Clinton Township
- 01Certified two orders placed after year end as encumbered3,969.77
- 02Reported 108,637.66 on hand after receiving 101,602.9518,644.69
- 03Certified police event giveaways as opioid treatment3,719.77
- 04Certified a police course as harm reduction for children13,950.00
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Clinton Township has received $166,032.02 in opioid settlement funds and spent $80,848.07 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
- Program name
- Operation Safe School
- Recipient
- Herren Talks
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $41,413.72
filed
- Program name
- Operation Safe School
- Amount expended
- $11,609.98
- Unspent on hand
- $108,637.66
- Received to date
- $101,602.95
filed
- Program name
- Operation Safe School
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $114,761.38
- Received to date
- $131,232.42
filed
- Program name
- National Night Out
- Recipient
- Clinton Twp Police Deparment
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $17,919.77
- Unspent on hand
- $91,534.60
- Received to date
- $166,032.02
10 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 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.
fake-encumbrance · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 101,602.95 received since the distribution began in 2022, including 891.29 of interest (page 1).
It certifies 11,609.98 expended from 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024 and 0.00 encumbered. The FY2023 report certifies 0.00 expended through 06/30/2023. By the report's own figures the money left on hand is 89,992.97. The report certifies 108,637.66 of unspent and uncommitted money on hand (page 1). That is 7,034.71 more than the Township says it ever received and 18,644.69 more than its own figures leave. The books show the 11,609.98 left the account on 12/06/2023, check 35883. The settlement appropriation account held 31,786.89 after the grant journal of 05/23/2024. A town cannot hold more settlement money than it received.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies National Night Out, recipient Clinton Twp Police Deparment, funded on 08/05/2025 at 3,969.77 (page 7).
It names one Schedule B strategy for the program, Treat Opioid Use Disorder (page 9), and lists Treatment and Recovery Supports among its categories (page 8). It says the department handed out flyers and giveaways to say no to opioid use (page 8). The books show purchase order 40932 to Positive Promotions Inc., National Night Out 8-5-25 Supplies, 3,719.77, encumbered 07/10/2025 and paid by check 38335 on 08/27/2025, invoice 07600868. The same vendor sold the department glow in the dark footballs, crimefighter sunglasses and power banks in 2022 and 2023. No treatment of opioid use disorder is documented for the event. Giveaway merchandise is not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers it.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies Operation Readiness, practical strategies for addressing opioid use, recipient ZSchool LLC, 13,950.00 funded and spent (pages 4 and 5).
It files the program under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention (page 6). It gives the target population as children and young adults from 0 to 24, individuals who use drugs and members of the general public (page 5). The same report places the recipient among First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services, counts one training session and 30 people served, leaves harm reduction supplies blank, and says the agency took steps to educate the officers and the public (pages 4 to 6). The books show one payment, purchase order 41634, Operational readiness - practical strategies, encumbered 12/19/2025 and paid to ZSchool LLC by check 39349 on 05/13/2026, invoice 000798. It is the only payment to ZSchool in the vendor history from 01/01/2018. No record shows a child, a person who uses drugs or a member of the public in the course, and no harm reduction service is documented.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 41,460.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026 (page 2).
Neither program block describes it. Operation Readiness and National Night Out each answer 0.00 encumbered (pages 5 and 7). The account detail shows purchase order 42189, Trunec Soltuion kit for identificato herion, encumbered on 04/24/2026 for 41,460.00. Check 39759 paid Thermo Scientific Portable Ana 41,460.00 on 08/26/2026, invoice 268928. The amount is true. The purchase is a portable analyzer and solution kit for identifying heroin, the largest charge ever made to the account. The report names the Chief of Police and the Mayor as the officials who decided the spending (page 2). No prevention, treatment or overdose program using the analyzer is documented, and drug identification equipment is not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
undisclosed-spending · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 17,919.77 spent from 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026 (page 1).
Its two program blocks certify 13,950.00 spent on Operation Readiness (page 5) and 3,696.77 spent on National Night Out (page 7), a total of 17,646.77. That is 273.00 below the report's own spending figure. National Night Out is certified at 3,969.77 funded, 3,696.77 spent and 0.00 encumbered, which leaves 273.00 of its own funding unaccounted for (page 7). The books show the program's two payments in full, 250.00 to Minuteman Press by check 38266 on 08/13/2025 and 3,719.77 to Positive Promotions Inc. by check 38335 on 08/27/2025, a total of 3,969.77. The program page and the spending figure cannot both be true.
self-contradiction · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 166,032.02 received since 2022, 17,919.77 spent from 07/01/2025 to 06/30/2026 and 41,460.00 encumbered (pages 1 and 2).
