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New chiller on the way for public market
A new chiller is on the way to help keep fresh the produce in the Garapan Public Market, according to CNMI’s Farmer Cooperative Association treasurer Ike Concepcion, who along with other co-op officials help run the market.
Earlier co-op president Maria ‘Frica’ Pangelinan expressed that a lack of a chiller to keep produce from rotting was one of the problems the market faced since it opened last August.
In September, the market had asked for funds from the Saipan and Northern Islands Delegation to help address operational costs and a chiller.
The delegation heard the market’s needs when they appropriated $60,000 for the market last month. Concepcion said the market has ordered the new chillers in advance.
In regards to the appropriated “seed money,” co-op secretary Isidoro Cabrera said yesterday morning that he aimed to deliver to the secretary of Finance a letter for the disbursing of this money.
“We are starting to have improvement [in the market] already,” he said. “We purchased in advance the cooler…as soon as we get the money we can pay the company,” he said.
The chiller was ordered form a local supplier.
In related news, Cabrera said they aim to have an election of officers at their general membership meeting this month on Jan. 13, barring any changes in member’s schedules.
They had planned one for last month but decided to postpone because of the holidays, he said.
