Cedar Grove Township
- 01Counted one 2,270.32 receipt in two report years2,270.32
- 02Reported 2,885.05 appropriated in FY2025, books show 614.732,270.32
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Cedar Grove Township has received $35,061.54 in opioid settlement funds and spent $23,648.14 of it.
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
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $2,354.90
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $18,116.75
- Received to date
- $18,116.75
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $23,648.14
- Unspent on hand
- $2,885.05
- Received to date
- $26,533.47
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $9,142.52
- Received to date
- $35,061.54
2 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 FY2025 report certifies 8,416.44 received between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025, 26,533.47 received since 2022, and 2,885.05 appropriated and on hand (p1).
The Opioid Grant line reaches 2,885.05 only on 07/14/2025, when a Chapter 159 insertion of 2,270.32 lifts it from 614.73. The FY2025 receipts equal 5,531.39, the rest of the 23,648.14 the Township's Resolution 7(h) of 02/03/2025 says it had received, plus the insertions of 614.73 on 05/19/2025 and 2,270.32 on 07/14/2025, to the cent. The FY2026 report certifies 8,527.79 received between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1). That is the five insertions from 07/14/2025 to 06/22/2026, 2,270.32, 5,239.19, 52.07, 602.90 and 363.31, the same 2,270.32 included. Its cumulative figure, 35,061.54, is the FY2025 report's 26,533.47 plus 8,527.79 plus 0.28 of interest. The books show 23,648.14 received by 02/03/2025 and 9,142.52 inserted from 05/19/2025 to 06/22/2026, 32,790.66 in all. The certified figure is 2,270.88 higher. That is the 2,270.32 counted twice and the 0.56 of interest the two reports certify, which the account does not show. The FY2026 report's own figures do not close. It states 35,061.54 received, the 23,648.14 sent to the County in FY2025 and 9,142.52 on hand, which leaves the same 2,270.88 unaccounted for.
misreported-receipts · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 2,885.05 of settlement money appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025, and 2,885.05 unspent on hand (p1).
Its receipts for the same period, 8,416.44, include the same money (p1). The Opioid Grant line, G-02-56-9007-2001, printed 09/09/2026, held 614.73 at 06/30/2025, from a Chapter 159 insertion on 05/19/2025. It reached 2,885.05 only on 07/14/2025, after the period closed, when a second insertion of 2,270.32 was made. That 2,270.32 falls in the FY2026 period, and the FY2026 report counts it again in its FY2026 receipts of 8,527.79 (p1). The FY2025 report states as appropriated in the period 2,270.32 that the books first show 14 days after the period ended.
misreported-encumbrance · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-56-9007-2001, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/07/2025 | 1385 | 25-00975 | COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW JERSEY · OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS | 23,648.14 | Paid · Transfer |
| 05/19/2025 | Change To Acct, CHAPTER 159 (Old 0.00 New 614.73) | 614.73 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 07/14/2025 | Change To Acct, Chapter 159 (Old 614.73 New 2885.05) | 2,270.32 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 09/08/2025 | Change To Acct, Chapter 159 (Old 2885.05 New 8124.24) | 5,239.19 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 11/17/2025 | Change To Acct, CH 159 (Old 8124.24 New 8176.31) | 52.07 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 05/18/2026 | Change To Acct, Chapter 159 (Old 8176.31 New 8779.21) | 602.90 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 06/22/2026 | Change To Acct, Chapter 159 (Old 8779.21 New 9142.52) | 363.31 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 08/17/2026 | Change To Acct, Chapter 159 (Old 9142.52 New 14388.65) | 5,246.13 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| Total paid | 23,648.14 | ||||
| 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.
Full width is $23,648.14, the largest payee total. Solid is the opioid account. Hatched is every other fund.
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 Cedar Grove Township tell the State it spent the money on?
No certified program is published for this jurisdiction yet. When a report is captured, each program appears here 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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Cedar Grove Township
Cedar Grove Township sent all 23,648.14 of its early settlement money to the County of Essex, has spent nothing since, and its FY2026 report counts one 2,270.32 receipt a second time.