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Commissioners approve resolution reclassifying opioid settlement funds to unrestricted share
Summary
The board approved a resolution to reclassify certain previously approved opioid-settlement expenditures from restricted to unrestricted settlement funds for 2025.
The Henry County Board of Commissioners voted April 13 to approve Resolution 2025-08-13011, which reclassifies certain previously approved expenditures from the restricted portion of opioid-settlement funds to the unrestricted share from settlement proceeds.
County staff told commissioners the action does not authorize new expenditures; it corrects accounting classification so items previously approved for 2025 will be paid from the unrestricted portion of the settlement funds. Bobby York confirmed on the record that funds used for 2025 were moved to the unrestricted share.
A commissioner described the resolution as accomplishing the legal requirement “to get everything where it needs to be.” Commissioners moved, seconded and approved the resolution by voice vote, 3-0. The meeting record does not specify exact dollar amounts reclassified in the motion.
Staff noted some portions of the settlement remain allocated at the local level until they are used; the resolution does not change those future allocations. No speaker proposed new opioid-related programs or spending during the discussion.
The resolution was presented as an administrative correction to earlier approvals; the county will record the reclassification in its fiscal documents.
