Another Fort Pierce city employee is facing possible consequences for his role in a scheme to award city-owned property to a nonprofit.
Vennis Gilmore is facing allegations that he had a conflicting relationship while running Rooted in Change and acting as a senior planner for the city of Fort Pierce. An investigation by the Florida Commission of Ethics found Gilmore used his position to help his Rooted in Change obtain a lease to two lots of city-owned land, which would have been used to build a community center for his own nonprofit without signing a conflict of interest form.
WPTV reported on the community center project, which failed after receiving a $500,000 grant from Allegheny Franciscan Ministries. The nonprofit featured former and current city employees, including Nicholas Mimms’ cousin Caleta Scott.
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Mimms was arrested in August for his role in the project being awarded to Rooted in Change, which did business as Lincoln Park Young Professionals…