The City of Grover Beach annually recognizes four outstanding employees who embody the principles of public service and have dedicated themselves to providing outstanding customer service to our community and co-workers over the past year. This process also acknowledges all those City employees who were nominated by their peers. On December 12th, a City awards ceremony was held to recognize all employees who were nominated and to announce the 2003 Outstanding City Employees in the following four categories:

2003 Employees of the Year:

City Hall - Elaine Rojas, Revenue Technician.
Elaine has been with the City of Grover Beach since August 1994.

Public Works - Pete Yracheta, Jr., Maintenance Worker II.
Pete has been with the City of Grover Beach since June 1993.

Police Department -Laura Vinnedge, Administrative Secretary.
Laura has been with the City of Grover Beach since November 2000.

Fire Department - Jesse Laxamana, Engineer.
Jesse has been with the City of Grover Beach since May 1994.

Additionally, the Police and Fire Departments annually recognize outstanding employees from within their respective Departments. As this newsletter goes to print, the Fire Department's Firefighter of the Year has not yet been announced; however, the following Police Department employees were recently recognized at a Department ceremony:

2003 Police Department Employee of the Year:
Juan Leon, Police Officer

2003 Police Department Support Personnel of the Year:
Patti Clemo, Records and Communications Technician

2003 Police Department Reserve Officer of the Year:
Richard Simpson, Reserve Officer

2003 Police Department Part-time Employee of the Year:
Nan Pipitone-Pennock, Records & Communications Technician

2003 Police Department Volunteer of the Year:
Gene Gates