Saddle Brook Township
Saddle Brook Township reports 93,315.91 in opioid settlement money received and 0.00 spent, but its figures on hand, its program and its appropriations do not agree with its own reports or its books.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Saddle Brook Township has received 93,315.91 in opioid settlement money and told the State it spent 0.00 in every year.
- In FY2024 it reported 53,913.41 on hand. That is 1,093.02 more than it had ever received.
- In FY2025 and FY2026 it reported about 5,000.00 less on hand than it received, with nothing spent.
- It certified an 8,000.00 strategic planning program in 2023. The next report says no program was funded.
- Its books carry 62,544.60 appropriated to Opiod Settlement. Its reports say 0.00 was appropriated.
Summary
Saddle Brook Township is in Bergen County. Its FY2026 report to the Department of Human Services says it has received 93,315.91 in opioid settlement money since distributions began in 2022. The money must go to the abatement uses the national settlements list, or to documented evidence-based programs that address the epidemic.
Every report the Township has filed certifies 0.00 expended and 0.00 administrative spending. The records it produced show no payment from any settlement line. The reports do not agree with their own figures or with the books. The figure on hand never equals the money received. A program certified in one year is denied in the next. Budget lines the books carry are reported as nothing appropriated.
What the Township received
| Report | Received in the period | Received since 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| FY2023, as of 06/30/2023 | 19,405.42 | 19,405.42 |
| FY2024, 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024 | 33,414.97 | 52,820.39 |
| FY2025, 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025 | 23,440.50 | 76,260.89 |
| FY2026, 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026 | 17,055.02 | 93,315.91 |
The FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026 reports each give interest as 0.00. Each received since 2022 figure equals the one before it plus the year's receipts.
With nothing spent, the money on hand should equal the money received. It never does.
| Report | Received since 2022 | Reported on hand | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 52,820.39 | 53,913.41 | 1,093.02 more |
| FY2025 | 76,260.89 | 71,250.09 | 5,010.80 less |
| FY2026 | 93,315.91 | 88,319.54 | 4,996.37 less |
Reported 53,913.41 on hand, more than it ever received. FY2025 on hand figure is 5,010.80 short with nothing spent. Reported 4,996.37 less on hand than received, none spent.
What the Township told the State
| Report | Expended | Encumbered | On hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 0.00 | not asked | not asked |
| FY2024 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 53,913.41 |
| FY2025 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 71,250.09 |
| FY2026 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 88,319.54 |
The FY2023 report lists one program, Saddle Brook Strategic Planning. It names the Township as the recipient, the category as Prevention and Education and the funding as 8,000.00, funded 08/01/2023 with a launch date of 10/01/2023. It describes the program as reaching out to emergency responders and schools. It gives a strategic plan as the rationale for its spending and, on the page before, says the Township has no strategic plan. The same report says the Township's goal is training first responders to administer naloxone and buying it.
The FY2024 report says no decision has been made. The FY2025 report says the Police Department intends an outreach program with the schools and that the Township is moving to community outreach and personnel training. The FY2024 report says the Township funded no program. The FY2025 report says it funded no new program. Both say the Township plans a strategic plan in the future. The FY2024 period, 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024, holds both dates of the 8,000.00 program. Certified an 8,000.00 program the next report denies.
The FY2026 report gives the goal as enhancing police education and training. It names the Business Administrator and the Police Chief as the officials deciding how to spend the money. It says the Township funded no program, engaged no public, has no strategic plan and has no risk assessment. It also says spending allocations have been decided for 3 to 5 years. It lists no resource used to decide them.
What the records show
The Township produced three prints on 05/28/2026.
- A page of its 2023 account history. It shows line 01-2010-41-7250-551, Opiod Settlement, with a budget of 823.38. Nothing is encumbered and nothing is paid.
- Three pages of its 2025 History by Account. They show line 01-6201-25-7250-551, Opiod Settlement, with a budget of 61,564.57, and line 01-6201-41-7545, Opiod Settlement, with a budget of 980.03. Nothing is encumbered and nothing is paid on either.
- An Account Detail run 05/28/2026 for line 01-6201-41-7545 across all dates. It shows the same 980.03 with nothing encumbered and nothing paid.
The certified 0.00 expended matches the books in every year the prints cover. The certified 0.00 appropriated does not. The two 2025 Opiod Settlement lines appropriate 62,544.60 that was never spent, and the FY2025 and FY2026 reports each certify 0.00 appropriated or encumbered. Certified 0.00 appropriated with 62,544.60 budgeted.
The prints do not cover everything. No 2022 or 2024 history was produced. No 2026 print of the 61,564.57 line was produced. No revenue account showing the settlement receipts was produced. The State's fiscal year runs 07/01 to 06/30, so the first half of 2024 and the first half of 2026 have no book record in this production.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.