Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The City of Effingham would like to congratulate City Treasurer, Catelyn Vail, on being awarded Employee of the Quarter as a part of the City’s Employee Recognition Program. The Employee of the Quarter Award recognizes an employee who demonstrated either distinguished or extraordinary service during the fiscal quarter or other accomplishments that typically go unnoticed but are worthy of recognition.
Vail was nominated for Employee of the Quarter because she has performed above and beyond expectations on a regular basis. Vail not only performs her job duties at the utmost professional level, but she has also demonstrated numerous times the ability to provide quality leadership through team-oriented projects by assisting other co-workers quickly and efficiently with their tasks.
Vail is a real asset for the City. Her work ethic, personality, and knowledge of several departments has made her a truly valuable employee.
The City appreciates your continued participation in our Employee Recognition Program. If you notice a City employee going above and beyond to serve you, please let us know by calling City Hall at 217-342-5300 or emailing jkemper@effinghamil.com.
The Effingham City Council also met for regular session on Tuesday, discussing a variety of items. Meghan Rewers addressed the Council asking for permission to place ribbons and pinwheels downtown for Child Abuse Prevention Month. The Council was very receptive to the idea, but wanted to make sure the local downtown businesses would be made aware of the ribbons being placed. Mayor Schutzbach said he does not foresee that being an issue with any downtown businesses.
The Council also discussed issues with parking at a future Maternity Center on Temple Avenue. The biggest issue with the parking was how many tenants would be at the daycare as opposed to how many parking spaces are available. The Special Use Permit sought will limit the people allowed to park there to only those attending the Maternity Center. The Special Use Permit will allow less parking as a result.
The biggest discussion item of the night was about a texting communication service that the City can utilize to get urgent messages to the public directly to their mobile device. The service is called TextMyGov, and the idea is for the City to send messages directly to citizens’ cell phones to alert them of road closures, boil orders, and other things in a similar way as EAS messages. Citizens could sign up through their phone by text message, and once signed up, text messages with alerts will be sent directly to their cell phone. The biggest concern was that this excludes people with landlines only. While there is no way around this, the number of people in the Effingham area with only landlines is significantly lower than those with cell phones. This service will not require an app download, and can be opted out of at anytime.
For more information, you can call the City at 217-342-5301.
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