WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 11032 or “the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018” aims to streamline the current systems and procedures of government services;
WHEREAS, the City Government of San Juan as a government agency covered by the said act intends to continue adopting and enhancing its Internet Service Processing and Payment Collection System for the processing and collection of business taxes, real property taxes, and other local government unit fees and charges;
WHEREAS, Starpay is a technology provider who developed and has the capacity to maintain, an online front-end platform that the City Government of San Juan’s taxpayers can use and access to interface with its online treasury, revenue and collection system;
WHEREAS, the City Government of San Juan intends to avail the services of Starpay Corporation to develop and deploy an online application of business permit and licensing process of the City of San Juan;
WHEREAS, the City Legal Officer has certified that the MOA is in order and not contrary to existing laws, rules and regulations;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED,BY THE SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN, AND BY VIRTUE OF THE POWERS VESTED IN IT BY LAW, to authorize the City Mayor Francisco Javier M. Zamora to enter into a MOA with Starpay Corporation for the development and deployment of the online application of business permit and licensing process of the City of San Juan;
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the authority, issuance and approval hereof is subject to certain restrictions and to all existing laws, circulars, rules and regulations.