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Everett details opioid response, proposes earmarking settlement funds for EMS fleet expansion
Summary
City staff briefed the Community Health and Safety Committee on the EMOTE street medicine program, a broader opioid response plan and spending priorities. Fire Chief David DeMarco asked the city to consider reserving settlement funds to order a new ambulance, citing equipment wear and rising EMS demand.
Julie Willie, Everett’s community development director, and Chelsea Monroe, the city’s opioid program manager, briefed the Community Health and Safety Committee on May 7, 2025, on the city’s opioid response plan and proposed uses of opioid settlement funds.
The briefing outlined six work “buckets” to guide spending and programs — education and prevention, crisis response, treatment and recovery services, advocacy and policy, settlement-compliance practices, and partnerships — and described ongoing initiatives including the EMOTE Street Medicine team, a new alternative response care team, outreach partnerships, and county-level collaboration.
The memo and presentation put the city’s anticipated opioid settlement receipts at about $8.7 million between 2022 and 2038 and showed that in 2024 Everett received a larger-than-usual payment because one settlement participant paid its funds up front. Willie told the committee that the city…
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