https://thorntonco.cvlcollections.org/files/original/12803ffc904c8487a676ee83ae206288.pdf 8ab0f8ab67af381879af056d2e7096ea PDF Text Text ; MONTHLY NEWS FOR THORNTON CITY EMPLOYEES FROM THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE/ADMINISTRATION Very recently the City Couricil reaffirmed its decision to build a new municipal complex, at 96th west of Washington Street, and has directed us to develop alternatives for financing the project. Because there are a number of new employees, plus a renewed intensity about the project, we thought it would be worthwhile to review the activity on the project to date. Years ago, a very detailed examination of suitable, alternative sites for a new municipal complex was made, and the present site selected. It is located on 96th, west of Washing~on Street (southwest of Alpine Manor at the hilltop) and commands a mill ion-dollar view of the Front Range ~nd the Denver Metropolitan area. The reasons for a new municipal complex are many; one, it will provide needed space for City employees by the time we estimate it will be constructed in late 1982, and will be built to provide space at least through 1990; second, it will permit the consolidation of all departments and activities which now are housed in three locations (City Hall, the Annex, and the Pub! ic Safety Building) thus permitting improved efficiency and greater convenience to citizens and other users of City services; third, located where planned, it is expected to lead off needed commercial and retail development in the corridor bordered by Washington and 1-25 south to 84th Avenue, thus contributing to the City's financial health for years to come; and, fourth, it is a large project, presently estimated in excess of 90,000 square feet at a cost of $9 mill ion, the scale and qua! ity of which will make an appropriate statement about our community and be a source of pride for its citizens and employees. Vol. 9 No. 8 August 31, 1980 In late 1978, the architectural firm of Seracuse, Lawler and Partners were selected from among many top area firms who submitted proposals. In the space-programming phase of their work, which has been completed, they interviewed the City Council, City Manager, Department and Division heads, supervising heads of each budget activity, took suggestions from City employees, etc., and developed the space requirements for the project. These requirements are now being laid out in floor plans a~1 reviewed with the same people to develop a final plan. When this is completed and some drawings developed, a presentation will be made to the City Council regarding progress, and we plan to distribute copies of such drawings~ to Department and Division heads for review at meetings with all employees. We expect that blueprints will be developed by year-end, construction bids to be taken and reviewed this winter, and construction to begin in early Spring, 1981. City Employee ANYTHING GO€S COMPE:TITION 10 AM. to NOON Saturday, September 6 Highland High School Awards Picnic Following �il ~~~rnffi~□@~ ~ an hone, day ,, wo,k EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH The recreation section is proud to announce that Peter DiDomenico received the coveted "Employee of the Month" award recently. We are all proud of him. It is an honor he surely deserves. Pete has been an employee of the City of T~ornton for over a year and a half now. His work has touched every City employee who has attended an employee function. We all remember the fun Christmas Party that Pete planned last year, and most recently, the Employee Picnic at Lakeside. Pete's other duties include teaching co-ed fitness gymnastics, senior exercise, and ski con- ' ditioning. He ran the girl s softball program this summer and assists with the supervision of the Recreation Center. What would we do without him!?!?! FALL CLASSES HIGHLIGHTS Adult Activities: Horseback Riding, Oil Painting, Dancercize, Macrame, Ceramics, Co-ed Fitness, Karate, Swimming, and Country Swing. Youth Activities: Cooking, Ballet, Rollerskating, Art, Adventure Series, Tap, !tty Bits, Ice Skating, Karate, Swimming, Gymnastics, and Horseback Riding. For more information call extension 265. FALL REGISTRATION Registration week for Session I is September 2 through 6. City residents and employees may register Tuesday, Sept. 2 between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. On Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 3 and 4, registration hours are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Resident and non-resident registration hours on Friday, Sept. 5 are 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., and on Saturday, Sept. 6, hours are 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Please bring your Thornton Recreation Photo I.D. Card or your employee card with you when you register. No one will be allowed to register as a Thornton resident or employee without their Photo I.D. Card. THINKING AHEAD .... Plans are now underway for this year's Employee Christmas Party (already??). If you would like to help organize this event and/or have any suggestions towards making it a pleasurable event for everyone, please contact Toddy or Pete at extension 265. 