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Council tables action on $403,000 opioid-recovery funding amid investigation concerns
Summary
City council debated whether to move forward with using roughly $403,000 in South Carolina Opioid Recovery funds through two nonprofit subawardees. Members worried the nonprofits are under investigation; council voted to table final program decisions while the probe continues.
City of North Charleston councilmembers debated whether to proceed with disbursing roughly $403,000 in Opioid Recovery funds to two nonprofit organizations and ultimately voted to table further action.
The item under discussion was a resolution and subaward approach in which the city would accept the state-setaside opioid recovery money and allow nonprofits to operate programs as subawardees. Several councilmembers said they were uncomfortable working with nonprofits connected to an ongoing FBI investigation and urged…
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