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Resident urges Platte County commissioners to protect funding for children’s mental-health services
Summary
During public comment, a Platte City resident urged commissioners to support the child-focused sales tax and local mental-health resources, saying the county should prioritize services for youth amid reports of child suicides and delays in counseling access.
At the March 17 public-comment period, Julia Powell of 1309 Riverrun Drive, Platte City, urged the Platte County Commission to reconsider recent statements and actions she characterized as undermining a voter-approved child-focused sales tax and to protect funding for children's mental-health services.
Powell said the county's youth face mounting…
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