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Campbell County fiscal court approves interlocal and staffing expansion for police social work program
Summary
The fiscal court approved an interlocal agreement and staffing changes to expand police social work services shared with Bellevue and Dayton, creating a supervisor post, appointing Laura Wilson as supervisor, authorizing two full-time hires and using opioid settlement funds with partner reimbursement estimated at $100,000 per year.
Campbell County Fiscal Court on a unanimous vote approved an interlocal agreement and staffing changes to expand police social work services shared with participating cities, including Bellevue and Dayton.
County staff presented resolution R 84-24, authorizing an interlocal agreement to provide shared police social work services, and resolution R 85-24, to add a police social worker position, create a police social work supervisor role and appoint Laura Wilson to that supervisor position. The court also authorized staff to advertise, interview and make hiring recommendations for two full-time police social workers — one to backfill the appointed supervisor’s caseload and one to serve Bellevue and Dayton.
Why it matters: County staff said the model pairs trained social workers with police responses to reduce repeat calls for service that fall outside typical police training and to connect people to social services, freeing officers for enforcement duties. The county will use opioid settlement funds to cover local costs and said Bellevue and Dayton will reimburse the county approximately $100,000 a year for the shared position, which staff said will cover the full employment cost of the position.
County staff explained the rollout and funding: "Bellevue and Dayton will be reimbursing us a hundred thousand dollars a year, for the position. They're gonna figure out how they divide that cost between them. But that'll cover the full employment costs of this position, so we'll be reimbursed," county staff said during the meeting. Staff said using opioid settlement funding means there is no additional general fund spending tied to these hires.
The court approved both resolutions and the hiring authorization. The motion directed staff to proceed with advertising and hiring under the structure described.
Next steps: Staff was authorized to begin recruitment for the two full-time social worker positions; the interlocal agreement was approved so the positions can be assigned to partner cities once hires are complete.
