Bound Brook
- 01Certified 13,097.06 to a county program it did not payCertified against books conflict13,097.06
- 02Reported 79,156.62 committed with no order behind it79,156.62
- 03Counted 14,696.33 budgeted in August as FY2025 on hand14,696.33
- 04Reported 12,875.46 more on hand than it could have held12,875.46
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Bound Brook has received $109,824.22 in opioid settlement funds and spent $27,957.28 of it. Its reports to the State certify $13,097.06 with no payee in the books.
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
- CPAC
- Recipient
- Somerset County
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $27,294.27
filed
- Program name
- CPAC
- Amount expended
- $15,625.00
- Unspent on hand
- $63,625.83
- Received to date
- $66,375.37
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $79,475.34
- Received to date
- $92,271.51
filed
- Program name
- CPAC
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $13,097.06
- Unspent on hand
- $79,156.62
- Received to date
- $109,824.22
7 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 FY2026 report certifies 13,097.06 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1).
It places the whole figure in one program block, an update to the 2023 program CPAC, last updated 09/19/2026 (p9). The block prints the period 7/1/2022 to 6/30/2023, but no earlier report carries 13,097.06 and the figure equals the FY2026 total to the cent. The FY2023 report names Somerset County as the CPAC recipient. The only CPAC payment on the books is check 7291 to the Somerset County Treasurer, 15,625.00 on 02/13/2024, which the FY2024 report certified. The CPAC account, 02-2023-0240-0905-2, held 11,669.27 with no activity from 02/13/2024 through the 08/28/2026 print, less than the figure certified. The money that left in FY2026 came from the other account, 02-2025-0240-0905-2. ZSchool LLC was paid 7,200.00 by check 7395 on 08/26/2025, Not An Easy Fix Inc. 3,917.50 by check 7452 on 11/26/2025, and L.E.A.D. 450.00 and 764.78 by checks 7469 and 7470 on 03/24/2026, 12,332.28 in all. The same report lists the ZSchool and Not An Easy Fix payments again as two 2026 programs (pp4 to 9). A CPAC spend of 13,097.06 in the year and a CPAC account that never moved cannot both be true.
phantom-program · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 79,156.62 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (Q7, p2).
It certifies the same 79,156.62 as unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (Q9, p2). The Budget Account Detail as of Jun 2026 prints 0.00 encumbered on both settlement accounts. Account 02-2023-0240-0905-2 shows 11,669.27 available and account 02-2025-0240-0905-2 shows 67,487.35, together 79,156.62. The last orders on either account were L.E.A.D. purchase orders 20260366 and 20260367, opened 03/09/2026 and paid by checks 7469 and 7470 on 03/24/2026. The prints as of Aug 2026, dated 08/28/2026, still show 0.00 encumbered and nothing posted after 03/24/2026. The certified figure is the unspent budget balance, reported once as committed and again as uncommitted.
fake-encumbrance · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 79,475.34 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (Q9, p1).
The same report certifies 92,271.51 received since 2022 with 0.00 interest, 0.00 spent in the year and 11,867.50 encumbered. The FY2023 report certifies 0.00 spent and the FY2024 report 15,625.00. On those figures 76,646.51 was unspent and 64,779.01 was unspent and uncommitted at 06/30/2025. The certified 79,475.34 is 2,828.83 more than everything received less everything spent. It is 14,696.33 more than the uncommitted balance. The Budget Account Detail as of Dec 2025 for account 02-2025-0240-0905-2 prints a budget increase of 14,696.33 on 08/26/2025, after the year closed. 92,271.51 plus 14,696.33, less 15,625.00 and 11,867.50, is 79,475.34 to the cent.
unspent-misstated · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report certifies 63,625.83 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (Q9, p1).
The same report certifies 66,375.37 received since 2022, 0.00 interest and 15,625.00 spent in the year (p1). The FY2023 report certifies 0.00 spent. The books agree. The only payment from the settlement accounts through 06/30/2024 is check 7291, 15,625.00 to the Somerset County Treasurer on 02/13/2024. 66,375.37 received less 15,625.00 spent leaves 50,750.37. The certified figure is 12,875.46 more than the Borough could have had on hand. No receipt, budget entry or payment in the records produced accounts for the difference.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 13,097.06 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (Q6, p1).
Its three program blocks certify 3,917.50 spent on Not an Easy Fix (p5), 7,200.00 on ZSchool Training (p7) and 13,097.06 on CPAC (p9). The blocks add to 24,214.56, which is 11,117.50 more than the report's own spent figure. 11,117.50 is the ZSchool and Not An Easy Fix payments together, check 7395 for 7,200.00 on 08/26/2025 and check 7452 for 3,917.50 on 11/26/2025. The report counts those two payments in their own blocks and places its whole spent figure in the CPAC block as well.
self-contradiction · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 13,097.06 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (Q6, p1).
The two settlement accounts paid 12,332.28 in that window. ZSchool LLC was paid 7,200.00 by check 7395 on 08/26/2025. Not An Easy Fix Inc. was paid 3,917.50 by check 7452 on 11/26/2025. L.E.A.D. was paid 450.00 and 764.78 by checks 7469 and 7470 on 03/24/2026. Nothing else was paid and nothing was open on 06/30/2026. The certified figure is 764.78 more than the books, the amount of check 7470.
misreported-expenditure · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report certifies 79,156.62 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (Q9, p2).
It certifies 109,824.22 received since 2022 with 0.00 interest (p1). The settlement accounts paid 27,957.28 from the first payment on 02/13/2024 through 06/30/2026, and nothing was open on that date. 109,824.22 less 27,957.28 leaves 81,866.94. The certified figure is 2,710.32 less. It equals the budget balance of the two accounts as of Jun 2026, 11,669.27 and 67,487.35. The budget increases on the two accounts total 107,113.90 through 06/30/2026, 2,710.32 less than the receipts the report certifies.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Fake encumbrances · Phantom programs
The ledger, as printed.
Account 02-2023-0240-0905-2, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/13/2024 | 7291 | 20240100 | SOMERSET COUNTY TREASURER · CPAC COUNTY AGREEMENT | 15,625.00 | Paid · Transfer |
| 08/26/2025 | 7395 | 20250673 | ZSCHOOL, LLC · OPIOID TRAINING | 7,200.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 11/26/2025 | 7452 | 20250706 | NOT AN EASY FIX INC. · BOUND BROOK HIGH SCHOOL program | 3,917.50 | Paid · Conforming |
| 03/24/2026 | 7469 | 20260366 | L.E.A.D. (LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST DRUGS) · TRAINING | 450.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/24/2026 | 7470 | 20260367 | L.E.A.D. (LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST DRUGS) · TEACHING MATERIAL | 764.78 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 27,957.28 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 11,117.50 |
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 $15,625.00, 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 Bound Brook 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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Bound Brook Borough
Bound Brook Borough certified its FY2026 spending to a county program that got nothing, reported 79,156.62 committed with no order open, and misstated its money on hand in three straight reports.