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Summer bravos
Congratulations to Richard Gomez, Fire, Damon Russell, Public Works & Engineering and Mary Ann Grant, Information Technology, who were selected as Bravo Award winners for excellent work and contributions to the community. Mayor Bill White and Councilwoman Ada Edwards recognized them Sept. 18 with a Mayor’s certificate. For more information, visit www.houstontx.gov.
For inspiration, they watched Bio-Dome
Health & Human Services’ laboratory operations team won the 2006 BioWatch Exercise and Evaluation Program Award for teamwork and overall excellence in laboratory operations. Team members are Dr. Suresh Pai, Guadalupe Garbalena, Heather Arredondo, Jorge Robles, Janelle Campbell, Tiffanie Truong, and Reginald Sawyer.
The national BioWatch program detects the release of pathogens into the air, giving warning to government and public health communities of a potential bioterrorism threat. BWEEP is an evaluation of all aspects of BioWatch, including field and laboratory site visits and written reports of daily activities to ensure that BioWatch is functioning under Department of Homeland Security procedures and protocols.
A great view from the APEX
The Human Resources communications division won six APEX awards, including a Grand Award in the magapapers and newspapers category for City Savvy. Savvy is written by Dave Schafer and John Perry and designed by Nichole Robinson. Leslie Denton-Roach is publications manager.
The division also grabbed Awards of Excellence for total publication programs and for day on the job stories in the regular departments and columns category. Schafer won an APEX in Web writing for the story, “I’m Flexible,” in the Spring ’06 online edition of City Savvy. Perry won in the health, fitness and medical writing category for “Lung cancer kills with a puff of smoke,” in the Winter ’06 issue of Benefits Pulse. And Denton-Roach won for the HR Web site.
It’s not easy being green
Paulette Wolfson, assistant city attorney, gave a presentation on environmental issues affecting Houston at the Houston Bar Association’s environmental law conference Sept. 28.
Banging the gavel, swinging the club
Municipal Courts Judge Gordon Marcum III was featured on the cover of GOLF HOUSTON’s September issue. Alongside an article, the magazine’s “Person of the Month” is shown in his judicial robes on the golf course.
Outstanding in wastewater
Public Works & Engineering’s wastewater operations branch received 36 of the 400 Peak Performance awards given by the National Association of Clean Water Agencies during the association’s summer conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The awards recognized plants for outstanding compliance records. The Beltway, Chocolate Bayou, and Northgate wastewater treatment plants won Platinum awards for meeting National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit limits for five or more consecutive years. Seventeen plants won Gold awards for achieving 100 percent compliance with NPDES limits during 2006, and 16 plants received Silver awards for having five or less NPDES permit violations.
Planning for accreditation
Jennifer Ostlind, Planning & Development, and Yuhayna McCoy, Parks & Recreation, received American Institute of Certification Planners accreditation from the American Planning Association for their planning knowledge.
Female president wins voters’ support
Debra Pruitt, Public Works & Engineering administrative coordinator, was named “Distinguished Chapter President” by the International Association of Administrative Professionals. Pruitt, president of the association’s Houston chapter, received the award at the International Convention and Forum in Tampa.
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