Chattanooga’s internal audit office has cleared Mayor Tim Kelly of any potential conflict of interest after reports a homeless encampment was removed from a property that he later sold for nearly $3 million.
The office’s findings came two weeks after the Times Free Press, based on emails and documents obtained through a public records request, inquired about the city’s actions leading up to the mayor’s private transaction.
The newspaper reported that government officials and homeless organizations beginning in the spring discussed working to address litter issues and later the displacement of an encampment at the former location of Kelly’s Southern Honda Powersports at 1394 Workman Road.
