As to the report about Adediran, Trammell said it by no means came as a shock.

“I’m not surprised,” she said. “Everybody knew that.”

Councilwoman Kathy C. Graziano, 4th District, defended Jones, saying the situation didn’t appear to present a major conflict. She said it isn’t clear that Adediran violated city policy, which she said allows limited use of city phones for personal use. “If you took 35 hours over a year and a half, you get — what? — one lunch break a week? I have to do the math,” she said.

Graziano said Adediran is a longtime city employee “who has volunteered his time for his church — unfortunately, I guess, his church’s pastor is the mayor. So the question would be: Should he not be able to volunteer for his church because the mayor is the pastor of the church?”

The investigation followed a complaint that Adediran, who was then serving as interim director of public works, was serving as the project manager for the construction of the church and participated in meetings and phone calls related to the project during city hours.

Adediran described his involvement to investigators by saying he “provides guidance for the church construction project,” according to the report.