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Employee Recognition

DEPARTMENT MANAGERS MEETING

Feb. 16 , 2012

Safety Issues

Pete Schoemann reported on the contaminated soil clean up at the In-N-Out Burger job site.  District crew did a thorough clean up of the soil which was analyzed and determined to be contaminated with hydrocarbon.

Brett Kawakami reported on a recent injury at Bollman WTP.  An employee sprained an ankle on the edge of a non-slip floor mat, due to the mat height being higher than the flooring.  To prevent similar injuries in the future, the mat will be timely replaced with a less hazardous alternative.

Leah Orloff has a compiled a list of Safety Committee members who will be responsible for communicating Safety Committee proceedings to all District staff.  A memo informing the process for safety communication will be attached to the list which will be distributed to all employees.  The intent of this action is to ensure that every District employee has an opportunity to receive communication from the Safety Committee, and communicate safety concerns out to them.

Pete Schoemann informed of the need to find replacements for retiring Safety Committee members.

Steve Welch reported that the safety clock was stopped at 145 days due to a back injury.  The employee was engaged in manually turning a large valve.  It was noted that recent injuries have typically been due to repetitive motion, which can be preventable.  Staff are encouraged to focus on those type of potential injuries.

Staff Recognition

All the managers present at the meeting thanked Kurt Ladensack for providing finance and personnel-related support to the various departments.  The legal team also acknowledged him for working with them on various issues over the years.  Kurt was acknowledged for the tremendous contribution that he has made to the District.  Kurt expressed his gratitude, and informed the team of his respect for an exceptional team at the District that he has had the pleasure of working with over the years.

Brice Bledsoe thanked Deanna Sereno for providing a briefing on the BDCP at his Finance Department staff meeting on January 25th. The presentation was informative on important issues affecting the Delta and CCWD.

Matthew Novak thanked Scott Weddle for his continuing help with the Safety Projects; getting items resolved and specifically his help with the Bollman PA System. It is a good working partnership across functional areas of Engineering, Maintenance and Construction that helps to resolve issues.  He also thanked Rachel Murphy for her help resolving a paving repair issue in the City of Oakley.

IS Division thanks Peter Stabb and Ryan Freeborn for stepping out in advance of the critical timeline to assist in the steps needed to re-establish data and telecommunications at the LVE facilities, LV Dam and LV Marina.

On behalf of Andrew Lee, Rachel Murphy acknowledged the following staff:

1. Joe Piro, Glenn Nelson, Scott Nelson, Butch Martinez and their staff for their assistance on the Safeway Rectifier Relocation project. The relocation was completed on schedule to allow the City to open up the new left turn pocket lane.

1. Carlos Benitez for providing access to EPICOR during the Safety Training Improvement Program gap assessment phase. Carlos has played a key role in assessing key system features and developing the upcoming pilot.

On behalf of Jimmie Abbot, Brett Kawakami thanked Kim Lin, Lucinda Shih and Jeff Quimby for update and improvements to the energy scheduler. 

Watershed and Lands would like to thank Tom Branch, Matthew Novak, and Pete Schoemann for welcoming the new maintenance staff from LV to the Operations & Maintenance Department.

Peter Colby would like to thank Dave Omoto for welcoming him as Dave’s new supervisor, and in advance for sharing his knowledge as Peter becomes familiar with the subject matter of Dave’s work.

Marguerite Naillon thanked Kurt Ladensack and Doug Coty for their assistance in bringing her up to speed on legal issues.

Marguerite Naillon, Fran Garland, and Matt Moses thanked Rachel Martin, Dan Jones, Cary Richardson-Merkle, Allison Batteate, Greg Dixon, Darin Regli, Bob Henry, Peter Stabb, and Ryan Freeborn for their assistance with the recent tour of the Rock Slough Fish Screen and Los Vaqueros Expansion for DWR and Reclamation staff.

Human Resources/Risk thanks Jim Freschi for assisting the HR/Risk Department with updates, changes, and postings on the Internet and Intranet. 

Pete Schoemann thanked Leah Orloff and Lucinda Shih for their work in developing the untreated water energy budget.  They have done a great job and basically had to rebuild the budget all over due to the new facilities and agreements