https://thorntonco.cvlcollections.org/files/original/70fe3000fae6632928dffa95a7a32fd7.pdf 035e095eddc67eb6931ff977d4a7d35f PDF Text Text :~qi ~it y ehatttr ~ I • Vol. 6 No. 7 'THE VOICE OF THORNTON EMPLOYEES' July 2_~, 1977 CAREER SERVICE BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS The Career Service Board met Tuesday, July 26, to form their recommendations for Council on the 1978 Pay Plan. The following recommendations were approved by the Board: 1) Establish a separate pay plan for the Fire Department personnel using a base rate of pay for each position with no merit steps . 2) Revise the pay scale to include seven steps ending at Step G. 3) Establish a bonus system for employees who have reached the merit maximum. 4) Approve one-grade adjustments for the following positions: Clerk III Dispatcher Mechanic II Meter Repair Specialist Police Officer I Police Officer II Ordinance Enforcement Officer ID/Photo Technician Garage Supervisor Water Supply Supervisor •1 Superintendent I~ Ditch Rider Filter Plant Operator (all lettered) • They also approved the addition of the following positions: Refuse Collection Operator (Range 18) Refuse Crew Leader (Range 20) 5) The Board rejected the recommendation by the Personnel Director that the health benefit insurance would be changed. They recommended that the City continue to pay 100% coverage for an employee and dependents. 6) The Board recommended that a 6.5% cost of living increase be awarded to all classified employees in an equal dollar amount, with the exception of the Fire Department. Salaries for the Fire Department will be adjusted on a percentage basis. . *********************************************************************** �rs I L "HOT STUFF" (FIRE DEPARTMENT NEWS) Chief George Buck has been named Chairman of the new Mutual Aid Agreement. The agreement includes nine cities or fire districts, including Brighton, Westminster, Federal Heights, North Washington, Southwest Adams, West Adams, Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Thornton. According to Chief Buck, by combining these departments, "This will give us the things we need in case of a disaster in any one jurisdiction." For example, some departments, such as Thornton, have 100-foot aerial ladders and others do not. Training will be more efficient and cheaper through the Mutual Aid System. Chief Buck foresees a time when one jurisdiction will set aside land that might include a tower where firefighters will learn to fight blazes in tall buildings, an oil pit where petroleum fires will be simulated and a drafting pit that could be used for pumper practice. One of the features of the system will be a moveup procedure under which a jurisdiction forced to move all of its equipment out to a serious fire may call on other departments to man its otherwise empty stations. According to Chief Buck, "There comes a time when mutual aid is definitely needed. It saves money and provides more efficient firefighting methods." The Fire Department has a new member. His name is Dice and he is an AKC registered Dalmatian. He came to us around the middle of June from a family that could no longer keep him. Dice makes his new home at Station #1. With a little more training, Dice will become a regular member of'Pumper #l's crew. . Three members of our department have also welcomed new additions to their families; Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brysh have a new son, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Kelly have a new daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cutshaw also have a son. Congratulations to these new parents. Speaking of new arrivals, the Fire Department is anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new 1000-gpm Ward Lafrance pumper. This new piece of fire apparatus will bring the number of pumpers in the City to four. Delivery date is expected to be the first of this month. The new pumper will be put on display at the International Fire Chief's Convention being held in Denver in September. *********************************************************************** EMPLOYEES' EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST (j)_j; KNOW=rthere before YOU back! ~NATIONAL SA,t:TY NtMRD •U.s.A. COUNCIL I would like to nominate Officer Ken Reather as the Employees' Employee of the Month. Kenny is one of those special people who is fun to be around, easy to work with and an excellent officer who is considerate of others at all times. Never, in the years that Kenny has been with the Department, have I ever heard a complaint against him, by a co-worker or a citizen. It's always a pleasure to be ~ble to work with Officer Reather and we're glad• to have him with our department. . *********************************************************************** �-ru, :., ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY :MANAGER Let's meet Barbara Green, our new Administrative Assistant to the City Manager. Barbara was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, November 27, 1950, and graduated from Ridgewood High School in Ridgewood, New Jersey, in 1968. From 1968 to 1969 she attended Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia. · She received her BA in art from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in 1971. Barbara is now attending the University of Colorado at Boulder and will receive an MPA in public administration in December. She came to the City after working at the City of Arvada as a Planning Technician. When asked how she and her husband, James, met, she related the following story: "We met in a bar, in Steamboat Springs. I was with a t t date and he was with a group