Sayreville
- 01Settlement money took over a grant funded police program175,000.00
- 02Paid six summer camp instructors from settlement money1,450.00
- 03Charged 2,607.56 of payroll the ledger does not explain2,607.56
- 04Told the State nothing was on hand when 61,120.38 was61,120.38
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Sayreville has received $252,947.35 in opioid settlement funds and spent $169,916.92 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $0.03.
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
- $31,753.77
filed
- Program name
- PULSSE
- Recipient
- Borough of Sayreville
- Recipient category
- County of Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $12,761.68
- Unspent on hand
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $137,604.58
filed
- Program name
- PULSSE
- Amount expended
- $65,199.37
- Unspent on hand
- $111,515.35
- Received to date
- $203,761.08
filed
- Program name
- Camp Willabee
- Recipient
- Borough of Sayreville
- Recipient category
- Others
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $88,738.28
- Unspent on hand
- $156,113.37
- Received to date
- $252,947.35
6 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.
Resolution 2023-76, adopted 03/27/2023, awards Pulsse Services a contract for LSW Services and Counseling at the Sayreville Police Department, not to exceed 175,000.00.
The Borough's vendor history for Pulsse Services shows 175,000.00 paid in seventeen lines between 03/28/2023 and 05/14/2024 from account G-02-03-708-001, FY22 Community Policing Dev. Program. That is the full authorized amount. Resolution 2024-91 renews the same contract, for the same service at the same location, not to exceed 87,493.13. The first settlement payment to Pulsse Services, 9,817.20 on check 86800, is dated 05/14/2024, the same day as the last grant payment. Resolution 2026-88 renews it again at 105.16 per hour, the 2023 rate, and names opioid account G-02-03-160-110 as the funding source. The FY2024 report gives the program a launch date of 03/14/2023, before any settlement payment. The FY2025 report states the reason in the Borough's words. The program was initially funded through a DCA grant. It was so successful the Borough wanted to continue the program after the grant was exhausted. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies 87,898.28 more spent on PULSSE between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026. Nine Pulsse Services payments in that year sum to 87,898.28 to the cent. Through 08/31/2026 the vendor history shows 165,859.36 of settlement money paid to Pulsse Services and 19,034.16 more committed. Whether this is supplantation under state law is a legal question this project does not decide.
supplantation · 5 documents · 10/03/2026On 07/21/2026 the Borough paid six individuals from opioid account G-02-03-160-110, each line described as Willabee Camp Instructor.
One payment was 700.00 and five were 150.00, a total of 1,450.00. All six purchase orders were raised 06/30/2026. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, lists Camp Willabee as a new program funded 06/30/2026 at 1,450.00, all encumbered and none spent by 06/30/2026. It describes a three day day camp for 80 children, run in-house by teachers employed in the school district. It labels the camp drug resistance education under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training and the Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids. Asked how the program uses evidence-based or evidence-informed practices, the report answers n/a. Neither the report nor the ledger names a curriculum. Exhibit E lists evidence-based youth prevention, not camp staffing on its own. These payments fall in the reporting year that runs 07/01/2026 to 06/30/2027.
non-conforming-spending · 2 documents · 10/03/2026Four payments to the Borough's grant payroll clearing vendor, Boro of Sayreville Grant P/R, are charged to opioid account G-02-03-160-110.
They are 840.00 on 06/30/2026, 840.00 on 07/15/2026, 840.00 on 07/31/2026 and 87.56 on 08/15/2026, a total of 2,607.56. Each line reads 2026 Payroll. The ledger names no employee, title, program or hours. They are the first payroll charges in the account's history. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, certifies a new program called Internship, funded 06/26/2026 at 840.00, all spent, paid bi-weekly. It says the Borough hired an intern to research programs, serving 0 individuals, under the primary category Recovery Supports. That accounts for the 840.00 of 06/30/2026. The other three charges fall in the reporting year that runs 07/01/2026 to 06/30/2027. That they pay the same intern is an inference. No work product from the research is in the record, so the use cannot be tested.
unverified-spending · 2 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 137,604.58 received since 2022, 12,761.68 expended and 63,722.52 encumbered but not spent.
It certifies 0.00 unspent and uncommitted on hand. The report's own figures leave 61,120.38 neither spent nor committed. The FY2025 report certifies 111,515.35 unspent and uncommitted on hand one year later.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies 40,000.00 appropriated or encumbered but not spent at 06/30/2025.
No book figure equals it. The commitment open on that date in the vendor history is purchase order 25-03449 to Pulsse Services, raised 06/19/2025, with a total value of 41,312.60 and no payment yet made against it. Reading the certified figure as an estimate rather than a book encumbrance is an inference.
encumbrance-unsupported · 2 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report carries PULSSE as a prior year program with 65,199.37 expended.
