March 15 9 a.m.

• City Hall and all other administrative buildings and recreation facilities are open.
• Crews continue to work on a large watermain break on Oakdale Avenue.
• 20 large trucks plowing main roads with 16 wing plows
• 2 small trucks plowing and sanding/salting as required
• 2 small trucks delivering salt
• 5 trackless sidewalk plows
• 1 small truck and labourer on the sidewalk hand list
• 1 backhoe with a bucket doing circles/dead ends
• 1 large loader at the Lake Street Service Centre loading salt onto trucks
• 11 loaders with blades plowing secondary roads

SAN-Caretaker-Mar2017

Congratulation to Jason Long and Steve Hawlyrshyn

Posting are up for Spring Jobs check out the Union Boards

March 13, 2017 to March 16, 2017

Kudos to staff who informally reviewed and made changes:

Pierre Parent and Dave Norton, Underground Service Operators, brought an idea to Richard Daniel who pursued it with TES management to do an informal review, 2016-016i.  The group has effectively eliminated almost 500 hundred labour hours which were annually spent maintaining private fire hydrants.  The team is reallocating resources to other important water related activities during 2017, while eliminating liability for the City.

This is a step in the right direction. Great suggestion.  Keep it up!

Our Vice President has chosen Chris Spiers from Parks to be on the Health and Safety Committee. Congratulations Chris. I think you will do an amazing Job. The Committee is comprised of Walter Makarewicz co-chair,Tom Matyas, Susan Parent, Joe Coco and Brett Cudmore

Bill Burgoyne Arena was down to one compressor on Wednesday and Thursday. Our refrigeration Company Cimco came in with a new motor and saved the day. Thanks for you help Dave!!!

ICEDOGS Invite Staff to City of St. Catharines Night

Thursday, March 9 is designated “City of St. Catharines Night” over at the Meridian Centre.  The IceDogs invite city staffers to take in their 7:00 game vs the Owen Sound Attack.

In celebration of City of St. Catharines Night,  the IceDogs are offering a limited number of tickets for $13.00 in section 112/111.  The regular price of these tickets in this section are $20.00!

Bring your friends and family for a fun night out.  There is no limit on the number of tickets each staff member can purchase.  When the tickets are gone…..they are gone.  Note, that you can’t choose your seat # but a group purchase will be seated together.

The Mayor and Bones will be making a special presentation to St. Catharines’ own Daniel Singer (#16) at the start of the game.

Reserve (and pay for) your ticket through Julie Hughes at  City Hall by Wednesday March 1, 2017.

Go Dogs Go!

Get Microsoft Office for home!

Hello All,

Working at the City of St.Catharines definitely has its benefits. Thanks to our enterprise agreement with Microsoft, you are eligible to  purchase a copy of the latest version of MS Office through the home use program.

The Home Use Program is a Software Assurance benefit available to Microsoft volume licensing customers with active Software Assurance coverage on their Office applications. Employees who use the covered licenses at work are eligible to purchase these Office applications for use on a personal device during the term of their employment.

Eligible employees are allowed to purchase a single license of each product available according to the terms of our organization’s Software Assurance benefit.

YOU WILL REQUIRE A CITY ISSUED EMAIL ADDRESS.

Please click on the link below to purchase your copy.

GET MICROSOFT OFFICE FOR HOME USE!