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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJunern, i7: ir, •ir: �.e City of Sebastian Employee Newsleffer Mane, 1998 JOIE BYERS SELECTED EMPLOYEE OF QUARTER. IPEMPLOYEE HONORED , Detective Joseph Byers has been :•::>:::>:.:: Happy Birthday selected as Employee of the first quarter for 1998. Joe started 06/02 Earl Kieffer - P/D Volunteer } with the City of Sebastian as a 06/02 Allen Schofield - P/D Volunteer police officer on December 1, 06/02 Michael Whitney - P/W Maintenance Wrk III 1994. He was promoted to 06/06 Glenn Addison - P/D Police Officer detective on June 24, 1997. 06/06 Desmond Chambers - P/W Bldg. Maint. Tech. Joe has exceeded the department expectations 06/06 Constantine Savvidis - P/D Police Officer through his initiative and seemingly unstoppable 06/09 Douglas Baker - G/C Starter/Ranger endeavors to make the residents of Sebastian safer and 06/10 Steven Jennings - P/W Laborer provide comfort to those who have suffered loss due 06/14 Marvin Goldman - P/D Volunteer to criminal activity. 06/18 Eugene Ewert - PID Police Lieutenant He has accomplished a record of what now stands at 06/19 Maggie Inglis - P/D Clerical Assistant I 261 warrants. Joe has demonstrated not only his 06/25 Jeffrey Chandler - P/D Police Officer ability to solve crimes, but more importantly, his desire 06/28 Mark Veidt - P/W Maintenance Worker I to do so. Detective Byers is an asset to the City of Sebastian Police Department and the residents of Sebastian as well. Congratulations, Joe! VA CA TION! :r Remember, summer is coming and r.. vacations will be planned. Discount } tickets to Bush Gardens, Sea World, Disney World, and Cypress Gardens are available. Flyers have also been sent around for the bulletin boards with additional discounts on admission tickets. If you are interested in attending some of the attractions in Florida, please contact Human Resource for information. Some of the Club Cards do expire and will not be honored at the gate. If you need a Club Card, please call Doris at 388-8240 and she will be happy to send you one in the interoffice mail. INSIDE CITY LIMITS • .f Lon evi Employees with 10 or more years of service: 06/26/84 Michael Beyer - P/D Police Sergeant 06/10/85 Linda Kinchen - P/W Eng. Admin. Assist. 06/30/86 Gary Nicholas - P/W Maintenance Wrk. III Employees with 5-9 years of service: 06/10/91 Brian Grzesiak - P/W Maintenance Wrk. I 06/29/93 Nancy Veidt - F/D Computer Operator GOOD BYE! Pat Brennan, Public Works Director, has left the City's employment effective May 29, 1998. He is going to be missed but we wish him well in his new career. WELCOME ABOARD! Dorothy Bosworth has decided that after only a month and a half she missed us so much she came back to work in Community Development. Welcome Back, Dom! MISCELLANEOUS EMPLOYEE NEWS! Tim Zelinski and Kathy Brauer, both dispatchers from the Police Department, have transferred to the Community Development Department as Code Enforcement Officers. Good luck to both of you in your new career. Officer Michelle Morris has completed and graduated with her 4 year Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Management. Congratulations! Ann Rousseau, Kathy Nappi and Kathy Brauer have all had different surgeries and are doing fine now. Welcome Back! The blood drive on May 4th was a success. People who donated were: Sylvia Clark, Jan King, Bob Mangarell, Martha Osborne, Brenda Rohland, and Daryl Thompson. Thank you for taking the time and participating in the blood drive. Your efforts will make a difference. Jackie Dean has been on sick leave. She had major surgery and is recovering rapidly. We wish her well and back on her feet soon. Condolences to Terry Hill on the loss of his brother John. Ann Rousseau's message: Thanks to each of you for putting a smile in my heart during my illness. Thanks for your hugs and for all your love. Your support, cards, calls, and prayers were appreciated more than you will ever know. Most of all, thanks for being you. You are so very special to me! Love You All, Ann Rousseau Body, Min "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Popular saying from the Great Depression "Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude." Zig Ziglar "The amount of sleep required by the average person is about five