RESOLUTION NO. _____________
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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RESOLUTION APPROVING SAN MATEO COUNTY STARS
EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION AWARDS
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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that
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WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors approved a Performance Incentives Program (“San Mateo County STARS”) on December 5, 2006 to recognize and reward County programs that have demonstrated outstanding customer service and program performance; and
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WHEREAS, in 2008 the Green and Employee Suggestion award categories were added to the STARS Awards Program; and
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WHEREAS, nineteen programs (for Program Performance, Customer Service and Green Awards) submitted entries for the FY 2007-08 San Mateo County STARS Award and four received STARS Awards by the Board of Supervisors on March 3, 2009; and
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WHEREAS, one hundred twenty-two suggestions were submitted by County employees, with sixty-six of these suggestions requesting consideration for a STARS Employee Suggestion Award; and
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WHEREAS, the County Budget Workgroups reviewed and evaluated all suggestions and identified six employee suggestions for an award, including: (1) Reduce/Eliminate printed agendas for meetings, instead utilize flip charts, white boards or electronic displays (submitted by Patrice Christensen, Health System); (2) Use direct deposit for travel and other employee reimbursements, eliminating paper checks (submitted by Jason Gordon, First 5); (3) Effectively utilize timers/light sensors on parking lot lights and adjust timers to account for day light savings time (submitted by Cathy Baker, Human Services Agency) , (4) Encourage webinar meetings instead of in-person meetings, especially for document review or canned trainings (submitted by Diana Chung, Health System); (5) Default printers to fast draft (submitted by Lorraine Guerrero, Superior Court); and (6) Increase Voluntary Time Off (VTO) options to encourage employee participation in the VTO Program (Michelle Ladcani, Human Services Agency).
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WHEREAS, the STARS Employee Suggestion Awards recipients will each receive $50 for their suggestions.
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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors approve the STARS Employee Suggestion Awards.
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