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Mansfield proclaims National Recovery Month; mental-health director urges support for renewal levy
Summary
Mayor Jody A. Perry presented a proclamation for National Recovery Month and Sherry, representing the Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board/Richland Recovery Network, described local treatment and prevention statistics and asked council members to endorse a one-mill, 10‑year renewal levy on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Mayor Jody A. Perry read a proclamation declaring National Recovery Month and invited a representative of the Richland County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board to speak to Mansfield City Council.
Sherry, identified at the meeting as representing the county mental health board and the Richland Recovery Network, outlined the network’s services and recent data. "In 2024 we served 10,714 unique individuals," she said, citing supplementary program counts including 3,520 youth, 7,194 adults and 16,899 participants in prevention programs. She also described treatment counts across several services and noted the network’s partnerships with KC, Catalyst Life Services, Coleman Behavioral Health, Family Life Counseling, NAMI Richland County and Umidop.
Sherry told council the board has built a public-facing website, richlandrecoverynetwork.com, to help residents find crisis and service resources and asked the council to endorse and help with a one‑mill renewal levy — a 10‑year renewal she said will appear on the Nov. 4 ballot and is "not a new tax." She distributed two fact sheets and asked council members to sign up for yard‑sign distribution and other volunteer support.
The request came as the council also considered related funding for local programs: later in the meeting council unanimously approved Bill 25‑140, accepting a $220,000 specialized docket grant for community‑based corrections programs and authorizing appropriate officials to execute a subsidy grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
Sherry emphasized outreach and coordination with local partners, and she invited council members to contact the board for assistance; Mayor Perry and council members thanked her for the presentation. The council did not take a formal endorsement vote on the levy during the caucus meeting; Sherry requested endorsements and offered materials for council members who wished to participate.
The most recent procedural action linked to this topic: council passed Bill 25‑140 (specialized docket grant, $220,000) by voice vote, recorded as 8–0.
