HARRISBURG – Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor today announced the release of audits of 39 municipal and police pension plans in Allegheny, Blair, Bucks, Butler, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia, Dauphin, Delaware, Fayette, Fulton, Indiana, Lancaster, Mercer, Monroe, Northampton, Perry, Schuylkill, Tioga, 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,” Auditor General DeFoor said. “Nearly a quarter of the pension plans in Pennsylvania 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 2024, 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
City of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Municipal Pension Trust Fund
East McKeesport Borough Police Pension Plan
Blair County
Allegheny Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Allegheny Township Police Pension Plan
Bucks County
Chalfont Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Middletown Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Middletown Township Police Pension Plan
Butler County
Center Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Centre County
Benner Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Clarion County
Beaver Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Clearfield County
Cooper Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Clinton County
Lamar Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Columbia County
Benton Borough Police Pension Plan
Dauphin County
Derry Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Derry Township Police Pension Plan
Delaware County
Bethel Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Fayette County
Bullskin Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Bullskin Township Non-Uniformed Union Pension Plan
Franklin Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Fulton County
McConnellsburg Borough Police Pension Plan
Indiana County
Armstrong Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Cherryhill Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Lancaster County
Little Britian Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Mercer County
Pine Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Monroe County
Chestnuthill Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Jackson Township Non-Uniformed Employees’ Pension Plan
Polk Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Northampton County
East Bangor Borough Police Pension Plan
Hanover Township Non-Uniformed Employees’ Money Purchase Pension Plan
Hanover Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Perry County
Carroll Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Schuylkill County
Tremont Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Tremont Borough Police Pension Plan
Walker Township Police Pension Plan
Tioga County
Delmar Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Farmington Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Jackson Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Washington County
Houston Borough Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
Westmoreland County
Cook Township Non-Uniformed Pension Plan
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Media contact: April Hutcheson, 717-787-1381 or news@paauditor.gov