The invisible man, a fable

If an economic development facilitator works for the town of Fort Smith, does anyone notice?
If an economic development facilitator stops working for the town of Fort Smith, does anyone notice?
Is it the same thing? 
Once upon a time, a long time ago, about late last year, a then employee of the NWT Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development was seconded to work on behalf of Fort Smith business groups as an economic facilitator. A few months ago he was transferred to work as an economic development officer for Thebacha Business Development Services.
A few weeks ago he quietly resigned from the government job and left town to work in Alberta. 
The man was very important. He must have been because he made a lot of money as a territorial government senior employee. 
His job was to make money for other people too. That’s what an economic facilitator does. 
And so, off he went to a desk at town hall where he appeared in public occasionally, to say things like, “Everybody in this town thinks I work for them them. I don’t work for anyone.” And proceeded to do just that.
And now, he has gone, but he leaves behind him, a long list of sterling economic accomplishments. 
He hired a construction crew to tear down the old hospital, he hired a construction crew to build a boat launch, he hired the design and construction crew to build a pool that doesn’t exist, and he was in charge of a road project that also doesn’t exist. 

And there are lots of things he did at the Thebacha business centre that don’t exist too. No one is sure what though.
But such a man can only exist himself with the help of his employers. And they seemed quite happy to let him waft through its payroll and drift around the town until vanishing.
Has anybody noticed?