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Outstanding Job Performance Recognition: Mauricio Alvarenga, Senior Solid Waste & Recycling Crew Supervisor; Alicia Ide, Management Analyst; Beatriz Spies, Permit Technician II; Otis Belisle, Scout Vehicle Operator; and Jose Serna, Laborer, for the Public Works Department.
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Meeting Date: June 4, 2025
Contact Person/Dept: Dana Anderson / Human Resources
Phone Number: 310-253-5640
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: (Email) Meetings and Agenda (05/29/2025); (Email) All City Staff (05/29/2025)
Department Approval: Dana Anderson, Director of Human Resources (05/28/2025)
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RECOMMENDATION
The recommendation from the Public Works Department, which was approved by the City Manager, awards Senior Solid Waste & Recycling Crew Supervisor, Mauricio Alvarenga, three (3) working days off with pay and a $1,000 cash award in recognition of outstanding job performance.
The recommendation from the Public Works Department, which was approved by the City Manager, awards Management Analyst, Alicia Ide, three (3) working days off with pay and a $1,000 cash award in recognition of outstanding job performance.
The recommendation from the Public Works Department, which was approved by the City Manager, awards Permit Technician II, Beatriz Spies, three (3) working days off with pay and a $1,000 cash award in recognition of outstanding job performance.
The recommendation from the Public Works Department, which was approved by the City Manager, awards Scout Vehicle Operator, Otis Belisle, three (3) working days off with pay and a $1,000 cash award in recognition of outstanding job performance.
The recommendation from the Public Works Department, which was approved by the City Manager, awards Laborer, Jose Serna, three (3) working days off with pay and a $1,000 cash award in recognition of outstanding job performance.
These awards from the Public Works Department are before you tonight for public acknowledgement are in accordance with Civil Service Rule 15.4.
AUTHORITY
15.3(e) Outstanding Job Performance Recognition Program:
a. Oral recognition by the appointing authority.
b. Written recognition by the appointing authority with copies to the employee and the Human Resources Department for placement in the employee’s personnel file.
c. City Council resolution commending the employee, i.e., City Council commendation.
d. Granting of up to three (3) working days off with pay.
e. Increase in compensation (step advancement within range prior to scheduled date or additional step beyond that scheduled).
f. Cash award, up to $1,000. Cash award will be taxable, non-PERSable and subject to available funds within the awarding department’s budget.
g. A combination of any of the recognition awards set forth above.
15.4 Procedures:
The appointing authority may recommend an employee for an outstanding job performance which meets the criteria of the program. The appointing authority shall prepare written recommendations and shall forward them to the City Manager for approval, disapproval, or modification. The recognition award and/or commendation (excluding oral and written recognition by the appointing authority) shall be forwarded to the Commission for public acknowledgment.
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2025-06-04 - ATT Merit Award Mauricio Alvarenga
2. 2025-06-04 - ATT Merit Award Alicia Ide
3. 2025-06-04 - ATT Merit Award Beatriz Spies
4. 2025-06-04 - ATT Merit Award Otis Belisle
5. 2025-06-04 - ATT Merit Award Jose Serna