Outline of LGU Services (Units, Departments, Agencies)

Scope of LGU Workload

Have you ever thought of the typical day-in-the-life of a town's chief? Or at least the random things he or she is occupied with on a given day?

Let us pause a bit to get a bird's eye view of the length and breadth and depth of the scope of a local chief executive's concerns and, by extension, his/her administrator, alter egos, and other subalterns, and by further extension, his/her information officer.

Take a look at the scope of the workload -- each area of equal importance as the rest. Yes, an LGU is like a human body or a cell, with each part having a significant role for the whole thing to work right. Remove one part of the cell, say the endoplasmic reticulum, and the organism gets sick, or worse.

A local chief executive has to try his/her best to make the whole body to function properly within her limited jurisdiction with the help of a limited number of personnel and an inadequate amount of resources -- yes, inadequate.

Hope you appreciate your local government better.


HEALTH
- Health/Medical Services (RHUs)
-- Nutrition Services (MNAO)

EDUCATION
- (LSB, services/benefits given to DepEd, Library, LGU-owned school)

SOCIAL WELFARE
- Social Welfare Services (DSWD/MSWDO, MAC, OSCA, PDAO)
- Civil Registry Services (LCRO)
- Youth Development (LYDO, SK)

PUBLIC SAFETY & PEACE AND ORDER (PNP, POSO, force multipliers)

AGRICULTURE
- Agriculture and Fishery Services (MAO)
- Veterinary Services (Municipal Veterinarian)
- Slaughterhouse Services

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT/LIVELIHOOD AND EMPLOYMENT
- Economic Development (SEE, LEIPO)
- Livelihood and Employment (PESO)
- Cooperative Development (MCDO)

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT (Engineering: Public Works, Housing, Transport, Utilities, etc.)

TOURISM, CULTURE, AND ARTS (Tourism, Museum)

SPORTS DEVELOPMENT (MPFSDC)

WASTE MANAGEMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (MENRO/ESWMO)

DISASTER RESPONSE & MITIGATION - (MDRRMO, BFP)


ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

- Finance (Treasury, BPLO, Budget, Accounting, Internal Audit Service)
- Property Assessment and Taxation (Assessor)
- Planning and Development (MPDO)
- Legal Services (MLO)
- ICT Services (ICTO)
- Human Resource Management (HRMO)
- Transparency/Public Information (PIO)
- Property Custodial Services (GSO, Motorpool)

LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS (VMO/SB)

Who else wants to be mayor of a town? Be forewarned: Public service on the local level is no walk in the park with the li'l doggie tagging along. It's a tough job for tough people.