Transfer Station. Chris Hannah's date of birth is March 16, 1967, and at the time of the assumption of duties, Hannah was working as the Operations Manager for Cheyenne. Chris Deas's date of birth is December 15, 1967, and at the time of the assumption of duties had been working as a Route Supervisor for the Recycle Department.
Deas testified that he thought one of the Route Supervisors should have trained him prior to being let go. He also testified that at the time he was earning approximately $52,000 a year as Commercial Front Loader. When all of the trucks were moved to the AM shift, Hannah took over the responsibility of running the single A.M. Commercial Front Loader shift at Cheyenne, using Union member "Lead Men" to assisthim after Deas elected to return to driving a truck.
Paul LaBruzzo made the decision to eliminate the three Cheyenne Front Loader Supervisor positions. Neither LaRocca, Williams, nor Lacy ever heard LaBruzzo make derogatory comments based on age.
Two days after terminating the three Route Supervisors, on January 5, 2003, Defendants ran an advertisement in the Las Vegas Review Journal, the local daily newspaper, for the Route Supervisor positions. Defendants ran additional advertisements in the newspaper for the positions on January 6, 19, and 22, 2003.
Lacy and LaRocca state that they would have considered a salary reduction rather than losing their jobs. LaRocca had, prior to 2000, previously accepted a salary reduction at Defendants' request.
Defendants state that they decided to eliminate the positions of the three Cheyenne Front Loader Supervisors,