Tiffany Henyard news: High-stakes Thornton Township meeting happening Tuesday as political standoff continues

In SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (WLS), the Thornton Township Board of Trustees, overseen by the controversial Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, is set to convene on Tuesday night.

If action isn’t taken on a tax issue, they could miss out on important tax revenue.

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The agenda for the meeting includes crucial matters such as budget approval, a tax levy ordinance, and insurance. However, due to an ongoing political standoff, it remains uncertain whether any business will be conducted.

In recent Thornton Township Board of Trustees sessions, there has been a lack of quorum as Trustees Chris Gonzalez and Carmen Carlisle have been absent deliberately. Their absence is an attempt to prevent Henyard from utilizing a meeting to appoint someone to a vacant trustee position.

With the board unable to conduct business, it has led to a shutdown of township services.

Last week, Henyard went to court to compel those two trustees to attend the meetings, but for now, the shutdown continues.

And time is running out to pass the township’s tax levy ordinance. ABC7 is told if it is not done by the end of the month, Cook County would not be able to release property tax dollars to the township until August.

As for that vacant trustee position at the heart of this standoff, a special meeting has been called for Tuesday of next week during which registered voters in the township would select that new trustee.

Henyard has objected to that process, saying she still has the authority to fill the vacancy.

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