Maywood trustees vote 5-2 to suspend village manager with pay after closed-session personnel discussion
April 01, 2026 | Maywood, Cook County, Illinois
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The Village of Maywood Board of Trustees voted 5-2 on June 2, 2022, to suspend Village Manager Chasity Wells-Armstrong with pay after reconvening from a closed session on personnel matters.
The unanimous quorum of Mayor Nathaniel George Booker and seven trustees opened the special meeting at 8:05 p.m. in Council Chambers at 125 South 5th Avenue. Several residents signed up for public comment earlier in the evening; the minutes list C. Harris, E. Perkins, L. Redmond, L. Robinson, L. Perkins, M. Harris, M. Larry, R. Ester, A. Street and one concerned citizen as speaking, and the mayor is recorded as having responded. The minutes do not record the content of those remarks.
At 9:05 p.m. Trustee S. Reyes-Plummer moved, and Trustee M. Lightford seconded, that the board recess into closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees under the cited statutory authority. The minutes cite the statute for closed sessions related to personnel matters (recorded in the minutes as S ILCS 120/2(c)(1)). The motion to enter closed session carried on a roll-call vote.
After returning from closed session, the board reconvened at 1:19 a.m. Under New Business, item A, Trustee S. Reyes-Plummer moved and Trustee M. Lightford seconded a motion “to suspend the village manager with pay.” The motion passed with five ayes — Mayor Nathaniel George Booker and Trustees A. Sanchez, S. Reyes-Plummer, M. Jones and M. Lightford — and two nays from Trustees A. Peppers and I. Brandon. The minutes record no abstentions.
The meeting adjourned at 1:20 a.m. following a motion by Trustee I. Brandon and a second from Trustee A. Sanchez.
The minutes provide formal motions, roll-call votes, attendee lists and staff present but do not include verbatim statements from public commenters or details of the closed-session discussion; the board’s formal action was the suspension with pay. The minutes do not state any additional conditions attached to the suspension or a time frame for review or reinstatement.
Next steps recorded in the minutes: none specified. The minutes do not indicate a follow-up meeting date or further personnel actions in the public record.
The unanimous quorum of Mayor Nathaniel George Booker and seven trustees opened the special meeting at 8:05 p.m. in Council Chambers at 125 South 5th Avenue. Several residents signed up for public comment earlier in the evening; the minutes list C. Harris, E. Perkins, L. Redmond, L. Robinson, L. Perkins, M. Harris, M. Larry, R. Ester, A. Street and one concerned citizen as speaking, and the mayor is recorded as having responded. The minutes do not record the content of those remarks.
At 9:05 p.m. Trustee S. Reyes-Plummer moved, and Trustee M. Lightford seconded, that the board recess into closed session to discuss the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance or dismissal of specific employees under the cited statutory authority. The minutes cite the statute for closed sessions related to personnel matters (recorded in the minutes as S ILCS 120/2(c)(1)). The motion to enter closed session carried on a roll-call vote.
After returning from closed session, the board reconvened at 1:19 a.m. Under New Business, item A, Trustee S. Reyes-Plummer moved and Trustee M. Lightford seconded a motion “to suspend the village manager with pay.” The motion passed with five ayes — Mayor Nathaniel George Booker and Trustees A. Sanchez, S. Reyes-Plummer, M. Jones and M. Lightford — and two nays from Trustees A. Peppers and I. Brandon. The minutes record no abstentions.
The meeting adjourned at 1:20 a.m. following a motion by Trustee I. Brandon and a second from Trustee A. Sanchez.
The minutes provide formal motions, roll-call votes, attendee lists and staff present but do not include verbatim statements from public commenters or details of the closed-session discussion; the board’s formal action was the suspension with pay. The minutes do not state any additional conditions attached to the suspension or a time frame for review or reinstatement.
Next steps recorded in the minutes: none specified. The minutes do not indicate a follow-up meeting date or further personnel actions in the public record.
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