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Commission approves $1.03 million in opioid-law-suit proceeds to offset jail and treatment costs
Summary
The board voted to approve budget supplements using restricted opioid-settlement funds to support jail counseling staff and an injectable medication program, reducing county general fund expenditures for opioid-related services.
Pennington County commissioners on April 1 approved a budget supplement allocating $1,030,130 from a restricted opioid settlement fund to support jail treatment and transport-bus expenses, a move county officials said will offset existing general-fund spending on treatment programs.
County Auditor Cindy Mueller presented Resolution SP 25-004, which included two supplemental items: $275,510 to an opioid-restricted budget under the Sheriff’s Office and $754,620 to the jail budget for a transport bus. Sheriff Brian Mueller told the board the…
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