The Bacolod SP session was held online as some councilors are self-isolating after being close contacts of Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Benitez who tested positive for COVID-19.*
The city government is expected to check the fuel pumps of all gasoline stations in Bacolod for proper calibration.
The resolution requesting the City Treasurer’s Office Licensing Division and Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez to strengthen the inspection, testing, calibration, and sealing of fuel pumps in all gas stations in the city was approved during the Sangguniang Panlungsod regular session on Wednesday, November 9.
The measure, authored by Councilor Kalaw Puentevella, said the government shall protect the public against deceptive, unfair, and unconscionable sales, acts and practices.
All retail outlets shall be responsible for the proper calibration and accuracy of their dispensing pumps, Puentevella said, adding that all dispensing pumps, must be properly calibrated quarterly and every three months, and sealed by the proper authority.
“As we continue to face an unabated surge in fuel prices it is but proper to regularly conduct inspection of all gasoline stations and guarantee that all operating fuel pumps are accurate and ensure that their pumps are working properly,” Puentevella said.*