MEDIA ADVISORY

Mayor: Jennifer P. Dougherty

CONTACT: Nancy Gregg Poss, Public Information Officer, 301-360-3842

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, August 8, 2003

MAYOR DOUGHERTY PRESENTS AWARDS TO THE CITY EMPLOYEES

Frederick, Md.--- The City of Frederick's Department of Public Works has awarded John Lee with the distinction of Employee of the Year for 2003. Lee received this award for his enthusiastic approach in assisting new employees in learning proper procedures and policies.

"John Lee is the type of employee any employer would love to have; he has been Public Work's employee of the month three times and is very deserving of being selected Employee of the Year for Public Works," stated Fred Eisenhart, City of Frederick Director of Public Works.

Lee was nominated for Employee of the Month in October of '02 that made him eligible for Employee of the Year. He is the 12th recipient of this award. Other receipts include: 1992 Carleen Bowie, 1993 Christopher Flanagan, 1994 Ronald Myers, 1995 Ramona Ridgely, 1996 Russell Goodsell, 1997 Anthony (Tony) Norwood, 1998 David Dawson, 1999 Eva Simpson, 2000 Joel Falkenstein, 2001 Gilmore (Chip) Stitley, 2002 John Lee.

The Mayor also presented the first Employee Aspire Award to Chuck Boyd, director of planning and community development, for the implementation of water allocation ordinance guidelines. This award was created as an employee incentive program for City employees who exceed expectations in service to our citizens or co-workers. The recipients must be nominated, the criteria for nomination are: creativity in problem solving, speed of service, efficiency of service, introduction of an initiative or system that improves customer service, budget control, or operations. Each award winner will receive a certificate and a gift certificate. There will be 12 monthly winners that will be considered for the Annual Employee Aspire Award, which will be awarded in January.