ATHOL — Heather Brissette may almost be gone, but after 15 years as the town’s administrative assistant, she won’t soon be forgotten.
The Selectboard spent part of Tuesday’s meeting bidding farewell to Brissette, whose final day is today. She is bound for Concord to take a job at as an administrative manager, an advance in her career she is excited about.
“You’ve been outstanding in my three years here — a great help to me and to the board,” Town Manager Shaun Suhoski told Brissette before Selectboard members presented her with a plaque commemorating her service to the town. “We are losing a lot when you move on. Concord’s gaining a lot.”
A reception was held in Memorial Hall, below the Selectboard’s meeting room in Town Hall, before Brissette’s last meeting where she took the minutes.
Chairman Lee Chauvette mentioned Brissette, a 1988 graduate of Athol High School, has worked with 16 Selectboard members over the past 15 years.
Brissette also led the room in the Pledge of Allegiance to start the meeting.
The town’s administrative assistant supports the operations of the Selectboard and the town manager and at this time, Athol has not filled the position. According to the town’s job website posting, the position is a full-time (37 hours), benefited and nonunion position.
According to the job description, Brissette’s replacement will provide “secretarial, bookkeeping and other administrative support including maintenance of confidential, financial, personnel, and other records,” and act as a liaison with other town departments and outside organizations.
Selectboard meetings are held twice per month.
Visit http://bit.ly/2xdpRgq to download a copy of the job description. Resumes and cover letters should be sent to Town Manager Shaun Suhoski no later than 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 25, for priority consideration. Electronic submissions (sent to ssuhoski@townofathol.org) are preferred.
Brissette is also a founder and one of the pillars of the Big Cheese 5K, a road race that has since 2010 accompanied the annual Athol-Orange River Rat Race.
The 5K, certified with USA Track & Field, had nearly 200 participants the first year and almost 600 in 2016.