On May 11, the Department of Finance of Quang Ngai province said it had sent the Provincial People's Committee a plan to arrange and assign public housing to officials after the merger of provinces. On that basis, the Provincial People's Committee will consider and submit to the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee for comments for implementation.
According to the Quang Ngai Department of Finance, there are currently 1,011 cadres, civil servants and workers in Kon Tum province affected by the merger of provinces, of which 116 are under the management of the Standing Committee; the remaining cadres, civil servants and workers are 985 people.
To meet the housing needs of staff under the management of the Standing Committee, it is necessary to repair architectural items, replace electrical equipment and sanitary equipment, and purchase essential equipment. The estimated repair value is about 16 billion VND, of which: T50 Guest House is about 4 billion VND; Provincial Political School dormitory is about 9 billion VND; housing at the headquarters of the Provincial Farmers' and Women's Vocational Education Support Center is about 3 billion VND.
As for the repair of the Provincial Political School dormitory (about 9 billion VND), the Provincial People's Committee is requested to approve the policy of using the provincial Political School Project (phase 2) for implementation (project adjustment procedures will be established). Therefore, the total proposed additional budget is 7 billion VND.
According to the Department of Finance, most of the houses and land that need to be renovated and repaired have deteriorated, leading to large repair costs, long implementation time and complicated workload. At the same time, according to the provisions of the Law on Bidding, the content of equipment procurement, repair and renovation must be carried out according to the order and procedures for bidding for items with a value of VND300 million or more (for regular expenditure sources) and VND1 billion or more (for public investment sources).
For the repair of works in service of non -business activities, proposing to assign the Management Board of Investment Projects to build civil works in charge and coordinate with the Department of Construction and the Department of Finance to organize the implementation of the order and procedures to renovate and repair the above facilities. On the basis of the proposal of the Management Board of the Investment Project on construction of civil works, assigning the Department of Finance to balance and advise the arrangement of appropriate funding sources.
