Vote: approved

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21. EMPLOYEE AWARDS FOR REWARDING IDEAS PROGRAMS Authorize and approve the employee awards from the Rewarding Ideas Program in the amount of $13,104, and present awards on August 31, 2011. The Rewarding Ideas Merit Award Board met on June 29, 2011, and approved and recommended the employee awards. (C-20-12-011-M-00)

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6. EMPLOYEE AWARDS FOR REWARDING IDEAS PROGRAMS Present the following employees awards from the Rewarding Ideas Program: Robert Dyer , $1,244-- Air Quality : Proposed and researched replacement LCD displays, which enabled air monitoring to substantially reduce the cost for replacing bad displays. The replacement cost is $34, as compared to the former cost of $799 each. The new idea resulted in a tangible savings of $6,120. Sheryl Lawson $2,500-- Juvenile Probation : Proposed that Juvenile Probation Officers who have both desk and cell phones, instead have their desk phones turned off and only utilize their cell phones. Adoption of this modification resulted in a tangible savings of $29,472. Orvis Wiens , $2,500-- Facilities Management : Proposed refurbishing the ladders used by Operations & Maintenance rather than disposing of the ladders and purchasing new ones. Batavia Services provided these services at Durango complex for 94 ladders, which would have cost $19,200 to replace the ladders. The total cost to Facilities Management resulted in $3,300, realizing a tangible savings of $18,540. Caryn Smith , $1,860-- Clerk of Superior Court : Identified a new process to the Adult Probation Terms and Conditions of Probation form. Proposed omitting the wasted three part NCR forms provided by the Department of Adult Probation. This new method provided a substantial annual tangible savings of $9,300.60. Andriy Podolnikov $833; David Fee $833; John Stewart $833-- Recorder ’ s Office : Identified a new process to calculate the statutory-required ordering percentage of official ballots for an election. This new method substantially reduced the number of overages printed and destroyed, providing an additional tangible savings of $339,195 to the Recorder ’ s Office. Edward Brenke , $2,500-- Sheriff ’ s Office : Proposed securing and dispensing the cleaning chemicals in lock boxes in order to prevent waste by the working inmates. T his new method resulted in cutting consumption of cleaning chemical in half, and resulted in a tangible savings of $34,182. (C-20-12-011-M-00)