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Oldham County Fiscal Court approves three opioid-settlement expenditures including parent handbooks and youth conference trip
Summary
The court approved $88,277.11 to buy parent handbooks from Operation Parent, $24,370 to send youth and chaperones to a national anti-drug conference, and $4,500 to buy 300 medication lock boxes.
The Oldham County Fiscal Court voted Sept. 16 to spend opioid-settlement funds on three programs: printed parent handbooks through Operation Parent, a youth leadership delegation to a national anti-drug conference, and medication lock boxes for local distribution.
The court approved $88,277.11 for Operation Parent to purchase 8,539 handbooks intended for elementary, middle and high school families, with a digital option also available. Daryl DeBramer, representing Operation Parent, was present for the item. The court recorded an 8–1 vote on that motion.
The court also authorized $24,370 to send 10 youth members of the county’s youth coalition and four staff chaperones to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America conference in Washington, D.C., in February 2026. The motion passed with no recorded opposition.
A separate motion approved $4,500 to purchase 300 medication lock boxes that will be distributed at a drug-take-back event in October and through partner organizations including Baptist Hospital, the drug court and family resource and youth-service centers.
Magistrates asked whether the recipients had signed memoranda of understanding in the past and raised questions about unit cost on the Operation Parent handbooks. A magistrate objected to the price for the handbooks during discussion, noting the $88,277.11 total equates to roughly $10 per book; court members clarified the funding covers printing, administrative work, inventory and delivery, and that the state opioid commission had already approved the materials for use in Eastern Kentucky. The dissenting magistrate said the county should seek competitive pricing for future procurements when feasible.
All three expenditures were drawn from the county’s opioid-settlement fund. The court did not attach additional procurement conditions in its motions, though members discussed memoranda of understanding and accounting options for how payments might be processed.
