Program misclassification

Certified CPR machines as harm reduction a second year

$346,116.78

Amount in this finding

FGrade FBrick Township

Program misclassification · Verified · Updated 10/03/2026 · 7 documents

The FY2026 report updates the Auto Pulse program at 346,116.78 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p11). The FY2025 report filed that program under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, with the primary problem ability to render aid to overdose victims. The update says the program was a one-time event and reports 25 training or education sessions. The books show equipment. ZOLL purchase order 25-01832, paid by check 226061 on 09/24/2025, buys 10 AutoPulse NXT mechanical CPR devices, 10 batteries and 10 four year service plans, less a 4,000.00 trade-in, for 307,909.80. ZOLL purchase order 25-03649, paid by check 227743 on 04/15/2026, buys an eleventh device with its battery and plan for 30,206.98. The two orders net 338,116.78. The certified figure is 8,000.00 higher because it adds the trade-in credit instead of subtracting it. The devices are an adjunct to CPR in cardiac life support, as the Council minutes of 05/13/2025 describe them. No overdose program using them is documented, and mechanical CPR devices are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.