Enforcement Enforcement

Archibong, Natalyn

(CO-13-007)

Disclosure of Interests

Councilmember failed to disclose benefits paid to her brother’s company.

Settlement Agreement

$250 fine

Bates, TaDarol

(CO-22-002)

Tickets; Gratuities; Use of city property

Employee accepted tickets to sporting events from city vendors doing business directly with his office, including during the active solicitation for a contract overseen by the employee's city office. The employee used his city email address to request tickets from vendors doing business with his office and to solicit his co-workers to attend a paid event hosted by his fraternity. 

Violations found

$6,000 fine

Battle, Tonya

(CO-13-004)

Gratuity; Solicitation

Employee solicited funds from prohibited sources for daughter to participate in school program.

Settlement Agreement

$150 fine

Beard, Jimmie

(CO-18-004)

Use of city property

Employee used his city-issued credit card for a large number of purchases, including but not limited to, premium travel, hotel, retail and other unallowable expenses, and failed to provide city business justifications for the expenses.

Violations found

$18700 fine; $84322.60 restitution; Public Reprimand

Bond, Michael

(CO-14-018)

Use of city property; Gratuity; Passes, tickets, and gratuities;

Councilmember received a travel advance to attend a conference and failed to pay back the city when he did not attend; requested and received complimentary admission to ticketed events on behalf of someone other than himself; used city funds to travel to attend his family reunion and to attend an executive program class reunion; used city funds to pay for personal tutorial services and to sponsor an event for a private organization while using city property at no charge to the organization; and used city funds and labor for the production of DVDs and pins for his high school reunion.

Settlement Agreement

$3900 fine; $11,320.81 restitution

Brooks, Deborah Scott

(CO-07-006)

Use of city property

Employee in charge of rental management program waived rental fee for her daughter's wedding at City Hall.

Settlement agreement

$250 fine

Buford, Edward

(CO-13-013)

Incompatible Interests

A fire inspector provided private services to establishments where he conducted city inspections.

Violation found

$500 fine; Public reprimand

Burch, Cynthia

(CO-14-013)

Gratuity; Solicitation; Use of city property

Employee solicited and obtained free meals and food services from a local restaurant; accepted a cash gratuity from a developer during a city inspection; and misused her assigned city vehicle and city time.

Violations found

$5,000 fine; Public reprimand

Bursey, Vincent 

(CO-16-012)

Use of city property; Disclosure of income and financial interests

Employee misused his city-issued cell phone and failed to disclose his outside business on his City Financial Disclosure Statements.

Settlement agreement

$250 fine

Bush, Robert

(CO-08-001)

Gratuity

Employee accepted free lunch from contractor.

Settlement agreement

Ethics training

Collier, Ronnell

(CO-16-007)

Gratuity; Solicitation

Employee solicited and received three cash loans from a permit expediter.

Settlement agreement

$150 fine

Collins, Charlotte

(CO-14-001)

Gratuity

Employee accepted two complimentary Atlanta Falcons tickets.

Violation Found

Public reprimand

Domengeaux, Stanley

(CO-12-007)

Use of city property; Disclosure of Income and Financial Interests; Confidential Information; Incompatible Interests

Employee used city services to gain a private advantage; failed to disclose his private business on his city financial disclosure statements; used confidential information for his financial gain; and rendered private services on behalf of his company which were incompatible with his official duties as an arborist.

Violations found

$4,000 fine; Public reprimand

Godfrey, Robert

(CO-09-001)

Gratuity

Employee accepted two dinners from law firm suing the City.

Violation found

$175 fine

Goree, Stacy

(CO-07-032)

Gratuity

Employee accepted meals, golf, and all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas from vendor that provided servers to the City.

Probable cause found

Personnel action

Harrison, Tracy

(CO-23-003)

Use of city property, Decision Making, Disclosure of Interests

Employee used city property and her city position to facilitate the hiring of her son by a city vendor and failed to disclose her son's employment with the vendor while overseeing and managing the vendor's city contract. 

Violation found

$2,000 fine

Hall, Kwanza

(CO-08-007)

Use of city property

Councilmember used city funds to pay for email services to send political emails unrelated to city business.

Settlement agreement

$750 fine; $11,200 restitution

Henderson, Mernena

(CO-14-016)

Use of city property, Incompatible Interests

Employee used a city copier to copy fraudulent GED certificates and referred, delivered, and collected payment for fraudulent documents on behalf of a former employee's private business and for the private advantage of others.

Settlement agreement

$200 fine; 50 hours of community service

Holloway, Kevin

(CO-07-018)

Post-employment

Employee represented property owners on subdivision applications that he reviewed while working for the City.

Violation found

$2,000 fine

Hopkins, Michael

(CO-13-009)

Incompatible Interests; Gratuity

NPU Vice-Chair accepted travel paid for by a charter school seeking support from his NPU for its Atlanta Public School Application.

