Brick Township
- 01Certified CPR machines as overdose harm reduction307,909.80
- 02Reported an order paid after year end as FY2025 spending307,909.80
- 03Certified an ambulance as overdose treatment334,063.60
- 04Paid 333,014.00 for an ambulance from settlement funds333,014.00
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Brick Township has received $844,337.21 in opioid settlement funds and spent $729,448.38 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $307,909.80.
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
- Brick Municipal Anti -Drug Coalition (BMAC)
- Recipient
- Brick Township
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $12,452.57
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $743,985.81
- Received to date
- $493,365.25
filed
- Program name
- Auto Pulse
- Recipient
- Brick EMS/Rescue
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $342,909.80
- Unspent on hand
- $775,934.83
- Received to date
- $726,896.39
filed
- Program name
- Ambulance
- Recipient
- Brick EMS/Rescue
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 5
- Amount expended
- $702,448.38
- Unspent on hand
- $199,945.73
- Received to date
- $844,337.21
12 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 a program named Auto Pulse at 307,909.80 expended, recipient Brick EMS/Rescue, primary category Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, primary problem Ability to render aid to overdose victims.
The key performance indicator it reports is Number of services provided/encounters: 0. Purchase order 25-01832 to ZOLL Medical Corp. is the purchase. It buys 10 AutoPulse NXT starter kits at 227,399.20, 10 lithium batteries at 14,670.60 and 10 four year service plans at 69,840.00, less 8 trade-in allowances of 4,000.00, a net of 307,909.80, the certified figure to the cent. The Council minutes of 05/13/2025 describe the same purchase at the same amount as an automated, portable, battery-powered cardiopulmonary resuscitation device, to be used as an adjunct to CPR during advanced cardiac life support, needed by the EMS Department. Resolution 167-25 states the need as medical equipment requested by the Chief of EMS and Rescue. Neither the minutes nor the resolution mentions overdose. The word opioid appears in both only as the name of the fund charged. The order trades in eight older AutoPulse units. No overdose program using the devices is documented, and mechanical CPR devices are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
non-conforming-spending · 6 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies 342,909.80 expended in the reporting period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025.
The account paid 35,000.00 in that period, Bright Harbor Healthcare check 223691 for 17,500.00 on 01/29/2025 and check 224555 for 8,750.00 and 8,750.00 on 04/23/2025. The rest of the certified figure is ZOLL purchase order 25-01832 at 307,909.80. The order was encumbered on 06/16/2025. ZOLL invoice 4233105 is dated and shipped 06/30/2025, the last day of the period. Check 226061 paid it on 09/24/2025, in the next fiscal year. The same report certifies 8,750.00 as encumbered but not yet spent, when 307,909.80 was open on the account at 06/30/2025. It gives the Auto Pulse program launch date as 09/12/2025, after the period closed.
misreported-expenditure · 4 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2026 report lists a new program named Ambulance at 334,063.60 funded and spent, recipient Brick EMS/Rescue (pp8 to 10).
It gives the primary problem as ability to render aid to overdose victims, the primary category as Treatment and the Schedule B strategy as First Responders. It describes the purpose as purchase of ambulance to transport victims and reports 33 individuals served. The account paid Defender Emergency Products 333,014.00 for a 2025 Medix MSV157 Dodge 4500 on purchase order 25-03370, check 226477, on 11/26/2025. It paid V.E. Ralph and Son 1,049.60 for a Laerdal suction unit on purchase order 25-03650, check 226658, on 12/10/2025. The two payments make the certified figure to the cent. The report's funding and launch date, 11/26/2025, is the date of the ambulance check. The report names the vehicle, but the Treatment category and the overdose framing do not describe it. Exhibit E's Treatment uses are treatment for opioid use disorder. Its First Responders category adds two uses to the first-responder items in sections C, D and H: education about fentanyl and other drugs, and wellness services for first responders. No listed use in C, D, H or I covers an ambulance, and no overdose program using this ambulance is documented.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The Council minutes of 10/07/2025 record the award of a contract for one Medix Dodge ambulance for EMS at 333,014.00 and state that it is being funded through the Township's National Opioid Settlement Funds, which lists ambulances as allowable purchases.
It does not. Exhibit E names no ambulance among its uses, and no overdose program using the ambulance is documented. The account paid Defender Emergency Products 333,014.00 for a 2025 Medix MSV157 Dodge 4500 on purchase order 25-03370, check 226477, on 11/26/2025. The FY2025 report had already told the State the Township planned to purchase 2 Basic Life Support Ambulances in the coming year.
non-conforming-spending · 3 documents · 09/23/2026Through 07/09/2026 the account shows 729,448.38 paid and 290,175.80 open, 1,019,624.18 committed.
