Human Resources

Mission Statement

To provide managers, administrators, and other employees with services consistent with sound human resource principles, that contribute to an effective and efficient work force supportive of Little Rock Municipal Government operations.

Award for Excellence – Medium Agency International Personnel Management Association – Human Resources (IPMA–HR) – 2002 and 2007

Honorable Mention – Risk & Insurance Magazine Workers’ Compensation Program of the Year Competition – 2002 and 2005

Mahlon A. Martin Award – City Manager Bruce T. Moore established the Employee Recognition Program in 2004 to acknowledge City of Little Rock employees who exhibit a high quality of job performance and significantly contribute to the quality of life within the City. The recognition begins at the department level and culminates with the selection of one person from the departmental nominees to be chosen as the recipient of the Mahlon A. Martin Award. Mahlon A. Martin was the first African–American to serve as Little Rock City Manager, Director of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, and Manager of Methods and Standards Departments of Systematics, Inc. Mr. Martin also served as President of the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation until his death in 1995. Although Mahlon Martin’s rise up through the ranks to become Little Rock’s first black City Manager is highly significant, the choice of naming the City of Little Rock, Employee of Year Award after him is more about the person that he was and the integrity he maintained throughout his career in government. He cared about people. After his “rise to the top,” he still retained his reputation for being affable and accessible to the people.

Mahlon A. Martin Recipients Modena Jardina – Human Resources – 2004
Linda Baer – Finance – 2005
Clay Waters – Finance – 2006
Bill Mann – City Attorney’s Office – 2007
Steve Kendricks – City Manager’s Office – 2008