Somerville
- 01FY2026 unspent figure is 26,037.70 above what was left26,037.70
- 02Certified a library defibrillator as opioid treatment1,290.00
- 03Reported a 2,000.00 FY2023 payment again in FY20242,000.00
- 04Certified a senior night out and handouts as prevention1,409.38
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Somerville has received $150,213.26 in opioid settlement funds and spent $21,295.57 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $2,000.00.
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
- Not an Easy Fix
- Recipient
- Not an Easy Fix, Inc.
- Amount expended
- $2,000.00
- Received to date
- $31,799.77
filed
- Program name
- AED for Public Library
- Recipient
- Somerville Public Library
- Recipient category
- Public Library
- Programs listed
- 4
- Amount expended
- $9,790.00
- Unspent on hand
- $72,431.31
- Received to date
- $79,649.41
filed
- Program name
- Challenge Day 2025
- Recipient
- Somerville Middle School
- Recipient category
- Schools, Colleges, Universities
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $6,000.00
- Unspent on hand
- $107,483.28
- Received to date
- $125,028.75
filed
- Program name
- Challenge Day - 2026
- Recipient
- Somerville Board of Education
- Recipient category
- Schools, Colleges, Universities
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $4,529.48
- Unspent on hand
- $149,931.48
- Received to date
- $150,213.26
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 149,931.48 unspent and uncommitted on hand at question 9 (p2).
It certifies 150,213.26 received since 2022 with 0.00 interest (Q2 and Q3, p1) and 6,000.00 encumbered (Q7, p2). Through 06/30/2026 the settlement account paid 20,319.48 on eight checks, 112, 140, 142, 203, 278, 322, 342 and 369. Received less paid leaves 129,893.78. Less the 6,000.00 encumbered, 123,893.78 was uncommitted. The report claims 26,037.70 more. The 149,931.48 is the account's budget balance printed 08/31/2026, after Amazon check 383 for 976.09 on 08/17/2026, a payment made after the reporting year closed. The same print shows 150,907.57 on 06/30/2026. A budget balance counts the appropriations added to the account, not money received less money paid.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2024 report lists a program named AED for Public Library at 1,290.00 funded and expended, recipient Somerville Public Library (pp3 to 4).
It gives the primary problem as lifesaving measures, the primary category as Treatment and the Schedule B strategy as First Responders. Asked what performance indicators it tracks, it answers that the question does not apply to this purchase. Asked how the program addresses opioid use disorder, it answers N/A. The account paid the Borough 1,290.00 by check 142 on 09/01/2023, described as a reimbursement to the current fund for purchase order 23-00825. That order, dated 06/07/2023, is Reimbursement for Library AED, 1,290.00. An AED treats cardiac arrest. Exhibit E's Treatment uses are treatment for opioid use disorder, and no overdose program using this defibrillator is documented.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2023 report certifies 2,000.00 expended as of 06/30/2023 (p1).
That is Not An Easy Fix check 112 of 06/05/2023. The FY2024 report certifies 9,790.00 expended in the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024 (p1). Its three new programs, Not An Easy Fix #2 at 1,500.00, AED for Public Library at 1,290.00 and Challenge Day at 5,000.00, sum to 7,790.00, the amount the account paid in that period by checks 140, 142 and 203. Its update to the 2023 program says that for this reporting period, FY 2024, 2,000.00 was spent on it (p6). Check 112 plus the three FY2024 checks make 9,790.00 to the cent. The check was dated 06/05/2023, in the FY2023 period, and both reports count it.
misreported-expenditure · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report lists a program named Senior Night at 1,409.38 funded and spent, recipient Morton's Marketing Resources (pp4 to 6).
It describes a recreational night out for seniors that also informs on the dangers of opioid use, and its performance measure is promotional items. It files the night under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training, with Harm Reduction, Recovery Supports and Treatment as other categories. The account paid Morton's Marketing Resources 1,409.38 by check 322 on 10/06/2025, purchase order 25-01416, described as senior night opioid hand outs. The vendor's check history shows the Borough bought Spooktacular bags in 2018 and Turkey Trot gift bags in 2019 from it on recreation and advertising lines. No item list was produced. A recreational night out and its giveaways are not among the uses Exhibit E lists, and no prevention program using the items is documented.
program-misclassification · 3 documents · 10/04/2026Purchase order 23-00825, dated 06/07/2023, pays the Somerville Rescue Squad 1,290.00 as Reimbursement for Library AED.
It charges current fund account 3-01-20-100-000-614. The P.O. Transaction Inquiry shows the order entered 06/07/2023 and paid by check 24113 from the current fund checking account on 06/19/2023, with no change of charge account. The attached order confirmation and invoice are for an AED package. On 09/01/2023 the settlement account paid the Borough of Somerville 1,290.00 by check 142 on purchase order 23-01174, described as a reimbursement to the current fund for purchase order 23-00825. The current fund had already bought and paid for the defibrillator on 06/19/2023. The settlement account took over a cost the current fund had paid, and no new service was added.
supplantation · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 79,649.41 received since 2022 with 0.00 interest (Q2 and Q3, p1).
It certifies 9,790.00 expended and 0.00 encumbered (Q6 and Q7, p1), and 72,431.31 unspent and uncommitted on hand (Q9, p1). Through 06/30/2024 the settlement account paid 9,790.00 on checks 112, 140, 142 and 203, the same figure as Q6. Received less paid leaves 69,859.41. The report's unspent figure is 2,571.90 higher. No receipt or interest in the record accounts for the difference.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2025 report certifies 125,028.75 received since 2022, including interest, with 0.00 interest in the year (Q2 and Q3, p1).
It certifies 0.00 encumbered (Q7, p1) and 107,483.28 unspent and uncommitted on hand (Q9, p1). Through 06/30/2025 the settlement account paid 15,790.00 on checks 112, 140, 142, 203 and 278. Received less paid leaves 109,238.75. The report's unspent figure is 1,755.47 lower. No payment in the record accounts for the difference.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/04/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-40-002-022-550, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/05/2023 | 112 | 23-00463 | Not An Easy Fix, Inc. · Opioid Educational Program | 2,000.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 08/21/2023 | 140 | 23-01085 | Not An Easy Fix, Inc. · Education Series-Opioid | 1,500.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 09/01/2023 | 142 | 23-01174 | Borough of Somerville · Reimb Current for PO 23-00825 | 1,290.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 06/03/2024 | 203 | 24-00726 | Somerville Middle School · Opioid | 5,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/12/2025 | 278 | 25-00701 | Somerville Middle School · Reimbursement - Challenge Day | 6,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 10/06/2025 | 322 | 25-01416 | Morton's Marketing Resources · Senior Night Opioid Hand Outs | 1,409.38 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/04/2026 | open | 26-00235 | SOMERVILLE BOARD OF ED · Challenge Day - 2026 | 6,000.00 | Open encumbrance · Unverified |
| 03/02/2026 | 342 | 26-00395 | TJohnE Productions, Inc. · ThinkFast - Somerville HS 2025 | 3,000.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/15/2026 | 369 | 26-01116 | SOMERVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL · REIMBURSEMENT - CHALLENGE DAY | 120.10 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/17/2026 | 383 | 26-01328 | AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, INC · Opiod awrns giveouts Nght out | 976.09 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 21,295.57 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 3,500.00 |
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 $11,120.10, 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 Somerville tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 10 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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Somerville told the State it had 26,037.70 more unspent than its receipts and payments leave, certified a library defibrillator as opioid treatment and a senior night out as prevention, and counted one 2,000.00 payment in two reports.