Clark Township
- 01Certified 7,650.00 of the 33,317.80 it spent in FY202525,667.80
- 02Certified AED pads and a kit as overdose harm reduction2,992.80
- 03Paid 12,202.00 for giveaways and never reported it spent12,202.00
- 04Charged the fund for costs police and fire lines carried21,871.45
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Clark Township has received $88,739.74 in opioid settlement funds and spent $44,964.26 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $25,667.80.
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
- Opioids Initiative
- Recipient
- Clark
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Received to date
- $22,260.78
filed
- Program name
- Opioids Initiative
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $5,334.46
- Unspent on hand
- $36,598.29
- Received to date
- $54,134.75
filed
- Program name
- Operational Readiness for Police Officers: Practical Strategies for Addressing Opioid Use Disorder and Co-occurring Conditions
- Recipient
- Seton Hall University
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 3
- Amount expended
- $7,650.00
- Unspent on hand
- $18,302.62
- Received to date
- $75,255.22
filed
- Program name
- Acquisition of Medical Supplies
- Recipient
- N/A
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Amount expended
- $2,992.80
- Unspent on hand
- $47,590.14
- Received to date
- $88,739.74
4 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 7,650.00 expended in the reporting period 7/1/2024 to 6/30/2025 (p1).
It lists one new program, Operational Readiness for Police Officers, at 7,650.00 (pp2 to 3), and updates the 2024 Training/Education program at 0.00 (p4). The account paid 33,327.75 in that period and took back a 9.95 credit on 09/04/2024, a net 33,317.80. The 7,650.00 is ZSchool check 36895 of 01/27/2025. The other 25,667.80 is in no report. Of it, 12,698.00 is giveaway merchandise, A&B Promotions check 35954 on 08/12/2024, Creative Product Sourcing check 36072 on 08/28/2024 and a shipping charge on check 36341 on 10/28/2024. Another 7,933.92 is five expenditures with no vendor, purchase order or description, references 3905, 3910, 3919, 3924 and 3928, dated 12/13/2024 to 02/14/2025. The rest is 2,941.45 of V.E. Ralph and Lifesavers medical and AED supplies and 2,104.38 of QuickSeries orders, less the 9.95 credit. The FY2024 report lists 12,202.00 of it only as encumbered, and no report counts any of it as spent. A report that certifies 7,650.00 spent cannot be squared with an account that paid 33,317.80 in the same period.
misreported-expenditure · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report lists one program, Acquisition of Medical Supplies, funded at 3,612.00, with 2,992.80 spent and 619.20 encumbered (pp5 to 6).
It names no recipient. It gives the primary problem as opioid related emergencies, the primary category as Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention and the Schedule B strategy as Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms (pp5 to 7). It describes the purchase as essential medical supplies, including Defib AED pads and related equipment, and reports 0 individuals served. The account paid Lifesavers 1,195.00 for an AED kit, invoice 303888, on purchase order 25-02885, check 38399, on 10/23/2025, the date the report gives for the program's funding and launch. It paid V.E. Ralph and Son 1,797.80 for quote 114600, medical supplies, on purchase order 25-02884, check 38625, on 11/20/2025. The two payments make the certified figure to the cent. The 619.20 encumbered is Defibtech AED pads on purchase order 26-01914, paid 07/10/2026. On 10/01/2025, the day both orders were placed, the Township charged the vendor's companion quote 114599, 677.86, to its Police: Medical Supplies line. That line bought from V.E. Ralph every year from 2019 to 2025, pediatric AED pads three times in 2024. The report names the equipment, but the Harm Reduction label does not describe it. Exhibit E's harm reduction category names naloxone and other drugs that treat overdoses. No listed use covers defibrillator supplies, and no overdose program using this equipment is documented.
program-misclassification · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2024 report certifies 12,202.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent at the end of the period 7/1/2023 to 6/30/2024 (p1).
The account had two orders open that day, both first encumbered 06/25/2024, and they make the figure to the cent. A&B Promotions purchase order 24-01766, 2,281.50, buys drawstring bags, aluminum sports bottles, flash drives and stress balls. Creative Product Sourcing purchase order 24-01765, 9,920.50, buys tee shirts at 4,410.00, popsocket grips at 4,800.00, wireless chargers, a commuter brief, a journal, DARE graduation certificates and a collectors coin. Check 35954 paid the first on 08/12/2024 and check 36072 paid the second on 08/28/2024, in the FY2025 period. A further 496.00 of shipping on purchase order 24-03014 was paid on 10/28/2024. The FY2025 report certifies 7,650.00 spent, the ZSchool course alone (p1), and updates the 2024 Training/Education program at 0.00 (p4). The FY2026 report certifies 2,992.80, AED supplies. No report counts the merchandise as spent.
unreported-spending · 6 documents · 10/03/2026The Township's vendor histories show the settlement account paying vendors and costs that police, fire and Municipal Alliance accounts paid before, and in some cases on the same check.
