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Thurston County delay stalls regional opioid-abatement spending; Lacey officials press for clarity
Summary
Lacey councilors said Sept. 16 that opioid-abatement settlement dollars are being held up while Thurston County reconsiders an interlocal agreement to pool funds for larger regional programs.
Council members on Sept. 16 described a hold-up in regional plans to pool opioid-abatement settlement dollars for larger, regional programs. The council heard that the county is re-examining an interlocal agreement (ILA) that would allow cities and the county to pool settlement funds and pursue larger treatment and prevention programs.
Councilmember (and Thurston County representative) Peter Greenstein said early meetings of the countywide opioid abatement council had consensus that pooling funds would produce a larger regional program. But he said the county has stepped back while it considers whether some of the settlement funds should be used to offset existing county social-service…
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