HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the recent release of audit reports for 34 municipal pension plans in Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Butler, Carbon, Crawford, Dauphin, Franklin, Jefferson, Lancaster, Luzerne, Monroe, Northumberland and Westmoreland counties.
“Our audits make sure state pension aid is used as required by law and that helps to reduce financial burdens on local taxpayers,” DeFoor said.
State aid for municipal pension plans is generated by a 2 percent tax on fire and casualty insurance policies sold in Pennsylvania by out-of-state companies. In 2021, the Department of the Auditor General distributed a total of $317 million in aid to 1,492 municipalities and regional departments to support pension plans covering police officers, paid firefighters and non-uniformed employees.
The department is required by law to audit municipal pension plans and volunteer fire relief associations that receive state aid from the department; liquid fuels tax usage by municipalities; various county offices and numerous other state government entities.
Explanations of findings are found in the full audit reports linked below or available online at www.PaAuditor.gov/audit-reports.
Adams County
Hamilton Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Allegheny County
Carnegie Borough Police Pension Plan
Carnegie Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Carnegie Borough Firemen’s Pension Plan
Kilbuck Township Police Pension Plan
Springdale Township Police Pension Plan
Springdale Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Town of McCandless Retired Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Town of McCandless Police Pension Plan
Town of McCandless Active Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Beaver County
Greene Township Non-Uniformed Union Pension Plan
Greene Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Independence Township Police Pension Plan
Independence Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Vanport Township Police Pension Plan
Vanport Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Berks County
Richmond Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Butler County
Clay Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Carbon County
Summit Hill Borough Police Pension Plan
Summit Hill Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Crawford County
Oil Creek Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Dauphin County
City of Harrisburg Firefighters’ Pension Plan
Franklin County
Hamilton Township Supervisors Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Jefferson County
Eldred Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Lancaster County
Marietta Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Luzerne County
Hunlock Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Monroe County
Middle Smithfield Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Northumberland County
Lower Mahanoy Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Turbotville Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Zerbe Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Westmoreland
Loyalhanna Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Scottdale Borough Police Pension Plan
Scottdale Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Washington Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
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