DARE Advocacy's D.A.R.E. tuition fee was paid from Police: Training & Education by check 32722 on 01/26/2023. Its DARE officer training was then paid from the settlement account by check 35417, 1,900.00, on 05/13/2024. The same instructor's CPR class was paid from Fire: Training & Education in 2020 and 2022, then from the settlement account by check 35327, 1,320.00, on 04/26/2024. A&B Promotions, a promotional products vendor, was paid 932.00 from two police lines in 07/2023, then 2,281.50 for giveaways from the settlement account in 08/2024. Creative Product Sourcing DARE items and supplies were paid from Police: Youth Aid Bureau and Municipal Alliance grant accounts from 2018, then 10,416.50 from the settlement account in 2024, and from the Municipal Alliance grant again in 2025 and 2026. V.E. Ralph medical supplies were paid from Police: Medical Supplies every year from 2019 to 2025, and Lifesavers defibrillator items from that line and recreation lines from 2019. The settlement account paid the two vendors 5,953.45 for described medical and defibrillator supplies from 08/2024 to 07/2026. Check 36029 on 08/12/2024, check 36245 on 09/25/2024 and check 36983 on 02/12/2025 each paid one V.E. Ralph order from the settlement account and another from Police: Medical Supplies. On 10/01/2025 the Township placed consecutive V.E. Ralph quotes 114599 and 114600 and charged the first to Police: Medical Supplies and the second to the settlement account. The records do not show the police and fire budgets for these years. That the settlement money replaced spending those lines would otherwise have carried is this project's inference from these records. N.J.S.A. 26:2G-39(f) requires the money to supplement local spending, not supplant it.
supplantation · 8 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-01-41-770-329, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/26/2024 | 35327 | 24-01178 | MATTHEW BUTTERLY · CPR INSTRUCTION INV#2024-01 | 1,320.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/13/2024 | 35403 | 24-01343 | AMAZON.COM SALES, INC · inv#1NTM-CCRW-XDH1 HP ENVY 2-1 | 1,114.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/13/2024 | 35403 | 24-01343 | AMAZON.COM SALES, INC · inv#1NTM-CCRW-XDH1 HIGH SPEED | 13.99 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/13/2024 | 35403 | 24-01343 | AMAZON.COM SALES, INC · inv#1NTM-CCRW-XDH1 SHIPPING | 6.99 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/13/2024 | 35403 | 24-01346 | AMAZON.COM SALES, INC · INV#1PLL-D94L-47XY REMOTE | 16.78 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/13/2024 | 35417 | 24-01242 | DARE ADVOCACY FOR · DARE OFFICER TRAINING | 1,900.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/13/2024 | 35450 | 24-01232 | PROJECT GRADUATION · HARDSHIPS - PROJECT GRADUATION | 9.95 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/29/2024 | 35497 | 24-01377 | AMAZON.COM SALES, INC · INV#14Q9-FJQJ-JLLN CABLES/CTRL | 23.55 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/26/2024 | 35707 | 24-01190 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · Q#107418 OPIODS MEDICAL | 929.20 | Paid · Unverified |
| 08/12/2024 | 35954 | 24-01766 | A&B PROMOTIONS, LLC · item#lsb-sb03 STRESS BALL | 425.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/12/2024 | 35954 | 24-01766 | A&B PROMOTIONS, LLC · item#lsb-sb03 STRESS BALL | 165.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/12/2024 | 35954 | 24-01766 | A&B PROMOTIONS, LLC · ITEM#128843 NON WOMEN DRAWSTRG | 270.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/12/2024 | 35954 | 24-01766 | A&B PROMOTIONS, LLC · ITEM#AT603 22OZ ALUM SPORTS | 687.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/12/2024 | 35954 | 24-01766 | A&B PROMOTIONS, LLC · ITEM#AT603 22OZ ALUM SPORTS | 260.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/12/2024 | 35954 | 24-01766 | A&B PROMOTIONS, LLC · ITEM#128843 NON WOMEN DRAWSTRG | 118.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/12/2024 | 35954 | 24-01766 | A&B PROMOTIONS, LLC · ITEM#FL1008 SLIM REC FLASH | 270.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/12/2024 | 35954 | 24-01766 | A&B PROMOTIONS, LLC · ITEM#FL1008 SLIM REC FLASH | 86.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/12/2024 | 36029 | 24-02107 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · INV#108539 DEFIBTECH AED PADS | 240.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #TS118 SIZE SMALL TEE | 1,470.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #TS118 SIZE MEDIUM TEE | 1,470.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #TS118 SIZE LARGE TEE | 1,470.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #TG15 WIRELESS CHARERS | 249.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #B28 PORT AUTH COMMUTER BRIEF | 118.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #TG08 POPSOCKET GRIPS | 4,800.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #PA19 DARE GRAD CERTS | 138.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #PA22 COLLECTORS COIN | 102.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/28/2024 | 36072 | 24-01765 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · #G36 TUCSON JOURNAL | 103.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 09/04/2024 | correct Project Grad PO for MA Grant | -9.95 | Reversal · Unverified | ||
