Board approves $86,472.40 from opioid settlement for sheriff's reentry coordinator
The board authorized transferring $86,472.40 from Trempealeau County's opioid settlement fund to the Sheriff's Office 2026 budget to create a community reentry coordinator position; the opioid fund committee had approved up to $320,000 for the initiative and the resolution passed 15–2.
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The board approved a resolution, introduced by the executive finance committee and co-sponsored by law enforcement and personnel bargaining committees, to transfer $86,472.40 from the county opioid settlement fund to support a community reentry coordinator in the Sheriff's Office. Committee materials stated permitted uses of the settlement include prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery programs and specifically referenced warm-handoff and reentry supports.
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