County · County government · 37 municipalities · 38 jurisdictions in total

Bergen County

38 jurisdictions in Bergen County receive opioid settlement funds. They are the county government and 37 municipalities. Complete ledgers have been produced for 7 of them. 14 jurisdictions are graded F for certifying spending that does not exist in the books.

Complete ledgers · 7 of 38Records refused · 0Graded F · 14

Grade board · 38 jurisdictionsBergen County · provisional

Bergenfield · provisional Cliffside Park Dumont · provisional Edgewater Elmwood Park Englewood · provisional Fair Lawn · provisional Fairview · provisional Fort Lee · provisional Franklin Lakes Garfield · provisional Glen Rock · provisional Hackensack Hasbrouck Heights · provisional Hillsdale · provisional Little Ferry · provisional Lodi Lyndhurst Township · provisional Mahwah Township · provisional New Milford · provisional North Arlington Oakland Palisades Park Paramus · provisional Ramsey · provisional Ridgefield · provisional Ridgefield Park Ridgewood River Edge Rutherford Saddle Brook Township · provisional Teaneck Township Tenafly · provisional Waldwick · provisional Wallington · provisional Westwood · provisional Wyckoff Township · provisional

A
B
C
D
F
Not yet graded
Records refused

County wide · county government and 37 municipalities · 7 of 38 with complete ledgers

Received$16,755,230.94Cumulative, as each jurisdiction last certified to the State

Spent, verified$2,562,354.87Summed from the ledger rows published here

Non-conforming$689,594.90Classified against the Exhibit E gates

Misreported to the State$174,803.31Certified figures the books do not support

Every figure is summed over the county government and 37 municipalities, from the published rows, in whole cents. A jurisdiction with no ledger adds nothing to spent.

The county government

Bergen County is a recipient in its own right. Its reports and its books are compared here the same way a municipality's are.

Received$11,044,796.48Cumulative, as last certified to the State

Paid$1,491,290.12Summed from the county ledger

Misreported to the State$46,109.59Certified figures the county books do not support

Grade D · provisional · rubric v5Grade D · provisional

Reporting integrity · weight 50: 65 / 100
Spending conformity · weight 40: 90.33 / 100
Transparency · weight 10: 70 / 100
Weighted score: 69.99 · D
Cap · A report year certified at zero expended while the books show payments: applied
Cap · Money transferred out of the opioid account with no certified program: applied

How grades work

37 municipalities

Graded jurisdictions first, sorted by dollars misreported to the State. The full column set lives in the statewide rankings.

Graded municipalities in Bergen County, sorted by dollars misreported to the State, largest first
Grade	Municipality and patterns	Spent, verified	Misreported to State
FGrade F	Wallington Funding-source substitution · Zero certification · Phantom programs	25,999.40	Certified against books conflict25,999.40
FGrade F	Mahwah Township Funding-source substitution	106,278.32	Certified against books conflict20,524.24
DGrade D	Wyckoff Township	16,097.36	Certified against books conflict16,097.36
FGrade F	Ridgefield Park Phantom programs	15,700.00	Certified against books conflict13,750.00
FGrade F	Fairview Zero certification · Phantom programs	12,150.00	Certified against books conflict12,150.00
FGrade F	Tenafly Fake encumbrances	9,814.06	Certified against books conflict7,167.78
FGrade F	Fort Lee	180,641.36	Certified against books conflict6,900.00
CGrade C	Dumont Fake encumbrances	18,236.00	Certified against books conflict5,286.00
FGrade F	Ramsey Police vehicles and gear	36,855.29	Certified against books conflict4,883.20
FGrade F	Waldwick Police vehicles and gear · Zero certification	10,014.77	Certified against books conflict3,434.28
FGrade F	Garfield Funding-source substitution	65,674.90	Certified against books conflict2,978.63
DGrade D	Franklin Lakes Funding-source substitution	44,619.87	Certified against books conflict2,969.88
FGrade F	Englewood Funding-source substitution · Year-end salary reclass	122,551.02	Certified against books conflict2,370.00
CGrade C	Fair Lawn	49,941.38	Certified against books conflict2,085.00
FGrade F	New Milford Funding-source substitution · Year-end salary reclass	27,270.49	Certified against books conflict970.90
DGrade D	Hasbrouck Heights	26,878.86	Certified against books conflict882.15
CGrade C	Little Ferry	17,812.24	Certified against books conflict244.90
CGrade C	Bergenfield Fake encumbrances	1,500.00	No figure published
FGrade F	Glen Rock	3,081.03	No figure published
BGrade B	Hackensack Funding-source substitution · Police vehicles and gear	117,518.13	No figure published
AGrade A	Hillsdale	No figure published	No figure published
CGrade C	Lyndhurst Township Funding-source substitution	17,203.12	No figure published
FGrade F	Oakland Funding-source substitution	26,805.00	No figure published
AGrade A	Paramus Fake encumbrances	20,666.02	No figure published
AGrade A	Ridgefield	No figure published	No figure published
AGrade A	River Edge	5,000.00	No figure published
FGrade F	Rutherford	38,146.13	No figure published
AGrade A	Saddle Brook Township	No figure published	No figure published
AGrade A	Teaneck Township	No figure published	No figure published
BGrade B	Westwood	54,610.00	No figure published

