North Bergen Township
- 01Certified a police K-9 vehicle as overdose harm reduction65,098.66
- 02Certified zero on hand with 98,522.63 left unspent98,522.63
- 03Moved LEAD Day costs off the Alliance for one year12,255.75
- 04Split a police vehicle with federal forfeiture money65,098.66
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
North Bergen Township has received $217,986.20 in opioid settlement funds and spent $113,445.07 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
- $46,699.10
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $172,548.89
- Received to date
- $139,856.07
filed
- Program name
- North Bergen Police Department K-9 Unit
- Recipient
- Township of North Bergen
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances);First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $32,628.66
- Unspent on hand
- $83,274.54
- Received to date
- $181,001.86
filed
- Program name
- North Bergen Police Department K-9 Unit
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $80,816.41
- Unspent on hand
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $217,986.20
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 FY2025 report lists a new program, North Bergen Police Department K-9 Unit, recipient Township of North Bergen (pp2 to 5).
It describes the program as the purchase of a trained drug-sniffing K9 and its accessories, aimed at drug distribution. It names the primary problem as the distribution of and exposure to drugs and calls the purchase an investment toward future law enforcement activities. It adds that the vehicle needed to transport the canine was purchased through a state contract. The report files the program under the primary category Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, with the Schedule B strategies Prevent Misuse of Opioids, Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms (Harm Reduction) and First Responders, and certifies 65,098.66 encumbered. The FY2026 report updates the program with no modifications and certifies 65,098.66 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p4). The settlement account paid Nielsen Ford of Morristown 33,522.65 for a 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility marked FOR K9 VEHICLE, purchase order 25-02182, check 2659, on 08/15/2025. It paid Tropic Window Tinting 31,576.01 for a K9 upfit package marked FOR POLICE VEHICLES, purchase order 25-02181, check 2671, on 10/08/2025, after a 46 percent contract discount. The two payments make 65,098.66 to the cent. Both orders were first encumbered on 03/26/2025. The money bought a police vehicle and its K9 transport equipment, not an overdose program. Exhibit E's First Responders category adds two uses to the first-responder items in sections C, D and H: education about fentanyl and other drugs, and wellness services for first responders. No listed use in C, D, H or I covers a police vehicle, and no overdose program using this vehicle is documented.
program-misclassification · 6 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent and 0.00 of unspent or uncommitted settlement money currently on hand (p2).
Its own figures do not allow both answers. It certifies 217,986.20 received since 2022 (p1). The four reports certify 113,445.07 spent in total, 0.00 for FY2023, 0.00 for FY2024, 32,628.66 for FY2025 and 80,816.41 for FY2026. That leaves 104,541.13. The FY2025 report had certified 83,274.54 on hand and 65,098.66 encumbered at 06/30/2025. The books show the money still there. The Budget Detail Inquiry printed 07/08/2026 carries the settlement appropriation, account G-02-22-723-000-0010, at a balance of 98,522.63, with no charge after 11/20/2025. The Revenue Detail Inquiry shows 178,904.22 of settlement cash received into the grant fund through 06/16/2026, 65,459.15 more than the 113,445.07 spent. Four more receipts of 31,006.85 arrived on 07/24/2026, before the report was last updated on 08/21/2026. The account printed 09/02/2026 shows a balance of 104,541.13 and nothing spent since 07/01/2026. A fund holding at least 65,459.15 of unspent cash cannot have 0.00 both committed and on hand.
unspent-misstated · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The settlement account paid Stan's Sports Center 10,082.75 for 775 LEAD t-shirts for LEAD Day 2025, purchase order 25-02012, and 1,338.00 for 150 LEAD staff t-shirts, purchase order 25-03589, both by check 2646 on 06/11/2025.
It paid Feeding Our Children 835.00 for 20 cheese and 15 pepperoni pizzas delivered for LEAD Day on 05/28/2025, purchase order 25-03381, check 2644 on 06/11/2025. The FY2025 report counts all three orders inside the 32,628.66 it certifies for the North Bergen Prevention Coalition. The Township's vendor histories show the same purchases on its alliance accounts before and after. LEAD t-shirts were charged to the Match Drug Alliance line in 2018, 794.00 and 12,890.00, and to the FY 2022 and FY 2023 Drug Alliance Program accounts, 2,975.00 and 10,312.00. A LEAD Day order of 1,191.00 from the same vendor was charged to the CY 2024 Municipal Alliance Match. In 2026 the Township charged LEAD t-shirts, 10,408.00, and LEAD staff t-shirts, 1,338.00, to the CY 2025 Municipal Alliance Match, paid 06/10/2026 and 06/24/2026. In 2024 it paid the same pizza vendor 360.00 and 391.00 from the FY 2024 Drug Alliance Program. In 2026 it charged the same two pizza lines at the 2025 prices, 460.00 and 375.00, to the CY 2025 Municipal Alliance Match. The 2025 orders are the only ones the settlement account paid. The staff shirt order is 1,338.00 on both sides of the move. Settlement money paid one year of costs the Township's own alliance accounts carried the years before and after.
supplantation · 6 documents · 10/03/2026Purchase order 25-02182, dated 03/26/2025 and marked FOR K9 VEHICLE, buys one 2025 Ford Police Interceptor Utility for 45,749.11 and splits it between two accounts.
