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Douglas County sets framework to allocate opioid-settlement and special alcohol funds
Summary
County staff presented rules to allocate two restricted funding sources—the municipalities fight addiction fund from opioid settlements and a special alcohol sales tax—and commissioners authorized staff to proceed with an awarding procedure.
Douglas County commissioners on Oct. 15 reviewed staff recommendations for allocating two restricted funding sources—the Municipalities Fight Addiction (MFA) fund, financed by national opioid settlements, and the county’s special alcohol fund, financed by a 10% sales tax on alcoholic drinks sold in certain unincorporated areas and small cities—and authorized staff to move forward with a proposed evaluation and award procedure.
Jake Broadbent, assistant to the county administrator, described the MFA fund as settlement money that must be used to prevent, reduce or treat substance abuse or to reimburse past related costs. Broadbent said the settlement funds are front-loaded and the county…
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