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DATE: January7, 2013
TO , ,Honorable Mayoral-id Members of the City Council
FROM: John C. Brown, City Manager
SUBJECT: Recognition of Employee'Longevity
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended the City Council,publically,acknowledge those employees who celebrated
service/anniversaries during the fourth quarter;ofcalendar year 2012.
BACKGROUND
Until 2009, the contributions'of,Citysniployees to they comnf'unity'and the organisation were
recognized by Employee of the Quarter'and Employee.of the Year observances. Recognition
included a presentation by the City Manager duringra Council meeting, and cash awards;. Cash
'awards wereeliminated in 2009,just one of the many meanstemployed to balance budgets during
the economic downturn. Quarterly and Annual recognition observances:have been suspended
since'thafMile. The Connell;alsorecognized employee longevitymilestones'in the past. More
recently, these are'.recognized at'the,d`epartment level with'.a_service pin, and with a certificate
signed by the City Manager and the Mayor:
In February 2012, the City.Council conducted annual.goal=setting. The Council retained the goal
to "Build a cohesive team comprised of the Mayonand Council, City Manager and City staff, .
that provides clear.and,consistent'direction and works together with mutual trust and respecrto
provide needed public;;services and protect theipublic's interests", within the_goal category of
"Council/Staff Effectiveness and,Decision Making". As such, the Council set-a,priority to
"reinstitute no-cost employee?-recognition programs: quarterly„annually, and longevity ,As cthe
CitY g's budget situation-remains tight,theCouncil,.directed that,Employees of the Quarter''and
Year be:recognized with non-monetary awards, perhaps contributed,by.the local business
community., 'This program, as the Council is aware, will require time to develop and impleitlent.
Recognizing employee longevity,,on=thie other hand, can be implemented immediately as
associated,costs are nominal..Accordingly, this item is placed on the Council.'<.sagenda,to'allow
for the.recognition;of longevity milestones reached by City employees,,during the third,quarter of
calendar ear.20a
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Agenda Review: I
City Attorney Finance Director , City Manager
DISCUSSION
Employees who celebrated anniversaries,iq,the:fourth withal'.of 2012 were
Dave Deorsey, Information Technology 15 years
Erica Altmann Smithies„Public Works& Utilities 5 years
Salvador Calderon, Public Works & Utilities 5 years
Jeanne Castro, Public Works,& Utilities 5 years
Matthew Frick; Police.Department 5 years
Jerry Hoffman; Building Division 5 years
Stephen Kennedy, Public Works &Utilities 5 years
Aaron Lindh, Police Department 5 years
FINANCIAL IMPACTS,
The cost of longevity recognition for the fourth quarter of 2012 is $400, and is included in
existing budgets.