Debra Schnabel, executive assistant to Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest, has resigned effective July 1.

Schnabel said she gave notice May 13 “because the administration and I do not have an agreement on the value of the work that I do.”

She worked about five years for the borough as a contractor and then in January was reclassified as a non-union, temporary employee. Schnabel said she was expected to stay at the new position…