https://thorntonco.cvlcollections.org/files/original/6d9b28d912c4fe24bf79b00ac87cedcb.pdf 38ef42e80dc764ee012dd39e92ea91dd PDF Text Text . . CITY CHATTER Vol_..._ 1 No.3 'The Voice of Thornton Em.e!_Qyees' WAGE STUDY As most of you probably know, the Wage Committee made up of representatives of each department of the City, finished many weeks of time consuming work approximately one month ago. The Committee, working in cooperation with the Personnel Director, formulated a broad package of salary and fringe benefit recommendations for the coming year. As this package was just presented to the City Council for their review, it is impossible to go into too much detail at this time. We can, however, say that in addition to the proposed salary increases for next year, the CoITL~ittee and the Administration have also recommended increases in the City's portion of health insurance, uniform allowance for Police and Fire, and an improved short term disability plan coordinated with a new long term disability plan. The Carreer Service Board~as·: reviewed tne salary and benefit recommendations and basically approved them to the Council as s~bmitted. Upon final approval you will all be notified of· the ~xact details. In the meantime, if you have any questions, check with your Committee representative. FROM: BOB WILSON PERSONNEL DIRECTOR ********************************* Did you read and 11Heed11 the booklet on crime and how you can help combat it? ********************************* Aug_. 25, 1972 QUIZ! How well do you really kno~ your fellow employees? Can yo~ connect the name with the department or job? Below is a list of some of the employees you work with. See if you can correctly identify the department in which they work. Next months issue will provide the correct answers. James Allen Joe Apricio C~&;. · Mary Beth George 1/'ltl,c e,0-A,< Oli Ver Lea /JJo,'q}. ore Bruce Luedeman 8:t3¼:t. Aro Norden Sito p Gerald Rotz -~r-~-~r.s.......-James Scott -'-~~,.~--Karro Sunday _ P~ o/~:.,__.._ _ Danny Moss 4v'f' Larry Simpson .s.~c,,± Lamar Whitney F."....., *****************~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~****** SURPRISE VISIT Evelyn Utterback had a happy surprise recently when her son, David, was able to come home for the week end. David has six months left of a 4 year hitch in the Navy and is stationed in San Diego, California. We would like to tell you what rank David holds but his mon can not remember. She could only tell us that he is an 'electrician and the only title he wants now is "Mister". ~******************************** �FROM BOB WILSON ON EMP LOYE E OF THE MONTH My apologies to all of you for the delay in the Employee of the Month Program. As I indicated to you in the first newsletter in June, supervisors would be nominating members of their department for awards on a monthly basis. Wh ile we have received some nominations to date, not all depart ments have coordinated on one employee to represent their department as a whole. Also, we had a delay when it was decided that in addition to three employees from different departments in the City making up the Awards Comm ittee, that we would also have the Mayor and a member of the Career Service Board to help make theselection. Everything is firmed up at this point and the first Employee of the Month will be announced In.Sep , tember. Again, my apologies- for the delay. DESERT SAILORS It's hard to imagine taking a sailing holiday in Nevada but that is what Terry and Trish Cole are doing. The Coles recently purchased a new sail boat and will spend one week on Lake Tahoe and one week at Clearlake, California. We hear that Trish lost some of her enthusiasim about the boat when they discovered that the gar age door would have to be enlarged in order to accomm odate the boat and trailer. ********************************* THE PERFECT VACATION Ken Standley spent his vacation with a group of Boy Scouts at Camp st. Maiie. How's that for relaxation? THANK YOU VIC MAY There.are some things in this world that we can learn to ac cept but a leaking faucet isnt one of them. -After many months of this small irritation in the employes lounge; the faucet has been fixed. Vic corrected the problem with a pocket knife and screwdriver in about five minutes. Ask busy people and you get it done is a very old and true stat ement. ******************************** COUNTY FAIR Did you grow up as I did-looking forward eagerly each year to the County Fair? Remember the Ferris Wheel and the mid-way and finally, if the folks could afford it or if you could sneak in, the Rodeo. Last week the Adams County Fair brought back memories to this reporter. It was all there and just as exciting as it was when I was a child. The bucking horses, the steer roping, the Brahma Bulls,and the cotten candy. The Clowns risking their lives to protect the thrown rider and everything that made the County Fair, a happenfu:J when I was a child. Although it was well advertised and fast moving, the crowds were not as large as was hoped. Next year, lets all remember the new and beautiful Adams County Fair grounds, less than ten minutes from Thornton and plan to attend. For a real thrill, take a child and enjoy again the excit ment and joy of a great ~e~~ or evening of entertainment. **********************************************************************( �. ENGINEERING As the old song g-oes "Them engineers they have no fears etc. (For the etc, you will have to ask elsewhere, this is a family paper). Seriously, our Engineering Department has ultimate responsibility in almost every technical as pect of City Government. They tell us where the streets should be and how thick the pavement must be and where the property lines are located. If the engineer makes an error in determining the size of a water line someone may not have enough water. We will not go in to the problems inY.olved if they design a sewer line too smallo In any event engineering is a very important cog in the wheels of progress. Plans are now in the mill to establish a temporary modular building behind City Hall to house some of the functions of our expanding and crowded engineering department and possibly some space for other equally crowded departments. Who will move and when it will~ transpire will be in a future issue of this paper. ********************************* PROGRESS Jerry Grbothuis, Assistant Utility Director, - announces the letting of a $369,000 contract to enlarge the treatment plant capacity from 10 MGD* to 15 MGD*. This is a big step in the expansion of the water system and you can keep track of the progress that will be going on··just north fo the existing plant by walking up the hill as the engineers do. Bob Gorsline E keeping his eye on the moving of all that dirt and when it is all finished will probably make it beautiful tor us.