St. Paul council members demand city release full report on mayor's behavior
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St. Paul City Council members Molly Coleman and Saura Jost are calling on the city to release the full report from an investigation into accusations that Mayor Kaohly Her sexually harassed city employees.
Earlier this month, the city's human resources office concluded that the mayor had engaged in “offensive and inappropriate behavior” with city employees, but said it could not substantiate allegations she sexually harassed city workers or retaliated against them.
The council members’ call for the full report comes after St. Paul police Chief Axel Henry last week sued the mayor and the city, alleging there was sexual harassment and retaliation by the mayor.
“We know that in the summary it was found that there was offensive and inappropriate behavior, that there was an uncomfortable work environment created for city employees, that there were inappropriate text messages sent,” City Council member Molly Coleman told Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer. “I want to understand how and why that was found to not rise to the level of sexual harassment.”
City officials have not explained why the full report wasn’t released, Jost told Minnesota Now host Nina Moini.
“I do hope that it could help answer people's questions and most importantly I think that it would help restore trust and confidence in our city government,” said Jost.
The council plans to meet Wednesday in public and private sessions to discuss hiring an outside lawyer to defend the mayor in the lawsuit filed by the chief. The council will discuss obtaining the law firm Fisher Phillips, at a rate no more than $500 per hour.
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