City of Mount Pleasant Honors Employees: Brenda Garmon Named 2022 Citywide Employee of the Year
From left, City Manager Ed Thatcher; 2022 Employee of the Year Brenda Garmon; and Director of Human Resources Perla Ayala.
Brenda Garmon was named 2022 Citywide Employee of the Year during the Annual Employee Awards Celebration held December 16 at the Mount Pleasant Civic Center.
“We are grateful to all of our employees and officers for their hard work and dedication,” said City Manager Ed Thatcher. “From our officers and firefighters who protect the community to the many unsung heroes who keep things like our water, streets, parks, library and administration running, there is sacrifice by not only the employees, but their families, throughout the year to ensure a high quality of life in Mount Pleasant.”
2022 Citywide Employee of the Year – Brenda Garmon
Brenda began her employment with the City in January of 2017 as an accountant and has gone above and beyond ever since to serve all City employees, citizens and customers.
“Brenda’s positive attitude and desire to help is noticed daily,” said Mr. Thatcher. “She does so much behind the scenes to ensure that payroll and accounts payable are processed properly, which truly affects the lives of our employees and the businesses that support the City.”
Mr. Thatcher added that Brenda is respected by her peers and known for putting everyone’s needs first without complaint, even if it means working late or traveling into work in severe weather such as the winter storm of 2021 .
“Brenda is very valuable to us all on staff, and a great asset to the City,” said Mr. Thatcher.
Departmental Employees of the Year
City of Mount Pleasant 2022 Departmental Employees of the Year:
From left Front row: Paul Thomas, Sundi Jackson, Guadalupe Herrera, Brenda Garmon, Annie Trout. Back row: David Shultice, Calvin Lamont, Shawn Earl, Colton House, Adrian Sitzes. Not pictured: Ramiro Gonzalez and Kiana Stewart.
Departmental Employee of the Year awards were presented to staff members in recognition of their performances in 2022. Earning this recognition were:
- Administration/Municipal Court – Annie Trout, Executive Assistant to the City Manager
- Building & Code Enforcement – Colton House, Code Compliance Officer
- Finance – Sundi Jackson, Accountant
- Fire – Adrian Sitzes, Firefighter
- Library – Guadalupe Herrera, Library Assistant
- Municipal Airport – Shawn Earl, Airport Service Technician
- Parks & Recreation – Paul Thomas, Event Services
- Police – Sworn – Officer Calvin Lamont, Police Officer
- Police – Non-Sworn – Kiana Stewart, Telecommunicator
- Public Works – David Shultice, Street Technician
- Utilities – Ramiro Gonzalez, Wastewater Plant Foreman
City staff members were also recognized with service awards during the celebration for their loyal tenure with the City of Mount Pleasant:
City of Mount Pleasant City Manager Ed Thatcher honors Director of Public Works Keith Boyd for his 35 years of service to the City.
35 Years of Service
- Keith Boyd, Director, Public Works
Celebrating 20 years of service from left: Anthony Rasor, Director of Utilities; and Paul Henderson, Municipal Airport Manager.
20 Years of Service
- Paul Henderson, Municipal Airport – Airport Manager
- Arturo Ramirez, Police – Senior Telecommunicator
- Anthony Rasor, Utilities – Director of Utilities
Celebrating 15 years of service from left: Kim Pearson, Library Assistant; Monica Martinez, Finance – Customer Service Representative; April Nipp, Police – Records Clerk/Property Manager; Otis Clark, Fire Captain; and Christopher Webber, Public Works – Fleet Technician.
15 Years of Service
- Otis Clark, Fire – Captain
- Amber Dawn James, Police – Senior Telecommunicator
- Monica Martinez, Finance – Customer Service Representative
- April Lynn Nipp, Police – Records Clerk/Property Manager
- Stephen Eric Hall, Police – Senior Telecommunicator
- Kim Pearson, Library – Library Assistant
- Robert Andrew Tuck, Utilities – Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Christopher Webber, Public Works – Fleet Technician
Celebrating 10 years of service from left: Brendan Dennehy, Civic Center Manager; Jarrett Mitchell, Police Sergeant; and David Black, Public Works – Fleet Technician.
10 Years of Service
- David Black, Public Works – Fleet Technician
- Brendan Dennehy, Parks & Recreation – Civic Center Manager
- Jarrett Mitchell, Police – Sergeant
- Helen Thompson, Library – Library Director
Employees celebrating 5 years of service. Front from left: Brad Lennox, Parks Technician; Brenda Garmon, Finance-Accountant; and Micheal Cheatum, Parks Technician. Back from left: David Shultice, Public Works – Streets Technician; Clayton Rape, Animal Control Officer; Ranson Pipes, Firefighter; and James Parkerson, Firefighter.
5 Years of Service
- James Michael Brown, Jr., Fire – Firefighter
- Micheal L Cheatum, Parks & Recreation – Parks Technician
- Cody Craig, Fire – Firefighter
- Brenda Garmon, Finance – Accountant
- Tommy Hopkins, Utilities – Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Megan Michelle Knight, Police – Telecommunicator
- Joseph Bradley Lennox, Parks & Recreation – Parks Technician
- Angilique LeShay Matthews, Police – Senior Telecommunicator
- James Paul Parkerson, Fire – Firefighter
- Ranson Herman Pipes, Fire – Firefighter
- Clayton Paul Rape, Police/Animal Shelter – Animal Control Officer
- David Brad Shultice, Public Works/Streets – Street Technician
- Tiemeyer Ray White, Utilities – Utilities Technician
