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Audit urges ratable payments, finds union resistance to changing police educational incentive program
Summary
Audit staff told the Springfield City Audit Committee that the police educational incentive program uses a long‑standing November lump‑sum payout and auditors recommended ratable payments to reduce the city’s cost volatility.
Young Ngo, audit staff, told the Springfield City Audit Committee that the follow‑up review of the Police Department’s educational incentive program (EIP) reinforced earlier findings about documentation, timing and accounting treatment.
Background and why it matters: The EIP encourages sworn officers to obtain higher education. Auditors said about 300 officers received EIP payments in 2019 and reported total EIP payments of roughly $4,100,000 that year. State funding for the program was eliminated in 2010; Springfield’s negotiated approach maintains the benefit but…
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