Kate Farmer, who served a brief stint as Chattanooga’s city treasurer before having her employment rescinded last summer, is suing the city for an alleged breach of contract.
Farmer was hired in the spring of 2020 after serving as clerk and treasurer for the town of Guernsey, Wyoming.
Within weeks of being hired in Chattanooga, Farmer was named in federal lawsuits filed by former police officers in Wyoming, accused of hacking a police chief’s emails, sharing classified information about an investigation into city employees and firing the officers out of retaliation.
When Chattanooga found out about the lawsuits, which were filed after the city’s background check of Farmer, her employment was rescinded by the city council just days after she started.