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DATE: October 6, 2014
TO: Honorable Mayor and 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 third quarter of calendar year 2014.
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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 Making". As such, the Council set a
priority to "reinstitute no -cost employee recognition programs: quarterly, annually, and
longevity". This item is placed on the Council's agenda to allow for the recognition of longevity
milestones reached by City employees during the third quarter of calendar year 2014.
DISCUSSION
Employees who celebrated anniversaries in the third quarter of 2014 were:
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Department
Years of Service
Dan Fish
Police
25
Leslie Manning
Finance
25
Robert Barnes
Police
20
Kenneth Savano
Police
20
James Stephenson
Police
20
Manuel Ayala
Public Works & Utilities
15
Claire Cooper
City Clerk
15
Walter Spiller
Police
15
Lisa Vincak
Police
15
Robert Volz
Information Technology
15
Tim Williamsen
Information Technology
15
David Hutchinson
Police
10
Robert Patterson
Public Works & Utilities
10
Ben Conner
Public Works & Utilities
5
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The cost of longevity recognition for the third quarter of 2014 is $800, and is included in existing
budgets.