Employee of the Month
June 2021
Lawrence ‘Rick’ Johnson
Maintenance Repairer II
Building Maintenance Division
Lawrence ‘Rick’ Johnson is a Maintenance Repairer II in the Building Maintenance Division. Rick began his career with the City of Akron on February 4, 2004 as a Temporary Sanitation Service Worker.
Rick is a skilled craftsman who is very detailed oriented and a hard worker. His job duties include carpentry, plumbing, electrical and repairing doors and locks. Rick has repurposed many items salvaged from old buildings and given them new life in many of the community centers, including all new kitchen cabinets at Reservoir Park Community Center. More recently, Rick used reclaimed ash to remodel the conference room at the Public Works Bureau. He also designed and fabricated shelves to display wooden objects that others made with the ash.
Rick is always willing to go the extra mile. In the winter months, after his regular shift and on weekends, Rick works as an auxiliary snow plow driver.
