City Council is scheduled to celebrate many long-serving employees at a celebration on March 7.
On March 7, 2018, City Council will celebrate long-serving City workers. Among them are three who have given exceptionally long service to the city: Jill Peterson, Warren Hays, and Chief Gary Tillotson.
Jill Peterson started her employment with the City on February 16, 1982 as a Planning Secretary and Administrative Assistant to the Community Development Department. Jill has witnessed many changes throughout her 35 years here and has moved from her initial job in Community Development to a City Planner position, and is currently the Deputy City Clerk. Jill says it is “never a dull moment” working at the City and has enjoyed the many opportunities to learn new things “at the school of hard knocks on local government!”
Warren Hays began as a temp in the Streets Department in the fall of 1991 before becoming a permanent employee on February 9, 1992 as a Maintenance Worker. He eventually moved to the Water Department in 1996 and has consistently moved up from there. Warren’s drive was evident last year when he became the Chief Water Treatment Plant Operator. He “can’t believe how fast the time has gone by” in his 25 years here.
Chief Gary Tillotson left the construction field to turn his volunteer fire and EMS work into a full-time job and started working for the City on August 11, 1992. Over the past 25 years, Gary has served as a Firefighter and EMT, Lieutenant, Captain, Battalion Chief, and is now Fire Chief. Gary says he finds “huge satisfaction in being a part of a great organization providing outstanding service to our community.”
Other employees celebrating anniversaries include:
5 YEARS
Troy Benson, Building Maintenance II
Lynne Springer, Code Enforcement Officer
Chris Dietrich, Police Officer III / School Resource Officer
Bradley Noel, Police Detective
Kathleen Michel, Community Development Administrative Assistant I
Terri Partch, City Engineer
10 YEARS
Elida Trujillo Solano, Building Maintenance I
Mary Louise Haflinger, Procurement / Contracts Coordinator
Blake Gobbo, Police Officer III / K9 Handler
Daniel Scott, Police Sergeant
James Nimmo, Firefighter II / EMT Paramedic
Dustin Noffsinger, Fleet Technician
15 YEARS
Jessica Hawkins, Customer Service Representative II
Martha Gonzalez, Janitorial Staff Supervisor
Janie Daniels, Parking Attendant
Matthew Gronbeck, Police Sergeant
Joshua Allison, Firefighter II / Engineer
Ronald Biggers, Fire Marshal
Jason Grosse, Fire Lieutenant
Jesse Hood, Fire Lieutenant
Layne Wing, Firefighter II / Engineer
Larry Mills, Electric Meter Technician