A politically-split county commission ruled Zunguze had a conflict of interest when he bought his home in a lease-purchase transaction with Cherokee developer Mark Dagel. The planning department at the time was reviewing zoning-change requests from Dagel.

Zunguze couldn't be reached at GlobeSt.com's publication deadline. But city staffers tell GlobeSt.com Zunguze had strong professional credentials with no previous complaints in his file. He previously was a city planner in Akron, OH.

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