMDA 340,395,253.00         d. Election Expenses 130,000,000.00         e. Barangay Development Fund 10,764,000.00         f. Local Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Fund (LDRRMF)             - 70% Mitigation Fund 432,396,415.00           - 30% Quick Response Fund 185,312,749.00         g. 20% Community Development Fund (CDF) 486,327,341.00             _________________           SUB-TOTAL PhP.1,879,411,752.00                     V. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS           a. Amortization of Loan (Principal) PhP. 61,415,602.00         b. Financial Expenses - Interest Expenses 16,736,591.00                         SUB-TOTAL PhP.78,152,193.00                       TOTAL NON-OFFICE EXPENDITURES PhP 4,894,487,757.00                   TOTAL EXPENDITURES PhP 14,112,269,710.00

GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY REQUIREMENTS. - The Budgetary Expenditures herein proposed shall comply with the following requirements:

	a)	No department or office of the City Government shall abolish or convert existing plantilla positions, nor create new positions, without a valid ordinance and the necessary appropriation.
	b)	Unused appropriations cannot be classified as savings without the prior consent of the City Council, the use of which requires a separate appropriation.
	c)	The appropriation of the Non-Office Account, being a contingency fund or backup fund that may be utilized by the City Government to support programs that need to be addressed immediately and/or to augment the funds needed by the different departments to finish certain programs-projects that were not sufficiently funded, cannot be utilized without specific program of expenditures endorsed by the City Mayor to the City Council through the Committee on Appropriation for approval.
	d)	That payment for garbage hauling shall be based on trip tickets accompanied by a certification of barangay officials attesting that the garbage collection was actually conducted.
	e)	As additional funding source, any City Government property that is declared disposable by the Committee on patrimonial Properties shall seek the prior consent of the City Council through the Committee on Appropriations for authority to the Mayor to dispose the same through public bidding.
	f)	Consultancy-services and/or job order requirements for specific programs and projects of members of the City Council and the standing committees thereof shall be provided by the General Services Account of the Department of Engineering and Public Works and the Department of Social Welfare with the approval of the City Mayor upon the recommendation of the presiding Officer of the City Council, but not to exceed thirty (30) personnel per Sanggunian Member.
	g)	Any purchase of clearing agents (solution and detergents) using the City Government funds should conform with Republic Act No. 9003, otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, Republic Act No. 8749, and Republic Act No. 9275, otherwise known as the Clean Water Act of 2004. Hence, products to be procured shall be limited to organic, biodegradable or environment-friendly products that are approved by the national Eco-Labeling Program of Green Choice Philippines.
	h)	All infrastructure projects funded by the City Government are required to stricly implement the provisions on Accessibility for Persons with Disability under Republic Act No. 7277, otherwise known as the Magna Carta for Disabled Persons, before the release of any payment.

SEC. 3. GENERAL LIMITATIONS. -

	a.	The total amount appropriated for Personal Services for Fiscal Year 2016 shall not exceed Forty-Five Percent (45%) of the total annual income from regular sources realized in the next preceding Fiscal Year.
	b.	No official or employee shall be entitled to a salary rate higher that the maximum fixed for his position or other position of equivalent rank, as determined by applicable laws, rules and regulations issued thereunder.
	c.	No local fund shall be appropirated to increase or adjust salaries or wages of officials and employees of the National Government except as maybe expressly authorized by law.
	d.	In case of abolition of positions and creation of new ones resulting from the abolition of existing positions in the career services, such abolition or creation shall be made in accordance with the pertinent provisions of the Rules and Regulations implementing RA 7160 and the Civil Service Law, Rules and Regulations.
	e.	Positions in the official plantilla for career positions which are occupied by incumbents holding permanent appointments shall be covered by adequate appropriations.
	f.	No changes in designation or nomenclature of position resulting in a promotion or demotion in rank or increase or decrease in compensation shall be allowed, except when the position is actually vacant and filling of such positions shall be strictly made in accordance with Civil Service Law, Rules and Regulations.
	g.	The creation of new positions and salary increases or adjustments shall in no case be made retroactive, and;
	h.	The annual appropriations for discretionary purposes of Local Chief Executive shall not exceed two percent (2%) of the actual receipts derived from basic real property tax in the next preceding fiscal year.

SEC. 4. ITEMIZATION OF PERSONAL SERVICES. - The itemization of Personal Services in support of the appropriation herein authorized for personal services shall form part of this ordinance and shall be governed by its provisions.

SEC. 5. INTELLIGENCE  EXPENSES. - The Intelligence Expenses provided under this ordinance shall be used solely for intelligence activities and disbursements thereof shall be subject to existing laws and pertinent accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

SEC. 6. CHANGES IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MACHINERY - All creation, conversion, transfer, abolition and other personnel actions made under Book II of this Ordinance were made in accordance with the Revised Index of Occupational Services, Positions/Titles and Salary grades as embodied under Local Budget Circular No. 61 of the Department of Budget and Management.

