Monroe Township
- 01Same bingo game, same price, one on settlement money741.31
- 02Paid 380.00 in settlement money for health fair t-shirts380.00
- 03FY2024 health fair figure matches the books to the cent1,390.91
- 04A 14,651.03 year end journal is booked as spending14,651.03
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Monroe Township has received $185,083.70 in opioid settlement funds and spent $4,890.91 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
- L.E.A.D.
- Recipient
- Township of Monroe
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $40,906.73
filed
- Program name
- Monroe Township Health & Wellness Fair
- Recipient
- Monroe Township
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $1,390.91
- Unspent on hand
- $150,442.52
- Received to date
- $151,833.43
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $172,392.36
- Received to date
- $173,783.27
filed
- Program name
- Black Poster Project
- Recipient
- Black Poster Project
- Recipient category
- Community Based Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations
- Amount expended
- $3,500.00
- Unspent on hand
- $201,082.90
- Received to date
- $185,083.70
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.
On 04/30/2024 the Township encumbered W.B.
Mason purchase order 24001451, ten lines totaling 741.31, and charged it to trust account T-12-00-845-000-012 National Opioids Settlement. It was paid 06/27/2024 on check 141196. Line 3 is Pressman Toy Bingo at 29.04. On 06/26/2024 the Township bought Pressman Toy Bingo at 29.04 from the same vendor again, as line 15 of purchase order 24001939, and charged it to account 4-01-28-370-000-373 Recreation Community Center Supplies. The same vendor history shows every other kind of item on the settlement order charged to ordinary operating lines in other years. Johnson and Johnson first aid on Recreation lines in 2022 and 2024. Wristbands on Recreation Community Center Supplies in 2019, on Senior Citizens Office Supplies in 2024 and on Recreation Playground Olympics in 2026. Snack Box Pros and Mars chocolates on Celebration of Public Events in 2020 and 2022. Candy on operating lines in every year from 2018 to 2026. The settlement order paid for event supplies the Township has bought from its own budget before and since. The State settlement terms bar settlement money from replacing existing municipal spending.
funding-source-substitution · 2 documents · 09/23/2026Coby Graphics LLC purchase order 24001388 was charged to trust account T-12-00-845-000-012 National Opioids Settlement and paid 06/06/2024 on check 140699.
Line 1 is short sleeve t-shirts at 350.00. Line 2 is an art fee at 30.00. The FY2024 report lists t-shirts for participants among the costs of the health fair. The Township's vendor history shows no other purchase from this printer between 01/01/2018 and 09/01/2026. The report describes the fair as distribution of resources and information and names no evidence-based prevention model. Promotional apparel is not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
non-conforming-spending · 3 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2024 report certifies one program, the Monroe Township Health and Wellness Fair of 05/11/2024, funded and expended at 1,390.91.
The trust account shows three purchase orders paid in June 2024. Coby Graphics t-shirts and art fee 380.00, a health fair reimbursement of 269.60 to the individual the FY2023 report names as the fund's administrator, and W.B. Mason event supplies 741.31. Together they equal 1,390.91 to the cent. The report describes the costs as art and presentation supplies, t-shirts, giveaways of wristbands, pens and candy, and coffee and bagels. The figure is accurate. The same report answers 0.00 to administrative expenses at question 8 and calls the 1,390.91 the administrative cost of the event at question 8a. No receipt or itemization for the 269.60 reimbursement was produced.
reconciliation · 2 documents · 09/23/2026On 12/31/2025 journal G 9921, user LORI, posted two lines described correct gl to grant account G-02-41-780-000-000 National Opioid Settlement, 3,350.60 at line 4 and 11,300.43 at line 5.
Both are typed Expenditure. Line 6 of the same journal credits 14,651.03 to account 5-02-214-40-700-000 Unappropriated Grant Reserves, a liability account. No vendor is paid. The 11,300.43 equals three settlement receipts posted in November 2025, Walmart 283.81, Teva 3,878.22 and CVS 7,138.40. No receipt of 3,350.60 appears on the account. 3,350.60 equals the gap between the account's original grant of 207,933.50 and its current budget of 204,582.90. The Township's written records response of 09/02/2026 says both amounts were receipts moved to the reserve until the 2026 budget adoption, where the money is appropriated. The reserve inquiry run through 12/31/2026 shows the one credit and no debit, and the 2026 account print shows no amendment or transfer as of 09/01/2026. Because the journal lines are typed as expenditures, the account print of 05/28/2026 shows Expended YTD of 18,151.03. The only payment to a vendor on the account is 3,500.00 to The Black Poster Project on 05/05/2026. The journal voucher and its support were asked for and not produced.
journal-entry · 4 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2023 report certifies 40,906.73 received and 0.00 expended as of 06/30/2023.
The same report certifies one program, L.E.A.D., recipient Township of Monroe, target population K-12 students, funded at 58,190.00 with a funding date of 1/1/21. The certified program funding exceeds everything the Township had received by 17,283.27. The report answers N/A to launch date, clients seen, performance indicators, statement of impact and how success will be measured, and describes the program as still developing specific plans. Neither opioid account shows any posting for L.E.A.D. in any year through 09/01/2026. The Township's W.B. Mason vendor history shows a police budget line named Police L.E.A.D, account ending 01-25-240-000-283, charged for pencils, pens, binders and paper in 2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026, the 2026 order marked for youth academy. That line is paid from the Township's own budget.
certification-conflict · 3 documents · 09/23/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-41-780-000-000, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/06/2024 | 140699 | 24001388 | COBY GRAPHICS LLC · SHORTSLEEVE TSHIRT | 350.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/06/2024 | 140699 | 24001388 | COBY GRAPHICS LLC · ART FEE | 30.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/06/2024 | 140770 | 24001551 | KEVIN MCGOWAN · HEALTH FAIR REIMBURSEMENT FOR | 269.60 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · JOLLY RANCHER HAND CANDY | 45.58 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · MARS CHOCLATE FAVORITES MINIS | 79.56 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · PAPER MATE INKJOY 300RT | 72.75 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · W.B MASON CO, TYVEK WRISTBANDS | 69.47 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · SNACK BOX PROS BIG HEALTHY | 85.99 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · ECO BRITES TOO COOL TRI-FOLD | 43.72 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · PACON COLORED FOUR-POLY | 59.60 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · JOHNSON & JOHNSON ALL-PURPOSE | 143.28 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · PRESSMAN TOY BINGO | 29.04 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/27/2024 | 141196 | 24001451 | W.B. MASON CO., INC. · SHARPIE FINE TIP PERMANENT | 112.32 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/31/2025 | correct gl | 3,350.60 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 12/31/2025 | correct gl | 11,300.43 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 05/05/2026 | 147421 | 25003308 | THE BLACK POSTER PROJECT · THE BLACK POSTER PROJECT | 3,500.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 4,890.91 | ||||
| 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 $3,500.00, 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 Monroe Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 3 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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Monroe Township, Middlesex County
Monroe Township in Middlesex County received 173,783.27 in opioid settlement money through 06/30/2025 and has paid out 4,890.91, most of it on health fair t-shirts, candy and a bingo game it also buys from its own budget.