Funding-source substitution

Certified 40,828.15 of EMS equipment as harm reduction

$40,828.15

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalNeptune Township

Funding-source substitution · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 3 documents

The FY2026 report certifies a new program named EMS equipment at 40,828.15 funded and spent, recipient EMS First Responders, on pages 4 to 7. Its primary category is Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention and its Schedule B strategy is First Responders. It describes supplies such as narcan, a ventilation device, a wellness app for responders and handheld oximeters, and reports 5 individuals served. The books make the figure to the cent from eleven charges. V. E. Ralph and Son was paid 2,470.00 for an EOLife ventilation training device on purchase order 40599 by check 31132 on 09/08/2025, 11,725.00 for an MDPRO handheld capnograph and oximeter and 655.00 for a sampling line on purchase order 41481 by check 31170 on 11/24/2025, and 15,745.00 for an EOLife ventilation device, clinical unit, on purchase order 41520 by check 31186 on 12/22/2025. That is 30,595.00 of EMS clinical equipment. The Cordico wellness app is in the block twice at 3,999.00. The 2025 renewal was paid from the Township's EMS contractual services line on 06/09/2025 and moved to the settlement account by journal DJ 2547 on 07/22/2025. The 2026 renewal was paid by check 31240 on 06/22/2026. The rest is 1,727.20 of naloxone syringes on purchase orders 41358 and 42204, a 159.20 nasal atomizer, a 135.00 rescue mask and a 213.75 pouch. The block files ventilation and capnography devices under harm reduction. They are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no overdose program using this equipment is documented. The wellness app replaced a subscription the Township had paid from its own budget for three years.