minutes more." —Wilson Mizner SPECIAL DATES! ® 06/00/98 National Safety Month $ 06/12/98 Pay Day * 06/14/98 Flag Day V 06/21/98 Father's Day 06/21/98 Summer Begins $ 06/26/98 Pay Day :LUNE M NA TIONAL SAFETY MONTH Prepare for the biggest safety event of the year: National Safety Month. It's the perfect opportunity to highlight your commitment to safety all month long. Originated by the National Safety Council, this June will be the third annual observance of National Safety Month. Each of the four weeks of June will focus on a different area of safety: ■ June 1 through 6, Workplace Safety ■ June 7 through 13, Home Safety (co- sponsored by Lowe's Home Safety Council) ® June 14 through 20, First Aid and Community Safety N June 21 through 27, Driving Safety "The single greatest point we want to make is that all Americans can take steps to reduce their risk of injury." said Jerry Scannell, president of the Council. "Through National Safety Month, the Council is working to save lives and eliminate injuries in the home, at work, at play, and on the highways." According to the Council, fatal injuries have been on the rise for four years in a row and increased by 8 percent from 1992 to 1996, the latest figures available. The Bureau of Business Practice has a variety of products to help raise employee awareness of critical safety issues. For more information or to request a catalog of our safety products, please call 1-800-243- 0876, extension 6.0 —Safety Now, Issue 148 HEADLINE BLOOPERS • Hospitals Are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors • Eye Drops Off Shelf • New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group • Kids Make Nutritious Snacks • Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft • Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers —Source: Various LIFE EXPECTANCY ►The average life expectancy in the U.S. is now 79 years for women and 73 years for men. Editor's Note: Life is short. Appreciate all 1,440 minutes of every day. —Source: National Center for Health Statistics FUN N' GAMS PULL A TICKET AND WIN Each Department will be given entry tickets for each employee to pickup by June 15, 1998 (one ticket per employee). The employee needs to fill out one part of the ticket with their name and drop it in the coffee can. The employee will keep the other half of the ticket and present it to pick up the prize if they should win. The drawing will be held on June 18, 1998 at 9:00 a.m. in the City Hall conference room. The prize will enable the employee to win a Gift Certificate for a complimentary 2 night stay (based upon availability and expires on October 27, 1998) at the Four Points Hotel Sheraton Tampa East. Advance reservations required and the gift certificate must be presented at check-in. EMPLOYEE PROFILE MIKE W4 LSH - POLICE OFFICER .MIRED JULY 7. 1997 By Kathy Brauer Mike Walsh has been in law enforcement for nine years. He was hired in Sebastian on July 77 1997. When asked what he most likes about the job he answered, "helping people." Mike has served in Desert Storm, had three years active duty in the Army as a Military Policeman, and so far one year in the National Guard. Mike's long term career goals are to be a supervisor someday. He will become a Special Ops in a few weeks, which is strictly traffic cop, working along with Bill Jursik and Jeff Chandler. Mike is married, has two great children. His hobbies are fishing, diving, and computers. The latter which has kept him busy building and fixing computers at home. Mike is enjoying his job at Sebastian Police Department and he is doing a great job. What are you planning for your summer vacation? Debbie Curry - Police Department -Records Division. Taking a few days off to go boating in the river. Tim Zelinski - Community Development -Code Enfor. Going to Virginia with my girls and girlfriend. Dorri Bosworth -Community Development -Clerk II Renting a cabin in North Carolina with family. Daryl Thompson -Public Works -Garage Superint. Meeting with 24 family members in Myrtle Beach for a week. Frank Camillo -Police Department -Chaplain "My vacation is to have my granddaughters spend 5 weeks with my wife and me. They're flying in from New Jersey." Paul Phillips -Police Department -Police Officer `What vacation?" Three Simple Words "When I was in high school, I was very