Mayor to Present June 2024 Award of Excellence

Mayor to Present June 2024 Award of Excellence

Published on December 02, 2024

Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird today will present the Mayor's Award of Excellence for June 2024 to Joe Villamonte, Dustin Lind, Kevin Meyer, and Alex Salcedo from the Lincoln Police Department (LPD) Gang Unit. The awards will be presented at 3 p.m. at the beginning of the City Council meeting at the County-City Building, 555 S. 10th Street. The awards recognize City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to Lincoln.

The team was nominated by LPD Sergeant Jeff Sorensen in the categories of safety and productivity for its investigative work that led to five search warrants resulting in the seizure of more than two dozen firearms and significant amounts of illegal narcotics.

"These investigations created a safer community," Sorensen wrote.

The other categories in which employees can be nominated are valor, loss prevention and customer relations. Consideration also may be given to nominations that demonstrate self-initiated accomplishments or those completed outside of the nominee's job description. All City employees are eligible for the award except for elected and appointed officials.

Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates, and the public. Nomination forms are available at lincoln.ne.gov/awardofexcellence or from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Human Resources Department, which oversees the awards program.

All nominations are considered by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $50 gift certificate, a day off with pay and a certificate. All monthly winners and nominees are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $250 gift certificate, two days off with pay and a plaque.