Scotch Plains Township
- 01Left a 1,254.23 admin charge out of the FY2026 report1,254.23
- 02Certified 21,209.07 less on hand than its own figures leave21,209.07
- 03Certified shirts and storage boxes as opioid prevention366.21
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Scotch Plains Township has received $122,238.42 in opioid settlement funds and spent $2,542.92 of it. Its largest single year difference between the report and the books is $1,254.23.
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
- $25,084.69
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $88,860.76
- Received to date
- $88,860.76
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $105,856.71
- Received to date
- $105,856.71
filed
- Program name
- Think Purple
- Recipient
- Recreation, Police
- Recipient category
- County or Municipality (including Departments and Municipal Alliances); Schools, Colleges, Universities
- Amount expended
- $1,288.69
- Unspent on hand
- $99,740.66
- Received to date
- $122,238.42
3 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 1,288.69 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1).
It certifies 0.00 spent on administrative expenses and answers N/A when asked for their details (p2). The 2023 Opioid Grant account, 01-213-23-240-010, paid four vendor invoices in that period. L.E.A.D. Inc check 14606 paid 906.68 on 10/28/2025. 4imprint check 15498 paid 15.80 and Staples check 15575 paid 297.21 on 02/18/2026. JCM Associates check 16331 paid 69.00 on 05/19/2026. The four make the certified 1,288.69 to the cent. On 11/05/2025 journal GJ 256, described as "5% Opiod charge off - admin fees," took a further 1,254.23 from the account. The journal debits the opioid account and credits 01-201-20-130-011, a Financial Administration appropriation, and was posted by the chief financial officer. The amount is 5 percent of the 25,084.69 the Township received in FY2023. The account gave up 2,542.92 in the year. The report puts the 1,254.23 in neither the spent figure nor the administrative figure. An administrative charge of 1,254.23 and a certified administrative expense of 0.00 cannot both be true.
misreported-expenditure · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 122,238.42 received since 2022 and 1,288.69 spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p1).
It certifies 0.00 encumbered and 0.00 on administration (p2). It certifies 99,740.66 of unspent and uncommitted funds on hand (p2). The FY2025 report certified 0.00 spent and 105,856.71 on hand, every dollar received to that date (p1). FY2026 added 16,131.71 and 250.00 in interest. Received less spent is 120,949.73. The report certifies 21,209.07 less and gives no reason. The books do not close the gap. The 2023 Opioid Grant account, 01-213-23-240-010, gave up 2,542.92 from 10/28/2025 through 05/19/2026, the five rows this project lists, and held 22,541.77 on 05/19/2026, the last date its print covers. Counting the 1,254.23 admin journal too, 119,695.50 should remain, and 19,954.84 is still unexplained. A report that certifies 1,288.69 spent cannot also certify 21,209.07 less on hand than it received.
unspent-misstated · 3 documents · 10/04/2026The FY2026 report lists one program, Think Purple, at 1,288.69 funded and spent, a municipal-led prevention program for kids run by Recreation and Police (pp4 to 6).
It files the program under Primary Prevention, Education, and Training and names the Schedule B strategies Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms. Its stated impact is to teach kids not to use opioids. The books show what two of the four payments bought. Staples purchase order 2600323, check 15575 on 02/18/2026, paid 297.21 for storage boxes and bags for Think Purple MAC. JCM Associates purchase order 2601134, check 16331 on 05/19/2026, paid 69.00 for 2026 Lead Shirts. The same JCM check paid the other 4,100.00 of the shirt order from account 01-213-25-240-003. The two opioid account payments total 366.21. Exhibit E's prevention uses are campaigns, education and evidence-based programs. No listed use covers storage boxes, bags or shirts, and no record describes a program they serve.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/04/2026The ledger, as printed.
Account 01-213-23-240-010, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28/2025 | 14606 | 2502215 | L.E.A.D. INC · INV#4705 L.E.A.D. 5th grade workbooks | 906.68 | Paid · Unverified |
| 11/05/2025 | 5% Opiod charge off - admin fees | 1,254.23 | Transfer out · Unverified | ||
| 02/18/2026 | 15498 | 2600282 | 4IMPRINT, INC · INV#14744228 2026 MAC Think Purple Week Supply Order | 15.80 | Paid · Unverified |
| 02/18/2026 | 15575 | 2600323 | Staples Inc. · INV#MULTIPLE Storage boxes and bags for Think Purple MAC | 297.21 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/19/2026 | 16331 | 2601134 | JCM ASSOCIATES LLC · INV#11812 2026 Lead Shirts | 69.00 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| Total paid | 1,288.69 | ||||
| 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 $906.68, 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 Scotch Plains Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 1 program 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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Scotch Plains Township
Scotch Plains Township has received 122,238.42 in opioid settlement money, has spent 2,542.92 of it, left a 1,254.23 administrative charge out of its FY2026 report and certified 21,209.07 less on hand than its own figures leave.