Trustees for the Orland Park Fire Protection District voted Tuesday to increase restrictions on public participation in board meetings, dividing the board between trustees elected in 2023 against those elected in May 2025.

Tina Zekich and Angela Greenfield, both elected in 2023, voted against the policy change. Zekich said the policy comes after the public voiced concerns at a June meeting about an ambulance being taken offline . She said the board is seeking to silence the public after residents “finally” spoke out this year.

Greenfield said that before Tuesday night, the policy had not been changed in over a decade.

But board member Bridget Tolan, elected in May, voted for the policy, saying it was a matter of upholding decorum following recent meetings where public comment went on

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