Commissioners approve opioid-funded mental-health case manager, buy replacement dump truck and sign speedway beverage license

Montgomery County commissioners voted unanimously to approve three separate items during a regular session: a one-year allocation of opioid-settlement funds to continue a jail-based mental-health case manager, purchase a replacement dump truck, and sign a cereal malt beverage license for a local speedway.

The board approved $56,002.23 in opioid-settlement funding to continue a case-manager position that works with inmates during booking and after release to link them with housing, health insurance and treatment. County staff said the program previously received $55,121 covering salary and benefits for the case manager and that outcomes tracked under the earlier grant included 63 percent of participants leaving custody with stable housing and roughly 40 percent gaining health insurance or competitive employment. County staff reported the opioid fund balance at $111,325 at the time of the vote and noted some prior allocations to other programs, including about $24,000 earmarked previously for school-based prevention programs.

Separately, the commission accepted a low bid from Tri State Truck Center for a 2025 Mack Granite chassis with bed, plow and spreader, at $253,510.44. Staff recommended the Mack in part because the county’s existing tandem trucks are Mack Granites, and because the Mack bid was for a truck already built and available on a lot, shortening lead time compared with an alternative Freightliner that staff estimated would not be available until late in the year and whose price could be subject to future tariffs. The county reported it has insurance proceeds of $114,607.70 from the 2012 truck that burned and indicated those funds could be applied to the purchase.

The board also authorized the chair to sign a cereal malt beverage license for Caney Valley Speedway; the item was presented as an administrative signature item and approved on a voice vote.

Votes at a glance

- Allocate $56,002.23 (April 2025–March 2026) from opioid-settlement funds to 4 County for a case manager position — outcome: approved. Recorded vote: Commissioner Beazer: Yes; Commissioner Cordray: Yes; Commissioner Klubine: Yes. - Accept Tri State Truck Center bid for a 2025 Mack Granite (truck, bed, plow, spreader) — $253,510.44 — outcome: approved. Recorded vote: Commissioner Beaver: Yes; Commissioner Cordray: Yes; Commissioner Klutebein: Yes. Funds to come from the special equipment fund. - Chair sign cereal malt beverage license for Caney Valley Speedway — outcome: approved. Recorded vote: Commissioner Beaver: Yes; Commissioner Cordray: Yes; Commissioner Klubin: Yes.

Directions and next steps

County staff were asked to coordinate accounting for opioid funds with Brandy in the health department to confirm prior allocations and to return with a program plan showing how remaining opioid dollars would be split between jail-based services and school prevention efforts. For the truck purchase, staff noted the county will apply available insurance proceeds to the acquisition and will charge the remainder to the special equipment fund.

No further formal actions were reported from the executive session the board held; the meeting record notes the board returned from executive session with no action taken.