The Plant and Service Operations (PS0) Employee Advisory Committee was established in December 1993. Initial operating procedures were adopted and approved by the PSO Employee Advisory Committee on February 9, 1994. The committee will need to review the procedures annually.

Purpose:

The Plant and Service Operations Employee Advisory Committee serves as an advisory entity that reviews and gives feedback to PSO administration on matters related to new policy decisions and ways to improve service. It also acts as an employee change advocate and serves as an internal communications channel between management and employees regarding work related issues and concerns.

Meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of each month to review and discuss employee concerns. The second meeting of the month is attended by the PSO Director to discuss employee issues and concerns. Results of employee concerns that the Committee has taken to and discussed with the PSO administration will be conveyed in PSO's electronic newsletter, Service Matters.

In order to make PSO a better work place, employees are encouraged to let their voices be heard through the Committee about their work related concern. Employees may do so by speaking with a Committee representative or submitting their issue, concern, suggestion or idea through one of the suggestion boxes. Three suggestion boxes are located throughout PSO --one in the main entrance hallway at PSO, one in the Building Services' lobby, and one at the Touch of Nature Administrative Office.

view "Committee Operating Procedure" document

 

Committee Chair:

Tonya Walker, PSO Accounting, 453-6788

 

Committee Members:

Carla Quigley, Physical Plant Admin., 453-6771

John Norman, Grounds, 453-8185

Jim Guetersloh, Building Maintenance, 453-6740

Denny Moon, Travel Service, 453-7737

Debbie Layne, Printing/Duplicating, 453-2268

Fred Gill, Power Plant, 453-6762, 453-8130

Melanie Imhoff, Engineering Services, 453-6777

Cyndy Green, Building Services, 453-5163

Michele Hines, Ex-Officio, PSO Admin, 453-6793

 

Meetings:

Meetings are held the first and third Thursdays of each month in the PSO conference room. The second meeting of the month is attended by the PSO Director to discuss employee issues and concerns.

 

 

Outstanding Employee Recognition:

The Employee Outstanding Achievement Recognition Program is a function of the PSO Employee Advisory Committee. The purpose of the program is to recognize PSO employees for outstanding achievement in the following three categories:

• job performance
  the degree of work performance above and beyond the call of duty based on the nominee's current job duties and responsibilities
• effective cost-saving work incentives
  the degree of cost-savings, either in dollars, efficiency, or time; the suggestion or idea resulted in for the department which has been appropriately documneted and verified by PSO management
• good samaritan acts either in the workplace or the community
  the importance of a good Samaritan or humanitarian act performed by a PSO employee that occurred either in the workplace or in the community.

Program Overview:

This program will become effective upon approval of the operating guidelines, policies, and procedures.

• Employee of the Quarter - Employees who have been chosen for outstanding achievement during previous months will be eligible to be selected Employee of the Quarter. The monthly recipient will be chosen in September, December, March and June.
• Selected Recipient - Will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and Executive Director of Administration, and be awarded a $50 gift certificate from the University Bookstore in the Student Center.
• The recipient will be spotlighted in the PSO newsletter and the Employee Advisory Committee's posted flyer.
• Employee of the Year - Recipient will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and Executive Director of Administration, and be awarded a $200 gift certificate from the University Bookstore. The recipient's name will also be added to the Employee of the Year wall plaque.

Nominations:

• Any PSO employee can be nominated for this award except the current members of the PSO Employee Advisory Committee, and anyone reporting directly to the Director of Plant and Service Operations.
• Any employee or staff member employed by SIU Carbondale can nominate employees of Plant and Service Operations.
• Nominations must be handwritten or typed and can be submitted to any member of the Employee Advisory Committee or submitted in any of the PSO suggestion boxes. Nomination forms will be available for use but will not be required. No verbal nominations will be accepted. The nomination form may be found below.
• The nomination must contain a statement of WHY the employee is being nominated and provide examples to justify the nomination.

Selections:

• Nominations will be received and reviewed by the EAC. The recipient for the award will be the sole decision of the EAC.
• All nominations will be evaluated and compared among the pool of nominations received during a given evaluation/review period. The EAC ex-officio will contact the employee and the employee's department supervisor announcing the winning recipient.
• An Employee of the Quarter cannot be renominated for a period of five years.
• The PSO Employee Advisory Committee will select the Employee of the Year from the four Employee of the Quarter recipients.

STUDENT EMPLOYEES RECOGNITION

The Student Employee Outstanding Achievement Recognition Program is a function of the Plant and Service Operations Employee Advisory Committee. The purpose of the program is to recognize PSO student employees for outstanding achievement to the degree of work performance above and beyond the call of duty based on the nominee's current job duties and responsibilities.

Program Overview:

This program will become effective upon approval of the operating guidelines, policies, and procedures.

• Student Employee - The recipient will be chosen in mid-Fall and mid-Spring semesters.
• Selected Recipient - Will receive a letter of congratulations from the Chair of the EAC and Executive Director of Administration, and be awarded a $50.00 gift certificate from the University Bookstore.
• The recipient will be recognized in the PSO newsletter.

Program Funding:

Continuation of the funding for awards is contingent upon availability of funding.

Nominations:

• Any current PSO student employee can be nominated for this award.
• Nominations must be handwritten or typed and can be submitted to any member of the EAC or any of the PSO Suggestion Boxes. Nomination forms will be available for use but will not be required. No verbal nominations will be accepted. The nomination form may be found below.
• The nomination must contain a statement of WHY the student employee is being nominated and provide examples to justify the nomination.

Selections:

• Nominations will be received and reviewed by the EAC. The recipient for the award will be the sole decision of the EAC.
• The EAC ex-officio will contact the student employee and the employee's department supervisor announcing the winning recipient.

Nomination Form

Award Recipients