CHICAGO — A city worker who sent more than 50 sexually explicit emails during the workday from a city computer over three months will be suspended for two months, the city's watchdog announced Monday.
City officials originally moved to fire the Department of Planning and Development employee — who was not identified in Inspector General Joe Ferguson's quarterly report released Monday — but later reduced the punishment to 90 days, according to the report.
The employee appealed that punishment, and city officials and the employee agreed to settle the case and impose a 60-day suspension, according to the report.
In addition, the employee used city resources to work a second job, the report said.
For more than a decade, the employee used a city email account for the outside job, including while on the clock for the city, the report said.
Even after getting a private email address, the employee sent and received more than 170 emails from a city account related to the second job between May 2015 and January 2016. In addition, the employee failed to disclose the income earned from the second job on statements of financial interest filed with city officials.
In a separate matter, the employee used the department's letterhead in a matter unrelated to any official duties.
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