Non conforming spending

Moved 200,000.00 of settlement money toward an ambulance

$200,000.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade FParsippany Troy Hills Township

Non conforming spending · Verified · Updated 10/04/2026 · 3 documents

On 07/21/2026 the Township charged 200,000.00 to settlement account G-02-20-880-000-001 by journal reference 4142, captioned TO RECORD BOND ORDINANCE 2026-23. The status trail as of 09/11/2026 prints the entry on page 2, and the transaction trail printed 09/03/2026 prints it on page 1. The entry names no vendor and no purchase order. It took the account balance from 366,403.60 to 166,403.60. The Council finally adopted Bond Ordinance 2026:23 the same day. The ordinance appropriates 10,659,000.00 for capital improvements, including 200,000.00 available in the opioid fund (p1). Section 3(a) appropriates 400,000.00 to buy an ambulance with a gross vehicle weight rating over 15,000 pounds for the Emergency Medical Services Department. That figure includes the 200,000.00 from the opioid fund, and the section authorizes 190,400.00 of bonds toward it (p2). The settlement money is half of the ambulance appropriation. Exhibit E's First Responders category adds two uses to the first-responder items in sections C, D and H: education of first responders on fentanyl and other drugs, and wellness support for first responders. No listed use in C, D, H or I covers an ambulance, and no overdose program using the ambulance is documented. The journal falls in FY2027, which no report covers yet.