 First of all, I just want to thank all of you for being here today. This is by far my favorite day of the year because I get to spend with all of you and recognize the many, many accomplishments that all of you, whether it's five years to 45, 50 years of service to the city. So this is truly a great honor for me. Hey, Mary, keep it down over there please. For God's sake. I love Mary. She's the best. I did want to recognize there's a city counselor that comes to this event every single year, because she is so supportive of what all of you do every single day in the city. I just wanted to recognize counselor Jill Dusson. Jill, can you? Jill, thank you for all your leadership, all your support of city staff, certainly at budget time, we greatly appreciate all of the work that you do, and we'll continue for many years to come looking forward to working with you. So unless of course you leave us. There are 191 employees that are being honored today for anywhere between five and 45 years of service, and so I'll start reading lists of your names and I apologize to you in advance. If I mess up your name. I did a few years ago, I was told that there was actually a cash bet that I wouldn't be able to pronounce Andy Jigaleski's name. I actually pronounced this name correctly, and so there was a lot of money lost that particular day, so I do apologize in advance. If I do mispronounce your name, it's certainly not intended any show of disrespect, it's just because I just didn't know how to pronounce your name. I also want to acknowledge the incredible food from the Barron Center. I want to acknowledge Mary McCarthy wherever she is. Oh, there's Mary, and not just Mary because Mary gets way too much credit. But that entire group of folks right back there, who really are the ones that, not to diminish you, Mary, but they're really the superstars. Well, I'm not sure they make you look good, but I love you, Mary. So I also just want to recognize the organizing committee. There's a lot of work that goes into this event every year, and so there's a group of people who spend an enormous amount of time organizing this, getting us ready for this particular day. So Gina Tapp from the Human Resources Department, Kathy Vosmas from HR, Carleen Kessler from HR, Mary McCarthy from the Barron Center, Clarkson Woodward, there's Clarkson right there from the Police Department, Keith Hanson from Parks, Recreation, and Facilities. Amy Laguerre from the Fire Department, Jessica Grondin from the Executive Department, Kathy Williams from the Public Works, Desiree Kelly from Planning and Urban Development, and this next person threatened to have my car towed when it was parked on Myrtle Street. So I'm hesitant to read her name, but Jen Hale from Parks, Recreation, and Facilities. Jen now knows what my car looks like. So I did want to just move into, actually before I begin on the five-year, I did want to thank the Fire Department. Those of you who are here from Latter-Eight, I just want to thank you for making sure the truck got here in one piece, and that we did not park anywhere near a power line. So thank you so much. So if you didn't know, there's an article in the newspaper about South Portland, literally took a $1.1 million ladder truck, and before it even went out on the road, it caught on fire, and thank God it was in Portland. So now I'd like to read the list of the five-year recipients, and ask you all to stand when your name is called, and then at the very end, applause, and then just sit down as quickly as the applause subsides. Mary Albert from the Barron Center. Franco Morosa from Parking. Apparently, Frank does not want to stand. Salay Bazinga, so Chelsea Beard. Chelsea's already been very successful with the baskets, so Lauren Brislin from Special Social Services. Raeanne Burgess from the Barron Center. Marie Burke from the Barron Center. Kaitlyn Cameron from Planning and Urban Development. Tyson Quintara from Parks, Recreation, and Facilities. Jason Chan from Social Services. Sam Chapin from Permitting and Inspections. Taiona Shepola from the Barron Center. Jeff Clark from Public Buildings, Waterfront. Jonathan Cacenza from the Police Department. Rose Marie Cronin from Parks, Recreation, and Facilities. Anthony Dowrymple from the area. He told me he's not a Celtics fan, so that's an issue, but that's okay. Jacob Demchak from the Police Department. Jeff DeMille from Public Works. Keith Emery from Public Works. Nancy English from Legal. Daniel Fahey from Parks, Recreation. Daniel, I'll give you applause. Obviously, Shannon Farrell from Parking. John Friedman from Police. Ian Geeb from the Police Department. I'm sorry, Ian Guyb from the Police Department. Let's see, Morgan Griskwich from Parks, Recreation, and Facilities. Nick Gowen from the Police Department. Jenny Hambleton from the Barron Center. Ken Hickman from the Police Department. Amanda Holivan from Social Services. Martha Hyland from Finance. Tatiana N. Jack from the Barron Center. Samuel Ishimwe from