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Councll Meeting:
July 24, 1984
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Santa Monica, Californla .
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TO:
Mayor and Clty Councll
FROM:
Clty Staff
SUBJECT: General Servlces Employee Recognition Awards
Introduction
Thl s report recommends that the Cl ty Councll present awards to
three General Servlces' employees who have been selected for spe-
clal recognition by thelr supervlsor and thelr peers.
Background
The General Services Department establlshed a program In 1979 to
recognlze our employees who provlde outstandlng serVices to the
Department. The program IS designed to recognize those employees
who meet the following criterla:
1.
3.
Performed a
overall Job performance;
new means of savlng tlme~r money in the
of a Job; V
publlC serVlce beyond his/her Job dutles;
Outstandlng
2.
Developed a
per formance
4. Contributed an Idea that has lmproved Job safety;
IndlVlduals may be nominated by their supervlsor or fellow em-
ployees. An Evaluatlon Commlttee compr;~d of Larry Buss, PFM
D 1 V 1 slon; Mar sha Eubanks, Admln ist ratio~ Xav ler Leon, Streets
DIVlslon; Joe Rlvas, Jr. t Parklng and Trafflc Dlvlslon; Dave
Strong, Water D1V1Slon and Stan Scholl, Director of General Ser-
vices makes the flnal selectlon.
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Council MeetIng: July 24, 1984
Santa Monica, CalIfornia
R1chard Roza, Pa~klng Meter Repairer
RIchard, nomInated by his D1vlsion Head, Ray Davis, is a ParkIng
Meter Repa irer In the Tr affl c Operat ions Division.
HIS first
position in the City was aCETA Ma1ntenance Helper 1n 1974. In
1976, he was promoted to Traffic Painter and in 1983, he was pro-
moted to Meter Repa1rer. On August 12, 1984, he will have been
WIth the CIty for 10 years.
Prior to the completIon of convertIng the City's standard parkIng
meters to a more vandal resistent "vault" type parking meter, the
City was experIencing an extremely high rate of vandalIsm on Its
parking meters. Over $40,000 per year was lost in parking meter
revenue alone.
Staff determIned that the parking meters were being vandalIzed in
the early morn1ngs around dawn. RIchard volunteered to work 1n
the early mornIngs to assist the PolIce Department In redUCIng
the number of vandalIsms. Richard was soon able to see speCIfIc
patterns as to the parking meter break-Ins.
He establIshed a
workIng routIne to observe problem areas where parking meter van-
dalism occurred most frequently.
Through his perseverance,
RIchard personally aSSIsted the PolIce Department In the arrest
of 27 individuals for breakIng and enterIng parking meters as
well as several automobiles.
Paul Sid~e~k7 ~~chan~c
Paul works In the Mechanical MaIntenance DiVISIon of General Ser-
vices and was nominated by Robert Miller, his supervisor. Paul
came to the C1ty in 1980 as a mechanic aSSIstant and due to hiS
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Council MeetIng: July 24, 1984
Santa MonIca, CalIfornIa
abilities was withIn 4 months appoInted to the position of
mechanIC.
Paul IS most happy undertaking a challenge or solving a problem.
Just a few of hIS most recent accomplishments Include the design
and constructIon of a lawn vacuum by rebuIlding an old PolIce
parkIng checker scooter. ThIS vacuum is used at the Cemetery and
has proved to be far superior to any presently manufactured
units. Due to the success of thIS machine a second one was built
by Paul with Improved modIfIcations. Both are In use today and
are IdentIfIed as the "Sid-Vac" and the "Sid-Vac II".
The heavy raIns in the fIr st part of 1983 showed the need for a
large J portable, emergency water pump for pumping out yards and
basements. Through his Inventiveness and talents, Paul was able
to successfully modIfy and adapt 2 obsolete pieces of equipment
Into a portable 611 pump. This pump was also used to drain the
water from the pier's north parkIng lot durIng the storm as well
as to draIn the beach salt water wells.
There has also existed a need to be able to transport the City's
heavy constructIon eqUIpment from the CIty Yard to the job site
to reduce the posslbllity of accIdent or InjUry from drIving the
eqUIpment on the road. A flatbed traIler was purchased for this
purpose, but there was not a truck tractor to pull it. Paul was
able to convert an old dump truck lnto a very functional emergen-
cy tractor that IS capable of pulllng the flat bed semi-trailer
or the 8 ton tilt traIler.
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Santa MonIca, CalifornIa
RecommendatIons
It IS recommended that the CIty Councll JOIn WIth the staff of
the General SerVlces Department In recognIzing the outstanding
services of John Christ, RIchard Raza and Paul Sidbeck and
presentlng the departmental awards to the recipIents.
Prepared by: stan Scholl, Director of General Services
Marsha Eubanks, AdmInistratIve Analyst
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