PARIS – The general manager for the solid waste operation shared by Norway and Paris has quit, expressing in a letter sent by her attorney that she will return to Idaho to take care of her elderly parents.

The letter follows Alison McCrady’s five-day suspension without pay by the board of directors earlier this month.

No one has divulged a reason for the suspension.

The board overseeing the operations of the transfer station and demolition landfill decided Monday night, however, to rescind the suspension.

The financial arrangement concerning McCrady’s leaving were not made clear, and according to Chairman Raymond Garnett, any comment on the Monday meeting outcome had to come from the board’s attorney, Dana Hanley, of Paris.

“We discussed it at length last night, for the reasons for the parties parting ways,” Hanley said.

“The statement is explanatory. It outlines what happened and what her plans are for the future.”

The statement says the board commends McCrady for her “hard work and expertise, including her extensive knowledge of the laws and methods applying to the waste disposal and recycling industry, as well as her high productivity and reliability.”

She has worked at Norway-Paris Solid Waste Inc. since September 2002.

McCrady, reached by phone before the statement had been released, said she would wait for the negotiated settlement to become public before she commented.

The Brown Street transfer station and Frost Hill landfill are jointly operated by Paris and Norway, but overseen by an independent board. Garnett said eight employees, including McCrady, work for Norway-Paris Solid Waste Inc, which cost the two towns about $560,000 this year to run.

No interim manager has been appointed.

“I believe we can manage and get through it,” Garnett said.

After the board decided in early December to suspend McCrady, she asked the board to find a neutral body to hear her appeal.

The board planned to discuss that request at its Monday meeting.