Markham, Ill. (ECWd) –
The Markham Park District has been incurring finance charges, other fees, and late fees on credit cards the likes we have not seen in a long time.
After learning of Quintina Brown, the Markham Park District Executive Director’s use of the park district credit card to pay for a helicopter stunt for her daughter’s prom entrance, we decided to see what else was being purchased. This is the result of one FOIA request and is only looking at finance charges, fess, and late fees. We will look into the specific purchases at a later date.
Card fee, reactivation fees, and late fees are inexcusable and a waste of public funds.
Here are a few examples between October 2025 and May 2026:
The Shell Fleet Card:
- three $50.00 fees to reactivate the card
- monthly $10.00 fees for paper copies of the statement
- monthly card fee of $4.00
- finance and other fees totaling more than $487.00
The 7-Eleven Super Fleet Card incurred more than $1244.00 in late fees:
- Sep 2025 late fee of $250.51
- Oct late fee of $175.00
- Dec/Jan 2026 late fee of $469.17
- Feb late fee of $175.00
- Mar late fee of $175.00
On another note, the Markham Park District’s website essentially does not exist.
News articles about the helicopter incident are here, here, and here.
We will say that Kenneth Muldrow, a park district board commissioner who “saw nothing wrong” with the stunt and use of public funds should resign immediately – right after terminating the executive director.
