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Staff Connections
November / December 2023

City Views: November/December (NEW)
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Economic & Community Development

Manufacturing Workforce Partnership Celebrates 6 Years

This private-public partnership includes the City of Hillsboro, educational institutions, community organizations, and industry partners.

The group recently rebranded to AM-TECH: Advanced Manufacturing Training & Education Collaborative of Hillsboro, to more accurately reflect their work in:

assisting and guiding workforce initiatives in hiring
sourcing talent
developing technical skills and training

Among those pictured above: City staff Jim Riley, Ken Christian, Kristi Wilson, and Dan Dias.

City of Hillsboro Co-Hosts Fair Housing Bus Tour

Economic & Community Development sponsored a Fair Housing Bus Tour presented by the Fair Housing Council of Oregon.

The tour explores Oregon’s history of discrimination, displacement, and segregation — and how it relates to the fair housing challenges we face today. The tour was organized by the City of Hillsboro, City of Beaverton, and Washington County.

City staff included Anne Thrall-Nash, Juliet Bachtel, Nick Baker, Amy Kreimeier, Becky Coutinho, Lauren Scott, Rachel Marble, Colin Miletich, Eunice Makinde, and Omar Martinez.

Hillsboro Team Presents at
Oregon American Planning Association (OAPA)

Mandy Gawf, Chris Hartye, David Bonn, and Chris Barry presented on the collaborative approach to Homelessness Initiatives in Hillsboro at the annual OAPA conference.

The presentation was selected through a competitive process and showcased the engagement, outreach, and holistic efforts the City has enacted to provide long-term support to unhoused community members and explore new ways to support individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

Fire & Rescue

Teaching Hands-Only CPR In Spanish

Engineer/EMT Luis Mota represented Hillsboro Fire & Rescue and taught an estimated 800 Latino community members Hands-Only CPR entirely in Spanish at the first annual Tu Salud Latino Health Fair presented by Telemundo Portland.

10 Probationary Firefighters Continue Training

Ten new firefighters have graduated their training academy and continue their training with on duty fire crews responding to emergency calls. For the next eight months, some fire apparatus will respond with five firefighters.

Public Works

Pavement Manager of the Year Award

Greg Hayes, Public Works Senior Engineering Technician, was named Pavement Manager of the Year by the Northwest Pavement Management Association.

Congratulations, Greg!

City Manager's Office

Lunch & Learn in the Civic Center

Amber Ames and Brandi Gilbert shared their experiences serving as Miss Washington County Fair & Rodeo in 1999 and 2001 during a Lunch & Learn event in the Civic Center Auditorium in October.

Police

Successful Shred Event

HPD’s November Shred Event drew nearly 700 people and 13 tons of sensitive documents that were securely shredded on-site!

Water

Community Member Kudos

Hillsboro Water Distribution Operators Matt Cottrell, Alex Worley, and Jeff Hays received a glowing customer complement after replacing a leaking water shutoff valve near NE 38th Avenue:

“I wanted to express how impressed I was with the crew that came out. I was amazed at how they got the dirt out with the evac, quickly replaced the valve and the box, filled the hole back up with gravel and a nice top-layer of dirt, how they cleaned up the job area, and how they even put down grass seed so it would go back to the way it was prior to the job. Wow!”

Parks & Recreation

Winter Village Canceled

Winter Village will not take place in 2023 due to circumstances that impacted the ability to provide a safe and successful event.

City Manager's Report Highlights

City Staff Highlighted at Council Meetings

Watch Robby Hammond's City Manager's Reports to the City Council for recent staff recognitions (TVCTV timecodes in italics):

October 17, 2023 City Council meeting:

2:12:30
Robby thanked Jennifer Manderichio, Scott Crowell, and all Parks & Recreation staff who helped organize HillsDOer Day. More than 300 community members volunteered throughout Hillsboro!

In addition, Robby celebrated the HiLight team for connecting the 1000^th customer to HiLight internet service!

November 7, 2023 City Council meeting:

1:40:32

Robby recognized more than a dozen Public Works Department staff who are part of the team collecting leaves off streets in all Hillsboro neighborhoods each year!

November 21, 2023 City Council meeting:

1:50:20

Deputy City Manager Rahim Harji recognized Fire & Rescue staff for providing life-saving training at the Tu Salud Health Fair in Hillsboro and additional safety outreach in Spanish.