The Elizabethtown City Council met for a work session Monday evening.
Elizabethtown Mayor Jeff Gregory said the city recognized new hires and longtime employees during a breakfast last week. Gregory made note at the meeting of employees who recently hit major employment milestones.
“We had four people that hit the 20-year mark this month: Pat Jelinek from Public Works, Kim Bell from Gas, Nathaniel Gardner from Fire, and Melissa Harrell-Nepi from Administration,” Gregory said. “The 25 year mark, Police Officer Billy Boling. The 30 year mark, Tim Reynolds from Customer Service, and then I like to call him ‘the granddaddy’ at the 35 year mark, Glenn Sims from Public Works.”
Elizabethtown Fire Chief Mark Malone recognized two recently promoted firefighters: Captain Shawn Seymour and Lieutenant Ryan Kelly. Malone also presented the EFD’s annual awards.
Hunter Thomas was named Firefighter of the Year.
“This year’s Firefighter of the Year was recognized for going above and beyond by assisting with the recruit class and taking on some other projects around the department that he wasn’t asked to do, he just took it on,” Malone said.
Lieutenant Thomas Kail was named Officer of the Year.
“He loves the communication side of things, so he takes care of actually programming our radios and maintaining our radios,” Malone said. “It saves us a lot of money to be able to utilize him without having to go to a third party.”
Catholic Charities of Louisville Volunteer Coordinator Stephen King spoke to the council about the organization’s efforts serving area assisted living facilities and nursing homes. King said the organization is recruiting volunteer ombudsmen and friendly visitors.
“Something like 60 percent of residents do not receive visitors, for whatever reason,” King said. “Family ties, or maybe their relatives have passed on, but we see a lot of loneliness, and so we’re really looking to bring some bright spaces to a lot of these folks in these facilities.”
Visit the Catholic Charities of Louisville Facebook page for more information.
The Elizabethtown City Council will next meet March 9.
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