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Audit flags bond shortfall and small unauthorized spending at Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association
Summary
An audit transmitted by the Pennsylvania Auditor General found two issues at the Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association: an insufficient bond (corrected 03/17/2025) and $1,503 in expenditures the audit classified as unauthorized; city officials say the association has acknowledged and corrected the problems.
Mayor Sherry Alcopello told the council an audit of the Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association — which is legally separate from the City of Lebanon and represents nine volunteer fire companies — identified two findings for the Jan. 2022–Dec. 31, 2024 period.
The first finding, Alcopello said, was that the association did not maintain a bond large enough to cover its cash balance. She said that deficiency was corrected on March 17, 2025. The…
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