Paid 26,170.00 for two fire department CPR machines

Purchase order 26-02035, dated 05/28/2026 on Fire Department requisition R2602055, charged settlement account G-02-40-503-024 26,170.00 for automated chest compression under V.E. Ralph quote 117596. Invoice 497705, dated 06/02/2026 and addressed to Chief Louis Venezia at the Bloomfield Fire Department, bills two ARM XR automated chest compression devices at 13,029.00 each and two suction cup assemblies at 56.00 each under Bergen County contract 24-15. The check stub is dated 06/22/2026, inside the FY2026 year. The audit trail printed 06/01/2026 still shows the order open. The FY2026 report counts the purchase inside its Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention program and names the Fire Chief among the officials who decided how to spend the money. A mechanical CPR device treats cardiac arrest. No overdose program using these devices is documented, and mechanical CPR devices are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.