Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Rocio Kiryczun, Director of Human Resources
Subject: 2022 Innovation Summit and STARS Employee Awards
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve the STARS Employee Suggestion/Innovation Challenge Awards.
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BACKGROUND:
The County STARS Awards Program was initially established in 2006 to recognize programs that offer innovative and collaborative services in the areas of performance and customer service. Since then, the program was expanded to recognize excellence in diversity and inclusion and sustainability. In addition, an Employee Suggestion award category was added in 2008 to recognize employees that offer suggestions to improve County services. The County has hosted four Innovation Summits as part of the Employee Suggestion award category.
DISCUSSION:
The 2022 Innovation Challenge was held in a hybrid format this year. It began virtually on August 8th and 9th with seventy-four (74) participants forming 20 teams to collaborate, identify and present a solution to improve County services via the Zoom platform. The teams worked on their ideas through the allocated four hours and submitted a video of their ideas. The videos were reviewed by several department heads and the top six were selected to present at an in- person event on August 25th. The judges selected 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for an external category and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for an internal category, while participants selected a People's Choice award.
The teams that received awards for their ideas include:Award
Team Name
Employees
Suggestion
1st Prize (External)
($2,000)
Airports Charging Forward
Gretchen Kelly, Michael Byrne, Mark Witsoe, Davi Howard
Provide aircraft charging stations for emission-free and quiet flight training at the County of San Mateo Airports.
2nd Place (External)
($1,000)
The People's Qmmunity Resource
Frances Lobos, Deandra Lee, Nupoor Kulkarni, Tania Perez
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