Mendon Select Board Unanimously Approves Six Appointments, Restructures Town Hall Staff

Select Board · Meeting of July 21, 2026

Mendon Select Board approves six appointments and accepts more than $29,000 in grants and donations. The board unanimously named Jennifer O'Neill as Assistant Town Administrator at $71,000 annually, consolidating human resources and departmental oversight duties into a new 32-hour-per-week position created in the fiscal year 2027 budget, and immediately designated her Acting Town Administrator for July 20 through August 30 while the town administrator is on leave. Paul Weston was appointed Firefighter Paramedic at $34.63 per hour, with a December Fire Academy start; Administrative Assistant Cat Tassone was expanded to 40 hours to absorb benefits coordination duties at $29.25 per hour; and Rory Prisfield was appointed to a combined 40-hour Special Services Administrative Assistant and Assistant Town Clerk role.

The board also appointed Shelby Corbin as Council on Aging Outreach Coordinator at $25 per hour and Samantha Stevens as police cadet at $25 per hour for paid duties. A $17,432 Last Call Foundation grant for a fire department gear dryer and $11,750 in private donations for the town's August 2 Constitution mock-signing event were accepted unanimously. A resident, Kathleen of 15 Misco Road, urged the board to ban AI-generated content from town communications, citing promotional materials for the 250th anniversary and Fourth of July events as examples, though the board took no formal action.

In the full story:

• The board accepted several donation items
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report — 3,599 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of July 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.