TACLOBAN CITY – The revised memorandum of agreement of German firm Herhof was presented anew to the members of the city council during their recent session.
Based on the revised MOA, the company now asks the council members to grant Mayor Alfred Romualdez to enter into a MOA with Herhof.
From 99 years contract, it was reduced to 50 years contract and renewable for 25 years, Councilor Jerry “Sambo” Yaokasin said.
However, members of the city council noticed that in the revised MOA, the company did not include an early provision citing that they will start implementing the project within five years after the MOA is signed.
“We ask to insert in the MOA, that within one or two years after the MOA is signed they should be fully operational,” said Yaokasin.
Yaokasin added that based on the revised MOA, it states that once the garbage of the city do not reach 1,000 tons, garbage from other local government units may be dump in the garbage facility granting that the local government unit will pay for tipping fee.
The revised MOA also mention of BOT or Build and Transfer to Operate.However, the members of the city council criticized it as the facility should be turn over to the city government after 50 years of contract and should not be renewed for another 25 years.
“Another important thing that we should consider is this about technology,” said Yaokasin.
“After 25 years or 50 years this German technology might be obsolete already and another technology might be presented and maybe even better than this one,” he added.
“We asked them (Herhof) to be more specific for us to give the authority,” Yaokasin explained adding that their move is not to block the German company to operate here in Tacloban.
“This project aims to solve the problem on garbage that is why we wanted to support it,” he added.
Moreover, with the passage of the MOA, Yaokasin said that the chief executive of this city can now go to Germany to visit and study the technology that is being presented to them.
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