Sta Barbara town hall to start soon

  

By Mortz C. Ortigoza

SANTA BARBARA - The construction of a new municipal

hall will start on February this year after the

municipal and provincial councils have approved the

project to be financed through a P100 million loan

from the Land Bank of the Philippines.

Mayor Carlito Zaplan said it was high time to

replace the old municipal edifice because it could

no longer accommodate the 300 employees.

“Kailangan ng bigyan ng wider space gaya ng

mga libro namin doon sa ibang offices kailangan

din nila ng wider space,” an employee who asked

anonymity declared.

The mayor said the two-story edifice would be

located near the national highway to make it more

accessible.

“We will build it in Barangay Ventinilla beside

the cockpit arena. Perhaps we will remove the cockpit

arena,” he said.

The new building will house the executive and

the legislative offices.

The mayor noted that the members of this

town’s council were elated because each of them

will have his own office.

He said negotiation is undergoing to buy another

3,000 square meters of property to complement

the 7000 square meter bought earlier.

Assistant Vice President Filipina B. Monje

of the Land Bank of the Philippines said that not

all the P100 million loan this town contracted this

year from the bank would be used for the construction

of the new building. She said some of

the money would be used for other municipal

projects of the ZaplanAdministration.

“The loan of Sta. Barbara is being processed

for final approval,” she stressed.

Zaplan in the past told the media that he would

appropriateP60 million for the new edifice.

Meanwhile, the mayor said the construction of

the P140 million plant of RC Cola at Barangay

Marunong here is ongoing. He said the P8 million

taxes the plant will pay this town yearly will help

buttress the revenues his administration gets from

the yearly P21 million tax fromthe plant owned by

Ginebra San Miguel in Brgy. Tebag West here.