Marlboro Township
Marlboro Township spends its opioid settlement money on transportation to treatment billed through two local providers, but its FY2026 report certified a 616.55 pizza order as police officer education and counted a FY2025 check as FY2026 spending.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Marlboro Township has paid 103,328.83 from its opioid settlement accounts through 08/31/2026. Of that, 102,712.28 is transportation billed through the two treatment providers in the Township, New Hope Integrated Behavioral Health Care and Discovery Institute for Addictive Disorders.
- The other 616.55 is one take-out order from Meli's Thin & Crispy Pizza Co. for an EMS drill night. The FY2026 report certifies it as Education of police officers, one session.
- The FY2026 report counts a 5,079.75 check paid on 06/12/2025 as FY2026 spending. The FY2025 report had already counted it.
- The first ledger the Township produced showed one settlement account. Vendor histories produced later show a second account that paid 10,519.75 and name a third. No report on either has been produced.
Summary
Marlboro Township, Monmouth County, State ID NJ129, reported receiving 330,896.97 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2026. The money must go to the abatement uses the national settlements list, or to documented evidence-based programs that address the epidemic. It must add to local spending, not replace it.
The Township has directed the money to transportation to treatment or recovery for people with opioid use disorder, under agreements with New Hope and Discovery. Exhibit E lists that use at B.7. The invoices behind the payments are Uber Health trips and ambulance and van transport, and they match the program the reports describe.
This project classifies 102,712.28 as conforming and 616.55 as unverified. No payment is classified non-conforming. The findings rest on what the reports told the State, not on the transport spending. Read the Township's findings.
What the Township received
| Year | Received in the year | Received since 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 82,236.82 | 82,236.82 |
| FY2024 | 117,750.21 | 199,987.03 |
| FY2025 | 78,024.22 | 278,011.25 |
| FY2026 | 52,885.72 | 330,896.97 |
The FY2023 report asked only for the total received as of 06/30/2023. The FY2024 to FY2026 reports list 0.00 of interest. The account prints the Township produced show budget, orders and payments, not receipts.
Three settlement accounts appear in the records.
| Account | What the record shows |
|---|---|
| 02-213-22-923-106294, 2022 National Opioid Settlement | Account Detail from 01/01/2022 to 08/31/2026. Budget 317,306.63. Paid 92,809.08. Orders open 91,293.57. Balance 133,203.98. |
| 02-213-23-923-106294 | Paid Discovery Institute 10,519.75 from 06/12/2025 to 08/14/2025. No account report produced. |
| 02-213-24-923-106288 | Held the 2025 provider agreements from 07/10/2025 to 08/14/2025. No payment shown. No account report produced. |
What it spent, and on what
| Period | Paid from the settlement accounts |
|---|---|
| FY2023 and FY2024, through 06/30/2024 | 0.00 |
| FY2025, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025 | 5,079.75 |
| FY2026, 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026 | 88,748.80 |
| 07/01/2026 to 08/31/2026 | 9,500.28 |
| Total | 103,328.83 |
| Payee | What the invoices show | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Discovery Institute | Ambulance calls, Apex and TransUnit transport | 53,864.08 |
| New Hope Behavioral Health Care | Uber Health trips, Apex Ambulance, TransUnit and ABBA Medical transport | 48,848.20 |
| Meli's Thin & Crispy Pizza Co. | Take-out food for an EMS drill, 01/20/2026 | 616.55 |
| Total | 103,328.83 |
On 08/31/2026 the main account had 91,293.57 of orders open. Most of it is the 2026 agreements with the two providers, 40,000.00 each, encumbered on 06/09/2026. It also holds order 94184 for 2,500.00, added on 08/18/2026 with no vendor and no description.
What the Township told the State each year
The State's fiscal year runs 07/01 to 06/30.
| Year | Certified spent | Paid in the year | Encumbered | On hand | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 0.00 | 0.00 | not asked | not asked | Education of police officers, 82,236.82, dates TBD |
| FY2024 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 80,000.00 | 119,987.03 | New Hope and Discovery, 40,000.00 each, encumbered |
| FY2025 | 5,079.75 | 5,079.75 | 78,024.22 | 198,011.25 | Discovery 5,079.75. Police education 0.00 |
| FY2026 | 93,828.55 | 88,748.80 | 98,293.85 | 138,774.57 | Discovery 44,363.80. New Hope 48,848.20. Police education 616.55 |
Each report lists 0.00 of administrative expense.
FY2023. The only program was Education of police officers, recipient Marlboro Township, target population public safety officers, funded at 82,236.82, the full amount received. Its funding and launch dates were TBD. The Township said its goal was "Education for the police department."
