This was made clear by
mayor-elect Alfred Romualdez in his short talk during the Local
Governance Performance Management System (LGPMS) meeting here
recently. The young Romualdez, as a matter of fact, encouraged the
department heads present to openly tell him what their weaknesses are
so that he (Romualdez) would be able find ways to improve that
particular failing area.
He said, any
department head could come to him directly and discuss concerns
affecting his/her work so that it would be given immediate and proper
action.
“Don’t be afraid or
hesitate to tell me what your weaknesses or problems are in the
performance of your respective functions because that is the only way
we can make some improvements”, said Romualdez. The newly elected
mayor emphasized to the department heads that “we should be more open
to each other”.
“I would appreciate it
that if there are questions that you can not answer or tasks that you
feel that a lot of questions and maybe difficult, I think its better
na maaga pasabihin niyo na, and I don’t take it personal or I don’t
look at it na mahina or malakas ka – there is no connection, in fact I
appreciate that. Mas mahirap naman ‘yong people claim to know
everything, and then, in the end when we get reports, they might give
the wrong data”, Romualdez further said.
Meanwhile, outgoing
Mayor Bejo Romualdez, who also spoke during said meeting, presented
his future plans for the City which, he said, he has asked Alfred to
continue and implement in his incumbency. One of those, is the
relocation to strategic locations of all departments or offices
involved in generating income for the government coffers. They must be
properly situated within the immediate premises of the City hall
building, he said.
During the meeting,
also discussed was the plan for a centralized computerization of the
whole system at City Hall, from time-in/time-out, payroll system,
transactions and reporting system, which Mayor Bejo long wanted to
happen. Now that these plans have been started, the outgoing Mayor
have asked the department heads to be more cooperative and to support
Alfred in his programs for the betterment of this central capital of
Eastern Visayas region.