The earlier reports certify 11,609.98 spent in FY2024 and 0.00 in FY2023 and FY2025. The account paid the same 29,529.75 through 06/30/2026. By the report's own figures 95,042.27 is unspent and uncommitted. The report certifies 91,534.60 (page 2). That is the printed balance of appropriation account 02-213-41-710-024 after grant journal 105 of 06/24/2026, net of the open 41,460.00. The four grant journals that funded the account, 28,143.30 on 05/03/2023, 15,253.57 on 05/23/2024, 84,327.88 on 07/26/2025 and 34,799.60 on 06/24/2026, total 162,524.35. That is 3,507.67 less than the 166,032.02 the report says was received. The report counts only money moved into the appropriation as on hand and leaves the rest out.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report answers No to question 16, whether the Township funded any programs with opioid abatement funds in the reporting year (page 2).
The same report certifies 11,609.98 expended from 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024 (page 1) and says the funds were spent on the Operation Safe School event, a guest speaker who presented to 800 students and faculty (page 2). The books show check 35883 of 12/06/2023 paid Herren Talks, Inc. 11,000.00 for the presentation and 609.98 for expenses. The program was funded inside the reporting year. The answer and the spending cannot both be true.
self-contradiction · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 131,232.42 received since 2022, a total it says includes interest accrued (page 1).
The FY2024 report certifies 891.29 of interest. The FY2025 report certifies 0.00 spent and 3,969.77 encumbered (page 1), and the FY2024 report certifies 11,609.98 spent. By the report's own figures 115,652.67 is unspent and uncommitted. The report certifies 114,761.38 (page 1). The difference is the 891.29 of interest, to the cent. The 3,969.77 the report deducts was not encumbered at 06/30/2025. The two orders that make it were placed on 07/10/2025 and 07/30/2025.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 11,609.98 expended between 07/01/2023 and 06/30/2024 (page 1).
Purchase order 38006 paid Herren Talks, Inc. 11,000.00 for a presentation on opioids and drugs at North Hunterdon High School on 12/06/2023 and 609.98 for presentation expenses, both on check 35883 that day. The two lines make the certified figure to the cent. The report describes the event as Operation Safe School, a guest speaker who presented to 800 students and faculty.
accurate-certification · 3 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Fake encumbrances · Police vehicles and gear
The ledger, as printed.
Account 02-213-41-710-024, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/03/2023 | to set up Grants in Grant fund from Current Budget | 28,143.30 | Journal · Unverified | ||
| 12/06/2023 | 35883 | 38006 | Herren Talks Inc · Presentation 12/06/2023 at NHHS on Opioid/drug INV#3100 | 11,000.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/06/2023 | 35883 | 38006 | Herren Talks Inc · Presentation expense INV#3101 | 609.98 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/23/2024 | TO REALIZE GRANTS RAISED IN BUDGET MOVE TO GRANT BUDGET | 15,253.57 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 07/26/2025 | TO REALIZE GRANTS RAISED IN BUDGET MOVE TO GRANT BUDGET | 84,327.88 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 08/13/2025 | 38266 | 41032 | Minuteman Press · Flyers for National Night Out INV#18956 | 250.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/27/2025 | 38335 | 40932 | Positive Promotions Inc · National Night Out 8-5-25 Supplies INV#07600868 | 3,719.77 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/13/2026 | 39349 | 41634 | ZSchool LLC · Operational readiness - practical strategies INV#000798 | 13,950.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/24/2026 | To realize grant and move to grant fund-OPIOD | 34,799.60 | Journal · Receipt | ||
| 08/26/2026 | 39747 | 42591 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS INC · National night out Opioid awarness INV#07760155 | 6,987.96 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/26/2026 | 39759 | 42189 | THERMO SCIENTIFIC PORTABLE ANA · Trunec Soltuion kit for identificato herion INV#268928 | 41,460.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/27/2026 | 2583026 | TWP OF CLINTON CURRENT ACCT · TWP OF CLINTON CURRENT ACCT August PAYROLL | 2,870.36 | Paid · Unverified | |
| Total paid | 80,848.07 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 11,609.98 |
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 $41,460.00, 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 Clinton Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 5 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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Clinton Township
Clinton Township spent its first settlement dollars on a school presentation, then certified police event giveaways as opioid treatment, a police course as harm reduction for children, and a 41,460.00 drug analyzer as an encumbrance no program names.