Friday, April 22, 2016
YOUNGSTOWN
Mahoning County Probate Judge Robert N. Rusu Jr. now must select not one, but two, candidates to fill vacancies on the five-person Mill Creek MetroParks Board of Park Commissioners.
Board member Scott Schulick announced his resignation Friday in a letter to the judge, who state law designates as the appointing authority for the park board.
Schulick is the second park board member to resign in the past month. Mike Senchak resigned his post in March after just three months on the board.
“Serving as a park commissioner has been an extremely frustrating position to hold. The park’s challenges are more than overwhelming. Given numerous governance impediments and an impatient constituency, it seems best for me to focus my time and effort on my business responsibilities and other community commitments,” Schulick’s letter, in part, reads.
Specifically, Schulick told The Vindicator, he was frustrated by the behavior of some community members upset by a February MetroParks staff restructuring.
“It saddens me to resign. I so much wanted to serve the park,” he said. “There’s a lot of impatience with some people in the community who have made the focus individuals and personalities, rather than what the issues really are.”
Read more about the situation in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.