One-Stop Shop
PDF““Every day is my last day,” this is Architect Walter Toston’s motto when asked if he ever feels afraid of his position as the City Administrator for Tagbilaran City.
He has been implementing drastic changes ever since he took office three years ago.
Recently, he launched another out-of-the-box system. If you happen to apply for a building permit these past few days, you are blessed indeed. Because the process would just take you fifteen working days, instead of waiting forever for its release.
Architect Walter Toston came up with a “One-Stop Shop”, an innovative procedure of securing permits in the City.
Three years ago, a person has to wait 4 to 6 months before he can get his building permit. But Architect Toston shortened the people’s waiting time by eliminating unnecessary people in between, he just designated a team leader for each process. Starting with Land Use and Zoning, Line and Grade, Architectural, Structural, and Plumbing.
He took key people to head each section and placed them all in one area. Thus an applicant does not need to go to different offices to follow up his application.
You don’t even need to call their office because they will put the date when to follow-up your application. So if you have submitted the complete documents for your project, your permit would be ready in 15 days.”
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