The

Scoop July 2014

Volume 22, Issue 3

A Newsletter for City of Seguin Employees

Police Chief Receives National Award Seguin Police Chief Kevin Kelso has been selected from a pool of national can-didates to receive the 2014 D.A.R.E. Drug Enforcement Administration Law Enforce-ment Executive of the Year award.

“I am humbled just to be nominat-ed and very surprised to have been select-ed,” Chief Kelso said. “This award would not be possible without the extraordinary team we have in place and the hard work and dedication exhibited by our employ-ees.”

The annual award recognizes the efforts of a law enforcement executive and his or her department for their continuing support of the Drug Abuse Resistance Edu-cation program.

See KELSO, page 3

Burgers at the Bowl Chili Contest Winners

First Place - Nate Garza Capital Projects/Engineering

Second Place Bubba Eckhardt

Parks and Recreation

Third Place Landra Hudson Solansky

Municipal Court

IN THIS ISSUE

Page 2 -Employee of the

Month Awards -City Employees Come

to the Rescue

Page 3 -Several Employees

Promoted -Technical Career Job

Shadowing Day

Page 4 -New Hires -Birthdays

The Scoop is a Publication of the

Public Information Office

The Scoop 2

Employee of the Month Awards

Top left: April - Water/Wastewater employees Julian Gomez and Nakeea Attaway

Top right: May - Library Assistant Anna Arce

Left: June - Seguin Fire Department Station 3 C-shift - Firefighters Jeff Joslyn, Jordan Ghawi and Tabor Mahan, fire apparatus operator Cody Blackburn and Lieutenant Ronnie Dill

City Employees Offer a Cool Helping Hand It didn’t take long after the call

for help for City of Seguin employees to step up to the pate.

In late June, the Seguin Fire De-partment ran out of donations for its an-nual fan drive. On the same day the word went out, Utility Billing Supervisor Leann Wilkerson and Fire/EMS Officer Supervi-sion Liz Arambula started an e-mail chain soliciting donations from City of Seguin employees. Within days, more than $500 in donations was collected!

“Thank you very much,” Fire/EMS Chief Dale Skinner said. “These donations should allow us to buy enough fans to get through July.”

The annual drive pro-vides fans to households with-out air conditioning.

“Not having air conditioning is unimaginable for a lot of us, especially in the middle of these hot Texas sum-mers," Chief Skinner continued. “For many families, the fans we provide through this program are their only source of relief from the heat.”

Donations of fans or money may be made at the Municipal Court/Fire Administration building located at 660 South State Highway 46.

When available, fans may be picked up at the Municipal Court/Fire Administration building between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. A picture ID and proof of residency is required. Limit one fan per household. For additional information, con-tact Seguin Fire/EMS at 401-2310.

Thank you to all the volun-

teers who made the 2014

Cinderella Ball another

great success!

The Scoop 3

Movin’ On Up! Several City Employees Promoted

Left: Assistant Director of Economic Development Kyle Kramm promoted to Main Street Director, effective June 9

Middle: Seguin Police Lieutenant Victor Pacheco promoted to Captain, effective October 1

Right: Assistant Director of Planning Pamela Centeno promoted to Director of Planning, effective June 23

KELSO, continued from page 1

The Drug Enforcement Ad-

ministration sponsors the award to

highlight the importance of law en-

forcement and prevention working

together to make communities safe

and drug-free.

“If there is an event that

benefits the young people of Seguin,

Chief Kelso will be there and be in-

volved,” Seguin Mayor Don Keil said.

“He can be seen standing in the cold,

collecting toys and money for Blue

Santa, attending the D.A.R.E. Cinder-

ella Ball with his daughter and pass-

ing out candy at the D.A.R.E. Hallow-

een Safe House. As a loving father

who is active in his daughters’ lives,

Chief Kelso is highly motivated to

make sure that our kids grow up in

an environment that is safe and drug-

free.”

Chief Kelso was presented

the award July 8 at the 27th D.A.R.E.

America International Training Con-

ference in Grapevine, Texas.

It’s All About the Kids A big thank you goes out to the to the City of Se-guin departments and employees who gave facility tours to Seguin High School stu-dents as part of Technical Career Job Shadowing Day!

