Lindenwold Borough
Lindenwold Borough paid nothing from its opioid settlement money until 02/11/2026, yet three reports told the State that 54,502.88, 105,908.84 and 94,558.94 were committed, and its FY2026 report calls a police CPR course Narcan training.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Lindenwold reports 197,949.24 in settlement money received since 2022. It spent 55,055.32 of it, all on 02/11/2026.
- For FY2025 it told the State 105,908.84 was appropriated or encumbered. That is the total of its 2024 deposits. The opioid expense account had no appropriation and no order.
- For FY2026 it told the State 94,558.94 was encumbered. Both orders on the account were paid in full months before the year closed.
- It certified a 5,055.32 police CPR course as a CPR and Narcan program. The books show CPR training and nothing else.
- Its FY2024 report put 151,021.08 on hand. That is 24,535.56 more than the 126,485.52 it said it had ever received.
- Two 2024 deposits, 9,390.64, appear in no report.
The Borough reported money as committed when nothing was committed.
Summary
Lindenwold Borough, Camden County, State ID NJ111, files an annual report to the Department of Human Services on its opioid settlement money. The money must go to the abatement uses the national settlements list, or to documented evidence-based programs that address the epidemic.
The Borough's settlement deposits sat in revenue accounts. In 2022 and 2023 they went into the general Miscellaneous revenue account with tower rent, auction proceeds and insurance money. In 2024 and 2025 they went into dedicated revenue accounts. The expense account, 5-01-55-780-000 National Opioid Settlement Fund, is non-budgeted and adopted at 0.00. Its first entry is an order of 12/22/2025.
What the Borough received
| Report | Received in the year | Received since 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 42,234.57 | |
| FY2024 | 84,250.95 | 126,485.52 |
| FY2025 | 39,957.22 | 166,442.74 |
| FY2026 | 31,506.50 | 197,949.24 |
The FY2024 cumulative figure, 126,485.52, equals every settlement deposit on the books through 06/30/2024. The books show 49,347.86 received in the FY2025 window, not 39,957.22. The deposits of 09/30/2024 and 10/31/2024 are missing. By 12/31/2025 the books show 204,117.14 received, more than the 197,949.24 the FY2026 report gives through 06/30/2026.
What it spent
The account paid two bills, both on 02/11/2026.
| Payee | Purpose | Check | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindenwold Board of Education | Mental health therapy reimbursement | 49368 | 50,000.00 |
| Public Safety Training of SJ | CPR training | 49420 | 5,055.32 |
| Total | 55,055.32 |
The 50,000.00 rests on Resolution 2025:143 of 08/13/2025. The Borough agreed to reimburse the Board for therapy by First Children Learning Services, not to exceed 50,000.00. The Board's Invoice 1, dated 12/31/2025, is one line for the full 50,000.00. It lists no hours, sessions or students. Exhibit E lists school mental health access as a use. No record shows what services the payment bought, and the FY2026 report gives 0 individuals served. This project classifies it as unverified.
The FY2026 report describes the 5,055.32 as instructor training for two officers in CPR and Narcan. The purchase order says CPR training. No Narcan kit, manikin or naloxone course is on the account. CPR certification cards from the same vendor were paid from the police training line. CPR training is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. This project classifies it as non-conforming.
No payment is classified conforming. 5,055.32 is non-conforming and 50,000.00 is unverified.
What it told the State
- FY2023. 0.00 expended. True on the books.
- FY2024. 0.00 expended and 54,502.88 appropriated or encumbered. No program funded. The 54,502.88 equals the seven settlement deposits of 2022 and 2023 to the cent. 151,021.08 unspent on hand, against 126,485.52 received.
- FY2025. 0.00 expended and 105,908.84 appropriated or encumbered. No program funded. The 105,908.84 equals the 2024 deposits to the cent. 39,957.22 received, against 49,347.86 on the books.
- FY2026. 55,055.32 expended, which ties to the two checks. 94,558.94 appropriated or encumbered, with every order paid. Two programs, a CPR and Narcan program at 5,055.32 spent and school mental health therapy at 50,000.00 spent, each with 0 individuals served.
The FY2024 and FY2025 reports describe a planned police video game trailer with an anti-drug video. No trailer purchase appears on the account through 08/25/2026.
What the records show
The FY2025 encumbered figure is a year of deposits. The revenue audit trail for 2024 prints 14 settlement receipts and a Period Revenue of 105,908.84. The expense account was adopted at 0.00 for 2025 and carried no order until 12/22/2025. Reported a year of deposits as encumbered funds.
The FY2026 encumbered figure has nothing behind it. The report's own program pages total 14,944.68 encumbered, and that is the CPR program's funding less what it spent. The account shows Encumber YTD 0.00 on 08/25/2026. Certified 94,558.94 encumbered with every order paid.
The CPR program is CPR training. The report says officers were trained to teach CPR and Narcan and that Narcan kits and manikins were procured. The only purchase is purchase order 25-10828, CPR TRAINING, 5,055.32. Certified a police CPR course as Narcan training.
The FY2024 report claims more unspent money than the Borough had received. Its 151,021.08 includes four deposits posted 08/31/2024, after the year closed. Reported more unspent money than it had received.
The FY2025 receipts figure leaves out two deposits, 5,031.75 on 09/30/2024 and 4,358.89 on 10/31/2024. No later report picks them up. Left 9,390.64 in deposits out of every report.
Open records
- No 2024 expense or appropriation record for any opioid line.
- No First Children invoices or service records behind the 50,000.00 lump invoice.
- No 2026 receipts print.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.