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Council Hears Plans for Opioid Settlement Funds; Officials Cite Strict Spending Rules and Need for New RFP
Summary
Edison officials reported recent opioid settlement receipts and discussed programming options; staff said strict state guidelines limit allowable uses and that a previous RFP did not meet those restrictions, so the administration will rework procurement to fund substance-use programming, public-safety initiatives and senior services.
The council heard an update from the Department of Finance on opioid-settlement monies received by the township and discussed next steps for spending those funds within state-imposed limits.
Finance staff listed an opioid settlement line item in the agenda and said the township received $353,000 in a recent payment posted to the account. Council members asked about the total settlement pool available to the township; administration staff said the most recent total the township had tracked was roughly $14 million and asked…
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