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council Meeting: January 24, 1989
Santa Monica, California
To: city Council
From: City staff
Subject: Presentation of General Services Department
Employee Recognition Awards
Introduction
This report recommends that the City council present awards to
six General Services employees who have been selected for special
recognition by their supervisors and their peers.
Background
The General Services Department established a program in 1979 to
recognize city employees who provide outstanding service to the
Department. The program is designed to recognize those employees
who meet one or more of the following criteria:
1. Gave outstanding overall job performance;
2. Developed a new means of saving time or money in the
performance of a job;
3. Performed a public service beyond his/her job duties;
4.' Contributed an idea that improved job safety;
5. Performed her/his job in such a manner as to enhance the
public service capabilities of the Department.
Individuals may be nominated by their supervisors or fellow
employees. An Evaluation Committee comprised of Frances Alcala,
Solid Waste Division; Ray Rains, Electrical Facilities Divisionj
Joe Rivas, Jr., Traffic operations Divisionj Dan Daniels, Fleet
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Maintenance Division, and; stan Scholl, Director of General
services, made the final selection.
Employees selected to receive the General Services Employee
Recognition Award are:
John Schwab, Recycling Division
George Ligans, Water Division
Robert Farrier, Electrical Facilities Division
Randall Alioth, Fleet Maintenance Division
Atossa Soltani, Water Division
Aurelio Sanchez, Public Facilities Maintenance
Division
For outstanding Overall Job Performance
George Ligans - Dependable, conscientious, reliable, and pleasant
are just a few of the qualities Water Leader George Ligans has
displayed in his 24 years of service with the Water Division.
George's knowledge of the water system is invaluable as is his
commitment to quality of work, maintenance of equipment, and
safety of his fellow employees.
Robert "Neil" Farrier Neil has been employed as a radio
technician for over 16 years and during this time has proven to
be a most loyal and hard working employee. Neil has maintained
an outstanding attendance record, never complains about difficult
job assignments, and constantly maintains a positive attitude
toward his supervisors and others with whom he carnes in contact.
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Aurelio Sanchez - For six years, Aurelio has been employed as a
carpenter in the Public Facilities Maintenance Division. Aurelio
possesses many technical skills that facilitate the completion of
projects at substantial savings in cost and time to the City.
For Job Performance Which Enhanced the Public Image of the
Department
Randall Al ioth Randy has been employed as a Mechanic in the
Fleet Maintenance Division for the past nine years. During this
time, he has proven his dedication toward his work and to the
City by responding to a number of emergency situations. One
example of such an emergency was in January, 1988, when Randy
worked single-handedly all night in an attempt to drain the beach
parking lot of the continuous storm and ocean water which was
expected to damage the cirque du Soleil and other properties.
Randy's commitment to his work during this emergency was greatly
appreciated by the Cirque du Soleil and others.
Atossa Soltani - Atossa has consistently given over 100% to the
tasks at hand. Although hired as an Administrative Analyst,
Atossa was soon asked to assume the duties of a vacant
Conservation Coordinator position. Through her own initiative,
she educated herself in the field of conservation and very
quiCkly proposed and implemented new, innovative and far-reaching
programs for the city. Throughout the development and
implementation stages for the emergency water conservation
program, Atossa was very aware of the need for public involvement
and support. She has consistently responded to requests and
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complaints from citizens with patience, tact, and professional
courtesy.
John Schwab - with Recycling I s increased responsibilities for
hazardous materials management, John has accepted additional
responsibilities for spill response, overseeing in-house storage
and disposal of hazardous materials, and involvement in designing
and planning the Household Hazardous Waste Collection Center. To
gain the knowledge of hazardous materials needed for these new
responsibilities, John has done significant research on his own
time. Because of this extra effort, John has become increasingly
knowledgeable of hazardous materials management and has been able
to assist Captain Jim Hone of the Santa Monica Fire Department
both in actual responses to spills and in writing procedures for
compliance with hazardous materials handling regUlations.
Additionally, John organized the City's temporary storage area
for hazardous wastes including required placarding, fire
extinguishers, divisions between material types and absorbent,
designed an entry log for all materials stored there, and
conducted training sessions for City staff to explain its use.
John checks this area daily and has greatly reduced the number of
unidentified containers that used to appear throughout the Yards.
BUdget/Financial Impact
There is no budget/financial impact.
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Recommendation
It is recommended that the city Council join with the staff of
the General Services Department in congratulating:
George Ligans
Robert Farrier
Aurelio Sanchez
Randall Alioth
Atossa Soltani
John Schwab
for outstanding service and recognizing this service by
presenting the General services Department Employee Recognition
Award to them.
prepared by: Stanley E. Scholl, Director of General services
Marsha Eubanks, Senior Administrative Analyst
(srgsemp)
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