CITY HALL — An employee of the City of Chicago's Inspector General's office, which investigates if city workers improperly live outside the city's boundaries, resigned after being caught living in suburban Naperville.
Inspector General Joe Ferguson admitted in his quarterly report released Monday that one of his own employees had violated the city's residency requirement by living in Naperville, which is more than 30 miles from Chicago.
According to the report, the unnamed employee cited a city address when hired, but "documents, surveillance and the employee's own admission during an investigatory interview" found that the person's residence was actually in the suburb.
Reporter Ted Cox found lots of interesting information in the latest IG Report.
The report states that the employee resigned during that interview, and Ferguson's office recommended that the person be added to the city's "do not hire" list. Yet the Department of Human Resources has instead cited the person's record as "resigned under inquiry," including Ferguson's recommendation, and placed it on file "for future consideration before a hiring decision is made."
Ferguson's office further clarified that it has a working agreement with the Law Department that any violation involving management in the Office of the Inspector General requires an outside agency to be brought in. Yet the employee was not a manager, so the investigation was handled internally.
With few exceptions, city employees are required to live within the city limits.
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