Certified a 15-year police DARE program as new

The FY2025 report answers Yes when asked whether the Borough funded any new programs in the year (p2). It lists DARE, recipient 4th grade students in school district, funded 02/24/2025, launch date 01/23/2025, with 3,591.81 expended (p5). In the same block it states that the Police Department has participated in this program for over 15 years (p6). The certified 3,591.81 is two payments from account 4-01-40-340-201 on 03/19/2025. MBM Specialty Advertising was paid 1,162.00 for T-shirts by check 44686, and Creative Product Sourcing was paid 2,429.81 for DARE items by check 44646. The Borough bought the same kinds of goods from the same vendors on its own accounts for years before. The police DARE project 14-54-7100 paid Creative Product Sourcing for DARE items in 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The AWARE Programs line paid MBM for DARE T-shirts in 2020, 2021 and 2022. A program the report itself dates back fifteen years was certified as new, and the settlement money took over purchases the Borough's own accounts had carried.