Columbus City Councilman Emmanuel V. Remy is the subject of an employment complaint lodged by a female council staffer, multiple sources told The Rooster on Monday night.
The complaint will likely result in a city settlement, which one well-connected source said was intentionally kept off the council’s agenda until after the Nov. 4 Election.
The 53-year-old Remy is currently running unopposed in District 4, which includes Linden, Northland, North Central, and East Columbus neighborhoods. He also works at a realty firm in the affluent Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington.
Remy was the only member of the nine-member city council absent from Monday night’s meeting, the last scheduled before next week’s election.
“I am not in a position to confirm or comment on any legal or personnel issues,” wrote city council communications director Jose Rodriguez in a statement to The Rooster.
When reached for comment by phone, Remy’s campaign manager, Millie Vaughn, denied any knowledge of a settlement.
I've seen his Legislative Assistants come and go for a long time. This makes sense now. Of course, City Council DOESN'T HAVE ANY ATTENDANCE POLICY so he can skip as many meetings as he wants (and get automatically re-elected). This is CORPORATOCRACY.