Bacolod clears agriculture site for supply storage

By Dolly Yasa

BACOLOD CITY – The city government has begun clearing a storage facility at the City Agriculture Office (CAO) compound in Barangay Alijis to prepare for a full inventory of government materials.

Personnel from the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) were deployed to clear debris and overgrown grass from the site, which has served as storage for various city departments.

Mayor Greg Gasataya said the clearing is the first step in ensuring the area is used properly to support the city’s preparedness efforts.

“This facility was used as a stockpile of construction materials, and its current state reflects clear neglect of public resources,” Gasataya said.

“As we ordered an inventory of materials, this clearing operation is a necessary step to ensure greater accuracy and transparency in the process,” he added.

The initiative follows Gasataya’s recent inspection of City Engineer’s Office (CEO) warehouses, where around 4,800 bags of hardened cement were discovered at the Bacolod City College compound in Barangay Taculing.

Another 100 bags of unusable cement were also found at the CEO warehouse in Alijis.

Gasataya said a new supply team will be formed to manage the inventory once temporary storage areas are ready.

A disposal committee will also be created to assess whether the hardened cement can be repurposed or donated.

Earlier, the mayor ordered the full clearing and transfer of cement stocks from the CEO warehouse to a rented facility for accurate accounting.

He said he instructed CEO personnel to relocate the materials so the city can determine the total number of bags and how many have solidified.

As part of the overhaul of the Supply Section, Gasataya also relieved the section head and three other officers from their functions.