{"id":367561,"date":"2022-05-03T06:06:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=367561"},"modified":"2022-05-03T06:06:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T20:06:05","slug":"cuc-honors-employees-during-public-service-recognition-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cuc-honors-employees-during-public-service-recognition-week\/","title":{"rendered":"CUC honors employees during Public Service Recognition Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Staff representatives of each Commonwealth Utilities Corp. division were recognized yesterday during the first day of Public Service Recognition Week, with CUC executive director Gary Camacho extending his appreciation \u201cto all our staff and all the folks that work in the public services sector.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s important that what they do is recognized in all areas. …And I think everybody\u2019s doing a great job [and] I truly appreciate everything that they have done in the past, do currently, and will do in the future. \u2026At the end of the day, it\u2019s their voice that we need to hear. It\u2019s their efforts that we need to appreciate,\u201d\u00a0he added.<\/p>\n

The CUC representatives who were honored yesterday were Jubal Slayer, technical manager for oil; Anthony Dela Cruz, from Power Generation; Bernard Keremius, from the Water Division; Luke Changar, from the Water And Wastewater Division, Carol Chargalauf, from Human Resources; Kevin Tudela, customer service representative; Alvin King, resident manager of CUC Rota; and Evelyn B. Manglona, resident manager of CUC Tinian.<\/p>\n

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Slayer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jubal Slayer is the new technical manager for oil and has been with CUC for a month now. He works at Power Plant 1 but is responsible for oil in Power Plants 1, 2, and 4. His division currently has three staff. Slayer says his main duties \u201care overseeing testing of groundwater berms and making sure drainage is appropriate, incineration of any oil or oily rag type of issues for Power Plants 1, 2, and 4, and point of contact for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Stipulated Order No. 2.\u201d \u201cCUC is certainly committed to working with the EPA, and getting both Stipulated Orders 1 and 2 finished and sorted out,\u201d Slayer added. \u201cWe are certainly committed to the environment. And also we want to provide excellent customer service and care and services to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Changar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Luke Changar is from the Water and Wastewater Division and has been with CUC for 14 years. There are about 20-plus staff for the division. Changar said \u201cfor our wastewater side, we have two sections, we have the collection system and then we have the treatment. For the collection systems, they are the one in charge of\u2026[collecting] waste, and it convoys from lift stations to lift stations, all the way to the treatment plant facility. Then that\u2019s where we do the processing treatment.\u201d As a reminder to the public, Changar reminds people not to dispose of cooking oil in sinks or in restrooms as it clogs up sewer lines and drainage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Tudela<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kevin Tudela is a customer service representative and has been with CUC for four years. Currently, there are four customer service representatives. \u201cWe have the first contact with the customer. When [people] are thinking of applying for power, we\u2019re the first person that they see when they come in,\u201d Tudela said. \u201cIt\u2019s an interesting job. We have all types of people coming in with all different types of inquiries that we have to know the answer to. \u2026It demands a lot of knowledge to work down there. \u2026That\u2019s where the day starts in CUC\u2014customer service.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anthony Dela Cruz is from the Power Generation Operations. He has been with CUC for 23 years. There are about 60 staff in the division. Dela Cruz said that they are \u201cthe unsung heroes, tucked away\u201d in the heat and that they are there to \u201cprovide reliable power 24 hours.\u201d Dela Cruz said the division\u2019s staff are the \u201cunsung heroes.\u201d \u201cPretty much they\u2019re tucked away, they\u2019re working with limited resources, and obsolete parts and we\u2019re giving it our best to prevent problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Keremius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bernard Keremius is from the Water Division and has been with CUC for 18 years. There are about 42 staff in the division. Keremius said that he oversees the day-to-day running of water at CUC and \u201cwe provide the services from when it starts pumping water into the tank, going to the power lines and going to the consumers\u2019 tap. In our section, we have people\u2026who take care of all the wells. We\u2019ve got people repairing leaks, we\u2019ve got people out there who are providing new meter installations. \u2026We also have a chlorination crew that are there to make sure that adequate chlorine is provided to our customers to be able to deliver safe drinking water to our customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Chargalauf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carol Chargalauf is a human resources generalist who has been with CUC for eight months. Chargalauf is focused on recruitment for CUC. \u201cWhenever we have an opening, we try to fill those vacancies. I see the struggle of the Water Division, with Water and Wastewater, and Power, and I get the phone calls on what\u2019s the status of this JVA. \u2026I think my job is probably the most boring of everybody because their jobs are the critical jobs. But, at the same time, I need to do my job to make sure that they are fully staffed to make sure that they can accomplish their missions and their goals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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King<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alvin King, who is the resident manager of Rota CUC, has been with CUC for over two years and is in charge of the Power and Water divisions on Rota. CUC Rota currently has 38 staff members. King said that with the recent pandemic, \u201cwe went through a lot of cost-cutting measures, but we managed to pull through. We\u2019ve also made improvements on operations with the staff availability. Also, with the lockdown, our staff still managed to provide services to the community. King said he would like to \u201cgive thanks to the community\u2026for their payments and congratulations to the staff for doing their best during the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Manglona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Evelyn B. Manglona, who is resident manager of Tinian CUC, has been with CUC for 11 years and is responsible for power, water, and wastewater systems on Tinian. Manglona said, \u201cWe work as a team to provide service.\u201d Manglona also \u201cthanked the CUC staff on Saipan and Tinian for their dedication, the management team for their continued support of Tinian, the board of directors, and especially the whole team.\u201d<\/p>\n

CUC has lined up a full week of events from Monday, May 2, until Friday, May 6, as part of the celebration of Public Service Recognition Week.<\/p>\n

Part of the week\u2019s culminating activity is the \u201cPSRW Ceremony & Employee of the Year Awards and Lunch,\u201d which will recognize employees who have served 10 years or more as well as the department\u2019s Employees of the Year, the divisions\u2019 Employees of the Year and the Overall CUC Employee of the Year.<\/p>\n

Gov. Ralph DLG Torres designated last month the week of May 2-6, 2022, as Public Service Recognition Week to recognize the accomplishments and contributions of all the hardworking and deserving public employees of the CNMI government.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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