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Halifax County sets framework for opioid-settlement spending, authorizes additional $10,000 for planning and training
Summary
The commissioners adopted a project ordinance to manage opioid-settlement funds and approved an extra $10,000 for strategic planning and training, extending the planning period to June 30, 2026. Staff said approximately $1.6 million is under the state MOA and a non-MOA McKinsey payment of about $27,217 is available for local use.
Halifax County commissioners on June 2 adopted a settlement project ordinance to establish the framework for spending opioid-settlement funds and separately approved a resolution to authorize an additional $10,000 for strategic planning and training related to opioid response. The board also extended the approved planning period through June 30, 2026.
County legal and public-health staff outlined that roughly $1.6 million of settlement funds are controlled under the statewide memorandum of agreement (MOA) and that a smaller non-MOA allocation of $27,217 (from a McKinsey settlement) is available to the county without state MOA restrictions. The project ordinance lists proposed and unassigned balances; staff said no large programmatic allocations beyond planning and training were being requested at this meeting.
Staff described planned next steps that may include cooperative diversion programs such as law-enforcement-assisted diversion (LEAD)-style initiatives, partnerships with the sheriff’s office, EMS and the health department, and use of strategic planning consultants to develop coordinated proposals. Commissioners asked staff to return with concrete project proposals and recommended that training and planning continue while proposals are developed.
Both the project-ordinance adoption and the $10,000 spending authorization passed unanimously. Staff said they will return with program-specific spending requests and noted that any expenditure of $5,000 or more from the seed account requires board action under county policy cited in the packet.
