HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of audits of 43 municipal and police pension plans in Allegheny, Chester, Clearfield, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Mercer, Montgomery, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Somerset 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. “Nearly a quarter of all the pension plans we support are in some state of distress. It is essential that our communities plan to make their pension payments on time to support our workers who take care of us.”
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 2023, the Department of the Auditor General distributed a total of $404.73 million in aid to 1,461 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.
Allegheny County
Carbon Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Carbon Borough Police Pension Plan
Glenburn Borough Non-Uniformed Service Employees’ Pension Plan
Glenburn Borough Non-Uniformed Union Pension Plan
Leet Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Leet Township Police Pension Plan
Leetsdale Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Leetsdale Borough Police Pension Plan
Richland Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Wilkinsburg Borough Firemen’s Pension Plan
Wilkinsburg Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Wilkinsburg Borough Police Pension Plan
Chester County
East Whiteland Township Firefighters’ Pension Plan
East Whiteland Township Non-Uniformed Defined Contribution Pension Plan
East Whiteland Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
East Whiteland Township Police Pension Plan
Clearfield County
Bigler Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Lawrence Township General Employees’ Pension Plan
Lawrence Township Police Pension Plan
Delaware County
Newtown Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Newtown Township Police Pension Plan
Lackawanna County
Glenburn Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Lancaster County
Lititz Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Lititz Borough Police Pension Plan
Lebanon County
City of Lebanon Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
City of Lebanon Paid Firemen’s Pension Plan
City of Lebanon Police Pension Plan
Lehigh County
Weisenberg Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Luzerne County
Exeter Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Exeter Borough Police Pension Plan
Mercer County
Mercer County Regional Council of Governments
Montgomery County
Montgomery Township Non-Unformed Pension Plan
Upper Providence Township Firefighters’ Money Purchase Pension Plan
Upper Providence Township Firefighters’ Pension Plan
Upper Providence Township Non-Uniformed Money Purchase Pension Plan
Upper Providence Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Northumberland County
City of Shamokin Officers’ and Employees’ Pension Plan
City of Shamokin Police Pension Plan
Schuylkill County
Kline Township Police Pension Plan
Somerset County
Somerset Borough Non-Uniformed Management Pension Plan
Somerset Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Somerset Borough Police Pension Plan
Westmoreland County
Ligonier Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
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Media contact: April Hutcheson, 717-787-1381 or news@paauditor.gov