The fields for key performance indicators, number of participants served and number of referrals to treatment are blank. The same report answers No to public engagement, No to a strategic plan and No to a risk assessment. The FY2026 report, published 10/01/2026, fills in two of those fields for PULSSE, 662 participants served and 40 referrals to treatment. It answers No to a strategic plan and No to a risk assessment, and No, but plan to in the future, to public engagement.
reporting-accuracy · 2 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-03-160-100, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/14/2024 | 86800 | 24-01722 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · 2024 Social Work Services | 9,817.20 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/29/2024 | 87028 | 24-01722 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · 2024 Social Work Services | 2,944.48 | Paid · Conforming |
| 09/10/2024 | 88251 | 24-01722 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · 2024 Social Work Services | 21,032.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/10/2024 | 89845 | 24-01722 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · 2024 Social Work Services | 6,730.24 | Paid · Conforming |
| 12/10/2024 | 89845 | 24-01722 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · 2024 Social Work Services | 12,303.72 | Paid · Conforming |
| 03/11/2025 | 90956 | 24-01722 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · 2024 Social Work Services | 7,571.72 | Paid · Conforming |
| 03/25/2025 | 91168 | 24-01722 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · 2024 Social Work Services | 7,887.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/28/2025 | 92107 | 24-01722 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · 2024 Social Work Services | 9,674.72 | Paid · Conforming |
| 06/19/2025 | open | 25-03449 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · Social Work Services | 0.20 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 06/19/2025 | Reference 633 1 · Re-class CK 92107 | -9,674.22 | Reversal · Conforming | ||
| 06/19/2025 | Reference 633 2 · Re-class CK 92107 | 9,674.22 | Paid · Conforming | ||
| 07/22/2025 | 92778 | 25-03449 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · Social Work Services | 10,305.68 | Paid · Conforming |
| 09/09/2025 | 93465 | 25-03449 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · Social Work Services | 9,869.56 | Paid · Conforming |
| 10/28/2025 | 94219 | 25-03449 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · Social Work Services | 10,095.36 | Paid · Conforming |
| 11/25/2025 | 94628 | 25-03449 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · Social Work Services | 11,041.80 | Paid · Conforming |
| 02/18/2026 | open | 26-01016 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · SOCIAL WORK SERVICES 2026 | 19,033.96 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| 03/10/2026 | 95996 | 26-01016 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · SOCIAL WORK SERVICES 2026 | 15,143.04 | Paid · Conforming |
| 03/10/2026 | 95996 | 26-01016 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · SOCIAL WORK SERVICES 2026 | 9,464.40 | Paid · Conforming |
| 03/24/2026 | 96269 | 26-01016 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · SOCIAL WORK SERVICES 2026 | 6,730.24 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/28/2026 | 96760 | 26-01016 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · SOCIAL WORK SERVICES 2026 | 6,204.44 | Paid · Conforming |
| 06/16/2026 | 97462 | 26-01016 | PULSS005 Pulsse Services · SOCIAL WORK SERVICES 2026 | 9,043.76 | Paid · Conforming |
| 06/30/2026 | 194 | 26-03593 | BORO0015 BORO OF SAYREVILLE-GRANT P/R · 2026 Payroll | 840.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/15/2026 | 195 | 26-03950 | BORO0015 BORO OF SAYREVILLE-GRANT P/R · 2026 Payroll | 840.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 07/21/2026 | 97737 | 26-03644 | HAINE005 LISA HAINES · WILLABEE CAMP INSTRUCTOR | 150.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/21/2026 | 97740 | 26-03645 | HERSC005 LORI SKALA · WILLABEE CAMP INSTRUCTOR | 150.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/21/2026 | 97783 | 26-03641 | KIERN010 CHRISTINA KIERNAN · WILLABEE CAMP INSTRUCTOR | 700.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/21/2026 | 97807 | 26-03643 | MARTI060 MARTIN, CASSANDRA · WILLABEE CAMP INSTRUCTOR | 150.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/21/2026 | 98014 | 26-03646 | VIGIL010 NADINE VIGILOTTI · WILLABEE CAMP INSTRUCTOR | 150.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/21/2026 | 98029 | 26-03642 | YOUNG005 BARBARA YOUNG · WILLABEE CAMP INSTRUCTOR | 150.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/31/2026 | 196 | 26-04197 | BORO0015 BORO OF SAYREVILLE-GRANT P/R · 2026 Payroll | 840.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/15/2026 | 198 | 26-04511 | BORO0015 BORO OF SAYREVILLE-GRANT P/R · 2026 Payroll | 87.56 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 179,591.14 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 175,533.58 |
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 $165,859.36, 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 Sayreville 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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Sayreville used opioid settlement money to keep paying for a police department social work program after the grant that started it ran out, and told the State so in its own words.