Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 24 Counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Audits for Volunteer Firefighters’ Relief Associations in 24 Counties
HARRISBURG (Oct. 20, 2016) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today announced the release of audit reports for volunteer firefighters’ relief associations in Adams, Allegheny, Bucks, Cambria, Centre, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Luzerne, McKean, Mercer, Montgomery, Perry, Schuylkill, Somerset, Susquehanna, Westmoreland and Wyoming counties.
The Department of the Auditor General examines volunteer firefighters’ relief associations, which receive state aid from a 2 percent state tax on fire insurance premiums purchased by Pennsylvania residents from out-of-state casualty insurance companies.
In 2016, $65.5 million in state funds was required to be distributed through funding municipalities to 1,915 VFRAs to provide training, purchase equipment and insurance, and pay for death benefits for volunteer firefighters.
The full audit reports for VFRAs with findings are available online using the links provided below, others are available online at: www.PaAuditor.gov/audit-reports.
Adams County
Barlow VFRA – No findings
Allegheny County
Chalfant VFRA – No findings
Elizabeth Township Fire Department No. 1 VFRA – No findings
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for four findings: inadequate minutes of meetings, untimely deposit of state aid, unauthorized expenditure and insufficient bond coverage.
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: unsecured loan.
Bucks County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster and failure to maintain a complete and accurate membership roster.
Sellersville VFRA – No findings
Cambria County
Colver VFRA – No findings
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: insufficient bond coverage.
Centre County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: failure to deposit state aid.
Columbia County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: inadequate signatory authority for the disbursement of funds, and failure to conduct annual physical equipment inventories.
Bloomsburg VFRA – No findings
Crawford County
Hydetown VFRA – No findings
Cumberland County
North Middleton Township Fire Co. No. 1 VFRA – No findings
Delaware County
Ridley Township VFRA – No findings
Fayette County
Connellsville Township VFRA – No findings
Franklin County
Marion VFRA – No findings
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for failure to maintain a complete and accurate equipment roster.
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: failure to secure ownership interest in jointly purchased equipment.
Huntingdon County
Mill Creek Borough VFRA – No findings
Stone Creek Valley VFRA – No findings
Lackawanna County
Blakely Borough VFRA – No findings
Greenfield Township VFRA – No findings
Lancaster County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: failure to secure ownership interest in a jointly purchased vehicle.
Akron VFRA – No findings
Brecknock Township VFRA – No findings
West Earl VFRA – No findings
Luzerne County
Ashley Rescue Hose Co. No. 1 VFRA – No findings
Sugar Notch VFRA – No findings
McKean County
Derrick City VFRA – No findings
Port Alleghany VFRA – No findings
Mercer County
Greenville VFRA – No findings
Montgomery County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: insufficient bond coverage.
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: untimely deposit of state aid and inadequate financial record-keeping system.
Perry County
Blain VFRA – No findings
Schuylkill County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: inadequate investment records.
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for three findings: inadequate investment records, failure to maintain a Pennsylvania sale tax exemption number and non-compliance with prior audit recommendation for inadequate relief association bylaws.
Somerset County
Krings VFRA – No findings
Meyersdale VFRA – No findings
Susquehanna County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for two findings: unauthorized expenditures and untimely deposit of state aid.
Westmoreland County
Received and expended state aid and accumulated relief funds in compliance with applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures, except for one finding: untimely deposit of state aid.
Turkeytown – South Huntingdon Township VFRA – No findings
Wyoming County
Meshoppen VFRA – No findings
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