DTA Selects Employee of the year and Presents Safety Awards for 2017
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Heath Hickok
Director of Marketing
218-623-4314
hhickok@duluthtransit.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DTA Selects Employee of the Year and Presents Safety Awards for 2017
Annual Employee Safety & Recognition Award Breakfast Featured Employee of the Year Award Presentation.
DULUTH, MINNESOTA (April 23, 2018) – The Duluth Transit Authority (DTA) named Payroll Supervisor, Stacy St. John, the Employee of the Year for 2017 and presented 89 employees awards for safe performance.
St. John began her career at the DTA in a temporary full-time position as an Accounting Analyst in December of 1979. She was promoted to Payroll Supervisor in 1984. Stacy was selected Employee of the Month in June of 1984, June of 1991, January of 2003 and October of 2017. This is her first DTA Employee of the Year Award.
The Employee of the Year award was given at the 36th Annual DTA Employee Safety & Recognition Award Breakfast, which was held at the DTA Operating Center on Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
The DTA recognized and commended 66 bus operators and 23 maintenance employees who worked the entire year without a preventable or lost-time accident with a cumulative total of 953 years of accident-free service.
Several DTA employees reached significant safety milestones. Nine reached 5 years of accident-free service, three at 10 years, seven at 15 years, five at 25 years and one Bus Operator, Glenn McGill, reached 30 years of accident-free service. 18 DTA employees were recognized for a perfect attendance record in 2017.
If you would like more information on this press release or to schedule an interview with DTA Director of Operations, Rod Fournier, please contact DTA Director of Marketing, Heath Hickok, at 218-623-4314.
The DTA’s mission is to provide a public transit service that is safe, convenient, efficient and affordable. It has been providing reliable service to the Duluth area for more than 132 years. The DTA has over 150 employees and 66 buses that provide service throughout the Twin Ports. The DTA Operating Center is located at 2402 West Michigan Street, Duluth, MN 55806 and the Duluth Transportation Center (DTC) is located at 228 West Michigan Street, Duluth, MN 55802.
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