Settlement Agreement

Ethics training

James, Anthony

(CO-07-031)

Gratuity

Employee accepted meals, golf, and all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas from vendor that provided servers to the City.

Probable cause found

Personnel action

Johnson, Rhonda Dauphin

(CO-10-002)

Use of city property

Employee used city labor and truck rented with city funds to move personal property during normal business hours.

Settlement agreement

$750 fine; $51.55 restitution

Levi, Ray & Shoup

(CO-08-002)

Gratuity

City contractor's employees gave meals, tickets, and all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas to three city employees.

Settlement agreement

$8,383 disgorgement

Lockett, Pamela

(CO-14-015)

Use of city property

Employee used city property, equipment, and time to create and print fraudulent GED certificates, pay stubs and high school diplomas for the private advantage of herself and others.

Settlement agreement

$1,500 fine

Maddox, Sr., James

(CO-06-006)

Use of city property

Councilmember used city labor and equipment to pave his driveway apron on terms not available to the general public.

Consent order

$812.26 fine

McGrady, Jared

(CO-23-001)

Use of city property; Disclosure of income and financial interests; Incompatible interests

Employee worked at least two additional full-time paid jobs while being employed full-time by a city department and repeatedly failed to disclose their outside employment/business interests on their City Financial Disclosure Statements. 

Violation found; Payment agreement

$7,000 fine

Martin, Clarence T.

(CO-07-026)

Use of city property

Councilmember requested waiver of rental fees for private events.

Settlement agreement

$250 fine

Means, Cedric

(CO-07-025)

Use of city property

Employee used city credit card for personal purchases.

Settlement agreement

Public reprimand

Miller, Martina

(CO-14-014)

Gratuity; Solicitation

Employee solicited and obtained free meals from a local restaurant.

Settlement agreement

$300 fine

Mitchell, Ceasar C.

(CO-08-005; CO-08-006)

Contract participation; Financial disclosure

Councilmember hired his brother's company to provide services for his council office and failed to disclose the contract on his financial disclosure statements.

Settlement agreement

$5,000 fine; $10,000 restitution

Pridgeon, Greg

(CO-07-008)

Use of city property

Employee used city credit card for personal purchases.

Settlement agreement

$650 fine

Reed, Tracy

(CO-11-006)

Use of city property

Employee had authorization to drive a city vehicle but did not have authorization for overnight use of the vehicle.

Settlement agreement

$200 fine

Shepard, Ryan

(CO-18-002)

Use of city property

Employee submitted for and received reimbursement from the City for his personal travel and for the personal travel of a non-city employee, failed to reconcile a travel advance, and submitted for and received reimbursement for several unallowable travel expenses. 

Settlement Agreement

$500 fine;
$1,077.48 restitution

Stephens, Ronald

(CO-14-012)

Confidential Information

Employee misused confidential information when he referred a private plumber to a customer while responding to a service request as part of his official duties.

Settlement agreement

$150 fine

Washington-Hayes, Miguel

(CO-22-003)

Tickets and Gratuities

Employee accepted tickets from a city vendor whose contract was overseen by the employee's city office. 

Violation found

$500 fine

Watkins, Perceta

(CO-07-030)

Use of city property

Employee waived rental fee for private events

Settlement agreement

Personnel action

Wilkins, Denisha

(CO-22-001)

Use of city property

Employee performed work on behalf of Lyft for her private advantage during her paid city work hours and openly discussed city business in the presence of her passenger during a trip. 

Violation found

$500 fine; Public Reprimand

Willis, H. Lamar

(CO-07-028)

Gratuity; Use of city property

Councilmember accepted donations on behalf of foundation from prohibited sources and used city property to operate his foundation.

Settlement agreement

$3,500 fine

Wilmont, Joshua

(CO-24-001)

Use of city property; Gratuity; Incompatible Interests

Employee accepted a gratuity from a private business and used city equipment to remove and dispose of tree debris from a private lot on behalf the business at a financial loss to the city. 

Violation found

$270 fine; $362.50 restitution

Winslow, Cleta

(CO-09-007)

Use of city property

Councilmember used city funds to pay for campaign literature and workers.

Settlement agreement

$1,500 fine; $5,420 restitution

Winslow, Cleta

(CO-13-011)

Use of city property

Councilmember used city funds to provide for the transportation of seniors in her district to a campaign kick-off event held at her campaign headquarters.

Violation found

$2,000 fine

Winslow, Cleta

(CO-14-010)

Use of city property

Councilmember sought reimbursement for a non-city sanctioned event where she engaged in prohibited distribution of campaign materials; sought and received reimbursements for a non-city sanctioned event where she provided tickets to constituents for campaign purposes; sought and received reimbursement for gas with no accounting for which occasions she was transported for city business, campaign activities or personal business and violated a previous order of the Board of Ethics for these violations of the Code of Ethics.

Settlement agreement

$3,000 fine; Public reprimand

Young, Lynnette

(CO-07-007)

Use of city property

Employee used city credit card for personal purchases.

Settlement agreement

None