Not yet graded · 7

Cliffside Park Records pending · Edgewater Records pending · Elmwood Park Records pending · Lodi Not yet graded · North Arlington Records pending · Palisades Park Records pending · Ridgewood Records pending

What recurs here

Each family below groups the jurisdictions in this county carrying a finding of the same shape. Counts are sized by how far the family reaches.

Funding-source substitution

Work previously paid from another fund moved onto the opioid account.

BDFD+6Findings

Fake encumbrances

An encumbrance certified to the State with no open commitment in the books.

AFCCFindings

Police vehicles and gear

Vehicles, upfits, body armor and equipment paid from opioid funds.

BFFFindings

Zero certification

A report year certified at zero expended while the books show payments.

FDFFFindings

Phantom programs

A program certified to the State with no matching payment in the books.

FFFFindings

Year-end salary reclass

Salary moved onto the opioid account by journal entry at fiscal year end.

DFFFindings

Findings in Bergen County

The FY2025 report certifies 56,117.28 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (Q9). The same report certifies 52,327.65 received since the distribution began in 2022 (Q3). The on-hand figure is 3,789.63 more than every dollar the Borough says it ever received. The FY2024 report certifies 8,250.00 spent and the FY2025 report certifies 7,975.00 spent, 16,225.00 in all. Hill Speaks check 9137 of 02/06/2024 and MJPB Consulting check 10233 of 10/01/2024 paid exactly that. On the reports' own figures 36,102.65 was left at 06/30/2025. The certified on-hand figure is 20,014.63 above it. No account can hold more than was put in.

3 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2024 report certifies 33,414.97 received in the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024, 0.00 of interest accrued since the distribution began in 2022 and 52,820.39 received since 2022 (p1). It certifies 0.00 expended, 0.00 appropriated or encumbered and 0.00 of administrative expenses (p1). It certifies 53,913.41 of unspent and uncommitted settlement funds on hand (p1). The FY2023 report certifies 0.00 expended as of 6/30/2023 (p1). On the report's own figures the Township received 52,820.39 with no interest and spent nothing, so it could hold no more than 52,820.39. The certified figure on hand is 1,093.02 more than every dollar the report says the Township ever received. The 2023 account history shows the Opiod Settlement line 01-2010-41-7250-551 with a budget of 823.38 and nothing paid (printed page 175). No balance in the record gives 53,913.41.

3 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2024 report certifies 8,500.00 expended in the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024 (p1). Its update to the Narcotics Detection Dog program explains the figure with the words "The $8,500 spent in the reporting period was all for this program" (p3). The settlement accounts paid more in that period. Connecticut Canine Services check 90633 paid 8,500.00 for the dog on 09/13/2023. Ages Auto LLC check 91663 paid 5,429.10 on 04/24/2024, purchase order 24-00732, invoice 37030, from account G-02-24-728-000. Journal reference 4059 credited 545.90 back to the dog's account on 09/13/2023. The net paid in the period is 13,383.20, which is 4,883.20 more than the report certifies. The Ages Auto payment appears in no report the Borough has filed. The FY2025 report certifies 16,400.60, which two later payments make to the cent.

