Section 4
SECTION 4. Powers and Functions of the Vice-Chairman as Chief Executive Officer. The Vice-Chairman as Chief Executive Officer shall have the following powers and functions: to approve an integrated plan of action for integrated area development primarily for depressed areas; to establish a system of priorities for integrated area development and provide the basic criteria for selecting project areas; to arrange and/or negotiate for funding from local and/or foreign financing agencies and institutions subject to the approval of the Council; to approve requests of the implementing departments and agencies for budget releases for projects in accordance with the integrated plan of action, budgets and work program approved by the Council; Provided-that such approval shall be subject to availability of funds in accordance with the existing budgetary policies, laws, rules and regulations which shall be approved by the Council; to enter into contracts of any kind to enable it to carry out its purposes and functions under this Decree subject to the approval of the Council; to avail of the expertise of any particular employee, technician or group of persons in any bureau, office or department of the Government whose services are deemed necessary for the attainment of the goals of the Council; to formulate, adopt and implement guidelines and standards for an efficient system of reporting and evaluation; to promote fuller local participation in planning, management and program execution; to establish the appropriate organizational set-up to implement the integrated plan of action; to conduct, when appropriate, seminars, public hearings and/or conferences on significant issues pertaining to integrated area development; to promulgate and adopt administrative rules and regulations for the effective management of the Council's activities; to hire the personnel necessary for the operations of the Council and fix their compensation in accordance with the plantilla and pay plan approved by the Council; to remove, suspend or otherwise discipline for cause any subordinate employee, of the Council; to call on any department, bureau, office, agency, or state university or college and other instrumentalities of the government for assistance in the form of personnel facilities and other resources as the needs arise in the discharge of its functions; to undertake such other activities as may be deemed necessary for the attainment of the objectives and provisions of the Decree; to delegate such authority as may be properly delegated; Provided, that such delegation is in writing, copies of which shall be furnished the Council; and to perform such other duties as may be lawfully assigned by the Council.