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During today’s Reno City Council meeting, seven City employees were honored with Employee of the Quarter Awards. The awards are based on the City’s core values of respect, responsibility, responsiveness, and results—also known as the 4Rs. Employees selected for the awards were nominated by department directors and co-workers.

The follow City of Reno employees received Employee of the Quarter Awards:

Gayela Emory, Finance Department
Emory is recognized for her continuous work and dedication in preparing a comprehensive budget during extremely trying times with the current economic conditions and reductions in staff. She continuously works with all departments to help them realize their objectives and perform their tasks within budget constraints.

Joyce Bushco, Finance Department
Bushco is recognized for taking the lead as Project Manager in the City’s transfer of banking services. She coordinated with the new banking company and the various City departments that were effected to successfully implement this huge transition.

Kim Kilgore, Finance Department
Kilgore is recognized for developing and maintaining a parking citation tracking and collections process for the City Clerk’s Office. Developing this process has resulted in over $150,000 of additional revenue collected.

Mary Beth Anderson, Parks, Recreation and Community Services
Anderson is recognized for her excellent customer service, technical expertise, and passionate professionalism. She places the highest priority on supporting, directing and giving excellent customer service to all individuals that she comes in contact with, whether external or internal.

Katy Kelly-Ballinger, Parks, Recreation and Community Services
Kelly-Ballinger is recognized for taking the lead role in the Youth Services Programs during the aftermath of layoffs. She was able to keep all services flowing smoothly and took over key components of extra work that was required for continued performance of critical programs.

Bob Forse, Parks, Recreation and Community Services
Forse is recognized for his dedication and actions in keeping Rosewood Lakes Golf Course operating smoothly and for running a great golf program. With a reduction in force of part time staffing, Forse has pitched in above and beyond his normal duties to ensure a well maintained and playable course.

Sharon Spangler, Community Relations
Spangler is recognized for creating an in-house television broadcast facility that has been particularly noteworthy. As a result, the City is now able to broadcast live meetings and scheduled programs from City Hall, conduct pre- and post-production tasks in-house, and save $135,000 in the first year of operations and approximately $225,000 next year.

Congratulations to everyone!

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