1. For a more responsive, efficient and effective organization within several departments and offices, conversion of certain positions, performing staff/non-technical functions were made as mandated by DBM Circular No. 2004-3.
2. Likewise, effected and adopted, is the abolition of certain vacant positions in order to trim down the City bureaucracy to a leaner but more effective and economical organization.

SEC. 7. USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS. - All funds appropriated for functions, projects and activities shall be released and used exclusively for the specific purposes for which they have been authorized. Any amendments and augmentation may be made within the calendar year only upon the enactment and approval of a Supplemental Budget Ordinance.

SEC. 8. AUTHORITY TO ADJUST APPROPRIATIONS. - No ordinance shall be passed authorizing any transfer of appropriations from one item to another. However, the City Mayor and the Presiding Officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod are authorized to augment any item in the approved annual budgets for their respective offices from savings in other items within the same expense classification of their respective appropriations.

SEC. 9. TWENTY PERCENT (20%) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND - The 20% Community Development Fund shall strictly be utilized for projects specified under the Annual Investment Plan as approved by the City Council in conformity with the Local Government Code.

SEC. 10. TWENTY PERCENT (20%) CONTINGENCY RESERVE - Except for expenses due to public utilities, rentals, insurance premiums and food supplies expenses, a contingency reserve of 20% on the authorized 2016 appropriation for Departmental Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses shall be provided for the purpose. All department/office heads are enjoined to prepare Work and Financial Plan and Request for Allotment indicating therein the 20% contingency reserve.

SEC. 11. ALLOTMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS - For effective budgetary control, authorized appropriations shall be alloted in accordance with the DBM and COA Joint Circular No. 93-2 as outlined hereunder.

1. No appropriation authorized for any department or office of the City of Manila, shall be available for expenditure until the head of each department or office shall have submitted to the City Budget Office a Work and Financial Plan and Request for Allotment showing the estimated amounts needed for each functions, activity or purpose for which the funds are to be expended during the applicable allotment period and until an Advice of Allotment for said request shall have been approved by the City Mayor, as hereafter provided. The Work and Financial Plan and Request for Allotment shall be submitted to the City Budget Officer not less than twenty-five (25) days prior to the beginning of the ensuring calendar year: PROVIDED, That in case the annual budget is approved after December 6 of each calendar year, the Work and Financial Plan and Request for Allotment shall be submitted based on the appropriations authorized in the Budget Ordinance. A revised Work and Financial Plan and Request for Allotment shall be submitted upon approval of the Annual Executive Budget referred to herein showing quarterly allotment of the whole authorized appropriations for the department/office.
   
   
2. For the purpose of the allotment system herein provided, each calendar year shall be divided into four (4) quarterly allotment periods beginning respectively on the first day of January, April, July and October.
   
   
3. The City Mayor may require heads of departments/offices to revise their Work and Financial Plan and Request for Allotment upon the City Treasurer's notification and certification that the realized income is less than what is estimated in the annual/supplemental budget or that additional income is realized.
   
   
4. An Advice of Allotment shall be prepared by the City Budget Office based on recommendation made in the Work and Financial Plan and Request for Allotment.  Upon the recommendation of the said official, the City Mayor shall approve the Work and Financial Plan and Request for Allotment and the Advice of Allotment at least five (5) days before the start of each quarter.

SEC. 12. NON-WAIVER CLAUSE. - Notwithstanding the approval of this appropriation Ordinance by the City Council, all contracts, disbursement, and awards entered into by the City of Manila including but not limited to the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, the Universidad de Manila and other government agencies and its instrumentalities under the City of Manila with any party shall be duly ratified by the City Council pursuant to Section 455, Paragraph B, sub-paragraph 1-vi of Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991, and in conformity with the observations of the Department of Budget and Management.

SEC. 13. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. - If for any reason or reasons, any part or provision of this Ordinance shall be held to be unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions hereof, which are not affected thereby, shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SEC. 14. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE. - This Ordinance shall take effect on January 1, 2016.

This Ordinance was finally enacted by the City Council of Manila on November 12, 2015.

	PRESIDED BY:
	(Sgd.) FRANCISCO "Isko Moreno" DOMAGOSO Vice-Mayor and Presiding Officer City Council, Manila
ATTESTED:
(Sgd.) LUCH R. GEMPIS, JR. City Government Department Head III (Secretary to the City Council)

APPROVED BY HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR, ON NOVEMBER 27, 2015.

	(Sgd.) JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA Mayor City of Manila
ATTESTED:
(Sgd.) EDWARD S. SERAPIO City Government Department Head III (Secretary to the Mayor)