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· City Pleasanton STA REPORT 41 June 18, 1996 SUBJECT: Employee Recognition Program - Phase IV - Suggestion Award STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council approve Phase IV of the Employee Recognition Program as presented by the Recognition Committee SUMMARY: The Recognition Committee was formed to design an Employee Recognition Program. The Committee completed Phases I and II in 1991 and Phase III in 1993. Phase IV establishes the Suggestion Award. Honorable Mayor and Members of the Council: BACKGROUND The Recognition Committee was formed by the City Manager to custom design an Employee Recognition Program. The Committee is made up of employees representing all segments of City employees including several department heads. Phase I covered the annual employee awards luncheon plus service awards gift plan. Phase II addressed retirement from City service. Phase III established the Special Awards for Customer Service, Exceptional Service and Volunteer Service. After completing Phase III, the Committee expressed a desire to look at recognizing employees that identify ways City operations can be improved and identify a solution or identify a way a City activity can be done quicker, better, easier, safer or at less cost. The Employee Recognition Committee began working on Phase IV of the Employee Recognition Program in January 1995. The first task was to research other agencies that had similar employee recognition programs that included an "idea" or suggestion award. After identifying and contacting these agencies, the Committee reviewed five existing programs. From those programs, the Committee developed the City of Pleasanton Suggestion Award (see attached Suggestion Award Program). SR 96:195