Auditor General DePasquale Releases Pension Plan Audits for Municipalities in Nine Counties
Auditor General DePasquale Releases Pension Plan Audits for Municipalities in Nine Counties
HARRISBURG (May 2, 2014) – Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today released audits of municipal employee pension plans in Allegheny, Berks, Butler, Cambria, Dauphin, Lawrence, Luzerne, Pike and Westmoreland counties.
State pension aid for police, firefighters and non-uniformed municipal employee pensions is provided from a two-percent tax on out-of-state casualty insurance premiums, a portion of the out-of-state fire insurance tax designated for paid firefighters, and any investment income earned on the collection of these taxes.
The objectives of pension plan audits are to determine, for the selected audit period, if the municipality complied with any prior audit recommendations and if the municipal pension plan is in compliance with applicable state laws, regulations, contracts, administrative procedures, and local ordinances and policies.
Specifically, department auditors review issues including whether:
- state aid was properly determined and deposited according to the requirements of the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act;
- employer contributions were determined and deposited in compliance with the plan’s governing document and applicable state laws and regulations;
- employee contributions are required, and if so, whether they were properly determined and deposited into the pension plan;
- benefit payments were properly made only to those entitled to receive them;
- obligations for plan benefits were accurately determined under plan provisions and based upon complete and accurate participant data; and
- actuarial valuation reports were sent to the Public Employee Retirement
Commission in accordance with state law and selected information provided on these reports is accurate, complete and in accordance with plan provisions to ensure compliance for participation in the state aid program.
The following audit reports are available online at: www.PaAuditor.gov/audit-reports.
Allegheny
• Aspinwall Borough Nonuniformed Pension Plan
• Aspinwall Borough Police Pension Plan
Berks
• Fleetwood Borough Nonuniformed Pension Plan
• Fleetwood Borough Police Pension Plan
Butler
• Butler Township Municipal Employees’ Pension Plan
• Butler Township Police Pension Plan
Cambria
• Cresson Township Nonuniformed Pension Plan
• Cresson Township Police Pension Plan
Dauphin
• Steelton Borough Nonuniformed Pension Plan
• Steelton Borough Police Pension Plan
Lawrence
• Pulaski Township Nonuniformed Pension Plan
Luzerne
• Forty Fort Borough Firemen’s Pension Plan
• Forty Fort Borough Nonuniformed Pension Plan
• Forty Fort Borough Police Pension Plan
Pike
• Palmyra Township Nonuniformed Pension Plan
Westmoreland
• Delmont Borough Nonuniformed Pension Plan
• Delmont Borough Police Pension Plan
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