Bacolod City administrator Roger Balo yesterday said they are preparing to submit to the Central Negros Electric Cooperative the service electric contract entered into by the city and the power firm for the installation of electrical connection to the Bacolod City Government Center.

The contract, which was ratified by the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod in a special session Friday, was among the conditions agreed on by both parties under the compromise agreement signed in the presence of Bacolod Bishop Vicente Navarra on January 9.

Mayor Evelio Leonardia said he has instructed Balo to give priority to the processing of the contract between the city and CENECO for the electrification of the new government center.

He said this is one of the good sides of what happened, referring to the disconnection by CENECO of the power connection of City Hall last Jan. 8, citing the failure of the city to pay its current bills with the power firm.

In turn, the city also padlocked the Administrative building of CENECO for its failure to also pay its franchise and real property taxes to the city.

Leonardia said that, in the presence of the Bishop and Fr. Aniceto Buenafe, CENECO agreed to provide power connection to the new government center without requiring the land title they had earlier asked for.

Among the conditions included in the compromise agreement is for the city to pay its account with CENECO and for the power firm to pay its franchise and real property taxes with the city within 15 days from the signing of the agreement.

Leonardia again thanked Vice Mayor Jude Thaddeus Sayson and the members of the SP for authorizing him to sign the contract, and also for the ratification of the contract after it was signed, in order not to hamper the ongoing transfer of the city’s various offices to the new government center.*CGS

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