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October 6, 2016
P
LYMOUTH
To advertise
in
The Eagle
call
734-467-1900.
Classified
Plymouth Township officials
have not yet complied with rec-
ommendations from the
Department of Justice.
Following a federal audit of
the township last year, officials
formally agreed to make changes
to record keeping and account-
ing of drug forfeiture funds in the
police department. According to
information provided during the
board of trustees meeting last
week, those changes have not
beenmade.
A request for an update of the
status of the audit was requested
as a last-minute addition to the
agenda at themeeting by Trustee
Chuck Curmi, who also request-
ed a status report of the 2015
Plante Moran financial audit in
the township.
A list of items of concern dis-
covered during the much-publi-
cized audit remains “unclosed”
according to the official semi-
annual recommendations report
of the federal agency.
When the official results of the
federal audit of the Plymouth
Township Police Department
Equitable Sharing Program
Activities were published in
September 2015, several viola-
tions of federal guidelines were
cited. Federal auditors were par-
ticularly concerned, it appeared,
with the conduct of Treasurer
Ron Edwards who had estab-
lished at least one bank account
for the federal sharing funds
under his individual control.
Edwards' failure and refusal to
provide records and receipts for
the drug-forfeiture funds to
Police Chief Tom Tiderington
were also cited as irregular by
the auditors.
Plymouth Township received
nearly $2 million as a share of
funds from forfeited assets
derived from illegal activities
and the report stated that the
treasurer's unauthorized and
irregular control of the funds was
a violation of federal procedures.
The federal agents said at the
time of the audit that they found
no missing or unaccounted-for
drug forfeiture-funds, but identi-
fied various internal control
issues “…including a lack of doc-
umented policies and proce-
dures that weakened the
Plymouth Township PD's (Police
Department) management of its
equitable sharing activities, as
well as incomplete compliance
withDepartment of Justice (DOJ)
requirements pertaining to
accounting for equitable sharing
receipts and the allowable use of
equitable sharing funds.”
Investigators called the items
violations of standard accounting
procedures and made 12 recom-
mendations to the DOJ Criminal
Division. According to the audit
report, the criminal division-
through the Asset Forfeiture and
Money laundering Section,
agreed with all 12 recommenda-
tions.
On May 4, the Office of
Inspector General provided a list
of 12 recommendations to
Plymouth Township that had not
been “closed” as of March 31,
including:
Item 208: Ensure that
Plymouth Township PD, in coordi-
nation with Plymouth Township,
establishes written procedures for
the administration of equitable
sharing funds. These procedures
should appropriately incorporate
the Plymouth Township PD
throughout the process including,
at aminimum, providing the Chief
of Police with copies of all docu-
mentation....
Item 213: Ensure that the
Plymouth Township PD, in con-
junction with the Plymouth
Township Treasurer's Office, estab-
lishes procedures for timely sub-
mitting accurate and complete
Equitable Sharing Agreement and
CertificationReports…
Item 214: Ensure that the
Plymouth Township PD, in con-
junction with the Plymouth
Township Treasurer…make any
necessary adjustments to the
ledgers so that the ledgers only
reflect expenditures paid for with
DOJ equitable sharing funds. They
should also reconcile the bank
account activity and properly allo-
cate interest to the different sources
of funds…
Curmi's verbal inquiry regard-
ing the DOJ and township audits
drew little response from
Edwards when the agenda item
was discussed at the meeting.
Edwards said that the DOJ had
requested information from his
office in April, July and
September.
“Are we OK?What's the risk of
having to pay any money back or
being excluded from the drug
forfeiture plan,” Curmi asked.
Township
Supervisor
Shannon Price replied, “When
we got the report a year ago we
complied with everything they
asked for, but they came back
and have more questions.”
Township Police Chief Tom
Tiderington who was in atten-
dance did not respond to the
inquiries.
When Curmi displayed a
checklist he obtained directly
from Plante Moran which
detailed numerous open items
required to complete the town-
ship audit due since June 30,
Edwards responded that most
itemswerehandled.
According to DOJ spokesper-
son John Lavinksy, the agency
publishes the list of ongoing rec-
ommendations twice each year.
Accordingly, all items on the
report are labeled resolved, how-
ever “resolved” means the inves-
tigated department has agreed to
implement the recommendation
or has proposed actions that will
address the recommendation.
“The recommendations list is
a follow-up process to make sure
things are done; it's an ongoing
process. When the recommenda-
tions are assessed we close them
one-by-one and when all are
closed we close the report. The
(Plymouth Township) items are
not assessed.” The report states,
“Specifically, a recommendation
identified as not closed in this
report may subsequently have
been closed.”
The next list is scheduled for
October or November and will
contain information as of Sept.
30.
The proposal would allow
Edwards, 61, to retire immedi-
ately with full benefits. Edwards
has 20 years seniority.
Defeated
township
Supervisor Shannon Price who
has an annual salary of $111,383
could retire with the 15 percent
annual township contribution,
times two or $33,416.
Clerk Nancy Conzelman, who
also lost in the primary election,
has 4 years seniority and is paid
$101,410. Her payoff under the
new plan would be calculated at
15 percent of her salary, multi-
pliedby 4 years for $60,846.
Edwards' proposed language
stated, “The normal retirement
age is currently 65 but the board
approved for Dispatchers (sic)
the age of 60 for their defined
contribution plan through
MERS. Also the normal retire-
ment age for Police, Dispatchers
and Fire officers for the defined
benefit plan is 60. This will make
normal retirement age consis-
tent with all employees.”
Trustees postponed the pro-
posed motion after discussion,
indefinitely, without any set date
for further review or vote.
However, there are three board
meetings scheduled between
nowandNov. 20when the newly-
elected officialswill take office.
General practice is for any
new supervisor to appoint his
own staff and incoming
Supervisor Kurt Heise is expect-
ed to make numerous new
appointments, making several
current employees immediately
retirement andpension eligible.
The board also addressed a
related salary issue and
approved the disbandment of
the five-member compensation
commission during the second
reading of a resolution proposed
by Trustee Mike Kelly at the
Sept. 13 board meeting. The
motion was approved by a 4-3
vote. Price, Conzelman, Edwards
and Kelly voted in favor with
Trustees Bob Doroshewitz, Steve
Mann and Mike Curmi dissent-
ing. Kelly is one of the four
defeated members of the board
of trustees.
The move would allow board
members to determine a new
rate of pay for their replace-
ments.
bandment.
In the spring of 2015, Plante
Moran found several problems
with the financial audit of the
fire department prepared by
Plymouth Township. The audit
was submitted five months past
the deadline, a delay township
officials claimed was caused by a
lack of documentation from the
city.
At the time, township officials
claimed the city owed about $1.3
million in health care legacy
costs for retirees. City officials
questioned the accuracy of those
figures which have now
increased to $3.7 million, accord-
ing to Edwards who quoted that
figure at the meeting last
Tuesday.
“The complaint is ready and
can be filed immediately,” Price
said prefacing any discussion
before the trustees.
Exit
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Lawsuit
FROM PAGE 1
Don Howard
Staff Writer
Are we OK?
What's the risk of having
to pay any money back or being
excluded from the drug forfeiture plan.
”
Federal audit ‘recommendations’ still incomplete
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