1 ••• Lahor Day: an annual national holiday celebrated the first Monday of September for the purpose of honoring America's working people. One sometimes wonders whether or not such a holiday is warranted when many employees seem to spend more time trying to figure out how to get out of work instead of doing the work for which they were hired. A recent newspaper article dramatizes labor's impact on this nation's economic health. A U.S. Dept. of Labor report reveals that second quarter productivity in the nonfarm sector fell at an annual rate of 4.1 percent. What's more, hourly compensation (wages) rose 10.8 percent in the same period. "That new man may bear watching" In plain English, American workers are getting paid more to work less! No wonder the old saying, 11An honest day's pay for an honest day's work,11 is not heard much these days. Regardless of how we may personally feel about it, all of us collectively contribute to America's overall economic picture. One such area of activity is work--something most of us have to do. Judging from the way some people go about performing their work, we might easily conclude that work is really a curse. Work is something they have to do--it certainly is nothing to be enjoyed. For these folks, work is routine, dull, and boring--something which merely fills the spaces between several punches of the time clock. continued on page 3 Page 2 �continued from page 2 Take the fictitious example of "Joe," a foreman in a small assembly plant. Joe's been with the company for 22 years. Retirement is just around the corner, and he's not about to do anything over which to get very excited. Just as long as his team makes its production quota, that's fine. However, a new kid, "Barry," has been assigned to Joe's team. Barry is fresh out of high school and ready to "set the world on fire." He's enthusiastic, works hard, exceeds his quota, and has even made several suggestions to improve the plant's efficiency. Unfortunately, Barry's excellent example makes everyone else look like a bunch of loafers. Joe knows that if this keeps up much longer, the· other workers on the team will complain. Joe can't afford any problems at this point, so he tells Barry, "Cool it, kid--you're making the rest of us look bad." Pretty soon Barry loses his enthusiasm, and any hope of motivation is quickly snuffed out. Sound familiar? Yet countless thousands of American workers are caught in the same rut. The're in "dead-end" jobs with little motivation except to pick up a paycheck. Such attitudes can eventually lead to further less-than-desireable consequences. Sometimes employees adopt an "I don't care" attitude. Productivitv decreases while coffee break ti1"1e increases. Sooner or later the employee is "counseled" by his supervisor, and if subsequent improvement is not noted, he is given a "pink slip." Ea~h of ~s ~~e blessed with certain talents, skills and abilities. These Godgiven "personnel resources" enable us to find employment. When an employer sees that he can use our skills, he hires us to work for him. The skill or work we render in a given amount of time is compensated for in the form of a wage, salary, or other form of pay. In a sense, the employer is making an investment in us-he is taking the risk that he will "get his money's worth" from the work he hires us to do. All too often it seems that many employees become "bad investments." Take a look at "Susie," another fictitious but recognizable character in today's work force. Susie really doesn't want to work but it's necessary in these times of high prices and rampant inflation. Fortunately for Susie (since she doesn't like to work), her work space is well hidden from her supervisor's view--besides, he's out of the office most of the time anyway. Susie is a professional time waster, and knows every "trick in the book" on how to look busy while actually accomplishing little. Long coffee breaks are explained away as "inter-office consultation," while long absences from her desk are attributed to a malfunctioning copy machine or a stopped-up sink in the ladies room. Of course, Susie doesn't have time to finish all of her work in the normal 8 to 5 routine, so she is "forced" to put in a little overtime here, a little overtime there, and a little overtime everywhere until she absolutely insists on getting her 13 days of"'"compensatory time off." What