Maywood trustees deadlock on manager's vehicle purchase; motion fails and consideration tabled

A proposal to approve the purchase of a vehicle for the Village Manager failed in a split vote during the May 17 Village of Maywood Board of Trustees meeting.

Trustee I. Brandon moved and Trustee M. Jones seconded the motion to purchase a vehicle for the manager’s use. The vote resulted in three ayes (Trustees M. Jones, A. Peppers and I. Brandon), three nays (Mayor Nathaniel George Booker, Trustee A. Sanchez and Trustee M. Lightford) and one abstention (Trustee S. Reyes-Plummer), causing the motion to fail.

Following the failed motion, Trustee S. Reyes-Plummer moved and Trustee A. Sanchez seconded a motion to table the matter. That motion passed 4–3 (Ayes: Mayor Booker, Trustees Sanchez, Reyes-Plummer and Lightford; Nays: Trustees Jones, Peppers and Brandon), leaving the vehicle purchase under further consideration rather than disposed of by a final vote.

The transcript records the votes and motions but does not specify the vehicle type, purchase amount, or the rationale advanced by trustees on either side during the roll-call entries. No additional public discussion or final decision on purchase terms appears in the meeting record.