2A, Employee of the Year and Service Awards

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2 2. Significant Accomplishment- Often an employee is charged with the responsibility or assumes the responsibility of completing a significant goal, activity, or project. Frequently the completion of such a project has a major impact on the operations of the department or the City as a whole. This category recognizes employees for such accomplishments. The ERC announced the Employee of the Year at an all employee luncheon on Thursday, December 15, 2011. While the committee prefers to decide on one employee for this award,the decision was made to give the award to two employees. The 2011 Employee of the Year is being shared by: Pang Silseth of the Finance Department and Meagan Beekman of the Community Development Department. The following are a few of the comments included on the nominations for Pang and Meagan: PANG SILSETH—FINANCE DEPARTMENT, ACCOUNTING CLERK • Employed with City since December, 2002. • Has consistently shown a high level of dependability, reliability, responsibility and integrity. • Has taken on and asked for additional tasks. • Has done an outstanding job at all finance tasks requested of her and is a source of information for the entire City as to the institutional knowledge of the Admin and other departments. • Took on the difficult task of converting the commercial accounts from Banyon to Springbrook and has brought a high level of professionalism to the utility billing function. • Has analyzed the accounts and worked to correct discrepancies. • Dedicated worker that has led efforts to improve our utility billing process, resulting in savings through reduced costs for envelopes and mailing and also a reduction in staff time. • Handles a large number of customer calls regarding utility billing and does a wonderful job. • Oversees all of the cash receipting and does a great job handling issues that may arise. MEAGANBEEKMAN—COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CITY PLANNER • Employed with City since September, 2007. • Handled multiple development projects in 2011 with great efficiency. • Worked well with Pulte Homes,McDonald's,Arden Plaza and even projects that have not been successful, such as Senior Select Living and the Work Force Living. • Took on the long overdue Right of Way Ordinance amendments and did a wonderful job working with Council to have that approved. • Works well with the Planning Commission and when planning cases are minimal, she sets up work sessions for reviewing important items. • Projects a positive image of the City at all times. • The City is lucky to have her dedication and reliability. IlMetro-inet.uslardenhillslPR&PWIParkslMemoslCouncil Memos1013012 Employee of the year- Recognition.doc