Accounting errors were found in the new state audits of South Huntingdon and Ligonier Township police pension funds.
The Trib reports that the results from PA auditor general Timothy DeFoor showed discrepancies with contributions to both pension funds. Two errors were identified related to Ligonier’s fund dating back to 2018. One involved an allegation that the township did not deposit the full amount of a state allocation into the local pension account. The audit revealed that township officials received $74,262 in September 2018 but only deposited $57,911 into the pension fund. A second finding noted that township officials request for funding in 2022 was based on an incorrect employee count and as a result Ligonier received excess funding of $6,569 for its pension account.
South Huntingdon supervisors also miscounted the number of police department staffers eligible for a state reimbursement in 2019 to the township’s pension fund, shorting itself $5,120. That money will be repaid to the township, according to the audit.
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