Employee(s) of the Year

City clerk, assistant to city manager/PIO tie for award

By SOLOMON CRENSHAW JR.

For the first time ever, two employees from the city of Mountain Brook tied for the Employee of the Year award.

Janet Forbes and Heather Richards were recognized on Jan. 25 at the annual Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce luncheon.

“I could not be happier to have been receiving this award alongside Janet,” Richards said. “I love the fact that we can share this experience together. I consider Janet a dear friend, and what friend wouldn’t want to share this experience with their friend?”

Forbes echoed that sentiment. “I'm thrilled to be rewarded. I'm thrilled to be with her,” she said of Richards. “We work together a lot on different things.”

Seven city employees were nominated for the award. A selection committee comprised of the mayor, two council members, a city department head and the director of the Chamber of Commerce deliberated before winding up in a tie for the first time ever.

See EMPLOYEES | page A25