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Former supervisor repays Perry Twp.

By Josh Krysak 2 min read

PERRY TWP. – The township’s financial woes are beginning to seem like a forgotten nightmare after the supervisors reported this week that they had received a check from the Fayette County clerk of courts, paying full restitution from a former supervisor. Supervisor A.J. Boni said the township has received a $36,126 check from the county to repay township funds improperly paid to former Supervisor Adam Muccioli.

In April, the township supervisors approved the purchase of a new plow truck using funds from incoming restitution payments in part from the Muccioli litigation.

The new truck will cost the township just more than $100,000, Boni said, and will not be available to the township until next spring, but the primary source of funding will be the incoming restitution from two former supervisors who stole money from the township.

In March, Muccioli pleaded no contest to stealing the money from the township and was ordered to repay $36,126.36 in restitution.

State police charged in June 2004 that Muccioli received checks between 1997 and 1999 that amounted to more than his due compensation as a township official.

Boni and Supervisor Janet Galla said they are happy that the legal battles that have hampered the municipality are coming to an end.

The township had struggled through a four-year stint in which officials battled over fraudulent records and stolen funds.

The financial woes were discovered in an independent audit, conducted by Cypher and Cypher public accountants in 2000, that found that internal controls had failed, checks were paid out of incorrect funds and payroll taxes went unpaid.

In addition, the report found that former supervisor Richard Uhrin, in his capacity as secretary-treasurer, was overpaid $359,225, and Muccioli was overpaid $36,126 for his former position as township roadmaster.

The township also accrued a total debt of $1.3 million in the late 1990s when the alleged abuses took place and remains in negotiations with the IRS regarding more than $100,000 in outstanding tax debt during the late 1990s.

Last fall, Uhrin was sentenced in federal court to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay the township full restitution.

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