It charges 73.28 percent, 33,522.65, to the settlement account and 26.72 percent, 12,226.46, to the federal Equitable Sharing account T-20-56-293-000-0030. Checks 2659 and 1207 paid the two shares of Nielsen Ford invoice 13604 on 08/15/2025. The Equitable Sharing account had received 1,959,018.75 of US Treasury DOJ forfeiture money on 11/20/2024. On 05/07/2025 it paid United Ford 479,373.00 on a Ford PIU AWD order, purchase order 25-00337, and Nielsen Ford 272,176.48 net for Ford Explorers, purchase order 24-07897. It bought the same Tropic Window Tinting K9 upfit items as the settlement account. Equitable Sharing purchase orders 25-01525 and 25-01526, encumbered 02/26/2025, each carry C3-K9-2 at 242,642.25, C3-HARN-UNIV-4 at 14,675.00 and C3-POWER-DIST at 9,656.25, less the same 46 percent contract discount. Settlement purchase order 25-02181, encumbered 03/26/2025, carries the same three items at 48,528.45, 2,935.00 and 3,862.50. Check 1210 paid 25-01526 from Equitable Sharing on 10/08/2025, the day check 2671 paid 25-02181 from the settlement account. The same day, check 1209 paid Shallow Creek Kennels 9,200.00 for a dual purpose police service order and 600.00 for an import tariff fee from Equitable Sharing. The Township was paying for police vehicles, K9 upfits and K-9 unit purchases from forfeiture money in the same months. The settlement account paid 65,098.66 of the same kind of purchase.
funding-source-substitution · 7 documents · 10/03/2026The settlement account paid 19 Municipal Alliance payroll journals from 01/02/2025 to 11/20/2025, 36,090.66 in total.
The FY2025 report certifies 20,372.91 of them inside the North Bergen Prevention Coalition program and the FY2026 report certifies the other 15,717.75 as its update. The FY2025 report gives the program a launch date of 09/01/1991 and says the funds reimburse the Township for program expenses, primarily salaries for the program administrators. ADP Labor Distribution registers show the settlement journals are department 000717 pay. On 17 of the 18 pay dates with a register produced, the journal is the department's full gross, for example 2,150.85 for the 01/02/2025 pay date. On 06/05/2025 it is 303.81 of a 2,150.85 gross. The same department's gross for the pay period ending 01/10/2019, 3,278.31, posted on 01/16/2019 to the FY 2019 Drug Alliance Program account. From 2019 to 2021 the department's payroll ran on the Drug Alliance Program accounts and on Municipal Alliance match accounts funded from the Township budget. The CY 2019 Drug Alliance Match took 36,000.00 of cash match from the budget on 05/10/2019 and paid payroll from 06/19/2019. The CY 2020 Municipal Alliance Match took 22,874.00 from the current fund on 03/20/2020 and 13,192.00 of adopted budget match on 08/20/2020, and paid payroll. The CY 2021 Municipal Alliance Match took 22,874.00 from the CY21 budget appropriation on 06/16/2021 and paid payroll of 1,477.76 a pay date. In 2025 the department's payroll ran on the settlement account. The CY 2025 Municipal Alliance Match stayed open and paid 9,999.00 for Winterfest bags on 11/25/2025. The Township has not produced the department's payroll accounts for 2022 to 2024.
supplantation · 7 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution · Police vehicles and gear
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-22-723-000-0010, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/02/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 01/16/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 1,224.33 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 01/30/2025 | PAYROLL-MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 02/13/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 02/27/2025 | PAYROLL | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 03/13/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 03/27/2025 | PAYROLL | 2,018.49 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 04/10/2025 | PAYROLL | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 04/24/2025 | PAYROLL | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 05/08/2025 | PAYROLL | 1,770.33 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 06/05/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 303.81 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 06/11/2025 | 2644 | 25-03381 | FEEDING OUR CHILDREN · LARGE PIZZA PIES - CHEESE | 460.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/11/2025 | 2644 | 25-03381 | FEEDING OUR CHILDREN · LARGE PIZZA PIES - PEPPERONI | 375.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/11/2025 | 2646 | 25-03589 | STAN'S SPORTS CENTER, INC. · LEAD STAFF T-SHIRTS | 1,338.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/11/2025 | 2646 | 25-02012 | STAN'S SPORTS CENTER, INC. · QUOTE# 10596499 LEAD T-SHIRTS | 10,082.75 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/03/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 07/17/2025 | PAYROLL | 2,150.85 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 07/31/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 1,323.60 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 08/15/2025 | 2659 | 25-02182 | NIELSEN FORD OF MORRISTOWN INC · 2025 FORD PIU K8A AWD | 33,522.65 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/25/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 1,323.60 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 10/08/2025 | 2671 | 25-02181 | TROPIC WINDOW TINTING, LLC · DISCOUNT 46% | -25,449.94 | Reversal · Non-conforming |
| 10/08/2025 | 2671 | 25-02181 | TROPIC WINDOW TINTING, LLC · NJ STATE LABOR RATE | 1,700.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/08/2025 | 2671 | 25-02181 | TROPIC WINDOW TINTING, LLC · C3-K9-2 | 48,528.45 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/08/2025 | 2671 | 25-02181 | TROPIC WINDOW TINTING, LLC · C3-HARN-UNIV-4 | 2,935.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/08/2025 | 2671 | 25-02181 | TROPIC WINDOW TINTING, LLC · C3-POWER-DIST | 3,862.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/09/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 1,819.95 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 10/23/2025 | PAYROLL | 2,316.30 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 11/06/2025 | PAYROLL- MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 2,316.30 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 11/20/2025 | PAYROLL - MUNICIPAL ALLIANCE | 2,316.30 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| Total paid | 138,895.01 | ||||
| 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 $33,522.65, 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 North Bergen Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 4 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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North Bergen Township
North Bergen Township spent 113,445.07 of its opioid settlement money on a police K-9 vehicle, LEAD Day shirts and pizza, and Municipal Alliance payroll that other accounts had carried, and told the State the vehicle was overdose harm reduction.