Social Services. Joseph James from the Police Department. Kai Garpu from Social Services. Jonathan Lackey from the Police Department. Megan Langevin from the Barron Center. Kathleen Lawson from the Barron Center. Amy Laguerre from the Fire Department. Karen McPhee from Parks, Recreation, and Facilities. Jason Nadeau from the Police Department. Richard Newcomb from Public Works. Henry Potaki from, wait, sorry. Henry Nikoi Buffumbo from Social Services. Debra Potaki from Social Services. Ben Pearson, Edie Perkins from Health and Human Services. Matt Pryor from Social Services. Christopher Pupke from Social Services. John Rennie from Social Services. Eric Richard from the Police Department. Katherine Rothi from the Barron Center. Catlin Sawyer from Finance. Cheryl Shannon from the Barron Center. Steven Sinclair from Social Services. Corey Spalding from Public Works. Ryan Sullivan from Public Works. Henry Tarla from Social Services. Caitlin Taylor from Parks, Recreation, and Facilities. Debra Toms from the Barron Center. Jeremy Turner from the Police Department. Travis Tuttle from Public Works. Emma Value from Public Works. Christopher Willett from the Barron Center. Thomas Williams from Permitting and Inspections. Jason Junkowski from Social Services. So that's all the five years, so please give all the five years a big round of applause. We'd like the 10 years to please stand so we can recognize all of you, and then we can applaud vigorously for you when I'm done reading the 10,000 names on the 10 year. So, empathy, empathy. So, Gene, I think I've been sampling as well. So, Anthony Ampason from the Police Department. Anthony, are you here? No, he's not here. Okay, because I didn't see anyone stand, Chief. So, Carol Belenso from the Barron Center. Obviously, no one cares about being here today from the 10 years. Mark Chapman from the Jet Port. Wow, okay. So next year, we're going to cut out the 10 years, Gina. Jennifer Dia from the Barron Center, yay. And you got to stand, please, please stay. No, you got to stay. No, no, no, no, no, no. You got to stay. Everyone's staring at you right now. Joe Dume. Oh, there you go. Chris Dyer from the Police Department. Chief, we'll talk after, okay. Server and Protect, I know they're all out, right? So, Catherine Ellis. I had lunch with Catherine, so, okay. Here's another name that I'm sure a lot of people didn't think I would get, Nick Gianpatruzzi. And Nick isn't even here for me to be able to, yeah, I worked like three days on that name, so. Shelly Jackson from the Barron Center. Hey, Shelly. Crystal Kendricks from the Barron Center. Ryan Luce from the Barron Center. I like how the Barron Center's representing. I really appreciate that. We'll remember that in the budget discussions, guys, so. Hear that, Chief? Greg Mitchell, Economic Development. Did someone boo Greg? Wow, what a rough crowd. You guys must live up on Munjoy Hill. No, you just look across the street, look at the horrible things that Greg has done with all that development. Jake O'Donnell from Parks Recreation and Facilities. And Jake didn't bother to come either. So Jordan O'Donnell from Parks Recreation and Facilities. So Sally, we'll talk afterwards. Catherine O'Hara from the Barron Center. Oh, uh-oh, budget kind of starting to go down. Matthew Pavellis from the Police Department. I have no faith right now, Chief. So I may just go right over the Police Department names from now on. Eugene Pirata from Parks Recreation. Gene, sorry, Gene, sorry. Lori Pride from the Barron Center. Yep, tough budget discussions this year. Ryan. Matthew Ricks, Public Works. Definitely no 10 years next year, Gina, OK? Kayla Rood from the Barron Center. Peter Rouch from the Barron Center. Oh, hey, Peter. Peter, you saved the Barron Center. We're on our way back up now. So Nathaniel Smith from Public Works. Aaron Smith from Parks Recreation Facilities. Sally. Sam Tucker from Public Works. Sam is popular. Danielle West Chuta, Legal. So that is all of the 10 years. Let's give them a round of applause. Anyway, so we're off to the 15 years. And again, if I would just ask you to stand up so you can be recognized. And then we'll applaud for you at the end of the list. So leading off, Alita Arno from the Jetport. Cynthia Bab from Parking. John Bassett from Public Works. Michael Benes from the Police Department. Eric Colstron from Parking. Marjorie Clavitt from the Police Department. Cleve, Cleve, OK. Brian Kogel Sr. from Public Works. Susan Duty from Police. Terrence Fitzgerald from the Police. You see how I'm just going quickly over the police. Rhonda Girard from Finance. Scott Giraud from Parks Recreation Facilities. Nick Goodman from the Police Department. Jessica Gugans from the Police Department. Yay! Jessica showed up because she's got one of the greatest dads ever, so. Robert Grover from Public Works. From Public Buildings and Waterfront. Anthony Hammond from the Barron Center. Ellen Hainick from Nell Hennig from the Economic Development Department. Nell, special