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Martinez Council proclaims Earth Month, honors dispatchers and sustainability awardees; introduces new staff
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Summary
At its April 15 meeting the Martinez City Council introduced three new staff members, proclaimed National Public Safety Telecommunications Week and Earth Month, recognized the John Muir Association as business of the month, and presented ECO and city sustainability awards to local businesses, school custodial staff and volunteers.
The Martinez City Council on April 15 introduced three new city hires and issued a series of community proclamations and awards recognizing public-safety dispatchers, environmental programs and local organizations.
Mayor Brianne Zorn called the meeting to order and read proclamations including National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (April 13'19, 2026), Earth Month (April 2026) and National Library Week. The public-safety proclamation included dispatcher workload statistics recorded in the proclamation: "58,091 telephone calls, 14,973 9-1-1 calls, and processing 36,563 incidents." A Martinez Police Department representative thanked the council for the recognition, noted the heavy call volume and said, "on average, there's 1 to maybe 2 dispatchers on duty in any given time," and indicated the department is hiring dispatchers.
The council introduced new staff: Brodie Igledi as park caretaker (hired March 1 after serving in temporary maintenance roles), Bridal Allath as accounting technician I who will staff the front water window, and Andrea Miller as interim finance manager with more than two decades of municipal finance experience.
The council and the Chamber of Commerce named the John Muir Association Martinez's Business of the Month for April. Linda Vita, the association's president, described the group's volunteer history and preservation work around the John Muir house, noting partnerships with the National Park Service and the Friends of Alhambra Creek and inviting the public to the John Muir Birthday/Earth Day event.
Republic Services presented 2025 ECO Awards recognizing local organizations and the Martinez Unified School District custodial staff for waste-sorting and diversion efforts; winners announced included Jack in the Box (Lahambra Avenue), Del Cielo Brewing Company and Martinez Unified custodial staff. The city also presented inaugural Martinez Sustainability Awards recognizing businesses (Mighty Market, Oak Tree Playhouse), city employees (Alan Fulkerson, Margo Pacheco), and youth leaders and volunteers for local sustainability leadership.
No formal council votes or motions were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt; most items were ceremonial recognitions and informational presentations. The meeting proceeded to the Parks & Rec Commission presentation on its retreat priorities.
