HADLEY — Several vacancies at Town Hall, the Senior Center and the public safety and public works departments are being filled.
The Select Board recently formalized the appointments at meetings in late October and early November, bringing people on board to positions that, in some cases, had been unfilled for weeks or months, adding workload to remaining employees and town volunteers.
Town Administrator Nate Malloy explained to the Select Board that he aims to get positions filled as fast as possible.
“There is a process to select candidates, and we try to move quickly and efficiently,” Malloy said.
Malloy said that resumes, interviews and reference checks for department heads can take time to go through, but he and Assistant Town Administrator Jennifer Sanders James, who coordinates human resources for the town, try to expedite things.
Jessica Omundsen, who has been Orange’s assistant collector, is stepping in to fill the role of assistant treasurer and collector. She also brings a lot of experience working across multiple municipal departments.
“I think she’ll be really helpful,” Malloy said.
Omundsen will provide help to both collector Susan Glowatsky and treasurer Dede Dibrindisi. The job merges the work Dibrindisi previously did as assistant treasurer, before treasurer Linda Sanderson’s retirement in July, with the work of assistant collector Kim Pieffer, who departed over the summer for a similar position in Wilbraham.
Another position being filled is conservation agent and land use coordinator. That will be taken by Kayla Wawruck, who has been the rental registration program assistant in Amherst.
Wawruck takes over for Kayla Loubriel, who provided staff assistance to the Planning Board, Conservation Commission and other town panels.
At the Senior Center, Hayley Moriarty, who has experience in the medical field, will be the new outreach coordinator. She replaces Lauren Hannigan, who is now director at the Granby Senior Center.
Other appointments include Diane Wright as emergency dispatcher; Michael Browsky as van driver for the Council on Aging; Michael McMullen as co-chief operator of the wastewater treatment plant; and James Harrington as public works mechanic.
