Brampton councillor John Sprovieri is demanding a police investigation after a report last week about a secret bonus program in which $1.25 million in payments were handed to non-union staff, without the knowledge of council. The bombshell news last week led to a flood of calls and emails to the Brampton Guardian and social media posts by taxpayers demanding a police probe. Article Continued BelowThe audit report delivered to councillors June 7 focuses on a practice that became common among the city’s non-union staff called Outside Policy Requests (OPR). Payments to individual staff ranged from as little as $123 to more than $95,000, the audit report said. “Brampton taxpayers deserve answers,” said resident George Startup, who attends most city council meetings and has been highly critical of staff mismanagement in the past.

Source: thestar June 12, 2017 23:37 UTC