Municipal Employee of the Year 2024
Deadline April 15, 2024
The Maryland City and County Management Association and the Maryland Municipal League are pleased to announce that they are accepting nominations for the annual Roland B. Sweitzer Municipal Employee of the Year Award.
Eligibility for Nomination
Nominations for this prestigious award are open to all MML member municipalities. In order to be considered for the award, the nominee must be a current or former municipal employee.
Employees who have been previously nominated, but not selected, may be re-nominated. Town managers and administrators are not eligible. Only one nomination per municipality may be submitted.
Criteria for Nomination
The award is intended to recognize high standards of professionalism in service to a municipality and outstanding performance over and above required duty for a single event or program; or for an extended period of time. The following are the guidelines for the nomination:
A recipient must have provided a superior service, outstanding performance or performed another action that would take the service out of a typical commendation category.
The award may be made for quality service on a single program or over an extended period of time.
This service or action must have been provided to the municipality in connection with his/her employment.
This award may be made to any classification of employees for physical endeavor, innovative programs, or other measures bringing cost savings and/or efficient operations to the municipality.
Candidates’ names must be submitted to the selection committee by the city or town administrator, manager, or anyone holding a comparable position by whatever title in the municipality.
Review of Nominations
Nominations will be reviewed based upon a number of criteria such as, but not limited to those listed below. Weighted value will be placed upon continued course of conduct.
Protection of life, safety or property
Stewardship of public trust, funds, property, or resources
Heroism, leadership, cost savings initiatives, public service
Professionalism, efficiency, quality of service, ethics
Leadership, sound and consistent decision-making
Positive impact on the long-term quality of life in the community
Innovation
Nomination Process
Submit a completed Nomination Form by the close of business on April 15, 2024.
Notification and Presentation of Award
Presentation of the award might not occur during the opening ceremony at the MML 2024 Summer Conference & Expo, June 23-26, 2024, in Ocean City, MD.