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Respondent	Issue	Allegations	Outcome	Sanction	Case Number
Aviation employee	Incompatible interest	Employee had financial interest in business he regulates	Dismissed	None	CO-04-003
Bheodari, Balram	Use of city property	Employee used city vehicle for personal use	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-08-003
Brooks, Deborah Scott	Use of city property	Employee in charge of rental management program waived rental fee for her daughter's wedding at City Hall	Settlement agreement Probable cause report	$250	CO-07-028
Bush, Robert	Gratuity	Employee accepted free lunch from contractor	Settlement agreement	Mandatory ethics training	CO-08-001
DeCosta, Benjamin	Use of city property	Airport general manager used city funds to purchase magazine ad honoring Mayor	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-07-014
Dennis, Brian	Gratuity	Contract employee accepted meals, golf, and all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas from vendor that provided servers to the City	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-07-033
Fountaine, Valerie	Contract participation	Employees favored affordable housing developer who operated day care center where employees' children were enrolled	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-09-003
Franklin, Shirley	Contract participation; financial disclosure	Mayor had conflict of interest in airport contracts, used city credit care for personal use, and failed to disclose financial interests	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-07-003 CO-07-013 CO-07-015
Godfrey, Robert	Gratuity	Senior assistant city attorney accepted two dinners from law firm suing the City	Probable cause report Reply to report	$175	CO-09-001
Goree, Stacy	Gratuity	IT employee accepted meals, golf, and all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas from vendor that provided servers to the City	Probable cause report	Personnel action	CO-07-032
Hall, Kwanza	Use of city property	Council member used city funds to pay for email services to send political emails unrelated to city business	Settlement agreement	$750 fine $11,200 repayment	CO-08-007
Holloway, Kevin	Post-employment	Former planner represented property owners on subdivision applications that he reviewed as a city employee	Board order Probable cause report Response	$2,000	CO-07-018
James, Anthony	Gratuity	IT employee accepted meals, golf, and all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas from vendor that provided servers to the City	Probable cause report	Personnel action	CO-07-031
Levi, Ray & Shoup	Gratuity	City contractor's employees gave meals, tickets, and all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas to three city employees	Settlement agreement	$8,383 disgorgement	CO-08-002
Maddox, Sr., James	Use of city property	Council member used city labor and equipment to pave his driveway apron on terms not available to the general public	Consent order Probable cause report	$812.26	CO-06-006
Martin,Clarence T.	Use of city property	Council member requested waiver of rental fees for private events	Settlement agreement	$250	CO-07-026
Means, Cedric	Use of city property	Employee used city credit card for personal purchases	Settlement agreement	Public reprimand	CO-07-025
Mitchell, Ceasar C.	Contract participation Financial disclosure	Council member hired his brother's company to provide services for his council office and failed to disclose the contract on his financial disclosure statements	Settlement agreement	$5,000 fine $10,000 repayment	CO-08-005 CO-08-006
NPU officer	Conflict of interest	NPU chair voted on matters related to his employer	Dismissed	None	CO-09-008
Owens, Hubert	Use of city property	Employee requested waiver of rental fees for private events	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-07-027
Pennington, Richard	Use of city property	Police chief requested on-duty officers to escort a private Corvette club motorcade in which he served as grand marshal	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-08-004
People TV Board	Use of city property	People TV allowed owner of for-profit corporation to produce a show	Dismissed	None	CO-05-001
Planning employee	Post-employment	Former employee violated one-year cooling off period	Dismissed	None	CO-07-029
Planning employee	Confidential information	Arborist's spouse filed an appeal before Tree Commission	Dismissed	None	CO-05-005
Police employees	Use of city property	Office of Professional Standards employees used city take-home vehicles without sufficient callbacks	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-07-019
Pridgeon, Greg	Use of city property	Employee used city credit card for personal purchases	Settlement agreement	$650	CO-07-008
Procurement employee	Post-employment	Former city employee violated one-year cooling off period	Dismissed	None	CO-07-011
Skinner-Hurst, Denise	Conflict of interest	Supervisor promoted employee from whom she bought a car at a discount	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-07-020
Tetrick, Jennifer	Contract participation; financial disclosure	Attorney participated in decision awarding airport legal work to her spouse's law firm and failed to disclose financial interests	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-07-021
Thompson, December	Contract participation	Employees favored affordable housing developer who operated day care center where employees' children were enrolled	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-09-002
Tree Commission members	Representation	Board members used their position to gain preferential treatment	Dismissed	None	CO-07-005
Watkins, Perceta	Use of city property	Employee waived rental fee for private events	Settlement agreement	None	CO-07-030
Willis, H. Lamar	Conflict of interest	Council member's legal representation of a city employee on criminal charges in state court is incompatible with his official duties	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-09-005
Young, Ivory Lee	Use of city property	Council member requested waiver of rental fee for private event	Dismissed Probable cause report	None	CO-07-022
Young, Lynnette	Use of city property	Employee used city credit card for personal purchases	Settlement agreement	None	CO-07-007

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