Harnett County commissioners approve routine items, allocate $20,000 in opioid settlement funds and shorten public-comment time

HARNETT COUNTY, N.C. — The Harnett County Board of Commissioners on Aug. 4 approved a slate of routine agenda items, directed $20,000 in opioid settlement funds to Cape Fear Valley Pharmacy for opioid use disorder services for uninsured and underinsured patients, and shortened the county’s public-comment time from five minutes to three minutes per speaker with a 30-minute total cap.

The board approved meeting minutes for July 21 and July 29, accepted a juvenile crime prevention council request to submit county plan program agreements to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety for fiscal year 2025–26, and approved updated airport rules, minimum standards and the annual capital improvement plan for the Harnett Regional Jetport. The board also approved a sole-source contract request from the sheriff’s office to purchase additional software products from Southern Software; the sheriff’s office said no additional county funding is required for that purchase.

The board adopted a resolution directing opioid-settlement funds and allocated $20,000 to Cape Fear Valley Pharmacy “to support opioid use disorder for those underinsured and uninsured,” according to staff. The board appointed David Heselmeier to the Harnett County Board of Health in a…