Court Denied Tiffany Henyard’s TRO Against Trustees; Dolton Meetings To Continue At Park District –

Dolton, Ill. (ECWd) –

Yesterday’s hearing on the frivolous lawsuit filed by Dolton Mayor Tiffany Henyard, seeking an order that all future meetings of the Village of Dolton Board of Trustees be held at village hall, to prohibit the Dolton Park District from permitting meetings on park district property, and to nullify actions taken during meetings at the park district, was held in Cook County Circuit Court, where the court ruled against Henyard and denied the requested Temporary Restraining Order – just as we predicted would happen.

The past couple of months have made it abundantly clear that Tiffany Henyard has lost her perceived control of virtually everything she thought she controlled. The public, the media, and even employees have lost all respect for her because of her actions as the Mayor and Township Supervisor, if she even had their respect to begin with. Now she can’t even control where the meetings will be held.

From the Court’s Order DENYING the TRO and other relief:

• Motion to remove Trustee Stan Brown as Plaintiff GRANTED
• Henyard’s Motion for TRO was DENIED for failure to file verified pleadings
• Plaintiff Henyard allowed to proceed with unverified pleading, and Motion for TRO was DENIED
• Defense Motion for Rule 137 Sanctions continued; plaintiffs must respond by November 18, 2024
• Plaintiff’s oral motion to amend pleadings granted; amended pleadings must be filed by Nov 1st
• Defendants must respond to amended complaint by Dec 6th
• Dolton Park District is DISMISSED from suit
• Meetings of the Dolton Village Board SHALL continue at the Dolton Park District with its approval and in accordance with Attorney General Binding Opinion 24-010
• Trustee House was reminded that Mayor Henyard is the Mayor and has the statutory obligation to preside over village board meetings, and that House should give Henyard a “reasonable amount of time” to appear at the meeting prior to presiding over the meetings as Mayor Pro Tem
• Next hearing scheduled for Dec 11th at 10:30 a.m.