Committee reviews funding for deputy school program funded with opioid dollars
Members described a prior $34,000 community grant pilot and a committee decision to use roughly $95,000 in opioid funds to pay a deputy's full salary in schools; members questioned sustainability and asked for clearer accounting of how much of the deputy's time is opioid-related.
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Committee staff outlined the history of funding for a deputy outreach program in schools. Amy Algren (S3) noted: “In 2025, they were awarded $34,000 for the community grant. That was for Deputy Raesler to go into the school. It was to pay for a portion of his time to be in there for a year. But then toward the end of the year, this committee then voted to approve 95,000 in funding to fund his whole position full time for this year.”
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