Mount Olive Township

Summary

Mount Olive Township, Morris County, reports receiving 221,076.41 in opioid settlement money since 2022. Its accounts paid 43,782.55 through 06/30/2026 and 51,931.14 through 08/19/2026.

Most of it, 49,148.08, pays the Mental Health Association of Essex and Morris. Under Resolution 463 of 12/03/2024 the Association staffs clinical co-responders who go out with the Police Department on mental health and substance use calls. The program, Connect and Protect, runs on a 550,000.00 federal Department of Justice award. The settlement account pays the Township's 20 percent share of each monthly invoice and the full monthly lease on the clinicians' vehicle. Exhibit E lists co-responder models for opioid-related calls, so this project treats those payments as conforming.

The other 2,783.06 is the Township's 20 percent share of equipment and supplies. The federal grant account paid the other 80 percent of each. Of that, 2,532.10 bought desktop and training computers, a printer, patrol room training monitors, police radios, a ballistic vest for the clinician and police office supplies. None of these is among the uses Exhibit E lists, so this project classifies them as non-conforming. The last 250.96 bought promotional printing for the program and Amazon equipment and supplies. The record does not show what was bought, so this project lists it as unverified. Read the Township's findings.

The co-responder contract set the Township's share at 54,683.21 for Year 1. The settlement account carries that share and the full vehicle lease, which the contract says the Township must fund without the federal grant. The Township's own accounts paid the same vendors for police equipment in 2026. The records produced do not show the match paid from another fund before the settlement money arrived, so this project publishes no finding on the source of the match.

What the Township told the State

The FY2023 and FY2024 spending figures agree with the books. No money left the accounts before 03/05/2025.

The FY2024 report certifies 126,751.10 received and nothing spent. It reports 122,966.38 on hand, 3,784.72 less than it received. Spent nothing yet reported 3,784.72 less on hand.

FY2025, a voided check counted

The FY2025 report covers 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025. It certifies 10,832.96 expended, all of it under one program, Connect and Protect. Account 5-02-95-000-021 paid 8,813.17 in that period.

On 06/17/2025 the audit trail prints check 57898 to MHAEM for 1,507.00 and 512.79. The next lines print the same check as void. The same two amounts are then paid again on check 57902 that day. The certified figure is the money paid plus the voided check. Counted a voided 2,019.79 check as FY2025 spending.

The same page certifies 10,932.96 spent on administration, 100.00 more than the total spent. The explanation it gives is the co-responder agreement itself. Reported more administration than all it spent.

The report certifies 0.00 encumbered on page 1 and 14,267.04 encumbered on the program page. The second figure is the program's 25,100.00 in funding less the 10,832.96 spent. The 25,100.00 is the vehicle allowance in the co-responder agreement, which the agreement says the Township must fund without the federal grant. Reported 0.00 and 14,267.04 encumbered in one report.

The report puts 110,688.74 on hand. Its own figures leave 165,371.95, which is 176,204.91 received less 10,832.96 spent. The 54,683.21 gap is the Year 1 Township match in the co-responder contract, which the Chief Financial Officer was to certify in January 2025. The report holds it back as committed and certifies 0.00 encumbered. Held back 54,683.21 on hand but reported none committed.

The FY2024 report counted 3,784.26 of interest in the Township's receipts. The FY2025 report leaves it out of a total labeled as including interest. The FY2026 report puts it back. Three reports disagree on 3,784.26 of interest.

FY2026, three periods in one figure

The State published the FY2026 report on 10/01/2026. It covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. It certifies 47,851.09 spent and gives the same figure for Connect and Protect.

The three rows make the certified figure to the cent. Read together, the FY2025 and FY2026 reports certify 58,684.05 spent. The accounts paid 43,782.55 through 06/30/2026. Certified 12,881.71 of other years' spending as FY2026.

The report certifies 0.00 encumbered. At 06/30/2026 four lines were on order on account G-02-41-779-001. MHAEM's April invoice, 3,555.75 and 512.79, and its May invoice, 4,068.54, were encumbered on 06/09/2026. An Amazon line of 11.51 was encumbered on 06/02/2026. They total 8,148.59 and were paid in July and August. The April invoice is the 4,068.54 the report already counts as spent. Certified nothing encumbered with 8,148.59 on order.

The report puts 156,899.10 on hand. Received less everything the reports certify as spent is 162,392.36. Nothing was encumbered or transferred to explain the 5,493.26 difference. Reported 5,493.26 less on hand than its own figures leave.

Equipment reported as crisis response

Both reports certify every dollar spent under Connect and Protect. The FY2025 report files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training and describes crisis responders who assist the Police Department.

The co-responder contract has the Township supply clinicians two police radios and up to four bulletproof vests. None of this equipment is among the uses Exhibit E lists. A further 11.51 of police office supplies was paid on 08/19/2026, after the year closed. Certified computers, radios and a vest as crisis response.

What the records do not show

The Township did not produce an activity report for account G-02-41-779-001, a third settlement account that began carrying charges in June 2026. Its rows here come from two vendor histories. The vendor histories cover payments from 01/01/2026 only.

How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.