of friends, sitting at a table just across from us. He kept harassing me until I agreed to go out with him. I thought he was rude and obnoxious!" (Sounds Zike so many of us -- we women ought.to trust to our first instincts!) Barbara enjoys all outdoor sports; skiing, backpacking, etc. She has been studying ballet since she was five years old and also enjoys music. Don't forget to give Barbara a warm welcome next time you run "over" her! Linda *********************************************************************** HAPPY BIRTHDAY Wanda Hartleben Gail Gold - - Jim Bourn - - Mary Blagg - Ron Abeyta - John Hogue - John Van Vreede Alex Lopez - Sandra Kailey Richard Maynard Brad Barnes - Larry Winkler Jim Minhas - Bob Hyde - - Gisele Garcia Ike Clair - - Jim Scott - - Deborah Orr - Arlene Stapp Jon Krieger - Wayne Armstrong Gerald Bender Don Krugmire Terry Jerman Jim Martinez Lynn Drajem - Joel Smith - Stephan Reffel Chester Rozean Georle Keil - - - - - Data Processing - - - - - Ordinance Enforcement - - - Fire - - - - - - - - - - Police - - - - - - - - - Sanitation - - - - - - - Shops - - - - - - - - - - Bldg. Insp. - - - - - - - Meter Division - - - - - City Manager's office - - - Personnel - - - - - - - - Recreation - - - - - - - Water Supply - - - - - - Purchasing - - - - - - - Streets - - - - - - - - - Util. Adm. - - - - - - - Maintenance - - - - - - - Fire - - - - - - - - - - Util. Adm. - - - - - - - Police - - - - - - - - - Parks - - - - - - - - - - Sanitation - - - - - - - Water Supply - - - - - - Data Processing - - - - - Water Supply - - - - - - Police - - - - - - - - - Recreation - - - - - - - Streets - - - - - - - - ·- Recreation - - - - - - - Fire - - - - - - - - - - - Maintenance - - - - - - August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August August Au1ust 3 3 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 9 11 12 14 15 16 18 18 20 20 21 21 22 22 23 23 28 29 30 30 31 ************ ******************************************* ************** �- rs. 61 EMPLOYEE PICNIC The time is near for the City Employees' Picnic! This year's festivities will take place at Elitch Gardens on Saturday, August 13, from 11:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. A pavilion has been rented exclusively for all City employees and their families. Dinner, ice cream, beverages, gate admission and entry fee for a golf tournament (putt-putt) are the specialties being brought to you and your family. Some of the options being offered are the unlimited ride pass at the reduced rate of $5.25, the theater which offers both a matinee and evening performance, games at the pavilion and touring the beautiful gardens of Elitches. A sign-up sheet will be sent out to all the supervisors. All employees interested in attending the picnic are asked to please contact their supervisors and let them know how many people will be attending from their respective families. This is extremely important as, in turn, you will be issued that number of tickets for your family before the day of the picnic. Stay tuned for final details ... Any questions? Please contact Pat Mirandy, Ext. 265. Come on, everybody -- there'll be.something for all to enjoy!!! *********************************************************************** THORNTON SEAL The Thornton seal still needs help!!! Please submit design suggestions to Barbara Green. ********************************** To get attention, it's beat a good, big mistake. hard to "The Old Philosopher" _,.., ~NATIONAL .AFITT ........ COUNCIL *********************************************************************** PARTY -- PARTY -- PARTY On August 25, the employees and their spouses and friends will be the guests of the Adolph Coors Brewing Company in Golden, Colorado. Food and beer will be furnished compliments of Coors, and there will be a tour of the plant. If you have never been to a Coors party, you are in for an exciting time. If you have, it's time to relive fun memories. Entertainment will be provided in the following forms: a movie, prize drawing and a special show performed by Johnny Garner from the Parks Department and Joel Sidell from the Police Department. A list of people going must be submitted to Coors, and the maximum amount of people accepted will be 120, so ... first come, first served! Please contact Jay Simmons at Ext. 214 no later than August 5. Check-in time at Coors will be 7:30 P.M. at the main building. Directions will be supplied by the guard at the main gate at Coors. Plan for an evening of fun and join us at Coors August 25 at 7:30 P.M. *********************************************************************** �- ru ,- ":J FACES IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT "The faces keep changing but the work goes on." While this expression could be applied at one time or another to every department in the City, it is most appropriate at this time to the Planning Department. As most of you know, Sue ("Sweet Sue") Dean has caught the eye of the second floor administration with her outstanding work. As a result, she has been promoted into more spacious surroundings and more responsible work. We all wish her the best in her new job. With Sue's departure we were fortunate enough to enlist the temporary services of a Kelly girl by the name of Julie. She quickly became a member of the "family" only to move on to new assignments. 