congratulations to you for putting up with Greg for the last 10 years. Michelle Hutton from the Barron Center. Teresa Kunz from the Barron Center. Robert Lang from the Barron Center. Rocky Littlefield from the Jet Port. Paul. Wendy Maxner from the Barron Center. Elizabeth Morgan from HR. David Mulry from the Police Department. Nathan Slokdom from Parks Recreation and Facilities. Jeff Tardiff from Social Services. Michael Tosher from Public Works. Jeff Tully from the Police Department. Hey, Jeff, see me afterwards so we can talk about a raise or something because you showed up today. Jason Tuttle from Parks Recreation Facilities. And last but not least, one of the best we have is Kathy Vosmas from HR. You may now sit back down, Jason. Oh, we have another raffle. 6, 6, 7, 8, 3, 7, 1. 6, 6, 7, 8, 3, 7, 1. Congratulations. Oh, that's OK. I believe you. Another one. 6, 6, 7, 8, 2, 6, 5. 6, 6, 7, 8, 2, 6, 5. Yeah. Yes, that is the one. I'm hearing the table would like to share that with you. That's the HR one with all the booze in it. Oh. See, there we go. So moving on to the 20 years. Again, we're going to read all the names, ask you to stand, and then we'll recognize your wonderful contributions. So first is Travis Adams from IT. Christopher Alves from the Fire Department. Christopher Baker from the Fire Department. Vicki Barre from IT. Jeff Callaway from the Police Department. Michelle Cole from the Police Department. Gene Cody from the Fire Department. Police and Fire are really doing a good job of representing. So Mary Davis, the great Mary Davis from Housing. Matthew Fernald from Social Services. Chris Fleming from the Fire Department. Chris Goodall from the Fire Department. Phil Gordon from Public Works. Steven Hale from the Fire Department. Daniel Hayden from Police. Thank you, Daniel. Andrew Hutchings from the Police Department. Roland LaChance from the Police Department. Oh, I was going to say, you 20 years are really going strong there in the Police Department. But Donna Latham from the Baren Center. John Lowe from Public Works. There he is. Mary Ann McDormand from Public Health. Glenn McGarry from the Police Department. There he is. Hey, Glenn, Janet Dago wanted me to pass on her. Congratulations. There's a whole backstory to that, but we'll, you know. Jay Mitchell from IT. One of my favorite names of all time, Linda Momaket from Health and Human Services. James Niels from Parks, Recreation, and Facilities. So we're going to go on a four-person role for the Police Department chief, so we'll see. Eric Nevins. Yay. John Nestlein. Nestlein. Yay. Very good. Aaron Pepin. And Donald Perrone. Now here's a real test, Chief Gatro. Jesse Peters. Oh, Chief Gatro. Where's Chief Gatro at? Where is he? Oh, hey. Just wanted to say hi. Ann Rand from Parking. Michael Rand from the Police Department. Annette Rodriguez from Parks, Recreation. Brad Roland from Public Works. Lawrence Smith from the Police Department. Oh boy, that's where it ended. Mark Stevens from the Jet Port. And Chief Gatro, one last one to redeem. Mark Stewart. OK, thank you very much. So let's make sure we round of applause for the 20 years. And thank you, Police Department, for the strength at the 20-year level. So thank you. So we're going to move on to the 25-year recognition. Donald Adams from Public Works. Christopher Champagne from FIRE. So, Chief, there's like four names in a row here. So this is make or break for you, man. Scott Corey. Jonathan Denham. Hey, thank you. Thank you. Anthony DePetro, FIRE. Bob Doherty from the Police Department. Joe Ezepec from the Police Department. Roxanne Gardner from the Barron Center. Paul Gilmore from Public Works. Christine Grant from the Barron Center. Alan Green from the FIRE Department. Brad James from the FIRE Department. Jeff Lamb from Public Works. Curtis Magnuson from FIRE. Craig Messenger from FIRE. Steven Knee from FIRE. Deb Smith from the Barron Center. And Lawrence Tibbets from Park Recreation and Facilities. So can all of you please come up for a photo? But there's one very special person that is not here with us who worked for this city for 25 years, gave everything to this city. Walter Seaman Jr. from the Public Works Department passed away a few months ago. Walter was an incredible, incredible human being, public servant, served out on Peaks Island and the other islands. His family is here with us. His wife, Susan, his sons, Josh, Jeremy, and Jamie, and his grandson, James. So they're over here with us. And then we have a little memorial back there. So 25 years is a long time. That's like a full career plus. And we're still going to have a decade or more to recognize after this. But one of the things that John allowed us to put in our HR budget for this year was service awards when people retire with 25 years and more. So that's going to be a new thing that anyone retiring will be getting a city gift. And we're going to have a list of probably five or six things that people can pick from when they leave this. Will