(*Million Gallons per day) ********************************* A YEAR OLDER AND WISER Don't forget to wish a Happy Birthday to the following nice people. Sandy Christensen---Sept.25th Freda Davis---------Sept.lOth Kenneth Neely-------Sept. 3rd Kenneth standley----Sept. 5th Thomas Nolte--------Sept.lSth ******************************** WELCOME New to the ranks to our Police Department are; William Clanton, Dennis Kitchin, and Richard Martin. Our new ordinance officer is Thomas Gomer. And a rather special welcome to Bob Wilson, former ordinance officer who has now joined the ranks of patrolman. 3 cheers!!! ********************************* REMEMBER!!! Remember the thrill of getting ready for the first day of the new school year? ********************************* WATER SPORTS Penny Conlin and sons Chris and Kelly have been spending the summer weekends at Boyd Lake. Penny is an enthusiastic ;water skier and the boys are in the novice catagory. Now we know how Penny got her be~utiful sun tan. ********************************* FOR SALE 1969 VW Camper $1850. For de t.a il ss See Bob \Jilson- Pers. Dir. ********************************* AWARD On the 10th of August, Chief of Police Matlock was presented with a Safety Award from Rocky Mountain AAA. Ask him about it, he doesn't mind bragging a little. ********************************* �JUST GREAT BE PATIENT July was probably the best month of the year for the Ivan Clair's. Their daughter Linda and her family came home after·, bang overseas for almost 4 years. The Albrandt family was stationed in Naples, Italy with Nato. Making July complete was a vacation trip to Wyoming. Taking the trip with Mary Bell and Ike was their son and family; the Jack Clair.s, the Don DeRenzo family and the Albrandts. The group took campers up to the Faming Gorge area, with a trip up the Green River to check out the fishing there. We understand that Mary Bell and Ike took their two grandsons up to Wyoming for a couple of days fishing before the big trip. They had a lot of catching up to do after four years. ********************************* SICK CALL Sorry to say that some City employees have been ill. Ernie Hafner has been in the hospital several times this past month and we hope that the doctors find the problem and that Ernie is back on the job soon. Ruth Mccullah is recovering from surgery and hopefully will be back at her desk before too long. our wishes to both Ernie and Ruth for a speedy recovery. We are happy to report that Larry Gerbitz is back to work after being in the hospital for a short time. ********************************** JUST FOR FUN Ask Mary Kay what it is does with corncobs!!! We are getting better~ We do not have any chuck holes in our streets this month and we are learning something new about papers every month. Rather unexcusable was leaving out one entire page of the paper last month. This had the answers to the safety quiz and other articals that we had wanted you to read. Our apologies to those r~porters whose stories did not appear in the paper. Hopefully this issue will be readable and contain all pages. ********************************* WEEK-END CARPENTER Eat youf4}iear1: out-:.. all ycu gals who have husbands that are all thumbs! Sandy Christensen has been bragging about the camper her hus band has built, complete with bunks, storage cabinets and a closet. They took it on a trial run to Dillon on a recent weetend and Sandy tells us that several people stopped to ask where they had purchased such a nice looking outfit. As if that wasn't enough,Sandy then told us that Don had previously built a beautiful bar in the basement. "and all he started with was a couple of 2x4's." ********************************* LOTS OF DIRT Did you ever wonder about men? We just managed to get the dirt and dust settled out in back of City Hall and now they are at it again, moving dirt and digging holes. It will be great for our City though. that one ********************************* ********************************* �- . THE CALL OF DUTY Most people get away from the job while on vacation. Not so for Sgt. Al Rickenbrode who went on a "auiet" trip to Steamboat Springs and then became inbolved in a manjunt after the shooting of a local Police Officer. Sgt. Rickenbrode has been commended by both the steamboat Springs Police and the City of Thornton for effort above and beyond the call of duty for assisting in the search and captur of the wanted man. ********************************* THERE'S HOPE FOR KAILEY Are you aware that Sandy has a "thing" for Bob Hope? He has been a favorite with Sandy since childgood and she finally to to see him in person when he appeared at the Denver Coliseum last week. Tickets for the show were a birthday gift to Sandy from her son and the entire Kailey family attended. When it comes to love of Hope humor Sandy says there is no generation gap in her family. ********************************* WHAT IS A METER READER? Essays have been written extol ing the glories fo motherhood, Santa Claus, and dogs. To the best of my knowledge, no one has until now, taken the time to set forth the virtues, trials and tribulations of a meter reader. A meter reader, like the proverbial mail man goes on through rain or hail or dark of night (more or less). He, or in some cases she, is required to trudge through obstacles, strewn with tricycles, toys and small but vigerous children. We won't mention all the other things they put up with on their rounds. On one notable occasion while bending over to read a meter, one of our meter readers felt a violent shove from the rear. As soon as the meter reader had an opportunity to pick his face out of the grass, he discovered that the culprit was a large and happy horse who could not resist a friendly nudge. Larry said he thought the horse was just horsing around. ********************************* VACATION TIME SPENDS NIGHT CHASING How do police officers spend their spare time? Ask Sgt. French. He spent the night recently chasing hogs and other livestock. Back to work from your vacation? City Employees and their families did so many things that this paper could not keep track of who did what and where and with whom. Some stayed home and relaxed, while others returned to work sun burned and with other ailments from uigerous outdoor activities. Some made trips to visit relatives in far away places while as noted elsewhere in this paper, some had their plans interrupted by unusual and unexpected happenings. Whatever you did, Welcome back to the rat race!!! ********************************* ********************************* DO WE LISTEN Every year we hear remin~ers to be mor cautious in our driving when school starts. 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