Over the last year, the township board’s and treasurer’s attitude toward me, has been one of harassment and humiliation.”

Sue Drobac

GREENWOOD TWP- Greenwood Town Clerk Sue Drobac submitted a letter of resignation to town board members, via email, effective Aug. 31, 2020.
The board will hold a special meeting on Friday, Sept. 4 at 1 p.m. to accept the letter of resignation, declare the vacancy, and possibly appoint an interim township clerk to serve until the next township election in March. Greenwood Board Chair Mike Ralston said the decision whether or not to appoint an interim clerk at the meeting will be a board decision.
Drobac wrote she was “fortunate to be elected Greenwood Township Clerk for the third time, each by wide margins.” She added that she “enjoyed working with residents and meeting new friends.”
The resignation letter went on to state that “over the last year, the township board’s and treasurer’s attitude toward me, has been one of harassment and humiliation. This has been demonstrated by the installation of surveillance cameras at my desk, Option B to eliminate my position as an elected official, and passing of ordinances directed at fining or imprisoning me for trying to follow your illegitimate data practices policy.”
She wrote that her decision to resign was a direct result of the board’s motion at the July meeting to convert her pay from salary to hourly, and to limit her hours to 12 per week.
This action, she wrote, “left me with the inability to complete my statutory duties as clerk.”
Drobac declined to give any further comment on her decision when contacted by the Timberjay.
Ralston said that Drobac’s decision was “unfortunate.”
“I don’t think she should,” Ralston said, “but that is her decision.”
The special meeting will be conducted via telephone. Meeting information was posted at the town hall, according to Ralston. But information had not been emailed out to those who request notice of all township meetings as of Wednesday, along with the information on how to join the tele-meeting. The dial-in number for the meeting is 701-802-5306, and the access code is 727019# (the same number/code as previous meetings). Participants are asked to mute themselves by pressing *6 when joining the meeting. The meeting agenda does not have any time for public input.