Orland Park trustees authorize village attorney to issue cease-and-desist to former mayor Keith Picow

At the conclusion of an executive session, a trustee moved that the village attorney be authorized to issue a cease-and-desist notice to former Mayor Keith Picow and to “pursue all remedies available under law” if the demands were not met immediately. The motion was seconded and then put to a roll call. The transcript records the vote as: Trustee Leopoldt, aye; Trustee Healy, aye; Trustee Lawrence, aye; Trustee Kitsinez, no; Trustee Malani, aye; Mayor Jim Dodge, aye. The motion passed. The transcript does not record the exact text of the alleged conduct prompting the cease-and-desist or the specific legal claims the village intends to pursue. The mover of the motion is not identified by name in the public briefing transcript; the speaker who read the motion is recorded in the meeting audio as a trustee but not named in the provided transcript excerpt. The board returned from a lengthy executive session before taking the final action; the briefing does not include details of the executive session, which is consistent with the confidential nature of such sessions when lawfully closed. The village attorney was authorized to proceed as described; the transcript contains no further procedural steps or timelines for enforcement recorded in the briefing.