Stafford Township
- 01Bought two police Tahoes with opioid money112,008.62
- 02Moved a year of police seasonal pay onto the fund72,877.50
- 03Paid 172,212.50 of special police wages from the fund172,212.50
- 04Certified every FY2025 dollar received as spent153,656.58
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Stafford Township has received $496,804.02 in opioid settlement funds and spent $357,098.62 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $101,947.57.
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
- $90,616.61
filed
- Program name
- Class I's
- Recipient
- Township of Stafford
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $174,825.07
- Unspent on hand
- $198,504.21
- Received to date
- $271,381.71
filed
- Program name
- Class I's
- Recipient
- Township of Stafford
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $153,656.58
- Unspent on hand
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $425,038.29
filed
- Program name
- Class I's
- Recipient
- Township of Stafford
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $71,765.73
- Unspent on hand
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $496,804.02
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.
Check 25476, dated 06/17/2025 and paid 06/24/2025, sent 112,008.62 to Mark Anthony Chevrolet from opioid account G-01-41-024-774-200.
It paid for two 2025 Chevrolet Tahoe police vehicles. Purchase order 24-03379 bought six identical Tahoe police pursuit vehicles at 55,477.56 each. The Township charged five of them, 277,387.80, to police capital account C-04-43-024-009-123, Police Dept Vehicle Replacement. It charged the sixth, 55,477.56, to the opioid account. Purchase order 24-03656 bought a seventh Tahoe, 56,531.06, charged in full to the opioid account. The vendor report shows the capital account was in use for the same vehicle at the same price on the same order. The FY2025 report certifies the two Tahoes as part of the Class I's prevention program. Police vehicles are not among the uses Exhibit E lists.
non-conforming-spending · 6 documents · 09/23/2026On 12/31/2023 journal 24776, posted as Correct Charges to Opiod Grant, charged 72,877.50 to opioid account G-01-41-023-774-200.
It credited 72,157.50 to Police Dept Seasonal Class I pay, account 3-01-25-240-240-120, and 720.00 to Police Department overtime, account 3-01-25-240-240-114. The seasonal Class I pay had been paid from the current fund through 2023. After the journal that line closed the year at 0.00 expended against a 187,200.00 appropriation. The same year the overtime line spent 672,250.82 of local money. It is the only charge to any opioid account in the FY2024 window. The FY2024 report certifies it as the Class I's prevention program. The journal moved pay the current fund had already carried.
year-end-salary-reclass · 6 documents · 09/23/2026Resolution 2025-268, adopted 07/15/2025, hires Special Police Officers Class II at 23.00 an hour.
Five of the six hires carry the position title Special Police Officer Class II, Part Time, Opioid Settlement. From 09/19/2025 the opioid accounts carry biweekly Gross Pay and ER FICA charges. Account G-01-41-024-774-200 carries thirteen charges from 09/19/2025 to 03/06/2026, 121,198.50 gross and 120,568.55 net of a 629.95 adjustment, which takes the account to 0.00. Account G-01-41-025-774-200 carries 51,643.95 more through 05/15/2026. Together that is 172,212.50 of police wages. No record describes opioid abatement duties for the position, and no program using the officers is documented. Police payroll is not among the uses Exhibit E lists. These charges fall in the FY2026 reporting year. The FY2026 report does not mention police wages. It certifies 71,765.73 spent on a Class I's education program.
non-conforming-spending · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report certifies 153,656.58 received (p1, Q1) and 153,656.58 expended (p1, Q6), with 0.00 encumbered and 0.00 unspent.
It certifies the same 153,656.58 to one program, Class I's, as Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (p2 to p3). The only payments from the opioid accounts in the FY2025 window are two police Tahoes on check 25476, 112,008.62. The other 41,647.96 of the certified figure matches no payment. Receipts to date of 425,038.29, less journal 24776 of 72,877.50 and the Tahoes, leave 240,152.17 of opioid money on the books against the 0.00 unspent the report certifies.
false-certification · 3 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2024 report certifies 271,381.71 received to date (p1, Q3) and 198,504.21 unspent (p1, Q9).
271,381.71 less journal 24776 of 72,877.50 is 198,504.21 to the cent. The unspent figure reflects the one charge on the books. The same report certifies 174,825.07 expended (Q6) and 172,111.30 encumbered (Q7). Those two sum to 346,936.37, which is 75,554.66 more than the Township had received in total.
self-contradiction · 3 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2024 report certifies 172,111.30 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent at 06/30/2024 (p1, Q7).
It is the same figure the report gives as the Class I's program's expended amount (p3). None of the three opioid accounts shows an open purchase order at 06/30/2024. The first opioid encumbrances are purchase order 24-03656 on 08/14/2024, purchase order 24-03379 on 08/22/2024 and purchase order 24-04670 on 10/11/2024.
fake-encumbrance · 4 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2024 and FY2025 reports certify one program, Class I's, as Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, launched 01/02/2023.
The FY2025 report says the funding would provide the salaries and equipment for the officers in the Class I program (p2). In the Township's ledger Class I is Police Dept Seasonal Class I, account 25-240-240-120, a police payroll line funded at 90,000.00 in 2022. What the opioid accounts paid through 06/30/2025 is 72,877.50 of police seasonal pay and overtime and 112,008.62 of police Tahoes, 184,886.12 in all. No prevention program using the pay or the vehicles is documented. Police payroll and police vehicles are not among the prevention uses Exhibit E lists.
program-misclassification · 5 documents · 09/23/2026The Police Dept Seasonal Class I appropriation fell from 190,000.00 in 2024 to 66,560.00 in 2025, a cut of 123,440.00 or 65.0 percent.
