Timekeeping System Coming: Page 2
Get to Know Glen Glover II
Glen Glover II is a Senior Service Worker in the Parks and Recreation Department. Watch the video to see what a day in his life looks like.
EARN WELLSTYLES POINTS FOR HEALTHY HABITS
The new benefits plan year begins TODAY - July 1 - and you can start earning points towards the 2024-2025 incentive program! Start by setting goals and healthy habits, including taking more steps, participating in yoga classes, hitting the gym, eating nutritious food and scheduling medical appointments, for the new program year.
As a BONUS, WellStyles is offering double points if you complete your Health Assessment this month – do it now and earn 10,000 points. Visit the portal below to track your points and learn more.
WELLSTYLES
Your Why and Now: Page 2 Learn which team won the Move More Department Challenge: Page 3 Back-to-School Supply Drive: Page 3
What’s Changing in your Paycheck: Page 3 Get the Scoop on Donating Blood: Page 4
EXPERT INSIGHTS: YOUR WHY MATTERS NOW WITH JUSTIN JONES-FOSU
Combine your WHY and your NOW so you can bring meaning and passion to your professional and personal life. Presented by Justin Jones-Fosu, founder and CEO of Work Meaningful, this course comprises 14 lessons. This course also offers tips for challenging your cruise control, focusing on progress and growth, embracing the discomfort of change, and more. By the end of this course, you should have the tools you need to actively pursue your WHY and your NOW without letting anyone including yourself hold you back.
NEW TIMEKEEPING SYSTEM COMING, OFFERING HELPFUL WAYS TO LOG HOURS
A change is coming in the way COG employees log their work hours, request time off and complete other timekeeping tasks. The city will be switching to the new timekeeping system, UKG, on Aug. 24.
UKG will be convenient, allowing for you to log in from anywhere, without the need for VPN! Use your tablet, cell phone or computer to manage your timesheet, approvals and other information.
Another bonus is that most employee timecards will be schedule driven, meaning you will no longer have to manually input time daily and will only need to enter changes from your normal schedule. Watch for more details in the coming weeks!
GOOD LIFE, TAKE 10 AT 10
Date: July 16
Time: 10:05 to 10:15 a.m.
Location: Zoom
Join Wellness Program Manager Ali Waelchli-Brooks for a Good Life wellness update.
The themes for this month’s event are new programs, Financial Wellness 101 and Unwinding. Learn how to increase your energy level and obtain quick tips to get ready for your day!
TAKE 10 AT 10
FIELD OPERATIONS TEAM CELEBRATES WINNING MOVE MORE CHALLENGE
Spirits were high on June 20 at the “Breakfast of Champions,” where the Field Operations team celebrated winning the Move More Department Challenge for the first time. This hardworking group literally stepped it up, walking a combined 583,081 steps during the competition period, edging out the Information Technology team who logged 526,094 steps
The Field Operations Team accepted the trophy that features a golden tennis shoe from Wellness Program Manager Ali Waelchli-Brooks, and each Field Ops employee who walked at least 7,000 steps per day also received Good Life socks
Congratulations, Field Operations!
RAISES AND OTHER CHANGES WILL TAKE EFFECT IN THIS MONTH’S PAYCHECKS
As a reminder, you will see some changes in your paychecks this month Your first paycheck will reflect your new benefit deductions and your second paycheck for this month will contain those new deductions AND a full-day period of pay increases that you are qualified to receive. That’s after the City Council approved a budget for this new fiscal year that includes PAY INCREASES through cost-of-living adjustments, merit increases and market changes for certain classifications. The market adjustments are a result of a recent market study that will continue to be conducted at least once every two years to ensure the city maintains fair, competitive wages.
Learn more by visiting Compensation
BACK-TO-SCHOOL SUPPLY DRIVE
Help us fill 350 backpacks for the Glendale Elementary School District. From July 1 - 31, the Community Services Department is collecting supplies for kindergarten through eighth-grade students.
Donation bins are located at the Glendale Adult Center, Glendale Main Library, Velma Teague Library, GRPSTC, Field Operations (P-Building), Glendale Media Center and police precincts.
Primary Supplies, K-3
Pencils
Crayons
Composition Notebooks
Pencil Pouches
Scissors
Erasers
Markers
Intermediate Supplies, 4-8
Pencils
Pencil Pouches
Colored Pencils
Erasers
Spiral Notebooks
Rulers
Loose Leaf Paper
Markers
The city of Glendale is committed to helping our blood supply meet the demands of the community, and we hope you can help. Every two seconds someone in the U.S. needs blood. We experience blood shortages in the summer and every donor matters.
Be a hero and sign-up today for one of the blood drives that will be hosted in the city! Blood donors earn 500 points towards the wellness incentive. The Bloodmobile will be parked at (or near) the Glendale Libraries from 10 a.m.- 2 p m on the below dates The Sponsor Code is: Glendale
·Aliudeen Abrahim - Transportation
·Juan Cazares Cazares - Transportation
·Ashley Christman - Fire Services
·Tangella Diaz - Engineering
Here are this month’s blood drives in Glendale:
Thursday, July 18 – Main Library (drive hosted at the First Southern Baptist Church, across from the Main Library)
Friday, July 19 – Foothills Library
Thursday, July 25 – Velma Teague Library (drive hosted at the main Police Station - 6853 N. 57th Drive)
Friday, July 26 - Heroes Regional Park Library
Visit donors.vitalant.org to donate
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING NEW EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE JOINED COG!
·Victor Gallegos Gerardo - Water Services
·Adrian Guerra - Water Services
·Michael Keane – Parks and Recreation
·Kalise Laidley - Police
·Scott Lee - Engineering
·Amy Marmol - Police
·Michelle Moreno - City Manager’s Office
·Ugochukwu Nnadi - Police
·Omar Reyes - Police
·Susana Rubalcava - Transportation
·Toney Williams - Water Services
HAPPY 30 YEARS
William Benson - Fire Services
William Downey - Police
Frances Hernandez - Budget and Finance
Gabriel Lopez - Fire Services
HAPPY 25 YEARS
Marlene Jacobson - Community Services
Domenic Trogi - Field Operations
HAPPY 15 YEARS
Sharon Broderius - Budget and Finance
John Loomis - Fire Services
Matthew Miltner - Fire Services
John Sindle - Fire Services
Christopher Solarez - Fire Services
HAPPY 10 YEARS
Stephen Acquafredda - Water Services
Taylor Cantu - Fire Services
Jacob Giuntoli - Fire Services
Kevin Griffeth - Field Operations
Connor Healy - Fire Services
Makayla Higgins - Fire Services
Andrew Huerta - Fire Services
Tasha Jefferson - City Manager’s Office
Marcus King - Police
Kyle Knight - Fire Services
Quinn Koehler - Fire Services
Cody Nicholas - Police
Matthew O’Brien - Fire Services
Mitchell Schuitema - Fire Services
Sean Sine - Fire Services
Patricia Stanley - Transportation
Brian Stewart - Fire Services
Ian Winterstein - Fire Services
Kyle Zieder - Fire Services
HAPPY 5 YEARS
Nathan Andrews - Police
Jessica Branham - City Attorney’s Office
Meghan Cox - Community Services
Devin Downey - Police
Robert Erickson - City Manager’s Office
Luis Jacinto - Communications
Joseph Jerez - Field Operations
Jayson Lewis - Field Operations
Rudy Miranda - Water Services
Jimmy Nguyen - Innovation and Technology
William Peck - Field Operations
Cecelia Romero - Communications
Timothy Sarvis - Field Operations
Natasha Yslava - Engineering