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Residents urge more addiction services and transparency on shelter volunteer meetings at Clermont County commissioners' meeting
Summary
At the March 26, 2025 Clermont County Board of Commissioners meeting, residents urged expanded transitional services for people with substance use disorders and criticized commissioners’ private meetings with shelter volunteers and unfulfilled shelter improvements.
At the Clermont County Board of Commissioners meeting on March 26, 2025, two residents pressed commissioners for more transitional services for people recovering from substance use disorder and raised concerns about transparency around meetings related to the county animal shelter.
The comments came during the public participation portion of the meeting, where Jody Wilson of Williamsburg and Jennifer Mascally of Union Township spoke about addiction, shelter operations and county responsiveness.
"This is a very hard subject that I need to speak about," said Jody Wilson, who described the 10-year death of a family member from a heroin overdose and urged county officials to expand services for people after incarceration and recovery. She also criticized what she called a small group of volunteers meeting with county officials without broader…
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