By Mar-Vic Cagurangan
Variety News Staff

DESPITE the impending funding cut, the Mayors Council of Guam remains upbeat with its job as it marked its 30th anniversary yesterday.
The council’s executive director, John Blas, said the organization can make do with its limited budget and continue serving as the government’s direct link to the community.
The council’s $7.5 million budget for 2007 will be cut by $79,000 under the revised budget Bill 74, which is awaiting the governor’s action.
“The rate of budget re--duc-tion might have a small impact on the council, especially if the governor would exercise his 15 percent transfer authority to help the council,” Blas said.
“But we will address the budget issue when the bill is signed into law,” said Blas in an interview after Gov. Felix P. Camacho signed a proclamation in Adelup, recognizing the Mayors Council for providing “an important network of support for our village mayors.”
“The Mayors Council of Guam is a vital resource which supports the critical administrative and logistical needs that allow our village mayors to serve our people at the most fundamental levels,” the governor’s proclamation stated.
Blas said the anniversary celebration “focuses on recognizing our mayors and vice mayors for their services to Guam residents.”
The council was created in 1977 “to establish a cohesive group of district leaders and administrators to effectuate intergovernmental communication regarding sound administrative and fiscal policies aimed at improving the quality of life for Guam residents,” the council stated in a press release.