Josh Mtlow
Josh Matlow (Ward 22) has commented on the dismissal of a City employee who claimed to be on jury duty for 44 days even though the jury was not sitting and the employee should have been at work. Because employees get paid while on jury duty the taxpayer forked out $11,000 for nothing. Matlow told the City’s audit committee that people “people can disappear around here and there’s no accountability for where they went and when they’re coming back.” The 44 days worth of paid hooky were reported in the auditor’s report along with another case in which a worker was terminated for having falsified time logs, resulting in more than 800 hours of time theft at a cost of around $40,000.
THESE ARE THE ONES WE KNOW ABOUT
The cases raise the quality of reasonable supervision in City offices. They also bring to mind the special psychology related to the use of OPM (other people’s money) by both the honest and the not so honest. It is a little-discussed reality that is deeply rooted in human nature. These cases were identified somehow but not before the money was gone and the nature of “accountability” reasonably remains an issue for the Councillor. .
