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Commission reappoints volunteer to county opioid board; city has used grants to buy AEDs and CPR equipment
Summary
Reverend Bob was reappointed to the Volusia County Opioid Abatement Advisory Board and Reverend Melissa named alternate. Commissioners and staff noted the county board has approved millions in grants countywide and that the city has received roughly $75,000 in lifesaving equipment from those grants.
The Daytona Beach Shores City Commission on March 4 reappointed Reverend Bob to the Volusia County Opioid Abatement Advisory Board and appointed Reverend Melissa as his alternate.
City Manager Scott Schwartzlander and Community Services Director Stuart Cruz described the board's work and the resulting grants. Reverend Bob, who has served as the city's appointee for about three years, told the commission the advisory board has approved about $6 million in grant applications so far that support recovery services and equipment for first responders.
Schwartzlander and Cruz said the city had used opioid abatement grant proceeds to buy a cardiac assistance device and a set of automated external defibrillators that together total roughly $75,000. Cruz said the county board helps prepare and vet grant applications from municipalities and community recovery organizations; those grants have purchased equipment and funded programs that city safety personnel now use.
Reverend Bob said the county's opioid abatement process is a long payout and that additional funds remain for distribution. He told the commission the settlement payout is structured over 10 years and that about $20 million is estimated overall, with an estimated $12 million to $13 million remaining to come to Volusia County.
Action: the commission voted 5-0 to reappoint Reverend Bob and to appoint Reverend Melissa as alternate. Reverend Bob thanked commissioners for the appointment and for the city departments that applied for and implemented grant purchases.
Reverend Bob: "It's been a real honor to serve the City Of Daytona Beach Shores on the Opioid Abatement Advisory Board, for the past 3 years, and to ask you to re to consider reappointing me, to that task, along with an alternate ..."
