Springfield Township
- 01Certified defibrillators as overdose harm reduction2,899.44
- 02Reported 6,645.25 encumbered and 0.00 for the same bags6,645.25
- 03Counted one 5,581.99 receipt in two years of reports5,581.99
- 04Its own budget bought defibrillators before the fund did2,899.44
What the reports say,
and what the books show.
Springfield Township has received $118,369.00 in opioid settlement funds and spent $9,545.69 of it.
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
- $29,693.43
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $86,216.96
- Received to date
- $77,791.75
filed
- Programs listed
- none
- Amount expended
- $0.00
- Unspent on hand
- $100,382.14
- Received to date
- $100,382.14
filed
- Program name
- Project Lifesaver
- Recipient
- Springfield Police Department
- Recipient category
- First Responders, Law Enforcement, and Emergency Services
- Programs listed
- 2
- Amount expended
- $2,899.44
- Unspent on hand
- $106,983.47
- Received to date
- $118,369.00
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 certifies a new program named Project Lifesaver at 2,899.44 funded and spent, recipient Springfield Police Department (pp7 to 9).
It gives the primary problem as Opioid Overdose Deaths and the purpose as deployment of defibrillators to treat cardiac arrest in opioid overdose patients. It gives the primary category as Harm Reduction and Overdose Prevention and the Schedule B strategies as Prevent Misuse of Opioids and Prevent Overdose Deaths and Other Harms (Harm Reduction). It reports 5 individuals served and dates the program's funding and launch to 4/21/2026. Settlement account G-02-05-000-000-000 paid V.E. Ralph & Sons 2,684.80 and 214.64 on purchase order 26-01384, described as Defibrillators, by check 39752 on 05/26/2026. The two lines were first encumbered on 05/07/2026 and 05/21/2026. They make the certified figure to the cent, and they are the only money that left the account before 07/01/2026. The report names the equipment, but the harm reduction label does not describe it. Defibrillators treat cardiac arrest. Exhibit E's harm reduction uses name naloxone and other drugs that treat overdoses, not defibrillators, and no listed use covers them. No overdose program using this equipment is documented.
program-misclassification · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2026 report certifies 6,645.25 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent between 07/01/2025 and 06/30/2026 (p2).
Its program Rapid Deployment Medical Supply Bag, recipient Springfield Police Department, lists total funding of 6,646.25 and certifies 0.00 spent and 0.00 appropriated or encumbered but not yet spent (pp4 to 5). The report's other program, Project Lifesaver, also certifies 0.00 encumbered. No program in the report carries the 6,645.25. The books show purchase order 26-01509 to V.E. Ralph & Sons for Medical Response Bags at 6,646.25, first encumbered 05/19/2026 and open on the settlement account on 05/28/2026. Check 40017 paid it on 07/14/2026, after the period closed. The order was open at 06/30/2026. The program's 0.00 encumbered leaves it out, and the report's 6,645.25 is 1.00 below it. The program block dates the bags' funding and launch to 4/17/2026, before the order was first encumbered, and reports 15 individuals served.
self-contradiction · 3 documents · 10/03/2026The FY2023 report certifies 29,693.43 as the full amount received as of 6/30/23 (p1).
Revenue account G-02-20-050-000 shows 24,111.44 received by that date, four receipts from 02/15/2023 to 06/16/2023. The certified figure adds receipt R 23050, distributor payment 3, 5,581.99, dated 08/02/2023. The FY2024 report certifies 48,098.32 received between 7/1/2023 and 6/30/2024 (p1). That is the ten receipts from 08/02/2023 to 06/17/2024, so it counts the same 5,581.99 again. Its total received since 2022, 77,791.75, is the sum of the two figures and is 5,581.99 above the 72,209.76 the account had received through 06/30/2024. The FY2025 report certifies 22,590.39 received between 7/1/2024 and 6/30/2025 (p1). The account received 28,172.38 in that period. 22,590.39 is the FY2025 total since 2022, 100,382.14, less the FY2024 total, 77,791.75. It is 5,581.99 below the receipts of the period, and the FY2025 total since 2022 agrees with the books again.
misreported-receipts · 4 documents · 10/03/2026The V.E.
