Bought nine identical Tahoes, charged one to the fund

Check 76605, dated 09/08/2025 and drawn on the Township's Current Fund Account, paid Gentilini Ford 505,339.38 for nine Chevrolet Tahoes at 56,148.82 each. The Township's vendor history charges eight of them, purchase order 24-01618, Quote 8 Chevy Tahoes PD, to account G-01-50-000-000-534, Byrne Discretionary Grant. It charges the ninth, purchase order 24-01979, to G-01-50-000-000-514, Opioid Settlement Grant. Same dealer, same price, same check, same day. Purchase order 24-01979 ships to the Police Department and reads Purchase of Police Vehicle and Opioid Money for SRO Vehicle. Resolution 24-434, adopted 10/28/2024, authorizes one 2024 Tahoe 9C1 Patrol PPV for the Police Department, states that funding is available through the New Jersey Opioid Settlement Funds, and says the Chief of Police designated the vehicle for the School Resource Officer to patrol the school districts. A grant that paid for the other eight identical vehicles was in use on the same check. No abatement program using the vehicle is documented, and police patrol vehicles are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.