Cash sale of scrap metal from B.C. citys works yard raises questions – BC [Video]

A Global News investigation has uncovered that for at least two years, in 2022 and 2023, metal was being taken from Richmond’s City Works Yard to Mitchell Island and sold for cash by city employees.

The results of a Global BC freedom of information request came back with 33 fully redacted pages.

There are numerous receipts and emails. In one, the union alerts management that material is being “dropped off on-site and cash is given.”

“We are definitely now concerned as this started with two envelopes … and now 11 occurrences,” the email states.

The City of Richmond says its investigation found about $4,000 in cash was involved.

“We understand the optics, we appreciate the optics aren’t good that’s why the process has now changed,” City of Richmond spokesperson Clay Adams told Global News.

“The money that the staff brought back was handed to management and it was actually used …