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2002 awards to employees
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2002 awards to employees

County Executive Nick Pirro and Commissioner Dick Elander celebrate WEP employees with 25 years of service to the department.

Congratulations to our award winners!

2002 marked the tenth year that WEP has conducted an employee recognition award program to honor outstanding employee service.

A formal ceremony, hosted by County Executive Nicholas J. Pirro and Commissioner Richard L. Elander, was held December 6th to recognize the accomplishments of nine employees in five different award categories. Along with receiving an individual plaque, each recipient's name is engraved on a perpetual plaque that is displayed in the front lobby of the Administration Building at the Metropolitan Syracuse Wastewater Treatment Plant.

Thank you to the following winners for their good work!


 

Operation and maintenance  
James Jones, senior WWTP operator
Peter Zangari, auto mechanic crew leader
Timothy Davis, heavy equipment mechanic crew leader
 

Technical support  
Italo Salomone, instrumentation mechanic
Timothy Morse, instrumentation maintenance coordinator
 

Leadership  
James Stoddard, instrumentation crew leader
Austin Simmons, stream maintenance crew leader
 

Secretarial / clerical support  
Collette Hare, typist 2
 

Special achievement  
Jose Ramos, stock clerk

Anniversaries

The following individuals were recognized for longevity in service:


 

30 years  
Deborah Bitely, William Bowles, Rolf Brown, Michael Masterleo, Randy Ott, and Peter Zangari
 

25 years  
James Adsitt, John Bailey, William Boyke, Earl Claflin, James Floyd, Francis Goldthwait Jr., William Harris, Ronald Kuc, Norman Lajoie, John Lefevere, David Oliver, James Putvin, Dante Racciatti, and James Zemotel
 

20 years  
Richard Abbott, Joanna Anthony, Ronald Carrigan, Craig Crittenden, Jeffrey DeSimone, John Ellis, Cynthia Gagliardo, Andrew Gunnip, Michael Halczyn, Scott Heffron, Jeffrey Isgar, Charles Luke, Timothy Morse, Cindy Stroup, Anthony Sucapani, William Taylor, and Sandra Tuori-Bell.

The Commissioner also took this opportunity to recognize twenty-two WEP employees who used no sick leave in 2002.
 
Commissioner Richard L. Elander welcomes everyone to the Tenth Annual Employee Recognition Award Program.