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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJunei•, City of Sebastian Enptoyee Newsletter NEW EMPLOYEES HIRED IN MAY John Bloomingdale Golf Course Maura Raborn Finance Dept. LONGEVITY Employees hired in May with 5 or more years of employment with the City are: J. Michelle Morris was hired in the Police Department as a Police Officer on May 7, 1987. Ed Wessendorf, who is now a Maintenance Worker III, was hired on May 9, 1983 in Public Works. On May 18, 1981 the City hired Jean Tarbell, who is now an Administrative Assistant in the City Manager's office. Clerical Assistant II Patricia Pastore began her employment with the Police Department on May 23, 1988. CONGRATULATIONS! REMINDERS All injuries, even those requiring no medical care, must be reported to your supervisor. A hand written note should be documented by the supervisor. This prevents problems should the injury need medical attention at a later date. A doctor's note, releasing an employee from work due to an on the job injury, MUST be presented to the supervisor in order for the employee to receive compensation for any time taken off due to the injury. For employees covered under the CWA contract: Personal Leave cannot be used the day before or the day after a holiday. Employees wanting to extend holidays must use vacation or compensation time, provided they have the time accrued or earned and department approval. CITY MATTERS June, 1993 MORE MONEY How can you turn $35 each payday into more than $125,0007 Simple. By joining your deferred compensation plan now, your pre-tax contributions can grow. A $35.00 investment every payday can end up as a $125,000 nest egg in thirty years. The ACTUAL dollar investment YOU make adds up to $27,300.00 in thirty years. The magic of compound interest adds almost $100,000 to that amount. Think about itl Deferred compensation is a tax - favored supplemental retirement savings program that allows public employees to contribute a portion of their salary before federal taxes are computed to a retirement account. Deferred compensation allows you to build savings and reduce the amount of taxes withheld on your salary. The amount you select to defer is automatically deducted from your paycheck and invested in one or more investment options that you select. To learn more about your savings in a tax deferred compensation plan, contact an ICMA representative at 1-800- 669-7400 or a PEBSCO represen- tative at 1-800-432-0822. NEWS The City of Sebastian is now using Indian River National for their banking services. As part of the Bank's services, employees of the City are eligible to receive a free checking account with no minimum balance. For all their checking account customers, Indian River National offers a Mastercard with no annual fee the first year and a free A.T.M. card. Employees may have their whole check deposited directly into their savings and/or checking account at Indian River National. To open up an account, contact Personnel. JUNE BIRTHDAYS 6/02 Timothy Smith, Pub. Wks. 6/02 Michael Whitney, Pub.Wks. 6/06 Desmond Chambers, P. Wks. 6/12 Robert McClary, City Mgr. 6/16 Doris Lee, Finance Dept. 6/21 Linda Loshl, City Clerk 6/25 Jeffrey Chandler, Police EMPLOYEE NEWS Kathy Martin from Public Works is back in the hospital. We all wish her well. Ann Detmer from the Finance Department was in the hospital. Get well soon! SAFETY NEWS The City of Sebastian has started up a Safety Committee which meets once a month to discuss safety issues; review policies that might be implemented and accident and injury reports to determine what can be done to prevent or minimize future accidents or Injuries. Accidents are a major item in the overhead of the City. These expenses are seen directly through health, worker's compensation and liability insurance costs. The use of a Comprehensive Safety Program in the workplace is the City's way of attempting to decrease the high costs of woriter&' compensation losses and the number of accidents, injuries, and illnesses. Our program will consist of seven key elements: Management Commitment and Involvement. Establishment of a Safety Committee. 3. Safety Training. 4. First Aid procedures. Accident investigation. Record Keeping. 7. Safety Rules, Policies and Procedures. ED PAR`Y^'qNTAL ARTICLE Greetings from the Community Development Department! First we'd like to welcome Ann Rousseau, the latest addition to our staff, and Chuck Geisz, the new Building Inspector. Talking about development, the Department has expanded 400 square feet, which will be used for the storage of departmental records. Since the move into the present building three years ago, paperwork has grown to the point of being stored in cardboard boxes for the lack of space or file cabinets! No one will be happier than Kathy Nappi, who handles Contractor's Licensing. She is currently the proud owner of a mountain of filing to de done, which will now be "housed" in the new addition. Jan King, filling the (fairly) new Zoning Technician position, will also be pleased to be able to find records, maps and plats in files and drawers rather than rummaging around in boxes on the floor. With the new addition, Gerry Kubes, Code Enforcement Secretary, joins the "front lines" with Ann and newly promoted Suzi Bell to help "customers" with any building questions. Bob Nicholson, Code Enforcement Officer, now can find Gerry the minute he walks into the office. George Bonacci, Chief Building Inspector and Bruce Cooper, Director of community Development outdid themselves once again, making Secretaries Day a special day. THANKS! RECIPE FAVORITES City employees will have another outlet to vent their creative talents. A City Hall cookbook will be compiled in the next few months and distributed to employees. ALL employees (meaning male and female) and City Councilmembers are encouraged to submit their favorite recipe to Jean or Sally in the City Manager's office no later than September 3rd. Jean and Sally have generously agreed to put their time and talent to use in coordinating, compiling (and testing?) the recipes submitted for the City Hall cookbook. Awards will be given out at the Christmas party for "THE BEST" recipes. Send your recipe in!