Moved 26,431.63 of fire department costs onto the fund

Journal reference 2666, dated 11/24/2025 and captioned RECLASS AMBULANCE/EMS EXP. TO OPIOID, charged 26,431.63 to settlement account G-02-40-503-024. The posting report credits the fire lines first charged. Fire Department OE Mat/Supplies, 5-01-25-265-030, gets back 543.28. Fire Department OE Safety Equipment, 5-01-25-265-056, gets back 8,214.63. The Fire Prevention Program reserve, T-13-00-060-001, gets back 17,673.72. The schedule produced with the journal lists 17 Fire Department purchase orders to V.E. Ralph and Son by original charge account, ordered from 01/10/2025 to 10/28/2025, for EMS supplies, an ambulance cot and a stair chair. Purchase order 25-03350, for example, records check 625789 paid 09/15/2025, ten weeks before the journal. The fire budget lines and the reserve had carried these costs. The journal moved them onto the settlement account after the fact. The agreement between the State and its towns requires the money to supplement local spending, not replace it. The FY2026 report counts the 26,431.63 inside its Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention program.