2 Thornton Township trustees will skip Monday meeting amid tensions with Supervisor Tiffany Henyard

Two Thornton Township trustees at odds with Supervisor Tiffany Henyard announced in a letter on Sunday that they will not attend Monday night's special board meeting, preventing a quorum and halting the session.

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Trustees Chris Gonzalez and Carmen Carlisle said Henyard scheduled the meeting without their input and provided no details about insurance issues that have effectively shuttered township operations.

Insurance contracts lapsed at the end of November, leaving the township vulnerable to potential liability.

No official township board meetings have been held in months. Gonzalez and Carlisle claim Henyard has withheld information necessary to conduct business and allege she intends to fill a vacant trustee position with an ally, tipping the balance of power on the board in her favor.

In an email to Henyard this week, the trustees wrote: "We firmly believe that all stakeholders – trustees, staff and yourself – have an obligation to represent the township with dignity and pride. There is a better way to govern, and we are ready to do our part to improve the situation."