FY2024. The Township said it had directed the money to transportation to treatment through New Hope and Discovery, under resolutions 2024-151 and 2024-152 adopted on 06/20/2024. It certified 80,000.00 encumbered and nothing spent. Two orders carried the agreements at 40,000.00 each, New Hope order 79158 and Discovery order 79159. The update to the police program said no funds were encumbered or expended and that "funds will be used for the 2024 program."
FY2025. The 5,079.75 certified as spent is check 37053 to Discovery on 06/12/2025, to the cent. The 78,024.22 certified as encumbered is the same figure as the year's receipts. At 06/30/2025 the two agreement orders and one order released from them had 74,920.25 open. The question asks for funds appropriated or encumbered. The record does not show the budgets of the two accounts whose reports were not produced, so it cannot say whether 78,024.22 was appropriated. This project makes no finding on that figure. The 198,011.25 on hand is the 278,011.25 received since 2022 less the 80,000.00 of the two agreements.
FY2026. The report certifies 93,828.55 spent. The records show 88,748.80 paid in the year. The difference is check 37053, as the next sections show. The 98,293.85 certified as encumbered equals the orders open on 06/30/2026. The 138,774.57 on hand is the 330,896.97 received since 2022 less the certified spent and encumbered figures.
Education of police officers
The FY2026 report updates the 2023 program Education of police officers at 616.55 spent, with one training or education session and no modifications. The two earlier updates had told the State the program was not funded.
The program's only charge is purchase order 90177, dated 01/27/2026, to Meli's Thin & Crispy Pizza Co. It reads "Refreshments for opioid overdose awareness class drill 1/20/2026" and was issued for 800.00. Check 39730 paid 616.55 on 02/12/2026.
| Item on the receipt | Amount |
|---|---|
| Four plain pizzas, trays of mac and cheese, penne vodka, chicken parm, eggplant rollatini and garlic knots, salads and two sandwich platters | 695.94 |
| Law enforcement discount, 15 percent | -104.39 |
| Tip | 25.00 |
| Total | 616.55 |
The order was placed for take-out at 6:43 PM on 01/20/2026. Besides a card slip, the order file holds a lesson plan titled Opioid Overdoses and the Use of Narcan for the EMT, and an email from the Marlboro EMS Chief. The email invites other squads' members to a blood borne pathogen drill and a Narcan drill at 7:30 that evening and asks for each attendee's EMT id.
No record names a police officer, lists an attendee or shows a payment to a trainer. The report says the money educated police officers. The record shows it bought food for an EMS drill night. Food is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. Certified a pizza shop order as police officer education.
One check, two years
The FY2025 report certifies 5,079.75 spent, all of it on the Discovery program. That is check 37053, paid on 06/12/2025 on purchase order 85804.
The FY2026 report certifies the Discovery program at 44,363.80.
| Record | Amount |
|---|---|
| Nine Discovery checks, 07/17/2025 to 06/18/2026 | 39,284.05 |
| Check 37053, 06/12/2025 | 5,079.75 |
| Certified for Discovery, FY2026 | 44,363.80 |
| All payments, 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026 | 88,748.80 |
| Check 37053, 06/12/2025 | 5,079.75 |
| Certified spent, FY2026 | 93,828.55 |
Check 37053 was paid in FY2025. The FY2026 figures count it again. Read together, the two reports certify 98,908.30 spent through 06/30/2026. The records show 93,828.55 paid. Counted one 5,079.75 check as spending in two years.
Accounts the first ledger did not show
The first ledger the Township produced, an Account Detail generated 05/28/2026, covers account 02-213-22-923-106294 only. It shows no payment before 08/28/2025.
The vendor histories for Discovery and New Hope, printed 09/01/2026, show a second settlement account, 02-213-23-923-106294. It paid Discovery three checks, 37053 for 5,079.75, 37403 for 1,410.00 and 37815 for 4,030.00, 10,519.75 in all. Check 37053 is the whole of the FY2025 certified spending.
The same histories name a third account, 02-213-24-923-106288. The 2025 agreements with both providers, 40,000.00 each, were encumbered there on 07/10/2025 and moved to the main account on 08/14/2025. No report on either account has been produced, so a payment from them to any other vendor would not appear in the record. First ledger produced left out a second opioid account.
The transport program
The FY2024 report describes the program as support for transportation to treatment or recovery programs for persons with OUD, to ease the strain on local volunteer emergency medical services. The invoices fit that description. They are Uber Health trip charges and Apex Ambulance, TransUnit and ABBA Medical bills, many itemized ride by ride at 85.60 to 400.00.
The FY2026 report certifies New Hope at 48,848.20. Twelve payments from 08/28/2025 to 05/21/2026 make the figure to the cent. The Discovery figure ties to its nine checks once check 37053 is set aside. New Hope transport ties to the books.
What should happen
The 616.55 paid for food. The Township can restore it to the settlement fund.
The Township can also produce account reports for 02-213-23-923-106294 and 02-213-24-923-106288, so that every payment from settlement money is on the record.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.