Millville City
Millville City told the State it had more settlement money on hand than it had ever received, two years out of three, and has produced no ledger to show where the money is.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Millville City says it has received 483,181.75 in opioid settlement money since 2022.
- Its FY2026 report says it has 513,093.89 of that money unspent and on hand. That is 29,912.14 more than it ever received.
- Its FY2024 report did the same. It said 311,262.63 was on hand out of 285,518.24 received, in a year it spent nothing.
- In between, its FY2025 report put the balance 61,802.54 below what its own figures leave. A year later the balance had grown by 199,262.87.
- The City has spent 29,075.00 of the money in four years, on its own figures. It has produced no ledger.
Summary
Millville City, Cumberland County, State ID NJ139, files an annual report on its opioid settlement money with the Department of Human Services. 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 City has filed all four reports, FY2023 through FY2026. It has not produced a ledger for the settlement money, so this project cannot test any figure in them against the books. What follows rests on the reports alone. The reports do not agree with themselves. Read the City's findings.
What the City received
| Report | Received in the period | Received since 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023, as of 06/30/2023 | 84,382.24 | 84,382.24 |
| FY2024 | 201,136.00 | 285,518.24 |
| FY2025 | 117,810.32 | 403,328.56 |
| FY2026 | 79,853.19 | 483,181.75 |
Each year's cumulative figure is the year before plus the period figure, to the cent. The FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026 reports each certify 0.00 of interest.
What the City told the State it spent
| Report | Expended | Encumbered | Administrative | Unspent on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 0.00 | not asked | 0.00 | not asked |
| FY2024 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 311,262.63 |
| FY2025 | 7,975.00 | 19,720.00 | 7,975.00 | 313,831.02 |
| FY2026 | 21,100.00 | 7,960.00 | 0.00 | 513,093.89 |
The FY2023 and FY2024 reports say the use of the funds was not yet established. The FY2025 report spends 7,975.00, all of it on administration. It describes the expense as coordinator pay per month for work between the Municipal Alliance grant program and the Millville Board of Education. It reports one new program, a Board of Education Mini Grant for speaker assemblies in the schools, funded 02/04/2025 at 19,720.00 with nothing yet spent.
The FY2026 report certifies 21,100.00 spent across two programs.
- Municipal Alliance Program Assistance, 10,340.00. The report says 15 students were taken to the NJ State Elks Peer Leadership annual conference. It names the procurement as purchase orders to the conference and a coordinator.
- Board of Education Mini Grant, 10,760.00 spent in the year, 542 participants served.
The two programs sum to the 21,100.00 certified. The Mini Grant was funded at 19,720.00. With 10,760.00 spent, 8,960.00 of it is not accounted for in the FY2026 report. That report certifies 7,960.00 encumbered and names no program behind the figure.
The FY2025 and FY2026 reports both say why the City pays for the Peer Leadership conference from settlement money. It was generally funded with Municipal Alliance grant money, and that funding is no longer available. No vendor history or ledger has been produced to show what the City paid for the conference before.
What the reports show
The unspent balance the City reports does not follow from the money it says it received and spent.
| Report | Received since 2022 | Spent and encumbered since 2022 | Left by the report's figures | Unspent on hand reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 285,518.24 | 0.00 | 285,518.24 | 311,262.63 |
| FY2025 | 403,328.56 | 27,695.00 | 375,633.56 | 313,831.02 |
| FY2026 | 483,181.75 | 37,035.00 | 446,146.75 | 513,093.89 |
The FY2026 spent and encumbered figure is the 29,075.00 certified as spent in FY2025 and FY2026 plus the 7,960.00 the FY2026 report certifies encumbered.
- In FY2024 the City reported 25,744.39 more on hand than it had ever received. FY2024 report put 311,262.63 on hand, above all received.
- In FY2025 it reported 61,802.54 less than its own figures leave, and accounted for none of the difference. FY2025 report leaves 61,802.54 neither spent nor on hand.
- In FY2026 it reported 29,912.14 more on hand than it had ever received, and 66,947.14 more than its own figures leave. The balance rose 199,262.87 in a year the City says it received 79,853.19. Reported 513,093.89 on hand, more than it ever received.
The FY2026 report also certifies 0.00 of administrative expense. On the same page it describes the coordinator pay that the FY2025 report counted as 7,975.00 of administrative expense. It gives no figure for that pay. FY2026 report says 0.00 admin, describes coordinator pay.
What is owed
The City has produced no ledger for its settlement money. Until it does, no figure in its reports can be checked against the books, and the City cannot be graded. A ledger is owed for every account that has held the money since 2022.