Southampton Township
Southampton Township has spent 3,361.50 of the 40,685.30 in opioid settlement money it reports receiving, and each of its last three reports to the State misstates what it holds or what it spent.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Southampton Township reports 40,685.30 received since 2022. Its opioid sub-accounts have paid out 3,361.50. Nothing has left them since 11/20/2023.
- The FY2024 report certifies 11,326.03 encumbered. No order was open. The figure is the year's receipts less the year's spending, to the cent.
- The FY2025 report gives the year's receipts as all the money on hand. It leaves out 15,738.08.
- The FY2026 report gives a budget balance as the money on hand. It leaves out 16,458.77 that was never put in the budget.
- An 825.00 retro pay charge sits on the settlement books. No report mentions it.
- The FY2024 report says its Narcan program was funded 06/30/2024 and launched 06/01/2024. The books paid for the Narcan on 11/20/2023.
- The FY2023 report lists a 1,000.00 website program. The books never paid for it.
Summary
Southampton Township, Burlington County, reports receiving 40,685.30 in opioid settlement money from 2022 through 06/30/2026. The national settlements list uses for the money, among them treatment, recovery, connection to care, prevention and harm reduction. The list is not exhaustive. Other documented, evidence-based programs that address the epidemic also qualify. In either case the money must add to local spending, not replace it.
The Township keeps the money in nine sub-accounts, G-02-41-722-300 to G-02-41-722-308, under department 722, National Opioids Settlement Fund. Its audit trail of 05/28/2026 shows 24,226.53 appropriated to those lines and 3,361.50 spent. A second print, run 09/01/2026 for sub-accounts 300 to 302, shows nothing paid after 11/20/2023.
| Date | Charge | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 09/07/2023 | Payroll 18, retro pay | 825.00 |
| 11/20/2023 | Check 1018, Hampton Lakes Emergency Squad, Narcan | 2,536.50 |
| Total | 3,361.50 |
This project classes the 2,536.50 of Narcan as conforming and the 825.00 of retro pay as unverified. Read the Township's findings.
What the Township told the State
| Year | Received in year | Received since 2022 | Spent | Encumbered | On hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 5,237.05 | 0.00 | |||
| FY2024 | 13,862.53 | 19,099.58 | 2,536.50 | 11,326.03 | 0.00 |
| FY2025 | 16,016.41 | 35,115.99 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 16,016.41 |
| FY2026 | 5,569.31 | 40,685.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20,865.03 |
The FY2023 report lists two programs, an informational web page funded at 1,000.00 and lectures with Narcan distribution through the Emergency Management Office, amount unknown. No payment for either appears on the books. Later reports describe the lectures as a one-time event with 0.00 spent.
The website program
The FY2023 report lists Information - building website, funded 09/05/2023 at 1,000.00 and launched the same day. The audit trail covers every opioid sub-account from 01/01/2022. It shows two charges ever, the 825.00 retro pay and the 2,536.50 Narcan check. No payment of 1,000.00 and no website charge appears. The FY2024 report covers 09/05/2023. It certifies only the Narcan and gives the website no update. No later report mentions it. Reported a 1,000.00 website program the books never paid.
The spending figures match the books in FY2023, FY2025 and FY2026. The balances do not.
The FY2024 encumbrance
The FY2024 report certifies 11,326.03 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent. That is 13,862.53 received less 2,536.50 spent, to the cent. The program page of the same report shows 0.00 encumbered for the one program it funded.
The audit trail lists every transaction on the nine sub-accounts from 01/01/2022. It carries one purchase order, 23-00349, paid in full on 11/20/2023, and Encumber YTD of 0.00 on every line. No combination of the appropriation balances equals 11,326.03.
The report then certifies 0.00 on hand. Its own figures, 19,099.58 received less 2,536.50 spent less the 11,326.03, leave 5,237.05. That is the exact sum the FY2023 report said had been received. With no order open, 15,738.08 was uncommitted at 06/30/2024. Certified 11,326.03 encumbered with no order on the books.
The FY2025 balance
The FY2025 report certifies 16,016.41 on hand from any reporting year. That is the year's receipts, to the cent. Nothing was paid from the sub-accounts that year. By the report's own figure of 35,115.99 received, the Township held 31,754.49. The report leaves out 15,738.08. Reported one year's receipts as all the cash on hand.
FY2026
The State published the Township's FY2026 report on 10/01/2026. It covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. It certifies 5,569.31 received, 0.00 spent and 20,865.03 currently on hand. It funded no program. Asked about its goals, it answers "Working with our EMT squad on ways to utilize the funds in the future on possible programs for the public."
The 20,865.03 is the budget balance of department 722 on the 05/28/2026 audit trail, 24,226.53 appropriated less 3,361.50 spent. It counts only money the Township put in the budget. The report's own received figure less all spending is 37,323.80. The 16,458.77 the Township received and never appropriated is missing from the on-hand line. Reported a budget balance as cash on hand, 16,458.77 short.
The year's receipts, 5,569.31, equal the three Chapter 159 lines added to the budget, 1,965.15, 3,568.69 and 35.47.
The retro pay
On 09/07/2023 sub-account G-02-41-722-300 was charged 825.00 described as PAYROLL # 18. The payroll register for that date shows an earnings line of 825.00 coded E04 RETRO PAY for one employee in the administration department. The FY2023 report names the same employee as the official authorized to report on the settlement funds. No position title or basis for charging the adjustment to the settlement is in the record.
The charge falls inside the FY2024 period. The FY2024 report certifies 2,536.50 spent and 0.00 of administrative expenses. The sub-accounts paid 3,361.50. The 825.00 appears in no report. Charged 825.00 of retro pay to the fund, never reported.
The Narcan
Check 1018 paid the Hampton Lakes Emergency Squad 2,536.50 on 11/20/2023 for "Narcan purchase for grant," split across three sub-accounts. The FY2024 report certifies a program named Publicy Accessible Narcan at 2,536.50 expended. It describes Narcan added to the AED cabinet in the Municipal Building for public use. The three lines make the certified figure to the cent. Naloxone for the public is among the uses Exhibit E lists.
The report gives the program a launch date of 06/01/2024 and a funding date of 06/30/2024. The order lines were first encumbered on 09/27/2023 and 09/29/2023. Check 1018 was paid on 11/20/2023, more than six months before either certified date. The FY2023 report had placed Narcan distribution in a different program, run by the Emergency Management Office from 10/1/2023. Later reports call that program a one-time event with 0.00 spent. Dated the Narcan program 06/01/2024, paid it 11/20/2023.
The emergency squad
The Township also funds the Hampton Lakes Emergency Squad from its current fund. The squad's vendor history shows 57,512.68 paid from 01/01/2018 to 09/01/2026. That includes a 2021 contribution of 17,500.00 and a LUCAS machine and batteries for 22,476.18 in 2025, both on the current fund squad line. The squad line carried 25,000.00 in 2022 and 2023 and 50,000.00 in 2025 and 2026. The 2022 and 2024 appropriations of 25,000.00 were transferred out in full. In 2023 the line spent 3,139.00. No Narcan appears on the squad lines or in the squad's vendor history before or after check 1018. The record shows no earlier payment for the same cost from another fund.
What is still open
The Township was asked for every account that holds settlement money. It produced department 722 and did not say whether another account exists. Where the 16,458.77 of unbudgeted receipts sits is not in the record.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.