Branchburg Township
- 01Certified a police Jeep as workforce development49,228.35
- 02FY2025 and FY2026 spending totals tie the ledger98,895.80
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Branchburg Township has received $116,891.48 in opioid settlement funds and spent $99,020.65 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $0.90.
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
- $23,589.52
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $70,646.70
- Received to date
- $70,646.70
filed
- Program name
- OPERATIONAL READINESS FOR POLICE OFFICERS
- Recipient
- ZSCHOOL, LLC
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Amount expended
- $12,600.00
- Unspent on hand
- $85,609.26
- Received to date
- $98,209.26
filed
- Program name
- Community Recovery Champion Program
- Recipient
- Community in Crisis Inc.
- Recipient category
- Community Based Organizations/Non-Governmental Organizations
- Programs listed
- 4
- Amount expended
- $86,295.80
- Unspent on hand
- $14,985.20
- Received to date
- $116,891.48
2 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 lists a new program, printed as Vehichle Purchase and outfitting, at 49,228.35 funded and spent (pp6 to 8).
It names the recipient as 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee, the primary problem as Police Vehicle and the purpose as For police to patrol the municipality. It files the program under the primary category Workforce Development and Capacity Building and the Schedule B strategy First Responders. It gives the funding and launch date as 10/13/2025 and reports 0 individuals served. It says the program addresses opioid use disorder through a visible police force. Asked how often it measures its indicator, increased community awareness, it answers that the police use the vehicle when attending functions. It gives the outcome as unknown. The books show the vehicle and its lights. Hertrich Fleet Services purchase order 25-01477, 2025 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - PD, was first encumbered 09/09/2025 and paid by check 52660 for 39,667.45 on 10/13/2025, from current fund account 5-01-46-888-020, Opioid settlement. Elite Vehicle Solutions purchase order 25-01645, 2025 JEEP LIGHTING W/INSTALL, was paid by check 2885 for 9,560.90 on 04/27/2026 from grant account G-02-40-214-019, Opioid Funds Appropriated. The two payments make the certified figure to the cent. On 12/31/2025 reference 5991, recharged to grant ck 52660, took the Jeep off the current fund line and reference 5990 charged it to the grant account. The same day reference 5992 moved the line's 59,153.90 balance to the grant fund, where reference 5989 records it as the 2025 budget appropriation. Both accounts carry opioid settlement titles, and the FY2025 report certified that 59,153.90 as opioid funds appropriated but not yet spent. The recharge moved the Jeep between two settlement accounts. The produced records do not show it charged to a police budget line at any point. The report names the vehicle plainly, but neither label describes it. Exhibit E's 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. Its Training category funds staff training and networking. No listed use in C, D, H or I covers a patrol vehicle, and no overdose program using this vehicle is documented.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2023 and FY2024 reports certify 0.00 expended.
The grant account prints no entry from 01/01/2022 until 12/31/2025, and no produced record shows a payment before 12/27/2024. No audit trail was produced for a current fund opioid line before budget year 2025, so those two years rest on partial books. The FY2025 report certifies 12,600.00 expended between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025 (p1). That is ZSchool LLC purchase order 24-01560, CERTIFICATE PROGRAM, check 51240 of 12/27/2024, charged to current fund account 4-01-46-888-020, Opioid settlement. The report's one program, Operational Readiness for Police Officers, certifies the same 12,600.00, funded 12/27/2024 (p2). Its 59,153.90 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent is the opening appropriation of the 2025 line, 5-01-46-888-020, which had no order against it until 09/09/2025. The FY2026 report certifies 86,295.80 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1). Eight payments make that figure to the cent. They are the Jeep at 39,667.45, its lighting at 9,560.90, Community In Crisis check 2884 for 20,000.00 on 04/27/2026, ZSchool check 2888 for 13,500.00 on 05/11/2026, and four payroll charges of 1,263.66, 723.45, 1,325.76 and 254.58 from 05/12/2026 to 06/24/2026. Each FY2026 program figure equals its own payments. A 0.90 credit of 05/27/2026, captioned 2025 mischarge of grant, nets the year to 86,294.90. The dollar figures are right. What the Jeep money bought, and how the report labels it, is covered in the finding above.
accurate-certification · 6 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Police vehicles and gear
The ledger, as printed.
Account 4-01-46-888-020, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/27/2024 | 51240 | 24-01560 | ZSCHOOL, LLC · CERTIFICATE PROGRAM | 12,600.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 10/13/2025 | 52660 | 25-01477 | HERTRICH FLEET SERVICES · 2025 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE - PD | 39,667.45 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/31/2025 | move to grant fund (Reference 5992 1) | 59,153.90 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 12/31/2025 | Recharge of expenditure to grant | 39,667.45 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 12/31/2025 | recharged to grant ck 52660 (Reference 5991 1) | 39,667.45 | Journal · Transfer | ||
| 04/27/2026 | 2884 | 26-00518 | Community In Crisis Inc · Opioid Crisis Outreach/Resource | 20,000.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 04/27/2026 | 2885 | 25-01645 | Elite Vehicle Solutions · 2025 Jeep Lighting w/Install | 9,560.90 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/11/2026 | 2888 | 26-00336 | ZSchool, LLC · Operation Readiness Program | 13,500.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 05/12/2026 | Bi-weekly payroll | 1,263.66 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 05/27/2026 | Bi-weekly payroll | 723.45 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 05/27/2026 | 2025 mischarge of grant (Reference 6103 1) | -0.90 | Reversal · Unverified | ||
| 06/10/2026 | bi-weekly payroll (Reference 6114 5) | 1,325.76 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 06/24/2026 | bi-weekly payroll (Reference 6125 5) | 254.58 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 07/08/2026 | bi-weekly payroll (Reference 6141 5) | 125.75 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| Total paid | 99,021.55 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 46,100.00 |
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 $39,667.45, 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 Branchburg Township 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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Branchburg Township
Branchburg Township paid 49,228.35 of opioid settlement money for a 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee for its police and the Jeep's lighting, and certified the purchase to the State as workforce development under the First Responders strategy.