Seguin city staff recognized with state, national awards

Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today
Darren Dunn

(Seguin) — More city officials are getting high praise from their peers. Seguin City Manager Steve Parker announced three special awards that were recently handed out to city staff. Parker says the city’s electric utilities department recently had members of its team participate in a national contest, and they apparently shined during the competition. He says the Journeyman Team of A.J. Martinez, Eli Santos and Derek Ranft put their skills.

“They competed in the National Lineman Rodeo in Kansas City, and they were 52 out of 290-something teams that competed. They finished 10th in the municipal division and beat out every other Texas municipal city. So, they did a really great job against a lot of stiff competition,” said Parker.

Parker also recognized City Engineer Melissa Reynolds. Reynolds was recently named one of the “Top 50 Women Leaders in Construction & Civil Works for 2023.” The recognition comes from WomenWeAdmire.com, which recently released the list. Parker says Reynolds, who previously worked for the city of New Braunfels, has been an incredible asset to this community.

“Melissa has over 15 years of experience working in our extremely high-growth region, building and maintaining public-private partnerships for the greater good. She has a passion for improving the future of Texas by ensuring smart growth and responsible development by preserving floodplains and natural ecosystems while finding innovative means of creating economic returns. So, this is one of our recent steals from another community, and she has just been a godsend to us, because she’s been through some of these high-level developments, and I just can’t say enough about her willingness to work through issues and get things done. We’ve got a lot on our plate in the engineering world. I think everybody’s aware of that, with development and the big projects that we have going on Rudeloff Road, Cordova Road, GLO, $38 million in drainage projects going on, dam projects, (and) all kinds of things. I can’t say enough about her and her team, and it’s well deserved (honor),” said Parker.

Parker also again recognized the SEDC staff. As reported earlier this week, the Seguin Economic Development Corporation recently earned the Community Economic Development Award, or CEDA. The Texas Economic Development Council award recognized the SEDC for its successful recruitment of the Maruichi Stainless Tube Texas. The company is making a $75 million capital investment in Seguin at its new facility being built in the Rio Nogales Industrial Park. The company is also expected to create more than 100 new jobs.

Parker recognized the staff during Tuesday’s meeting of the Seguin City Council.

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