And, now there are four Lakewood Village Trustees willing to contradict Village Prsiident Dave Stavropoulos’ written Facebook presumption that newly-hired Villge Admiistrator Justyn Miller is quiting because of Trustees’ meddling in management of Village affairs.
In response to a request from McHenry County Blog, Trustee Bill Wayne wrote this:
“The Trustees have been accused of micromanaging Village staff.
“To my knowledge, no Trustee has attempted to direct any Village employee in any way.
“To my knowledge, Trustees have done nothing other than ask questions of staff in a professional manner.
“I believe we are only fulfilling our responsibility as trustees by doing so.
“Trustees must have accurate transparent reporting to make responsible decisions.
“The Trustees have repeatedly asked for an explanation to, what appear to be, transfers between funds in Village accounting.
“Such transfers would require Village Board approval.
“The accounting reports available to the Trustees provide only the balances in the fund accounts; the reports do not include the detail of transfers.
“Requests by Trustees for the specific details of transfers have been denied.
“To date we have not received an explanation for the apparent discrepancies.
“There is no indication that monies are missing, only that transfers occurred between funds that were not authorized by the Board.
“We feel we are being stonewalled from an explanation and appropriate corrective action.
“The Trustees need accurate reporting providing the facts.”
So, the Village President no longer has control of the Village Board.
Five other articles on the dispute follow:
