HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of audits of 45 municipal and police pension plans in Armstrong, Beaver, Berks, Blair, Butler, Bradford, Cambria, Chester, Clearfield, Dauphin, Erie, Greene, Lackawanna, Lehigh, Luzerne, Mercer, Northampton, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Warren and Westmoreland counties.
“Our audits make sure your local taxes are used correctly to fund pension plans for municipal workers like police and firefighters, “Auditor General DeFoor said. “We make sure municipal and police pension plans follow the law, contracts, administrative procedures, local ordinances and policies.”
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.
Armstrong County
Crescent Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Crescent Township Police Pension Plan
Valley Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Beaver County
White Township Police Pension Plan
Berks County
Cumru Township Non-Uniformed Defined Contribution Pension Plan
Cumru Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Cumru Township Police Pension Plan
Blair County
Duncanville Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Duncanville Borough Police Pension Plan
Butler County
Donegal Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Bradford County
North Towanda Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Cambria County
West Hills Regional Police Pension Plan
Westmont Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Chester County
Sadsbury Township Police Pension Plan
Upper Oxford Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Clearfield County
Girard Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Dauphin County
Royalton Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
West Hanover Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Erie County
Amity Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Montgomery Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Greene County
Center Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Franklin Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Richhill Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Lackawanna County
Taylor Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Taylor Borough Police Pension Plan
Lehigh County
Slatington Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Luzerne County
Kingston Township Non-Uniformed Employees Pension Plan
Kingston Township Police Pension Plan
West Hazelton Borough Firemen’s Pension Plan
West Hazelton Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
West Hazelton Borough Police Pension Plan
Mercer County
South Pymatuning Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
South Pymatuning Township Police Pension Plan
Northampton County
Lower Saucon Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Lower Saucon Township Police Pension Plan
Northumberland County
Mount Carmel Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Mount Carmel Township Police Pension Plan
Schuylkill County
Palo Alto Borough Police Pension Plan
Post Carbon Borough Police Pension Plan
Warren County
Pittsfield Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Sheffield Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Sheffield Township Police Pension Plan
Westmoreland County
Ligonier Valley Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Ligonier Valley Police Pension Plan
South Huntingdon Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
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