City of Newport 2009 Service Award Honorees

Edward F. Lavallee City Manager - 31 Years Presented by Mayor Jeanne-Marie Napolitano	Employee of the Year Kathleen J. O'Neill Presented by Michael J. Coury
Employee of the Year Kathleen J. O'Neill	Michael J. Coury HR Administrator - 20 Years
Michael G. McKenna Police Chief - 25 Years Presented by Ed Lavallee	Josefina C. Iglesias Legal Assistant - 20 Years Presented by Ed Lavallee
Kathleen M. Silvia City Clerk - 31 Years Presented by Ed Lavallee	Laura S. Boiani Deputy City Clerk - 5 Years Presented by Kathleen M. Silvia
Carol M. Mureddu Recreation Program Supervisor -15 Years Presented by Sue Cooper	Linda M. Williams Senior Clerk Typist - 20 Years Presented by Richard O'Neill
Sandra J. Henderson Municipal Court Administrator - 5 Years	John W. “Jack” Buehler Help Desk Coordinator - 10 Years
Kathleen J. O'Neill Senior Account Clerk - 10 Years	Andrew M. Palmer Firefighter - 10 Years
David P. Murphy Fire Lieutenant -15 Years	David B. Sieben Firefighter 15 Years
William E. Sullivan Deputy Fire Chief - 30 Years	Joshua A. Wildes Police Officer - 5 Years
Stephen Kane Public Safety Dispatcher - 10 Years	John D. Kliever Police Sergeant - 10 Years
Christine W. Poncia Police Officer - 10 Year	Jacqueline A. Wuest Police Officer - 10 Years
Eric G. Adkins Police Officer - 15 Years	Rita Barker Police Sergeant - 20 Years
John Barker Police Sergeant - 20 Years	Russell J. Carlone Police Lieutenant - 25 Years
William T. Fitzgerald, Jr. Police Lieutenant - 25 Years	Kathryn E. Potter Public Safety Dispatcher - 30 Years
Stephen Dennis Police Officer - 34 Years	Gino A. Martinelli Housing Inspector - 5 Years
Ben P. Bona Custodian - 5 Years	Bryan J. Lewis Laborer Equipment Operator - 5 Years
Joseph R. Titus Laborer - 5 Years	Scott D. Wheeler Tree & Grounds Supervisor -15 Years
Christopher P. Mureddu Sweeper Operator - 20 Years	Edward T. Green Fleet Coordinator - 25 Years
George T. Truver Senior Maintenance Person - 25 Years	Michael J. Watts Head Foreman - 31 Years
Andrew N. Mendonsa Water Meter Repair - 5 Years	Carol A. Bowman Administrative Assistant - 10 Years
Joseph M. Shaffell Water Plant Operator - 20 Years	James R. Crowell Water Plant Operator - 31 Years
RETIREES -2009
Kenneth Wilkinson Police Sergeant 20 Years	Patrick Shea Police Investigator 20 Years
James Cardiff Water Plant Operator 23 Years	Richard Gallipeau Police Lieutenant 23 Years
Dorothy K. Moseley Senior Account Clerk 30 Years	Richard N. Rolando Water Plant Operator 31 Years
Thomas M. Dugan Fire Lieutenant 31 Years	Hugo J. DeAscentis, Jr. Laboratory Supervisor 32 Years
John F. Sperling Police Lieutenant 32 Years
In Memoriam - 2009 Raymond F. Bryer, Fire Captain – Fire Department Norman R. Anderson, Police Captain – Police Department Phyllis L. Bowley, Clerk Typist – Public Works Department Allen Lama, Distribution/Collection Foreman - Utilities Department John J. Connell, Investigator – Police Department Robert M. Bigliety, Water Meter Repair – Utilities Department Timothy F. Fitzgerald, Fire Lieutenant – Fire Department

RETIREES -2009

In Memoriam - 2009