December 2022 Employee of the Month - Jared Shepherd
Jared Shepherd is our December 2022 Employee of the Month. He started working in Santaquin City’s Community Development department in 2007 as an infrastructure inspector. Before working for Santaquin City, he worked for Spanish Fork Community Cable Network.
Jared’s supervisor, Randy Spadafora, shared, “I have enjoyed working with and watching Jared grow over the years as a person, coworker, Building Inspector and as a great friend. He takes great pride in his job, and the work that he does for the City, in past years as a Fire Fighter, and continuing on with the City in Community Development, in the Building Department as a Building Inspector. Jared has worked hard over the years in obtaining all his Residential, and Commercial ICC Building Inspection Certifications. He is now working on obtaining his Plan Review Certification.”
Randy continued, “He has also become a great asset to the Santaquin City Building Department as a mentor and trainer to Jon Hepworth. Together they have really improved our department in the inspection process, and Jared has established himself as being known as one of the most knowledgeable, fair, and thorough inspectors in the surrounding area. I’m proud to be able to call Jared my friend, and to have him here in Santaquin in our Building Department. Santaquin City is in great hands for the future.”
Jared grew up in Spanish Fork and graduated from Spanish Fork High. He has been married to his sweetheart for the past twenty years and they recently celebrated their anniversary in Hawaii. They have two children, a daughter Mckenzie and a son, Ryan. They live in Santaquin and enjoy camping, hunting, fishing, and ATV rides together.
“I love my job”, Jared said when asked. “I love it because I provide a service which helps residents feel safer in their homes. Santaquin is a great place to work and live. I also love the group of people I work with in the Community Development Department. Santaquin City has great staff .”
Thank you, Jared, for your dedicated service to Santaquin City as a building inspector. Your time with Santaquin has made a real difference in the lives of many.
