Bernalillo County launches public opioid-settlement dashboard; city and APS data still being reconciled
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Bernalillo County published a financial accountability dashboard for opioid-settlement funds while City of Albuquerque and Albuquerque Public Schools work to align their numbers; commissioners requested clearer homepage links and urged caution about publishing partial data that could mislead the public.
Bernalillo County officials told the Local Government Coordinating Commission on Wednesday that the county’s financial accountability dashboard for opioid‑settlement funds is live, but that the City of Albuquerque and Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) must finish reconciling their figures before a single shared dashboard is published.
"Our financial accountability dashboard is live for Bernalillo County," said Sean Longtell, the county performance and data manager, describing a two‑phase rollout that places financial measures first and program/performance measures in a later phase. He said Phase 2 of the dashboard — which will include contract and performance reporting across entities — will be rolled out after additional data collection, with a target in 2026.
City staff told commissioners the city has published its own account pages and will link to the shared dashboard once figures are validated. "We have received just over $40,000,000," Ellen Bridal of the City of Albuquerque said, adding that the city has appropriated about $31,000,000 and spent roughly $10,000,000; she said just over $8,800,000 remained following the most recent appropriations.
Councilor Rogers and other commissioners urged county and city staff to make the dashboard easier to find on public websites and to avoid misinterpretation if only county numbers appear in the public view. "I don't want the public to think that [the city] is not meeting this obligation," Rogers said, urging that more prominent links or a homepage callout be added and that staff consider waiting to add more data until all three entities' numbers are reconciled.
County staff said they are coordinating with a web team and with city and APS contacts to improve discoverability and accuracy. The commission did not take formal action on the dashboard but directed staff to continue reconciliation and to return with updates on integrating the city and APS data.
Next steps: county staff will continue reconciling city financial data for display, APS and city teams will coordinate to provide validated numbers, and commissioners asked for a clearer homepage link to the dashboard to improve public access.
