Peachtree City

Mayor Steve Brown has repaid the city to compensate for the time a secretary

took his daughter to golf camp when he had a conflict with his personal

and city schedules.

The $8.94 tab,

representing the estimated half-hour of time the matter took, seemingly

closes the books on the issue, which featured Brown citing himself for

violating the ethics ordinance. The incident also became the centerpiece

of a court hearing when former mayor Bob Lenox sought to have Brown charged

for theft of city services.

After that

hearing, Fayette County Magistrate Joe Tinsley ruled there was no probable

cause for those charges.

Brown insisted

on convening a separate ethics hearing for the incident although he had

been advised by city officials that the matter was so minor it didn't

need to be handled that way.

The ethics

board admonished Brown not to violate the ethics ordinance again and ordered

him to reimburse the city for the secretary's time she was away from City

Hall.

Brown contended

that the secretary volunteered to take his daughter to golf camp and he

assumed she would use her break time to do so. After former City Manager

Jim Basinger notified him of the possible ethics violation, Brown wrote

a letter of apology to Peachtree City residents for the lapse in judgement.

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