Holmdel Township
- 01Reported two years of deposits as encumbered funds160,907.31
- 02Certified 0.00 encumbered with 3,449.00 on order3,449.00
- 03FY2026 unspent figure repeats last year to the cent222,596.64
- 04Listed a 2019 police event as its opioid programNo figure published
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Holmdel Township has received $428,026.73 in opioid settlement funds and spent $449.00 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
- National Night Out
- Recipient
- Holmdel Township Police Department
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $44,522.78
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $154,345.82
- Received to date
- $154,345.82
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $205,430.09
- Received to date
- $205,430.09
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $205,430.09
- Received to date
- $428,026.73
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 FY2024 report certifies 109,823.04 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024 (p1).
That is the same report's figure for funds received in the period, 109,823.04, to the cent. The FY2025 report certifies 51,084.27 encumbered in the period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025 (p1), again the same report's receipts figure to the cent. Both reports certify 0.00 expended and list no program. The Township's Budget Transaction Audit Trail for the four opioid accounts, G-02-41-799-100-350 to G-02-41-799-100-353, runs 01/01/2020 to 12/31/2026 and was printed 06/01/2026. A second print, run 01/01/2024 to 06/30/2026 with accounts of zero activity included, was printed 08/31/2026. Both show no purchase order, contract or other commitment on any of the accounts before 02/03/2026. The accounts carry balances of 10,635.67, 11,123.40, 100,065.24 and 42,278.30. Neither certified figure equals any of them or any combination of them. Each figure is a year of money received, not money committed. Each report also states that all money received since 2022, 154,345.82 and 205,430.09, is unspent or uncommitted on hand. The reports say the same in words. The FY2024 report answers "We haven't spent anything yet" (p1) and "At the current time, we do not have any immediate plans to use the funds" (p2). The FY2025 report answers "We did not spend any funds yet" (p1) and "We have yet to use opioid funds" (p2).
fake-encumbrance · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 0.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent in the period 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026 (p2).
It answers No to funding any program (p3). The audit trail run to 06/30/2026 shows two orders open on that date. Purchase order 26-00273 to JCM Associates LLC, PD St. Benedict LEAD Program, 449.00, was encumbered on 02/03/2026 on account G-02-41-799-100-351. The JCM Associates vendor report shows check 19385 paid it on 08/24/2026. Purchase order 26-01660 to Dialed Action Agency LLC, BMX Show/Harvest Festival D&A, 3,000.00, was encumbered on 06/26/2026 on account G-02-41-799-100-350. The two orders total 3,449.00. The FY2024 and FY2025 reports certified 109,823.04 and 51,084.27 encumbered when no order existed. The FY2026 report certifies nothing encumbered in the first year orders exist. No listed use covers the 3,000.00 stunt show.
misreported-encumbrance · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 222,596.64 received in the period 7/1/2025 to 6/30/2026 and 428,026.73 received since 2022 (p1).
It certifies 0.00 spent, 0.00 encumbered and 0.00 in administrative expenses (pp1 to 2). By its own figures every dollar received, 428,026.73, is unspent. It certifies 205,430.09 unspent and uncommitted on hand (p2). That is the FY2025 report's unspent figure and its total received since 2022, 205,430.09, to the cent (FY2025 p1). The FY2026 figure leaves out exactly the 222,596.64 received in the year. The only payment the Township has made from the fund, 449.00 on 08/24/2026, does not account for the difference.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2023 report lists one program, National Night Out, with the Holmdel Township Police Department as recipient (p2).
It describes an annual August event at which the town interacts with the Police Department through demonstrations, expos and games. It gives 08/01/2019 as both the date funded and the launch date, and N/A as the amount of funding. It says funds are disbursed annually. The key performance indicator is how many giveaways were given out. The rationale is that it is a yearly event the town puts on, and the primary category is Overdose Prevention (pp2 to 3). The report answers No when asked about other programs funded or operated with opioid abatement funds (p3). The event began three years before the settlement distribution the State's later reports date to 2022. The same report certifies 0.00 expended as of 06/30/2023 (p1). The audit trail shows no payment from any of the four opioid accounts from 01/01/2020 to 06/30/2026, and no order of any kind before 02/03/2026. No record produced shows a settlement dollar going to the event.
false-characterization · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2023 report asks whether the Township has a strategic plan.
It answers "No, but plan to develop one in the future" (p1). Asked for its overall rationale for using the funds, the same report answers "A strategic plan using the funds to help organizations in town. Ex) Police & EMS" (p2). The FY2024, FY2025 and FY2026 reports each answer that the Township has no strategic plan (FY2024 p2, FY2025 p2, FY2026 p3). No strategic plan appears in any record produced. Both FY2023 answers cannot be true.
self-contradiction · 4 documents · 10/04/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Fake encumbrances
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-41-799-100-350, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/26/2026 | open | 26-01660 | DIALED ACTION AGENCY LLC · BMX Show/Harvest Festival D&A | 3,000.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 08/24/2026 | 19385 | 26-00273 | JCM ASSOCIATES LLC · PD St. Benedict LEAD Program | 449.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 449.00 | ||||
| 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 $449.00, 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 Holmdel Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 1 program 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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Holmdel Township spent nothing from its opioid settlement fund through 06/30/2026, yet told the State in two years that a full year of deposits was encumbered, and in FY2026 reported nothing encumbered once orders existed.