Pompton Lakes
- 01Certified walk T-shirts and tote bags as harm reduction3,382.50
- 02Reported 0.00 on hand while 59,254.82 sat unspent59,254.82
- 03FY2024 report put 43,075.66 on hand, above all it got7,097.77
- 04Reported 10,724.75 less on hand than its figures leave10,724.75
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Pompton Lakes has received $80,425.78 in opioid settlement funds and spent $20,572.50 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
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $11,605.38
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $43,075.66
- Received to date
- $35,977.89
filed
- Program name
- Pompton Lakes Walk for Hope
- Recipient
- DC Apparel
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $3,382.50
- Unspent on hand
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $62,637.32
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $18,236.65
- Unspent on hand
- $46,481.88
- Received to date
- $80,425.78
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 FY2025 report certifies one program, the Pompton Lakes Walk for Hope, with DC Apparel as the funding recipient and 3,382.50 funded and expended (p2, p3).
It gives the primary problem as Mental Health Awareness (p2) and files the program under primary category Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention and Schedule B strategy Prevent Misuse of Opioids (p4). The books show what the money bought. DC Apparel check 10074 of 05/29/2025 paid 700.00 for 200 grocery tote bags on purchase order 25-00550 and 2,682.50 for 250 T-shirts on purchase order 25-00551, the certified figure to the cent. The same check charged 1,000.00 more on purchase order 25-00550 to the Borough's Stigma Free Grant line. The 2026 walk T-shirts, 1,600.00 from Home Field Advantage on purchase order 26-00558, are the FY2026 report's certified encumbrance. No overdose or prevention program that the apparel serves is documented. Apparel is not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no listed use covers it.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 0.00 of unspent and uncommitted settlement funds on hand (p1).
The same page certifies 62,637.32 received since 2022, 3,382.50 spent and 0.00 encumbered between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025. The FY2023 and FY2024 reports certify 0.00 spent. On the report's own figures 59,254.82 remained. The books show the same. The audit trail for account G-02-41-860-301 shows no payment before DC Apparel check 10074 of 05/29/2025, which left the account's balance at 55,142.81, and no further payment until 01/15/2026. A year later the FY2026 report certifies 46,481.88 on hand. A fund that had spent 3,382.50 of 62,637.32 did not have 0.00 on hand.
unspent-misstated · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 43,075.66 of unspent and uncommitted settlement funds on hand (p1).
The same page certifies 35,977.89 received since 2022. That is the 11,605.38 the FY2023 report gives as received through 6/30/23, plus 24,372.51 received from 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2024, with 0.00 of interest. The report certifies 0.00 spent and 0.00 encumbered, and the account's audit trail shows no payment before 05/29/2025. The most the Borough could have held on 06/30/2024 was 35,977.89. The certified figure is 7,097.77 more than every dollar the report says the Borough had received.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 46,481.88 of unspent and uncommitted settlement funds currently on hand (p2).
The same report certifies 80,425.78 received since 2022 (p1), 18,236.65 spent (p1) and 1,600.00 encumbered (p2) between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026. The FY2025 report certifies 3,382.50 spent and the two earlier reports 0.00. On the reports' own figures 57,206.63 remained uncommitted. The certified figure is 10,724.75 less. The books match every certified spending figure. Account G-02-41-860-301 paid 21,619.15 from 01/01/2022 to 05/28/2026. The Detail Budget Account Status as of 08/28/2026 shows no other payment, and check 11769 for 1,046.65 was voided on 08/19/2026, which adds money back. No record shows where the 10,724.75 went.
unspent-misstated · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 18,236.65 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1).
It gives the year's goal as public awareness (p2) and answers Yes when asked whether the Borough funded programs (p3). The published report describes no program. Four orders paid from account G-02-41-860-301 in that period make the certified figure to the cent. The largest is Lifesavers Inc purchase order 25-01399, a Defibtech Lifeline AED package, encumbered 11/25/2025 and paid 10,740.00 by check 11341 on 01/15/2026. It is 59 percent of the certified spending. The same check paid Lifesavers 975.25 for materials and supplies from a Borough operating line, and Borough lines paid Lifesavers in every year from 2018 to 2025. Defibrillators treat cardiac arrest. No overdose program using this equipment is documented, and no listed use covers defibrillators.
non-conforming-spending · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-41-860-301, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/29/2025 | 10074 | 25-00550 | DC APPAREL · WALK FOR HOPE TOTES (QTY 200 grocery totes) | 700.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/29/2025 | 10074 | 25-00551 | DC APPAREL · WALK FOR HOPE SHIRTS (QTY 250 t-shirts) | 2,682.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 01/15/2026 | 11341 | 25-01399 | LIFESAVERS INC · DEFIBTECH LIFELINE AED PACKAGE | 10,740.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 03/26/2026 | 11769 | 25-01275 | L.E.A.D. · TGFD - GRADE 6 STANDARD KIT | 631.90 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/26/2026 | 11769 | 25-01275 | L.E.A.D. · TGFD-GRADE 6 STUDENT - ENGLISH | 274.75 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/26/2026 | 11769 | 25-01275 | L.E.A.D. · TGFD-GRADE 6 STUDENT - SPANISH | 44.85 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/26/2026 | 11769 | 25-01275 | L.E.A.D. · SHIPPING | 95.15 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/09/2026 | 11826 | 26-00438 | HILL SPEAKS LLC · SOBRIETY ASSEMBLIES- 2 SCHOOLS AND ONE BREAKOUT SESSION | 3,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/11/2026 | open | 26-00558 | HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE · 2026 WALK FOR HOPE T-SHIRTS | 1,600.00 | Open encumbrance · Non-conforming |
| 05/14/2026 | 11989 | 26-00529 | JRZV ENTERPRISES LLC · UP TO IT SPEAKING DAY | 3,450.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 11769 | 25-01275 | L.E.A.D. · VOID CK 11769 - TGFD - GRADE 6 STANDARD KIT | -631.90 | Reversal · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 11769 | 25-01275 | L.E.A.D. · VOID CK 11769 - TGFD-GRADE 6 STUDENT - ENGLISH | -274.75 | Reversal · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 11769 | 25-01275 | L.E.A.D. · VOID CK 11769 - TGFD-GRADE 6 STUDENT - SPANISH | -44.85 | Reversal · Unverified |
| 08/19/2026 | 11769 | 25-01275 | L.E.A.D. · VOID CK 11769 - SHIPPING | -95.15 | Reversal · Unverified |
| Total paid | 21,619.15 | ||||
| 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 $10,740.00, 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 Pompton Lakes 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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Borough of Pompton Lakes
Pompton Lakes certified walk T-shirts and tote bags to the State as harm reduction, spent 10,740.00 on a defibrillator package, and reported funds on hand that its own figures contradict three years running.