Settlement money took over a grant funded police program

Resolution 2023-76, adopted 03/27/2023, awards Pulsse Services a contract for LSW Services and Counseling at the Sayreville Police Department, not to exceed 175,000.00. The Borough's vendor history for Pulsse Services shows 175,000.00 paid in seventeen lines between 03/28/2023 and 05/14/2024 from account G-02-03-708-001, FY22 Community Policing Dev. Program. That is the full authorized amount. Resolution 2024-91 renews the same contract, for the same service at the same location, not to exceed 87,493.13. The first settlement payment to Pulsse Services, 9,817.20 on check 86800, is dated 05/14/2024, the same day as the last grant payment. Resolution 2026-88 renews it again at 105.16 per hour, the 2023 rate, and names opioid account G-02-03-160-110 as the funding source. The FY2024 report gives the program a launch date of 03/14/2023, before any settlement payment. The FY2025 report states the reason in the Borough's words. The program was initially funded through a DCA grant. It was so successful the Borough wanted to continue the program after the grant was exhausted. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies 87,898.28 more spent on PULSSE between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026. Nine Pulsse Services payments in that year sum to 87,898.28 to the cent. Through 08/31/2026 the vendor history shows 165,859.36 of settlement money paid to Pulsse Services and 19,034.16 more committed. Whether this is supplantation under state law is a legal question this project does not decide.