Maywood board recesses into closed session to discuss litigation and personnel

Mayor Nathaniel George Booker called the Village of Maywood Board of Trustees to order at 7:03 p.m. on March 9, 2022, in the council chambers at 125 South 5th Avenue.

Village Clerk Gwaine Dianne Williams recorded roll; Mayor Nathaniel George Booker and Trustees A. Sanchez, S. Reyes-Plummer, M. Jones, M. Lightford and A. Peppers answered present, while Trustee I. Brandon was initially listed as absent. Clerk Williams also recorded attendance by staff members including village attorneys Carlos S. Arevalo and Michael Jurusik and Administrative Clerk Connie Thompkins.

At 7:04 p.m. Trustee A. Sanchez moved that the board recess into closed session. Trustee S. Reyes-Plummer seconded the motion. The motion stated the board would meet in closed session to discuss: A) pending litigation (S ILCS 120/2(c)(11)); B) probable and imminent litigation (S ILCS 120/2(c)(11)); and C) the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body (S ILCS 120/2(c)(1)). The transcript records the motion and second but does not provide a roll-call vote tally in the public minutes text.

The board entered closed session; Trustee I. Brandon, who had been listed absent at roll call, joined the closed session at 7:10 p.m., indicating the recess occurred as moved. The transcript does not include any substantive public details of the closed-session discussion, consistent with the confidentiality of those statutory topics.

After the closed session the board reconvened and, at 8:36 p.m., Trustee I. Brandon moved to adjourn and Trustee M. Jones seconded. The meeting was adjourned following a roll call. The public minutes do not provide vote counts or further public actions from the closed session.

The meeting record lists no public comments and contains staff attendance and signatures for the meeting minutes.