Verona Township
- 01Certified party rentals and a balloon artist as prevention2,445.00
- 02Certified suckers, pencils and sunglasses as prevention1,799.00
- 03Certified literature tables. The payee was a party company1,370.00
- 04Said other funds could not pay. The Alliance grant did1,799.00
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Verona Township has received $50,150.60 in opioid settlement funds and spent $24,115.68 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
- Program name
- National Night Out
- Recipient
- Verona Police
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $11,181.90
filed
- Program name
- Aware Awake Alive
- Recipient
- Virginia Citrano myVeronaNJ.com
- Recipient category
- local media outlet
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $1,770.00
- Unspent on hand
- $27,736.48
- Received to date
- $30,835.92
filed
- Program name
- AwareAwakeAlive
- Programs listed
- 6
- Amount expended
- $17,298.48
- Unspent on hand
- $25,144.27
- Received to date
- $42,347.75
filed
- Program name
- DEA TakeBack Days
- Recipient
- Verona Municipal Alliance Committee, Verona Police Department
- Recipient category
- Community Based Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations; County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances); First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 5
- Amount expended
- $5,047.20
- Unspent on hand
- $23,500.65
- Received to date
- $50,150.60
12 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 FY2026 report certifies National Night Out August 2025 at 3,338.64 funded and spent, primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with Prevent Misuse of Opioids among its Schedule B strategies (pp10 to 12).
It says "fun activities and giveaways attract community members" (p10). On 08/18/2025 check 9813 paid Any Excuse for A Party 1,500.00 for Nat'l Night Out Event, order 25-01243, charged 56.53 and 1,443.47 to two settlement accounts. The same day check 9901 paid The Mad Hatters 945.00 for National Night Out 2025, order 25-01345, invoice 8525VNO. The Township's vendor history shows the police Public Safety Materials line paying The Mad Hatters for a balloon artist and a face painter in 2023, and Civic Affairs paying it for balloon and face painting at the Fair in the Square. It shows Any Excuse for A Party supplying kids activities, Fall-O-Ween inflatables and Fair in the Square activities. The two payments total 2,445.00. No listed use covers party activities, balloon art or face painting, and no record produced shows prevention education delivered with them.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies Red Ribbon Week at 1,056.50 funded and spent, primary category Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (pp6 to 7).
It says the materials went to the Verona Police Department for distribution during the week (p8). The FY2026 report certifies Red Ribbon Week at 742.50, the same category (pp7 to 9). The settlement account shows two NIMCO orders. Order 24-01600, check 7659 on 10/07/2024, bought 750 suckers for 90.00, 800 pencils for 224.00 and 750 sunglasses for 742.50. Order 25-01617, check 10183 on 10/06/2025, bought sunglasses for 742.50, described as "RRW at HBW for VPD". The four lines make the two certified figures to the cent. No listed use covers giveaway candy, pencils or sunglasses, and no record produced shows the prevention education delivered with them.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2023 report lists one program, National Night Out, recipient Verona Police, at 1,370.00, primary category Prevention and Education.
It describes the program as "Tables set up with literature on education awareness and local resources available to the residents in need" (p2). The FY2024 report says the 1,370.00 was expended on this Community Outreach program (p4). The books show one payment. Check 5625 paid Any Excuse for A Party 1,370.00 on 12/18/2023 for National Night Out Activities, order 23-01252, opened 06/05/2023. The Township's vendor history shows the business supplying kids activities, Fall-O-Ween inflatables and Fair in the Square activities, and Civic Affairs Special Events paid it 2,325.00 for kids activities at National Night Out in 2019, check 6269. The settlement accounts show no purchase of literature or printed material for the event. The report certifies literature tables. The books show event activities from a party company.
false-characterization · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report says funding decisions are made with the Verona Municipal Alliance Committee, the Board of Education and the Police Department "to provide or enhance programming in a way that it not possible through other funding streams" (p2).
The FY2026 report repeats the claim (p2). Both reports certify Red Ribbon Week from the settlement account, 1,056.50 in FY2025 (pp6 to 7) and 742.50 in FY2026 (p8). The Township's vendor history shows the Municipal Alliance grant paying for Red Ribbon Week in the same seasons. On 10/07/2024 check 7659 paid NIMCO 1,056.50 from the settlement account for Red Ribbon Week suckers, pencils and sunglasses, order 24-01600. The Alliance grant paid Positive Promotions 447.36 for Red Ribbon Week cups, a backpack and water bottles, order 24-01137, check 6976 on 07/01/2024, and 106.35 for Red Ribbon Week pencils, order 24-02092, check 8340 on 01/20/2025. On 09/19/2025 the Township opened two orders with NIMCO. Order 25-01617, 742.50 of sunglasses for the Verona Police Department, was charged to the settlement account. Order 25-01618, 199.50 of Red Ribbon Week supplies for the peer leaders, was charged to the VMAC Grant 2025-2026. Check 10183 paid both on 10/06/2025. The Alliance grant also paid NIMCO 196.74 for Red Ribbon Week in 2023. In both seasons the settlement account paid for Red Ribbon Week, the Alliance grant paid for it too.
false-characterization · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report updates the FY2025 DEA TakeBack Days program.
