Uremovich v. Commonwealth

CRAIG, Judge.

George F. Uremovich and Larry Spahr file appeals, now consolidated, from respective State Ethics Commission decisions that each man used his position as an elected supervisor of Union Township, a second class township, to obtain financial gain in violation of section 3(a) of the State Ethics Act.1

Specifically, the commission found, after a hearing, that, although both supervisors also serve as township roadmasters, each received township-paid life and health insurance benefits,2 which terminate upon retirement, without the affirmative approval of the township board of auditors.…