Service anniversaries and farewells at the City of Beckum

Thanks for many years of service in a number of professions

With a total of 465 years of service, 15 employees have worked for the city of Beckum for 25 or 40 years. In a joint ceremony, 10 employees were also given a well-deserved retirement.

26. August 2024 by Sandra Berges
Service anniversaries
  • Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich (2nd from right) thanks for 25 and 40 years of loyalty to the town of Beckum.

In the presence of colleagues, superiors and HR managers, Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich presented certificates and gifts to the guests of honour and expressed his thanks and appreciation for their many years of commitment to the town of Beckum. "I would like to express my appreciation for your great loyalty and commitment to public service and thank you all for your personal dedication," explained the head of administration in his speech. He also said to the future retirees that it was always a great pity to have to say goodbye to good colleagues, even though retirement was of course well deserved.

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Celebratory retirement ceremony: Mayor Michael Gerdhenrich (4th from right) thanked the future retirees Heiner Ahlmer, Ute De Marco, Petra Frank, Ursula Schlepphege, Karl-Ludwig Schulze-Terharn, Ruth Möllenhoff, Ivonne Kasprowicz, Stefan Schrulle, Elisabeth Freitag and Udo Krahl for their commitment and dedication.

The newly elected Chairman of the Staff Council, Daniel Siegesmund, also presented gifts. One was given to his predecessor Heiner Ahlmer, who will also be retiring shortly.

After the honours, the guests exchanged views over breakfast. The range of professions and fields of activity of the guests of honour is diverse: they were or are master car mechanics, IT supervisors, city treasurers, wastewater managers, caretakers or engineers or they were most recently employed at the sewage treatment plant, in the social services department, in the post office, in the adult education centre, in the nursery, in civil engineering, in road maintenance, in human resources, in waste management, in central services or in finance.