Jamestown (CSi) The Frontier Village Association Board of Directors Tuesday met in Special Session, to discuss the resignation of a maintenance worker.

The maintenance worker, Michael Schlecht, of Spiritwood, submitted a letter of resignation on Friday, notifying the board that his last day would be Friday, August 21, 2015….expressing disappointment over recent board decisions.

Schlecht was not present at the meeting and could not be reached for comment.

Schlecht listed four reasons for the resignation: “No real effort” from the board to hire another part-time maintenance worker; the lack of any hours scheduled in September for Charlotte Grohnke, a longtime village greeter; workers other than the Frontier Village manager and himself having access to the maintenance shop; and the board’s decision not to change its vote to allow outside work on an item he had not been consulted about.

FVA Board President Charlie Tanata said Schlecht’s family was concerned that he was working too much and he wanted the board to hire an assistant to allow Schlecht to have more time off.

Board member JoAnn Herrick said the Frontier Village staff needs a management structure. When staff members have concerns or questions they need to talk to the manager, and if the issue is not resolved then they need to know they can talk to the board chair, and then to the full board if necessary.

Tanata called the special meeting, saying he wanted the board to reconsider its decision at the July meeting to spend $1,600 to have Kay Benson and Marcy Duff do scraping, priming and painting to the rails and decks of the depot and other buildings. The board did not reconsider the decision at the regular meeting.

The board also did not take any action on Tuesday to leave the boardwalk and railings unpainted. The previously scheduled work will move forward as a result.