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Request for Council Action 2A
Prepared By: Michelle Olson Council Meeting Date: January 30, 2012
Parks and Recreation Manager
Recognition for Years of Service and Employee of the Year
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Recommendation:
The Employee of the Year Service Award Recipients plan to be present at tonight's meeting to
receive their awards from the Mayor. Photographs will be taken at that time.,
Supuortina Documents:
1. Memorandum from Michelle Olson, Parks and Recreation Manager.
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: January 30, 2012
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
Patrick Klaers, City Administrator
FROM: Michelle Olson,Parks and Recreation Manager `MS
SUBJECT: Recognition for Years of Service and Employee of the Year
Background
The City Council of Arden Hills encourages and supports recognizing employees who
make significant contributions to the City. At a September 1994 meeting, the City Council
adopted Resolution No. 94-47, establishing an Employee Recognition Committee (ERC).
The ERC then recommended a list of programs to recognize employees for: years of
service, exceptional performance and retirement. In June of 2005, the Employee
Recognition Policy was established. The 2011 ERC was made up of the following
employees: Sue Iverson,Michelle Olson, Dave Scherbel, Rebecca Brazys and Jeff Frid.
Employee of the Year
The purpose of selecting an Employee of the Year is to reward employees who are
adjudged by ,their co-workers to be deserving of special recognition for their
accomplishments and contributions to the City. The ERC (including Brenda Holden as the
Council representative) met and followed the procedure below to determine the City of
Arden Hills 2011 Employee of the Year:
• Each employee was given the opportunity to nominate a City employee for Employee
of the Year.
• The following categories represented areas which are used to determine an Employee
of the Year. Each nomination must relate to either one of the categories, and shall
include a description detailing the reason for the nomination.
1. Exceptional Performance- Consistent high-level of dependability, reliability,
responsibility and integrity over a period of employment with the City are items
measured in this category. Recognition is given to high quality, ongoing and
consistent dedication to the City. This category also recognizes individuals who
consistently project a positive image of the City and its services to his/her co-
workers and the general public.
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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.
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Recognition for Year's of Service
The Employee Recognition Committee recognized one individual for Years of Service.
The policy states that employees shall be recognized for every five (5) years of
employment with the City. Employees shall receive a certificate from the City recognizing
them for their years of service. The following employee was awarded a certificate on
Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the all employee luncheon:
• Joe Mooney—Public Works—25 years
Requested Council Action
The Employee of the Year and Service Award Recipients will be present at Monday night's
meeting to receive their awards from the Mayor. Photographs will be taken at that time.
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