Guilford Employee Receives Honor, Also Helps Save Taxpayers Money

Information via the town of Guilford:

Executive Assistant to the Fire Chief Erin Gaudet Receives Employee Recognition Award

First Selectman Matt Hoey has announced that Executive Assistant to the Fire Chief Erin Gaudet has been named as the recipient of the Guilford Employee Recognition Award.

Hoey, who initiated this program, has encouraged all employees to nominate fellow employees to be recognized for outstanding achievement and performance in their work.

The Employee Recognition Awards Committee selected Gaudet, who was nominated by Captain/Deputy Fire Marshal Jim Considine.

Considine nominated Gaudet for not only doing a spectacular job in fulfilling her duties with the Fire and Communications Departments, interacting daily with the public that visits the firehouse, as well as handling many calls from residents. She has also trained the part-time secretary to process payroll, which is very complicated, and take care of all fire department expenses.

Most notably, approximately two years ago, Erin attended several classes lasting over a month to become a Certified Ambulance Coder. As a result, she became solely responsible for exceeding the 2021-2022 revenue budget by 22% or nearly $200,000. And this fiscal year she is already ahead of projected revenue by over 12%.

Considine notes that “Erin is one of the most dedicated, hardworking employees that I have had the pleasure to work with. Erin’s work ethic is outstanding in always putting in the time to ensure Ambulance billing is current. During COVID, she came to work daily and assisted the Fire Department Command Staff with daily operations and getting important messages to all our members.” Considine concludes that “Erin is the type of employee that any supervisor would consider themselves lucky to have to work for them.”

Erin began as a part-time secretary for the Fire Department in 2014 and has served since 2018 in her current full-time capacity. She received an Employee Recognition Award certificate as well as a gift card from First Selectman Hoey, in recognition of her achievements.