be something with the city seal on it. Because we really, we can't say enough. This isn't enough, obviously, for all the service and years that people put in. So thank you. 25 years, awesome. So the next group, the 30 year, we'd like to ask all of, once your name is called, to please come up front. So you can be recognized that we can also do a photo. And I just, I've only been here three and a half years. And I have to tell you, the greatest honor, I've had opportunities in my career to work with some interesting people through the Celtics and other things. But it is the greatest honor for me to be able to work with all of you. I say this to everyone and everyone who will listen, that I am truly blessed to work with such an incredible group of folks. And so whether you've been here for one year or you've been here for 50 years, you are the best. You are by far the best. So thank you for everything. So starting with the 30 years, Aaron Clark from the police department, Randy Emmons. Oh, Randy's got to be here. Oh yes, there he is. Charles Frost from public buildings and waterfront. Larry Goodson from Public Works. Ginny Kasserman from the police department. Danny Knight from the police department. Jennifer Lodge, otherwise known as J. Lowe from finance. Terry Marclusli Luski from social services. Thank God they're not here, so worries. Sorry to butcher that name. James Merrill from assessors. They're hungover from that Halloween lunch that they had yesterday. The great thing. Richard Mazzerve from Parks, Recreation and Facilities. William Miller from FIRE. Jen Munson from Planning and Urban Development. Arnie Penanin? Yeah, can you just, here. It's Penanin. I knew I have. I'm pathetic. Beth Pollakwen from the police department. Oh my God, a bath would not show up? Tayag Rainer from the Baron Center. OK. So let's give all of these folks a huge round of applause. So now we're moving toward a truly, truly elite group of people, folks who have dedicated their working life to the city. And we cannot thank them enough. And so I'd like to invite Dan Boodlier to come up and speak about Deb Jensen. Come on up, Deb. Deb began her career with the city of Portland in the finance department. She was hired on September 5, 1983. And she still remembers parts of the interview. We were talking about this. Her interview was done by Sally DeLuker at Anita LeChance, which are also been around for a while. She remembers as she got up to leave the interview, the door lock wouldn't work right. So she was trapped in the room with them. And Sally told her, that was part of the test. How many people think Sally was mean? Pretty funny. Now they're always looking for new challenges. Deb applied for a job in the technology department in October of 1987. She came to us as a computer operator with the Unisys mainframe. And what was the motto, Deb? Systemating Model 20, which I had forgotten. She still remembers. Deb told me a story the other day about her first week of work. She was training with one of our computer operators. And she remembered that he got called out of the office unexpectedly and never mentioned the fact that during the next series of jobs, she would have to change the paper in the big high-speed printers. He forgot to mention that. So we printed an entire run of accounts payable checks on the wrong paper. And if you work in IT, that's terrifying. During the 31 years in technology, she's worked a variety of jobs and received promotions. She's currently a network operations specialist, which is the highest technical position within the help desk. So very proud of you, Deb. Now, I asked some of the coworkers for comments. And one of them from Freeber. These are all good. Freeber's carbon on debt was, she always does her best. That's important. Joanne, Deb knows her customers. And she works hard to meet the needs with diligence and passion. Nasser, which went on for an entire paragraph, so I had to trim him down. He put lots of energy into your job. And he knows that you continue to put more energy in the coming years. Bicky said about Deb, you tirelessly tackle your job, striving to give the best possible service to your fellow city staff. And Tam, who's one of our newest members, said, being friendly is the key to success and you have it. That was good. Now, something I thought was interesting was that out of our, as we talk about, 35 years of service, how does the city workforce rate now? Over 1,400 people. A third of that number are under the age of 35. So that's, I thought, was interesting. Within the workforce, there are only 25 people who've been with us for 35 or more years. And Deb's one of those. So congratulations, Deb. Now, I have the distinct honor of introducing the next person. I'd like to ask Chris Branch to come up and speak about one of the best people that we have in the city. And I tell you, it is an incredible honor for me to be able to work with this gentleman, Maynard Sprig, from the Public Works Department. Maynard's been here