ORDINANCE NO. 2020-084

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Summary: Ordinance No. 2020-084, enacted on September 4, 2020, is a critical piece of legislation that re-aligns substantial funds within the Naga City budget to bolster its COVID-19 response. It mandates the reversion of Fourteen Million One Hundred Thousand Pesos (P14,100,000.00) from the Naga River Rehabilitation and Development Project (under the Local Development Fund) and Thirty Two Million Four Hundred Thousand Pesos (P32,400,000.00) from various other accounts. These combined funds are then re-appropriated to augment various appropriations of different offices for the continued fight against COVID-19. Key augmentations include allocations for medical, dental, and laboratory supplies (including rapid antibody test kits), replenishing the Local Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund, covering meal costs for quarantine patients and frontliners, and augmenting overtime and night pay for several city offices (Abattoir, Veterinary, Market Enterprise Promotion). Additionally, P6.2 million is allocated for “Other general services expenses” to support job order and contractual personnel across various departments.