Commissioners press health department on opioid settlement funding, request one‑year trial and clearer anti‑supplanting proof

Weber County commissioners on June 9 reviewed a proposed allocation of opioid settlement funds to the county health department and to human services, focusing on whether the proposals would supplant existing funds and how the commission would condition future payments on documented outcomes.

Chris Crockett presented revisions to the human services clause and said he changed the language “to say at the bottom … contractor with human services will be responsible for fronting all costs associated with design and permitting process for the new facility, but may seek reimbursement for those costs once a building permit has been secured and sufficient assurance is made to the commission that there is adequate funding to complete the project.” Crockett and commissioners discussed that language and agreed the clause should…