Local Government Code of 1991

(8) Post individual disbursements to the subsidiary ledger and index cards; (9) Maintain individual ledgers for officials and employees of the local government unit pertaining to payrolls and deductions; (10) Record and post in index cards details of purchased furniture, fixtures, and equipment, including disposal thereof, if any; (11) Account for all issued requests for obligations and maintain and keep all records and reports related thereto; (12) Prepare journals and the analysis of obligations and maintain and keep all records and reports related thereto; and (13) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be provided by law or ordinance. (c) The incumbent chief accountant in the office of the treasurer shall be given preference in the appointment to the position of accountant. Article Five. - The Budget Officer SECTION 475. Qualifications, Powers and Duties. - (a) No person shall be appointed budget officer unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the local government unit concerned, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in accounting, economics, public administration or any related course from a recognized college or university, and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in government budgeting or in any related field for at least five (5) years in the case of the provincial or city budget officer, and at least three (3) years in the case of the municipal budget officer. The appointment of a budget officer shall be mandatory for the provincial, city, and municipal governments. (b) The budget officer shall take charge of the budget office and shall: (1) Prepare forms, orders, and circulars embodying instructions on budgetary and appropriation matters for the signature of the governor or mayor, as the case may be; (2) Review and consolidate the budget proposals of different departments and offices of the local government unit; (3) Assist the governor or mayor, as the case may be, in the preparation of the budget and during budget hearings; (4) Study and evaluate budgetary implications of proposed legislation and submit comments and recommendations thereon; (5) Submit periodic budgetary reports to the Department of Budget and Management; (6) Coordinate with the treasurer, accountant, and the planning and development coordinator for the purpose of budgeting; (7) Assist the sanggunian concerned in reviewing the approved budgets of component local government units; (8) Coordinate with the planning and development coordinator in the formulation of the local government unit development plan; and (c) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. (d) The appropriations for personal services of the budget officer provided under the Department of Budget and Management shall, upon effectivity of this Code, be transferred to the local government unit concerned. Thereafter, the appropriations for personal services of the budget officer shall be provided for in full in the budget of the local government unit. Article Six. - The Planning and Development Coordinator SECTION 476. Qualifications, Powers and Duties. - (a) No person shall be appointed planning and development coordinator unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the local government unit concerned, of good moral character, a holder of a college degree preferably in urban planning, development studies, economics, public administration, or any related course from a recognized college or university, and a first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired experience in development planning or in any related field for at least five (5) years in the case of the provincial or city planning and development coordinator, and three (3) years in the case of the municipal planning and development coordinator. The appointment of a planning and development coordinator shall be mandatory for provincial, city and municipal governments. (b) The planning and development coordinator shall take charge of the planning and development office and shall: (1) Formulate integrated economic, social, physical, and other development plans and policies for consideration of the local government development council; (2) Conduct continuing studies, researches, and training programs necessary to evolve plans and programs for implementation; (3) Integrate and coordinate all sectoral plans and studies undertaken by the different functional groups or agencies; (4) Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the different development programs, projects, and activities in the local government unit concerned in accordance with the approved development plan; (5) Prepare comprehensive plans and other development planning documents for the consideration of the local development council; (6) Analyze the income and expenditure patterns, and formulate and recommend fiscal plans and policies for consideration of the finance committee of the local government unit concerned as provided under Title Five, Book II of this Code; (7) Promote people participation in development planning within the local government unit concerned; (8) Exercise supervision and control over the secretariat of the local development council; and (c) Exercise such other powers and perform such other functions and duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance. Article Seven. - The Engineer SECTION 477. Qualifications, Powers and Duties. - (a) No person shall be appointed engineer unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of the local government unit concerned, of good moral character, and a licensed civil engineer. He must have acquired experience in the practice of his profession for at least five (5) years in the case of the provincial or city engineer, and three (3) years in the case of the municipal engineer. The appointment of an engineer shall be mandatory for the provincial, city and municipal governments. The city and municipal engineer shall also act as the local building official. (b) The engineer shall take charge of the engineering office and shall: (1) Initiate, review and recommend changes in policies and objectives, plans and programs, techniques, procedures and practices in infrastructure development and public works in general of the local government unit concerned; (2) Advise the governor or mayor, as the case may be, on infrastructure, public works, and other engineering matters; (3) Administer, coordinate, supervise, and control the construction, maintenance, improvement, and repair of roads, bridges, and other engineering and public works projects of the local government unit concerned; (4) Provide engineering services to the local government unit concerned, including investigation and survey, engineering designs, feasibility studies, and project management; (5) In the case of the provincial engineer, exercise technical supervision over all engineering offices of component cities and municipalities; and