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Cookeville reports $73,276.75 in additional opioid settlement funds transferred to regional medical center
Summary
City staff reported an additional $73,276.75 in opioid settlement funds for the fiscal year, bringing the total since fiscal year 2023 to $547,987.93; the funds were transferred to the Regional Medical Center for its Addiction Navigator Services Program per an earlier MOU.
At its Aug. 21 meeting, Cookeville City staff reported the city has received an additional $73,276.75 in opioid settlement funds for the current fiscal year and transferred those funds to the Regional Medical Center.
Mister Mills said the money was transferred pursuant to a memorandum of understanding that directs the funds to the medical center’s Addiction Navigator Services Program. He reported a total of $547,987.93 disbursed to the medical center since fiscal year 2023 under that arrangement and said the funds will be used for the addiction navigator program.
The transcript does not include detailed accounting line items or a proposed change in how the funds will be used beyond the transfer to the medical center per the MOU.