shy. One day we were required to memorize a poem and recite it while standing next to our desks. As usual, I had a panic attack. When my turn came, I stood by my desk, read my poem, and sat down. At that moment, Tim Murphy, whose desk was in front of mine, turned to me and said, `You did good!' Now, Jim wasn't interested in me romantically. He was just kind enough to make that comment — not something you'd find in a whole lot of freshman boys. I never forgot that incident, and even though it happened over 30 years ago, I longed for the opportunity to thank Tim. That opportunity arrived when I saw him and his wife at a class reunion. I took them aside and thanked Jim for his kindness toward a shy, trembling girl. He didn't remember the incident, and had no idea what a tremendous impact his words had made on my life. Three simple words —'You did good!' What a difference each of us could make if we all would remember to be as kind to others as Tim was to me." Source Judi R, Class of 1961. Adapted from an article printed in Bits & Pieces DID EA KNOW? "Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.» —Unknown "Your physical condition can best be judged from what you take two at a time — stairs or pills." —Unknown A WA Y TO COUNT THE DA YS - and the Fat By Margie Poole More than a third of all Americans are overweight — often because they're not careful about fat intake. To help cut the fat, there's The 1997 Illustrated Calendar of Fat, put together by John Flaherty, a photographer from Waltham, Mass. "I'm 43, I was beginning to develop a belly, and I wanted to shed a few pounds," Flaherty told PARADE. His calendar offers graphic comparisons about the fat content of foods. Such as: • Two french fries from a fast-food restaurant equal two whole baked potatoes ('/z gram of fat). • One chocolate donut equals 70 oranges (21 grams of fat). • One corn chip equals 40 baby carrots (1 gram of fat). • One peanut equals 2.86 cups of air popped popcorn (0.86 grams of fat). • One ounce of potato chips equals 20 ounces of pretzels (10 grams of fat). • A third of the recommended serving of Creamy Parmesan dressing equals about 10 pounds of tomatoes (6 grams of fat). LESS STRESS Welcome Customer Complaints? Over the years, studies have shown that soliciting customer complaints can help cement customer loyalty. That is, it pays to make complaining easy for your customers. No matter how good your product is, you're going to get complaints. Whether these complaints are legitimate or not, you've got to deal with them. If whining customers stress you out, consider this: ON LOW-COST MMS: • 37% of customers with problems who don't complain will remain loyal. • If you get customers with problems to complain — even if you don't solve the problem — about 46% will remain loyal. • If you get them to complain and solve the problem, the loyalty factor jumps to 70%. • Get them to complain and solve the problem quickly — you'll see a loyalty rate of 95%. ON ITEMS OVER $100: • 9% who are upset but don't complain will remain loyal. • If they complain, but don't get the problem solved, 19% will remain loyal. • If they complain and you solve the problem, 54% will stick with you. • Solve their problem quickly and you'll see an 84% loyalty rate. —Technical Assistance Research Project study published in The Direct Response Specialist, Issue #123: (813) 786-1411 NOTE: All employees are responsible to notify management on 1. Outside employment 2. Changes of address & phone numbers. 3. Change in beneficiary(s) 4. Change in emergency contacts. 5. Any change in having a valid Florida Drivers License. The City does random drug testing for Commercial Driving License holders per the guidelines of the U.S. Department of Transportation. 1998 SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON THE FOLLOWING THURSDAYSAT IO:OOA.M. June 11th, July 161h, August 131h, September 17th, October 81h, November 12th, and December IOth, in the City Managers Conference Rm. 1998HOLIDAYSCHEDULE New Year's Day January 1- Thursday President's Day February 16 -Monday Memorial Day May 25 -Monday Independence Day July 3 - Friday Labor Day September 7 -Monday Veteran's Day November 11- Wed. Thanksgiving November 26 -Thursday Day After November 27 - Friday Day Before Christmas December 24 - Thur. Christmas Day December 25 - Friday