Bar-B-Q Memories

The weather was perfect, the food was great, the company was delightful and the service pins were free-flowing.  Our appreciation BBQ was a rousing success!

Without further delay, here are the results of the photo contest:

1.  "Peek-a-boo" by Erin Moore - Grand Prize Winner 

2. "Kevin was robbed" by Alan Woods

2. "Ladies at a BBQ" by Erin Moore

Thank you to everyone who participated.  With your efforts and shutter-bugging abilities this could be a regular event. 

The entire collection of photographs can be viewed on the City’s clipboard for the next week.  If you have any issue with your mug in any of the photographs, please send Wayne Jackson a confidential email and they will be quietly removed... "no biggie".

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Service Pins Awarded

Congratulations to all our staff who received service pins.  Thanks for your continued dedication to providing service excellence to the City.

30 Years
Terry Chiasson, Performance Measurement

25 Years
Barbara Callinan, MMS
Terry Craig, MMS
Marc Killeen, Performance Measurement
Stephen Lyon, Traffic Management
Paul McCann, Stakeholder Relations

20 Years
Julie Madore, MMS
Janice Prieur, Traffic Management
Linda Cheslock, Stakeholder Relations

10 Years
Kim Perrault, Stakeholder Relations

5 Years
Monique Carrier, MMS
Wayne Jackson, Stakeholder Relations
Dean Johnson, Stakeholder Relations

Same great road safety, tones less salt. That’s an award winning diet we can all model.

When Max Miner shook the Mayor’s hand on June 1, 2010, he did so on behalf of a long list of OETS staff, who were instrumental in the work that earned us a nomination for the 2009 Environmental Excellence Award.

As part of its own salt management plan, City staff implemented GPS/AVL technology on its fleet of salt spreaders.  The result, less road salt entering our ditches and storm sewers, and ultimately into creeks, rivers, lakes and groundwater, while keeping Ottawa's roads safe.

Much more than the GPS technology most of us understand, the GPS/AVL system reads and transmits real-time data to a central location, data including positioning, routes and salt usage.

This monitoring allows staff to understand and adapt - on the fly - to the changing conditions of our weather and roads. The continuous adaptations result in a more efficient use of our salt resources, and less impact on our ecosystem.

Like with most technological innovations, the skill and experience of our roads supervisory staff is the cornerstone of any success.  This project is no exception.  The reduction in salt usage would not be possible without the leadership of supervisors and operators alike.  It’s a success, and a nomination we can all be proud of.

For more information, please contact Max Miner, Prg Mgr, Operational Research.

GPS/AVL Primary Staff

OETS - Max Miner, David Vander Wal
IT - Lise Brisebois
Supply - Colin Tuthill
Roads - Brian Ducey, Matt Girard, Karen Martin, Neil Matthews, Kevin Monette, Ania Schoof, Joanne Stanley

Andrew Pohl, Sonmy Conyedo, Charles Uzoaba, Gery Braganca - IT