The Town of Wheatfield has hired Vincent Sandonato as its new human resources director.

The hiring followed an end-of-meeting executive session that saw board members vote 4-1 in favor of the 29-year-old Sandonato, who is a former Niagara County legislator. He will receive $800 a week for the 20-hour-a-week position.

The Monday meeting opened with public comments and resident Mark LePardi describing the “obnoxious” noise conditions in his neighborhood.

“It’s a very quiet and comfortable community,” he said.

But the noise from a nearby paper manufacturing facility on Shawnee Road is particularly noisome [...]