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County attorney urges using $7 million opioid settlement for public-safety and treatment; commissioners favor budget-process review
Summary
At a Davis County Commission work session on Aug. 26, County Attorney Troy Rellings urged the commission to move about $7 million now sitting in an opioid-settlement account into the county general fund so it can be spent on programs and services allowed under the settlement agreement, including sheriff's office, county attorney, public defenders, pretrial services and Davis Behavioral Health.
At a Davis County Commission work session on Aug. 26, County Attorney Troy Rellings urged the commission to move about $7 million now sitting in an opioid-settlement account into the county general fund so it can be spent on programs and services allowed under the settlement agreement, including sheriff's office, county attorney, public defenders, pretrial services and behavioral-health services.
Rellings described the situation as urgent for his office and for public safety, saying the county was coerced into earlier settlements and that a 2023 state statute has limited county flexibility to spend settlement proceeds. “It's absurd. It's obscene,” Rellings said of the statutory constraints, and he urged the commission to authorize spending, arguing the funds are…
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