The Scoop 4

Welcome to the Team!

Have an idea, comment, picture or story for The Scoop? Public

Information Officer Scott Packard wants to know! Reach him at

386-2590 or SPackard@seguintexas.gov.

Happy Birthday! Another Year Older, Another Year Wiser August

1 Gilbert Ybarbo

2 Cark Eckhardt

6 Candyce Hartmann

John Strobel

7 Clinton Trammell

9 Jacqueline Jennings

10 Timothy Perez

12 Clay Howard

Tammy Garcia

15 Dodson Renaud

Richard Rodriguez

Tracy Scrimshire

17 Gilbert Perez

Patricia Wilkerson

18 Jamie Alvarez

20 James Springer

21 Ricky Valadez

23 Brittney Abrameit

Juan Rivera

24 David Rice

26 Ashley Vela

27 Delissa Crayton

30 James Phillips

31 Andrew Quittner

September

2 Billy Rodriquez

3 Ricardo Cortes

5 Lavonne Bateman

6 Melinda Escobar

7 Donnalaia Cash

Oscar Bustamante

Reyna Hill

9 Timothy Ramirez

14 Christophere Luna

15 Maureen Watson

18 Donald Keil

Ronald Dill

19 John Crady, Jr.

Julissa Salamanca

Steven Olinick

20 Donna Dodgen

21 Ryan Armenta

22 Erica Reyes

23 Danny Bornemann

Louis Salinas

Rene Garcia

Tim Martin

24 Benjamin Lopez

25 Richard Anderson

Sami Kuhn

26 Bruce Allen

Kevin Kelso

27 Ruben Casarez

29 Chandra Jobb

30 Christina Neitch

Gracie Rodriguez

Jason Morales

Mary Clare Myers

Suzann Gonzalez

October

1 Juan Villarreal

Linda Haseloff

Ruben Perez

4 Harriet Engelhardt

Tomas Castellon

5 Devin Douglass

Douglas Faseler

6 Ray Alcoser

Victor Morgan

7 Ricardo Jimenez

9 Lorena Rodriguez

10 Stephanie Preslock

11 Adolfo Mendez, Jr.

13 Charles Mead

14 Bennie Cockran

Keith Bolton

Naomi Manski

Stacy Passante

18 Amanda Kelley

Ricardo Bermea

20 Christine Ramos

Eric Jiminez

Jackie Jones

21 Nicole Solis-Douglass

22 Marcia Kiel

23 Joseph Adams

24 Diana Johnston

Edward Teneyuque

25 Ruben Rodriguez

26 Tom Teboe

27 Alberto Rivas

29 Rodrigo Ramirez

Timothy Reinikka, Police Officer

Angel Cisneros, Firefighter (Part Time)

Sofia Nelson, Assistant Director of Planning (Interim)

Benjamin Dundon, Public Works Service Worker (Temp.)

David Falcon, Public Works Truck Driver

Christopher Luna, Public Works Service Worker (Temp.)

Cayton Germany, Public Works Mechanic Trainee

Kalina Hesskew, Library Clerk (Part Time)

Amanda Wilke, Library Clerk (Part Time)

Ronald Afflerbach, Parks Service Worker (Temp.)

Candyce Hartmann, Parks Unit Coordinator

Meredith Huser, Parks Unit Coordinator

Merideth Garcia, Electric Intern

Jarrott Olree, Electric Apprentice

Jonathan Davila, SSLGC Service Worker

Barry Mason, Water Heavy Equipment Operator

Steven Cates, Facilities Building Maintenance Specialist

Joshua Farrell, Facilities Manager

Lavonne Bateman, Lifeguard

Oscar Bustamante, Pool Manager

Steven Cardenas, Lifeguard

Kevin Clack, Lifeguard

Kacey Depalermo, Lifeguard

Brady Heller, Wave Pool Cashier

Linda Hernandez, Wave Pool Cashier

Marilyn Miller, Lifeguard

Angel Nieto, Lifeguard

Phillip Ross, Lifeguard

D’Zhona Schuler, Lifeguard

Khalid Schuler, Lifeguard

Facebook.com/SeguinTX

Twitter.com/SeguinCityHall

September 1 Labor Day

September 25 Health Expo

Mark Your Calendar