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Memorandum ~orth Carolina Association of County Commissioners Matllng dddres~: P. O. Box 1488, Raleigh. NC 27602-1488 Street Address: Albert Coa~s Local Government Center, 215 N. Dawson Slre~ Raleigh, NC 27603 Telephone: 919-715-2893 * Fax: 919-733-1065 * Ematl: ncacc(~cace.org Home Page Address: http'J/www.nencc,org TO: County Managers Please Share with Your Ralph IV. Ketner Employee Productivity Award Applicants FROM: C. Ronald Aycock, Exeeutive Director DATE: July 12, 2000 SUBJECT: Announcement of 1999-00 Wlnners The Association would like to announce the winners of tho 1999-00 Ketner Rmployee Productivity Awards Program. As you may recall~ Mr. Ralph Ketner, co-founder of Food Lion, Inc., donates $10,000 each year to reward outshmdiag couaty employees for their successful productivity initiatives. This year marks the Association's ninth year in organizing the pro,am to date, the program has attracted 789 project applications representing over $71 million in savings to our counties. Each year, the Association's president appoints two review committees made up of commissioners, managers, county staff, and IOG representatives one committee considers applications from managerial staff and one reviews those submitted by line staff. The review committees met on Thursday, Jane 28, 2000, to consider all eligible applications for the 1999-00 Ketner Productivity Awards Program. Based on the committees' review, the following county employees were selected as having submitted the best productivity enhancements: Buncombe Joanna Isenhour Medicaid Case & Time Management System 'abarrus New Focus Committee New Focus- Diversion of Work First applicants Cumberland Stacy Lewes Martin Advertising Cost Savings Mecklenburg GIS Team GIS on the Internet Onlsow William Nonis HI & Donna Card New Technology to Improve Ag Water Quality Orange Nick Waters Paramedic Initial Response Program Pitt Judy Caldwell, Donna Tripp, JoAnne Registration System to Avoid Contractor Fraud Burgdorff . . Pitt Dee Boling ' ' Hurricane R~liefFunding Project Rowan Rowan Criminal Justice Partnership Pretrial Services to Reduce Detainees Yancey YCTA Team Communicating with Hispanic Riders Each employee or team of employees will receive $1,000 and a certificate ofreco~ition at the Second General Session of the Association's Annual Conference in August 2000. To ensure that the local media is informed of the employee's achievements, Association staff will also send press releases descn"oing the employee's productivity initiative. I want to thank all county employees who sent in productivity ideas in response to the Ralph W. Ketner Employee Productivity Awards Program. Thank you for your submission and especially for your commitment to improving county government.