PDF: Memo to City Council February 6, 2011
Citywide Services Director Jimmy Templeton made some mistakes in not disclosing he had family members who worked for a firm that had a contract with the city, City Attorney Mike McMahan said this morning.
But none of the mistakes that technically violated the Chattanooga City Code are “egregious,” he said.
“I found no evidence that any action or inaction had harmed the city,” McMahan wrote in a memorandum to the City Council.
McMahan sent the City Council a four-page letter this morning after his office conducted an investigation of Templeton. An audit report released two months ago stated that Mr. Templeton was directly involved in the bidding of contracts with Enviromental Materials LLC, Chattanooga Transfer LLC and City Disposal LLC. The report stated that three of his family members worked for the companies.