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This form is for use only by County employees. Please fill out the
online form then print and send with supporting materials via
interoffice mail to the Human Resources Department, 400 S. Fort
Harrison Ave., Clearwater, Attn: Employee Communications.
EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION AWARDS PROGRAM
Suggestion Form
Suggestion #: _______
(For HR use only)
Name: _______________________________________________ Title: ________________________________________
Department: _____________________________________________________ Work phone: ______________________
I have read the program guidelines (next page). The Non-Eligibility Rules do not pertain to my suggestion. I hereby
understand, and agree, that the acceptance by me of any monetary award from Pinellas County for this suggestion shall
be deemed payment in full for myself, my heirs, or my assignees. I hereby waive claim or claims against the County which
may arise as a consequence of the County adopting this suggestion.
Signature: ____________________________________________ Date: _____________________
If this is a group suggestion, all other joint suggesters must sign and print their names below:
Signatures
Print names
Before describing your suggestion in detail, please answer the following.
1. Does your suggestion apply to your own department/office? Yes No
If it applies to your work site only, list the site:
If it is applicable also to other work departments/offices/work sites, please list them below:
2. Will your suggestion result in dollar savings to the County? Yes No
If yes, what is your estimate of net savings? $____________________
The savings should pertain to only the first year and deduct all start-up costs such as materials, new purchases
required, etc. You must also provide detailed documentation of how you arrived at your estimate.
3. Has your suggestion already been implemented? Yes No If yes, when? ___________________________
4. Give a brief, non-technical description of your suggestion:
Now, on separate sheets of paper, describe your suggestion in full. Clearly identify the problem prompting your
suggestion, and show in detail how your suggestion will solve the problem. Include sketches, samples, layouts or other
supporting information which will be helpful in understanding your suggestion.
www.pinellascounty.org/hr/suggestion
EMPLOYEE SUGGESTION AWARDS PROGRAM GUIDELINES
The purpose of the Employee Suggestion Awards Program is to encourage employees to submit suggestions
which will improve the productivity and cost-effectiveness of County services and operations.
All employees within the Classified Service of the Unified Personnel System (including temporary and part-
time) are eligible to participate in the program.
Each suggestion must concisely identify a problem or area in which productivity, efficiency, quality, or cost
effectiveness may be improved and must recommend a specific remedy for the problem or procedure cited.
Non-Eligibility Rules
Suggestions related to the following items are NOT eligible for the Suggestion Awards Program:
Offer no specific solution or procedure for correcting/improving the cited problem area
Exist only because established policy and/or procedures are not being followed
Duplicate an idea previously suggested
Involve the elimination, lowering or raising of taxes levied by the County or other governmental
entities
Deal with matters that are considered to be part of an employee's normal job responsibilities
Embrace matters which are the result of assigned or contracted audits, studies, surveys, reviews, or
research
Propose ideas which are already under consideration
Deal with personal grievances, salary schedules, job classifications, time and leave regulations and
fringe benefits
Involve procedures which have not been implemented with demonstrated savings
Are not submitted within two years after date of implementation, or within three years in unusual
cases
Reconsideration of Non-Adopted Suggestions
1. If an employee’s suggestion is not approved for adoption, that employee has the right to request that
the Employee Suggestion Awards Committee reconsider its decision.
2. The appeal must state in detail the basis for requesting further consideration and must be submitted
within 15 days of notification of the Committee’s original decision.
3. The appeal will be forwarded to the Employee Suggestion Awards Committee which will give full
consideration to all relevant information in the case prior to making its decision which will be final.
www.pinellascounty.org/hr/suggestion May 2017