Holmdel Township
Holmdel Township spent nothing from its opioid settlement fund through 06/30/2026, yet told the State in two years that a full year of deposits was encumbered, and in FY2026 reported nothing encumbered once orders existed.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Holmdel Township reports receiving 428,026.73 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2026. Through that date it spent 0.00.
- Its FY2024 report certifies 109,823.04 encumbered. That is the year's deposits, to the cent. No order existed.
- Its FY2025 report certifies 51,084.27 encumbered. That is also the year's deposits, to the cent. Still no order.
- In FY2026 the Township placed its first two orders, 3,449.00 in all. That report certifies 0.00 encumbered.
- The only program it has ever reported is National Night Out, a police event that began in 2019. No record shows settlement money going to it.
- Its second order is 3,000.00 for a BMX stunt show at the Harvest Festival. No listed use covers it.
Four years of reports. One 449.00 check.
Summary
Holmdel Township, Monmouth County, State ID NJ95, reports receiving 44,522.78 by 06/30/2023, 109,823.04 in FY2024, 51,084.27 in FY2025 and 222,596.64 in FY2026. That is 428,026.73 since 2022. The money must go to the abatement uses the national settlements list, or to documented programs that address the epidemic.
The Township keeps four opioid accounts, G-02-41-799-100-350 to G-02-41-799-100-353. Their opening balances total 164,102.61. The Township produced two Budget Transaction Audit Trails for them, one for 01/01/2020 onward printed 06/01/2026 and one for 01/01/2024 to 06/30/2026 printed 08/31/2026. The second prints accounts with no activity. Both show no payment of any kind through 06/30/2026.
Each State fiscal year runs 07/01 to 06/30. Each report covers one. Read the Township's findings.
What it spent and on what
The fund has two entries in six years.
| Order | Vendor | Description | Status | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-00273, 02/03/2026 | JCM Associates LLC | PD St. Benedict LEAD Program | Paid, check 19385, 08/24/2026 | 449.00 |
| 26-01660, 06/26/2026 | Dialed Action Agency LLC | BMX Show/Harvest Festival D&A | Open at 06/30/2026 | 3,000.00 |
| Committed | 3,449.00 |
The 449.00 check is the first payment the Township has made from the fund. It cleared in the year that began 07/01/2026. L.E.A.D. is a police drug education program. The record does not show what the 449.00 bought or who it reached.
The 3,000.00 order is a BMX stunt show at the Township Harvest Festival. No evidence based prevention program built around the show is documented. A stunt performance is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. This project classifies the order as non-conforming.
This project classifies the 449.00 L.E.A.D. order as unverified. The items bought are not itemized in any produced record. It is not ruled out as an abatement use, and it is not documented as one.
What it told the State
| Report | Received in the year | Spent | Encumbered | Unspent on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 44,522.78 by 06/30/2023 | 0.00 | not asked | not asked |
| FY2024 | 109,823.04 | 0.00 | 109,823.04 | 154,345.82 |
| FY2025 | 51,084.27 | 0.00 | 51,084.27 | 205,430.09 |
| FY2026 | 222,596.64 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 205,430.09 |
Every spent figure is true. The books show no payment through 06/30/2026.
The encumbered figures are not. In FY2024 and FY2025 the encumbered figure equals the money received that year, to the cent. On both dates the audit trails show no purchase order, contract or other commitment on any opioid account. The four opening balances are 10,635.67, 11,123.40, 100,065.24 and 42,278.30. Neither certified figure equals any of them or any sum of them. The same reports also count every dollar received as unspent or uncommitted. The FY2024 report says the Township has no immediate plans to use the funds. The FY2025 report says it has yet to use them. Reported two years of deposits as encumbered funds.
FY2026 runs the other way. On 06/30/2026 two orders were open, 449.00 to JCM Associates and 3,000.00 to Dialed Action Agency. The report certifies 0.00 encumbered. Certified 0.00 encumbered with 3,449.00 on order.
The FY2026 report certifies 428,026.73 received since 2022 and nothing spent, encumbered or used for administration. It certifies 205,430.09 on hand. That is the FY2025 figure, unchanged. It leaves out exactly the 222,596.64 received in FY2026. FY2026 unspent figure repeats last year to the cent.
The one program
The FY2023 report lists one program, National Night Out. The recipient is the Holmdel Township Police Department. The report describes an annual August event with police demonstrations, expos and games. It gives 08/01/2019 as the date funded and the launch date. It gives the amount of funding as N/A. It measures success by "How many giveaways were given out." It files the event under Overdose Prevention.
The event began three years before the settlement distribution. The same report certifies 0.00 spent. No record produced shows a settlement dollar going to the event. The FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026 reports list no program at all. Listed a 2019 police event as its opioid program.
The FY2023 report also says the Township has no strategic plan, then gives "A strategic plan" as its rationale for using the funds. Every later report says there is no strategic plan. Cited a strategic plan it said it did not have.
What the records show
- Through 06/30/2026 the Township spent 0.00 of 428,026.73 received.
- Its first payment from the fund was 449.00 on 08/24/2026.
- The four opioid accounts open with 164,102.61. The Township reports 428,026.73 received. The records produced do not account for the other 263,924.12.
- The audit trail printed 08/31/2026 runs only to 06/30/2026. Activity from 07/01/2026 onward is not in the record except the 449.00 check, which a vendor report shows.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.