When Commonwealth Act No. 39, which chartered the city government of Zamboanga was signed by Pres. Manuel L. Quezon on October 12, 1936, the first set of city officials was appointed by the President upon the City’s Charter inauguration on February 26, 1937. One of them was the first City Treasurer and member of the City Council, Rosalio Macrohon who occupied the post for over a year.
Macrohon was succeeded by Benjamin Quidilla and later by Ramon Regondola, Jose Barinaga, Vicente Vasquez, Pedro Herrera (from Pagadian), Leo Suizo, Francisco Herrera, Francisco Martinez, Vicente Fabian, Jaime Vasquez, Rizalina Eisma (from Jolo), Leonides Tuting (from Dapitan), Edgardo Francisco and at present Soledad L. Li.
During its first year of operation, the Office of the City Treasurer had thirty eight revenue sources, the top ten of which were; (1) real property taxes, (2) manufactured oil allotment, (3) receipts from markets and slaughterhouses, (4) licenses, (5) motor vehicle allotment, (6) aid from provincial government, (7) BIR allotment, (8) Community tax certificates (cedulas), (9) transfer between provincial funds and waterworks fund, and (10) cattle registration fees.
After the war, the City Treasurer's Office had been empowered to increase its taxing power and to attest appointments as deputy of the Commissioner of Civil Service through Republic Act No. 2264 (June 19, 1959). It had been acting as paymaster of the different city offices, some of which belong now to the national government such as the Police Department, Fire Department, Division of City Schools, Motor Vehicle Office, Civil Aeronautics Administration and others.
Before the creation of the City Budget Office and the City Accountant Office, the City Treasurer performed all their functions as well as the property management and custodian function which was also transferred to the Office of the General Services upon its creation by virtue of the Local Government Code of 1991.
From a workforce of forty eight (48), the City Treasurer's Office personnel has soared to one hundred seventy one (171) employees assigned to different collecting points such as the public markets (main public market, Sta. Cruz market and Bagsakan Center), Ayala sub-office in the west coast, Manicahan sub-office in the east coast, Real Property Tax division (beside the City Accountant Office) and at the Main Office at the City Hall ground floor.
In its first year of operation, the Office of the City Treasurer generated for the city government an annual income of more or less half a million pesos, a mere pittance from the present income which reaches P1 billion including the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) annually.
Today, under the new leadership, the Office of the City Treasurer constantly pursues strategies and initiatives aimed to further increase its revenues.
Macrohon was succeeded by Benjamin Quidilla and later by Ramon Regondola, Jose Barinaga, Vicente Vasquez, Pedro Herrera (from Pagadian), Leo Suizo, Francisco Herrera, Francisco Martinez, Vicente Fabian, Jaime Vasquez, Rizalina Eisma (from Jolo), Leonides Tuting (from Dapitan), Edgardo Francisco and at present Soledad L. Li.
During its first year of operation, the Office of the City Treasurer had thirty eight revenue sources, the top ten of which were; (1) real property taxes, (2) manufactured oil allotment, (3) receipts from markets and slaughterhouses, (4) licenses, (5) motor vehicle allotment, (6) aid from provincial government, (7) BIR allotment, (8) Community tax certificates (cedulas), (9) transfer between provincial funds and waterworks fund, and (10) cattle registration fees.
After the war, the City Treasurer's Office had been empowered to increase its taxing power and to attest appointments as deputy of the Commissioner of Civil Service through Republic Act No. 2264 (June 19, 1959). It had been acting as paymaster of the different city offices, some of which belong now to the national government such as the Police Department, Fire Department, Division of City Schools, Motor Vehicle Office, Civil Aeronautics Administration and others.
Before the creation of the City Budget Office and the City Accountant Office, the City Treasurer performed all their functions as well as the property management and custodian function which was also transferred to the Office of the General Services upon its creation by virtue of the Local Government Code of 1991.
From a workforce of forty eight (48), the City Treasurer's Office personnel has soared to one hundred seventy one (171) employees assigned to different collecting points such as the public markets (main public market, Sta. Cruz market and Bagsakan Center), Ayala sub-office in the west coast, Manicahan sub-office in the east coast, Real Property Tax division (beside the City Accountant Office) and at the Main Office at the City Hall ground floor.
In its first year of operation, the Office of the City Treasurer generated for the city government an annual income of more or less half a million pesos, a mere pittance from the present income which reaches P1 billion including the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) annually.
Today, under the new leadership, the Office of the City Treasurer constantly pursues strategies and initiatives aimed to further increase its revenues.
