Funding-source substitution

Charged routine defibrillator pads to settlement money

$2,478.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalBerkeley Township

Funding-source substitution · Verified · Updated 09/23/2026 · 2 documents

The Township's paid purchase orders to Team Life, Inc. show Powerheart defibrillator pads bought from the Current Fund before any settlement money was used for them. 35 Powerheart AED Pads for 2,065.00 on purchase order 23000220 of 01/20/2023, and Power Heart Defib Pads for 2,100.00 on purchase order 24-01238 of 03/20/2024, both charged to Other Materials and Supplies. Purchase order 25-01925 of 05/28/2025 bought a Powerheart G5 battery and Powerheart G5 adult defib pads for 680.00 on the Manitou Volunteer Fire Co. line. Purchase order 25-02282 of 06/20/2025 bought 30 Powerheart G5 defib pads for 2,478.00 on the opioid grant account. The Township paid both 2025 orders on the same check, 39218, dated 07/21/2025. Defibrillator pads treat cardiac arrest. No overdose program using this equipment is documented, and defibrillator pads are not among the uses Exhibit E lists. This is the only payment still standing on the Township's produced opioid accounts.