HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of audits of 24 municipal and police pension plans in Blair, Bucks, Crawford, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Schuylkill, Washington and Westmoreland counties.
“Our audits make sure state pension aid is used as required by law, which 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 2022, the Department of the Auditor General distributed a total of $329 million in aid to 1,453 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.
Blair County
Antis Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Bucks County
Falls Township Non-Uniformed Employee’s Pension Plan
Falls Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Falls Township Police Pension Plan
Crawford County
Bloomfield Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Cambridge Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Conneautville Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Dauphin County
East Hanover Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Delaware County
Concord Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Erie County
Greenfield Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Lackawanna County
Moosic Borough Non-Uniformed Cash Balance Pension Plan
Moosic Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Moosic Borough Police Pension Plan
Luzerne County
Newport Township Firefighters Pension Plan
Newport Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Newport Township Police Pension Plan
Wright Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Wright Township Police Pension Plan
Schuylkill County
Coaldale Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Coaldale Borough Police Pension Plan
Washington County
East Washington Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
East Washington Borough Police Pension Plan
Westmoreland County
Trafford Borough Non-Uniformed Police Pension Plan
Trafford Borough Police Pension Plan
Review other recent audits, sign up to be notified when new audits are released and learn more about the Department of the Auditor General online at www.PaAuditor.gov.
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