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The City values the unique contributions of each City of Tamarac employee and continues to seek new ways of recognizing their accomplishments. The goal is to provide a forum that allows for the recognition of the outstanding achievements of our employees.

Employees may be recognized for achievements in any of the nine stated categories described herein. By using a criteria- based recognition system, there may be more than one winner in each category. Likewise, awards will not necessarily be presented in every category every year.

 

Excellence in Attendance

North Star Award for Excellence in Attendance

Eligibility: Must be a full-time regular employee, either FPE or Administrative classification in order to qualify. This issue is covered in the Fire Department's Labor Contract.

Completion of one fiscal year (October 1 - September 30) without the use of any sick time

Award: Certificate of Achievement; one additional day of personal leave.

Leadership

Crystal Star Award for Leadership

Eligibility: Available to all full and part-time, regular employees
 

• Meets one or more of the following criteria:
   
• Demonstrates high levels of productivity
   
• Coordinated a major project or gave extra assistance to citizens, another department or fellow employees
   
• Leads change and innovation, building teams, developing and empowering people and managing diversity
   
• Demonstrates unusual initiative or creative ability in the development and improvement of methods, procedures, or devices resulting in substantially increased productivity, efficiency, economy, or reduction in paperwork
   
• Demonstrated outstanding ability, skill, leadership, or creativity in devising and implementing or administering major agency programs
   
• Works collaboratively
   
• Understands and/or nurtures creativity
   
• Communicates effectively, encourages participation by all employees, and prompts subordinates to reach full potential; inspires teamwork
   
• Provides recognition for achievement
   
• Sets goals and achieves them
   
• Contributes original ideas
  Award: Certificate of Achievement; trophy; one additional day of personal leave; $200
   

Excellent Teamwork

Constellation Award for Excellent Teamwork

Eligibility: Available to all full and part-time, regular employees, an entire crew or a team.
 

• Displays a consistent spirit of teamwork and cooperation
   
• Assists others in areas outside their responsibilities
   
• Member/members, who join in and participate fully-- in discussion, task comple-tion and execution of project
   
• Understands and/or nurtures creativity
  May be an inter-departmental team
  Award: Certificate of Achievement; trophy; one additional day of personal leave; $100
  
   

Excellence in Customer Service

Mercury Award for Excellence in Customer Service

Eligibility: Available to all full and part-time, regular employees.
 

• Exceeds consistent, dependable service to their customer base (internal or external customers)
   
• Provides exemplary behavior, attitude and productivity that far exceeds the norm and inspires others to achieve performance excellence, exemplary meaning so good or admirable that others would do well to copy it
   
• Consistently exceeds the expectations of the customers he/she serves
   
• Solves an extraordinary customer-based problem
   
• Seeks input and feedback from customer base
  The department determines the key threshold for excellence
  Award: Certificate of Achievement; trophy; one additional day of personal leave; $100
  
  

Innovation and Thinking Outside the Box

Galileo Award for Innovation and Thinking Outside the Box

Eligibility: Available to all full and part-time, regular employees
 

• Finds value in failed attempts
   
• Understands and nurtures creative thinking
   
• Establishes new and outstanding methods, practices, plans, and/or designs which result in improved delivery of services to internal and external customers
   
• Contributes an idea that is initiated and recognized as a quality idea but may not come to fruition. Idea or project must be written and documented. If idea or project is not implemented, highlight difficulties in reaching or obtaining achievement
  Award: Certificate of Achievement; trophy; one additional day of personal leave; $100
  
   

Helping Hands

Saturn Award for Helping Hands

Eligibility: Available to all full and part-time, regular employees including Department
Directors.
 

• Made outstanding contributions off duty by participating in or implementing community and public service projects (such as volunteerism with various non-profit organizations)
  Award: Certificate of Achievement; trophy
  
  
   

Heroic Action

Golden Star Award for Heroic Action

Eligibility: Available to all employees including Department Directors.
 

• Voluntarily risked life to save the life of another person, to prevent injury or to prevent damage to or loss of property in an emergency
   
• Demonstrated outstanding judgment, courage, or ability in an emergency on or off duty Regarding Fire/Rescue Department Heroic Actions, the supervisor or Fire Chief and/or designee will determine if a "Heroic action" is above and beyond the call of duty, and therefore eligible for this award.
  Award: Certificate of Achievement; trophy; $100 

Exemplifying the City's Mission Statement

Supernova Award for Exemplifying the City's Mission Statement

Eligibility: Available to all full and part-time, regular employees
Clearly represents the essence of the Mission Statement, by fostering and creating an environment that:
 

• Responds to the customer
   
• Works as a team
   
• Creates and innovates
   
• Achieves results
   
• Makes a difference
  As stewards of the public trust, values:
   
• Vision
   
• Integrity
   
• Efficiency
   
• Quality Service
  Award: Certificate of Achievement; trophy; one additional day of personal leave; $250