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Commissioners partially fund DECA requests and move disputed solar-panel item out of behavioral-health fund
Summary
After debate, commissioners agreed to provide DECA $25,000 for special alcohol purposes (instead of a $125,000 retroactive ask), funded a DECA tenant-based rental assistance request, and directed staff to move a DECA transitional-housing solar-panel request to the general fund rather than the behavioral-health sales tax fund.
Douglas County commissioners discussed several DECA (Downtown Emergency and Community Assistance) requests and how to treat special-alcohol tax money that historically supported opioid-related services.
DECA had asked for a $125,000 allocation covering multiple prior years; commissioners expressed discomfort with funding what was described as retroactive requests and with the lack of a structured application process for special-alcohol allocations. After…
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