a lot longer than I have. So Maynard started with the city April 18, 1978 as an equipment operator. During that time, he's had a number of promotions, a number of commendations. He was involved with the Hadlock Field Project. I think a lot of you know that a lot of the work at Hadlock Field was actually done with in-house crews. A lot of the folks from Public Works and other departments were involved in that. He transitioned to the Senior Operations Dispatcher, where I think most of us know where he serves today, in 1994. He's been selected for a number of awards over the years, received commendations in 82, 1994, 96, 2005, and again in 2015. Maynard was always been a dedicated employee no matter the assignment or task. Whenever he's been asked to do stuff, he's done it, and he's done it well. He's PW's first line of customer service. Chances are, you call Public Works during the daytime, Maynard's the one who's going to answer the phone. And as anybody who answers phones with people calling in for service-related issues, he gets to deal with a lot of very, shall we say, interesting constituents. Is it no matter what the level of complaint or language Maynard's always responded in a very professional manner? He's always done his job excellently. He has his finger on the pulse of PW operations, is willing to help out customer employees, try dealing with all those folks who want to get their street plowed in the middle of a blizzard, to accomplish all concerns, requests, and does all this in the best economical way. Maynard had just done a great job over his 40 years with the Public Works department. And we look forward to working with him over the next number of years. Maybe he'll make it to 45 or 50. Congratulations, Maynard. Thank you. You're welcome. Maynard just reminded me that he spent nine years on the islands, and he stayed around. So Maynard, thank you so much. I won't make 40 years, but you truly are an inspiration. And so the definition of public servant equals you. So thank you for all you do. But I would also say the same thing for the next gentleman. Kim Dolbow, who has been with us for 45 years, is someone that I am incredibly honored, again, to work with, a gentleman who is so incredibly dedicated to the work that we do every single day, to the folks that we serve every single day. So Chris Branch, if you could come up and say some great words about Kim. Well, as going through my notes earlier, thank you to Mark Spiller and Kathy Williams. I said earlier, Maynard's been here a lot longer than I have, while Kim's been here even longer than that. Kim's been here since August 13th of 1973. That was the year I graduated from high school, to put that into perspective. And I sure ain't young. Maynard, over the years, has 45 years, have received 11 awards for Kim. What did I say? Oh, I'm getting old. Well, I'm staring right at him. That's the problem. Kim has received 11 awards, Employee of the Months, Commendations, including the work that he did at Hadlockfield, Excellence Awards, and Team Awards. When you talk about customer service within the Public Works crew, Kim is the person who shows up every time is one of our top customer service people within the department. He goes out of his way to help constituents on a regular basis. And he really does a great job. He's received the ACE Award. The ACE Award goes to the top performer within the department, somebody who's recognized for going above and beyond and having a thorough knowledge of their job. It just works that way. He's very knowledgeable of all types of PW operations when or in summer. He's never missed a plow season. Think about that. 45 years of being on call to come in and work in the worst conditions day or night, Kim's always there. As I said, he gives the greatest level of customer service. I think one of the great things about Kim is he's always mentoring other coworkers over the years, picks them up when they need a helping hand and making sure they accomplish their assignment. He is a team builder within the department. I just want to say thank you, Kim. You've been an excellent employee. And I'm glad that you're a member of the Public Works Department. It's proud to work with people like you every day. And I really appreciate all the work that you and Maynard and the other people do here. Thank you very much. Congratulations. So thanks, Chris, for bringing up plow season because one of the things that you all know, of course, but I'm not sure if the city of Portland residents realize how many people that work for the city that don't get the storms off or don't get the closures, you're out there working for all of us. So if you are considered essential services and you work all those storms, so like police, fire, public works, any of you that do that when there's a storm or any other 24-7 role, including the Baren Center people, would you stand up so we can see that today? OK, you guys and women, you're what keep the city going, and we really appreciate that