City of Summit
The City of Summit certified 52,183.98 of police breaching, tactical and rescue equipment, a defibrillator among it, to the State as an opioid use disorder Treatment program, and that equipment is 93.5 percent of everything its settlement accounts have paid.
Published 10/03/2026
TLDR
- Summit certified no settlement spending for three years. The books agree. Its first payment from the settlement accounts was on 02/03/2026.
- Between 02/03/2026 and 04/07/2026 the City paid six checks for a rescue litter, a breaching tool, a 5.11 Tactical item, a TR-1-CQ Compact, trauma pack leg rigs and a Philips HeartStart defibrillator. They total 52,183.98.
- The FY2026 report certifies the same 52,183.98 as a police program filed under Treatment, with Treat Opioid Use Disorder as its Schedule B strategy. It reports 2 people served.
- The equipment is 52,183.98 of the 55,807.65 the settlement accounts paid through 08/31/2026. That is 93.5 percent.
- The one behavioral health provider on the accounts, Bridgeway Behavioral Health, holds 113,615.00 of open orders. The City's check register shows no payment to it.
Summary
The City of Summit, Union County, reports 1,096,911.51 in opioid settlement money received 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 supplement local spending, not replace it.
The City produced twelve settlement accounts in its grant fund, with 451,253.38 appropriated. Four carry activity. Through 08/31/2026 they show 55,807.65 paid and 116,423.72 open. The other eight show nothing spent or encumbered as of 05/28/2026, the last date printed for them. The City produced no revenue ledger.
Of the 55,807.65 paid, 52,183.98 bought police and rescue equipment. Printing for an opioid mailing and newsletter took 3,525.20. A posting described only as PAY 12 took 98.47. Nothing has been paid to a treatment, recovery or outreach provider. Read the City's findings.
The equipment
The FY2026 report lists a new program named Police Safety & Harm Reduction Program. Its recipient is the City of Summit Police. It was funded on 01/01/2026 at 54,992.70, with 52,183.98 spent and 2,808.00 encumbered.
The report describes the program as "Various equipment purchased to treat and access overdose victims with emergency care." It names the primary problem as the need for first responders to rapidly access, treat and transport people experiencing overdoses. It files the program under Treatment, with the Schedule B strategies Treat Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) and Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms. It reports 2 individuals served. Its indicators include emergency entries using breaching equipment and the use of medical kits and disposable litters.
The settlement accounts paid six checks that make the certified figure to the cent.
| Date | Check | Order | Vendor | Purchase | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/03/2026 | 240053 | 26-00028 | Tri-Tech Forensics | Rescue Essentials Quiklitter and freight | 1,045.00 |
| 02/17/2026 | 240071 | 26-00033 | All Hands Fire Equipment | Leatherhead Breacher Iron 30in and shipping | 6,534.80 |
| 02/17/2026 | 240104 | 26-00034 | Galls | 5.11 Tactical item, catalog BG2462KANGLXL, and shipping | 4,399.20 |
| 02/17/2026 | 240117 | 26-00378 | J&N Tactical | TR-1-CQ Compact and shipping | 7,800.00 |
| 04/07/2026 | 240422 | 26-00030 | V E Ralph and Son | Philips HeartStart defibrillator, carrying case, adult and infant/child smart pads, paramedic scissors | 15,049.98 |
| 04/07/2026 | 240370 | 26-00504 | High Threat Innovations | Defender Leg Rig TraumaPaks and shipping, less a 10 percent discount | 17,355.00 |
| Total | 52,183.98 |
The 2,808.00 the report carries as encumbered is Galls order 26-00035 for a Dyna Med Deluxe bag and shipping, 2,808.72. It was still open on 08/31/2026.
Exhibit E's Treatment uses are treatment for opioid use disorder. A breaching tool, a litter, trauma packs and a defibrillator do not treat that disorder, and no listed use covers them. The program block does not name the 5.11 Tactical item at all. No overdose program using this equipment is documented. Certified police breaching and trauma gear as treatment.
The City has bought the same kinds of goods from its own budgets. It bought 24-M5071A adult and 24-M5072A infant/child smart pads from V E Ralph and Son on the Fire Equipment line on 09/03/2019, the same catalog numbers as the settlement order. The Police Department bought AED pads from the same vendor on its own lines in 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2025, most recently 3,335.12 for AED pads, batteries and BVMs and 165.60 for AED pads on 11/05/2025. The Fire Department bought adult smart pads on Fire Supplies and Materials on 03/03/2026, 427.20, and adult and infant/child smart pads on 07/28/2026, 284.80 and 400.00, on either side of the settlement purchase. Galls sold the Police Department a 5.11 tactical polo on its equipment line on 03/07/2023.
