Non conforming spending

Paid 831,276.46 toward one County building

$831,276.46

Amount in this finding

FGrade F · provisionalPassaic County

Non conforming spending · Verified · Updated 09/26/2026 · 6 documents

The settlement account paid 793,000.00 of the 5,342,000.00 Delric Construction contract for the Johner Building at 11 Edgar Drive, West Milford, Application 00008 and its share of Application 00009 on purchase order 24-07411. The other 4,549,000.00 of the contract was certified to five other accounts, American Rescue Plan revenue loss 1,343,022.45, County Health Infrastructure Program construction 1,952,284.00, two CDBG CV1 and CV3 lines of 210,840.00 and 248,817.00, and a trust account 794,036.55 (resolution p7). Resolution R-24-1051 states that 62 percent of the project is funded under federal COVID relief acts. Purchase order 25-05582, Furniture 11 Edgar Dr, paid Global Industries 173,006.48 by check 207940 on 04/14/2026. The settlement account carries 34,384.24 and 3,892.22 of it, 38,276.46. Invoice 007551361 was split four ways, 54,088.48 to capital ordinance 24-03, 21,182.54 to the current fund, 3,892.22 to the settlement account and 1,485.92 to a trust account. Purchase order 26-01983, Media System for WM site, holds 24,925.04 open on the settlement account beside 24,376.72 on the current fund. A second Global Industries furniture order, 26-01301, paid 13,270.10 from the settlement account on 05/12/2026 and does not name a building. The construction plan labels session, group and exam rooms and secure medication storage beside a well child care clinic, a nurse's suite, a doctor's office, training rooms and offices for the health officer and environmental inspectors (bid package p755). The West Milford Messenger reported on 04/24/2026 that the building opened as the Highlands Regional Service Center, a 5.3 million County facility for public health, behavioral health and senior nutrition services. It reported that 85 percent of the cost came from federal and state sources and named the National Opioid Settlement among them. That is newspaper reporting, not a County record. No record allocates the settlement share, or any room, to an abatement program. Renovating and furnishing a building is not among the uses Exhibit E lists.