Tag: David Rossi
Annual Financial Report Provides Further Proof Of County’s Massive Budget Deficits Caused By Prior...
Beaver County's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) for 2015 is scheduled to be released tomorrow by the Controller's Office, which provides additional proof that...
In-Depth: County Officials Say “Diversity Program” Accomplished Nothing Except To Spend Tax Dollars
County officials on both sides of the aisle are defending a move by Commissioners Sandie Egley and Dan Camp to defund a "diversity program"...
Commissioners And Controller Begin Eliminating Dozens Of Positions In County Government
The Board of Commissioners and County Controller have begun eliminating dozens of positions in county government. For now only vacant positions -- some...
County Commissioners Expediting Forensic Audit Following Treasurer’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Critics
The Beaver County Board of Commissioners is "expediting" a forensic audit into the sale of Friendship Ridge following a lawsuit filed by Treasurer Connie...
S&P Downgrades Beaver County’s Credit Rating – Has A “Negative Outlook” Due To “Persistent...
The financial services agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has downgraded Beaver County's credit rating and says there is a one-in-three possibility it may do...
Treasurer Connie Javens’ First Deputy Quits Position – Becomes An Auditor In Controller Rossi’s...
Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens' First Deputy has resigned from her office to take a position with County Controller David Rossi.
Charles Gibbons took a...
Financial Administrator: County Officials Paid $300,000 Bonus To New Friendship Ridge Owners Without Justification
The previous Beaver County Board of Commissioners paid a $300,000 bonus to the new owners of Friendship Ridge after the sale of the facility...
In-Depth: Officials Say New Friendship Ridge Owners Had “Money Problems” – County “Loaned” Them...
As Beaver County was in the process of closing the sale of the publicly run Friendship Ridge nursing home to the privately owned Comprehensive...
Investigative Report: Money Unilaterally Withdrawn From County Accounts By Treasurer Javens & LaValle...
The amount of money unilaterally withdrawn from county controlled bank accounts by Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens and former Financial Administrator Vince LaValle tops...
Sources: Prior Board Of Commissioners Stopped Investigation Into Friendship Ridge By Outside Law...
The prior Beaver County Board of Commissioners ordered an outside law firm that was looking into allegations of underpayments and other financial improprieties involving...
Investigative Report: Treasurer Javens Withdrew $2.5 Million More From A Second County Account –...
An investigation by the Beaver Countian shows that Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens withdrew nearly $2.5 million from a second county-owned account at PNC...
In-Depth: Beaver County Hid Massive Deficits – Wrote Millions In “Bad Checks” At...
Beaver County ended last year by writing "bad checks" totaling $9.5 million and purportedly getting "an agreement" from Huntington National Bank not to cash...
County Financial Administrator LaValle Resigns Following Beaver Countian Reports
Beaver County Financial Administrator Vince LaValle has resigned his position following a series of reports by the Beaver Countian that first revealed nearly $2...
Bank Slips Show $3.4 Million Unilaterally Withdrawn By Financial Administrator LaValle & Treasurer Javens
Withdrawal slips from Citizens Bank show Beaver County Financial Administrator Vince LaValle and Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens unilaterally took out over $3.4 million...
Pennsylvania State Police To Launch Formal Investigation Into Connie Javens & Vince LaValle
The Pennsylvania State Police will launch a formal investigation into Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens and Financial Administrator Vince LaValle next week, according to...
Beaver County’s Public Pension Plan Ends The Year 103% Funded
Beaver County's pension plan for public employees is ending the year funded by 103%, according to a detailed report given during the final Pension...
County Now Spending 1 Out Of Every 6 Local Tax Dollars Paying For Public...
Beaver County is now spending more than 1 out of every 6 dollars it collects from property taxes to pay for public employees' healthcare,...
$Millions! District Attorney Berosh Orders Detectives To Investigate Treasurer Javens
Beaver County District Attorney Tony Berosh has ordered county detectives to begin an investigation into a series of bank withdrawals made from a county...
Treasurer Javens Would Not Talk During Meeting With County — Officials In Contact With...
Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens did not provide an explanation of her actions or answer any questions during a brief meeting held with the...
Controller: Treasurer Connie Javens Withdrew $275,000 From County Bank Account Without Authorization
Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens went down to a local bank, withdrew $275,000 from a county account without authorization, and then made no record...