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Adopt a resolution and plaque of appreciation honoring Gerri Johnston, Information Technology Analyst II, upon her retirement from the Solano County Department of Information Technology with over 32 years of dedicated public service to Solano County
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Information Technology recommends the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution and plaque of appreciation honoring Gerri Johnston, Information Technology Analyst II, upon her retirement from the Solano County Department of Information Technology with over 32 years of dedicated public service to Solano County.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Gerri Johnston started her career with the County of Solano as a Booking Clerk with the Sheriff's Office on February 10, 1986. She was reclassified to Sheriff's Services Technician on December 20, 1996 and became a critical asset for the implementation of Sheriff's Office Inmate Management System (IMS) in November 1999. She became an IMS System Administrator and incrementally took on more technical aspects of Sheriff's Custody support.
Gerri was promoted to Information Technology Specialist II within the Department of Information Technology on January 6, 2003 and was further promoted to Senior Information Technology Specialist on July 5, 2015. Gerri proactively stepped into the role of ensuring cross-system data integrity and quality; working closely with Sheriff's Custody, Cal-ID, and Cal-DOJ to reduce County risk. She tirelessly championed standardized fingerprint data entry training and helped to develop processes for improving data quality. Her increased responsibilities led to her being reclassified to Information Analyst II on December 17, 2017.
Over the course of over three decades, Gerri was a highly respected and valued member of the Sheriff's Office and the Department of Information Technology. Her last day of serv...
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