Summary
To: Town Commission
From: Town Staff
Date: 1/2/2018
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Subject:
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2017 Employee Awards Presentation
Summary:
At the employee holiday party on December 22, employees celebrated a successful year with their coworkers, and enjoyed a well-received event at Carlouel Yacht Club. Additionally, several employees were awarded at the event for their particular contributions in 2017.
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Previous Commission Action: None.
Background/Problem Discussion: A total of ten special awards were announced at the holiday party. Those awards (and their winners) are listed below.
* Employees of the Year: Each year, an employee of the year is selected from the pool of employee of the month winners, and is announced at the holiday party. This year; however, we couldn't just choose one. Hence, both Keith Bodeker (Construction Project Supervisor, Administration Department) and Kelly Flowers (Recreation Programmer I, Parks and Recreation Department) are our employees of the year for 2017. Both Keith and Kelly received employee of the month twice this year for their commitment to excellence, and are fantastic examples of employees that set Belleair apart.
* Core Values Awards: As a way to celebrate our core values of being neighborly, empathetic, and diligent, we created three new awards this year - one for each of the values. However, it was again too difficult to choose just one winner for each value, so we chose two each. The winners for these are below.
o Neighborly Award Winners: Rick Doyle (Patrol Officer, Police Department) and Adolphus Merricks (Refuse Collector, Solid Waste Department)
o Empathetic Award Winners: Susan Lee (HR and Risk Management Coordinator, Support Services Department) and Tena Khachab (Administrative Assistant, Water Department)
o Diligent Award Winners: Joyce Sparkman (Accounts Payable, Support Services Department) and Robyn Doty-Lopez (Customer Service Clerk, Police ...
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