In 2025 the line averaged 3,050.35 a pay period through 09/05/2025 and 742.00 a period from 09/19/2025. 09/19/2025 is the first date the opioid account carries Special Police Officer Class II pay. No document states that the cut was caused by moving the payroll to the opioid accounts.
supplantation · 4 documents · 09/23/2026On 10/11/2024 the Township encumbered 30,383.49 on opioid account G-01-41-023-774-200 for purchase order 24-04670, Elite Vehicle Solutions, to outfit one patrol Tahoe.
The ledger marks the encumbrance deleted. The Elite vendor report shows both paid lines of that order, 151,917.45 and 21,413.93, charged to police capital account C-04-43-024-009-123 on check 1593 of 11/17/2025. No opioid money paid for the outfitting. Across 683,079.06 paid to Elite since 2020, no line is charged to an opioid account.
vendor-baseline · 4 documents · 09/23/2026The FY2026 report certifies one new program, Class I's, as Primary Prevention, Education, and Training (p4 to p6).
It describes a program to educate the public and provide a presence in the parks and playgrounds for opioid education and outreach, serving 5,000 people. It certifies 71,765.73 spent on it (p5). That is the same figure the report certifies as received for the year (p1, Q1 and Q6), with 0.00 encumbered and 0.00 unspent (p2). The Township's ledger shows what the opioid accounts paid in the year. From 09/19/2025 to 05/15/2026 they carry Gross Pay/ER FICA charges for eighteen biweekly pay dates, 172,212.50 net of adjustments moved between the 2024 and 2025 accounts. Resolution 2025-268 hires Special Police Officers Class II at 23.00 an hour and titles five of them Part Time, Opioid Settlement. The ledger shows no other charge in the year. The report does not say the money paid police wages. Every posting ends in .00 or .50 except two 629.95 adjustment legs, so no set of them can sum to a figure ending in .73. A public education program is not 172,212.50 of police wages, and the certified spending is the receipts figure, not a sum of payments. The ledger production ends 05/28/2026, so any June 2026 charges to the opioid accounts are not in the record. Police payroll is not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no education program using the officers is documented.
program-misclassification · 6 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution · Fake encumbrances · Police vehicles and gear · Phantom programs · Year-end salary reclass
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-01-41-023-774-200, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/31/2023 | 24776 | CORRECT CHARGES TO OPIOD GRANT | 72,877.50 | Paid · Non-conforming | |
| 10/11/2024 | 24-04670 | ELITE VEHICLE SOLUTIONS · OUTFIT (1) PATROL TAHOE | 30,383.49 | Journal · Non-conforming | |
| 06/17/2025 | Ck25476 | 24-03379 | MARK ANTHONY CHEVROLET · PURCHASE & DELIVERY OF (6) | 55,477.56 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/17/2025 | Ck25476 | 24-03656 | MARK ANTHONY CHEVROLET · (1) 2025 CHEVY TAHOE 5W4 4WD | 56,531.06 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/19/2025 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2025-09-19 | 8,659.50 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 10/03/2025 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2025-10-03 | 12,707.50 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 10/17/2025 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2025-10-17 | 11,040.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 10/31/2025 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2025-10-31 | 11,040.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 11/14/2025 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2025-11-14 | 10,281.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 11/28/2025 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2025-11-28 | 10,120.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 12/12/2025 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2025-12-12 | 9,430.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 12/26/2025 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2025-12-26 | 10,143.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 01/09/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-01-09 | 4,255.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 01/23/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-01-23 | 8,349.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 02/06/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-02-06 | 8,625.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 02/20/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-02-20 | 8,797.50 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 03/06/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-03-06 | 7,751.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 03/06/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-03-06 Adjustment | -629.95 | Reversal · Non-conforming | ||
| 03/06/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-03-06 Adjustment | 629.95 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 03/20/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-03-20 | 10,603.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 03/20/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-03-20 Adjustment | 10,603.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 03/20/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-03-20 Adjustment | -10,603.00 | Reversal · Non-conforming | ||
| 04/03/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-04-03 | 10,580.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 04/03/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-04-03 Adjustment | -10,580.00 | Reversal · Non-conforming | ||
| 04/03/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-04-03 Adjustment | 10,580.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 04/17/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-04-17 Adjustment | 9,384.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 04/17/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-04-17 | 9,384.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 04/17/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-04-17 Adjustment | -9,384.00 | Reversal · Non-conforming | ||
| 05/01/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-05-01 Adjustment | 10,281.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 05/01/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-05-01 | 10,281.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| 05/01/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-05-01 Adjustment | -10,281.00 | Reversal · Non-conforming | ||
| 05/15/2026 | Gross Pay/ER FICA 2026-05-15 | 10,166.00 | Paid · Non-conforming | ||
| Total paid | 398,576.57 | ||||
| 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.
No payee is published for this jurisdiction yet.
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 Stafford 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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Stafford Township
Stafford Township told the State its opioid settlement money ran a prevention program called Class I's. Its ledger shows police seasonal pay, two police Tahoes and special police wages, 357,098.62 in all, and nothing paid to a listed use or a documented abatement program.