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City leaders honored 155 employees for their combined 1,865 years of service to the City of Concord at the annual Service Awards ceremony. The annual event is a time for city leaders to recognize the dedication of employees who have served the city for at least five years. Service awards are given out in five-year increments, with some employees reaching their 35-year milestone this year. 

At the ceremony, Mayor Pro Tem Jennifer Hubbard and City Manager Lloyd Payne thanked employees for their hard work and commitment to delivering excellent service to residents. That commitment recently earned the City the prestigious Leading the Way Award from the ETC Institute. The award is a recognition of the City’s outstanding delivery of services and being among the top 10% of all local municipalities in the United States.

Employees from each of the following departments were recognized at the Service Awards ceremony:

Aviation

Charles Correll - 5 years

Brooke Nance – 5 Years

Brad Faggart  - 15 years

Tony Emerson – 20 Years

Buildings & Grounds

Stephanie Cokeley  - 5 years

Petit Colas – 5 years

Pedro Sandoval – 5 years

Susan Sessler – 10 years

Robert Cromer – 15 years

Brian Stancil – 25 years

Communications

Shannon Stevens – 5 years

Erin Broadway – 10 years

Matthew Lowery – 15 years

Lisa Blackwell – 15 years

Constance Hicks – 20 years

Electric Systems

William Smith – 5 years

Jonathan Cruse – 5 years

Caleb Greene – 10 years

Jennifer Volpicelli – 10 years

Crystal Howell – 20 years

Billy Robins – 25 years

Ty Barbee – 35 years

Engineering

Timothy Emrich – 5 years

David Medlin – 15 years

Brandy Colon – 15 years

Jeffrey Childers – 15 years

Finance

Michelle Freeland – 5 years

Heather Gadd – 5 years

Christopher Hagler – 5 years

Ann Baldwin – 10 years

Kevin Finch – 10 years

Jennifer Hargett – 10 years

Peggy Baxter – 10 years

Heather Marek – 10 years

Dameka Reed – 10 years

Angela Britt – 15 years

Keith Karriker – 30 years

Fire

Jason Allen – 5 years

Steven Blythe – 5 years

Jeffrey Crane – 5 years

Jacob Engles – 5 years

Benjamin Hapeman – 5 years

Cody Hubbard – 5 years

Joshua Keziah – 5 years

Jason Lee – 5 years

William Linn – 5 years

Jared Quarles – 5 years

Chase Sharpe – 5 years

Frank Sherrill – 5 years

Samuel Eudy – 10 years

Kenneth Good – 10 years

Greg Hammond – 10 years

Christopher Harrison – 10 years

John Holland – 10 years

Joseph Munday – 10 years

Jason Thomas – 10 years

Tyler Untz – 10 years

Christopher Whiting – 10 years

Collin Wilson – 10 years

Sonya Bost – 15 years

Isaac Bryant – 15 years

Matthew Church – 15 years

Phillip Jordan – 15 years

Steven Madorin – 15 years

Chad Parker – 15 years

Derek Porter – 15 years

Jeremy Burris – 20 years

Bret Leonard – 25 years

Robert Mundt – 25 years

Rodney Short – 25 years

Fleet Services

Robert Burrage – 5 years

Michael Bullard – 25 years

Housing

Dino Miller – 20 years

Human Resources

Kimberly Wynn – 5 years

Legal

Tinisha St. Brice – 5 years

Parks and Recreation

Michael Jones – 5 years

Ryan Johnson – 5 years

Matthew Jacobs – 5 years

Regina Callaway – 5 years

Sarah Gay – 10 years

Melissa Archer – 10 years

Martha Hagood – 25 years

Planning and Neighborhood Development

Kaylee Caton – 5 years

Kristina Fausel – 5 years

Mary Powell-Carr – 5 years

Steven Osborne – 35 years

Police

Katie Congel – 5 years

Thiago DeSouza – 5 years

Erin Errington – 5 years

Ellen Garner – 5 years

Chrislynn Hartsell – 5 years

Nina Imperati – 5 years

Cuyler Slocum – 5 years

Justin Whitley – 5 years

Adam Bost – 10 years

Adam Chiarolanzio – 10 years

Cheryl Craft – 10 years

Martin Barnhardt – 15 years

Charles Beeker – 15 years

Tracy Law – 15 years

Denan Sabanija – 15 years

Matthew Scott – 15 years

Phillip Shuffler – 15 years

Janet Wilkerson – 15 years

Matthew Grier – 20 years

Patrick Merritt – 20 years

Dustin Page – 20 years

Ytalo Delgado – 25 years

Larry Hubbard – 25 years

James Hughes – 25 years

Charles Myers – 25 years

David Smith – 25 years

Patrick Tierney – 25 years

Rider Transit

Jaime Tippett Poe – 5 years

Solid Waste Services

Demarques Andrews – 5 years

Joshua Braswell – 5 years

Marques Entzminger – 5 years

Sandra Franklin – 5 years

Timothy Kelly – 15 years

Angelo Luckey – 15 years

Valerie Proper – 25 years

Michael Rush – 25 years

Transportation

Jamie Williams – 5 years

Jonathan Williams – 5 years

Austin Reece – 5 years

Floyd Price – 5 years

Anthony Martin – 5 years

Phillip Graham – 15 years

Water Resources

Anthony Allman – 5 years

James Coble – 5 years

Kyle Franklin – 5 years

Christian Hunt – 5 years

Austin Painter – 5 years

David Perez – 5 years

Tonia Shupe – 5 years

Joshua Treadway – 5 years

David White – 5 years

Jeremy James – 10 years

Steven Rummage – 10 years

Leslie Benson – 15 years

Crystal Scheip – 15 years

Patricia McDonough – 20 years

Eric Miller – 20 years

Gregory Spears – 20 years

Hoyle Rayfield – 20 years

Steven Bowers – 25 years

Joseph Burleson – 25 years

Timothy Newton – 25 years

Rebecca Shue – 25 years