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Hunterdon County

5 jurisdictions in Hunterdon County receive opioid settlement funds. They are the county government and 4 municipalities. Complete ledgers have been produced for 1 of them. 2 jurisdictions are graded F for certifying spending that does not exist in the books.

Complete ledgers · 1 of 5Records refused · 0Graded F · 2
Grade board · 5 jurisdictionsHunterdon County · provisionalGrade B · provisional
ClintonGrade FClinton Township · provisionalGrade D · provisionalRaritan TownshipNo spending reportedReadington Township · provisionalGrade F · provisional
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  • F
  • Not yet graded
  • Records refused
County wide · county government and 4 municipalities · 1 of 5 with complete ledgers
Received$2,275,278.53Cumulative, as each jurisdiction last certified to the State
Spent, verified$208,483.62Summed from the ledger rows published here
Non-conforming$79,333.89Classified against the Exhibit E gates
Misreported to the StateCertified against books conflict$95,973.51Certified figures the books do not support
Every figure is summed over the county government and 4 municipalities, from the published rows, in whole cents. A jurisdiction with no ledger adds nothing to spent.

The county government

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

Received$1,931,341.30Cumulative, as last certified to the State
PaidNo figure publishedSummed from the county ledger
Misreported to the StateCertified against books conflict$94,113.00Certified figures the county books do not support
BGrade B · provisional
Grade B · provisional · rubric v5Grade B · provisional
Reporting integrity · weight 50
75 / 100
Spending conformity · weight 40
100 / 100
Transparency · weight 10
100 / 100
Weighted score
87.5 · B
How grades work

4 municipalities

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

Graded municipalities in Hunterdon County, sorted by dollars misreported to the State, largest first
GradeMunicipality and patternsSpent, verifiedMisreported to State
FGrade FReadington Township117,267.55Certified against books conflict1,860.51
FGrade FClinton
Fake encumbrances
10,368.00No figure published
DGrade DClinton Township
Fake encumbrances · Police vehicles and gear
80,848.07No figure published
Not yet graded · 1

Raritan Township No spending reported

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.

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Fake encumbrances

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

DGrade DFGrade FFindings
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Police vehicles and gear

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

DGrade DFindings
Findings in Hunterdon County

The FY2026 report certifies 9,343.00 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1). At question 17 it answers No to whether the Town funded any program with settlement money in the year (p4). It adds no new program. Its two program blocks reprint the FY2023 programs Equipment and Officer Training, each at 0.00 for 07/01/2022 to 06/30/2023, last updated 07/14/2026 (pp4 to 5). The account paid 9,343.00 in the year in two payments. Purchase order 25-00813, check 17095 on 08/13/2025, paid 2,199.00 for custom stickers and T-shirts. Purchase order 26-00641, check 17816 on 06/10/2026, paid Online Policing Solutions, Inc. 7,144.00 for STRATEGIC PROJECT IMPLEMENTATI, the first and only payment the Town has made to that vendor. The two payments make the certified figure to the cent. The report gives the year's goal as community outreach and names the Police Chief and the CFO as the officials who decided the spending (p2). It certifies the money spent and describes nothing it bought. No abatement program for either purchase is documented in the records produced.

4 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 35,928.89 expended between 7/1/2024 and 6/30/2025 and 35,339.08 of it as program administrative expenses (p1). It gives the details of those expenses as Office Supplies, Vehicle and upfit, Office Furniture, uniform shirts. Its only program, the Community Outreach Team, is updated at 589.81 expended (p3). Account G-01-55-862-200 paid Fred Beans Ford of Washington 29,019.00 for a 2024 Ford Bronco Sport on purchase order 25000180, check 37407, on 03/18/2025. The vehicle is 82.1 percent of the certified administrative figure. The same account then ordered police lights from Elite Vehicle Solutions, 7,433.05, and a two-way radio from PMC Associates, 1,131.26, both on 06/16/2025 and both described as for the COT vehicle, the only vehicle the account had bought. Check 1217 paid the radio on 09/03/2025 and check 1002 paid the lights on 11/04/2025, after the year closed. No upfit charge was paid from the account in the period. The report files the outreach team's vehicle as overhead, apart from the program it serves, and certifies an upfit the account had not yet paid for.

