A federal lawsuit filed by former DeBary Assistant City Manager Kassandra Blissett against the city has been settled, records show.

Terms of the settlement were not immediately available.

Blissett alleged gender discrimination in a June 2016 lawsuit against DeBary and then City Manager Dan Parrott.

The city and Parrott have denied the allegations.

The City Council on Dec. 6 authorized an insurance company attorney to negotiate a settlement.

Council members are scheduled to discuss the case Wednesday.

Blissett claimed her March 2015 termination was in retaliation for objecting to alleged “discriminatory business practices based upon sex and equal pay in violation of the Federal Employment Discrimination Act.”

Parrott said her position was cut due to budget reductions.

Her complaint also alleged Parrott developed a pay plan that provided a 12.54 percent increase for male workers compared to a 2.13 percent increase for female employees.

The plan, developed by a consultant, showed maintenance workers – mostly males – were underpaid. But pay for city administrators was more in line with the market.

Most female employees were in those administrative jobs, Parrott said.

Stacy Tebo, a former city clerk for DeBary, also filed a federal lawsuit against DeBary and Parrott. Records show her case is still pending.

In her September 2016 lawsuit, Tebo claims she was demoted and eventually fired in April 2015 for complaining about alleged discrimination.

In Blissett’s case, reports filed in federal court on May 3, May 9 and May 10 say a settlement was reached with all parties after mediation.

Those records don’t include terms of the settlement.

U.S. District Judge Paul G. Byron signed an order closing the case on May 10.

Parrott retired from DeBary in 2016.

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