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City of St. Helens Announces 2023 Employee of the Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 21, 2024
St. Helens, Ore. - Each year, the City of St. Helens names an employee of the year who consistently goes above and beyond for the public and fellow co-workers. Nominations are submitted by City employees and then reviewed by a panel of community members to make a final selection.
For the 2023 Employee of the Year selection process, the City assembled a panel of seven community members who are not related to the City of St. Helens to judge nominations. The panel was asked to set aside all bias and judge the nominees solely based on the nominations received, emphasizing the quality of the nomination and employee rather than the quantity of nominations.
On February 16, 2024, the City of St. Helens announced that the 2023 City of St. Helens employee of the year is St. Helens Associate Planner and Community Development Project Manager Jenny Dimsho. Dimsho began working with the City in 2013 through Resource Assistance for Rural Environments (RARE) AmeriCorps Program as a Parks and Trails Project Manager. She was then hired by the City in December 2014 as an Assistant Planner. In 2017, she was promoted to Associate Planner. She became the Associate Planner and Community Development Project Manager in 2021.
While working for the City, Dimsho has spearheaded the application process for millions in grant money. Just in 2023, she successfully helped the City acquire approximately $3 million in grant funds which will be used to address sanitary sewer deficiencies, plan for an off-street trail between St. Helens and Scappoose, and build an accessible portion of the path for the Riverwalk Project. Dimsho was also recognized for her consistent teamwork, problem solving, initiative, and investment in the quality of her work.
The St. Helens Employee of the Year program was implemented in 2013. An employee of the year is someone who consistently exemplifies behaviors that reflect favorably on the City. They are an employee that goes above and beyond on a regular basis; someone who goes the extra mile to help customers, both internally and externally; responds to inquiries in an efficient and timely manner; regularly participates in employee-related events; puts the City’s interests and the interests of their co-workers above their own; has an exemplary attendance record; behaves off duty in a manner that reflects positively on the City since City employees are public officials even outside work; has a positive attitude no matter the circumstances; and is noticed by people in and out of the organization.
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For further information regarding the employee of the year program, please contact Human Resources Coordinator/City Recorder Kathy Payne at kpayne@sthelensoregon.gov.
