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Scurry County accepts Kroger opioid settlement funds, approves budget amendments, SB22/SB224 items and sets 2025 holidays
Summary
Commissioners accepted a small Kroger opioid settlement distribution (around $8,000 expected), approved multiple certified revenue items and budget amendments, renewed the TCDRS retirement rate as a formality, considered adding Juneteenth to the holiday list, and approved a mutual cooperation agreement tied to an SB224 catalytic-converter grant with $1,470 in matching funds.
Scurry County Commissioners reviewed and approved several administrative items including acceptance of opioid settlement funds from a Kroger agreement, certified revenues, budget amendments, and interlocal/ grant-related agreements.
Speaker 3 summarized the Kroger opioid settlement item and estimated the county's portion at "somewhere around" $8,000. "It's not just a whole lot, but it's better than nothing," Speaker 3 said, and listed allowable uses cited in the settlement email: expanded training for first responders, school-community support groups, increased services for uninsured residents, and increased distribution of medication-assisted treatment and prevention programs. Speaker 2 and Speaker 3 recalled that prior small distributions were split among the health…
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