1 · And speaking of "Julies," I would like to introduce the new Planning , Department secretary. Her name is Julie (Perkins) Voyles. She has now i been with the City for approximately one month and is already beginning to settle into the position. Those who frequent the basement have come to know her as a friendly and very outgoing person. She has come to Colorado by way of southern California (looking for cleaner air?). Julie has two sons, ages 11 and 9. Accordingly, she describes herself as being very home-oriented-- except on weekends when she has an opportunity to "swing." As far as her age goes, let's just say that she is "old enough to know better but young enough not to care." She comes to the City with extensive experience in school district, legal and engineering offices -- all of which should help her in her new job. Julie -welcome! In other matters, the "faces" are also changing. Duane Tinsley has taken the role of Planning Director in an acting capacity. A decision should be made in the near future regarding the appointment of a permanent Planning Director. Duane, in a moment of high ambition, has made application for the position. Kim Wolf must be experiencing some of that same ambition. He has jumped into the role of Current Planner (zoning, subdivision, etc.) and is already pulling hair from both the top of his head and from his mustache. If he keeps this up, he will soon have lost as much hair as Duane. Lastly, we have the pleasure of "hosting" two Manpower workers by They will be with us for the names of Winona Viden and Linda Gates. Their "youthful" presence the summer on a number of special projects. and enjoyable. has already made the department more lively *********************************************************************** . ~Jl fDR YOUR JOB... ) ND ACCIDENTS! 1--...;__-.....,' _ • a w~ l C l. C~'\\ l l l ~) l.l.llL l.l. , .'~ ~l (_~ ~ L 1 ****************************************************~****************** �rG,- o OPEN LETTER TO SALARY SURVEY COMMITTEE Del Allbee - Bldg. Mtce. Jack Crane - Water Supply Al Frey - Util. Mtce. . Dave Hayes/Margie Veselik - Police (non-sworn) Dennis Kuckelman - Util. Eng. Bob Messervy - Meter Opr. Art Pontow - Parks & Rec. Dave Ruminer - Fleet Mtce. Kevin Salmen - Streets _ Greg Sheehan/Mark Brysh - Fire Jim Smith - Police (sworri) Linda Smith - Clerical John Van Vreede - Bldg. Insp. Steve Young - Sanitation The efforts you contributed on behalf of your fellow employees were greatly appreciated by the Career Service Board, the City Manager and myself. Your.individual input requesting investigation of specific job descriptions, comparison to selected jurisdictions and analysis of duties influenced position adjustments in many instances. Specific re7-quests involving promotions, policie~ and practices affecting your particular groups will be investigated by the City Manager and myself and will be answered individually. The expectations set for you by the people you represent places you in an unenviable position. We understand the pressures and demands on you and sincerely commend your willingness to get involved by serving on the committee. JoVonne ******~*****************************************************~********** THORNTON EMPLOYEES GAINED ON INFLATION LAST YEAR The U. S. Department of Commerce reported that the average American's income increased by 9.1 percent in1976 while inflation moved up by only 4.8 percent in the same 12 months. All employees in Thornton received a 6.5 percent increase (4.5 cost of living adjustment and 2 percent in benefits) which was slightly more than the_Denver metropolitan price increase of 6 percent. However, if you received a merit increase last year, your total went to 10.5 percent, and if you were among those who received a salary adjustment on January 1, 1977, your earnings could have increased by 15, 19.5 or 24 percent. If you want to compare this year's increase to that of other municipal employees in Colorado, here are final or proposed increases for cities with figures available: Percent Total Aurora 6 percent C.O.L. + 1.5 percent fringe benefits -- general government 7.5 6. 9 percent C.O.L. + .6 fringe benefits -police and fire 7.5 Colorado Springs 5 percent C.O.L. + 1 percent fringe benefits -- all employees 6.0 Commerce City 6 percent C.O.L. + 1.7 percent fringe benefits -- all employees 7.7 Englewood 6 percent C.O.L. + NC in fringe benefits -- all employees 6.0 ..i t t l.e t on 7 percent general government, 6. 5 percent police and 9 percent fire (AVG) 7.5 *********************************************************************** �NEWS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT f re I / We've lost another of our favorite employees. Sandy Christiansen resigned the first of July and is now the secretary to the president of Ellis Foods. Everyone, especially those who worked closely with her, will miss her cheery smile and her efficiency. Good luck, Sandy! Detective Charlie Long has moved closer to the City and is now the proud owner of a condominium. I hope everyone notices that we've finally got a sign out in front of the Fire Department identifying our offices. Maybe, just maybe, we won't lose so many people in the parking lot now. Mary Blagg will be moving into her new home (if they finish it) the first week in August. When's the open house party, Mary? Terry Foster is our newest cadet. Terry's single, attends Metro and as his tan indicates, spends most of his spare time on his motorcycle. Charlotte Miller joins us as a dispatcher. Charlotte is married and has two children. She and her family have lived in the Thornton area for about six years. Congratulations to Arlene Stapp on her new job at City Hall. It'll mean another trainee for us but we're sure she'll enjoy joining the normal people with 8-5 hours. Joel Sidell is back now from his lo-o-o-ng vacation. Those of us that saw him after his return, before his return to uniform, looked twice before recognition