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Commissioners split on pooling opioid settlement funds; vote to approve ILA fails, discussion to be revived after budget briefings
Summary
A proposed interlocal agreement to pool opioid settlement funds for regional decision‑making failed after commissioners split over preserving county control for mandated jail treatment and protecting existing programs; the board voted to resume the topic after TST and elected officials' budget presentations.
Thurston County commissioners debated but did not approve a proposed interlocal agreement (ILA) to pool opioid settlement funds with the county’s cities and regional partners during their Sept. 10 work session. The motion to enter the pooled ILA failed on a voice vote. Later the board voted to revisit the ILA after presentations on the treatment sales tax (TST) and the elected officials’ budget presentations.
Public health staff and the county’s opioid response coordinator described two models. Under a pooled model staff would consolidate the county’s roughly 70 percent share of settlement funds with municipal shares (the three cities together receive the remaining roughly 30 percent) and operate under a regional governance structure that would recommend allocations to…
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