The Committee on Markets and Slaughterhouse of the Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod met to discuss matters including cleanliness, sanitation and delinquency in the payment of market stall rentals, a press release from the city said.
Representatives from the City Treasurer’s Office said the city is burdened by almost P40 million in taxes due from stalls at the three major markets – Libertad, Burgos and Central Market. The CTO has served demand letters to delinquent stall and block owners to avoid closure and termination of their contracts. It was found that tenants at the Central Market have the biggest delinquency in rental arrears amounting to P16,484,075.41, the press release said. Tenants at the Libertad Public Market have P11,297,552.24 in arrears, while those at the Burgos Public Market have accumulated P6,784,967.90, it added. On the other hand, vendors who are religiously paying the city are complaining that it is unfair for them as those who are not paying continue to occupy stalls and blocks, when delinquency in rental payment is ground for termination of lease contract. City Administrator Rogelio Balo suggested that the City Engineers’ Office be included in all meetings of the committee, to emphasize its role in improving the markets. The committee is now conducting a thorough study in order to come up with a viable solution to this perennial problem in the markets, the press release said. Meanwhile, a resolution requesting Balo through the City Mayor’s Office to cause the calibration of weighing scales used in all the public markets in Bacolod City is being proposed by Councilor El Cid Familiaran. The proposed resolution said several market goers have complained that the weight of fish, meat or similar goods that they have bought do not tally with their supposed weight. Familiaran, chairman of the Sangguniang Panlungsod Committee on Cooperative and Livelihood Development, also proposed another resolution requesting the officer-in-charge of the City Cooperative and Livelihood Development Office through the CMO to submit to his committee their accomplishment report for 2009-2010.*CGS
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