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Fairfield is always interested in knowing of employees worthy of STAR status, defined as when a staff member exhibits the qualities of Service, Teamwork, Above and Beyond performance, and Reliability. If you know of such a person deserving of special recognition, nominate him or her online.

1st Quarter 2007

Four Fairfield employees have been honored with a STAR Award for the first quarter of 2007: Robert Jackson, Jason Turner, Robert “RC” Wysong and Brad Williams.

For the past three years, Street Division Maintenance Worker/Laborer Robert Jackson has participated in the “Summer Adventures for All Kids” event presented by the Butler, Clermont and Hamilton Counties Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities (MR/DD) Boards, St. Joseph Orphanage and Southwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center. While at the event, he is usually mobbed for autographs... not because of his current position with Fairfield, but as a former pro football player with the Cincinnati Bengals.

While signing autographs for this worthy cause, Robert signed up for much more, becoming a mentor for a young man who desperately needed a healthy male role model, according to his Caseworker Debi Robertson with the Butler County Board of MR/DD.

“I have been with the Butler County Board of MR/DD for 18 years and have never been able to find a mentor who was consistently willing to help with the disabled kids I work with, much less to do it over a period of time,” Debbie said.

Jason Turner and Robert “RC” Wysong, Operator/Maintenance Workers in the Wastewater Division, earned STAR Awards for their work on a special project that was critical to long-term planning for their division.

In order to work on the project, both had to acquire special skills so they could install 36 computerized flow monitors throughout the sewer collection system, then retrieve the monitors 90 days later. Once retrieved, the data was forwarded to a local engineering firm for analysis. Without their willingness to work on the project, the City would have had to contract with an outside company at a cost of approximately $25,000 to $30,000.

In his position as a Recreation Programmer in the Parks & Recreation Department, Brad Williams focuses recreational offerings to the senior adult population of the City. However, Brad’s educational background and certifications also allow him the flexibility to reach out to the MR/DD community and expand recreational offerings for this often underserved population. His willingness to go beyond day-to-day assignment has earned him STAR status.

Brad began a “Movies in the Theater” program on weekdays and arranged for busing of residents from local MR/DD facilities to the Community Art Center. Typically, three or more busloads of residents participate in the program and usually see a “first-run” movie and receive a bag of popcorn as part of a “day out” at the CAC. Brad also began an arts and crafts program for the residents and recently participated in a basketball game at a local elementary school.