Of that, 944,856.18 is EMS equipment and one vehicle. ZOLL AutoPulse orders 25-01832 at 307,909.80 and 25-03649 at 30,206.98 buy eleven mechanical CPR devices. The Medix ambulance is 333,014.00 and a Laerdal suction unit is 1,049.60. Stryker order 26-01257, open since 04/16/2026, nets 223,213.60 for 76 Lifepak CR2 defibrillators, electrodes, AED cabinets and an eight year data plan, less a 13,300.00 trade-in of old Defibtech AEDs. The Council minutes of 04/14/2026 award that contract at 223,213.60 and say it will be reimbursed through the Opioid Grant. Stryker order 26-01502, open since 05/06/2026, is 49,462.20 for a Power-PRO 2 powered cot, a Stair-Pro stair chair and service plans. The equipment is 92.7 percent of the committed dollars. Bright Harbor Healthcare is 70,000.00 and printing and magnets are 4,768.00. The ZOLL orders include 75,840.00 of service plans whose terms begin in 2026 and run to 2030. The Township certified the first AutoPulse order to the State as overdose harm reduction. Both the AutoPulse and the defibrillator orders trade in equipment the Township already owned. No overdose program using any of the equipment is documented, and none of it is among the uses Exhibit E lists.
non-conforming-spending · 5 documents · 09/23/2026Purchase order 25-01832 credits 4,000.00 for 8 ZOLL AutoPulse trade-in allowances at 500.00 each against the 10 new units.
Stryker order 26-01257 credits 13,300.00 for a trade-in of old Defibtech AEDs against the 76 new defibrillators. The Township owned both kinds of equipment before the settlement fund paid for the replacements. The FY2025 report explains the spending decision this way. Our emergency response has been stretched necessitating the need to add new ambulances and replace aging apparatus. The records do not yet show which fund bought the traded equipment or carried EMS equipment before 2025. That the settlement money took over a cost another fund carried is our inference from these records.
supplantation · 3 documents · 09/23/2026Resolution 167-25, adopted 05/13/2025, authorizes the purchase of AutoPulse equipment under ZOLL's Savvik Buying Group contract 2024-06 and charges account G-02-40-650-259.
It states no price, no quantity and no abatement purpose. Purchase order 25-01832 for 307,909.80 recites contract 2026-06, a number the resolution does not name. Purchase order 25-03649, issued 11/12/2025 for 30,206.98, recites contract 2024-06 and Resolution Approved 5/13/2025. The ZOLL quote it is priced to, Q-122783, cites NPP contract PS20200 EXT3. No resolution in the produced records authorizes a purchase under that contract. Check 227743 paid the second order on 04/15/2026.
authorization-gap · 5 documents · 09/23/2026Check 226061, dated 09/24/2025, pays ZOLL Medical Corp.
313,522.26. The account shows 307,909.80 of it, for purchase order 25-01832. The other 5,612.46 is ZOLL invoice 4316575 on purchase order 25-02521, dated 09/02/2025, for 40 AutoPulse NXT shoulder restraints and 3 band six packs for the same devices. Purchase order 25-02521 does not appear on account G-02-40-650-259 anywhere in the audit trail from 01/01/2022 to 07/09/2026. The Township produced this one account for a request covering every account that received or paid settlement funds, and did not state that it is the only one. Which account paid the 5,612.46 is not in the produced records.
undisclosed-spending · 2 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies 8,750.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent at the end of the period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025.
On 06/30/2025 the only open order on the account was ZOLL purchase order 25-01832 at 307,909.80. No 8,750.00 order was open. The next Bright Harbor Healthcare order at that amount, 25-02366, was first encumbered on 07/21/2025 and paid by check 226092 on 10/08/2025.
fake-encumbrance · 2 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2025 report certifies Bright Harbor at 35,000.00 expended, a referral and treatment program for people with substance use and mental health needs, primary category Wraparound and Connected Care Supports.
Check 223691 for 17,500.00 on 01/29/2025 and check 224555 for 8,750.00 and 8,750.00 on 04/23/2025 make the figure to the cent. The Council minutes of 11/10/2025 describe the On Point program Bright Harbor Healthcare runs with the Police Department, outreach with social work referrals and access to behavioral health care.
conforming-spending · 3 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2026 report updates the Auto Pulse program at 346,116.78 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p11).
The FY2025 report filed that program under Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention, with the primary problem ability to render aid to overdose victims. The update says the program was a one-time event and reports 25 training or education sessions. The books show equipment. ZOLL purchase order 25-01832, paid by check 226061 on 09/24/2025, buys 10 AutoPulse NXT mechanical CPR devices, 10 batteries and 10 four year service plans, less a 4,000.00 trade-in, for 307,909.80. ZOLL purchase order 25-03649, paid by check 227743 on 04/15/2026, buys an eleventh device with its battery and plan for 30,206.98. The two orders net 338,116.78. The certified figure is 8,000.00 higher because it adds the trade-in credit instead of subtracting it. The devices are an adjunct to CPR in cardiac life support, as the Council minutes of 05/13/2025 describe them. No overdose program using them is documented, and mechanical CPR devices are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
program-misclassification · 7 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 702,448.38 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1), the sum of its five program amounts.
