Saddle Brook Township
- 01Reported 53,913.41 on hand, more than it ever received1,093.02
- 02Certified an 8,000.00 program the next report denies8,000.00
- 03Certified 0.00 appropriated with 62,544.60 budgeted62,544.60
- 04Reported 4,996.37 less on hand than received, none spent4,996.37
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Saddle Brook Township has received $93,315.91 in opioid settlement funds and no ledger spending is published yet.
The money, four ways.
Four figures describe the same settlement money. Each one comes from a different document.
Certified against the books,
every report year.
Every year this jurisdiction has filed, and the year it has not. The match on each row is computed from the rows, not judged.
filed
- Program name
- Saddle Brook Strategic Planning
- Recipient
- Saddle Brook Township
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $19,405.42
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $53,913.41
- Received to date
- $52,820.39
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $71,250.09
- Received to date
- $76,260.89
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $88,319.54
- Received to date
- $93,315.91
5 findings.
Every finding is verified to the documents in its own row. An inference is labelled as one.
Red with the marker: a certified figure the books contradict.
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.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2023 report lists one program, Saddle Brook Strategic Planning, with the Township as recipient, 8,000.00 of funding, a funding date of 8/1/23 and a launch date of 10/1/23 (p2).
It gives the rationale for its spending as a strategic plan (p2) while answering that it has no strategic plan (p1). Both program dates fall in the FY2024 period, 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024. The FY2024 report for that period certifies 0.00 expended and 0.00 appropriated or encumbered (p1). It says "no decision made at this time" and answers No to funding any program (p2). The FY2025 and FY2026 reports also certify 0.00 expended and no strategic plan. The 2023 account history shows the Opiod Settlement line 01-2010-41-7250-551 with a budget of 823.38, nothing encumbered and nothing paid through 12/31/2023 (printed page 175). The produced books carry no 8,000.00 for the program. A program funded on 8/1/23 and a period with no program funded cannot both be true.
self-contradiction · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 0.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025 (p1).
The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 for 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026 (p2). It also says spending allocations have been decided for 3 to 5 years (p3). The Township's 2025 History by Account shows two budget lines named Opiod Settlement. Line 01-6201-25-7250-551 carries 61,564.57 (printed page 295) and line 01-6201-41-7545 carries 980.03 (printed page 296). Both show nothing encumbered and nothing paid through 12/31/2025. Together they appropriate 62,544.60 that was never spent. The print gives no posting date for the budget entries. The Account Detail run 05/28/2026 shows line 01-6201-41-7545 still at 980.03 with nothing paid. The books carry 62,544.60 appropriated and unspent in the 2025 budget year, which runs through both report periods. Both reports certify none.
misreported-encumbrance · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 17,055.02 received in the period 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026, 0.00 of interest and 93,315.91 received since 2022 (p1).
It certifies 0.00 expended (p1), 0.00 appropriated or encumbered, 0.00 of administrative expenses and 88,319.54 of unspent and uncommitted money the Township currently has on hand (p2). It answers No to funding any program (p3). The FY2023, FY2024 and FY2025 reports each certify 0.00 expended and 0.00 of administrative expenses. On the report's own figures every dollar received, 93,315.91, is unspent. The certified figure on hand is 4,996.37 less, with no spending, transfer or expense reported to account for it. The figure on hand also rose 17,069.45 from the FY2025 report's 71,250.09, which is 14.43 more than the 17,055.02 received in the year with no interest.
unspent-misstated · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 23,440.50 received in the period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025, 0.00 of interest and 76,260.89 received since 2022 (p1).
It certifies 0.00 expended, 0.00 appropriated or encumbered, 0.00 of administrative expenses and 71,250.09 of unspent and uncommitted money on hand (p1). It answers No to funding any new program (p2). The FY2023 and FY2024 reports also certify 0.00 expended. On the report's own figures every dollar received, 76,260.89, is unspent. The certified figure on hand is 5,010.80 less, with no spending, transfer or expense reported to account for it. The FY2024 report a year earlier certified 53,913.41 on hand, more than the 52,820.39 then received. The figure on hand rose 17,336.68 in a year the Township reports 23,440.50 received.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account 01-2010-41-7250-551, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2023 | Account status: budget with no encumbrance and no payment | 823.38 | Journal · Unverified | ||
| 12/31/2025 | Account status: budget with no encumbrance and no payment | 61,564.57 | Journal · Unverified | ||
| 05/28/2026 | Account status: budget with no encumbrance and no payment | 980.03 | Journal · Unverified | ||
| Total paid | 0.00 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 0.00 |
Vendors, and what paid them before.
What fund carried each payee before the opioid account, and how large the opioid slice is against the whole relationship. Bars share one scale.
No payee is published for this jurisdiction yet.
All documents are public records produced by the jurisdiction. Titles are the documents' own.
No dated event is published for this jurisdiction yet.
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 recordCan opioid settlement money be spent on police cars or license plate readers?
No. Exhibit E of the national settlement lists the approved uses: treatment, recovery, prevention, harm reduction and related supports. Vehicles and surveillance hardware are not among the uses it lists, and state law bars using the funds to replace money a town would otherwise have spent.The approved uses
What did Saddle Brook Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 1 program to the Department of Human Services. Each program, its recipient and its amount are reproduced above, beside the payments in the account.See the reports
How was this grade computed?
By code, from a published rubric: reporting integrity 50 percent, spending conformity 40 percent, transparency 10 percent, with hard caps for a certified program that has no payee in the books, for an uncertified transfer out, and for a records refusal.The rubric
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Saddle Brook Township
Saddle Brook Township reports 93,315.91 in opioid settlement money received and 0.00 spent, but its figures on hand, its program and its appropriations do not agree with its own reports or its books.