Multiple reports on a probe of the village’s finances found south suburban DoltonĀ is more than $3.5 million in the red, Mayor Tiffany Henyard ā who is accused of misusing taxpayer money ā was nowhere to be found.
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who wasĀ hired by the village board to investigate Henyard’s handling of village finances, released preliminary findings that the village is not only in significant debt, but that credit card spending is out of control.
Henyard hasn’t responded to requests for comment, and wasn’t at Dolton Village Hall on Friday. Her office did not respond to repeated requests for an interview.
Village employees said Henyard wasn’t in the office, and didn’t say when she would be.
At a special village meeting Thursday night, Lightfoot announced her preliminary investigation of Dolton’s finances found the village’s general fund had a negative balance of $3.65 million as of May 31.
Lightfoot was hired by village trustees concerned about spending – like self-promoting taxpayer-funded billboards, ads, and spending on lavish dinners and trips.
“The last time I received the bank statement was in September of last year, and we were $7 million in debt at that time,” Norwood said at the time.
“So at this current moment, we’re saying, ‘Hey, where are the bank statements? So we can know where we are.'”
