WHEREAS,
consistent with this policy, Section 7 of Republic Act No. 8041
authorized the President to revamp and reorganize the MWSS and the
LWUA;
WHEREAS, the Joint Executive-Legislative Water
Crisis Commission established under the same law has, after consulting
representatives of the MWSS and the LWUA, proposed a reorganizational
plan for the said agencies; and
WHEREAS, the proposed
reorganization is consistent with the Administration’s framework for
governance, having been designed to streamline and correct dysfunctions
in the structure and operations of the MWSS and the LWUA to enable these
agencies to become more effective, efficient and responsive to the
country’s needs for potable water, as well as prepare the groundwork for
their eventual privatization, where feasible.
NOW,
THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of
the powers vested in me by law, consistent with the reorganization plan
proposed by the Joint Executive-Legislative Water Crisis Commission, do
hereby order:
SECTION 1.
Framework and
Objectives — The reorganization of the MWSS and LWUA shall be
undertaken in the context of the administration’s framework of
governance. Accordingly, the role of the national government shall be to
steer rather than row. It shall to the extent possible, encourage the
private sector to participate in the delivery of public goods through
franchising, concession, management, privatization or other arrangements
of the concerned agencies operations or
facilities.
Prudence and restraint in the use of
government resources shall be exercised. Efforts at streamlining and
correcting dysfunctions in the operations and structures of the agencies
concerned shall be undertaken to achieve more with less. The delivery
of more effective, efficient and responsible public service shall be
paramount.
SECTION 2.
Reorganization Plan
for the MWSS — The MWSS shall be reorganized, as
follows:
2.1. Officers — The MWSS
shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be its chief executive
officer. He shall be assisted by two (2) Senior Deputy Administrators,
one for Operations and Customers Service and another for Resource
Development and Management. There shall, moreover, be four (4) Deputy
Administrators, one (1) for Engineering and Construction, one (1) for
Finance and Administration, and two (2) for Customers Service. The
Senior Deputy Administrators and Deputy Administrators shall be
appointed by the Board, upon the recommendation of the
Administrator.
2.2 Organization and
Management — The Administrator, with the assistance of his
Senior Deputy Administrators, shall provide over-all direction and
control over the operations and administration of
MWSS.
a) The
Office of the Administrator shall have the following services and/or
departments directly under its
supervision:
i. Corporate Planning
Service
ii. Internal Audit
Service
iii. Management Information
Service
iv. System Development
Department
v. Computer Service
Department
vi. Legal
Department
vii. Public
Affairs Department
b) The Office of the Senior Deputy
Administrator for Operations and Customers Service shall be in charge of
the operations and maintenance of the MWSS plants and other facilities,
and the actual delivery of service to water users. It shall have direct
supervision of the following
departments:
i. Water
Production
ii. Water
Transmission and Meter
Management
iii.
Sewerage
c) To ensure more effective and responsive delivery of water
services and increase revenues, Customers Service shall be divided into
two Districts, each District to be headed by a Deputy Administrator.
Each District shall have four service areas with each Area (or
department) performing the following functions, as well as such other
functions that may be assigned to it consistent with the purpose of
decentralizing to ensure better public
service:
i. Revenue Generation,
including meter installation and reading, billing and
collection
ii.
Facilities Operation Maintenance and
Improvement
iii. Meter
Management
iv. Public
Information
d) The Office of the Senior Administrator for Resource
Development and Management shall have direct supervision over the Deputy
Administrators for Engineering and Construction, and for Administration
and Finance.
e) The Office of the Deputy
Administrator for Engineering and Construction shall undertake planning
and programming, monitoring, and evaluation of projects for the
development and expansion of waterworks and sewerage facilities.
Specifically, it shall have direct supervision over the following
departments:
i. Project
Planning
ii. Project
Design
iii. Applied
Research and Quality Control
The same Deputy Administrator shall have
direct supervision over the Project Management Office, which comprises a
pool of project managers, presently consisting of five
(5).
f) The Office of the Deputy Administrator for
Finance and Administration shall be responsible for resource management
and provision of administrative support services. It shall consist of
the following departments:
i.
Accounting
ii.
Managerial Finance and Budget
iii. Human Resource Development and Manpower
Planning
iv. General
Services
v. Personnel Management and
Health Services
vi.
Treasury
g) The Table of Organization down to department level is
provided for in Annex A*.
2.3
Authority to Revise the Number of Departments — The
MWSS is, subject to the approval of the President, authorized to revise
the number of departments herein specified if and when the same becomes
necessary by reason of a franchising, concession, privatization or other
arrangements that will reduce the scope of its current operations and
activities.