6 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 43,324.66 received since 2022, 0.00 expended and 0.00 appropriated or encumbered in the period 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025, and 13,521.41 unspent and uncommitted on hand (p1). The FY2024 report certifies 5,000.00 expended and the FY2023 report 0.00. On the reports' own figures the Borough held 38,324.66. The certified figure is 24,803.25 lower. The books put the balance higher still. Settlement account G-02-41-142-023 paid one check ever, 5,000.00 on 11/13/2023, and shows nothing encumbered and 49,065.98 unexpended through 08/31/2026. The revenue trail shows 46,574.26 of settlement receipts through 06/30/2025, so 41,574.26 was on hand that day and more after it. No produced record holds the figure 13,521.41. The FY2026 report contradicts it too. It certifies 8,859.76 received and 0.00 spent in the following year and 47,184.42 on hand, which puts the balance on 06/30/2025 at 38,324.66.

7 documents · 10/03/2026

The State's FY2026 page for the Borough reads No Report Received (p1). No report accounts for the year 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026. In that year settlement line 01-2030-41-8800-003, Appropriation Reserves, Opioid Settlement, paid 3,081.03. Check 74174 paid 76.63 on 05/08/2026 on order 105486 to reimburse an individual for Kindness Rocks paint for the Stigma Free Committee. Check 74205 paid Sunrise Delight 3,004.40 on 05/18/2026 on order 105493 for an Ice Cream Truck for Stigma Free Event. Order 104504, 310.00 to Equipment Express LLC for an outdoor waterproof AED defibrillator cabinet, was entered 07/21/2025 and was still open on 06/10/2026. These are the first payments the line has ever made. The FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025 reports each certify 0.00 spent. The State has no report of any of this spending.

3 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2025 and FY2026 reports each certify one program, Officer Awareness and Medical Response, with the Borough as the only recipient. The program text reads funding for first responder mental health and drug abuse awareness training as well as funding for medical kits and supplies for first responder vehicles to aid victims. Its primary category is Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention as a second category and the Schedule B strategies Prevent Misuse of Opioids, Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms and First Responders (FY2025 pp2 to 4, FY2026 pp4 to 7). The FY2026 report certifies 14,038.16 spent in the program and the FY2025 report 4,279.59. The settlement account paid Dave and Buster's of New Jersey 3,598.80 for a L.E.A.D. night out on order 252369, check 67988 on 04/14/2026. It paid JCM Associates 2,057.00 for L.E.A.D. graduation shirts on order 252076, check 67098 on 11/11/2025. It paid W.B. Mason 498.45 for Lysol and Purell, check 66594 on 08/12/2025, and 265.74 for sanitizers and Lysol wipes, check 68076 on 04/28/2026. In FY2025 it paid Amazon 149.94 for a wipe dispenser and surface disinfecting wipes, check 66236 on 05/27/2025. The six payments total 6,569.93, all inside the certified figures. None of them is training or a medical kit. An arcade outing, apparel and cleaning supplies are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers them. No evidence-based program they serve is documented.

3 documents · 10/04/2026

Documents

ledger27 filesOpen

other4 filesOpen

purchase order3 filesOpen

resolution2 filesOpen

dhs report4 filesOpen

Municipal records37 municipalitiesOpen

Correction from Bergen County jurisdictions

No correction received from this jurisdiction. If a figure on this page is wrong, send the record that shows it. The response is published here word for word.

Correct the record

Frequently asked questions

Why does Bergen County appear twice, as a county and as its municipalities?

The county government and each municipality receive their own allocations and file their own reports. The county's grade covers its own books. The municipalities are graded separately and rolled up on this page.The rubric

Did the county pass any of its money down to the towns?

Where a county made subawards to municipalities, the payment appears in the county ledger as a transfer out and on the receiving town's page as money received. Both sides are shown from the documents.How we trace a transfer

Which Bergen County jurisdictions have not produced their records?

None has refused. Jurisdictions marked pending have a request inside the statutory window, and no letter grade is issued until the ledger is complete.Every town

Share this county on social media

Facebook X Bluesky Reddit Threads Email