Non conforming spending

Paid 115,402.00 toward a new clinic building

$115,402.00

Amount in this finding

FGrade FPassaic

Non conforming spending · Verified · Updated 10/04/2026 · 13 documents

The settlement account paid 115,402.00 toward a new one-story building at 69 Jefferson Street, 100,052.00 to TNS Construction and 15,350.00 to the architect, Coppa Montalbano. Resolution 24-06-151, adopted 06/06/2024, awarded TNS a 1,269,000.00 contract for the building, with funds certified from CDBG-COVID account B-12-46-CV9-305-801. HUD awarded the City 1,151,196.00 of CDBG-CV Round 3 CARES Act money on 02/22/2021. Resolution 24-11-285, adopted 11/07/2024, added a 126,040.00 change order for HVAC, plumbing, electrical and architectural work and certified the funds from the settlement account. It says the changes were needed to comply with State regulations and to allow the Passaic Alliance to operate the program from this building. TNS's vendor history shows contract C2400058 paid in full, 1,395,040.00. CDBG paid 1,294,988.00 of it. The CDBG-CV account, titled CDBG-CV3 69 Jefferson Rehab, paid 593,887.09. The City's CDBG 2019 to 2023 accounts for 69 Jefferson paid 701,100.91, including the last 25,988.00 of the change order. The settlement account paid the rest, 100,052.00 on 04/22/2025 by check 52596, its share of payment application 9. The CDBG 2022 and 2023 69 Jefferson accounts paid the other 214,986.00 of that payment. No payment application was paid twice. The settlement account paid Coppa 15,350.00 between 08/05/2025 and 03/05/2026. Of that, 3,000.00 fell under design contract C2100053 after CDBG-CV account B-12-46-CV9-303-801 had paid the full 101,800.00 that Resolution 24-08-211 certified from it. Invoice 8807 was split between the two accounts on one check. The other 12,350.00 paid contract C2500051. Coppa's letter of 03/06/2025 refers to plan changes of 7/16/24 to an outpatient facility and proposes services for DOH and DCA applications. On 07/28/2026 the settlement account opened a 1,723.36 order for blinds for the building. The FY2025 report counts the TNS payment, and the FY2026 report the Coppa payments, in the spending they certify to the Passaic Alliance treatment program. Both say funds were used to modify the structure to comply with NJ State guidelines for treatment centers. No record shows the building licensed or treating patients. Construction and real estate are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.

How we know