In a few public forums recently, our current mayor, Gerry Scharfenberger, has said that Middletown Township audits have been "stellar". A statement like this causes one to question its accuracy and truthfulness.
A look at Township audits for the years 2009, 2011 and 2012 reveals that it is very obvious the accounting in the Township is not as "stellar" as the mayor claims. Corrective action plans needed to be implemented to fix serious problems which the entire Township Committee voted to accept in order to correct these "stellar" audits.
Some issues include contributions to the fire and first aid units that were not reconciled to the general ledger, the fixed asset reporting system was cited for two consecutive years as not being reconciled and significant debt transactions were not recorded in the general ledger.
Look for yourself to see just how "stellar" the finances of our township are being managed.
Here is a link to documents that outline the Township's corrective action plans that were needed to correct the aforementioned 'stellar" audits.