What Summit told the State
| Report | Received in the year | Received since 2022 | Spent | Encumbered | Unspent on hand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | not asked | 191,008.33 | 0.00 | not asked | not asked |
| FY2024 | 118,525.82 | 309,534.15 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 811,721.72 |
| FY2025 | 646,136.14 | 955,670.29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 973,427.62 |
| FY2026 | 253,600.31 | 1,096,911.51 | 67,615.80 | 117,273.72 | 884,830.36 |
The FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025 reports certify nothing spent. The books agree. No charge of any kind posts to a produced settlement account before 01/15/2026. The FY2024 report said the Mayor and Council were looking at how to help the unhoused population. The FY2025 report said a task force would begin meeting the following week. Neither year funded a program.
The FY2026 report adds 253,600.31 received in the year to a total of 1,096,911.51 since 2022. The FY2025 report gave 955,670.29 through 06/30/2025. Those two figures sum to 1,209,270.60, which is 112,359.09 more than the FY2026 total.
FY2026
The FY2026 report covers 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. It certifies 67,615.80 spent across four programs. The settlement accounts paid 55,807.65 in that year.
| Program | Primary category | Spent | Encumbered | Books |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addiction Coordination Treatment Officer | Wraparound and Connected Care Supports | 11,906.62 | 0.00 | Not on the produced accounts |
| Opioid Use Disorder Communications | Primary Prevention, Education, and Training | 3,525.20 | 850.00 | Three STH Printing payments, 3,525.20 |
| Police Safety & Harm Reduction Program | Treatment | 52,183.98 | 2,808.00 | Six equipment checks, 52,183.98 |
| Summit Street Outreach | Housing | 0.00 | 113,615.00 | Three open Bridgeway lines, 113,615.00 |
The Addiction Coordination Treatment Officer program offsets part of the salary of a full time position, with the City of Summit Police as recipient, paid per pay period. The report gives its funding date as 04/01/2026 and its launch date as 06/01/2026. The produced accounts carry one posting described only as Expenditure, PAY 12, 98.47 on 06/12/2026, with no payee. The other 11,808.15 appears on no produced account. Eight accounts are printed only to 05/28/2026, so the record does not show where it was charged.
Opioid Use Disorder Communications ties to the books. STH Printing check 240156 paid 580.20 for postage on 02/17/2026, and check 240224 paid 550.00 for an opioid mailing and 2,395.00 for a first quarter opioid newsletter on 03/03/2026. The mailing and the newsletter are not in the produced records.
Summit Street Outreach names Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services as the recipient, for case management and connections to treatment and housing. It reports 63 people served and 3 referrals to treatment. Its 113,615.00 is three open blanket lines on purchase order 26-00683, encumbered on 03/03/2026, which make the certified figure to the cent. The City's check register for Bridgeway shows no payment from 01/01/2018 to 08/31/2026.
The encumbered figure, 117,273.72, is the two open orders, 2,808.72 and 113,615.00, plus the 850.00 the communications program carries with no open order on the produced accounts.
Where the money has gone
| Payee | Purchase | Paid | Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Threat Innovations | Defender Leg Rig TraumaPaks, net of discount | 17,355.00 | |
| V E Ralph and Son | Philips HeartStart defibrillator, case, pads, scissors | 15,049.98 | |
| J&N Tactical | TR-1-CQ Compact | 7,800.00 | |
| All Hands Fire Equipment | Leatherhead Breacher Iron 30in | 6,534.80 | |
| Galls | 5.11 Tactical item | 4,399.20 | |
| Galls | Dyna Med Deluxe bag | 2,808.72 | |
| Tri-Tech Forensics | Rescue Essentials Quiklitter | 1,045.00 | |
| Equipment | 52,183.98 | 2,808.72 | |
| STH Printing | Postage, opioid mailing, first quarter newsletter | 3,525.20 | |
| No payee printed | PAY 12 | 98.47 | |
| Bridgeway Behavioral Health | Outreach services, blanket order | 0.00 | 113,615.00 |
| Total through 08/31/2026 | 55,807.65 | 116,423.72 |
What should happen
The City paid 52,183.98 for equipment it certified under a category the equipment does not fit, with no documented overdose program behind it. The City can restore that money to the fund and spend it on a listed use or a documented abatement program. The Galls order for 2,808.72 was still open on 08/31/2026. The City can cancel it against the settlement account.
The State relies on these reports to verify compliance. The Department of Human Services and the Office of the State Comptroller can examine the FY2026 report and the records behind it.
How this project classifies spending is set out in the methodology and the rubric. Corrections follow the corrections policy.