Minuteman Parking had another successful year and revenues grew by almost 20% in 2009 even as the hotel and hospitality business slumped due to the economy.  We were able to grow our business and add shuttle operations in a year when our competitors were scrambling to survive.  Making up the difference was our recent focus on parking services for the Medical Facilities business where we added four new accounts in 2009.  Our goals for 2010 are to continue our strong growth, focus on the customer and improve all of our customer encounters.

I am proud to announce that Tu Sam was selected as Minuteman Manager of the year for 2009.  Tu is the manager of the Seattle Airport Marriott site and has worked for Minuteman for almost six years.  Tu started as a Driveway Ambassador and worked his way up to manager.  Tu was the highest scoring manager in our location audit and had superior guest satisfaction scores.   The bonus was that his facility had zero accident claims for 2009 which is amazing because it happened at an airport property.

Minuteman Parking President Chris Fox Presenting 2009 Manager of the Year Award to Tu Sam from the Seattle Airport Marriott

Some of the other awards handed out include:

• The Revolving Door won by Dawn Harper at Hoag Hospital for hiring the most employees during the year
• Most Appreciated Manager won by Ron Machon at Torrance Marriott for hiring just 1 new employee all year
• Mr. Discipline won by Gary & John at St Joseph Hospital for handing out the most written warnings
• Follows the Rules by Kennedy Maringa at St Bernadine for having the highest score on the location audit
• Just Focus and Do It by Bryan Kramer at Tower Hotel for accomplishing all of his goals during the year
• Knows What Time It Is by Kennedy Maringa at St Bernadine for having the lowest overall lunch punches
• Knows What Time It Is by Ian Wilson at Manhattan Marriott, Tu Sam at Seattle Airport Marriott, Aaron Rosen at Fantasy Springs and Derek Coffinger at the W Hotel for great improvement in reducing lunch punches
• Zero Tolerance awards to Tu Sam at Seattle Airport Marriott, Ron Maachon at Torrance Marriott and Kennedy Maringa at St. Bernadine for having $0 (ZERO) claims in 2009
• Mr. Safety for the best improved claims to Walter Avelar at Marina Marriott, Rico Saavedra at the Huntley Hotel and Ian Wilson at the Manhattan Marriott
• The Closer Award for successfully closing the Monterey Plaza Hotel by Aidan Gabriel at the Monterey Plaza Hotel
• Mr. Service Award to Walter Avelar at Marina Marriott for improving the overall guest satisfaction score

Our team building activity this year was bowling at the Lucky Strike Lanes in Torrance.  Dawn Harper and Ron Machon surprised the rest of the managers with their bowling prowess by each bowling well in excess of 150.

Minuteman President Chris Fox Thowing Yet Another Gutter Ball

I would also like to thank Crecenciano Moreno who created our lovely balloon centerpieces.  Creceniano is one of our shuttle drivers at CHOC and he makes balloons all day long for the visiting children.  We value his extra efforts and dedication to bringing his version of happiness and joy to the CHOC facility.

Balloon Arrangements Created by Crecenciano Moreno, Shuttle Driver for CHOC

New ICQ1000 Biometric Time Clock from Timeforce

Minuteman Parking is going biometric!

As announced at the annual Managers Meeting last week, Minuteman Parking will be rolling out new time clocks to all locations over the next month or so.  Gone are the old days of using actual punch cards and the more recent innovation of using electronic swipe cards.  The new time clocks from Timeforce have built-in state-of-the-art biometrics which will actually read fingerprints to positively identify an employee.

There are several great reasons for Minuteman Parking to make the switch to the new clocks:

• Improved accuracy
• Real time punches
• Better management of lunch punch compliance rules
• Real time reporting for the management team
• Excellent software which will scale with our growth

This is yet another investment in technology which will help us to continue a high level of service to all of our customers.