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DATE: April 7, 2014
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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
John C. Brown, City Manag
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Recognition of Employee Longevity
Presentation
It is recommended the City Council publically acknowledge those employees who celebrated
service anniversaries during the first quarter of calendar year 2014.
Until 2009, the contributions of City employees to the community and the organization were
recognized by Employee of the Quarter and Employee of the Year observances. Recognition
included a presentation by the City Manager during a Council meeting, and cash awards. Cash
awards were eliminated in 2009, just one of the many means employed to balance budgets during
the economic downturn. Quarterly and Annual recognition observances have been suspended
since that time. The Council also recognized employee longevity milestones in the past. More
recently, these are recognized at the department level with a service pin, and with a certificate
signed by the City Manager and the Mayor.
In February 2013, the City Council conducted its annual goal -setting. The Council retained the
goal to "Build a cohesive team comprised of the Mayor and Council, City Manager and City
staff, that provides clear and consistent direction and works together with mutual trust and
respect to provide needed public services and protect the public's interests", within the goal
category of "Council/Staff Effectiveness and Decision Malang". As such, the Council set a
priority to "reinstitute no -cost employee recognition programs: quarterly, annually, and
longevity". As the City's budget situation remains tight, the Council 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
implement. Recognizing employee longevity, on the other hand, can be implemented
immediately as associated costs are nominal. Accordingly, this item is placed on the Council's
agenda to allow for the recognition of longevity milestones reached by City employees during
the first quarter of calendar year 2014.
Agenda Review:
City Attorney Finance Director City Manager
DISCUSSION
Employees who celebrated anniversaries in the first quarter of 2014 were:
Andrew Urton
Paul Gilman
John Silva
Corey Garberolio
Suzanne Terry
Glenn Williams
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Police Department 20 years
Police Department 15 years
Police Department 15 years
Finance Department 5 years
Fire Department 5 years
Public Works & Utilities Dept. 5 years
The cost of longevity recognition for the first quarter of 2014 is $314, and is included in existing
budgets.
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