The Florida Sterling Council has recognized six Pasco County employees for work they performed as Sterling Examiners – including the Examiner Excellence Award – given to just one Sterling Examiner each year, according to a county news release.
More than 150 Volunteer Examiners serve statewide, supporting the council’s mission of elevating organizational performance excellence.
The awards were presented during a virtual Examiner Recognition Ceremony on July 17.
The county’s team of examiners helps organizations across the state, while also helping the county to improve its performance, Pasco County Administrator Dan Biles said at the Pasco Commission’s Aug. 4 meeting.
“The awards program for the internal Sterling program in the state almost was like Pasco County Day,” Biles said, noting that Amielee Farrell received the examiner’s excellence award for the year.
He praised all of the county staff receiving recognition.
“They’re doing an excellent job going out and examining private and public government agencies, not only helping them, but bringing their ideas back to Pasco County so we can do our jobs better, too.
“There’s a dozen on that team right now and they’re doing an excellent job throughout the state, and then bringing those ideas back to us, so we can become the premier county that the board wants us to become,” Biles said.
Farrell, of the county’s Office of Management and Budget, was recognized for her contributions in the areas of thought leadership, developing new software training and guidance, and her participation on two assessment teams, according to the county news release.
Pasco employees Nilda Meono received the Challenge Assessment Rookie of the Year and Courtney Cooper received the Governor’s Sterling Award Assessment Rookie of the Year.
Also, Zuzana Bobst, Courtney Cooper, Matthew Hicks and Nilda Meono were promoted from Examiner to Advanced Examiner.
Jeffrey Harris was promoted from Advanced Examiner to Senior Examiner, and Amielee Farrell was promoted from Senior Examiner to Lead Examiner.
The Florida Sterling Council was formed in 1992 as a not-for-profit, public/private partnership supported by the Office of the Governor, the county release adds.
To learn more about the Sterling Program and the role of Examiners, visit FloridaSterling.com.
Published August 19. 2020
