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Board opts to let supervisors direct opioid settlement grants rather than an RFP process
Summary
After staff recommended an RFP-based approach dividing $1.5 million evenly across five supervisor districts, the Board of Supervisors voted to allow each district supervisor to direct agreements for their share (option 2) with county oversight and funding agreements.
The Board of Supervisors on April 21 chose a supervisor-directed funding approach for Mohave County’s share of national opioid settlement funds rather than staff’s recommended RFP process.
Director Ryan Morien (Public Health) and procurement staff presented two options after the board earlier directed equal allocation among the five supervisor districts. Staff recommended awarding $300,000 per district (total $1.5 million per grant cycle) divided into three discrete award sizes (large $150,000; medium $100,000; small $50,000) and distributing awards via a scored RFP process…
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