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Please click on the link below to see a promotional video for the Sunday Sunset Music Series:
https://youtu.be/h_n7FQsRvoA
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Friday, September 3-Monday, September 6 - The Belvedere: 141 N 6th St, Louisville, KY 40202
WorldFest celebrates its 19th anniversary with four days of world food, music, dance, culture, and education. Featuring:
- Three entertainment stages showcasing international, national, regional, and local performers
- Possibility City World Hub, a vendor village with nearly 150 international-themed arts, crafts, merchandise, and food booths
- A Naturalization Ceremony swearing-in nearly 150 immigrants as United States Citizens
- The WorldFest Global Village highlights cultures and customs from all over the world
- A World of Information that informs citizens about area services for our international residents
"Cities that embrace and encourage their international citizens and cultures will thrive, have a stronger quality of life and will attract new growth and jobs,” Mayor Greg Fischer said. 'WorldFest is a great event for exploring and celebrating Louisville’s many faces and cultures and we always look to make it more vibrant, diverse, and educational. So, it’s exciting to add many new features and attractions to the WorldFest celebration this year.” With over 100 languages spoken in the Louisville public schools and 35 percent of the city’s population growth over the past 19 years coming from international residents from over 150 different countries throughout the world, Louisville is more culturally diverse than ever before.
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 Programs offer financial incentives to recruit and retain Corrections staff
Mayor Greg Fischer and Louisville Metro Department of Corrections (LMDC) Director Dwayne Clark today announced three pilot projects designed to boost recruitment and retention of LMDC sworn staff.
“While public safety staffing in general is a challenge right now, staffing at Corrections is especially challenging. We must address this problem with urgency,” the Mayor said. “I appreciate LMDC leadership and the unions working together on this innovative approach to increase our staffing. The dedication of the men and women who serve the community as civilian and sworn staff at Corrections cannot be overstated.”
The three pilot projects were developed in partnership with unions representing LMDC civilian and sworn staff, represented by FOP Corrections Union Lodge 77 and AFSCME Local 2629:
- The first pilot project will provide financial incentives to LMDC employees who refer a candidate for sworn staff employment at Corrections. The incentives will be staggered as the recruit moves from training to swearing in, with a potential total of $1,050.00. The staggered method, with incentives increasing as the candidate moves through the process, is also designed to encourage staff to mentor their recruits and to be invested in the recruit’s success.
- The second pilot project provides a hiring incentive to new recruits of $2,000.00, with successful candidates receiving $1,000.00 when they are sworn in and another $1,000.00 when they complete a probationary period.
- The third pilot project aims to improve retention among sworn and civilian LMDC staff. Eligible employees who continue their employment with Corrections can receive up to $2,000.00 in Fiscal Year 2022, which began July 1. Eligible employees working today on Sept. 1, 2021, will receive $1,000.00. All of those eligible employees who are still working on June 1, 2022, will receive an additional $1,000.00.
“These incentives are meant to acknowledge the difficult job our highly dedicated staff is doing at a challenging time,” said Director Clark, “while also giving them the ability to further invest in Corrections’ future, by bringing us good candidates who will be mentored for success. We’re very excited about this.”
FOP President Daniel Johnson said: “FOP Lodge 77 is excited to announce these three new hiring and retention incentives, created in collaboration with the Mayor’s office. We are hopeful this will be the first of many initiatives to address staffing at Louisville Metro Corrections.”
All three pilot efforts are designed to work in conjunction with one another. For now, the year-long pilot projects will operate only at Corrections. If successful, they could serve as models for other Metro Government public service agencies.
“One of our priorities is ensuring a qualified, quality and fairly compensated public safety team in our city,” the Mayor said. “We want Corrections employees to ‘sign on, stay on, and bring on’ quality candidates to better our Corrections team. Starting these pilot efforts within Corrections makes sense, given the critical staffing challenges there, but we’ll be monitoring the programs as we go, and if successful, will work to expand to other public safety agencies.”
If you would like to apply for a job with LMDC, please visit the department website at Louisville Corrections Careers | LouisvilleKY.gov.
Metro Parks has a wide variety of positions available from entry level to management, including part-time throughout the department.
Thel also have Supervisor positions posted for California and Beechmont Community Centers. Of the thirteen community centers, eleven have vacancies.
To apply, please visit:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/louisvilleky?keywords=recreation&page=2
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