It gives the amount expended in the reporting period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025 as 621.06, last updated 7/16/2026, and explains the change as outreach to senior citizens including a printed booklet (pp12 to 13). The FY2025 report certified 1,083.98 for the same program and the same period (p3). The books agree with the FY2025 report. Check 7916 paid Positive Promotions 1,083.98 on 11/12/2024, order 24-01688. The 621.06 is FY2026 money. It is Ferrante Press crisis cards, 158.00 on check 11671 of 05/04/2026, and Positive Promotions lanyards, shipping and imprint, 463.06 on check 12004 of 06/08/2026. The FY2026 report already counts these inside its own 966.06 DEA TakeBack Days block (p5). The 621.06 leaves out the 345.00 booklet the explanation names. The two reports give two figures for one program and one year.
self-contradiction · 5 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies Aware Awake Alive at 400.00 funded and spent, funded 6/17/2024, a four week public service announcement on myVeronaNJ.com (pp2 to 3).
The books agree. Check 6894 paid myVeronaNJ.com 400.00 from the settlement account on 06/17/2024, order 24-01011, AwareAwakeAlive PSA 4 weeks. The FY2025 report updates the program and says "Financial support from opioid settlement funds was not required for FY24 only" (p10). The FY2026 report prints the same sentence (p14). The State's FY2024 ran from 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024. The settlement account paid for the program inside that year.
self-contradiction · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 50,150.60 received since 2022 (p1, question 3) and 23,500.65 unspent on hand (p2, question 9).
The FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026 reports certify 1,770.00, 17,298.48 and 5,047.20 spent, and the FY2023 report 0.00. Nothing was transferred, encumbered or spent on administration. Received less spent is 26,034.92. The on-hand figure is 2,534.27 less. The books show where it went. The 23,500.65 is the balance of two settlement accounts, 14,071.63 on G-60-41-724-325 and 9,429.02 on G-60-41-725-329. It leaves out G-60-41-726-333, National Opioid Funds, opened 04/30/2026 with 751.80 and never charged. The five settlement accounts were given 48,368.13 in all, 1,782.47 less than the certified receipts. The two omissions make the 2,534.27 to the cent.
unspent-misstated · 7 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 42,347.75 received since 2022 (p1, question 3), 17,298.48 spent in the year and 25,144.27 unspent on hand (p1, question 9).
The FY2024 report certifies 1,770.00 spent and the FY2023 report 0.00. Nothing was transferred, encumbered or spent on administration. Received less spent is 23,279.27. The on-hand figure is 1,865.00 more than that. The books agree with every spending figure to the cent. They show new money added to the settlement accounts after the year closed, 2,831.01 on 07/08/2025 and 6,533.08 and 766.55 on 08/11/2025. The program updates in the FY2025 report are dated 08/12/2025.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 30,835.92 received since 2022 (p1, question 3), 1,770.00 spent and 27,736.48 unspent on hand (p1, question 9).
Nothing was transferred, encumbered or spent on administration. Received less spent is 29,065.92. The on-hand figure is 1,329.44 less. On 06/30/2024 the three settlement accounts had been given 29,506.48, 4,815.07 on G-60-41-722-327, 7,899.33 on G-60-41-723-325 and 16,792.08 on G-60-41-724-325. Less the 1,770.00 paid, that is 27,736.48, the certified figure to the cent. The 1,329.44 of certified receipts that no account carried is left out.
unspent-misstated · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 17,298.48 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 and 0.00 encumbered (p1).
The settlement accounts paid 17,298.48 in that period. Check 7659 paid NIMCO 1,056.50 for Red Ribbon Week on 10/07/2024. Check 7916 paid Positive Promotions 1,083.98 for Take Back bags, youth bracelets and lollipops on 11/12/2024. Check 8972 paid Ferrante Press 158.00 for crisis resource cards on 04/21/2025. Check 8980 paid Herren Talks 15,000.00 on 04/21/2025, split across three accounts. Each of the four program figures ties to its payments to the cent. The DEA TakeBack Days figure includes the 246.38 of bracelets and lollipops.
accurate-certification · 5 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 5,047.20 expended between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 and 0.00 encumbered (pp1 to 2).
