Misreported expenditure

Two reports count the same 20,000.00 campaign check

$20,000.00

Amount in this finding

CGrade C · provisionalMonmouth County

Misreported expenditure · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 4 documents

The FY2024 report lists a County-Wide Substance Use Awareness Campaign by Mercury Public Affairs LLC, recipient category Marketing Firm, funded at 100,000.00, with 60,000.00 expended and 40,000.00 encumbered in the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024 (p10). The FY2025 report updates the program at 60,000.00 expended in the period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025 (p39). Together the two reports certify 120,000.00. The County paid Mercury 100,000.00 from settlement account 220-230, five lines of 20,000.00 on purchase order 274027. Checks 571666 of 03/14/2024 and 573673 of 05/23/2024 fall in the FY2024 period, 40,000.00. Checks 575093 of 07/23/2024, 577974 of 12/12/2024 and 579229 of 02/13/2025 fall in the FY2025 period, 60,000.00, the FY2025 figure to the cent. The FY2024 figure of 60,000.00 can be reached only by also counting check 575093, which the FY2025 report counts again. The vendor history shows no other settlement payment to Mercury. The FY2024 report answers the question on evidence-based practice N/A (p11) and gives the campaign's only result as its development.