Susie and countless other Susies fail to realize is that their time-wasting is more than just wasting time--it's stealing time! Time (which is money) is pilfered--quite innocently many prefer to think--from their employers. Such "theft" is equivalent to stealing. Time isn't the only thing "ho nes't em- ployees" steal from employers. Take, for example, "Charlie," (again fictitious), who works for a large cabinet manufaturing firm. Company policy allows employees to purchase (at a discount of course) materials, lumber, hardware, etc., from company supplies. Charlie is refinishing his basement. One day he decides to pick up the 12 sheets of wall continued on page 6 FRANK I ERNEST £ D°N'T '(OiJ l .. WttY I TAl'E A r,AY . OFF TOMO~p.ow, ' 0 ' ---- tiO,-G,t,41(.aS'S. • •• AT HOME~ :t tllfAN. --~~~ [kv-31 ,!\~ C,~-\1g II~ 11di·~~:.~@ ___ =._] 4 LI q:,_.C P~~~? '-'':j"- ..) �Nt:W'~ I-HUM: ?c:;-;:: 4 @m[p)[]~ffi~ • rn~~@m~rn~rnrNIT The weed patrol is up and running. Ordinance Enforcement, however, has requisitioned three riding lawnmowers and grasshopper vaccinations for next year to aid in their battle. Recently Officer Severs was attacked by a stray "hopper" in her desk drawer. Rumor has it that a building inspector may be the culprit in the "Hoppernapping" case. Ordinance Enforcement is a persevering crew, though. In the past few months they have overcome such obstacles as ribbon-eating typewriters, flat tires and stolen gas caps, and have even learned to operate a portable hand fan while driving their city vehicles. Humor abounds in this department. They handle complaints from irate citizens who are upset about their neighbor s house being painted purple, and others who complain about grasshoppers eating their curtains. The first Apparent Ordinance Violation Sheet was received from "Jack Frost" regarding snow on the sidewalk (received August, 1980!). Last week they received a walk-in complaint from two junior (12 years old) "Ralph Nadars " who were concerned about certain used car dealers in the area selling vehicles with "unsafe" tires. With the City growing at its present rate, it is likely that soon the Ordinance Department will be in need of additional personnel. For this purpose they are submitting a Help Wanted ad in anticipation of an increased work 1 oad: 1 ~.-lf<"~,¥;"-~4'?•~~.~~-~~,...(~-HELP WANTED ORDINANCE OFFICER* -Not to exceed 5'2" in height -Unlimited patience and extensive sense of humor -Auto mechanic experience and diplomatic relations extremely helpful -Ab Le to leap taU weeds at a single bound *Now on the endangered species list i ~~ l~"'E-~ 7"E•~-~~-~-~~-J "Fred, Fred, have a heart. You'll louse up the whole vacation schedule." .... BECIPI CH I CKEN WONTON whole chicken breast clove garlic, minced - 2 tsp. grated gingerroot Skin, debone, and chop chicken meat. Stirfry chicken, garlic, and ginger in l Tbsp. oil for 2 to 3 minutes. Add: cup shredded won bok (Chinese Cabbage) ½ cup finely chopped Chinese peas ½ cup finely chopped green onion, including tops cup coarsly chopped bean sprouts cup finely shredded spinach Stir-fry 3 minutes more and add sauce: 2 Tbsp. soy sauce 2 tsp. corn starch ½ tsp. sugar Tbsp. wine or water Cool. Place l tsp. filling on wonton skin. Roll and seal. Fry in oil till browned. �. ,un t, Pa,;e :;; ,, The energy crt.et.e of 1973-1974 brought on by the Arab oil em,al 0 ~ bargo forced us to see truths we should have seen earlier; it has farced us to reckon with our "throw away" philosophy so prevalent in our lives. Although the shock of a severe energy shortage caused Americans to rally to the situation and cut back on energy coneumption, avoiding major catastrophies, we soon forgot about the shortage and possible future consequences. But the energy crisis has not really gone and probably never will. So, in an effort to help us all do our part, I am writing this Energy Conservation column. It will be devoted primarily to active and passive solar considerations, but will also include other energy resource saving tips. I hope that you will find the information both interesting as well as useful. .c ~ .... NEWS FROM: [PO!J[]3[b0~ w@rn~~ ~ First of all, we wish to say goodbye to our summer kids who have helped us out this year. Those that stuck with us were really appreciated. Steve Swanson, Projects Engineer and Jay Hartman, Engineering Technician recently spent two days in Silverthorne attending a Soils Conservation Seminar. Gerry Backhaus, Traffic Engineer, and Harlan Green, Traffic Engineering Technician, have been frantically working on the Traffic Signal Coordination Co~puter trying to get everything keyed-in so they can put it to work. .,. by PATSY KALLMAN fun at lakc,ldc There were 153 tickets sold to the City employee picnic held at Lakeside Amusement Park on August 3. This was evidenced by the f ac t that there were t ab Les and ral.Les of food. Fried chicken and beer were provided and pot luck dishes ranged from green salad, relish trays, macaroni and potato salad to cookies, pies, cakes and watermelon .