Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia has issued an executive order for the creation of a committee to study and make recommendations on the requests of several national government agencies to construct their own offices at the new Bacolod City Government Center.

The mayor has designated Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson to chair the committee that is also tasked to study the designs and specifications of the furniture and fixtures to be used by the departments and offices that will occupy the government center, and the landscaping of the frontage and other areas of the building.

The executive order, issued April 16, 2008, said several agencies of the national government have pending requests to be allowed to construct their own buildings in the vacant areas of the government center lot.

Sayson said the government center, which is more than 88 percent complete, is expected to be finished in May this year.

He said his committee will be composed of Councilor Dindo Ramos, City Legal Officer Allan Zamora, City Administrator Roger Balo and Secretary to the Mayor Goldwyn Nifras.

The committee may also create a technical working group to assist it in its study and recommendations, he added.

Sayson noted that there are several national government agencies now renting spaces in the city since they do not have their own buildings. He cited the Department of Labor and Employment, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Pag-Ibig, among them.

“We will start talking with these agencies once we receive a formal request,” he said.*CGS

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