Terwilliger was ordered to return $6,834, which she repaid July 10, Yost said. The state’s audit of fiscal years 2010-13 determined Terwilliger did post more pension credit to her Ohio Deferred Compensation account than the amount withheld from her paychecks.

Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell determined Terwilliger, 73, was “grossly incompetent,” but he said he found insufficient evidence that she had broken the law. She retired in March amid a criminal investigation into allegations that she backdated a series of checks totaling $134,000 and issued them without trustee approval. Township officials placed much of the blame on Jackie Terwilliger, the township’s fiscal officer for 34 years. Yost placed the township in fiscal emergency in April after determining the Warren County community of 24,000 residents came up short $2.5 million in a fund that paid for roads and bridges, and more than $1 million in its treasury. “Internal controls left unchecked get worse over time.” “All local governments should take note,” Yost said.

Ohio Auditor Dave Yost on Tuesday released the audit of Hamilton Township that blames the former fiscal officer and lax financial controls for putting the township in fiscal emergency.

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