A Hamilton County government employee admitted Tuesday that he has done work for his private business while on his nearly $65,000-a-year county job, and did it with a county e-mail account.
Public Works employee Alan Knowles, the son of Hamilton County Clerk Bill Knowles, promised it would not happen again.
Knowles is president of Dove Ministries Inc., which conducts business as DMI Concerts, a nonprofit organization that books Christian music acts.
It’s a mistake, and it’s one that won’t be repeated,” he said.
When first contacted Tuesday, Knowles said he did not perform any work related to DMI while he was on the clock for the county. But a number of e-mails he provided to the Times Free Press contradicted his claim. The e-mails showed that he used his county-provided e-mail account for DMI business both during and after work hours.