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PA Department of the Auditor General

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

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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