so much. Thank you. And special awards. And just to also recognize the parking division is part of that essential services. So, Jet, yeah, I'm not essential, so I stay at home. No, never really been that essential. So a few years ago, we established a couple of new awards to recognize the amazing work that all of you were doing around customer service and innovation. And so this year, the nominating crew, I think picked one of the most important, one of those people that are just uniquely committed to customer service. And so, Lanny Dobson, could you please come forward? Where is she? Oh, so, oh, Lanny, you've got to come stand next to me, please. I don't have any candy though. Well, that's part of my remarks. So all of you, Lanny works in the IT department, but really, she's tucked away behind the scenes for most of her city hall fellow employees because of me. Unfortunately, Joanne and Lanny used to have open space, and now they're really upset with me, and they're tucked behind a door. So Lanny goes beyond, above and beyond, what anyone would expect in terms of customer service. Anyone who calls the city, C-click, fix, you name any type of interaction. Lanny is there providing unbelievable customer service. I mean, she is, her patience and her care eliminates a lot of the frustration our constituents have at times when they call city hall upset about something. The great way in which she handles people is something to be marveled at. So Lanny, I just want to thank you for all that you do. I do just want to mention one thing that I do have a problem with Lanny about if that's OK. So I was hired in 2015, in June, actually, of 2015. I ran the Boston Marathon in April of 2015 and finished. No, no, no gloves. But it's because of Lanny is the reason I look the way I do today. I could not run around the friggin' block right now because Lanny likes to give out candy and cookies. And I have a notorious sweet tooth. So Lanny, thank you for the girth that has been added. I would not say that's excellent customer service, what you've done to me. But thank you so much for everything. So we also created this other award, which I had mentioned before, is the Innovator of the Year Award. And this goes to two individuals who have, again, gone above and beyond certainly what was expected of them to create one of the most innovative programs that we've launched in the city in many, many years to the point of having national recognition for this program. So I'd like to ask Aaron Geer and Matt Pryor to come up. So Aaron, would you mind doing me a favor in explaining to everyone what the Portland Opportunity Crew does and the real, so any of us who love public service and that's the reason why we're in this profession, this program is exactly why we love public service. So do you mind? So we're really fortunate to have support from John and city leadership in the council. So what we're able to do with that support is go out to medians and do outreach for individuals who are engaged in panhandling. And we're able to offer them employment seasonally from May through October. And Matt takes the crew out to a variety of different sites throughout the city, and we pick up trash and do beautification projects. I think this year we visited 47 different sites and had the crew work, I think it was like 1,245 hours that they put in throughout the city, beautifying, picking up trash from East End Beach through the old port down to Batcove. And so just a really great program, especially a program that when you're out there with the crew seeing the effects is fabulous. And I'll tell you a quick story. A couple of weeks ago I was out with my family at an event and one of the participants who was a participant that's worked with Matt since the middle of summer was actually employed at the place that we were attending the event at. And it was just so nice to see that an individual who Matt had engaged on the medians back in 2017 who didn't wanna participate in the program, Matt continued to outreach and engage that individual offering him services politely each time, came in middle of this season, participated for a few weeks and is now employed. And so it's those sort of stories that I like to tell people that I think the city should be really proud of. And if I could just tell one more story. There were a couple of individuals who were living on the streets and were panhandling and it was because these two gentlemen and the work that is being done in social services, those two individuals are gainly employed, they have housing in Soco and they have really turned their lives around. And that's what this is all about and what we do. So thank you guys for everything you do. So we also have one other leadership award before we get to the Ganley award. There is a person, and this is the municipal leadership award that we started and created last year, which Anita Lachance was the first person to receive this award. You've heard from him earlier, but Dan Boudlier, where's