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June 1995
From the Desk Wendy Widmann
Sick leave abuse seems to be on everyone's mind a
lot these days. Are you one of "those" employees
who take off 8 hours every time you have accrued
8 hours? Do you frequently become "sick" right
before work on Friday or Monday? Do you realize
that your absences affect your co-workers who have
to perform some of your work?
Everyone has legitimate needs to use sick leave
every now and then, whether it is due to a doctor's
visit, a sick child, or a bad case of Montezuma's
revenge. That's why you have sick leave benefits -
to provide pay for those days that you can't, because
of circumstances beyond your control, attend work.
When you use your sick leave every time you accrue
some more hours, you need to take a good look at
yourself to determine if there aren't other problems
that are preventing you from saving your sick leave.
Perhaps you have money problems and argue with
your spouse. There are credit counseling agencies
that will help you, free of charge, to straighten out
your finances. Maybe you don't feel good about
yourself because of Family problems - family and
personal counseling are also available. Or maybe
you have an alcohol or drug abuse problem that
affects your ability to come into work on iviondays.
Avoiding dealing with the problem will not help.
Take a long hard look at yourself and see if you are
an abuser - - and take some positive steps to
improve the problem before your supervisor has to
take some disciplinary action against you!
Important Dates
■ Thursday, June 8, Right -to -Know Training
■ Tuesday, June 13, Brown Bag Luncheon
■ Tuesday, June 20, City Safety Meeting
■ Saturday, August 12, City Picnic (tentative)
The Details
Right -to -Know Training is being offered as
mandatory training for all employees as required by
the Department of Labor, Safety Division. Wayne
Anderson from the League of Cities will present a
30 minute presentation with time for questions and
answers.
On Tuesday, June 13th, Steve Chandler, Director of
the Social Security Office in Vero Beach, will be
here during the lunch hour to discuss social security
and how it affects you. Pizza and drinks provided.
The third Tuesday of the month is the monthly City
Safety meeting. Employees are encouraged to bring
to their departmental safety officer's attention any
issues they feel should be discussed by this group.
City Picnic is tentatively scheduled at Long Point
Park in Brevard County right across from the
Sebastian Inlet bridge on A -1-A. More details later.
City of Sebastian Employee Newsletter
Congratulations
Longevity Awards
Thumbs up to the following employees receiving
their five year letter opener:
Jay Bennett, Police Dept.
Jody Bricker, Public Works
Gloria Brown, Police Dept.
Sylvia Clark, Public Works
Barbara Corapi, Police Dept.
Anthony Franciso, Police Dept.
Linda Galley, City Clerk's Office
William Grimmich, Police Dept.
Jan King, Community Dev.
Gerry Kubes, Community Dev.
Robert Lockhart, Police Dept.
Pat Pastore, Police Dept.
Joseph Pace, Police Dept.
Phillip Patnode, Public Works
Margie Poole, Finance Dept.
Thomas Poore, Police Dept.
Paul St. Pierre, Public Works
Timothy ZelinskL Police Dept.
To those receiving the ten year award -a clock-
our
lockour congratulations:
Michael Beyer, Police Dept.
Jerry Converse, Public Works
Eugene Ewert, Police Dept.
Clifford Jamison, Public Works
Kip Kelso, Public Works
Kathy Nappi, Comm. Development
Tim Smith. Public Works
Peter Socci. Public Works
Ed Wessendorf Public Works
Hurrrray!!!! to Slip Cruce in Utilities for passing
the drinking water exam.
Best Wishes to Leland Bacon, who is leaving City
employment after nine years.
Employee rvews
Our Sympathy to Daryl Thompson and
family on the loss of her brother.
Just A Few Words...
Drug use in the work place can be costly to
everyone, the effects are many. First, people who
use drugs are absent four to five times more then
non abusers. Next abusers of drugs have 3.5 times
more accidents and 3.8 times more hospitalization
costs than the non abuser. Alcohol contributes to
almost half of all industrial accidents on the job and
40% of all fatal accidents industrial accidents. To
conclude, the National Safety Council states a one
time accident related to drugs or alcohol costs the
employer 516,800.
Inside the Citv Limits
Birthdays
6i02 Timothy Smith, Public Works
6/02 Michael Whitney, Public Works
6/06 Desmond Chambers, Pub. Works
6/16 Doris Lee, Public Works
6/18 Eugene Ewert, Police Department
6/21 Linda Galley, City Clerk's Office
6/25 Jeff Chandler, Police Department
6/29 Randy Bonar, Utilities Dept.
Longevity
Employees with 10 years of Service:
6/85 Linda Kinchen, Public Works
6/85 Michael Beyer, Police Dept.
Employees with 5 or more years of Service:
6/86 Gary Nicholas , Public Works
New Employees joining the City Family etre:
4/21 Martin Hoover, GC Ranger
4/24 William J. Jursik, Police Officer
4/24 Anthony J. Ciotti, Police Officer
5/02 Janet E. Inman, Asst. Finance Dir.
A Final Thought........
"A man who views the world at 50 the same as he
did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life."
-Muhammed Ali "
City of Sebastian Employee Newsletter