{"id":8244,"date":"2022-09-01T16:52:01","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T16:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/?page_id=8244"},"modified":"2025-09-30T21:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:54:40","slug":"employee-service-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/employee-service-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"LisaLisa Morgan retired on July 31, 2025 from the Community Development department.\u00a0 Lisa devoted 6 years of service to the City of Excelsior Springs.<\/p>\n

Photos, Lisa and employees of the Community Development department. Lisa being recognized by Mayor Pro-Tem Reggie St. John.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"20242024 Annual Employee Recognition Luncheon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The City of Excelsior Springs held its Annual Employee Appreciation Luncheon on August 14, 2024 at the Montgomery Event Venue. Employee Service Awards highlighted the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5 Year<\/strong>
Kody Gaines
Samantha Nash
Richard Nash
Scott Sickles
James Barge<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10 Years<\/strong>
Ryan Dowdy
Mike Hearrold
Mike Thompson<\/p>\n

15 Years<\/strong>
Melissa Davis
Robert Warner<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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20 Years
<\/strong>Kristina Baxter<\/p>\n

30 Years
<\/strong>Chad Birdsong
Kimberly Herring<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Debby Willimetz’s Retirement Celebrated<\/h3>\n\n\n
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The Ladies of Public Works<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

A Retirement Reception was held for Debby Willimetz on July 12, 2024 at Public Works. Debby has devoted 30 years of service to the City of Excelsior Springs. Debby had a “Rock Chalk” send-off by her friends and family.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Debby Willimetz with Brent Bishop, left, and Chad Birdsong, right.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n

\"MikeMike Hearrold II Remembered<\/h3>\n

Sadly, our employee Mike Hearrold II passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025. He worked for the City, in Public Works at the Water Plant since February 18, 2014 until early March 2025.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lisa Morgan retired on July 31, 2025 from the Community Development department.\u00a0 Lisa devoted 6 years of service to the City of Excelsior Springs. Photos, Lisa and employees of the Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8244","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8244"}],"version-history":[{"count":71,"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13479,"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8244\/revisions\/13479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cityofesmo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}