Mayor Tobias DLG. Aldan said Kaipat, a community worker on Alamagan, was also named employee of the month for February and November.
“He and our other personnel are very hard working. I send them to the Northern Islands every month. I go there every three months to visit them.
When they are here on Saipan, they make sure they give back to the community by conducting cleanup drives. They cut the bushes and clean roadsides here,” the mayor said.
In an interview, Kaipat said he did not expect to get the top award.
“I was just working hard with our other team members,” he added.
Saying he would want to win the award again next year, Kaipat admitted that he considers every day a challenge.
As community worker on Alamagan, Kaipat assists scientists conducting research there
As employee of the year, Kaipat will get a free buffet for two at the Saipan Grand Hotel, a brunch for two at Coral Ocean Point, lunch for two at Fiesta Resort & Spa and brunch for two at Hafa Adai Hotel.
For his employee of the month awards, he got a cooler bag and 2012 calendar from Coca Cola Co., Tao Tao bud slippers and Tao Tao bud bag from Marpac, a $20 gift certificate from J’s Restaurant, and brunch for two at Hafa Adai Hotel.
The other employees of the month awardees were community worker II Patrick C. Santos for January; budget officer Francisco Jerome Aldan for March and December; community worker on Agrigan Jeremy R. Topulei for April; mayor’s representative to Alamagan Jesus C. Santos for May; mayor’s representative to Pagan Santiago F. Castro for June; Alamagan community worker Lerins Stole for July; mayor’s representative to Agrigan Vicente L. Mettao for August; community worker on Agrigan Michael Sylvan Olaitiman for September; and chief administration Lee Robin O. Kaipat for October.
Castro and Stole were still in the Northern Islands.
