BERNARDSTON — Before the town election on Monday, Selectboard Chair Stanley Garland led his final meeting this week, marking the end of his 15 years on the board.

In addition to his time on the Selectboard, Garland also represented the board through the Massachusetts Select Board Association and as a representative through the Franklin Regional Council of Governments for three years, tallying 18 years in total. With Garland completing his final Selectboard term, this means the citizens of Bernardston will usher in a new member on Monday.

The ballot shows that Brian Hervieux, 54, who’s lived in Bernardston for roughly 15 years and has been on the Finance Committee ever since, is running uncontested for the three-year Selectboard term. Polls will be open at Town Hall from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Aside from his work in town government, Hervieux, a graduate of Mohawk Trail Regional School, is part of the sales team at F.W. Webb Co. in Northampton, which specializes in plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and propane supplies. He has been with the company for seven years.

Hervieux said he wants Bernardston to grow by introducing commercial and industrial-type businesses to the town. He also wants to work on property tax relief, a topic that was discussed during the April 29 Annual Town Meeting.

“I’d love to kind of poke and prod the state like, ‘We’ve got to fix this,’” Hervieux said. “We have an aging town and a small town at that. I think they’re kind of pricing little towns out and I kind of want to rock the boat a little bit at the State House on behalf of Bernardston.”

Hervieux was present at Garland’s last Selectboard meeting on Wednesday, and provided him with a short speech.

“I’ve got some big shoes to fill,” he told Garland. “I can only hope that I can do half of what you did in my future as a Selectboard member.”

The two other Selectboard members also thanked Garland for his work.

“You’ve contributed immeasurably to the town, to the success of it, to the growth of it, to the strength of it,” Vice Chair Ken Bordewieck told Garland. “The citizens of the town are in your debt and they will be forever. You care an awful lot about this place and how it runs and the people that work for it. The citizens and I just wanted to thank you personally for that effort.”

“I’d like to add on to that that you do deeply care about this community,” said Selectboard Clerk Brian Keir. “We’ve had many good discussions here at this table. We haven’t always agreed on how we ended up on a resolution, but ... we walk out as friends again at the end of the day. It’s good to have a good debate. ... Not a lot of people will express their true feelings. ... You truly do that and it shows how much you do care about what happens in the town of Bernardston.”

Former Bernardston Town Coordinator Lou Bordeaux was also present at the meeting to thank Garland for the five and a half years they worked together. Current Town Coordinator Karen Kelly chimed in, expressing how she’s “learned a lot from [Garland] in this short time” that she’s been town coordinator. During the meeting, Garland also received official citation certificates from state Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, and state Rep. Natalie Blais, D-Deerfield.

At the end of the meeting, Garland said a few words.

“I really have enjoyed working with these two gentlemen and past Selectboard gentlemen. ... I’ve learned a lot through the different people. ... We’ve had some real good meetings, we’ve had some that weren’t so good. But after all that’s said and done, we were always able to walk out and were able to come to the next meeting and put our heads together and figure things out,” he said, echoing Keir. “I’ve met a lot of great people in the town of Bernardston and outside the town of Bernardston through this position. It’s a position where you get to know a lot of people, it’s a position where you get to learn about regulations, about your government ...

“I have a difficult time sometimes working with my legislators,” Garland continued, “because the way I feel is that we don’t do enough to fix things, we just like to dump money into things, and I think fixing is the way we need to go into this world right now. I’m going to miss this, there’s no doubt. It’s been my way of life for 18 years.”

Aside from the Selectboard seat, there are 11 other positions on this year’s annual town election ballot. All races are uncontested.

The ballot is as follows:

■Assessor, one-year term — William Deane.

■Assessor, two-year term — Melissa Murphy.

■Assessor, three-year term — Russell Deane.

■Board of Health, three-year term — Barbara Killeen.

■Constable, three-year term — Peter Shedd.

■Cushman Library trustee, one-year term — Zoe Darrow.

■Cushman Library trustee, four seats with three-year terms — Jeana Bachinski, Elizabeth Demarco, Joel Finnell and Karen Fitzpatrick.

■Powers Institute trustee, two-year term — Kristina Streeter.

■Powers Institute trustee, four seats with three-year terms — Kenneth Bordewieck, Paula Reid, Brandon Staiger and Shannon Wissman-Hoar.

■Recreation Commission, two-year term — Jennifer Stafford.

■Recreation Commission, two seats with a three-year term — Clayton Cardin and Jenna Skutnik-Sheffield.