Moved the police K-9 unit off the Township budget

The Township ran a police K-9 unit on its own budget before the settlement. Budget line 9-01-F01-231, Police K-9 Unit, was appropriated 3,850.00 in 2019 and paid 2,520.97 that year for the handler's K-9 supply reimbursements and a 1,294.82 emergency dental surgery. It paid 240.32 in 2020, including a 158.78 K-9 wellness visit, and cancelled its 1,088.71 balance on 12/31/2020. It shows no activity in 2021. Resolution 377-21, adopted 11/04/2021, records that Remco, the Department's sixth K-9, retired in July 2021. Resolution 345-23, adopted 09/07/2023, recites that the Department has a long tradition of having a K-9 dog, that the Chief of Police wants to re-institute the K-9 program, and that the Township is able to use the Opioid Settlement monies to purchase a new K-9 at no cost to the taxpayers. The settlement line paid 9,950.00 for the dog on 10/17/2023. The handler's K-9 food was then reimbursed from budget account 01-201-25-240-231, 88.49 on 12/05/2023, 188.18 on 12/19/2023 and 211.96 on 02/06/2024. From 02/23/2024 the same monthly reimbursements were paid from settlement line 01-203-41-502-201. No later K-9 food payment to the handler or to Wholistic Paws appears on a budget account in their vendor histories, printed 09/02/2026. Through 08/18/2026 the settlement accounts paid 24,332.86 for the dog, its equipment, food, supplements, veterinary care, kennel stays, training travel and an e-collar. These are the kinds of cost budget line 9-01-F01-231 paid in 2019 and 2020. The Township did not produce that line, or any K-9 budget line, for 2022 to 2026. That the settlement money replaced spending the Township's budget would otherwise carry is this project's reading of these records.