Item B09BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: 4/16/06- KW
Bulk Item: Yes No X
Division County Attorney
Staff Contact Person: Suzanne Hutton
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Presentation of Employee Service Award for the month of February, 2008, to Debra Rainer, Paralegal,
County Attorney's Office.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Ms. Rainer was selected for the Employee Service Award for the month of February, 2008.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
N/A
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
N/A
TOTAL COST: BUDGETED: N/A Yes No
COST TO COUNTY: SOURCE OF FUNDS
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes No AMOUNT PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty X OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included X Not Required
DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 2/05
EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARD
FEBRUARY, 2008
DEBRA RAINER
Tina Boan nominated Debra Rainer, Paralegal, County Attorney's Office, for employee of the
month. The nomination was based on a call made by Ms. Boan to the County Attorney's office
with a question regarding some very old ordinances. Within fifteen minutes of the request, Debra
returned the call after taking it upon herself to begin researching the question. Debra
communicated several times to ensure that the question was being thoroughly addressed and
displayed an extremely cooperative attitude and a genuine concern regarding the project; she
saved the budget office countless hours of work.
Debra is able to complete very diverse tasks, combining her paralegal and book-keeping
knowledge for research and analysis. She often uses her own initiative and obtains attorney
confirmation of her independent judgment in accomplishing those tasks. She is the office expert
in locating appropriate records to address issues which unexpectedly recur, no small task since
there have been substantial changes to the filing system and locations of files which were once
housed in the County Attorney's Office.
During the past year, she kept a good attitude throughout a temporary move to the Harvey
Government Center conference room which she shared with three other staff members, and a
move of the entire office to new quarters, plus reorganization of the legal staff. She was
resourceful in reconfiguring the office furniture and file cabinets to fit the new space and in
shelving the books in a user-friendly manner.
Debra is a great asset to the County.