Ridgefield
Ridgefield certified no settlement spending in any year, and no report it filed states the receipts its own listing shows.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Ridgefield certified 0.00 spent in every report it filed, FY2023 to FY2026.
- The only record the Borough produced is a listing of settlement receipts. It shows 39,269.61 received from 10/06/2022 to 05/05/2026. It shows no spending because it is not a spending ledger.
- The FY2025 report says the Borough received 30,348.83 and holds 32,960.09. Nothing was spent and no interest was earned. Those two figures cannot both be true.
- The Borough's own receipts through 06/30/2025 total 32,960.09. The on-hand figure is right. The received figure is 2,611.26 short.
- The FY2026 report carries the same 2,611.26 forward.
- The FY2024 report certifies 14,839.30 received that year. The books show 4,977.71. The 14,839.30 is nine deposits the Borough posted on 03/03/2025.
- The FY2023 report certifies 6,500.00 received. The books show 4,133.55.
Summary
Ridgefield Borough, Bergen County, State ID NJ194, has filed a settlement report with the Department of Human Services for every year from FY2023 to FY2026. Each report certifies that the Borough spent nothing. Each report answers No to funding any program.
The Borough produced one record, a Cash Receipts listing for its current fund revenue account 01-1920-10-7724, Anticipated Revenues, National Opioid Settlement, printed 05/28/2026. It lists 27 deposits. It does not list payments, so this project cannot test whether the Borough spent anything. The Borough's grade is provisional on that ground.
The receipts listing can test what the reports say the Borough received. Read the Borough's findings.
What the Borough received
The listing posts each deposit on the day the Borough recorded it. By the State's fiscal year, which runs 07/01 to 06/30, the deposits are these.
| Fiscal year | Deposits | Amount | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 2 | 4,133.55 | 4,133.55 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 4,977.71 | 9,111.26 |
| FY2025 | 16 | 23,848.83 | 32,960.09 |
| FY2026, to 05/05/2026 | 6 | 6,309.52 | 39,269.61 |
Thirteen deposits are dated 03/03/2025. Four of them are described as POST 6/30/24. The listing's grand total is 39,269.61.
What it spent
The reports certify 0.00 expended, 0.00 encumbered and 0.00 in administrative costs in every year. The Borough produced no spending ledger, so the record neither confirms nor contradicts those figures. This project classifies no payment as conforming, non-conforming or unverified, because none is in the record.
What it told the State
| Report | Received in the year | Received since 2022 | Spent | On hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 6,500.00 | 0.00 | ||
| FY2024 | 14,839.30 | 21,339.30 | 0.00 | 21,339.30 |
| FY2025 | 9,009.53 | 30,348.83 | 0.00 | 32,960.09 |
| FY2026 | 7,751.99 | 38,100.82 | 0.00 | 40,712.08 |
The FY2023 form asked for funds received and expended as of 06/30/2023 and had no question on funds on hand. Every report says the Borough did not transfer its funds to the county. The FY2024 and FY2025 reports describe a plan to use the money for awareness tables at police community events, literature with treatment options and medical equipment for officers. The FY2026 report repeats those goals and answers N/A to which officials decided the spending. The FY2024 and FY2025 reports answer Yes to having a strategic plan. The FY2026 report answers No.
What the records show
The FY2023 report certifies 6,500 received as of 06/30/2023. The listing shows two deposits by that date, 2,020.45 on 10/06/2022 and 2,113.10 on 12/08/2022, a total of 4,133.55. The certified figure is 2,366.45 higher. Certified 6,500.00 received in FY2023. Books show 4,133.55.
The FY2024 report certifies 14,839.30 received between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024. The listing shows three deposits in that period, 1,958.08 and 2,520.85 on 08/07/2023 and 498.78 on 11/22/2023, a total of 4,977.71. The 14,839.30 equals to the cent nine deposits the listing posts on 03/03/2025, eight months after the period closed. Four other deposits that day are marked POST 6/30/24. These nine are not. The report also certifies 21,339.30 received since 2022 and the same 21,339.30 on hand. Through 06/30/2024 the listing shows 9,111.26. Certified 14,839.30 received in FY2024. Books show 4,977.71.
The FY2025 report certifies 30,348.83 received since 2022, 0.00 interest and 0.00 spent. It also certifies 32,960.09 on hand. A town that spent nothing and earned no interest cannot hold more than it received.
The receipts listing settles which figure is right. The 21 deposits from 10/06/2022 to 06/23/2025 total 32,960.09, the on-hand figure to the cent. The received figure is 2,611.26 short of the Borough's own receipts.
The listing shows where the gap comes from. The FY2025 report's 9,009.53 for its year is the other seven deposits posted in FY2025, to the cent. No report counts the three deposits of 08/07/2023 and 11/22/2023, 4,977.71 in all. Less the 2,366.45 the FY2023 report overstates, that leaves 2,611.26 out of the cumulative figure.
The FY2026 report builds on the FY2025 figures. Its received since 2022, 38,100.82, is 30,348.83 plus the 7,751.99 it certifies for the year. Its on-hand figure, 40,712.08, is 32,960.09 plus the same 7,751.99. The 2,611.26 gap carries forward unchanged. By 05/05/2026 the listing already shows 39,269.61 received, 1,168.79 more than the FY2026 report certifies for the whole period through 06/30/2026. Reported holding 2,611.26 more than it reported receiving.
The FY2026 report certifies 7,751.99 received in the year. The listing shows 6,309.52 through 05/05/2026. The listing was printed on 05/28/2026 and does not cover June 2026, so the remaining 1,442.47 cannot be tested from this record.
What remains open
The Borough produced no record of payments from settlement money. A spending ledger, or a statement that no expenditure account exists, would let this project test the 0.00 certified in every year.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.