D.C. Council members on Thursday called for independent investigations of the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program in the wake of its severely busted budget and suspect paycheck practices.

Council Chairman Vincent Gray, Ward 8 Councilman Marion Barry and at-large Councilwoman Carol Schwartz have separately asked the D.C. inspector general and D.C. auditor to launch probes into Mayor Adrian Fenty’s summer jobs program. Schwartz, chair of the government operations committee, dubbed the program a “debacle.”