Roselle
- 01Certified 200 duffle bags as opioid education3,088.26
- 02Certified 250 lunch bag sets as opioid education3,239.30
- 03Reported more money on hand than it said it had received40,862.52
- 04Both purchases on the ledger were bags for employees6,327.56
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Roselle has received $156,967.55 in opioid settlement funds and spent $6,327.56 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $25,442.27.
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
- $20,596.91
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $89,526.99
- Received to date
- $85,977.21
filed
- Program name
- Employee Wellness
- Recipient
- Positive Promotions, Inc
- Recipient category
- Private/For-profit Organizations
- Amount expended
- $3,239.30
- Unspent on hand
- $164,462.95
- Received to date
- $126,839.73
filed
- Program name
- Employee Wellness 2026
- Recipient
- Borough of Roselle
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances)
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $28,530.53
- Unspent on hand
- $119,445.29
- Received to date
- $156,967.55
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 FY2026 report lists a new program named Employee Wellness 2026 at 3,088.26 funded and spent, recipient Borough of Roselle, funded and launched 04/09/2026 (pp4 to 6).
It gives the primary problem as Opioid Education and the purpose as Provide opioid education and recovery resources, treatment information and recovery programs. It names municipal employees as the target, counts 125 people served, files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training with the Schedule B strategy Training, and says it works through Awareness thru educational materials. Purchase order 26-00573 to RushOrder Tees, ordered 04/02/2026 and shipped to Human Resources, has two lines. Duffle Bags (200), described as Wellness Event, at 2,322.00 and Shipping at 766.26. RushOrder Tees invoice 4317349 bills 200 black Energy 17 inch duffel bags printed four colors on the front at 11.61 each, for delivery on 04/08/2026. Check 307 paid 3,088.26 on 05/13/2026, the certified figure to the cent. The order and invoice bill bags and delivery only. None of the 3,088.26 bought educational materials, treatment information, recovery resources or training, and no education program using the bags is documented.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report lists one new program, Employee Wellness, at 3,239.30 funded and expended, recipient Positive Promotions, Inc, funded and launched 02/18/2025 (pp2 to 4).
It says the program provides self-care techniques, stress prevention and opioid prevention education to frontline workers, and that wellness kits and education materials were provided to attendees. It names first responders, law enforcement and other emergency responders as the target, files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training with the Schedule B strategy First Responders, reports one training or education session and anticipates 0 clients. Purchase order 25-00296, ordered 02/18/2025 and shipped to Human Resources, is one line, LNCH BG/CNTR/WTR BTTL, at 3,239.30. The Positive Promotions invoice dated 02/13/2025 bills 250 personalized lunch bag, container and water bottle sets at 11.28 each, 2,820.00, a 95.00 press set up charge and 324.30 of shipping. Check 207 paid 3,239.30 on 02/26/2025, the certified figure to the cent. None of it bought education materials, training or a service. 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 responders facing secondary trauma. No education program using the sets is documented.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2025 report, page 1, certifies 164,462.95 of unspent and uncommitted settlement money on hand.
The same page certifies 126,839.73 received since 2022, interest included, of which 40,862.52 arrived between 07/01/2024 and 06/30/2025, and 3,239.30 expended. The on hand figure equals 126,839.73 plus 40,862.52 less 3,239.30, to the cent. The 126,839.73 already includes the 40,862.52, so the year's receipts are counted twice. Receipts since 2022 less the certified spending is 123,600.43, which is 40,862.52 lower. The certified figure is 37,623.22 more than everything the Borough says it had received. The FY2026 report puts receipts since 2022 at 156,967.55 through 06/30/2026, still 7,495.40 below the 164,462.95, so no receipt after the FY2025 year closed accounts for it.
unspent-misstated · 2 documents · 10/03/2026Account G-02-41-723-022-015, Opioid Settlement Fund 2022, prints three payment lines from 01/01/2022 to 09/09/2026.
Check 207 paid Positive Promotions, Inc. 3,239.30 on 02/26/2025 for 250 personalized lunch bag, container and water bottle sets, purchase order 25-00296. Check 307 paid RushOrder Tees 3,088.26 on 05/13/2026 for 200 duffle bags and their shipping, purchase order 26-00573, which the order describes as a Wellness Event. Both orders ship to the Borough's Human Resources office. Together they are 6,327.56. The Borough's other two settlement accounts, Opioid Settlement 2023 at 20,596.91 and CY 2024 Opioid Settlement at 65,380.30, print no payment through 06/09/2026. The Borough's check register for Positive Promotions lists 16 paid checks totaling 30,930.08 from 01/17/2018 to 11/12/2025, and check 207 is the one charged to the settlement account. The produced records show no education materials, sessions or training bought with settlement money. The 09/09/2026 print shows expended to date of 8,527.56, 2,200.00 more than the printed lines, with no transaction line for the difference.
non-conforming-spending · 5 documents · 10/03/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-41-723-022-015, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/26/2025 | 207 | 25-00296 | POSITIVE PROMOTIONS, INC. · LNCH BG/CNTR/WTR BTTL | 3,239.30 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/13/2026 | 307 | 26-00573 | Rushorder Tees · Duffle Bags (200) | 2,322.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/13/2026 | 307 | 26-00573 | Rushorder Tees · Shipping | 766.26 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 6,327.56 | ||||
| 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 $3,239.30, 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 Roselle tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 3 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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Borough of Roselle
The Borough of Roselle certified two orders of bags for its employees to the State as opioid education, 6,327.56 in all, and reported more settlement money on hand in FY2025 than it says it had ever received.