Chattanooga’s recreation director said today the city is trying to work out a contract in which a professional tennis professional at the Champion’s Club could still receive extra compensation.
“He will be a city employee,” said Greta Hayes.
The Champion’s Club, located in the Lupton City neighborhood, came under fire from a city audit recently that showed the club’s manager — Orlando Lourenco — was using city employees on the property while he ran a private business.
Lourenco gives private tennis lessons and operates private tournaments at the club and has pocketed the money. Parks and Recreation officials said he could because of a contract set up 11 years ago, but the audit found the contract ran out in 2003.
Parks and Recreation officials are now scrambling to find a way to keep Lourenco and compensate him as well.
The council was briefed on the situation today during the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting.
For more information, read tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
Cliff has worked for the Times Free Press for five years and covers Chattanooga city government. He previously covered Rhea County, as well as transportation and growth and development in Southeast Tennessee. A native of Maryville, Tenn., Cliff graduated in 2003 from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in communications with an emphasis on journalism. Before coming to Chattanooga, he was a crime reporter with Hernando Today, a supplement of The Tampa (Fla.) ...
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