Dismissed from is job at Richmond’s City Hall, Emmanuel O. Adediran is headed to a job with the Petersburg city government, the Free Press learned Wednesday.

Mr. Adediran, who was among the first city employees to be let go after Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney took office, accepted an offer to fill the vacant post of director of public works in Petersburg, but on a provisional basis.

He will have 90 days to prove himself, Petersburg officials said. His future with that city will be decided in July. He is to be paid based on an annual salary of $102,000, officials said.

In Richmond, Mr. Adediran generally received high marks for his work as he rose through the ranks to become first a deputy director, interim director and then director of public works, the department that paves streets, picks up trash, mows grass, prunes trees and handles city maintenance issues.

However, he became a lightning rod after it was learned early last year that Mr. Adediran also had been serving as the volunteer project manager during city time for the construction of First Baptist Church of South Richmond’s satellite campus in Chesterfield County.

Richmond’s mayor at the time, the Rev. Dwight C. Jones, is senior pastor of the church and Mr. Adediran is an associate pastor and active member.

A report from the city auditor led to CAO Selena Cuffee-Glenn to order Mr. Adediran to forfeit a week’s vacation pay to make up for the time he spent working on the church project while on the city’s clock.

The incident also led to a joint probe by the FBI and State Police. Last fall, Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring said the investigation did not produce evidence that either the mayor or Mr. Adediran had violated state law, though Mr. Herring sharply criticized their relationship as “cronyism” and urged more oversight over outside work that city management gets involved with.