City employees honored for 1,650 service years

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Current and recently retired Marietta employees were honored by Marietta Mayor Steve Tumlin and City Manager Bill Bruton for serving Marietta for 1,650 years.

Bruton also awarded several employees online due to the COVID19 pandemic:

City Manager’s Award: Paul Hazel and Michael Mcinnis, city service workers in the Sanitation Division of the Public Works Department; Richard Stokes, transportation project inspector in the Transportation Division of the Public Works Department; Richard Franklin, fire prevention lieutenant in the Fire Department; Joel Mills, recreation supervisor in the Parks, Recreation and Facilities Department and Eric Patten, engineering manager in the Board of Lights and Water Electrical Department.

Darrell Dickerson Marietta First Award: Elizabeth Jacobs, benefits manager in the Human Resources and Risk Management Department, including a plaque and a $500 endowment.

2020 Employee of the Year: Willie Lowe, city service worker in the Sanitation Division of the Public Works Department.

Alex G. Newsome Memorial Award for Supervisor of the Year: Eric Johnston, foreperson in the Fleet Division of the Public Works Department. Newsome was a Marietta employee for 35 years as superintendent of Electrical Services.

Rising Staraward: Ian Murray, city service worker in the Sanitation Division of the Public Works Department, and Matthew Cole of Police.

The following city employees received various pins for their years of service to Marietta:

35 years of service: Shane Cantrell of BLW Electrical, Michael Goins of Police, Troye Huebner of BLW Water, Tim Milligan of Police and Robin Priest of BLW Electrical.

30 years of service: Marty Ferrell of Police, Steve Graham of BLW Electrical, James Mathis of Public Works and James Wells of BLW Water.

25 years of service: Rich Buss of Parks, Recreation and Facilities; Steve Campisi of Police, Grant Foster of Police, Lavander Hines of BLW Water, Tom Jones of BLW Water, Kim Kucy of BLW Customer Care, Tim Nalley of Fire, Grant Pearson of Fire, Mike Vickers of Fire and Bobby Watson of BLW Electrical.

Retiring last year were 28 employees who served the city for a combined 661 years.

Information: mariettaga.gov