The settlement accounts paid 5,047.20 in that period. The audit trail of 09/18/2026 shows no order open on the three spending accounts at 06/30/2026. National Night Out August 2025 is certified at 3,338.64 (p10). Checks 9813, 9889 and 9901 paid Any Excuse for A Party 1,500.00, Positive Promotions 893.64 and The Mad Hatters 945.00 on 08/18/2025. Red Ribbon Week is certified at 742.50 (p8), NIMCO check 10183 on 10/06/2025. DEA TakeBack Days is certified at 966.06 (p6), Ferrante Press check 11671 for 503.00 on 05/04/2026 and Positive Promotions check 12004 for 463.06 on 06/08/2026. Each figure ties to the cent.
accurate-certification · 5 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 1,770.00 expended between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024 and 0.00 encumbered (p1).
The settlement account paid 1,770.00 in that period. Check 5625 paid Any Excuse for A Party 1,370.00 for National Night Out Activities on 12/18/2023. Check 6894 paid myVeronaNJ.com 400.00 for a four week AwareAwakeAlive public service announcement on 06/17/2024.
accurate-certification · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account G-60-41-722-327, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/18/2023 | 5625 | 23-01252 | ANYEX005 · National Night Out Activities | 1,370.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/17/2024 | 6894 | 24-01011 | VIRG0015 · AwareAwakeAlive PSA 4 weeks | 400.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/07/2024 | 7659 | 24-01600 | NIMCO005 · RED RIBBON WK- 750 sunglasses | 742.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/07/2024 | 7659 | 24-01600 | NIMCO005 · RED RIBBON WK- 750 suckers | 90.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/07/2024 | 7659 | 24-01600 | NIMCO005 · RED RIBBON WK- 800 pencils | 224.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/12/2024 | 7916 | 24-01688 | POSIT005 · shipping & handling | 105.10 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/12/2024 | 7916 | 24-01688 | POSIT005 · Youth Bracelets | 43.98 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/12/2024 | 7916 | 24-01688 | POSIT005 · Take Back Bags - imprint | 65.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 11/12/2024 | 7916 | 24-01688 | POSIT005 · Youth Bracelets | 47.50 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/12/2024 | 7916 | 24-01688 | POSIT005 · Youth Bracelets | 95.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/12/2024 | 7916 | 24-01688 | POSIT005 · Take Back Bags | 667.50 | Paid · Conforming |
| 11/12/2024 | 7916 | 24-01688 | POSIT005 · Youth Lollipops | 59.90 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/21/2025 | 8972 | 25-00779 | FERRA005 · Crisis Resource Cards | 158.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/21/2025 | 8980 | 24-02024 | HERRE005 · Speaking Engagements Opioid | 848.06 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/21/2025 | 8980 | 24-02024 | HERRE005 · Speaking Engagements Opioid | 7,405.62 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/21/2025 | 8980 | 24-02024 | HERRE005 · Speaking Engagements Opioid | 6,746.32 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/18/2025 | 9813 | 25-01243 | ANYEX005 · Nat'l Night Out Event | 56.53 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/18/2025 | 9813 | 25-01243 | ANYEX005 · Nat'l Night Out Event | 1,443.47 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/18/2025 | 9889 | 25-01313 | POSIT005 · NNO anti-opioid 1st aid kit | 493.71 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/18/2025 | 9889 | 25-01313 | POSIT005 · NNO anti-opioid S&H | 92.17 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/18/2025 | 9889 | 25-01313 | POSIT005 · NNO anti-opioid kid tattoos | 53.97 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/18/2025 | 9889 | 25-01313 | POSIT005 · NNO anti-opioid 1st aid kit | 253.79 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/18/2025 | 9901 | 25-01345 | THEMA005 · National Night Out 2025 | 945.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/06/2025 | 10183 | 25-01617 | NIMCO005 · RRW at HBW for VPD- sunglasses | 742.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/04/2026 | 11671 | 26-00805 | FERRA005 · SUD materials- crisis cards | 158.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/04/2026 | 11671 | 26-00805 | FERRA005 · SUD materials- booklet | 345.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 06/08/2026 | 12004 | 26-00804 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS,INC · TakeBack supplies - SC lanyard | 357.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/08/2026 | 12004 | 26-00804 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS,INC · TakeBack supplies - shipping | 41.06 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/08/2026 | 12004 | 26-00804 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS,INC · TakeBack supplies-personalize | 65.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 09/11/2026 | open | 26-01553 | NIMCO, INC · RRW VPD support items | 954.18 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 09/14/2026 | open | 26-01554 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS,INC · VPD RRW & Falloween items | 668.10 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 09/14/2026 | open | 26-01554 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS,INC · VPD RRW & Falloween S&H | 76.83 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 09/17/2026 | open | 26-01564 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS,INC · RRW & VPD activity | 702.00 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 09/17/2026 | open | 26-01564 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS,INC · RRW & VPD activity S&H | 103.73 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| Total paid | 24,115.68 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 16,393.50 |
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 $15,000.00, 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 Verona Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 14 programs 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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Verona Township certified party rentals, a balloon artist, face painting, suckers and sunglasses as opioid prevention, reported on-hand balances its own figures do not support, and paid Red Ribbon Week from both the settlement account and the Municipal Alliance grant.