6 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 652,803.78 received between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 and 1,815,411.05 received since 2022 (p1, questions 1 and 3). The 652,803.78 is not money received in that period. It equals, to the cent, eight deposits the County's GRANTS - OPIOID (UNITY) account took in during FY2024. Seven are dated 04/30/2024, printed together as 04/30/24 Totals 553,750.79 (Walgreens 29,771.22 and 49,864.04, National 51,048.73, TEVA 32,381.70, Walmart 315,518.23, Allergan 36,187.92, CVS 38,978.95). The eighth is 99,052.99 on 06/17/2024. The FY2024 report already counts all eight in its 764,063.97 received between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024 (p1), which ties to the account to the cent. The deposits actually dated 07/01/2024 to 06/30/2025 are eight others totaling 447,531.16, from the four 07/31/2024 receipts of 222,510.73 to Janssen 110,057.58 on 06/16/2025. The account balance on 06/30/2025 was 1,594,616.46. With the 337.90 and 15,184.07 of interest the two reports certify, that is 1,610,138.43. The certified cumulative figure is 205,272.62 higher, which is 652,803.78 less 447,531.16. The report counts the April to June 2024 money twice and leaves out the money that arrived in its own year.

5 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 0.00 expended and 3,969.77 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the reporting period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025 (page 1). The account detail for 02-213-41-710-024 shows no open purchase order at 06/30/2025. The only earlier order, purchase order 38006 to Herren Talks, was paid in full on 12/06/2023. The account balance that day was 31,786.89, not 3,969.77. The 3,969.77 is two National Night Out orders placed after the period closed. Purchase order 40932 to Positive Promotions for 3,719.77 was encumbered on 07/10/2025 and paid by check 38335 on 08/27/2025. Purchase order 41032 to Minuteman Press for 250.00 was encumbered on 07/30/2025 and paid by check 38266 on 08/13/2025. The FY2026 report then lists the same 3,969.77 as the National Night Out program, funded on 08/05/2025. A commitment made in the FY2025 period and two orders first placed in July 2025 cannot both be true.

3 documents · 10/03/2026

The FY2025 report certifies 126,433.12 received since the distribution began in 2022, interest included, and 35,928.89 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1). The FY2023 and FY2024 reports certify 0.00 expended. On the report's own figures the Township could hold no more than 90,504.23. The same page certifies 95,291.75 of unspent and uncommitted money on hand, 4,787.52 more. Account G-01-55-862-200 shows where the figure comes from. A temporary budget of 38,188.09 and five Chapter 159 insertions from 06/17/2024 to 10/21/2024 raised the account's budget to 142,008.23, which is 15,575.11 more than the report says was received. Less 34,068.38 paid by 06/30/2025, 7,433.05 of police lights booked received on 06/16/2025 and 5,215.05 of orders still open, the budget balance is 95,291.75 to the cent. The report gives a budget balance as money on hand, and that balance exceeds what the report says came in less what it says went out.

4 documents · 10/04/2026

The FY2026 report certifies 9,343.00 of opioid abatement funds spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1). It gives community outreach as the goal and names Schedule B as the resource the Town used to decide the spending (p2). Its Equipment program, filed in FY2023 under Harm Reduction as equipment to help officers identify unknown drugs, now gives Clinton Night Out as its key indicator (p4). The FY2025 report said the Town planned a community night out (p2). The books show what the 9,343.00 bought. Purchase order 25-00813, encumbered 07/14/2025, paid 2,199.00 for custom stickers and T-shirts by check 17095 on 08/13/2025. Purchase order 26-00641 paid Online Policing Solutions, Inc. 7,144.00 for STRATEGIC PROJECT IMPLEMENTATI, invoice 1158, by check 17816 on 06/10/2026. No record shows opioid content on the stickers or shirts. The police vendor's order states no substance use purpose. On 08/12/2026 the Town paid the same apparel vendor 2,305.00 for National Night Out T-shirts from a developers escrow reserve. Stickers, T-shirts and a police vendor's project are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers them.

6 documents · 10/04/2026

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Correction from Hunterdon County jurisdictions

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Frequently asked questions

Why does Hunterdon 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 Hunterdon 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