Marietta Honors City Employees For Years Of Service

From The City of Marietta: On Friday, December 2nd, Mayor Steve Tumlin and City Manager Bill Bruton honored both current and recently retired City employees who have served Marietta for a combined total of 2,043 years. The City Manager also awarded several employees with various prestigious City-wide awards.

City Manager's Award

Marietta City Manager Bill Bruton awarded Bruce Bishop, the Deputy Director and Project Manager of the Information Technology Department, and Tim Cox, the Deputy Director of Public Works, the City Manager's Award for Exceptional Service for their accomplishments, hard work, and dedication to the City. This award is presented to employees who provide the best internal service to their fellow colleagues and external service to the public, and is generally seen as epitomizing public service.

Darrell Dickerson Marietta First Award

Ricky Gibbs, a Service Advisor in the Fleet Division of the Public Works Department, received the Darrell Dickerson Marietta First Award, which includes a plaque and $500 endowment. This award is given to an employee who serves as an ambassador for the City of Marietta, both internally and externally, and who cares about the City and its employees.

2016 Employee of the Year

Rick Steffes, Senior Programmer Analyst with Marietta's Information Technology Department, is the employee of the year for 2016. The Employee of the Year award is presented to an employee who is singled out by supervisors, peers, citizens, and customers of the City of Marietta and Board of Lights and Water for consistently having a professional attitude, providing quality customer service, creating an atmosphere of teamwork, having good attendance, and their willingness to serve as a role model.

Supervisor of the Year

Jake King, Lieutenant with the Marietta Police Department, received the Alex G. Newsome Memorial Award for Supervisor of the Year. Alex G. Newsome was an employee of the City of Marietta for 35 years. As Superintendent of Electrical Services, Newsome was known for his knowledge of his craft, dedication, excellent teaching skills, tender heart, sense of humor and homegrown vegetables.

The following City Employees received various pins for their years of service to Marietta:

40 YEARS OF SERVICE:

• Virginia Smith (retired) Police

35 YEARS OF SERVICE:

• Bill Swafford Electrical

30 YEARS OF SERVICE:

• David Beam Police
• Joyce Brown Finance
• Robert Donovan Municipal Court
• Joan Ellars Parks, Rec, and Facilities
• Mike Hathaway (retired) Police
• Danny Messimer Police
• Rodney Scarbro Electrical
• David Tiggs Public Works

25 YEARS OF SERVICE:

• Mark Bishop Police
• Gerald Chabral (retired) Police
• Michael Julian Electrical
• Cliff Kelker Police
• Clayton Little Police
• Gregory Stephenson Police
• Garry Thomas Development Services
• Terry Wardlaw Police
• Chris Whitmire Fire
• Sandra Johnson GWTW Museum

Twenty employees who have served the city for a combined total of 488 years retired in 2016.

• FORREST BEAN, Fire
• STEPHEN BONDS, Electrical
• GERALD CHABRAL, Police
• DAN COX, Marietta Museum of History
• BONNIE DECKER, BLW Customer Care
• DAVID DONLEY, Fire
• DONNA FRITZ, Development Services
• LIBBY HAMMOCK, HR and Risk Management
• MIKE HATHAWAY, Police
• RUSSELL HENSON, Police
• CHERYL HOPPER, Municipal Court
• CAROL JONES, Public Works
• WALTER MCDANIEL, Fire
• SUSAN NICHOLS, Municipal Court
• MARTHA RICHARDSON, BLW Customer Care
• BETH SESSOMS, Development Services
• MONTICE SIMMONS, Parks, Rec, and Facilities
• VIRGINIA SMITH, Police
• ROBERT SNELSON, Water & Sewer
• MARGARET SOUTH, BLW Customer Care

More info: Marietta's Human Resources Department, 770-794-5562

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