Story County reviews county attorney budget as grants end; opioid funds placed in countywide account

Story County officials reviewed the County Attorney’s revenue and expenditure projections during a Feb. 6 budget work session, noting several expired grants, ongoing fine-collection revenues, staffing adjustments and a decision to house opioid-related positions and funding in the countywide account.

The discussion centered on revenue sources such as seized-property sales, fine-collection receipts and multiple grant programs, and on expense lines including staffing, training, professional research subscriptions and juvenile representation costs.

County Attorney Tim Meals described several line items that had changed since the last budget cycle, including a placeholder entry of $50 tied to a now-ended grant from the Governor’s Office of Drug Control and a three‑year victim‑witness grant that previously funded an additional victim‑witness coordinator. "We have a placeholder amount sitting there of $50," Meals said. He also identified a Violence Against Women grant that covers a domestic‑violence prosecutor salary of about $22,000 and said the victim‑witness grant provided roughly $50,000 for coordinator support.

Elijah Hansen, operations…