Berkshire Community College recognized and honored its 33 long-term employees and 3 retirees at a dinner held on May 12 at the Stockbridge Sportsmen’s Club in Stockbridge.
The retirees honored included Nancy Pacocha, 29 years; Cheryl Dorfman, 11 years and Charlotte Baillargeon, 10 years.
Emily Jahn was honored for working at BCC for 35 years.
Faculty honored for 30 years of service include Benigna Chilla, Leonard Madzy and Charles Weinstein.
Those honored for 25 years of service include Robin Chambers, Phylene Farrell, Annette Guertin, William Noble, Richard Phillips and Nancy Travis.
Reena Bucknell and Sharon Perreault were honored for 20 years of service.
Staff and faculty recognized for 15 years of service include Marsha Burniske, Pamela Coty, Constance Flynn and Nancy Zuber.
Those honored for 10 years were James Chanen, Pamela Dutton, Pamela Farron, Flavia Mastellone, Audrey Ringer, Deborah Rustay, Robert Stockley, Ann Tierney, Christine Warman and Patricia White.
Employees honored for 5 years of service include Karen Carreras-Hubbard, Linda Merry, Gregory Panczner, Gina Stec, Katherine Timoshenko, Jennifer Wilczak and Richard Wixsom.
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Ordinances and Rules subcommittee on Monday unanimously supported a pay raise for election workers, free downtown parking for veterans, and safeguards to better protect wetlands.
Workers will have a $5 bump in hourly pay for municipal, state and federal elections, rising from $10 an hour to $15 for inspectors, $11 to $16 for clerks, and $12 to $17 for wardens.
"This has not been increased in well over a decade," City Clerk Michele Benjamin told the subcommittee, saying the rate has been the same throughout the past 14 years she has been in the office.
She originally proposed raises to $13, $14 and $15 per hour, respectively, but after researching other communities, landed on the numbers that she believes the workers "wholeheartedly deserve."
Councilor at Large Kathy Amuso agreed.
"I see over decades some of the same people and obviously they're not doing it for the money," she said. "So I appreciate you looking at this and saying this is important even though I still think it's a low wage but at least it's making some adjustments."
The city has 14 wardens, 14 clerks, and 56 inspectors. This will add about $3,500 to the departmental budget for the local election and about $5,900 for state elections because they start an hour earlier and sometimes take more time because of absentee ballots.
Workers are estimated to work 13 hours for local elections and 14 hours for state and federal elections.
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