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I <br /> t <br /> i~ <br /> i <br /> ~ Public Works Department <br /> Transportation Division <br /> <br /> Ali City of Eugene <br /> err ~ December 2I, 1990 858 Pear! Street, Suite 300 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> ~ (503) 687-5218 <br /> I <br /> APWA Chapt r Awards Committee <br /> c/o Jim Fe renbacher <br /> City of Co vallis <br /> Public Wor s Department <br /> P.0. Box 1 83 <br /> Gorvaliis, OR 97339 <br /> Attn: Cha ter Awards Committee <br /> I would like to nominate Bob Noble for this year's APWA Award of Merit. Bob <br /> Nobie star ed with the City of Eugene in 1976 as a temporary Utility Worker I in <br /> the Street Maintenance Division. He was made a permanent Utility Worker in 1977. <br /> Since the he has been promoted three times. The first promotion came in 1979 <br /> when he m ved from street maintenance to the Traffic Engineering Division as an <br /> Engineeri g Technician I. In 1984, he was promoted to Engineering Technician II. <br /> His most ecent advancement came in 1988 when he became a Supervisor III working <br /> ' as the Tr ffic Operations Supervisor in the city's Transportation Division. Nis <br /> responsib lines are to supervise and manage two distinct work units, the traffic <br /> signing nd striping maintenance section and the traffic operations/data <br /> collectio section. Bob presently supervises ten full-time employees within <br /> these two work units. <br /> Bob has worked diligently since taking on the role of Traffic Operations <br /> Supervis r to refine and improve both the quality and quantity•of work produced <br /> in the t o sections. He initiated a program to cross-train employees for the <br /> numerous tasks performed by the signing and pavement striping crews. Oue to the <br /> size of he crews, he determined that having the flexibility to inter-change <br /> .duties a d responsibilities greatly enhanced overall production. This also <br /> j' allows t e sign/striping shop to respond much quicker to problems in the field <br /> and has mproved employees morale and attitudes by providing them with a larger <br /> skill ba a and more variety in their daily activities. <br /> Two year ago, Bob took the initiative to organize a work zone traffic control <br /> seminar for the city's Public Works Department.. He also made sure this <br /> opportun'ty for traffic control safety training was available to local <br /> contract rs, utility companies, and others who work in the public right-of-way. <br /> He made 71 the necessary logistical and financial arrangements for the seminar <br /> which in luded bringing in an expert in the field of construction traffic control <br /> as an i structor. Bob has continued to promote and encourage proper traffic <br /> control techniques. He has been the instructor for several traffic control <br /> trainin sessions for work units within the city and for other agencies such as <br /> utility companies. Nis dedication to the enhancement of work zone traffic <br /> control procedures within the city has and will continue to pay off by providing <br /> safer w rk zones for workers and the motoring public. <br /> Another example demonstrating Bob's high level of initiative: this past year he <br /> almost Ingle-handedly promoted and received approval of a program that provides <br /> I <br /> <br />