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MARYVILLE by Lisa Hood Skinner
Chissay Wins Murphy Snoderly Award

Back Row: Angie Luckie, Michael Alexander, Brad Hurst, Aaron Inman, Jeremy Snyder, Logan Turbyfill, Brian
Gray, Jordan Marshall, Brian Boone, Bill Bryant, and Mark Miller. Front Row: Barbara Chissay, Stay Chissay,
Eric Baily, Johnny Garner, Dan Cantwell, and Tim Phillips

A valued member of the City of Superintendent Daniel Cantwell said Mark Miller, TCAPWA Chapter Administrator,
Maryville’s Engineering and Public Chissay “receives compliments from presented the Snoderly Award to Chissay at the
Works Department for 32 years, customers for the quality of work October 6 Maryville City Council Meeting.
Thisday “Stay” Chissay has been he performs. For 32 years, Stay has
awarded the Murphy Snoderly operated a residential garbage truck Chissay with City Manager, Greg McClain
Award, named for Murphy Snoderly, with one or two employees on the back, View online at tnpublicworks.com
a long-time engineering and public which many times were new employees
works consultant for the University in training. He has maintained an
of Tennessee Municipal Technical impeccable safety record of having only
Advisory Service. Snoderly felt that the a couple very minor incidents in all
working person, the man or woman those years.”
who day in and day out picks up
garbage, patches streets or performs Cantwell also had praise for Chissay’s
dozens of other chores at a relatively work ethic, in which “his attendance
low pay scale, should be recognized has always been outstanding. He did
for dedication and service to the not use a single sick day over the first
community. 20 years and very few since then.”

Tim Phillips, Assistant Public Works “Stay has set the bar high when it
Director, Engineering and Public comes to the number of cans serviced
Works for City of Maryville, said by one truck in a single day, while
Chissay is a dependable employee delivering quality service. Stay is a
with a great attitude who “represents crew leader over residential rear loader
everything that the Murphy Snoderly trucks. He will now be joining the
Award stands for. Stay has been one automated group full time, showing
of the most reliable employees in his ability to adapt with the changing
City history, trained countless crew times,” Cantwell said.
members and has provided the best
customer service to the Maryville He said Chissay is a very dedicated,
community.” reliable and safe employee who “is a
good example for other employees to
City of Maryville Sanitation emulate. I am very appreciative to have
(him) as an employee.”
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