hit -- all that time away from civilization takes its toll, you know! Detective Bob Wilson's son, Robbie, has spent the better part of _the last month in Valley View Hospital. Those of you that know Bob might send a card, as that's a long time for anyone to be a-bed. We wish him a rapid recovery. Having recently worked a long stint on graveyard, I'm well aware of those hateful 2 A.M. calls we make to many people with the City. My thanks go out to those who manage to be cheerful about having their sleep disturbed withamajor water break, a building damaged or just because information is needed at that wee hour; Captain Valasek, Al Frey and Fred Davidson in particular somehow have managed to make nasty, 2 A.M. calls into a joy. Thanks, everyone! *********************************************************************** ~· •• Don't be tempted toignoresafety *********************************************************************** �~--pG 1 0 IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE - - Last week I took a couple of days vacation and drove back to Washington D.C. withmyhusband. The trip was nice and enjoyable with only one major hang=up, when the clothes in the suitcases on the back of, the car got soaked in a very heavy rainstorm right outside of Washington. We had gone to Dulles Airport quite early for the flight home, as we have always enjoyed unwinding before a trip and watching the planes fly in and out. After sitting there for a bit, we discovered that you cannot really see the planes as they come in and out. That is one of the airports that have the vehicles that take you out to the planes which taxi to an area several runways away and behind some outbuildings. As we watched what few planes there were coming and going taxi down the runway and disappear behind a clump of trees, we noticed that one ofthe vehicles had loaded up and was heading for a plane which was completely hidden behind the building with the exception of its tail. Another boring 30 minutes or so went by and we noticed the plane begin to move, only it was coming our way instead of going off in the other direction, away from the airport. It taxied up and rested about 20 feet to the right of where we were sitting in the window and came to a rest, waiting for traffic somewhere off to the left to clear. Gary mentioned what a weird looking plane it was. All of a sudden it dawned on us that this was the infamous "Concorde." The cabin looked just like the head of a bird and the front end came to a point and had a little crook on top just like the beak of a bird. The plane rolled forward until it was directly in front of us and again came to a stop. While it was sitting there, the 11beak11 of the plane slowly lowered until it almost touched the ground and then came back up into position, almost as if it were waving goodbye. It taxied onto a runway that went diagonally across and away from the airport. It was truly a magnificent sight to watch. As it raised off the ground, you could see the swept wings which come almost all the way back to the tail and are similar to those on one of our Navy fighting planes, I believe. I can't deny that. I would hate to have one of them flying over my house, e_ye_11 once a day, but I could sit there and watch them take off over and over again and never get tired of that thrilling sight. Sandra *********************************************************************** FOR SALE G.E. Mobilemaid portable dishwasher (avocado) $25.00; 36" X 24" solidly constructed dog house, shingled roof $15.00; 2 redwood picnic tables with 2 benches, take them all $15.00; 7' pool table with table tennis ), 2 nets, 12 paddles, well-used . still usable $50.00. Contact Mrs. Dennis Elliott at 288-3263. Never take the right of wav- _,.. CNATIOIIAL IAPITY ... . . COURCIL *********************************************************************** �rG. :, *********************************************************************** BITS & PIECES FROM RECREATION Hats off to Steve Englund, Employee of the Month for the Parks and Recreation Department! Steve has been employed on a part-time basis with the City as a lifeguard, swim instructor and pool manager for two years. Steve has also been a terrific help to the departmen~ with his art work and brochure designs. Congratulations, Steve!!! Attention, all PIZZA LOVERS!! Any employees or members of their families that would like to be a team in a pizza-eating contest sponsored by Shakey's Pizza Parlor to help raise money for the March of Dimes, please contact Pat Mirandy, Ext. 265. Come on, teams!!! In answer to all the questions that have come in concerning the policy on pool usage for employees and their families, read on Employees and their families are welcome at both City Pool and Highland Pool upon showing either a Recreation Department I.D. card or if you do •• not live within city limits, an employee I.D. If you, the employee, cannot accompany your family to the pool, please make sure they have your card. Also, if you are planning on bringing guests, you may only use Highland Pool. The pool hours for open swim are as follows: Highland Pool City Pool Tues/Fri/Sat 1 - 8 Open to all 12 - 1 Adults Only Sundays 12 - 1 Adults Only 1 - 8 Open Swim 1 - 8 Open to all Anyone interested in looking at the newest Tupperware catalog or seeing what kind of beautiful gifts you can earn simply by hostessing a Tupperware Party, contact your friendly, neighborhood Tupperware Dealer, Pat Mirandy, Ext. 265. *********************************************************************** �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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