Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin will pay a $30,000 fine to settle two ethics cases stemming from findings that she misused taxpayer resources for personal and political purposes and improperly fired whistleblowers, the city announced.

The Chicago Board of Ethics found in April 2024 that Conyears-Ervin violated the city’s ethics ordinance 12 times and issued the maximum fine of $60,000, or $5,000 per breach. In keeping with its rules, the ethics board did not name Conyears-Ervin at the time, but the Tribune identified her as the subject of the board’s ruling.

The board found that Conyears-Ervin used city time and resources to plan, schedule and coordinate appearances at four churches to “further (her) personal and political objectives, including but not limited to promoting the

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