Spent 76,875.00 on an electronic sign at the police station

The City paid 76,875.00 from the settlement fund for one sign. 43,890.00 to KC Sign and Awnings for a custom double sided sign with an electronic message center, and 32,985.00 to M.P. Electrical Contractors for the electrical work to install it. The title of Resolution R-254-5/23 describes the sign as to be placed at the police station and court house and purchased utilizing the opioid settlement funds. Its funds certification names account G-02-40-698-296. Contract C2400098 and its performance and payment bonds describe the electrical work as installation of an electrical sign in the front of the Public Safety Complex. The certified payrolls name the project Police Dept. Sign Maint. at 365 New Brunswick Avenue. The electrical invoice is captioned for the Police Department Sign, and purchase order 25-02539 ships to the Perth Amboy Police Department. The work included a new steel pole, a concrete footer and a 100 amp service. Neither contract sets what the sign displays. The two vendor histories show both payments charged to G-02-40-698-296. The FY2023 report certified the 43,890.00 as a Media Campaign before it was paid, and the FY2025 report left it off. The electrician was paid from the City's own accounts for its other work. No media campaign or prevention program using the sign is documented. A permanent sign at a municipal building is not among the uses Exhibit E lists.