| 09/25/2024 | 36245 | 24-02521 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · q#109103 NITRILE GLOVES | 215.05 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/28/2024 | 36341 | 24-03014 | CREATIVE PRODUCT SOURCING, INC · INV#3322 SHIPPING COSTS | 496.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/13/2024 | 36540 | 24-03216 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · Q#110077 ADULT NON-REBREATHER | 76.83 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/26/2024 | 36607 | 24-03290 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · q#110242 defib pads adult | 240.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 12/13/2024 | Expenditure (no vendor shown) | 387.00 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 12/30/2024 | Expenditure (no vendor shown) | 3,822.28 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 01/15/2025 | Expenditure (no vendor shown) | 2,029.28 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 01/27/2025 | 36895 | 24-03342 | ZSCHOOL, LLC · OFFICER TRAINING: ADDRESSING | 7,650.00 | Paid · Conforming |
| 01/30/2025 | Expenditure (no vendor shown) | 481.56 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 02/12/2025 | 36983 | 25-00310 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · Q#111193 DEFIBTECH BATTERY | 189.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/12/2025 | 36983 | 25-00310 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · MADA O2 REGULATOR | 95.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/12/2025 | 36983 | 25-00310 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · ULTRASENSE NITRILE GLOVES LG | 126.50 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 02/14/2025 | Expenditure (no vendor shown) | 1,213.80 | Paid · Unverified | ||
| 02/25/2025 | 37052 | 25-00451 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · Q#111361 | 240.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 02/25/2025 | 37052 | 25-00451 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · DEFIB TECH PED AED PADS | 420.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 03/11/2025 | 37206 | 25-00593 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · QUOTE#111594 DEFIBTECH AED | 618.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 03/26/2025 | 37278 | 25-00422 | QUICKSERIES PUBLISHING INC. · Q#93871 DOCUMENTING THE USE OF | 386.97 | Paid · Unverified |
| 03/26/2025 | 37278 | 25-00599 | QUICKSERIES PUBLISHING INC. · Q#93999 IMPROVING COMM & | 401.47 | Paid · Unverified |
| 04/10/2025 | 37358 | 25-00830 | QUICKSERIES PUBLISHING INC. · Q#94147 OPIOID ITEMS | 1,315.94 | Paid · Unverified |
| 05/28/2025 | 37608 | 25-01249 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · q#112488 | 360.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| 06/13/2025 | 37663 | 25-01496 | LIFESAVERS, INC. · Q#18484 LIFELINE AED DEFIB | 121.07 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 10/23/2025 | 38399 | 25-02885 | LIFESAVERS, INC. · INV 303888 AED KIT | 1,195.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 11/20/2025 | 38625 | 25-02884 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · Q114600 MEDICAL SUPPLIES | 1,797.80 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/10/2026 | 5 | 26-01914 | V.E. RALPH & SON, INC. · Q#118135 DEFIBTECH AED PADS | 619.20 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 08/06/2026 | 8 | 26-02291 | ZSCHOOL, LLC · INV-10144 OPERATIONAL | 2,700.00 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 44,974.21 | ||||
| Conforming abatement spending | 7,650.00 |
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 $10,416.50, 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 Clark Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 7 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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Clark Township
Clark Township told the State it spent 7,650.00 of opioid settlement money in FY2025 while its account paid 33,317.80, never reported 12,202.00 of giveaways as spent, and certified AED supplies as overdose harm reduction in FY2026.