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Utah County officials present joint plan to spend opioid settlement payments
Summary
County attorney's office and three county departments proposed a coordinated spending plan for the opioid settlement payments totaling just under the first-year estimate after fees; commissioners pressed for projections that smooth funding across the 18-year payment stream and for clearer one-time versus ongoing cost breakdowns.
Ben Vanoy, deputy county attorney, presented a joint proposal developed by Wasatch Behavioral Health, the Utah County Health Department and the sheriff’s office to allocate the county’s opioid settlement payments. Vanoy said the first-year departmental requests total about $1,767,000, under an anticipated first-year net payment of roughly $1.9 million after attorneys’ fees, and that the plan follows the settlement’s approved uses.
The proposal, color-coded by department, was intended as a starting point for collaboration, Vanoy said, and the working group expects to adjust…
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