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Casper adds late resolution to accept opioid settlement funds; city to allocate roughly half to local grantees
Summary
Council added a late resolution accepting the distribution of opioid settlement funds. Staff said the city would allocate "one half of the slightly over 1000000 dollars," with funding agreements coming back for council approval and grantee disbursement planned by month-end.
Casper councilors added a late agenda item to accept local distribution of opioid settlement funds and outlined a timeline for awarding grants to local organizations. Under agenda review, Council Member (Speaker 8) said the council would hear an overview from the city attorney (Eric) explaining why the item was added and the expected timeline.
City staff (Speaker 7) said the resolution followed a recommendation from the opioid task force and county approval. He described the proposed allocation as "one half of the slightly over 1000000 dollars," and said staff had prepared funding agreements that would come before council at the next regular meeting. If approved, those agreements would allow the funds "to then be dispersed to the grantees by the end of the month."
Councilors asked whether the packet listed successful proposers; Speaker 7 confirmed that the entities named in the packet would prepare grant agreements to distribute the funding to specific applicants. No formal approval vote on the resolution appears in the transcript; staff described the next steps as review and formal council action at a future meeting.
