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Marlboro County council pauses on telehealth opioid‑recovery pitch after members flag $10,000 wiring request
Summary
Council members raised procurement and due‑diligence concerns about a telehealth vendor pitching use of state opioid‑recovery funds, saying the company requested a $10,000 wire to secure grant help; members noted the county has its own grant writer and cited a Secretary of State filing date for the vendor as an additional red flag.
Marlboro County councilors debated whether to pursue a state opioid‑recovery telehealth program after an outside vendor asked the county to wire $10,000 to secure grant assistance.
During discussion added to the agenda as item 6(d), Councilwoman Lawson said the county had an opportunity to pursue state funds — which she described in the meeting as roughly $303,000 allocated to the county with a potential additional $1.2 million — but expressed concern that the county had…
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