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District attorney: treatment court to use opioid settlement funds for national conference
Summary
The district attorney told the committee a prior approval was granted to use opioid settlement funds to send the core treatment team to a national conference, an expense estimated at about $20,000; the DA expects similar approval at the full-board level.
District Attorney (Speaker 3) updated the committee on the county's treatment court, which he said has run since about 2017—2018 and has been "extremely successful." He said a committee approved using opioid settlement funds to send the core treatment team to a national conference; that travel and attendance package was estimated in the meeting at roughly $20,000.
"It's about $20,000 to go to the national conference," the district attorney said, noting surrounding counties have sent treatment-court teams to similar conferences in prior years and that the funding is being drawn from opioid settlement proceeds rather than county operating funds. The DA said the approval at the committee level was unanimous and he expects the full county board to approve the expenditure as well.
The committee did not take formal action on the item during this meeting; the DA reported the committee-level approval had already occurred and he anticipated that the full board would act to formalize the expense.