SECTION 3.
Reorganization Plan
for the LWUA — The LWUA is hereby reorganized, as
follows:
3.1.
Officers — The LWUA
shall be headed by an Administrator who shall be its chief executive
officer. He shall be assisted by a Senior Deputy Administrator. There
shall, moreover, be three (3) Deputy Administrators, one 91) each for
Finance, Administration and Area Operations. The Senior Deputy
Administrators and Deputy Administrators shall be appointed by the
Board, upon the recommendation of the
Administrator.
3.2.
Organization and
Management — The Administrator, with the assistance of his
Senior Deputy Administrator, shall provide over-all direction and
control over the operations and administration of the
LWUA.
a) The
Office of the Administrator shall have direct supervision over the
following departments:
i. Internal
Control
ii.
Management Services
iii. Public Affairs
b) The Office of the Senior Deputy
Administrator shall have direct supervision over the following
departments:
i. Special
Projects
ii.
Legal
iii. Water
Resource Research and Training
The Senior Deputy Administrator shall also
exercise supervision over the three (3) Deputy
Administrators.
c) The Office of the Deputy Administrator
for Finance shall be responsible for financial resources management and
loans administration. Specifically, it shall have direct supervision
over the following departments:
i.
Treasury
ii.
Accounting
iii. Loans
Administration
iv.
Water District Audit
d) The Office of the Deputy Administrator
for Administration shall be primarily responsible for the provision of
administrative services. It shall have direct supervision over the
following departments:
i. Human
Resource Management
ii. Property
Management
iii.
General Services
e) The Office of the Deputy Administrator
for Area Operations shall have direct supervision over nine (9) area
managers who will be responsible for the following functions at the
field level:
i. Project
Planning
ii. Project
Monitoring and Evaluation
iii. Water District
Development
iv. Loans
Evaluation
f) The Table of Organization down to department level is
provided for in Annex "B"*.
3.3.
Authority to Revise the Number of Departments - The
LWUA is, subject to the approval of the president, authorized to revise
the number of departments herein specified if and when the same becomes
necessary by reason of franchising, concession, privatization or other
arrangements that will reduce the scope of its current operations and
activities.
SECTION 4.
Detailed
Staffing — The MWSS and LWUA are hereby directed to prepare
their proposed detailed staffing or manning patterns accounting for all
positions in the organization and the corresponding budgetary and
resource rearrangements as may be necessary. They are, moreover,
required to conduct a thorough personnel audit to determine their
respective manpower requirements. An inventory of contracts of all
contractual employees including casual and temporary employees shall
also be made to determine the need for the continuation of their
services.
The proposed staffing pattern shall be
submitted to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for review
not later than sixty (60) days from the date hereof. The DBM shall
submit its recommendation to the President within thirty (30) days from
receipt of the proposal but in no case later than ninety (90) days from
the date hereof.
The revised staffing or manning
pattern shall in no case exceed the number of existing authorized
regular positions.
SECTION 5.
Revised
Compensation — The MWSS and the LWUA are hereby authorized to
adopt a revised and upgraded position classification and compensation
package for its officers and employees, subject to the following
conditions:
a. no diminution of the present salaries
and benefits of MWSS and LWUA personnel;
b. the
revised rates of compensation shall be commensurate to the improved and
efficient revenue collection of the agency concerned as determined by
their respective Boards of Trustees;
c. the adjusted
rates shall not exceed industry and private sector rates of
compensation;
d. approval by the Board of Trustee of
their respective budgets which must be sufficient to cover the proposed
adjustments on compensation;
e. the non-revenue water
of the agency concerned shall in no case be more than forty percent
(40%); and
f. final approval of the
President.
SECTION 6.
Separation
Pay — Any official or employee of the MWSS and LWUA who may be
phased out by reason of the reorganization shall be entitled to such
benefits as may be determined by existing laws. For this purpose, the
MWSS, LWUA and DBM are hereby directed to study and propose schemes or
measures to provide personnel who shall voluntarily retire from the
service incentives and other benefits, including the possibility of
accelerating the application of the revised compensation packaged under
the Salary Standardization Law, Republic Act No. 6758. The
recommendation should be submitted to the President not later than
thirty (30) days from the date hereof.
SECTION 7.
Effectivity — This Executive Order shall take effect
the day after its complete publication in a newspaper of general
circulation.
Adopted: 06 Dec.
1995
(SGD.)
FIDEL V.
RAMOS
President
By
the President:
(SGD.) RUBEN D.
TORRES
Executive
Secretary
* Text available at the Office of the National
Administrative Register (ONAR), U.P. Law Center, Diliman, Quezon
City.