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City of Chattanooga sues after overpaying employee $44,000 for mileage

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / The Chattanooga Municipal Building and Chattanooga City Hall
Staff photo by Doug Strickland / The Chattanooga Municipal Building and Chattanooga City Hall Staff photo by Doug Strickland / The Chattanooga Municipal Building and Chattanooga City Hall

By Kelcey Caulder 5 min read

The city of Chattanooga is suing a former city employee after overpaying her $44,000 for mileage reimbursement.

According to court filings, Eulena Danielle Davis, who was employed as an outreach coordinator for the city’s homeless outreach program, submitted mileage reimbursement requests for $432.17 in January of this year to cover travel costs from July 2020.

Instead, $44,010.17 was incorrectly added to her paycheck and deposited into her bank account on Feb. 11.

(READ MORE: Report on wasteful government spending chides Chattanooga for paying $6 million for lights they didn’t use)

It was quite a windfall, as her base salary for the year was $31,548.