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Farmington Hills honors firefighters, public works, finance and central services staff at annual awards ceremony
Summary
At the 40th annual employee recognition event, Farmington Hills honored multiple employees including Firefighter of the Year Sgt. Stan Bailey, GIS coordinator Matt Malone, Deputy Treasurer Shontay Stringfellow, and outstanding public-services staff Vince Mabe and Shemsi Vesely.
Farmington Hills presented a slate of awards at its 40th annual employee recognition and service awards event, honoring public-safety personnel, frontline maintenance workers and civilian staff across departments.
Fire Department: Sgt. Stan Bailey was named the fire department's 2024 firefighter of the year. Presenters noted Bailey joined the department in 2011, was promoted to career firefighter in 2015, and had received multiple lifesaving awards, unit citations and training roles including membership on the Western Wayne County Hazmat team.
Central services and GIS: Michelle Aronowski, director of central services, presented Matt Malone, the city's GIS coordinator, with an outstanding employee award. Aronowski said Malone creates maps and visual tools for first responders and city services, supports the city's problem-reporting tool, and provides rapid turnaround for mapping requests used by fire and other departments.
Finance: Tom Scrabola, finance director and treasurer, presented Deputy Treasurer Shontay Stringfellow with an outstanding employee award. Scrabola said Stringfellow joined the city in 2023, brought municipal finance experience from other cities, oversees treasury operations and handles high transaction volumes with a customer-service focus.
Public services: Jacob Rushlow recognized two outstanding public-services employees: Vince Mabe, a building-maintenance mechanic hired in September 2023 who responded quickly when a contractor hit an underground pipe near the police-station basement; and Shemsi Vesely, a longtime maintenance worker whose custodial and recycling work keeps city buildings clean. Speakers described specific examples of their daily efforts, emergency responses and attention to detail.
Other notes: Presenters said three of the city's lifeguards were honored with American Red Cross life-saving awards this year. City Manager Gary Mechchen and other elected officials in attendance thanked employees for their decades of service, and the mayor was represented by Mayor Pro Tem Bill during the program.
The presentation emphasized that award nominees come from peer nominations that are vetted by executive staff and human resources; winners were selected after that internal review process.
