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Financial audit approved by Salford Board of Supervisors.
To prepare for the upcoming expenditures the sewer and water project will create, the township to seek funding. To receive loans for the estimated $2.2 million that the project will cost, the township will need to undergo its first full financial township audit. The board voted 2-0 to allow the township accounting firm, Bergey-Landis, to prepare a cost and time estimate for the audit. Anderson declined to vote on the motion. -
Financial records discovered missing.
Eleven months worth of paid bills from 2007 are discovered missing from a storage box in the Salford Township municipal building. The Pennsylvania State Police and the district attorney's office are called to investigate. -
Police investigation ends; financial audit continues.
The police stop their investigation because there is no proof that the Salford municipal building was broken into. The department will give a second look at the case if the scheduled audit raises any red flags. -
Township Secretary Lillian McLaughlin is terminated.
The Board of Supervisors announce that after 28 years of service, Lillian McLaughlin's tenure with the township has ended and that the investigation into the missing records and financial inconsistencies will continue. -
Residents call for transparency.
In the wake of missing financial records and stolen taxpayer money, Salford residents call for changes in the township leadership structure and in the way Salford's business is conducted. -
A change in the sewer project's leadership.
Supervisors Charles Loughery and Larry Anderson vote to make Don Lodge the new Tylersport sewer project coordinator. -
Salford receives $350K for sewer line.
The township is awarded federal grant money totaling $350,000 and plans to use the money to fund sewer project work. -
Police serve warrant for township records.
Pennsylvania State Police serve a sealed warrant allowing them to search and remove information from the Salford Township Municipal Building and the Salford maintenance garage, where file overflow from the municipal building is kept. -
Supervisors cancel board meetings until late May.
Leading up to the Salford Township primary election between long-time Supervisor Larry Anderson and Salford resident Tom Neff, the Board of Supervisors decide to cancel all meetings until after the election. -
Ex-township secretary charged.
Authorities arrest and charge former township secretary Lillian McLaughlin with a total of 842 criminal counts, including multiple counts of forgery, receiving stolen property, fraud and theft. At the time of her arraignment, it is alleged that McLaughlin stole nearly $95,000 in taxpayer money. -
Tom Neff wins primary election.
Tom Neff wins both the Republican and Democratic Primary Contest in Salford Township. In a letter to the editor, Neff said while he ran as the endorsed Republican candidate, "the overwhelming margin of [his] victory was due to bi-partisan support," with the majority of Democrats writing his name in on their ballot. -
McLaughlin waives preliminary hearing.
After a long summer of waiting, Former Salford Township Secretary Lillian McLaughlin waives her right to a preliminary hearing. The township, and its supervisors, now await her appearance in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. -
McLaughlin waives right to arraignment.
Former Township Secretary Lillan McLaughlin waives her right to an arraignment. This automatically enters a plea of not guilty for McLaughlin, taking her one step closer to trial. It is discovered that McLaughlin's alleged theft may be closer to a total amount of approximately $146,000, according to records dating back to 2001 filed at the bank. -
Salford files for $153K in restitution.
Salford Board of Supervisors decide to go after the maximum amount of resitiution possible and formally file the necessary paperwork with the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office. Thy ask for $153,000: $149,000 to compensate for the money McLaughlin is charged with stealing and an additional $4000 in legal and clerical fees. -
McLaughlin pleads guilty.
Former Township secretary Lillian McLaughlin pleads guilty to stealing just over $150,000 from Salford Township between 2001 and 2007. -
Tom Neff elected to Board of Supervisors.
Tom Neff is elected to the Salford Township Board of Supervisors following an uncontested election. -
Loughery resigns from Salford Board of Supervisors.
After a little more than a year and a half on the Salford Board of Supervisors, Charles Loughery resigns. Loughery has been the chairman of the board since January of 2009 and cites being caught in the middle of arguments as one of his reasons for resigning. -
Robert Marcus appointed as supervisor.
Following a special vacancy board hearing, the two remaining Salford Township Supervisors, along with Vacancy Board Chairman Mark Freeborn, appoint Robert Marcus to fill the supervisor's post left vacant by Charles Loughery's resignation. -
New Salford board, same old problems.
Salford Township's Board of Supervisors reorganization meeting marks the beginning of a new era for the township but disagreements mar the meeting from the drop of the gavel. -
Marcus expresses concern over meeting times
Salford Supervisor Robert Marcus has a conflict has a conflict with the township's new first and third Wednesday of the month meeting schedule and plans to file a legal injunction to try and get the meetings moved back to Thursdays. -
Marcus continues to work to change meeting times.
Salford Township's meetings are set and advertised for the entire year, but Supervisor Robert Marcus continues to push for them to return to Thursdays. Marcus said that if he is unable to attend meetings, he will not be able to install governmental rules and regulations that he believes the township needs to get out of the current bad spell in its history. -
Salford's board members shuffle responsibilities.
The members of Board of Supervisors each take on new responsibilities, but not everyone is on board with the new division of power. -
Supervisors argue over bonding.
Tempers flare and very little business is acomplished at the monthly board of supervisor's meeting after an argument ensues over the issue of signature cards and bonding. -
Supervisors commit to more constructive meetings.
Salford Township Board of Supervisors agree to conduct business with a bit more decorum than in the past. -
McLaughlin sentenced.
Former Salford Township secretary Lillian McLaughlin is sentenced to spend 90 days to 23 months in jail followed by 10 years probation. Mclaughlin is also ordered to repay the $150,100.61 she was charged with stealing from the township.
At the sentencing hearing, she presents the court with a $20,000 check for her first restitution payment. -
Township receives Right to Know request from former supervisor.
Charles Loughery files a Right to Know request with Salford Township, after what he alledges are "markedly false statements" are printed about him in the township newsletter. -
Salford meeting ends in heated argument.
Supervisors, at odds over how to handle a projected budget surplus, get embroiled in an argument that ultimately ends their monthly meeting near the top of a lenghty agenda.