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Select Board appoints recreation counselor, offers full‑time police job and approves admin assistant classification
Summary
The board appointed Sarah Conaway as part‑time counselor for out‑of‑school programs, offered a full‑time police position to local candidate Mitchell Waldren and approved classifying a Town Administrative Assistant at grade 8 with a planned hiring timeline.
The Northfield Select Board voted Feb. 17 to make multiple personnel and hiring decisions affecting the town’s public services.
Recreation Director Stacy Bond asked the board to convert a stipend part‑time counselor role into a regular position; the board moved and approved the appointment of Sarah Conaway as part‑time counselor for out‑of‑school programs at grade 3 step 2. Bond noted Conaway has contributed arts and crafts programming to the summer program.
Police Chief Jon Hall introduced Mitchell Waldren as the recommended finalist for a full‑time police officer position; Waldren, a Northfield resident with prior experience on the Erving police force and service with the Gill Fire Department, was recommended by the hiring team. The Select Board voted to offer Waldren the full‑time position at $33.60 per hour (grade 9 step 5) with a six‑month probationary period, contingent on completion of conditions in the letter of intent.
On staffing for town administration, Town Administrator Andrea Llamas recommended classifying a Town Administrative Assistant position at grade 8. The board approved that classification and set a hiring timeline: advertise in March; review applications in April; conduct interviews and consider hiring in May. Bernard Boudreau and Dan Campbell were named to the screening/hiring team, with Chair Jacque as an alternate.
What happens next: Appointees will complete any required onboarding steps; Human Resources and the Town Administrator will conduct recruitment for the administrative assistant position per the approved timeline.