•. more than enough for all!!! The twin pavilions, which were reserved for the City of Thornton employees provided ample room and shade from the warm summer day. They were also conveniently located to the parking lots, restrooms, kiddie rides and the big thrill rides. There was little or no waiting to get on any of the rides. The Fun House was one of this reporter's favorite experiences. In particular, there was the tunnel which turned around in alternating circles (if you can imagine that). All you had to do was walk through it. Sounds simple enough until you try it ... a definate balance test. I laughed so hard, I cried--especially when Hilda Back, Recreation Clerk, had to have the machine stopped because she couldn't regain her balance. It was hilarious!! Then there were the rides that would leave your stomach up around your throat •.. or throw your t ee tb-out in f-ron-t--of you. No t to mention the uncxp ec t ed ~-:r-=~~!' balloon fight amongst the employees that "broke out" just prior to the controlled water balloon toss contest. No one really knows who threw the first balloon, but we were all dripping wet, including Jerry Hagman, when the Park Police arrived with orders to cease and desist. WHOOPS!!! The winners of the miniature golf tournament were Robert Wilson and Scott Wagner taking 1st and 2nd place respectively in the men's division; Robert Wilson, Jr. and Rick Brooke in the teen division; and Scott Brooke and Gary Rohrbaugh in the children's division. Linda Baldwin was one of the winners in the women's division, and we have to apologize for misplacing the name of the other winner. If someone will let us know, we will get in in next month's Chatter. The winners of the water balloon toss contest were Bill Adams and Bert Hill, and Scott Wagner and Carol Duran tied for 2nd place with Hilda Back and Janet Redshaw. -Toddy Wobbema �con~,nueu (,om page 3 paneling he needs to finish the project. After loading his truck with the 12 sheets, Charlie happens to notice several "slightly damaged" sheets of paneling on another stack. "Ain't no big thing," Charlie thinks. "The company will never miss 'em--besides they're damaged and the company expects to take a loss now and then anyway." However, Charlie isn't the only one who "helps" his company by removing damaged or excess materials. Charlies all over the world help contribute to higher prices for everyone. After all, somebody has to pay for the loss. These two situations--Susie and Charlie-are common everyday occurences. No doubt all of us have been guilty--even if only a little bit-- of similar o~~ences at one time or another. Such frequency, however, does not condone wrong conduct. Our attitudes toward our employers, fellow employees, and our assigned tasks should reflect the highest standard of conduct that we can achieve. While today's typical blase attitude toward work is an ever present negative factor with which people must contend, employees are in an ideal position to be positive influences on the job. The American labor force will always have its Susies and Charlies; however, employees can exercise the initiative to respond to the call that urges good work and good conduct. When employees approach work with enthusiasm, honesty, and diligence they can confidently receive "an honest day's pay for an honest day's work." Reprinted by permission Thank You Our sincerest appreciation for your prayers, comfort, and other considerations at the time of the loss of a loved one. Sincerely, Ruth, Donna, and Michelle Mccullah Donations of blood are still needed. Bonfils is at St. Anthony North on Fridays between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Please designate that the donation is for Steve Mccullah C/0 Mercy Hospital. Timothy Younger Robert Martin Melissa Dees Robert Ford Robert Carmosino Pomela Brown Paul Moris Clay Pearman Moses Hermosillo John Smith Yvonne Morris Thomas Nolte Donald Oliver Donald Applen Walt Swank Larry Zane tell Wilson "f)lder Donald Marshall Bob Le tchioor-tn Del Sandoval Roger Bachman Paul CrOuJ Tom Bushre Charlotte Mi Tl.er William Nelson Leroy Aragon Gene Hayward Arlyn Fuller Thomas Gomer John Bevel Jolene Garst Kim Moore 9/8 9/9 9/10 9/11 9/1.l 9/11 9/12 9/12 9/13 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16 9/18 9/19 9/21 9/21 9/22 9/22 9/22 9/22 9/22 9/22 9/25 9/25 9/26 9/27 9/27 9/27 9/29 9/30 9/30 Utility Billing Police Recreation Parks Police Line Maintenance Recreation Recreation Utility Bi l.l.i.nq Pub lie Works Ordinance Enf. 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