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Board tables $5,000 request for first-responder mental-health speaker pending legal review
Summary
Woodbury County supervisors tabled a $5,000 funding request to bring national speaker Travis House for a first-responder mental-health event, asking the county attorney to review whether gaming or opioid settlement funds or a county contract should be used.
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors on Monday voted to table a $5,000 funding request from the Woodbury County Fire Association to bring keynote speaker Travis House for a mental-health training aimed at first responders and spouses.
The association's organizers said they already secured $10,000 from a private donor and needed an additional $5,000 to guarantee the speaker for a May 2026 event. The session would be targeted to first responders and their spouses; organizers emphasized it would not be open to the general public.
"It's not just for firemen, this is for all first responders, this is for nurses, spouses, military,"…
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