The account paid 694,448.38 net in that period. The 8,000.00 difference sits in the Auto Pulse figure, 346,116.78 (p11). ZOLL purchase order 25-01832 credits 4,000.00 for eight trade-in units, and the report adds that credit instead of subtracting it. Check 226061 paid the order on 09/24/2025, so FY2026 is the year it belongs to. The FY2025 report had already certified the same order as spent, at 307,909.80. Read together, the FY2025 and FY2026 reports certify 1,045,358.18 spent. The account paid 729,448.38 from 2022 through 06/30/2026. The 315,909.80 excess is the order counted twice plus the trade-in error. The certified total is also 201,020.97 more than the 844,337.21 the FY2026 report says the Township has received since 2022. The FY2026 encumbered figure, 299,275.80 (p2), is built the same way. It equals the two open Stryker orders with their 13,300.00 trade-in credit added, and it leaves out a 17,500.00 Bright Harbor order open since 06/18/2026.
misreported-expenditure · 5 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution · Fake encumbrances
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-40-650-259, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/29/2025 | 223691 | 24-03992 | BRIGH020 BRIGHT HARBOR HEALTHCARE · Professional Services rendered | 17,500.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/23/2025 | 224555 | 25-00173 | BRIGH020 BRIGHT HARBOR HEALTHCARE · Professional Services rendered | 8,750.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/23/2025 | 224555 | 25-01014 | BRIGH020 BRIGHT HARBOR HEALTHCARE · Professional Services rendered | 8,750.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 09/24/2025 | 226061 | 25-01832 | ZOLLM005 ZOLL MEDICAL CORP. · AutoPulse NXT Starter Kit EMS | 227,399.20 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/24/2025 | 226061 | 25-01832 | ZOLLM005 ZOLL MEDICAL CORP. · Zoll AutoPulse Trade-In | -4,000.00 | Reversal · Non-conforming |
| 09/24/2025 | 226061 | 25-01832 | ZOLLM005 ZOLL MEDICAL CORP. · AutoPulse NXT Worry-Free 4year | 69,840.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/24/2025 | 226061 | 25-01832 | ZOLLM005 ZOLL MEDICAL CORP. · AutoPulse NXT Lithium Battery | 14,670.60 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/08/2025 | 226092 | 25-02366 | BRIGH020 BRIGHT HARBOR HEALTHCARE · Professional Services rendered | 8,750.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 11/26/2025 | 226477 | 25-03370 | DEFEN040 DEFENDER EMERGENCY PRODUCTS · 2025 Medix MSV157 Dodge 4500 | 333,014.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/10/2025 | 226658 | 25-03650 | VERAL010 V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · Laerdal Suction Unit | 1,049.60 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 01/28/2026 | 226805 | 25-03771 | BRIGH020 BRIGHT HARBOR HEALTHCARE · Professional Services rendered | 8,750.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 02/11/2026 | 227126 | 25-03965 | CONCE030 CONCEPT PRINT · Because We Care Bereavement | 650.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/15/2026 | 227743 | 25-03649 | ZOLLM005 ZOLL MEDICAL CORP. · AutoPulse NXT Lithium Battery | 1,467.06 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/15/2026 | 227743 | 25-03649 | ZOLLM005 ZOLL MEDICAL CORP. · AutoPulse NXT Starter Kit EMS | 22,739.92 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/15/2026 | 227743 | 25-03649 | ZOLLM005 ZOLL MEDICAL CORP. · AutoPulse NXT Worry-Free 4year | 6,000.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01257 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Trade-in old Defibtech AED | -13,300.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01257 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Quik-Step Electrodes LPCR2 | 11,287.52 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01257 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Likepak CR2 Cellular Defib | 190,573.80 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01257 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Kit - Emergency Response | 3,161.60 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01257 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · AED Wall Cabinet w/Alarm | 2,254.50 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01257 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Lifepak CR2 Data Plan 8yr | 28,568.40 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 04/16/2026 | open | 26-01257 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Shipping and Handling | 667.78 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · PowerPro-Procare | 4,271.25 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Shipping and Handling | 614.82 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Stair-Pro Model 6252 | 4,660.72 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Extended Length Lower | 405.95 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Extended Handle Foot Rest | 395.14 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Str-Chair Procare | 1,122.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · 6507 Power Pro 2 High Config | 35,386.53 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Kit Alvarium Battery Service | 1,057.62 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Assembly Battery Charger | 1,513.07 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/06/2026 | open | 26-01502 | STRYK020 STRYKER SALES, LLC · Assembly Power Cord North AM | 35.10 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 06/09/2026 | 228119 | 26-01301 | AMERIC01 AMERICAN SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS · Project Ice Box Magnet | 3,900.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/09/2026 | 228119 | 26-01301 | AMERIC01 AMERICAN SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS · Set Up - New Art | 70.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/09/2026 | 228119 | 26-01301 | AMERIC01 AMERICAN SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS · Freight | 148.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/18/2026 | open | 26-02198 | BRIGH020 BRIGHT HARBOR HEALTHCARE · Professional Services rendered | 17,500.00 | Open encumbrance · Conforming |
| Total paid | 733,448.38 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 52,500.00 |
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 $338,116.78, 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 Brick Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 8 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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Brick Township
Brick Township certified 307,909.80 of mechanical CPR machines to the State as opioid overdose harm reduction, counted them as spent in a year it had not paid for them, and has committed 944,856.18 of its settlement fund to EMS equipment and an ambulance.