Dan? So Dan, you are the 2018 municipal leadership award winner. And it's because I've rarely met an individual in my career who is so passionate about what he or she does. And Dan fits that criteria completely. Whether it's talking to me about something called the dark web or many other IT related matters, Dan is passionate and he is caring and he really is someone that has spent an enormous amount of his career. In fact, consistently, he's worked for us for 31 years, but he also, before that, I think he went to the county or somewhere. I can go to Unum. Unum, yeah, and then 10 years before he went to Unum to make the big money, he worked for the city and then came back to the city to work another 31 years for the city. And so Dan started in the IT department in 1976 as a computer programmer, which I did not know we had computers back in 1976. I'm just kidding, I'm just kidding. Yeah, a massive bit about this big of a room. And then became a computer programmer in 1987 and then he became the IT department director in 2013. So Dan, thank you for your commitment to the city of Portland, all that you've done to make the city what it is today. And honestly, we couldn't thank you enough for everything that you do. So the next award is the Robert Ganley Award. This is the highest public service award you can receive in the city of Portland. Mr. Ganley unfortunately passed away in December of 2000 when he had served as city manager for 14 plus years. This award is annually given to an employee of the city of Portland who exemplifies the dedication, knowledge and passion for municipal public service, which characterized city manager Ganley during his lifetime. We recognize an employee whose work for the citizens of Portland demonstrates over a period of years characteristics such as efficient and economical use of city resources, a mastery of skills and judgment required for successful performance of their duties, a commitment to share knowledge and skills with coworkers, freely committed themselves, real concern to improve the common good, respond to genuinely to respond to the concerns of individual citizens, to be attentive to the voices not usually heard in city hall, and it hears to Bob Ganley's maxim that good public services recognized by the substance of the performance, not by the style in which it is carried out. The selection committee comprised of previous award recipients, Keith Cattrow, Barbara Barhite, Mary McCarthy, Paul Bradbury, as well as HR staff Gina Tapp and Carline Kessler and communications director Jessica Grondin. The committee received seven nominations for the 2018 award and all of the nominees were quite worthy and incredible and so it was a very, very difficult decision that the committee came up with. So this will be the 17th winner of this award. The first winner was in 2002. So with that, I would like to ask Lisa Littlefield from the Barron Center. Lisa injured her back in service to all of us and so that is why she is sitting. So I honestly, I'm so thrilled that the committee picked Lisa. I have been so fortunate to work with Lisa over the last three and a half years. Again, she has contributed greatly to the girth around my middle in addition to Lanny with some of the best food I've ever had in my life. So Lisa has been an employee at the Barron Center since June of 1976. She was hired as a support team worker in the Nutrition Services Division. In 1979, she was promoted to a Cook Two and in 2017 she was once again promoted to the Food Production Coordinator. Her fellow employees and Barron Center residents have their own title for her, the best cook and best baker in the state. And if there was a James Beard Award presented for public employees, Lisa would win it every single year. Lisa has an excellent work ethic and always goes above and beyond what is asked of her. She helps with the hiring process of new employees and trains them in the use of city equipment and the day-to-day routine of nutrition at the Barron Center. She is always professional, has excellent attendance and is committed to nutrition, the nutrition needs of the residents. Lisa sought out to be the cook at the Barron Center Flamingo Breakfast. I'm not sure we wanna know what a Flamingo breakfast is, but it's held every Tuesday morning and the residents love her cooking and demand that she preside over those breakfasts. Even to the point where they have special requests of Lisa, which she of course works with them on. Many city council meeting or budget meetings have been discussed over one of Lisa's home cook meals. Mr. Ghandley himself was a big fan of Lisa's homemade two-night noodle casserole. And the people and people seek out her special whoopie pies. And I know this from my own experience, her chocolate chip cookies. So Lisa, I cannot think of a person who deserves this more than you. Thank you for everything that you do for the city of Portland. Lisa's parents are here. Could we have them come forward please? Where are Lisa's parents?