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Committee approves administration review of opioid-settlement spending; Fire Rescue lists equipment priorities
Summary
Committee agreed that the administration should submit eligible uses for opioid-settlement funding, including grants to Claritel Behavioral Health, the Sheriff’s Office and Public Health; Fire Rescue proposed items including whole-blood kits, portable ultrasound, MIH testing and narcotics storage upgrades.
The committee reviewed proposed disbursements of DeKalb County’s opioid-settlement funds and took a committee-level action asking the county administration to identify and forward all eligible expenditures described by Fire Rescue.
Chair Nicole Messiah summarized the proposed first tranche disbursements: approximately $1.3 million to Claritel Behavioral Health, about $620,000 to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and roughly $430,000 to DeKalb Public Health (figures as discussed in committee materials and presentations). These funds are…
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