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Borja removes, reassigns ‘inactive’ staff
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Posted on Mar 22 2005
Tinian Mayor Francisco M. Borja has removed Tinian Gaming Commission executive assistant Joseph T. San Nicolas from his post and reassigned him as parks and maintenance personnel.
Borja, in a March 21, 2005 letter to San Nicolas, said it is part of his action to assign employees “who are inactive in their current job duties to divisions that are in dire need of manpower.”
“Thus I am immediately assigning you to the Tinian Mayor’s Office Parks and Maintenance Division,” said Borja.
San Nicolas is currently paid $40,000 as executive assistant to the Gaming Commission chairman, former senator Ray Dela Cruz.
He has reportedly been in that position for about eight years now.
If he keeps his salary, San Nicolas will end up receiving a higher pay than his new immediate supervisor, Jesus P. San Nicolas. The Parks and Maintenance Division chief receives $30,000 a year.
Borja, in his letter, said the ongoing personnel realignment on Tinian is necessary to accomplish his projects.
“As you know, I have less than 10 months left in my administration and I want to leave office knowing that I have accomplished all my pending municipal projects,” he said.
Borja is ending his second term as mayor of Tinian this year.
This comes even as the Tinian mayor faces the possibility of losing his powers—as threatened by Gov. Juan N. Babauta—after he terminated some resident department heads, allegedly due to politics.
Babauta reportedly told Borja to reinstate the terminated directors—or his powers would be revoked as permitted by the Constitution.
Early this year, Borja notified all Tinian resident department heads and deputy directors that their contracts would not be renewed unless otherwise notified.
As it turned out, Borja only decided to let go of Norbert U. Hofschneider of Commerce, Ray Cing of Land and Natural Resources, and Ernie U. Hofschneider of Public Works.
Meantime, Senate President Joaquin G. Adriano said yesterday that Cing has been notified that he is going to be re-installed after the mayor learned that his contract would not expire until after a year.
“He [Cing] was notified again, telling him that he can report back to work because he still has one year on his contract,” said Adriano.