Ralph & Sons vendor history printed 08/28/2026 lists every payment to the vendor from 01/01/2018 with the account charged. Purchase order 23003614, first encumbered 12/21/2023, bought "MEDICAL DEFIBRILLATORS" for 2,938.00, a "DEFIBRILLATORS INFANT KEY" for 156.00 and a "DEFIBRILLATORS CARRY CASE" for 376.60, 3,470.60 in all. It was charged to 3-01-25-252-000-285, the Emergency Management medical supplies line, and paid by check 34977 on 01/23/2024. Purchase order 25-01081, first encumbered 04/07/2025, bought a "DEFIBRILLATOR CHILD KEY & CASE" for 1,735.80, a key and case, not a defibrillator. It was charged to the same line for 2025, 5-01-25-252-000-285, and paid by check 37703 on 05/13/2025. Purchase order 26-01384 to the same vendor, Defibrillators, 2,899.44, was charged to settlement account G-02-05-000-000-000 and paid by check 39752 on 05/26/2026. The Township certified it to the State as Project Lifesaver. The Fire Department's own lines also bought AED batteries, pads and supplies in 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026, and paid Team Life 2,270.00 for an AED replacement on 10/08/2024. The vendor history names no model, so the record does not show whether the 2026 units match the 2023 units. The Township did not produce the Emergency Management appropriation history, so the record does not show whether that line fell in 2026. The Fire Department's other expenses appropriation rose from 207,200.00 in 2025 to 220,200.00 in 2026. The record shows the Township paid for defibrillators and their accessories from its operating budget before 2026. That the settlement money took over a cost that budget carried is this project's inference from these records.
supplantation · 7 documents · 10/03/2026Patterns this jurisdiction appears in: Funding-source substitution
The ledger, as printed.
Account G-02-05-000-000-000, as printed from the jurisdiction's own accounting system. Classification follows the Exhibit E gates.
| Date | Check | PO | Payee and description | Amount | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/15/2023 | Opiod Settlement Wire | 7,186.30 | Receipt | ||
| 02/15/2023 | Second payment | 11,783.69 | Receipt | ||
| 02/27/2023 | OPIOID - settlement | 1,208.62 | Receipt | ||
| 06/16/2023 | National Opiods settle fund | 3,932.83 | Receipt | ||
| 08/02/2023 | distributor payment 3 | 5,581.99 | Receipt | ||
| 11/09/2023 | opiod settlement | 1,421.91 | Receipt | ||
| 04/30/2024 | Opiod wire | 2,453.75 | Receipt | ||
| 04/30/2024 | OPiods | 2,278.05 | Receipt | ||
| 04/30/2024 | OPiods | 2,038.45 | Receipt | ||
| 04/30/2024 | Opiod settlements | 19,862.08 | Receipt | ||
| 04/30/2024 | Opiod settlements | 3,138.97 | Receipt | ||
| 04/30/2024 | Opiod settlements | 1,874.12 | Receipt | ||
| 04/30/2024 | Opiod wire | 3,213.55 | Receipt | ||
| 06/17/2024 | Janssen 4th payout | 6,235.45 | Receipt | ||
| 07/31/2024 | Opioid | 2,231.20 | Receipt | ||
| 07/31/2024 | Opioid | 7,559.28 | Receipt | ||
| 07/31/2024 | Opioid | 2,279.63 | Receipt | ||
| 07/31/2024 | Opioid | 1,937.09 | Receipt | ||
| 09/06/2024 | McKinsey wire | 2,872.59 | Receipt | ||
| 10/10/2024 | from manufacters - Endo? | 2,488.46 | Receipt | ||
| 04/15/2025 | OPIOIDS | 1,875.93 | Receipt | ||
| 06/16/2025 | OPIOIDS | 6,928.20 | Receipt | ||
| 08/08/2025 | Opiods | 7,559.28 | Receipt | ||
| 08/08/2025 | Opioids - TEVA | 2,171.33 | Receipt | ||
| 08/08/2025 | Opiods - Allergan | 2,260.87 | Receipt | ||
| 08/08/2025 | Opiods - CVS | 3,996.64 | Receipt | ||
| 10/31/2025 | NATIONAL OPIOIDS TRUST WALMART | 158.90 | Receipt | ||
| 05/26/2026 | 39752 | 26-01384 | V.E. RALPH & SONS · Defibrillators | 2,684.80 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 05/26/2026 | 39752 | 26-01384 | V.E. RALPH & SONS · Defibrillators | 214.64 | Paid · Non-conforming |
| 07/14/2026 | 40017 | 26-01509 | V.E. RALPH & SONS · Medical Response Bags | 6,646.25 | Paid · Unverified |
| Total paid | 9,545.69 | ||||
| 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 $9,545.69, 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 Springfield Township tell the State it spent the money on?
It certified 2 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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Springfield Township
Springfield Township spent nothing from its opioid settlement fund for three years, then certified its first purchase, 2,899.44 of defibrillators, to the State as an overdose harm reduction program after its own 2023 Emergency Management budget had bought defibrillators.