Bluewater Health shouldn’t have been collecting SINs says privacy commissioner report
Breaking: Plympton-Wyoming parts ways with its top administrator and fire chief
May 18, 2023
Plympton-Wyoming and two of its top administrative officers have parted ways.
Fire Chief Darryl Thompson was placed on administrative leave and Chief Administrative Officer Carolyn Tripp went off on sick leave in mid February.
Council has met behind closed doors dealing with personnel and legal issues nearly a dozen times since then, however Mayor Gary Atkinson has declined to comment on what prompted Thompson’s administrative leave nor the investigation which the town undertook into the incident.
The Independent has learned employees were told today the pair no longer work for the municipality and any questions from the public about their departures should to the Deputy CAO Norma Roddick-Preece since it is a confidential personnel matter.
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